Conan Moslin

Chapter 19 Intelligence Gathering (3) - Fingerprints

Seeing Genta being heartless, Mitsuhiko covering his pocket, Ayumi pouting, and Conan with half-moon eyes, Hou Lian laughed out loud.

"Not expensive, not expensive. Children, I can give you a discount. How about 1000 yen? They..." He raised his hand and pointed at the people who had started to line up behind the children. "I want more than this."

"Conan! Conan! Let's buy one together!" Ayumi turned around and asked.

Conan looked at this gentle profiteer trying to cheat the child out of his money, and the cheated child was already dizzy and willingly opened his wallet, then cast his eyes on him, feeling helpless.

He opened his wallet and took out some money. The children counted it together and handed it to Hou Lian.

"What's your name, big brother? Will I see you again in the future?" Ayumi asked him again. This big brother was really gentle and she liked him so much.

"My brother's name is Hou Lian. See you again if we have the chance, little sister." Hou Lian said with a smile.

Hou Lian took the money, took out a treasure map from under the stone and handed it to little Guangyan.

When the person behind him came up, he still looked shy.

After receiving the treasure map, the children discovered that it was a piece of paper covered with various symbols and the three letters "ORO". The children who had just come out of the treasure exhibition immediately determined that this was a real treasure map.

"Okay, let's go find the treasure!"

"From today on, we are the Junior Detective Team!"

With such an opportunity, a young detective team was born, which spans the entire story but is independent of the main line.

Hou Lian was stunned for a moment after hearing everything, then his smile deepened.

After Yuantai issued the "calling order" for the Junior Detective Team, the children cheered.

"Let's go!"

"Oh!"

Then their movements froze.

"Where to……"

Conan almost fell down.

"Can you let me see this paper?" Conan thought about it and decided not to let them do anything stupid, so it would be better to keep an eye on them.

"Here." Yuantai handed over the paper.

A gust of wind blew, and the paper flew away from Genta's hand before Conan could get it.

"Ah! My treasure map!" Yuan Tai exclaimed.

"Stop sighing, hurry up! Go chase it!" Mitsuhiko glanced at Genta and ran towards the place where the notes flew.

Ayumi also ran over, but she ran too fast and bumped into someone with a thud.

With tears in her eyes, she got up and apologized to the person she had just bumped into. After hearing that person say he was okay, she continued to run. Seeing the other children looking back at her worriedly, she smiled.

"I, I'm fine! Let's go find the treasure map!" Ayumi said.

"But...but...the treasure map is gone." Yuantai turned his head and looked in the direction where the wind was blowing, but the treasure map was no longer there.

Ayumi's eyes turned red: "It's all... it's all my fault..."

When the children were at a loss as to how to comfort him, a piece of paper lightly landed at Mitsuhiko's feet.

"What is this..." Mitsuhiko picked it up and looked at it curiously.

Several familiar logos and the word "ORO" come into view.

"It's... it's the treasure map! Ayumi, we found the treasure map!"

Ayumi stopped sobbing, and a genuine smile appeared in her tearful eyes: "Really?"

Several children gathered around the paper and began to read it.

Conan found that there seemed to be something wrong with the paper.

"Let me see this paper!" His voice suddenly became serious.

He took the paper. The material of this paper was different from the previous one, but the mark should be exactly the same, because Guangyan was the first person to get the treasure map, so he said it was the same, so it should be correct. However, there were a few gray and dark red marks on this paper, which seemed to be fingerprints.

Conan sniffed and his expression became even more serious.

is blood!

He must decipher this code!

That person just now... Conan looked back and saw that person had already left.

Several children looked at Conan's serious expression and chattered around him.

"What's wrong, Conan?"

"Shouldn't we be happy to have found the treasure map?"

"Can we go to the bookstore? I want to look up the meaning of this word." Conan glanced around and saw a few figures coming out from behind the pillars. He calmed himself down and pointed to "ORO" to his friends. "Knowing the meaning will help us find the treasure faster, right?"

"Then let's go!" "Let's go find the treasure!" The children were happy.

……

Li An saw Conan coming, and there were not many people buying treasure maps today, so he packed up earlier than usual and prepared to leave. People around him did not stop him, just thinking that he had something to do today and might come back tomorrow.

Only she herself knew that now that Conan had arrived, the matter was over.

She would be suspected if she continued to sell here.

Let’s go back and count how much we’ve earned, then go to the warehouse to find Conan.

She actually didn't want to look for it, Conan had just cut off her "source of wealth".

Forget it, just go. She and Yuko have taken turns watching there for three days, and today was supposed to be her turn to go.

……

In the bookstore, when several other children's hearts were attracted by comics and they had no intention of thinking about the treasure map, Conan was flipping through the English dictionary with a unhappy look on his face.

ORO should be an English word, but he couldn't find it.

He looked up and glanced at the bookshelf. He saw an Italian dictionary, picked it up and opened it. His face suddenly changed when he saw the familiar words.

ORO, Italian for money, and gold!

"Then... then, this code..."

This really is a treasure map!

Who was the man who sold the map before? Why did he have the treasure map?

How many treasure maps did he sell?

Could it be that he had seized someone's treasure map... and because he couldn't decipher the code himself, he sold it to someone else to make money?

Conan's imagination is getting bigger and bigger.

After walking out the door, Conan heard such news being broadcast on the TV outside the door.

"Last night, the leader of the Italian robber group, Tino Cabana, who was arrested in a building near Tokyo Tower, has not said a word yet. The police are tracking down the three accomplices of Cabana who are on the run, but they still can't find any clues."

Tino Cabana's accomplices are still at large!

In a flash, Conan thought of something. The treasure in this treasure map should be the gold coins stolen by Tino Cabana.

Does that person know that the treasure points to the money that Tino Cabana stole?

Or, could he be an accomplice of Tino Cabana? Conan swallowed.

If Li An heard this, he would definitely complain like this.

Tino Cabana's accomplices have all appeared in the news. Do they dare to sell the treasure map against the law?

Unfortunately, she didn't know that Conan secretly equated her with Tino Cabana's accomplices.

He said his name was Hou Lian.

He remembered the name and hoped it was not a pseudonym.

Conan thought, if there was something wrong with this person, he must catch him next time.

The task now is to find these "treasures" as soon as possible!

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