At the shrine in Nishi-Kunichi City, Tokyo, three men leaned against the side of the wooden house in the quiet night, as if waiting for something, impatiently lit a cigarette and looked at the time on their watches.

"Benkei, that guy is too slow, isn't he?!"

"Yes, he said that the puzzle has been solved, and he should be most interested in this......"

"Whew!" Suddenly, a cold arrow shot from the shadows and hit the heart of one of the bespectacled men, and the other two exclaimed, and a figure rushed out from the opposite side like lightning, drawing a knife and slashing vertically.

With the sound of screaming and falling to the ground, the people who came were heartbroken, shook off the blood stains and put the knife into the sheath, so that they could pick up the 3 copies of the "Book of Righteousness" and leave.

The moonlight reflected a little chill on the mask of the kind old man, and the turban and the blue-gray samurai costume on his body were particularly distinguishable from the three people who were killed, as if he had returned to the ancient kendo era.

……

A few days later, a joint meeting was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Gao Cheng walked into the meeting site with Xiao Ai, just in time for the spring break cherry blossoms to bloom, originally planned to go out to enjoy the cherry blossoms, but in the middle because Xiao Ai was anxious to see his father's friend changed the itinerary, and in the end, when the other party was free, he was temporarily pulled over by the Metropolitan Police Department.

I heard that this incident was related to a Genji Hotaru theft syndicate......

"According to the investigation, the five people killed in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto have all been determined to be members of the thief group Genji Hotaru, and in view of this, the incident will be jointly investigated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Osaka Prefecture, and Kyoto Prefecture......"

"We found out that Hotaru Genji has been focusing on Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka since the third year of Heisei, and has continued to target well-known Buddha statues and works of art, and all members call each other as retainers of Yoshitsune, and each of them has a book of Yoshitsune ......"

Officer Shiratori reported: "The first person who received the Nominal Sutra had a total of eight members including Benkei and Yoon Sesaburo, and at present, the remaining five except for the three Yoshitsune have been killed one after another, and even the "Yoshitsune" in their possession has been taken away......

"Now I only know that the murderer is a kendo and bow and arrow master, and in other aspects, there are no clues, including the age and gender of the three Yijing......

"Hmm." Listening to the speeches of Mu Du and the others in front of him, Gao Cheng couldn't help but yawn.

Really, you can't just pull the murderer over just because he's a kendo master......

"How?" Xiao Ai sat in the last row, looking at the listless Gao Cheng and said, "Are you scared?" ”

"I'm going to be scared?" Gao Cheng snorted, "It's just that there happens to be a murderer who knows swordsmanship, I think it must be some kind of thief group infighting......"

"Anyway," Officer Twilight raised his voice, "we must arrest the murderer and the other members of this group of thieves as soon as possible, and for this we have enlisted Detective Takanari Shiroto to assist in the investigation!" ”

There was a round of applause in the conference room, and all the police officers followed and turned their eyes to Gao Cheng, who was hiding behind.

"That," Gao Cheng stood up with a dry smile, "I want to ask the officers for more advice......

That's why he hates this kind of big action, usually some cases are fine, but when he encounters this kind of thing, he always feels that it is not pleasing to him.

Let's not talk about the trouble of this kind of cross-regional case, if he is an outsider who solves the case in front, where will the other police officers put their faces......

Gao Cheng sighed lightly and sat back in place.

At the end of the day, he's too young, and Uncle Maori should be here to ...... Well, that guy probably isn't much better.

At the end of the meeting, Gao Cheng was taken to the small conference room alone.

"The last place where the murderer appeared was Kyoto, right?" Takasei suggested to Officer Twilight, "Speaking of Yoshitsune, it should have something to do with Kyoto, so I think it's better to start investigating from Kyoto first." ”

"Kyoto......" Twilight nodded in a deep voice, "I also think Genji Hotaru has something to do with Kyoto, so let's do that, Brother Joto, you and Officer Ayakoji will investigate the Kyoto area......"

