After enjoying lunch, which was not considered afternoon tea, the three of them rushed to their last stop, Kurama Temple.

When they came to Kyoto before, they didn't have time to sightsee properly. Fujiwara Yu was quite happy to accompany them here. If he knew that these two people called him to come over for tourism, he would definitely bring Akemi along.

After all, the cherry blossoms in Kyoto are very beautiful. Walking on this suburban forest path and breathing the fresh air is quite pleasant, which can relieve the fatigue brought about by the recent high-intensity cases.

"That's the west gate of Kurama-dera Temple. Most people enter through the Niomon Gate, but it's closer if we go here." Hattori Heiji obviously knew Kyoto very well. After all, he had come here more than once to look for his first love in his memory.

Fujiwara Yu looked at the sign at the fork in the road and noticed that there was the Kifune Shrine a hundred meters away. He thought for a while and said that he would go to the shrine first and meet up with them later.

Edogawa Conan narrowed his eyes and looked at the walking away Takashi Sosuke, and started to complain:

"Hey, Hattori, do you think Takashi-kun went to the shrine to get rid of his bad luck? I heard that when he was working at the Osaka Police Headquarters, he had cases to investigate almost every day?"

"Kudo, do you have the nerve to criticize others?" Hattori Heiji looked speechlessly at the guy who had no self-awareness at all, and said while counting on his fingers: "Last month, the number of cases you solved was almost twice as many as mine. I don't know how you encountered so many cases. I suddenly feel that Osaka is very peaceful!"

"Uh, is that so?" Edogawa Conan looked in the direction where Sosuke Toji left, frowned and reflected. He was wondering whether he should also be superstitious and go to the shrine to get rid of bad luck.

Fujiwara no Yu, who had already arrived at Kifune Shrine, calmly followed the procedure of worship. The last time he came to worship at the shrine was seven years ago. He took out the amulet given to him by Miyano Akemi. He had kept it with him all these years. Perhaps it was the power brought by the amulet that allowed him to escape danger every time.

He clasped his hands together. Even though he didn't believe that visiting a shrine could really get rid of bad luck, he still gave it a try, silently praying to himself: I hope that during my future vacations, I won't encounter any cases, I won't encounter any cases, I won't encounter any cases.

Well, saying it three times should be sincere enough.

Fujiwara Yu put the amulet back into the inner pocket of his suit and walked along the path until he reached the end, where he saw the two people standing in front of the Morjodani Fudo Hall. They were surrounded by tall cedar trees, which completely blocked out the sunset.

He walked towards them with his hands in his pockets, but he hadn't taken a few steps when he heard a familiar voice.

Is this... the sound of a bow being drawn?

The subtle sound made Fujiwara Yu instantly alert. He took two steps back and looked up. Sure enough, there was a man standing on a thick branch. He was holding a bow and arrow and aiming at Hattori Heiji who was standing with his back to him.

Fujiwara Yuu didn't even think about it and shouted:

"Hattori, don't stand there, run!!"

Hearing Sosuke Takagi's shout, Hattori Heiji quickly turned around and noticed a man holding a bow and arrow in the tree. He quickly picked up Conan and rolled to the side, and the arrow steadily penetrated the place where he had been standing before.

This guy's target... is me?

Hattori Heiji thought he had not offended anyone recently. Seeing that Sosuke Toji had already gone to chase the mysterious man who had escaped, he and Conan also ran in the direction the two had left.

"Hey, Hattori, could that guy be the murderer of this serial murder case?!"

"I thought so too, but why would that guy attack you? You have nothing to do with the thieves' group!" Conan Edogawa frowned, completely not understanding the murderer's purpose.

The same person who didn't understand was Fujiwara Yu, who was chasing the murderer. He didn't understand why the murderer targeted Hattori. Even if he wanted to stop the detective investigating the case, shouldn't he have targeted himself as a policeman first?

Just when he was about to catch up, the guy suddenly got on the motorcycle.

“Damn it!”

Fujiwara Yuu realized that the direction he left was not a place his rented vehicle could drive in. If he had known this, he should have rented a motorcycle.

"Brother Takashi! Where is that guy?" Hattori Heiji, who arrived late, asked.

Fujiwara Yuu sat on the hood of the car unhappily, loosening his tie and saying:

"He ran away on a motorcycle. There was no way the car could catch up, so I just gave up."

"Brother Takashi, do you have any idea about the murderer? Why did he want to kill Hattori?" Edogawa Conan asked with some concern. He was worried that the murderer would continue to look for opportunities. You know, it is difficult to guard against a hidden arrow. He could avoid it this time, but he didn't know if he would be so lucky next time.

"I have no clue." Fujiwara Yu opened the car door, glanced at the gradually darkening sky, and said in a deep voice: "Don't think about it now. Find a place to rest for a while. I think the murderer will strike again."

"Then go find He Ye and the others. You can give them a ride."

"Well, let's go."

After driving to the agreed place, when Mao Lilan saw that the person sitting in the car with the window rolled down was Takagi Sosuke, she was very surprised and said:

"Eh? Officer Takashi, why are you here?"

"Ms. Mori, long time no see. I'm here to investigate the thief group Genji Hotaru. Please get in the car. What would you like to eat for dinner?" Fujiwara Yu nodded politely to them. He was a little surprised that Suzuki Sonoko, the second daughter of the Suzuki Group, also came to Kyoto to play. It turned out that children from rich families have a lot of free time and would choose to travel unconditionally during holidays.

Hearing this, Mao Lilan sighed helplessly, thinking of her father who was not doing well and had caused her mother to not come home yet, she said:

"Then please, Officer Takashi, take us to Pontocho. There's a teahouse called 'Sakuraya' over there."

"Hmm? A teahouse?"

"Yes, I want to keep an eye on my dad." Mao Lilan said a little embarrassedly.

Knowing the hobby of a certain lousy detective, Fujiwara Yuu didn't want to embarrass Xiaolan, so he pretended not to understand and smiled and nodded, inviting them to get in the car. After locating the teahouse with the car navigation, they drove directly to Pontocho.

Hattori Heiji, who had eaten the melon, also started his motorcycle and followed closely behind. He couldn't help but ask:

"Kudo, why don't you think that unreliable uncle gets a divorce? He loves to have fun so much, shouldn't he get a divorce and become single again, so he can live freely and carefree?"

"Hehe, that uncle is just a talker. If he really encounters something, he will run faster than a rabbit." Edogawa Conan glared with his half-moon eyes. To put it bluntly, he said one thing and meant another. He obviously cared about Aunt Kisaki Eri, but pretended to dislike her. This couple is really tsundere to the core.

"Eh? Is that so?"

"Yeah, maybe maintaining the status quo is just their hobby." Edogawa Conan recalled what happened one day when he woke up at night and found that Maori Kogoro was not sleeping in the bedroom. He smiled wickedly and said, "They are still very loving as a couple, but they just don't want to tell Xiaolan."

“…It’s really puzzling.”

"I think so."