The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

At this moment, Ginjiro Toyama's tone suddenly turned serious, "This may not be entirely a daydream now."

"Hmm?" Hattori Heizo let out a soft exclamation and subconsciously slowed down the car.

“Because another one has appeared.” Toyama Ginjiro stared at Hattori Heizo and said slowly, “We found similar fragments on the charred corpse we found in the abandoned flood channel in the east. It has now been sent to the research institute. I can confirm that it was made at the same time.”

Hattori Heizo drove slowly with his eyes narrowed, not saying a word, his thoughts unknown.

"Moreover, the fragment discovered this time also shows the number 1848 on its outer side."

"Um……"

Hattori Heizo nodded slightly.

Ginjiro Toyama continued, "It seems that things are very likely as we speculated thirteen years ago, that thing is still sleeping somewhere."

"Yes, that is an immense treasure for the world!" Hattori Heizo finally opened his squinting eyes as he said this.

Whether it was Kazuha, who was pretending to be asleep in the back seat, or Yuki-onna, who was diligently taking notes while leaning against the seat cushion, their eyes lit up when they heard the word "treasure".

……

the next day.

"That round building is Osaka Castle Hall, and the towering building opposite it is Osaka's business district."

"In addition, the Information Bureau behind that building is Osaka's most famous landmark. Although we can't see it from here, it is the most famous landmark in Osaka Castle."

Along the way, Kazuha excitedly introduced the surrounding attractions to everyone.

"This is Osaka Castle, the symbol of Osaka! Isn't Osaka really great here?"

Kazuha stood with her hands on her hips, looking at Ran and the others with a proud expression, but she didn't notice the slightly embarrassed look on their faces.

Finally, Hattori Heiji, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore and reminded Kazuha with a helpless expression, "What you're saying is exactly the same thing I told them last time!"

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Kazuha immediately became embarrassed, her eyes turning into tiny beady pupils.

With his hands in his pockets, Hattori Heiji slowly walked up to Kazuha and said, "Besides, I already took them to Tsutenkaku Tower last time and let them see the view of Osaka from above. You're such a terrible tour guide."

“That’s true, but the Tenjin Festival, Gion Festival, and Kishiwada temple fair were all over, and you only took them to see Osaka Castle,” Kazuha argued with Hattori Heiji, somewhat dissatisfied.

Chapter 565 Cosplay? The King's Game?

"But I do find these things quite interesting."

Just as Toyama Kazuha was pouting with a hint of grievance, Aragaki Yu's sudden remark cheered her up completely.

After giving Hattori Heiji a deliberately fierce glare, she also cast a grateful look at Aragaki Yu.

"If you were the tour guide, where would you take us now?" Kogoro Mouri, who had no interest in these viewpoints, looked at Heiji Hattori with curiosity.

If he could, he would rather find a small shop and have a couple of drinks than visit places he'd already seen.

“If it were me…” Hattori Heiji thought for a moment, then walked over to Conan, who was leaning on the railing gazing into the distance, and said, “I would take you to the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters, which is right in front of Osaka Castle, and we would have a thorough training session there. After that, we would visit the new building that is almost finished. How does that sound?”

"..."

Kogoro Mouri's lips twitched. Good heavens, this is not as good as the current tour activities.

Wow, a visit to the police station...

Is this an idea that a normal person could come up with?

Kazuha Toyama, who was standing nearby, couldn't stand it anymore either, and complained to Heiji Hattori in an annoyed tone, "Come on, I think only an idiot like you would find this funny..."

However, before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Yuu Aragaki gently patting her shoulder.

Just as Kazuha Toyama looked at Yuu Aragaki with a puzzled expression, she noticed that Yuu Aragaki pointed at Conan next to Heiji Hattori with a strange expression.

Judging from Conan's increasingly excited expression as he looked at the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters building, it was clear that he had completely agreed with Hattori Heiji's idea.

Kazuha Toyama: ⊙_⊙

Shock!

Surprisingly, there are actually perverts who think Hattori Heiji's idea is quite good.

Ran clearly shared the same view as Kazuha: why would they go to the police station for no reason when they were just tourists visiting the area?

Do you think you haven't been to the police station enough times already?

So she immediately took two steps to look at the distant scenery and changed the subject, saying, "But seeing Osaka Castle in person is much more beautiful than what we see in photos or on TV."

“That’s right!” Kazuha pushed aside Hattori Heiji, who was standing between her and Ran. “Osaka Castle looks brand new after the reconstruction. The castle tower hasn’t been renovated since the reconstruction sixty years ago.”

"It should be seventy years."

