Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

Upon arriving in Pontocho, Hattori Heiji took out a business card and successfully found the shop he wanted to investigate using the contact information on it.

"It's quite lively here."

Four stunningly beautiful women, following Lin Xiaofeng, aroused endless imagination among passersby.

The four women felt embarrassed by the strange looks they received from passersby, thinking they were probably being mistaken for geishas. Unconsciously, they moved even closer to Lin Xiaofeng.

284. The World of Love and Lust

Lin Xiaofeng also noticed that he was being too conspicuous; some people had even recognized Yukiko and Eri Kisaki.

“Yukiko, Eri, you two are public figures, it’s really not appropriate for you to be in a place like Pontocho. I’ll call a taxi and take you back to your hotel first.”

Yukiko and Eri considered it carefully and agreed that it made sense; neither of them wanted to be in the newspapers tomorrow with a headline like: Shocking! Superstar Yukiko and legal queen Eri, lonely in their private lives, are seen frequenting brothels together.

So, Yukiko and Eri took a taxi back to the hotel.

The remaining people then went to the geisha house where Chiga Rei was.

After inquiring about Qi's situation, Qian Heling had already met the guests, and the guests (the four people) were the four people Qi met at Jiushan Temple.

So the group went straight inside.

"Ryuuen? Aren't you a monk? Why are you out drinking so late at night? And in a place like this?" Hattori Heiji couldn't help but ask.

Monk Longyuan chuckled and said, "As the saying goes, wine and meat pass through the intestines, but Buddha remains in the heart."

Lin Xiaofeng was speechless. What kind of monsters and demons are monks these days?

The five fundamental precepts for Buddhist monks and nuns are: killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and drinking alcohol.

Monk Longyuan has seriously violated the precepts.

Seeing the strange look the newcomer gave him, Monk Longyuan showed no embarrassment whatsoever. As the saying goes, "If I'm not embarrassed, it's others who are." He smiled broadly and warmly invited the newcomer to sit down.

"Detective Lin, Detective Hattori, have you come here because you've solved the mystery in that letter?"

Lin Xiaofeng replied, "Let's put the mystery aside for now. We're here for something else."

Meanwhile, Hattori Heiji kept his attention on Chiga Rei. His undisguised gaze made Chiga Rei feel very embarrassed. Even though her face was covered with a thick layer of decorative powder, you could still vaguely see her shy expression.

"Heiji, you don't have to act like this just because you like her. I'll talk to her for you later, so she doesn't misunderstand you." Shizuka Ikenami quickly advised, afraid that Hattori Heiji would annoy the girl.

Heiji Hattori himself didn't seem to care much, and smiled, "Mom, I didn't, I just felt that Chiga Rin looked familiar."

Vermouth on the other end of the line offered a sharp critique: "That's what guys usually say when they want to flirt with girls. You might as well just admit it outright."

Heiji Hattori rolled his eyes: "I don't have those kinds of thoughts... Besides, I'm happy just being with Conan right now."

Upon hearing this, Ikeba Shizuka became anxious: "Stop thinking about Conan, Mom will arrange a marriage for you later."

Although Chiga Rin was a geisha, she was indeed quite beautiful, and she was a good match for her son.

After Chiga Rin finished her performance, Hattori Heiji immediately took out a lucky bag.

Chiga Rin blushed, thinking Hattori Heiji was about to confess his feelings to her.

"Excuse me, is the white hair in this lucky bag yours?" Hattori Heiji asked.

“No… I’ve never seen this before.” Chiharu looked at the white, glittering object; she had never seen it before at all.

"As expected..." Hattori Heiji gave up. He had always wanted to return this item to its rightful owner, but the truth was that it was lost by a thief and did not have the owner he imagined.

“This thing… could it be a white hair?” Monk Longyuan recognized the thing, but he couldn’t be sure if it was the white hair from the lost Buddha statue at Shanneng Temple.

"Yes."

"Could it be the white hair mark of the Medicine Buddha at Shanneng Temple?"

"I can't be sure about that."

"Could you give me the white hair? I'll take it to my fellow monks at Shanneng Temple so they can examine it and determine if it's the white hair of the Medicine Buddha that Shanneng Temple lost."

Hattori Heiji was hesitating whether to give it to the monk Ryuen when Lin Xiaofeng took it from him.

“This white hair is still important evidence, as it relates to several murder cases. Even the white hair of the Medicine Buddha at Shan Neng Temple cannot be returned to you for the time being.”

After saying that, Lin Xiaofeng kept the white hair brush for himself.

