Ke Xue: He mastered the steel-cutting divine skill at the start.

"Brother Mori and Brother Miyazaki, you two are truly lucky stars! You managed to stop a crime, save a life, and solve a long-standing mystery. You're amazing!"

Receiving praise from Inspector Megure made Mori even more pleased.

"Officer, you flatter me. I am a renowned detective, and eradicating evil is my motto!"

After exchanging pleasantries, he led a group of police officers to the village office, where he brought out Hamada and Kimura Goro.

Knowing that the situation was hopeless, Village Chief Mikami lost his arrogance and became extremely cooperative.

The police immediately began questioning the two men, including Yasuo Uehara.

This story, which had been buried for many years and was believed to be about human greed fueled by gold, has finally been brought to light.

"So that's how it is. It's quite a sad story," Inspector Megure said with some emotion.

However, Village Chief Mikami could no longer restrain himself.

"Officer, now we know where the gold is. Let's go dig it up quickly!"

Inspector Megure gave him a disdainful look.

"Village Chief Mikami, this gold belongs to the state. You need to think this through. Your greed almost caused a tragedy!"

Village Chief Mikami gave a forced smile and was about to speak when he suddenly felt a slight tremor, and his expression changed.

"It's an earthquake! Everyone, take shelter quickly!"

The villagers panicked, but the earthquake stopped quickly. It was just a small earthquake. The Japanese are as familiar with earthquakes as they are with eating and drinking, so they quickly calmed down.

But soon something astonishing happened: the naval cave that hid the gold had sunk into the sea due to an earthquake.

Finding gold in such a complex sea area by breaking through mountains would be extremely difficult, and the cost would likely be twice the value of the gold itself.

This incident, which began with greed for gold, has finally come to a true close.

The village chief, now bald, broke down in tears on the beach. However, he was quite resilient and quickly recovered. He then continued to promote the island by leveraging the ghost ship incident.

Meanwhile, Mori and his group took advantage of the opportunity to board a police boat and embarked on their journey home.

When Conan was about to leave, the village chief's daughter, Mikami Rin, ran over to see them off and gave Conan a big kiss, making him blush.

This made Miyazaki Yu quite envious; this rascal's luck with women was truly amazing! He needed to work harder too!

Chapter 286 Heartwarming Daily Life (3rd Update)

Unbeknownst to anyone, several days later, someone quietly returned to the vicinity of Shiki Island, found an inconspicuous reef, and then moved some rubble covering a hole, revealing a glimmer of golden light.

"Haha, all this gold is finally mine!"

Even though he had lived two lives, Miyazaki Yu couldn't help but feel overjoyed. After all, gold was something that everyone cherished because of its monetary value.

However, we can also think of it the other way around. It is precisely because people see gold that they naturally perceive it as precious, which makes gold stand out from all other things and become an irreplaceable precious metal in any culture and country.

Therefore, possessing so much gold is an extremely satisfying thing in itself, not to mention the enormous value that gold represents.

He quickly moved the gold bars onto the small boat and then disappeared into the darkness of the night. The next day, the gold would be secretly transferred to the underground vault of the Sword Master's territory, becoming Miyazaki Yu's private wealth.

Early morning, at Miyazaki Hayao's home.

"Oh? Ai, you want to learn kendo too?"

Reina, who was practicing, looked at Ai Haibara with some disbelief.

After spending these days together, she had become somewhat familiar with this girl.

This girl is very smart, and her grades are much better than hers. She also has a somewhat aloof personality, doesn't talk much, and likes to read alone.

She had also gone into Miyazaki Yu's study out of curiosity, but every book there was extremely complex and beyond the comprehension of a primary school student like herself, so she gave up and never went there to read again.

But this little girl is different. After she moved here, she would often go there to read books. She even went there to take a look and found that this little girl was amazing. She could even read books that were all in foreign languages.

This allowed young Rena to witness the vicissitudes of the world once again, and from then on, she devoted herself even more to practicing swordsmanship, after all, she did not want to become the least capable person in the family.

Now that Ai actually wants to learn kendo from her, it really startled her.

"You heard me right, I'm going to learn Kendo!"

Ai Haibara's eyes were filled with determination, mainly because the shock Miyazaki Yu had given her was too strong. His indomitable spirit with a sword in hand had deeply impressed her.

She also asked herself in her heart: if she had the strength of Miyazaki Yu, she could protect herself and her sister!

In fact, an organization is just like that village chief Mikami. If you don't have the strength to fight against it, then it is extremely dangerous. For its own benefit, it will not listen to any reason.

But when you are strong enough, like Miyazaki Yu, you can instantly shave off your opponent's hair with the edge of your sword, creating a 'top master', and then your opponent's attitude will immediately soften.

Just like that night, when they went to the village chief's house, found him, and asked him to take them to see a good show.

The village chief, who was originally quite domineering, suddenly became very polite and his attitude was extremely good.

This is the function of force. It is like a sword. When it is not in use, the blade is hidden in the scabbard, but once it is needed, it can be used to eliminate evil and do good without fail.

"I see. But Ai, Miyazaki-nii said that learning kendo requires perseverance. Once you decide to start learning, you must never give up halfway. Learning kendo is hard work, and you have to spend a lot of time practicing every day. Are you really sure about this?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Ai nodded firmly.

