Did I fall off the horse with Touzi today?

Yushaoshenzi took them to Mr. Hanchuan's collection room.

This place is located at the end of the corridor on the first floor, and the location is a bit remote, but judging from the decoration on the corridor outside the house, it is not difficult to see that this place should be the place that Mr. Hanchuan cares about the most.

The space of the collection room is larger than imagined. The lighting in the room is dim, and everyone can see that most of the light sources in the room come from the display cabinets that are either built against the wall or independent of the room.

And on the dark ceiling above the head, there are small light bulbs hanging one by one, the light is faint and not very obvious.

Everyone has only seen such a display in a museum.

However, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a museum, because no matter how you look at the exhibits in the display cabinets, they are all things that should appear in a museum.

——This is completely Mr. Hanchuan's private museum.

"Mr. Maori, I can finally see you!"

Wearing an expensive beige gray suit, Mr. Samukawa stood in the house, with a cane in his left hand. Seeing Mori Kogoro and others appear, he immediately showed a warm smile.

This is a middle-aged man about 50 years old, about 1.7 meters five in height, and thin.Not as rich as those rich middle-aged people that Mori Kogoro and his daughter had seen, but not as cunning as those villains who looked like profiteers.

He is like an old man who has gone through vicissitudes and is used to the coldness of the world.

Mori Kogoro immediately stepped forward and greeted the host, "It's my first meeting, Mr. Samukawa, thanks for your invitation."

Mr. Hanchuan shook hands with him, and did not say why he invited Kogoro Mori, but said to him quite solemnly, "I have always admired Mr. Mori's name, and I will trouble Mr. Mori for help next time." .”

"Mr. Hanchuan, don't worry, I will definitely do my best."

With Reisi Munakata's reminder, Mori Kogoro knew more or less what Mr. Suzukawa wanted to entrust him with. Now that he heard Mr. Suzukawa's entrustment, he responded with a certain degree of advance and retreat.

After greeting Mr. Mori Kogoro, Mr. Suzukawa looked at the others, "Mr. Munakata and Mr. Dazai are also here, as well as Ms. Tsushima and Mr. Nakahara. I heard that you have not seen each other for a long time. Today is also a fate."

It was about the incident between Dazai Osamu and Chuya just now, Conan had been paying attention to Shana and the others, and now he heard Mr. Suzukawa's words, and realized that it was the first time they met Mr. Suzukawa.

It just doesn't feel right to invite so many people you've never met to your place at the same time.

Conan frowned and wondered what was going on, and Mr. Han Shan had already introduced his favorite collection to everyone.

It was only then that Mao Lilan discovered that the collections placed in the display cabinets were all stones.

Of course, those were not ordinary unpolished stones, but stone statues, fragments of stone carvings, and stone slabs.

Mao Lilan didn't know much about antiques, but she finally understood why the decoration here was more exquisite than the Suzuki Museum she had been to.

Because of Mr. Hanchuan's collections, she had indeed only seen them in those museums in the past.

Others seem to be interested in these collections of Mr. Hanchuan, even if Mr. Hanchuan showed them complacently, there are not many people to join them.

Mori Kogoro sighed secretly that the young people nowadays are really full of personality, even though he really doesn’t have much interest in these stone products, but when everyone else is silent, he can only bite the bullet and go forward to hold them. A few words.

"Mr. Hanchuan likes stones very much?"

"Yes."

Mr. Samukawa seemed to have been waiting for this sentence. He immediately laughed out loud when he heard Kogoro Mori say this, and led Kogoro Mori and his group to look at his collection from the beginning.

"Because stones have accumulated over time, they have existed on this planet since the birth of human beings. After being polished and carved by human beings, they have been preserved to this day and will continue to exist forever."

There was a bit of enthusiasm in Mr. Hanchuan's cloudy eyes. He touched the display cabinet with his hands obsessively, as if he was caressing his beloved exhibits through the display cabinet.

"Stones are so good, they can't talk, they don't express their own superficial opinions in high-spirited speeches, and they don't self-righteously refute the ideas of others. Emotion, do you know what it is?"