Just as Kazuha was introducing himself to everyone with his hands behind his back, a slightly aged voice suddenly came from behind them.

The group turned their heads in confusion and saw an old man with a bald head walking towards them.

His steps were a little slow, but he continued to introduce the castle tower to everyone.

"Actually, the castle tower was first built in 1599, and it was rebuilt by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1629. The people of Osaka wanted to start construction on the third castle tower seventy years ago, in 1931."

Heiji looked at the old man who walked up to them in surprise. "Ah, uncle, you remember so clearly."

"Of course! Taiko Hideyoshi was the craftsman I admired most!" the old man said with a smile.

"The badge you're wearing on your chest has a three-leaf hollyhock pattern. Isn't that the crest of Tokugawa Ieyasu's family?" Hattori Heiji looked at the old man with some curiosity and noticed the badge on his chest.

When Hattori Heiji mentioned Tokugawa Ieyasu, Aragaki Yuu unconsciously glanced at the old man a couple more times.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered the treasure that Hattori Heizo and Toyama Ginjiro had mentioned to him by Sato Yuki-onna.

If he remembered correctly, this seemed to have some connection with "Tokugawa Ieyasu".

"This..."

Just as the old man was about to explain the badge on his chest...

"Brother Ieyasu, what are you doing? Our lord has been waiting for a long time!" Another tall, thin man wearing a badge suddenly came over and urged the old man.

"Ah, I'm so sorry, Brother Mitsuhide!" The old man, only now realizing that someone was waiting for him, responded apologetically.

"Tokugawa Ieyasu?"

"Akechi Mitsuhide?"

"My lord?"

Hearing the conversation between the old man and the tall, thin man, Hattori Heiji and Mori Kogoro muttered to themselves, somewhat puzzled.

Even Conan, Kazuha, and Ran looked at the two of them with curiosity.

what is this?

Is it cosplay?

……

"Oh! So it was Taiko Hideyoshi's eight-day trip!"

After the old man and the tall, thin man explained, everyone finally understood who they were.

“That’s right, that’s the name of our tour group,” the tall, thin man said with a smile. “Because we are all fans of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, we gathered a few friends we met online and traveled from Nagoya, where Toyotomi Hideyoshi first rose to power, to Kyoto, and then to Osaka for a round trip.”

"Then what were the names you used just now and the badges you were wearing on your chests for...?" Xiaolan was still a little confused about this.

"This is just a game we play!" the tall, thin man laughed, pointing to the badge on his chest. "Every day after breakfast, we draw lots to decide which role we'll play that day, and then we pin on the badges. These include Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and then Akechi Mitsuhide's family crest."

The tall, thin man paused, took a breath, and then continued, "Those who draw Toyotomi Hideyoshi will be addressed by that name by Tokugawa Ieyasu and Akechi Mitsuhide. As for those who draw Oda Nobunaga, they will be treated with great courtesy by everyone, who will either buy them drinks or take photos to please them."

“However, Oda Nobunaga also has to pay for Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu to have dinner! Am I right?” Just as the tall, thin man was enthusiastically explaining the rules of the game, a man wearing glasses walked up to them and added.

"Ah...yes, wet nurse." The tall, thin man was clearly startled by the man who suddenly appeared behind him and spoke, and he paused for a moment before responding.

At this moment, everyone noticed that the person who walked over and was called "wet nurse" did not have any family crest badge pinned to her chest.

So Xiaolan asked with some surprise, "There's a role called a wet nurse?"

"That's right, the person who draws a blank lot has to be the wet nurse. This person has to be tolerant of everyone's behavior!" the woman explained with a smile.

"Good heavens, isn't this just a Sengoku period version of King's Game?!" Upon hearing this, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but mutter to himself, rubbing his forehead.

Chapter 566 Another man

"King's Game!?"

Standing next to Aragaki Yu, Mouri Kogoro's eyes lit up when he heard those words, and he immediately thought of a game played in a late-night bar.

"But if that's the case, the person who draws Mitsuhide is too pitiful! Not only do they have to please Oda Nobunaga, but they also have to pay for their own dinner." Kazuha seemed not to hear Aragaki Yu's mutterings, but instead became very interested in their game.

"Hahaha……"

In response, the tall, thin man chuckled twice and explained, "However, the person who draws Mitsuhide also has special privileges. Because he can choose to play the role of Oda Nobunaga for three minutes on that day."

"I see. So it's not three days to rule the world, but three minutes." Kogoro Mori immediately understood the origin of this privilege.

Heiji Hattori and Conan, however, wore expressions of slight boredom.

"This is quite interesting!"

However, Kazuha Toyama seemed quite envious of this kind of role-playing activity.