The Split-Actress in Conan's World

Shanneng Temple.

Maori and his group arrived outside the temple in a taxi.

In addition to Mouri Ran and Conan, the young lady Suzuki Sonoko also came.

However, unlike the few people who were invited to investigate, Suzuki Sonoko simply came to Kyoto for sightseeing.

Also, let's visit the "Fujiwara family" where Brother Shakuha stayed a few years ago.

The one who greeted them at the door was Long Yuan, a monk from Shanneng Temple, a middle-aged man with a round head, thick eyebrows and a sturdy build.

There was a lot of noise in the temple, and it seemed that there were other people there.

With the introduction of Long Yuan, who came on behalf of Maori Kogoro, the few of them also got a brief acquaintance with the people in the temple.

The old man with a bald head, long face, long beard, and squinty eyes who looks like a Buddhist is the abbot of Yuanhai, the senior monk of this Shanneng Temple.

The other three are donors who visited Shanneng Temple today.

The shrewd businessman with glasses, a fat head and big ears is called Sakura Masazo, and he is an antique art dealer.

"Is this the famous Maori detective?" he complimented with a smile.

Uncle Maori immediately revealed his true colors, rubbing the back of his head and laughing: "Ahahaha, you're too kind, I didn't know I was so famous, people in Kyoto recognize me!"

Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko looked at him with disdain.

The man standing next to him, wearing a blue-gray kimono, with hair longer than his ears and half bangs on his forehead, was named Mizuo Harutarou. He behaved very properly and seemed to have practiced etiquette.

"This is the young master of the Noh theater Mizuo Ryū, Mr. Harutarou."

Mizuo Harutarou nodded slightly and bowed.

"And this is Mr. Nishijo Taikawa who runs a used bookstore."

Nishijo Taiga has a slicked-back hair and wears round-framed glasses, looking very honest.

"Please give me some advice."

He spoke politely, his voice was low and gentle, and he looked honest.

Abbot Yuan Hai smiled and said, "Rather than calling me a donor, we are actually both fellow swordsmen."

Conan finally became interested after hearing this, and looked up at the calm and steady old abbot in front of him.

Not good-looking... No, don't judge a book by its cover.

He has not forgotten how the old and strong Beika Sword Master lifted Mr. Manaka with one hand.

"So you are all practicing kendo. No wonder the abbot is in such good health." Kogoro Mori was surprised.

After a pleasant conversation, the group of adults finally ended their lengthy social speeches, which made Suzuki Sonoko and Conan, who were bored of waiting, breathe a sigh of relief.

"I heard that your temple has a Buddha statue that is only consecrated once every 12 years?" Uncle Maori went straight to the topic of today.

"Ah, yes." Abbot Yuanhai always had that kind smile on his face and nodded slightly, "That is the main Buddha of this temple, Medicine Buddha."

While leading everyone towards the main hall of the temple, Abbot Yuanhai calmly told them a shocking news.

In fact, the Medicine Buddha statue was stolen eight years ago.

Monk Long Yuan, who had planned to call the police immediately upon discovering the theft, was stopped by Abbot Yuan Hai.

According to Long Yuan, the abbot Yuan Hai said:

"If fate allows, perhaps one day we can meet this Medicine Buddha again."

I can only say that he is worthy of being a high monk...

Five days ago, Monk Long Yuan discovered a strange letter in the temple's mailbox.

This is also the reason why he entrusted Kogoro Mori to come.

"That's the letter."

After settling everyone down in the tea room, Monk Ryuen took out the letter and handed it to Kogoro Mori.

The letter was very ordinary, with the words "Sannoji Temple" written on the pure white envelope. There was no zip code or stamp, and the sender column was blank.

Kogoro Mouri opened the envelope and took out two pieces of paper from it.

"If you can solve the puzzle of this painting, you will know where the Buddha statue is."

He put the mysterious paper aside and looked at another one.

There was a picture on it of a cabinet that looked like a staircase and was divided into five layers, and there were incomprehensible pictures on the first, second, and fourth layers.

There are red cicadas, green tengu, swimming goldfish, golden chickens and loaches...even violets and Mount Fuji, and a single acorn outside the cabinet.

"What is this..." Kogoro Mouri narrowed his eyes.

Completely incomprehensible.

"Dad, can you really get it done before the day after tomorrow?" Mao Lilan looked at him worriedly. She was a little worried that she would not be able to make it to the consecration ceremony two days later, which would affect her father's reputation.

"...... Stop talking so much! I can solve this simple puzzle for you in no time!" Uncle Maori stiffly picked up the teacup, took a sip, snorted, pressed the drawing paper on the table and made faces at it, as if he wanted to influence it and make it reveal the truth.

Conan was ashamed.

Even he has no idea, so the uncle can only guess...

"Oh, let's leave the finding of Buddha statues to the experts. I think, how about we go visit Kyoto?" Suzuki Sonoko waved her hand indifferently and suggested to Mouri Ran with some excitement.

