Conan: The Heart Thief

"What are you doing, brother Ieyasu? The lord has been waiting for a long time."

At this time, a young man appeared from the corner.

"I'm sorry, Brother Mitsuhide."

"Tokugawa Ieyasu?"

"Akechi Mitsuhide?"

"My lord?"

The conversation between the two left everyone confused.

After the explanation, everyone came to their senses.

"So it's Taiko Hideyoshi's eight-day trip?" Lin Xiao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. This group of people really felt immersed in the role-playing.

"Yes, that's the name of our tour group," the man who appeared from behind nodded, "because all the members are fans of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, we gathered a few friends we met on the Internet and traveled from Nagoya, where Toyotomi Hideyoshi first made his fortune, to Kyoto, and then to Osaka."

"Then, what about the names you used just now and the badges on your chests?" Hattori Heiji asked.

The man flicked the badge on his chest. "This is just a game we play. After breakfast every day, everyone will draw lots to decide who will be the character for the day, and then pin the badge on. They include Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Akechi Mitsuhide. Then on that day, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Akechi Mitsuhide will call each other by this name. As for Oda Nobunaga, he will be treated with courtesy by everyone. Of course, everyone will just buy juice to please him, or take pictures for him, etc."

"However, Oda Nobunaga also had to pay in return to treat Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu to dinner, am I right?" Someone joined their conversation. It was a woman wearing a windbreaker and seemed to have some story.

"Uh...yeah, Nanny."

"Nursing nurse?" Mao Lilan asked in confusion.

"There is also the role of wet nurse?" Yuanshan Heye asked with the same curiosity.

"That's right. The person who draws a blank lot has to be a wet nurse," the woman said. "This person has to be tolerant and look at everyone's behavior."

"But wouldn't it be too pitiful for those who draw Mitsuhide?" Mao Lilan asked, "Not only do they have to buy Oda Nobunaga juice, but they also have to pay for dinner themselves?"

"However, those who draw Mitsuhide also have the privilege of playing the role of Oda Nobunaga for three minutes at any time of the day."

"So that's what it is. This is the so-called 'three-way division of the world'. Rather than a three-day world?" Yuanshan Heye said in a daze upon hearing this.

"So you are all here? I finally found you," another man came over. The last man had very small eyes, like two thin slits.

"Lord Nobunaga, I'm so sorry," the fat old man apologized with a smile when he saw the visitor, "This is the oolong tea you just asked for!" He took out a can from his pocket.

"I also bought postcards of Osaka Castle," Akechi Mitsuhide took out a stack of cards from his arms.

"How strange...why haven't we seen the most important Toyotomi Hideyoshi yet?" Conan suddenly asked in confusion.

"That's true. Why aren't you with him?" asked the nurse.

"We were together just now, but as soon as he heard his cell phone ringing, he hurried away. He asked me to tell him to eat lunch first and not to wait for him," said Mitsuhide Akechi.

Ikebo Shizuka was not interested in the role-playing of this group of people. She glanced at the time on her watch and said, "It's already this time. We should go eat."

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Chapter 218 Xiaolan feels green on her head

That night, Ran Mao Li asked to go back to the castle tower with an apologetic look on her face, as her wallet was left there.

"But it's already dark!" Lin Xiao said.

"Besides, it started to rain." said Yuanshan Kazuha.

"Don't you want to accompany me?" Mao Lilan said with a pout.

"That's not what I meant." Lin Xiao said.

"What I mean is that we should go to the convenience store and buy an umbrella first," said Toyama Kazuha.

Hattori Heiji only wanted to be with Conan, so he pointed at Conan and said, "Then I'll take Conan back first, mom, what about you?"

Chi Bo Jinghua looked at her son, then at Lin Xiao, and decided to stay with Lin Xiao.

"I'll accompany them, Heiji, you take Conan back first."

So the four of them bought umbrellas at a convenience store and walked towards the castle tower.

Xiaolan and Heye shared an umbrella, Lin Xiao and Jinghua shared an umbrella, and they took a walk in the rain, which was quite romantic.

Of course, Xiaolan, who was happily talking to He Ye, had no idea that Lin Xiao was cheating on her.

As soon as the four returned to Osaka Castle, they witnessed the occurrence of an unusual change.

"boom!"

There was a sudden and powerful explosion in the castle tower, and the huge noise attracted everyone around.

"What is that?" Xiaolan's eyes turned to the blue and white flames on the castle tower.

"It seems to be one person." He Ye's voice trembled.

"Xiaolan, Yuanshan, be careful." Lin Xiao handed the umbrella in his hand to Chi Bo Jinghua, and hurried forward to pull the two girls in front of him back.

"Ah!" a shrill scream was heard.

A human-shaped torch in the castle tower shook, fell to one side, and rolled down the slope of the roof, landing exactly where Xiaolan and Toyama were just now.

"ah!"

Xiaolan and Heye were shocked. In front of them was a horrible human figure.

The human figure was not yet dead. He murmured a few words before he died.

"Who exactly is this person..." Xiaolan asked in surprise.

"Should we call an ambulance?" asked Yuanshan Heye.