Afterwards, Shizuka Ikenami tried to persuade Heiji Hattori to propose marriage to Chiharu. It wasn't that Shizuka Ikenami particularly liked Chiharu, but rather that she was worried Heiji Hattori would become obsessed with young boys and that it was crucial to correct his values ​​as soon as possible.

Lin Xiaofeng and Vermouth left the geisha house and took a walk in the neighborhood.

I must say, Pontocho has a really nice atmosphere. Kyoto is a metropolis that represents Japan's classical culture, and Pontocho has preserved the style of ancient Japan's Edo period. Walking here feels like stepping back in time.

Lin Xiaofeng deliberately led Vermouth to a secluded spot, where she whispered, "Lin Xiaofeng, are you suddenly getting all horny and want to take me outdoors for some fun? I absolutely will not agree to that."

"I'm not that bad. I'm just trying to lure the murderer out," Lin Xiaofeng said.

"Huh?" Vermouth asked, puzzled. "Would the killer come looking for us?"

"The Medicine Buddha is worthless without this white hair, and the murderer will definitely come to me to get it back."

How did the murderer know that the white brush was in your possession?

"you guess……"

Vermouth took out a cigarette, lit it, and began to think seriously.

"Could it be that the murderer is one of the four people from the geisha house?"

"Hyouka".

"If the murderer really comes, then he's just asking for death."

Vermouth sighed.

The two walked further and further into the secluded area, eventually arriving at a deserted path near a grove of trees. This was a perfect place for murder and robbery.

Sure enough, a person wearing a demon mask and wielding a katana appeared before the two of them.

That man was extremely ruthless; without saying a word, he directly killed someone.

Lin Xiaofeng pushed Vermouth aside and fought the man alone.

That person was a master swordsman. Even with Lin Xiaofeng's overall score of 36 points, he would be difficult to deal with if he were unarmed.

However, by completing system tasks, Lin Xiaofeng acquired a whole host of super-powerful skills. In front of this sword master, he was practically a three-year-old child.

Lin Xiaofeng knocked the swordsman down with a few punches and kicks, then tied him to a tree.

"Sister Bei, guess who this guy is?" Lin Xiaofeng asked jokingly.

Vermouth observed the man bound to the tree trunk with great interest. The man was dressed in ordinary casual clothes and wore a demon mask, which was actually quite frightening in the moonlight. However, his hands and feet were bound with thick ropes, rendering him completely immobile. He looked utterly pathetic, which clashed completely with the imposing aura of his mask.

"I can't guess."

"Choose one of four, can't guess?"

"I'm not a detective, and I have no interest in guessing."

“Alright.” Vermouth was unwilling to guess, and Lin Xiaofeng didn’t press the matter. “Now, the moment to witness a miracle has arrived.”

Lin Xiaofeng removed the murderer's demon mask, revealing the murderer's true face.

"It's him, Mr. Saijo Taiga, or rather, you can call him Musashibo Benkei." Lin Xiaofeng didn't hide anything and directly pointed out the other party's real name, which could also be said to be his code name in the organization.

“Benkei?” Vermouth’s eyes lit up. “He’s a member of [Genji Hotaru]?” She remembered clearly that in the police’s announcement, the members of Genji Hotaru all used the name “Yoshitsune,” which, simply put, was the name of one of the most tragic warlords in Japanese history—Minamoto no Yoshitsune. The leader simply used the pseudonym “Yoshitsune,” while the subordinates were led by “Benkei,” each using the name of a retainer as their pseudonym.

"How did you recognize my true face?" Saijo Taiga had originally wanted to make excuses, but now that he heard that his secrets had been exposed, he felt his scalp tingle.

"I am Lin Xiaofeng, a famous detective in Tokyo. Is it strange that I recognized you?" Lin Xiaofeng said calmly.

After a few seconds, Saijo Taiga's eyes dimmed: "I didn't expect to fall into your hands. Tsk, as expected of the famous detective praised by the media, you actually found out the truth so quickly."

"Are you going to kneel down and tell the truth next, and then say that the whole thing wasn't your fault?" Lin Xiaofeng explained the normal procedure for him.

Saijo Taiga sneered, "Stop talking nonsense. I don't want to be laughed at by you. Now that you've caught me, I'm not going to keep up the act. That's right, I attacked Hattori Heiji because of the Buddha statue. It's because of that missing white tuft of hair that the Buddha statue can't be sold at all."

Then, he looked at Lin Xiaofeng with extreme resentment: "When did you find out that I was the murderer?"

To everyone's surprise, Lin Xiaofeng spread his hands blankly: "I don't know."

Saijo Taiga was stunned, then became furious: "Are you kidding me? If you didn't know I was the murderer, how did you guess my true identity? And how do you explain having me arrested?"

