Komemon Shizuo took Ayako and his niece, together with the Mori family, Sonoko and Kyogoku Makoto, and a group of people rushed to Sanno Temple in Kyoto.
As soon as I arrived at the door, I met Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha riding a motorcycle.
"Look, didn't we arrive just in time?" Hattori Heiji said with a proud smile.
Toyama and Ye folded their arms and snorted, "If I didn't rush you, you would still be chatting with that geisha girl!"
"So, no one asked you to follow me!" Hattori Heiji scratched his hair. Along the way, Kazuha kept talking about this, which made his head feel big.
"Who is following you? I'm just here to see Xiaolan and the others!" Yuan Shan and Ye fought back with their arms crossed.
"You don't have to come with me and take the car by yourself!"
"Why do you have to spend the extra money for the ticket? There is an empty seat on the back of your motorcycle anyway, right?"
"..."
Mouri Kogoro's face twitched and he complained loudly: "Is it easy for me to accept a commission? Such a large group of people are here to make trouble! If this commission fails, it will be ruined next month!"
"Uncle, if you want to be more open-minded, Hattori-nii and the Gumeimen Police Department can help. Otherwise, I'm afraid you'll still be in trouble if you rely on yourself." Conan said sarcastically to the side.
"You little brat!" Mouri Kogoro punched him on the head, and a big red, swollen and shiny bump suddenly bulged up.
"It's so lively." Ayako looked at the messy scene, covered her mouth and chuckled.
Shizuo Komemon also shook his head with a smile, and then patted his two nieces on the head, "I think there are too many people, so these two should be thrown to the Kensuke's house or the old man's place. Anyway, there are people there who welcome them.
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Xiao Ai immediately glanced at him, shook her head and threw away his hand.
Ayako hesitated for a moment, then looked at Xiao Ai and Mingmei with some affection, "I was thinking that if they had not lived in Kansai before, they might want to come back and visit..."
It suddenly dawned on Shizuo Komemon that he was worried that his two children would be homesick. He knew what was going on with Xiao Ai and Mingmei, and he had never lived in Osaka, so he never thought about it.
Unexpectedly, Ayako always remembered it.
Xiao Ai and Ming Mei looked at each other, both surprised. Then they raised their heads, looked at Ayako and said seriously: "Thank you, Aunt Ayako."
"Don't take it to heart, just don't blame me for making my own decisions."
Ayako smiled and touched their hair. Because these two children were too sensible, she was worried that if she asked directly, they would be worried and embarrassed to tell their true thoughts, so she did not explain it in advance.
"Hurry up and go in. It's already an hour late from the agreed time. It's so rude to be so unpunctual..."
Mouri Kogoro walked in the door tiredly. If it weren't for so many people dragging him down, he would have arrived long ago!
When they entered Sannoji Temple, they saw that two monks had heard the commotion and came out to greet them. Kogoro Mori hurried forward, scratched his head in embarrassment and bowed.
"I'm really sorry. I was delayed a little on the way and kept you two waiting for a long time."
"Anyway, it's already hard work for you to come all the way. We stay in the temple and it's not like we're just waiting." The younger monk returned the greeting.
The older monk looked kind-hearted. He smiled calmly and said, "Everything has its own destiny, don't worry about it."
Then Long Yan introduced himself, "By the way, I am Long Yan who contacted you before. This is the abbot of our temple, Yan Hai."
Immediately afterwards, Komemon Shizuo and others also followed. Mouri Kogoro felt the messy footsteps behind him and explained in embarrassment.
"Well... they came to Kyoto for a trip. They heard that there is a Buddha statue in Sannou Temple that is only consecrated every twelve years. It will be opened the day after tomorrow, so they came to take a look."
Long Zhen's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he said with some worry: "We invite you here this time just because of the Buddha statue. It has been lost for eight years."
"What?!" Mouri Kogoro was shocked, "Eight, eight years, so why... Well, didn't you call the police at that time?"
Long Zhen shook his head helplessly, "The abbot said that if we are destined to meet again, we will meet again."
After hearing this, everyone looked at the abbot, who smiled calmly and looked as usual.
"What a good attitude." Shizuo Komemon trembled at the corner of his mouth. If his important things were lost, he would definitely not be able to wait all night. He would let the thief peel off his skin before dawn!
The abbot met with everyone and then went back. Long Zhen led them to a Zen room. After sitting down and having tea, he explained the whole story.
"Five days ago, we received this letter, which said that as long as we solve the puzzle on this painting, we can know the location of the Medicine Buddha statue.
We are not good at this kind of thing, so we thought of asking a detective to help."
Hattori Heiji curled his lips when he heard this, "Then why didn't you invite me to Osaka? Instead, you invited a detective from Kanto?"
"Are you..." Long Zhen asked carefully.
"..." Hattori Heiji's face suddenly turned darker.
Conan showed a rather funny smile, "It seems Hattori-nii is not famous enough. People don't know you at all."
"Shut up!"
Conan immediately received another punch.
Xiao Ai next to him glanced sideways at him and said faintly: "You never have a long memory."
Conan: "..."
"Well, please don't be offended. The monks in our temple don't know much about the detective industry. It was a pilgrim who was a fan of Maori detectives and suggested that we contact him." Long Zhen quickly smoothed things over and explained.
"Fans?" Mouri Kogoro was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and laughed, "Hahaha, my fame has spread to Kansai, and I have fans in Kyoto."
While Shizuo Komemon took the puzzle picture attached to the letter, he shook his head and laughed. This mentality was even better than that of the abbot, it was awesome.
"Dad..." Xiaolan felt a headache and pulled his arm, signaling him to calm down.
Mouri Kogoro quickly became serious and said with a serious face: "Hey, I wonder where that fan lives? I will go and sign his autograph when I have time."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
Long Yan also wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and smiled politely, "Well, actually, I heard that Detective Maori would be coming today, so he came over in advance to wait. He was there just now, but something happened later, so he left first."
Mouri Kogoro was not stupid. He immediately understood that he had not arrived even after waiting for a long time, so he had to leave first.
I suddenly felt regretful and disappointed, feeling that I had failed to live up to the expectations of my fans.
"Do you have a map of Kyoto?" While everyone was chatting, Shizuo Komemon suddenly asked.
The others didn't know why. Conan and Hattori Heiji looked at the puzzle picture in his hand and were shocked.
"Have you solved the puzzle yet?!" The two of them stood up and exclaimed in unison.
