Chapter 443

"Hey - is this Okita? I remember you guys are pretty good with knives, right?"

As soon as Okita-kun's match was over, Hattori Heiji called the phone he had placed in Miss Okita's hand.

"This is Okita Sakura." Ms. Okita asked Okita-kun, who had taken off his protective gear, to come over and answer the phone, while answering Hattori Heiji, "What happened to you again?"

"Someone was killed with a knife." Hattori Heiji replied.

"...I'll just come to the scene." Ms. Okita's expression was frightened. "So are you going to hold the kendo competition right away?"

"I'm sorry, there's a case after all." Hattori Heiji smiled awkwardly, "If you're also at the venue, please tell Kazuha for me--"

"It's too late. Kazuha is right next to me." Ms. Okita smiled harmlessly. "I'll bring Kazuha with me. See you later."

"Then, Nagakura and I will stay here." Yamanami Keisuke smiled at Ms. Okita and took the phone from her. "After all, Okita is carrying the heavy expectations of his teacher and cannot leave the venue halfway."

"I would like to ask Mr. Yamanami and Mr. Saito to go with me." Ms. Okita pouted unhappily and said goodbye to Mr. Okita who was going to prepare for the game. "But it's still a little unreliable to let Mr. Hijikata and Mr. Nagakura act together. This is the only way - Goodbye, Mr. Okita in Kyoto."

"He Ye and I will leave first."

Meanwhile, Amakusa Shiro and Phantom Thief Kid, who were dressed as thieves almost all day long in search of their targets, stopped on the rooftop of a high-rise building near the port and listened to the situations of the different people they were eavesdropping on. To be precise, Amakusa Shiro did not place a eavesdropping device, he just turned on the basic function of the Chaldea communicator.

While the Phantom Thief Kid was feeding French fries to the seagull, Shiro Amakusa listened to the sound coming from the headphones and gradually frowned.

"This kind of wound... can only be inflicted by someone who knows Iaido." Saito Ichi's somewhat careless voice reached Amakusa Shiro's ears through the sound of the fabric of Edmond's tent rubbing against each other, "And, it must be someone who is very proficient in Iaido - because the core of Iaido is to draw the sword and cut it."

"The key to the sword-drawing technique is to kill the enemy with one strike after drawing the sword. Since it is impossible to quickly put the sword away in reality, if the enemy cannot be killed with one strike, the one who loses in the swordsman duel will be the sword holder. Therefore, judging from the situation of the deceased, the murderer should have been quite calm when drawing the sword."

"But judging by the depth of the wound...it should be an elderly person."

"There should be two katana in the door warehouse..." The Phantom Thief Kid turned around to look at Amakusa Shiro, but saw a serious expression on his face, "What's wrong?"

"The last two swords should be katana - I already know where they are." Amakusa Shiro, who had just filtered out the target's location based on the information summarized by Saito Ichi, looked at the thief Kid, "Kid, can I give you the two katana?"

"Eh? But..." Thief Kid pointed at the two men's feet and tilted his head at Amakusa Shiro.

"Don't ask so many questions." Amakusa Shiro lifted up the white hat of the Phantom Thief Kid and stared at his fluffy head. "I'll take the two katanas here. After you get the two katanas, remember to take a look and bring back anything related to these two swords - it may be an important clue. Also, Axie Takuzo should have some clues that he hasn't got yet. Can you go there again?"

"...I understand." Perhaps he read something different from Amakusa Shiro's tone, and the Phantom Thief Kid sighed helplessly, snatched his hat from his hand and put it on his head, "So, where shall we meet afterward?"

"No." Amakusa Shiro used his cane to adjust his hat and answered Phantom Thief Kid, "This time we'll just give the knife and clues to the detectives. Solving puzzles is what detectives are best at, right? All we have to do is get to the treasure before them."

Amakusa Shiro, who had used magic to transfer the two katanas from the safe to his own hands without anyone noticing, hurried on while asking Edmund, who was slightly behind and had been shielded by Ms. Okita and the others, "What happened?"

"When will I give you the knife?"

"Is the transmitter inside broken?" Edmund asked him.

"I destroyed it with magic when I took it out." Amakusa Shiro answered Edmund while standing on the edge of the rooftop.

"In that case, you have three swords and Kid has three swords." Edmund thought for a moment and suggested, "Let Okita-kun and the others bring them over. By the time Kid finishes the other two locations, the first day of the kendo tournament should be over - it should be just right for those who are staying at the tournament to bring the swords over."

"It just so happens that this case may require the assistance of that evil deputy captain."

"Understood." Amakusa Shiro used his rank to locate Hijikata Toshizou and rushed towards him.

The thief Kid, who first went to Fu Jiang's house to find the password table, now ran into the police who came to Fu Cheng's house to control the murder suspect.

"Whatever you want to say, wait until we get to the police station."

Although there is no clear evidence to prove the identity of the murderer, based on the detectives' trust in Saito's judgment, the police decided to first control both the father and son of the Fukushiro family.

