"Killed?"
Hirano Yuzhi's expression was a bit ugly and his face turned pale: "You are saying that my uncle has..."
"Ms. Hirano, please calm down first. We are just saying that there is a possibility..." Koshimizu Nanatsuki, although he felt that 99% of Mr. Hirano was killed, he still comforted softly, "...your uncle has been missing for three weeks. , the possibility of being killed is relatively high, but there is also a possibility that he is still imprisoned!"
"That's right." Kindaichi agreed from the side and casually found a reason to comfort Hirano Haori, "...We just took a brief look at Mr. Hirano's study and found that Mr. Hirano really collected a lot of information related to the treasure. ——Suppose Mr. Hirano accidentally discovered information about the treasure and it was known to others, then..."
Before Kaneda finished speaking, Hirano Haori immediately nodded and said: "Yes! That's definitely the case! My uncle was definitely taken away and imprisoned to ask for information about the treasure..."
Hirano Haori said, as if he suddenly thought of something, he stretched out his hand and patted his forehead and said: "By the way! I remembered it! A month ago, when I was talking to my uncle on the phone, he said that he found a Regarding the important information about the 'Legendary Golden King', I plan to tell some friends on the Internet in person who are working together to find Toyotomi Hideyoshi's treasure..."
"What? Are you telling the truth?" Koshimizu Nanatsuki and Kindaichi looked at each other in shock, while Hirano Haori nodded:
"Of course it's true! Speaking of which, my uncle probably organized the trip because of this incident, right? In this case, wouldn't everyone in the chat room be suspected?"
"Well, that's true!" Koshimizu Nanatsuki nodded, "...These people really need to investigate..."
After Koshizui Nanatsuki finished speaking, Hirano Haori immediately said: "Then... let's go find an Internet cafe outside now and ask in the chat room..."
"No, that's not necessary!" Koshimizu Nanatsuki and Kindaichi shook their heads almost simultaneously and refused.
Hirano Haori looked surprised, and Kindaichi explained: "Ms. Hirano, assuming that the culprit is really someone in the chat room, if we go into the chat room to ask, we might be able to alert the snake. Moreover, asking in the chat room is too slow, the news It may not be accurate, so it’s better to ask the person in the chat room face to face..."
"Ask in person?" Hirano Haori was stunned when he heard this, and stammered, "But... we don't know the true identities of the people in the chat room at all, and we can't find them at all..."
"Although I don't know their true identities, it is still possible to find them and ask about the situation face to face." Koshimizu Nanatsuki smiled slightly, picked up Mr. Hirano's notebook and said, "Mr. Hirano's travel plan has five chats Members of the room responded that there were eight days in total, and their itinerary was in the order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's fortune, namely 'Kyoto→Nagoya→Osaka'. It started last Sunday and officially ended tomorrow - in other words, they must be here now The last stop of this trip is Osaka! Moreover, their last day’s activity area is also written in this plan, which is in the most representative Osaka Castle!”
"So, as long as we go to Osaka Castle, we can definitely find them!"
After Koshimizu Nanatsuki finished speaking, Nanase Miyuki next to him suddenly said: "But... even so, there are many tourists here in Osaka Castle. We don't even know what they look like. It will still be troublesome to find them, right?"
"Trouble is trouble... but fortunately, the latest chat records in the chat room have left us new clues." Kindaichi smiled, "During the trip, people who participated in the trip logged into the chat room and told others , they are playing a 'role-playing' game, in which five members play the roles of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Akechi Mitsuhide, Oda Nobunaga and the wet nurse, and they also wear corresponding family crests to indicate their identities, so , all we need to do next is look for people with family crests such as Toyotomi Hideyoshi..."
"That's it!" Hirano Haori and Nanase Miyuki nodded together.
The few of them chatted briefly for a while and agreed to leave early tomorrow morning. Hirano Haori and Nanase Miyuki walked into the bathroom to take a bath together. Only Koshimizu Nanatsuki and Kaneda Kazuichi were left in the living room.
Both of them held their chins and thought solemnly. After a long silence, Kindaichi suddenly asked: "...Detective Koshimizu, you said before that Mr. Hirano might be imprisoned... It should be just... Will you comfort Ms. Hirano?"
Koshimizu Nanatsuki nodded and said softly: "Yes! I think you should be thinking the same thing as me now, right? If the prisoner really imprisoned Mr. Hirano and asked him about the treasure, then he would definitely be careful. Search Mr. Hirano’s room, especially the pile of documents in the study, and it is possible that they will be completely emptied, but judging from the current situation, this place should not have been searched by outsiders..."
"That's right!" Kindaichi narrowed his eyes and looked serious:
"In other words, the purpose of the prisoner coming here is not at all the important information about the 'Legendary Golden King' that Ms. Hirano mentioned before, but for other reasons!"
…
Ten o'clock in the evening, Neyagawa City.
On the moving car, Hattori Heizo held the steering wheel with both hands and drove quietly.
In the passenger seat, Toyama Ginshiro glanced at Kazuha, who was lying in the back seat of the car in confusion, and sighed heavily. Then Hattori Heizo also sighed and called out his friend's name in a low voice: "Toyama. Shan...look at what happened with Heiji and Kazuha..."
In the back seat of the car, Kazuha woke up faintly when he heard the names of himself and Hattori Heiji. Toyama Ginjiro turned his head and looked at Hattori Heizo. He was silent for a few seconds before sighing again, with a depressed look on his face. : "...the two of them are childhood sweethearts. They grew up together and have a pretty good relationship... Forget it! It's better to take advantage of your son than to take advantage of other people's bastards..."
When Toyama Ginshiro said this, he paused and then continued: "... Kazuye is seventeen years old this year. After graduating from high school and entering college, he will soon be twenty years old. Then he will find time to take care of things. Let’s do it…”
In the back seat of the car, He Ye's face turned slightly red after hearing this.
Hattori Heizang said "Hmm", and then asked: "Then... before that, how about getting them engaged first?"
Toyama Ginshiro was stunned when he heard this, then nodded and said: "Well, when they are in their third year of high school, let's get engaged first..."
"...Otherwise someone will die one day, trouble..."