Mao Lilan was startled by the emotion shown by Mr. Hanchuan, and carefully hid behind his father, while Kogoro Moori obviously did not come first when the seemingly gentle Mr. Hanchuan was so excited, he carefully separated his daughter Open, while worrying about this trip.

After all, when Mr. Hanchuan was talking about stones...

There are some exceptions.

No one spoke, but Mr. Hanchuan didn't seem to care at all. He looked at the collection in this room obsessively, and said quite solemnly:

"It's faith."

He looked around and showed a strange smile, "These stones are entrusted with the creator's belief."

Conan took advantage of his short stature and hid in the dark. He listened to Mr. Hanchuan's words, and showed an awkward and helpless wry smile.

He looked at the other people in the room again, and found that except for Mori Kogoro and his daughter who were listening to Mr. Samukawa's words with admiration, the rest of the people had indifferent expressions, especially Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuya who had just had a big quarrel. At this moment, the eyes they looked at Mr. Suzukawa were astonishingly the same——

It was so indifferent, as if looking at a dead object.

Just like they look at those stones.

Conan was startled by that look. His instinct as a detective told him that something terrible would happen next. He looked at Shane, who was closely related to the two, and saw a smile on the corner of her mouth, looking gentle. Kind, but those eyes are like ice and snow that has been frozen in the sun for a long time.

It was so cold that I couldn't help but suffocate my breath.

The young detective suddenly felt that there were not many good people in this room. He hurriedly looked away, and suddenly saw the display case in the middle of the collection room.

"Hey, Uncle Hanchuan."

Relying on his young age, Conan ran to Mr. Hanchuan. At this moment, Mr. Hanchuan had just published the theory of the supremacy of stones, and the atmosphere centered on him was a bit cold.Conan's going in this way can be regarded as a relief for Maori and his daughter.

Conan pulled Mr. La Hanchuan's cuff, pointed to the display case in the middle and asked, "What's in that?"

"Little brother, you have a good eye, and you immediately took a fancy to my most satisfying collection here," Mr. Hanchuan was in a great mood, especially after hearing Conan's inquiry, he led everyone to the display cabinet.

Inside was a gray-white stone slab, with three rings engraved on it, arranged in a triangular manner.There are seven deep nodes on each ring, and the shape of the nodes is weird, it looks like a groove that holds something.

"This is the Opaz I just bought not long ago."

Mao Lilan froze for a moment, "Opaz... what is it?"

"Short for Out of Place Artifacts."

Toru Amuro, who had been silent all this time, suddenly opened his mouth, causing everyone to look at him, "This is a concept proposed by the American zoologist Sanderson, and it basically refers to excavations at unusual times or places. Ancient artifacts."

"Or it is an ancient man-made object with unknown purpose, or made by a civilization that is not yet known," Conan added. "For example, the Baghdad battery is one of the most famous Opaz."

"That's right," Mr. Hanchuan showed a satisfied expression, then bent down and patted Conan's head, "Little brother, you really know a lot."

With Amuro Toru and Conan's explanations, the Mori father and daughter finally know the value of this unknown stone slab.

"This is the treasure I accidentally got in the United States, but it is not what I want most."

Mr. Hanchuan looked deeply at the stone slab, and then heaved a long sigh, "The collection I want the most is right in front of me, but I don't know when I will get it."

Mori Kogoro felt that this topic could not be discussed any further. He now suspects that Mr. Samukawa came to him not because of the murder of Yui, but to find his most wanted collection for him.

He is not in the antique business.

But he didn't want to ask Conan why, after hearing Mr. Hanchuan's words, he hurriedly asked, "Then what is the collection you want most, Mr. Hanchuan?"

"I don't think you have heard of it, little brother."

A strange expression suddenly appeared on Mr. Hanchuan's face, and his eyes slowly moved from Conan to the other people behind him who hadn't spoken since he said hello, and he confided word by word:

"It's the Dresden stone."

He said.

"That is the existence that can fulfill my lifelong dream."

……

The atmosphere in the collection room became weird after Mr. Suzukawa finished his answer. Mori Kogoro and others had never heard of the Dresden stone slabs, but Toru Amuro and Conan paid attention to the expressions of the others, and saw that Shana Waiting for the person to look calm, there is no abnormality at all.

