HLnovel Chapter 387: Abolish Transportation First
Chapter 387: Abolish Transportation First
"If the person who stole the Buddha statue is Genji Hotaru, then if we solve this mystery, we can not only find out the location of the Buddha statue, but also find clues about the murder case." Hattori touched his chin and thought to himself.
Conan continued his words: "It is related to Genji Hotaru, so we have to look for clues in places related to Yoshitsune and Mu Kei. But I am not very familiar with Kyoto... Hattori, you——"
Hattori patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I'm familiar with these places! I'll take you there!"
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Chu Ming drove the car and took Conan and Hattori to visit all the Yoshitsune-related attractions in Kyoto, but they still didn't get any useful clues.
It was almost noon, and Chu Ming really didn't want to run around after them anymore, so he just sat in the car and waited for them to come back.
After a while, Chu Ming looked at the two people who were dragging their feet back and said with a look of understanding: "Didn't you find any clues this time?"
Conan frowned as he examined the drawings in his hand, "Yeah, there's absolutely nothing in common. I still don't have any ideas about these drawings."
"Then let's go eat first. There's a hot pot restaurant on the other side of Shushui Park. They also sell dim sum. When you went in just now, I heard people saying that the food there was delicious." Chu Ming pointed to the cherry blossom forest opposite, "Just walk through the cherry trees and you'll get there."
After searching for clues for so long, Conan and the others were hungry. The roads over on the cherry blossom forest were all small and cars couldn't pass through, so Chu Ming parked the car on the side of the road and took the two of them over there.
Fine sunlight sprinkled through the gaps between the cherry trees, and pink petals fluttered in the air. Hattori looked up at the beautiful scenery of the cherry blossoms in full bloom and fell into memories: "Every time I see cherry blossoms, I think of the past eight years ago..."
Hearing Hattori's tone of gossip, Conan and Chu Ming instantly became interested. They sandwiched Hattori in the middle, stared at him with their sharp eyes, and urged him to speak quickly.
Under the beautiful cherry tree, Hattori told his two best friends about his first love, with memories almost overflowing in his eyes.
"…Although it was like a dream, it was real. I always felt that we would meet again one day."
It’s like a dream, I’m still moved even after waking up for a long time?
Okay, let’s get involved.
Hattori talked as he walked, and when he finished telling about his first love, they sat at the table and prepared to eat Sukiyaki.
Conan lay on the table, covering his mouth and burst into laughter. Chu Ming had a stern face, trying his best to show Hattori that he was calm, but his whole body was shaking from laughing.
The main thing is that Hattori, this straight man, suddenly looks innocent, which is really funny...
But, Conan, you are not ashamed to laugh? Didn't you also have a crush on him since childhood?
I am the only one who has the right to laugh here!!
Hattori's face became even darker with anger: "What are you laughing at? Is it funny?"
Conan waved his hands: "Sorry, sorry - puff, cough cough, I couldn't help it..."
Hattori took out a sachet from his bosom with great care and poured out a transparent crystal bead: "This is the crystal bead I picked up. I think this is the token left to me by God."
Chu Ming knew that this was the white hair on the head of the Medicine Buddha statue. While the two were observing the crystal beads, he quietly ate the fat beef in the pot, and then scooped the food into his own bowl. When the two finished chatting and found out, Chu Ming had already covered his stomach and burped happily.
"Brother Chu Ming!!!"
The angry shout almost scared the birds in the tree away, and the people eating nearby turned their eyes to Conan who made the sound.
After Conan finished shouting, he shrank his neck guiltily, but still puffed up his face: "Brother Chu Ming is too much, he actually ate first!"
Chu Ming stretched out his finger and poked Conan's puffy cheek, mocking him: "Do you really think you are seven years old? You are still acting like a spoiled child. Who told you to keep chatting? I thought you were not hungry. The pot has been boiling. If you don't eat meat, you will be too old to eat it."
Hattori poked Conan's other cheek and said, "Don't mention it, Kudo is quite cute like this, like a pufferfish."
Conan spread his fingers on both sides, protected his face, and glared: "Don't go too far, you two!!"
Chu Ming retracted his finger, signaled the waiter to bring a few more plates of meat, turned to Hattori and said, "Does your first love... He Ye know?"
Conan didn't bother to cover his face anymore, and came over to gossip: "Yeah, didn't you always say you were going to find a place to confess to Kazuha? Why are you looking for your first love again?"
Hattori carefully put away the sachet: "These two things are not related. I just want to find the person I am obsessed with."
Hiss——Xiao Heiji, you sound a bit scumbag when you talk like that… You better not learn from Akai Shuichi!!
After dinner, under Hattori's command, several people came to Kurama Temple again.
After parking the car at the west gate of the temple, Chu Ming followed the two people up the winding stone steps. He keenly noticed that someone seemed to be following him from above, so he quickened his pace slightly and walked to Hattori's side.
After climbing the stone steps, you will reach the Immovable Hall of Sengshanggu. It is rumored that a Tengu once appeared here. The moment Chu Ming turned around, his peripheral vision swept over the person who had been following him. He has been following him for so long, and why hasn't he made a move?
Just as he was thinking about it, the masked man standing on the tree branch drew his bow and arrow, aimed at Hattori and shot.
Conan was still talking to Hattori, and the moment he saw the arrow coming, he rushed towards Hattori and tried to push him away.
The one who moved faster than him was Chu Ming, who had been waiting for the murderer to take action. He rushed forward and pulled away Hattori under the tree. He reached out and pulled out the arrow that had shot into the trunk of the cedar tree, then turned around and threw it in the direction the masked man left.
Chu Ming was strong enough, but after all, it was his first time using a bow and arrow, and there was a certain difference between this thing and shooting a gun. So he clearly aimed the arrow at the masked man's back, but the arrow missed and only grazed the man's arm. It was estimated that even the skin was not broken.
Conan was no longer under Newton's control at this point, and he chased the masked man all over the forest, even sliding down on the exposed tree roots on the ground, turning his shoes into skateboards, and slid down very smoothly.
I wonder what Newton would think when he saw this scene.
Chu Ming ran behind the two of them slowly, not in a hurry at all.
As a scripted man, when he had just parked his car at the west gate, he discovered a blue motorcycle belonging to the murderer at the door. He immediately performed a minor operation on the motorcycle tire and cut it open.
He doesn't have as good a driving skill as Toru Amuro, and he doesn't want to have a scene where he has to run away from the murderer while he is chased by him, so it's better to destroy his means of transportation first.