"This is my decision, and I will not go back on it!"

Rena smiled and said, "Since this is your decision, I agree. However, I'm only a beginner myself and only know some basic things. I'll teach you some basic things now, and when Miyazaki-nii comes back, you can talk to him and learn from him."

Miyazaki Yu is the absolute authority on kendo; following him to learn is the best decision you could make.

So Rena started teaching. It was her first time teaching someone, so she was a little nervous. But she quickly adjusted and regained her composure and confidence.

"The first thing I'll teach you is the way to hold the sword. This is the most basic thing, and you can't make any mistakes. Otherwise, you won't be able to fencing effectively, and you might even hurt yourself."

Then he began to teach Ai Haibara the sword-wielding techniques that Miyazaki Yu had taught him.

The little girl became more and more excited, explaining and demonstrating at the same time, and letting Ai try it a few times herself, then correcting her mistakes at any time.

Her small face was full of seriousness, which deeply moved Ai Haibara.

"This little girl is really interesting. I never expected that she, who usually seems so well-behaved, would have this side to her."

Before they knew it, the two of them were completely absorbed in their own world, forgetting the presence of anyone else. They were even unaware that Miyazaki Yu had returned and was watching the two girls with Miyazawa Mie, who was standing in the distance smiling at them.

"It seems that Rena and Ai get along very well."

Miyazawa Mie smiled gently. Rena had a hard life since childhood and had hardly any friends. It was so rare for her to have a friend she could talk to now.

Especially now that the two girls are about the same age, it would be a wonderful thing if they could grow up together.

Miyazaki Yu was also somewhat surprised, as he knew Haibara Ai's background.

She is actually a year older than her current physical age.

Even if an adult becomes like a child, it's much harder for them to reintegrate into a child's circle of friends.

However, unexpectedly, Ai Haibara and Rena developed a deep bond in a very short time.

Seeing two adorable little girls together is truly a heartwarming scene.

"Ah? Miyazaki-nii, you're back!"

Rena was talking enthusiastically when she inadvertently turned her head and saw Miyazaki Yu standing with her mother. She quickly ran over.

"Miyazaki-nii-san, Ai-chan also wants to learn kendo, so I..."

Miyazaki Yu patted the little girl's head and smiled, "Of course I saw it. You taught well. Although you didn't teach according to her aptitude, it seems you practiced what I taught you very seriously. Some of these things you figured out on your own. These are your most valuable experiences, and I am very pleased with that."

Then he turned to Ai and asked, "Ai, are you really going to learn kendo?"

Ai nodded solemnly: "This is my decision, Miyazaki-nii-san. Can you teach me?"

Miyazaki Yu sighed inwardly; he had already figured out why the other party wanted to learn kendo.

Her experiences filled her with insecurity, but she was powerless to change them, so she could only keep running away to reduce the heaviness in her heart.

Now he was giving her another way: to become stronger. Once she reached his level, she would be fearless of any threat.

He smiled gently, reached out and touched the top of her head, then squatted down and spoke solemnly.

"I promise you, but you'd better be prepared to suffer."

Ai looked into his earnest eyes, her clear pupils glistening with tears, before a radiant smile suddenly bloomed on her face.

At this moment, the ice and snow melted, and the frozen heart burned with passion once more.

Chapter 287 The Merging Darkness

A warm moment is always fleeting; darkness is already accumulating in places unseen.

Footsteps echoed down the long corridor, and two figures walked slowly down the dark passageway.

It's already a new era, but the corridor in front of me is still full of the ancient European court style. It's not made of reinforced concrete, but built with large blocks of square stones, and it exudes a deep luxury everywhere.

After walking a few steps, there was an ornately designed lamp illuminating the road ahead.

Regardless of the other decorations, these lamps alone are priceless cultural relics.

Compared to the other decorations here, these lamps are the least noticeable.

"hiss--"

One of them, walking along this path, couldn't help but shiver. They had been walking here for a full fifteen minutes, and the surrounding temperature was dropping lower and lower, probably already close to zero degrees Celsius.

"Brother, it's so cold here!"

Under the dim light, the two people's true faces became clear, revealing themselves to be Gin and Vodka, whom they hadn't seen in a long time.

"Enough, Vodka. You are also an elite member of the organization. This meeting is of paramount importance to us as well."

In countries under the sun, laws serve as the norms for humanity, but the dark world is not entirely chaotic either; it too has its own rules.

However, the rules of the world under the sunlight are the wishes of the majority, while the rules of the dark are always the wishes of a minority.

After walking through the long corridor to its end, you'll see two figures clad in armor standing on either side of a massive iron gate.

These two armored men were exceptionally burly. Gin was not short; in fact, he was quite tall. However, compared to these two armored men, he appeared very thin, making them seem like giant beasts.

"Identity confirmed, proceed!"

The two men exchanged a glance, each grabbed a huge doorknob on the ground, and began to exert force. The thick stone slabs on the ground creaked and groaned as they worked.

This is the main gate. It has no mechanisms, but it is extremely heavy. After the gate was lifted, Gin and Vodka quickly entered and disappeared into the darkness.