"Because I read the script." Lin Xiaofeng's expression was very sincere.

However, sometimes that's just how it is; the more sincere you are, the less others believe you.

Saijo Taiga's eyes were bloodshot with rage: "Even now you're still playing games with me? Do you want to be like a tiger, waiting until its prey is on its last legs before striking?"

Lin Xiaofeng stared at him for a few seconds, then suddenly turned to Vermouth and asked, "How come this guy has such a vivid imagination? I feel like his imagination is even wilder than mine."

Vermouth smiled and said, "Actually, I'm also very curious about how you knew the killer's identity."

"Just a guess." Lin Xiaofeng didn't explain much, pointing at Saijo Taiga, who was in a fit of impotent rage. "The reason I wanted to see him in person is because I felt that this person's thought process was abnormal. If he killed his companion just to keep the Buddha statue for himself, then it could be explained by the word 'greed'."

"And then?" Vermouth asked, intrigued.

Lin Xiaofeng shrugged, looking completely unconcerned: "But the problem is, do you know what he plans to do with the money from selling the Buddha statue?"

Saijo Taiga, who was furious, froze, then looked horrified: "You even know this?"

He truly felt a chill run through him from head to toe.

Even if this guy is a famous detective, isn't this just too terrifying?

Keep in mind he's only been in Kyoto for a day!

Saijo Taiga's face gradually lost its color, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his lips trembled with fear.

Especially when he met Lin Xiaofeng's gaze, a chill ran down his spine.

He gritted his teeth, mustered his courage, and asked, "How much do you actually know?"

"Everything." Lin Xiaofeng gave him a hopeless answer.

“Everything.” Then, Saijo Taiga’s eyes flashed with deep surprise and panic, so much so that his bloodless face looked exceptionally terrifying in the moonlight.

"I suddenly feel that Lin Xiaofeng, you are terrifying. You have completely broken his mentality." Vermouth gave a precise assessment.

"I don't believe it!" Saijo Taiga calmed down a bit and roared at Lin Xiaofeng. If he hadn't been tied to the tree, he would have gone crazy again.

285. There are too many mentally ill people these days.

Lin Xiaofeng called Hattori Heiji and the Kyoto police to inform them that the leader of the "Genji Firefly" gang had been captured.

Upon receiving the notification, Officer Ayanokoji rushed to the scene in a great hurry.

Meanwhile, Heiji Hattori's mother, Shizuka Ikenami, was chatting with Rin Chiga, so Heiji couldn't leave for the time being.

Ikenami Shizuka felt that Chiga Rin was good-looking and had a gentle personality, not much worse than Toyama Kazuha. Since Hattori Heiji didn't like Toyama Kazuha, Chiga Rin was a good choice.

When Hattori Heiji realized that Ikenami Shizuka was serious, he quickly tried to explain.

"Mom, I'm still a high school student, I'm not getting married anytime soon!"

"There's no law in Japan that prohibits high school students from getting married. Every year, a significant number of female high school students in Japan get married, become pregnant, and have babies. So what's the problem?"

"Anyway, Mom, please don't play matchmaker."

Hattori Heiji was sweating profusely. In fact, Chiga Rin was quite pretty, and Hattori Heiji was attracted to her. However, compared to Conan, he still preferred Conan.

You can't have your cake and eat it too; you have to choose the bear's paw over the fish.

Chiga Rin was both amused and exasperated. Hattori Heiji was indeed quite handsome. However, she and Hattori Heiji didn't even know each other, and yet they were talking about marriage right off the bat—it was just too absurd.

"Auntie, I don't know Heiji at all. You must have misunderstood something?"

"What's going on? Heiji, didn't you say that Chiga Rin was your first love?"

"I've never even been in a relationship, so where would I get a first love?" Hattori Heiji was speechless. "Mom, you've misunderstood. Don't make things difficult for Chiga Rin."

"Ms. Chiga Rin, I'm so sorry, my mother must have misunderstood."

"It's alright, it's good that the misunderstanding has been cleared up."

Chiharu, however, remained composed and didn't seem to mind.

Chi Liubo Jinghua said with a worried expression, "Emu Pingci, I don't care when you get married, but... you like flirting with young boys, and I absolutely won't allow that!"

Hattori Heiji was scolded by his mother, and immediately felt ashamed.

Chiga Rin was also startled. She never expected that Hattori Heiji, who seemed so upright, would like little boys. It was so perverted.

"Mom, I can't stay here any longer. Lin Xiaofeng said he's caught the murderer, I have to go see him."

After saying that, Hattori Heiji hurriedly led Conan away.