"Officer Ayakoji?"

Gao Cheng thought it was a female police officer when he heard it, but when he turned around, he found that his partner this time was the representative of the Kyoto Prefectural Police who was sitting next to Officer Shiratori at the meeting just now.

A typical long and thin face, hanging from the corners of his eyes, and two strands of bangs on his forehead, he looks a little arrogant, and the most bizarre thing is that there is a little squirrel in his jacket pocket......

"I'm Kyoto Prefecture police officer Ayakoji Wen, although you are well-known in detectives, but just in case, I still hope that we will be the main ones when I arrive in Kyoto," Ayakoji shook hands with Gao Cheng with a cold face, turned to Twilight and said, "Then, there will be a press conference later, I'll go wash my face first." ”

"Uh......"

Gao Cheng watched Aya Xiaolu leave, and asked Sato and Takagi in a low voice, "What is the origin of this guy?" ”

"I heard that he is a descendant of an ancient courtier, and is called a 'noble police officer'," Sato smiled, "You also saw the little guy in his pocket, it was his pet squirrel, it seems to take it with him every time he goes out, and his personality is stranger than Officer Shiratori, but he and Officer Shiratori are classmates......"

"Ah......" Gao Cheng had a headache, "It's probably not easy to partner with him this time......"

Kyoto, as the name suggests, is the ancient capital of Japan, is a historical city, although he drew a Japanese history card, but to say that the familiarity with Kyoto is definitely not as good as the local police officer.

However, this kind of investigation requires the help of local police officers, such as Officer Nihonbashi Kaga, who was his partner before.

However, Kyoto is not without acquaintances, Okita from Izumi Shin High School has long wanted to invite him over, and this guy Hattori should be familiar with Kyoto.

Speaking of Okita ......

Gao Cheng remembered that he had pretended to be Okita's name at Hinata's house before, and looking at Okita's good-tempered appearance, he shouldn't mind, right?

It was already night when he returned to the Chenghu Detective Office, and even Xiao Ai couldn't help but yawn several times, and when he noticed Gao Cheng's sight, he hurriedly covered it with his hand.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Ai," Gao Cheng walked to the door of the coffee shop and touched Mangono who came over with his tongue out, "That friend of your father can only wait until he comes back from Kyoto." ”

Xiao Ai was a little disappointed, but still shook her head understandingly: "I know, it's not bad these days anyway." ”

Gao Cheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, with my detective Gao Cheng coming out, I will definitely be able to solve this incident soon!" ”

Xiao Ai was speechless and lowered her eyelids: "How can anyone call himself a detective?" ”

"Anyway, let's solve the case quickly, right? Tomorrow we will go to Kyoto to see how it goes. ”

Back in the office, Xiao Ai went upstairs to prepare dinner, Gao Cheng thought about it and called Conan.

Although the last place where the murderer appeared was in Kyoto, it is an indisputable fact that 3 people died in Tokyo at once, so let's ask Conan to help......

"What? You're going to Kyoto tomorrow too?! ”

"Yes," Conan yawned and walked outside, "there is a temple called Sannoji Temple looking for uncle to investigate the case...... By the way, I heard that you were asked to assist the police in the investigation of the Genji Hotaru case, do you want to help? ”

Gao Cheng collapsed his eyelids, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth: "No, I'm enough alone." ”

How could it be so coincidental? I also thought that the police didn't look for Uncle Maori, so it turned out that these guys were going to Kyoto directly......

"You just said that?" Conan was curious, "Are you going to Kyoto to investigate?" ”

"Yes, I'll follow you over tomorrow to have a look, and I'll have to familiarize myself with Kyoto first......"

Gao Cheng rubbed his brows.

Uncle, Conan...... Won't you meet Hattori again when you go to Kyoto this time? If it's like before, I'm afraid something will happen to Kyoto again...... 2k reading web