"Wait a minute." Edmund, who had just received new clues from Amakusa Shiro, interrupted the police who were putting the father and son into the police car. "Mr. Fukushiro Yoshie, did Keisaburo Axie, the founder of the Axie Group, leave two katana swords for your family? And there should be a piece of black paper with a five-pointed star outlined in red in one corner."

Everyone was caught off guard by Edmund's sudden question.

"Our family--" Fukushiro Sei wanted to refute Edmund, but was interrupted.

"That has something to do with the stars that the thief wanted to steal." Edmund clicked his hat. "I came to Hokkaido because of the thief Amakusa Shiro."

Although the phantom thief Kid, who was disguised as Okita Souji, did not show any panic on the surface, his brain was obviously troubled by how to hand over the knife and clues in his hand to the detectives without arousing suspicion.

Meanwhile, after receiving a tip from the Phantom Thief Kid, Shiro Amakusa changes his communication target from Edmund to Ritsuka Fujimaru.

"Master, is there an e-book of Toyotamahakushu by Hijikata Toshizo in the Chaldea database?"

"Yes, yes..." Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was having dinner with everyone in Group A, asked Amakusa Shiro with his phone tucked into his head, "If you want to ask about those haikus, can't you just ask Mr. Hijikata directly? Besides, Okita and the others are also coming to Hokkaido this time."

"No, the important thing is not the content, but the order of the haiku. I think the order of the haiku in the book was not arranged by Hijikata Toshizo himself." Amakusa Shiro smiled and answered their Master, "But, even if he arranged it himself, I don't think he can remember it now. Moreover, as long as I know the answer to this, my only mission this time is to protect Kidd."

"Have you found the location of that 'star'?" Fujimaru Ritsuka asked him.

"Ah, now we just have to see if the thief who visited here last time took it away." Amakusa Shiro chuckled and looked at the top of Mt. Hakodate from afar. "After all, we are not interested in weapons. However, the 'star' that the thief wants to steal is not the answer to this incident, detectives."

"Do you want to tell them the whole story?" Fujimaru Ritsuka laughed.

"Young people should run around more." Amakusa Shiro snorted and laughed, "Unless my life is in danger, I will not come out to help the thief Kidd. As for the famous detective, Edmund and so many servants can't make you feel at ease?"

"I didn't say that—" Fujimaru Ritsuka replied to Amakusa Shiro in a drawn-out voice, "Then, see you in Chaldea."

"See you later, Master." After ending the call with Fujimaru Ritsuka, Amakusa Shiro reconnected with Edmund.

Compared to Chaldea's style of jumping levels, the detectives who solved the mystery step by step were still a little slower - but Takuzo Axie, who pretended to be injured in a car accident, had been caught by the police and was preparing to be transferred from the police station to another location; the phantom thief Kid, who did not agree on a rendezvous point with Shiro Amakusa, also took advantage of this time to act alone to distract his attention and pay attention to Ginzo Nakamori, who was responsible for arresting him.

But for Chaldea—that night, Roman’s news first flooded the Crown chat room, and then after dawn the next day, it flooded the Chaldea chat room again.

"Roman: I shouldn't have come to Hokkaido!!!"

"Abe Haruaki: Haha, who told you not to have the habit of looking at the chat room?"

"Ashiya Michiman: After all, except for those who had to go and those who felt it was okay to be involved, everyone else ran away from Hakodate."

"Fujimaru Ritsuka: You should have known there was a problem when I didn't include Hokkaido in my plan to travel around the world, Dr. Roman."

"Roman: I'm going back to Chaldea today. To prevent the injured from getting injured again after I leave, go in first and cast two healing spells on him..."

"Lancemero: ...Don't make it a medical miracle that he recovered instantly. Officer Nakamori was shot in a critical position. Even if the surgery is successful, he won't be able to return to normal so quickly."

"Roman: Of course I know."

"Lancemero: Then I'll have the person who borrowed the family name of the Gods Holder come to pick you up by helicopter - Fujimaru, are all the people there gathered? If so, how about we come back together?"

"Fujimaru Ritsuka: Hmm...it's almost time, so let's go back to Chaldea together. But what about Okita and the others?"

"Okita Souji F: We may use magic to transfer back to Chaldea directly - after all, we are Servants, and there are as many ways to leave here as we want as long as we don't arouse the suspicion of ordinary people."

"Dion: Bond and I may still come here as an organization. Why don't you go with Edmund and Amakusa? Edmund said that he and Amakusa will leave after this incident is over - but you can also come back with Holmes and the others."

"Fujimaru Ritsuka: Eh? They don't care about that little detective anymore?"

"William: After all, apart from Louis and Bond, not all members of our organization have been exposed yet - no matter they are codenamed members or undercover agents, no one has discovered all of our infiltrated members."

"Sherlock: And didn't you let Conan be selected when the first round of visitors' list was announced?"