The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Kazuha and Ran had somehow run back from the store. Kazuha looked at the ceramic shard in Inspector Otaki's hand and pretended to recall something. "Could this be the same shard found on the charred body in that murder case before? I remember my dad and your dad talking about this in the car yesterday."

Upon hearing Kazuha's words, Conan, Heiji Hattori, and Kogoro Mouri immediately perked up, staring curiously at Kazuha and waiting for her to continue.

"They said that a fragment was found on the charred corpse discovered thirteen years ago in the inner dredging channel and on the charred corpse discovered not long ago in the outer dredging channel. Moreover, the fragment from the first one had the number 1848 faintly visible on it." Kazuha Toyama rested her chin on her hand and tried her best to repeat what she had overheard.

Chapter 569 Umbrella

"Eight hundred and forty-eight? What does that mean?" Hattori Heiji looked at Kazuha in confusion.

However, Kazuha suddenly remembered the "joke" her father had made to Heiji's father the night before, and her face turned red. She shrank back and couldn't say anything for a moment.

Koran noticed Kazuha's shy expression and vaguely guessed what was going on. She then playfully nudged Kazuha with her elbow, making Kazuha even more embarrassed and indignant.

“I think this fragment might be part of some treasure.” Just as Hattori Heiji and Conan were looking at him with some surprise, Aragaki Yu, who had been silent all along, suddenly took the fragment from Inspector Otaki’s hand.

"Treasure?" Inspector Otaki blinked blankly, completely unaware that the evidence in his hand had been taken away.

"Yes."

Of course, Aragaki Yu didn't hold the evidence directly in his hands. Instead, he used a glove he had just borrowed from a police officer who had borrowed a lot of things to show the fragment to everyone, saying, "Look, on the inside of this fragment, there is clearly some glittering powder stuck to it."

"This...could it be gold?" Hattori Heiji stared intently and boldly guessed.

"Hmm." Aragaki Yu nodded, before he could say anything more.

Kazuha Toyama, who was standing to the side, finally came to her senses. Looking at Heiji Hattori and Yuu Aragaki gathered together, she hurriedly added, "Oh, right, I remember now, Heiji, my father and your father said the same thing back then. They said it was some kind of great treasure left behind by the people of the world!"

"!!!"

Upon hearing Toyama Kazuha's words, the members of the tour group gathered nearby visibly changed their expressions, their expressions becoming quite varied.

Hattori Heiji, however, seemed unconvinced. "A tremendous treasure? Kazuha, I doubt you're exaggerating or embellishing something!"

"Of course not! How could I do such a thing!" Seeing that Hattori Heiji didn't believe her, Kazuha seemed a little angry, puffing out her cheeks and staring straight at Hattori Heiji.

"But judging from this alone, it's hard to tell what kind of amazing treasure it is!" Conan stood cautiously next to Aragaki Yu, frowning as he looked at the fragments covered in gold powder.

"What's going on? This is really baffling." After an angry Kazuha was pulled away by Ran, Hattori Heiji returned to Aragaki Yu and Conan's side.

"Well, besides the mystery of Mr. Kato leaving the other members and climbing onto the roof of the castle tower, it's also strange that it suddenly caught fire there." As soon as a case comes up, Conan immediately unleashes his detective nature, completely forgetting that he has to maintain his elementary school student persona in front of others.

Conan, seemingly oblivious to Aragaki Yu and Inspector Otaki standing beside him, rested his chin on his hand and analyzed, "Furthermore, the biggest problem is..."

"The umbrella that Mr. Kato held onto tightly before he died." The next moment, Heiji Hattori and Conan said the key point in unison.

In response, Yuya Aragaki had to admit that Conan and Heiji Hattori were indeed quite compatible in this regard.

Seeing Conan and Heiji Hattori looking at the umbrella he was holding, Yuu Aragaki handed the broken pieces back to Inspector Otaki and continued their conversation, "The only thing you can associate with an umbrella is rain..."

"..."

Conan and Heiji Hattori were somewhat surprised by Aragaki Yu's sudden remark.

Because they still clearly remember what Aragaki Yu blurted out when Mr. Kato took the umbrella from his hand, and how he so readily helped Mr. Kato hold the umbrella up for him...

I thought Aragaki Yu was just there for laughs, but I didn't expect him to have thought of this aspect as well.

really……

As a fellow high school detective, this guy is a formidable opponent!

"If we connect it to the rain, it should be the Dragon and Tiger Stone of Osaka Castle."

Finally, it was Hattori Heiji who turned around first and silently continued Aragaki Yu's words.

"Dragon Tiger Stone? What's that?" The next second, Conan, who had also come to his senses, looked at Hattori Heiji in confusion.

Clearly, he had no recollection of the Dragon Tiger Stone that Hattori Heiji mentioned.

"What, you didn't know?"

Heiji Hattori seemed somewhat surprised by Conan's lack of knowledge this time.

