"Is it really okay?" Looking at Hattori Heiji's expression with some concern, Chiba asked.

Just now he was touched by a girl who passed by, and his expression was instantly distorted.

"It's okay......" The corners of Hattori's mouth twitched, but he still signaled that he was fine. It's not a big problem—"

"Can I poke it then?" Qian Yu raised an eyebrow and pointed to the area where he had been injured.

"I can't."

"So is it really okay?"

"Long-winded!"

……

About forty minutes later, on the way.

According to Hattori Heiji and Conan's explanation, they were investigating another case before they met this person called "Bian Kei" by Heiji - Mori Kogoro received news that the Buddha statue of a temple had been stolen eight years ago, and now they suddenly received a letter with a drawing attached, and the attached letter claimed that the Buddha statue could be found as long as they could solve the puzzle, so they hired Detective Mori Kogoro to investigate the case.

"So, the Buddha statue in that Buddhist temple was stolen and then left behind such a code paper, right?" Qian Yu looked at the paper in his hand and asked.

"This one is a photocopy, but it's about the same." Conan nodded. "In short, if you solve this mystery, you should be able to get the Buddha statue of that Buddhist temple back."

"Are we here today for this Buddha statue?" Qian Yu asked.

"No," Hattori shook his head. "We're visiting those who were here yesterday and asking them about their situation."

Saying this, Hattori Heiji and Conan suddenly stopped - this is the main entrance of a typical Japanese-style garden, and the surname on the door plate is [Mizuo]

"Who is this?" Chiba raised an eyebrow.

"The house of that skinny guy yesterday is said to be the master of the Noh genre of water wake!"

……

About five minutes later, Chiba and his party had already met Mizuo, the owner of the house, in a Japanese-style room, along with Saijo Taiga, the owner of a second-hand bookstore, and Ryuen, who was also dressed as a monk they had met at Sakuraya.

"Have you been attacked?" Long Yuan was surprised.

"Hmm," Hattori nodded, then turned his gaze to Mizuo, who was sitting in the main seat. "So although it's rude, I still want to confirm your alibi, Mr. Mizuo, at the time - the murderer was wearing the mask of the old man in the Noh play."

"Old man?" Long Yuan was stunned.

"Yes," Hattori nodded. "By the way, I also need to confirm the alibi of Mr. Ryuen, you and Mr. Saijo."

"It's a real headache...... "Saijo Taiga's expression was obviously a little helpless." We were going to discuss Sakura-chan's murderer with the four of us today. ”

"......" The corners of Qianyu's mouth twitched, and his gaze swept around the three suspects.

According to their previous inference, the murderer must have been in Sakura House at the time, and he was also an acquaintance of Sakura Masazo - in other words, the murderer may have been among them......

They discuss with the murderer who the murderer is?

"I probably don't have an alibi," Mizuo shook his head. "I'm single and I'm not in a good mood, so I went home yesterday and went to sleep. Because the room with my mother was so far away, my mother probably couldn't provide me with proof that I was here. ”

[But in fact, even if his mother can hear it, it can't be used as proof, right?] After all, it was her mother......] Thinking like this, Chiba shifted her gaze to Saijo Taigai - for no other reason, just because Saijo Taihe was closer to Mizuo than Ryuyuan.

"I'm in a similar situation," Saijo Taiga loosened his neckline a little helplessly, as if he was a little uncomfortable with the questioning atmosphere here. "I live alone on the second floor of the store on Teramachi Street."

"I'm pretty much the same, I went back and read the scriptures in the main hall for a while and then went to sleep." Long Yuan also said that he did not have an alibi.

"That's right," Hattori nodded thoughtfully. "In that case, have any of you practiced archery?"

"Archery?" Saijo Taiga's expression looked confused. "I haven't learned."

"I don't know if it counts," Mizuo said in a deep voice. "I once pulled the Azusa bow in the Noh drama "Red Leaf Hunting"."

"When I used to do the ritual of dispelling evil spirits, I once played the bowstring (ゲン), but I don't know if it counts ......"

Qianyu's first reaction was to twitch his eyebrows - the string of the bowstring should be pronounced in training, that is, つる (tsu ru), and Long Yuan actually used the pronunciation ゲン (ge nn)

(Pronunciation is based on the pronunciation of Chinese when kanji was introduced to Japan, while pronunciation is another pronunciation that relies only on the character pattern and does not depend on pronunciation.) ）

"Is there anyone else who can shoot arrows?" Conan asked. "Are there any of the other people in the Sakura House?"

"By the way, I remember...... "This is the Taikawa Saijo seems to have thought of." yamakura……”

"Yamakura?" Hattori Heiji was stunned. "Does Yamakura know how to shoot arrows?"

If at the beginning, Chiba hadn't reacted to what Yamakura was referring to, but after adding the title of female general, everything became clear - Yamakura female general pointed to the proprietress of Sakuraya

"Huh?" Saijo Taiga's face was a little stunned, and then a look of embarrassment appeared. "No, I said it wrong......"

At this moment, Conan suddenly noticed that Chiba had landed his gaze in the direction behind Saijo Taiga, with a slightly surprised expression. "What's wrong?"

"This is ......," Qian Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. It's a little hard to believe, but maybe this is Miss Senga Suzu. ”

Just outside the door, the figure of a young woman in an orange kimono was reflected in Chiha's eyes through the grille door.

Yesterday, he didn't use the auxiliary unit to record the details of Suzu Chiga's body, so it is difficult to confirm whether the person who came is Miss Suzu Chiga through observation. But considering that it was said before that Miss Chiga Suzu would be invited to discuss the murder of Mr. Sakura Masazo, it should not be too outrageous to say that the person who came was Miss Chiga Suzu.

At this moment, Chiga Suzu opened the grille door and walked in slowly.

"This is Miss Suzu Chiga?" Conan's surprised voice reached Chiba's ears. "Really?"

"Yes," Long Yuan replied with a smile when he saw their surprise. "That's Miss Chiga Ling, it's true, isn't it exactly the same as last night?"

In the surprised eyes of Hattori Heiji, Chiga Suzu came to the Japanese room and walked in front of them after taking off her clogs.

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By the way, I complained about drama 7, and I just discovered one thing. Didn't Kazuha kick the mask to pieces, but the piece that was kicked and shattered in the next shot was magically restored......