It's just that the calmer this group of people behaved, the more Toru Amuro felt that there was a deep meaning in it that he didn't know.

After showing his collection, Mr. Hanchuan used the excuse that he wanted to talk to Mori Kogoro about the entrustment. With the crutch in his hand, he walked slowly towards the study. Seeing that Mori Kogoro did not stop him, Conan took Followed by Mao Lilan.

Toru Amuro really wanted to find out what Shana and the others had to say, but he actually wanted to know more about Mr. Samukawa's commission, both in terms of work and his heart.

After thinking it over and over again, Toru Amuro finally chose to go to the study of Mr. Samukawa with his current nominal teacher.

As for Xia Nai and others who were left behind, under the leadership of Yu Shaoshen Zi, they went to the chess and card room next to the restaurant to wait.

Mr. Hanchuan's study room is at the other end of the corridor on the first floor. Mori Kogoro and others stepped on the soft carpet and looked at the exquisite paintings and decorations on both sides of the corridor from time to time. —

And eccentric.

"Everyone, please come in."

Mr. Hanchuan pushed open the wooden door of the study, and everyone heard a harsh creaking sound. As the door was pushed open, everyone saw the display in Mr. Hanchuan's study——

It looked like an ordinary study room. There were seven or eight tall wooden bookshelves leaning against the walls on the left and right sides of the room. The bookshelves were filled with all kinds of books. Although it was far less exaggerated than the study room of Kudo’s family, it was It was still a little surprising.

But these are not the most amazing.

There are more than a dozen statues of gods in Mr. Hanchuan's study, most of which are made of stone and wood, and some are made of copper. If you look closely, all the statues look like the same god.

Mr. Samukawa waited at the door for a while, and only after Mori Kogoro and his party of four entered the room did he close the door again.

"There is still a blizzard outside. Detective Lao Maori came here today. Please sit down."

Mori Kogoro knew that the other party was going to get to the point. He waited for Mr. Samukawa who was handicapped to walk slowly to the side of the sofa and sat down. Then he sat down opposite him, and asked enthusiastically but not obsequiously:

"A few days ago, I received a power of attorney from Mr. Hanchuan. I wonder why you entrusted me this time?"

Mori Kogoro originally thought that Mr. Suzukawa wanted to entrust him with the case of the murder of Yui’s technical director, although he knew that it would be unavoidable for the police to intervene without entrusting him—especially the Henggou Police Department in Kanagawa Prefecture. The relationship with the detective has always been lukewarm, far less talkative than that of the Twilight Police Department.

But after seeing what Mr. Hanchuan said just now, Kogoro Mori felt that it would be good to solve the murder case.

At least that's justice, and it's better than helping Mr. Hanchuan find the whereabouts of some antiques.

Kogoro Mori looked at Mr. Suzukawa's collection just now, and heard the expression on his face when he talked about that Opaz. He really didn't know how many of the other party's collections were obtained through legal channels, and Several of them were obtained from illegal channels.

Not only Kogoro Mori was nervous, but the people who followed Kogoro Mori were also muttering in their hearts. Mr. Samukawa carefully looked at Kogoro Mori's application, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Mr. Maori has probably heard about the murder in the company I invested in, right?"

Hearing Mr. Samukawa's words, Mori and his daughter felt relieved, but Toru Amuro and Conan frowned calmly.

Especially when Toru Amuro knew who was responsible for this case, he was even more worried that Kogoro Mori would get involved with the organization because of such a case——

Gin's actions have always been clean and tidy, which is why the Kanagawa prefectural police have not been able to find the culprit so far. It is estimated that the case will be delayed indefinitely because there are no clues in a while.

Thinking about it, we have to wait until the organization is arrested before this case can be brought to light again.

Toru Amuro was only worried that Conan, who had infinite curiosity about the case, would help Kogoro investigate together, but found that the case was related to the organization, so he rashly got involved.

In case something happens to Conan, there will be another pile of troubles on Belmode's side.

Mori Kogoro didn't know that his first disciple thought so much in a flash, he felt that as long as he didn't let himself look for antiques, he could say anything else, "I've heard a little bit about it, does Mr. Hanchuan want me to investigate this matter? ?”