Then, Hattori Heiji looked at Aragaki Yu on the other side. After noticing the same confused expression on his face, he had no choice but to explain helplessly: "Here in Osaka Castle, you can see the two dragon and tiger stones guarding the castle tower on the left and right sides of the Sakura Gate."

Upon hearing this, Aragaki Yu nodded secretly. What Hattori Heiji said was almost identical to the information he had gathered from the internet on his phone the previous night.

Although Aragaki Yu pretended to be completely unaware, he had already gathered most of this basic information after the Snow Woman told him what she had overheard last night.

It's just because of Hattori Heiji, who's a hater of Osaka... and because he's from Osaka.

He didn't want to waste his breath explaining these things to Conan and the others.

Hattori Heiji, of course, was unaware of Aragaki Yu's thoughts and continued explaining to them, "It is said that whenever it rains, a pattern of dragons and tigers will appear on it."

"!!!"

At this point, Heiji Hattori and Conan, who was listening, both shuddered instantly, exchanged an excited glance, and whispered, "It's raining!"

The next second, Hattori Heiji rushed over to Inspector Otaki and Kogoro Mouri, who were gathered together studying the scroll, and snatched the scroll from Inspector Otaki's hand. "Let me take a look!"

"Ah! Wait, wait a minute..."

Officer Otaki was stunned by Hattori Heiji's sudden action. Before he could react, Hattori Heiji unfolded the scroll and placed it in the rain.

"Heiji, that's important evidence!"

However, Heiji Hattori completely ignored Officer Otaki's words and continued to let the scroll be bathed in rainwater.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, the scroll was gradually soaked by the rain, and then patterns and words appeared.

This scene shocked everyone.

"It seems the legend might be true!"

Hattori Heiji's words caused everyone's expressions to become quite interesting.

Chapter 570: Thousands of things

“That’s right.” Conan looked at Hattori Heiji, his eyes filled with excitement. “It seems that somewhere here really is the treasure of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, known as the Golden King!”

“And it’s somewhere in Osaka Castle right now!” Heiji Hattori nodded to Conan, his eyes sweeping around and lingering briefly on the members of the tour group.

……

Ten minutes later, Mr. Kato's body was taken away.

Kogoro Mori stared wide-eyed at Heiji Hattori in shock, exclaiming, "What? You already know what the treasure of the world is!"

"Really? Heiji!" Officer Otaki's face also showed a mixture of surprise and delight.

"Yes, it should be right. I came to this conclusion through the fragment with gold powder stuck to the inside and this scroll that was soaked in water."

As Hattori Heiji spoke, he handed the scroll in his hand to Inspector Otaki and Kogoro Mouri.

"But on this scroll, there's only the word 'dragon' in the upper right corner... Wait, wait a minute!" Kogoro Mouri unrolled the scroll, only to suddenly see an unbelievable scene. "How did these things suddenly appear on it?!"

"After the author wrote the words, he stuck paper on it many times, so it is like the Dragon and Tiger Stones of Osaka Castle. Once it gets wet, the words underneath will emerge through the paper."

Amidst the puzzled and shocked expressions of Kogoro Mouri and Inspector Otaki, Heiji Hattori explained the reason to them.

"However, almost all the most important words on it have been burned, so it's not even a complete sentence!"

Although he had unlocked the secrets of the scroll, its damaged state only added to his troubles.

Just then, Kogoro Mouri suddenly noticed a pattern on the right side of the scroll. "What is that on the right?"

"This...could it be a gourd?"

At the same time, Ran and Kazuha also came over.

"A gourd?" Kogoro Mouri looked up and glanced at Ran blankly.

"As far as I know, the gourd was Taiko's battle staff," Kazuha Toyama added at this moment.

"If that's the case, then that fragment is very likely a gourd-shaped piece of ceramic."

"Could it be that the gourd is full of gold nuggets?"

As Ran and Kazuha chatted back and forth, the two of them gradually became excited.

Now, Kogoro Mouri's interest waned. "But according to this diagram, it's only one foot tall, which is about thirty centimeters. Even if such a small gourd were filled with gold, it wouldn't be worth much!"

Judging from Kogoro Mouri's tone, he was quite disappointed with the scale of this so-called "treasure."

Just as Kogoro Mouri disdainfully placed the scroll into Inspector Otaki's hands, a sentence from the side gave him a jolt.

"What, Mr. Mori, have you forgotten?"

"Ok?"

Just as Kogoro Mori turned his head in confusion to look in the direction from which the voice came, he saw Yusuke Aragaki looking at everyone with great interest and saying, "Toyotomi Hideyoshi had a habit of adding a small gourd to his golden riding staff every time he won a battle. This is what is known as..."

"Thousands of ladles!"

Upon hearing this, even Xiaolan and Heye blurted out the name of the treasure.

This story happens to appear in their current middle school history textbook.

"Ah, the so-called 'thousands of gourds and baskets'!"

"Could it be that……"

“Yes.” Aragaki Yu nodded. “If there were a thousand gourds filled with gold, that would be a considerable treasure. Add to that its historical value, and it would be priceless.”