"He's dead. Call the police." Lin Xiao shook his head after a cursory examination. The humanoid's breathing and pulse were completely gone. Although there were some burn marks on his body, they were not fatal. "He should have died of internal bleeding caused by falling from a height."

Not long after, Officer Otaki arrived.

When Officer Otaki saw Ikenami Shizuka, he asked in surprise, "Mrs. Hattori, why are you here?"

"I'm no longer Mrs. Hattori." Ikenami Shizuka reminded.

"I almost forgot." Otaki remembered that Hattori Heizo had just divorced his wife not long ago. Although their divorce was not made public, many people in the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters knew about it.

Officer Otaki smiled and said, "Then I will just call you Jinghua."

"Whatever you want." Ikenami Shizuka didn't care. She and Otaki had known each other for decades.

"Shizuka--" Officer Otaki called out in a very disgusting way. Shizuka Ikenami was a famous beauty in Osaka, and Officer Otaki had long coveted her, but he didn't dare to show it because she was Hattori Heizo's wife. Now that Shizuka Ikenami was single, he felt that he could actively show it, but as for his wife, she had long become a shrew.

"Officer Otaki, what's wrong with you?" Ikenami Shizuka gave Officer Otaki a cold look. She couldn't stand being called by his name, which was really disgusting.

"Sorry, sorry..." Officer Otaki is not an idiot like Kogoro Mouri. He knows that looking like a pig will only make people hate him, so he instantly becomes serious and becomes a fierce detective.

However, Officer Otaki's true colors soon showed up. After inspecting the scene, he was confused and had no idea what was going on.

"Detective Lin, I still have to rely on you. Can you tell me what clues you have found?"

Officer Otaki could only ask Lin Xiao for help. He originally wanted to find Hattori Heiji, but he didn't find him.

"Officer Otaki, don't you want to show off in front of Aunt Jinghua?" Lin Xiao said sarcastically.

"..." Upon hearing this, Officer Otaki blushed and felt extremely embarrassed.

Lin Xiao glanced at Officer Otaki and continued, "Before he died, the deceased said, 'Nobunaga, and then grabbed my umbrella.' But I'm still not sure what it means."

"This is really a puzzling death message." Officer Otaki naturally didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.

"There are a lot of small pieces of tiles at this location!" Lin Xiao pointed to the other side, then he turned around and found a lighter placed not far away.

"Is this thing used to light the fire?" Lin Xiao subconsciously glanced at the place where the lighter was placed, and a dry area that was nearly a quarter of a circle caught his attention.

"Could he have committed suicide by lighting himself with a lighter and then jumping down?" asked Officer Otaki.

"No, it's not suicide! When we saw it, the lighter was lying flat on the roof, and there were no obvious fresh scratches on the surface. In other words, it did not fall from a high altitude, but it was very likely placed there by someone. Therefore, there is reason to infer that the deceased Mr. Kato most likely did not throw away the lighter after lighting it, but put down the lighter first and then burned himself." Lin Xiao reasoned.

"Officer Otaki," an officer suddenly interrupted, "all of Mr. Kato's belongings are here."

Officer Otaki nodded and walked closer to see a wallet, a watch, a cell phone, keys, cigarettes, unidentified fragments, and a strange scroll.

Officer Otaki said, "Could that fragment be the same as the fragment found on the charred body in the previous murder case?"

"What murder?" Lin Xiao asked.

"13 years ago, a fragment was found on each of the charred corpses found in the inner floodway and the outer floodway. The newly discovered fragment even had the number faintly written on it!"

"Eight hundred and forty-eight? What's that?"

"I don't understand either, but I think that fragment may also be part of the treasure."

"Treasure?" Lin Xiao looked suspicious.

"Yes. This is a great treasure for all the people in the world!"

At the same time, a strange sound was heard in the rain, and then a blue flame suddenly appeared on the bridge not far away.

Seeing this, Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha were shocked and pointed in that direction.

"Look there!"

Lin Xiao squinted his eyes, and in the light of the fire, he recognized the figure beside the bridge, wearing a black raincoat. Then, the flames approached the figure, and in an instant, the blue-white flames spread all over the body. The figure shook and fell off the bridge railing.

"puff"

Even in the rain, the sound of breaking water was still clear.

"What's going on!" Officer Otaki was shocked. The man committed the crime in front of the police. He was completely shocked by the audacity of the other party.

Officer Otaki and Lin Xiao immediately rushed to the nearby bridge.

When the person was salvaged, he was already dead.

Officer Otaki half-crouched beside the body that had been salvaged. "The deceased, Katagiri Maho, suddenly set her coat on fire, then her body tilted and she fell off the bridge. However, the main cause of her death was indeed a heavy blow to the back of her head. I think when she fell, her head must have hit the stone pier first and then fell into the water."

"Lin Xiao, do you think it was suicide?" asked Officer Otaki.

"He died in the same way as Kato, he was murdered." Lin Xiao said with certainty.

At this time, Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha came over.

Mao Lilan explained the details she had just noticed: "There was no one else around Katagiri at the time, but there was a person at the entrance of the bridge."

"Yeah, I saw it too." Yuanshan Heye nodded in agreement.