Maori Kogoro keenly sensed a good opportunity to save his dignity, and hurriedly said, "Go, go! You guys are only hindering my train of thought!"

Suzuki Sonoko looked at this face-conscious uncle with dead eyes.

"Actually, I called Kazuha before coming here, and she said she could take us around Kyoto tomorrow." Mao Lilan did not reject her best friend's suggestion, but she felt that it would be more lively if she brought another best friend along.

"Then I'll call Brother Chikuha too!" Suzuki Sonoko just took out her cell phone, but suddenly thought about it and put it away again.

"No, I came here secretly this time. I want to give him a surprise."

Mao Lilan looked at Suzuki Sonoko's tangled look, smiled, and asked Conan beside her: "Conan, can you come with us tomorrow?"

"Huh?" Conan was thinking about the puzzle when he was suddenly called. After a while, he chose to refuse, "I can't do it."

He found an excuse to walk around tomorrow to see if he could find some inspiration to solve the puzzle: "I made an appointment with some kids from the neighborhood to go fishing in the river."

"Huh? Conan made friends so quickly." Ran Mouri was a little surprised, but she was also happy for Conan, so she didn't force it.

It’s good that Conan is not coming, so the girls can go shopping more freely.

"Then you have to be careful." She still did not forget to remind him.

"Ok!"

......

The next day, Gojo Bridge in Kyoto.

Conan lay on the edge of the fence, watching the river slowly flow away, his thoughts gradually letting go.

There is no doubt that the Buddha statue in Sannoji Temple was stolen by "Genji Hotaru" eight years ago.

But who sent the letter with the puzzle on it, and for what purpose?

What is the causal relationship between this and the five "Genji Hotaru" serial murder cases investigated by the Kyoto Metropolitan Police Department some time ago?

However, when it comes to Yoshitsune and Benkei, the first thing that comes to mind is the Gojo Bridge where they met, which is why Conan chose to come here to find inspiration.

"But I didn't see anything related to the painting..." He pulled out the picture he had taken from his cell phone album and looked at the river, which seemed to be nothing special, feeling a little helpless.

When he wasn't paying attention, a figure approached quietly from behind.

“On the Gojo Bridge in Kyoto...”

A deep voice sounded quietly.

"The big, burly man Benkei..."

Holding the wooden sword high in his hand——

"Raise your sword and chop at Ushiwakamaru!!"

Snapped! !

"Ouch!"

Conan covered his head and turned around to meet a dark smiling face. The Osaka boy was carrying a wooden sword on his shoulder, showing his white teeth, and squatted down and looked at him with a smile.

"Hatori? Why are you here?"

"I'd like to ask you something." Hattori Heiji stood up.

However, instead of waiting for Conan's reply, he saw the boy standing there in a daze, staring at him fixedly -

No, it's behind him?!

Hattori Heiji reacted quickly. After making a judgment, he immediately turned around and raised his sword to block, but he saw a wooden sword with an afterimage change its move, deflecting the wooden sword in his hand, and then suddenly retracted its force when it was about to fall on his head.

Snapped! !

"hiss--"

Hattori Heiji covered his head and took a few steps back.

“The first to come first, the last to come first.”

He said in a cool tone.

"Big brother, it's time to return the bamboo sword to me. If you continue playing with it, I'll be late for my kendo class!" Three children in training uniforms came up, and the child with middle-parted hair stretched out his hand in grievance.

"Thank you. Here you go."

"Rin, Mr. Rin?!!"

Conan looked in surprise at this neighbor who had not been seen for more than a month. At this moment, he was holding the hand of a little girl who was wearing a pink kimono, had two pigtails on her head, and was holding an apple candy in her mouth.

"I didn't expect to see you two in Kyoto." Rin Shakuha pulled out a few packets of anchovies from his pocket as a reward for borrowing the children's bamboo swords, and then urged them to find the sword of Hattori Heiji who was still in a daze.

Hattori Heiji couldn't stand the noise anymore, so he quickly apologized and returned the bamboo sword to them.

The three children ran away to attend class.

"Brother Lin?" He also didn't expect to meet Lin Chiyu here.

But it seems that Brother Lin is quite skilled... He was able to get behind me without making any noise.

Although he was focused on attacking Conan by surprise and had let his guard down a little, his swordsmanship skills were not something that an ordinary person could perform a silent backstab.

"What is...?" Looking down along Rinshakuha's hand, he saw a cute little girl in a kimono. She was licking an apple candy, staring at Hattori Heiji and Conan with her big watery eyes without any concealment.

"My relative's child, Xianghua, this is Hattori brother, and this is Conan."

"Hello, Hattori brother, hello, Conan brother, my name is Fujiwara Kaka, you can just call me Kaka." Fujiwara Kaka took the apple candy from her mouth and bowed properly, pressing her belly.

Even though she looks like a troublemaker when she complains, she is actually a lady educated by the Fujiwara family, so her manners are pretty good.

Of course, when facing outsiders, you still have to complain and throw a tantrum in front of Rin Chiyu.