Mr. Hanchuan shook his head, "That's not true. The police in Yokohama are already investigating that case, so it's not easy to involve Mr. Mori."

Mori Kogoro's heart fell to the bottom of the valley just after recovering.

"Then what do you mean...?"

Mr. Samukawa lingered on the statue behind Mori Kogoro for a long time before he said leisurely, "I don't know if Mr. Mori has heard of a major disaster in Yokohama more than ten years ago."

Mori Kogoro pondered for a while, and then slowly said:

"I remember that there were two large-scale disasters in Yokohama more than ten years ago. One was a gas explosion 17 years ago. The investigation into that case has not been made public.”

He happened to be at the police academy at the time and heard the instructors talking about the case.

Mr. Hanchuan nodded, "Yes, there is indeed such a thing."

17 years ago was just around the time of Kudo Shinichi's birth, and Conan didn't know much about such an ancient event, so he couldn't help asking in a low voice, "Is there one more thing?"

"The other time was 12 years ago. In fact, that incident happened at the junction of Yokohama and other cities." So it can barely be regarded as happening in Yokohama.

Mori Kogoro was much more impressed with this case. After all, he had been transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department when the incident happened, and he had also helped participate in the rescue operation.

"That time it was said that a meteorite landed, and it happened to hit Kanagawa Prefecture, killing 70 people. There is still a crater there. I remember the name is related to an ancient Japanese god. It seems to be called..."

"Kagutsu Meteor Crater."

Toru Amuro continued, "Is it called Kagutsu Meteor Crater, Mr. Mori?"

"Yes, that's right, it's Kagutsu Meteor Crater!"

Mori Kogoro clenched his right fist and tapped the palm of his left hand, showing a "that's it" expression.

Then he remembered Mr. Hanchuan's topic just now, and hurriedly said, "I only remember these two incidents that happened in Yokohama more than ten years ago. I don't know which one you are talking about?"

"In fact, it has something to do with these two things."

Mr. Samukawa got up slowly, and walked behind Mori Kogoro with a cane. He reached out and touched the statue behind Mori Kogoro, with pious and fanatical eyes.

"In those two disasters, I was actually at the scene and survived the catastrophe."

Everyone invariably remembered the information provided by Miss Yuanzi.

"This, this is really unfortunate."

Mori Kogoro stumbled on to Mr. Suzukawa's words. After all, the situation was really unexpected. If he knew that Mr. Suzukawa was the victim, he wouldn't have made it so clear just now, "But you are extremely lucky to survive the catastrophe. ..."

But I don't think that Mr. Hanchuan didn't pay attention to his previous words at all, but he complied calmly.

"You are right, I am indeed lucky."

He turned his head, his eyes full of frightening madness.

"Because I met the existence of gods during those two disasters."

The three atheists present suddenly showed speechless expressions, but Mao Lilan, who was skeptical and had heard about Mr. Hanchuan's deeds from Yuanzi, couldn't help asking:

"Did you mean—"

"That's right, it's the Rage God! In those two disasters, I met the Rage God! I can be sure that the two disasters are God's punishment for the ignorant humans who disrespected God and lost their faith!"

Mr. Hanchuan, who had been calm until just now, suddenly became agitated|excited. He spoke his opinion loudly, and his eyes seemed to turn red.

"This……"

It's not that Mori Kogoro has never seen a person who believes in ghosts and gods, but he has never seen this kind of believer who is almost crazy. His expression is very embarrassed, and he regrets why he came here.

But he had already received the entrustment fee from Mr. Hanchuan, so he had to bite the bullet and ask, "Then...then what does this have to do with your entrustment?"

"Because the Aragami is here."

Mr. Hanchuan seemed to have calmed down a little bit, but his eyes were still so fanatical, "I can be sure that the god I saw that day is now in this extremely cold pavilion, among the guests I invited to the banquet. .”

He said unbelievable words, he seemed to have completely lost his mind, and he seemed to be still very calm.

In his eyes, only the belief in the gods remained.

"So I want to ask Mr. Mori to help me find him, and help me find Lord Rage God."