Chapter 129 - Confrontation
"Calm down!" When Conan saw this scene, he immediately pressed Motota and Mitsuhiko who were about to rush out behind him with his two hands - even if he couldn't see the two of them, he could really guess how the two of them would react with their eyes closed.
"I'll ask again," Tanaka dragged Ashbara up. "Where's the treasure!?"
"I said, I don't know." Although his whole body was trembling with pain, his emotions were obviously not out of control.
"Do you want to die?" Tanaka knocked the gun to the ground again, then turned the gun in his hand upside down and aimed it in the direction of the ashbara.
"Go and save her!" Mitsuhiko couldn't help it anymore and was about to rush out, but was stopped by Tadao.
Just as Mitsuhiko wanted to question why Tadao was stopping him, Tanaka fired. A burst of sparks exploded in Ashbara's earβTanaka's shot hit the marble floor near Ashbara's ear.
"His gun is aimed at the little girl's side," Tadao said with a smile as he calmed Mitsuhiko who had just woken up from a dream. "Now we should wait and see what happens."
Tanaka grimaced, and withdrew the cartridge casings from the barrel of the shotgun and replaced them with new bullets.
"Hey," Mitsuhiko asked Conan as he gestured to Tanaka's shotgun. "Can you make a fuss? If we get him to shoot, we might be able to ... β
"It's useless," Conan shook his head. "It was a double-barreled shotgun, with two barrels, and that Kimura had a double-barreled shotgun in his hand. What's more, those two people may also have Swiss Army knives or other extremely powerful cold weapons on their bodies. β
The moonlight suddenly disappeared, and then it lit up again.
βοΌβ With this change, Conan subconsciously looked upwards, which gave him a glimpse of the entire space.
The whole space is a standard cube, about 20 meters square, and the place where Conan is hiding now is a platform five or six meters high, and it is necessary to descend from the slope next to it to the platform where Tanaka is located. Above the entire space, a 30-centimeter-diameter hole is casting a dim moonlight in.
"Tanaka," Kimura frowned as he looked at Tanaka's hideous expression. "You're so rude!"
"Big brother!" Tanaka said anxiously. "If you don't do something, you won't be able to pry open this little girl's mouth!"
"But you're not wise to do that," Kimura said, helping Ashbara to his feet. "She is our partner, and we should talk to her on an equal footing."
Ash Hara didn't resist Kimura's move to help her up, but the iceberg-like indifference in her eyes showed no signs of melting at all.
"Little sister," Kimura asked with a smile. "We're not unreasonable. If you find a treasure, it will be an endless riche. You have led us to find the treasure, and we will definitely get a very considerable share of the treasure, and we will let you go after we find the treasure, so that you can leave happily with the treasure and your companions. β
Ai looked into Kimura's eyes and did nothing.
"Well, I'll ask a different way," Kimura continued. "You said you don't know where the treasure is, so can you reproduce the original text you memorized? It's okay to tell us the general content. β
"I talked about the way I walked all the way before, and then I said that there was a Koshu bucket and three Koshu gold on the altar just now, and then I told the story of the space here, and then...
"And then what?" Kimura said eagerly.
The text came to an abrupt halt. Gray Yuan shook his head. "The note didn't go any further."
"Three Koshu gold?" Conan's expression was slightly stunned. "Three? That's equivalent to three taels at that time... The hint said that there are 10,000 taels of gold, could it be that there are 10,000 grains of Koshu gold? But it's not right... You can't put that on a small plate... Wait a minute... Could it be that this tip is really what I thought it was meant before? β
"What are you kidding?" Far better than before, Tanaka's roar erupted from Kimura's throat, and Kimura's body trembled with anger. Then, he lifted Gray Yuan Ai up, and after throwing it twice, he threw Gray Yuan Ai far away five or six meters away - it looked like it hurt very much!
At this time, Conan really didn't have time to hold down Motota and Mitsuhiko.
"Let her go!" Mitsuhiko and Motota were already on their feet, roaring angrily as they rushed down the ramp. Conan and Tadao glanced at each other helplessly, motioned for Ayumi to stay where they were, and then followed.
βοΌοΌοΌβ After seeing Mitsuhiko and Motota, Tanaka raised his gun in surprise and aimed it at the two. "How did you get here? Did you come after us? That's not right... If we had come with us, we would have discovered you long ago ... β
"We deciphered it ourselves, and we came here with our own wisdom!" Mitsuhiko shook his fist and said angrily.
"Your own wisdom?" Instead of paying attention to Ashbara, who was lying on the ground, Kimura turned his gun on Conan and Tadao. "Forget it, just as you crashed into it yourself... But, as you can see, there's no treasure here. β
Kimura raised the shotgun in front of his eyes and prepared his aiming.
"So, do you mind if I bury a few corpses here for posterity to treasure?"
"Wait a minute!" Conan's confident voice rang out.
"Oh?" Kimura changed the target of the shotgun from Tadao to Conan. "What do you want to do?"
"Let's make a deal," Conan asked, with a confident smile. "How?"
"What deal?" Kimura plays with taste. "Are you going to trade something for your life? What are you going to trade it for? If you're going to beg for mercy and take me to your other companions in exchange for a way out, then I'll think about it then. β
"My price is, let them go back." Conan smiled and said his deal. "What I can offer is...
"Find the treasure for you!"
"Find treasure for us?" Kimura was stunned slightly, then burst out laughing.
"Imp!" Kimura said with a smile. "Even the old man who spent decades couldn't find the treasure, it's up to you...
The laughter gradually stopped in front of Conan's calm and watery expression.
"But," Kimura asked in a calmer tone. "Does that treasure really exist? The girl said that the notes didn't indicate where the treasure was, and that the girl didn't quite look like she was lying... β
As he spoke, Kimura looked at Ash Hara with some suspicion.
"She shouldn't be lying, because the notes may indeed not indicate where the treasure is." Conan shrugged.
"Because, even the owner of the note, Mr. Ku Baochun, has not been able to find out where the treasure is."
"But in fact, the treasure is close to you and me."