Chapter 790 Finally Got a Clue

"Judging from the photos taken secretly by Kuroba, there are seven stone slabs from the torii gate to the shrine's money box. Combined with the aerial photos of the shrine, I seem to have a clue..."

Hattori Heiji, who had been mumbling for a long time, finally returned to reality from the world of reasoning. He raised his head and looked to the side. He only noticed an empty plate in front of him. He was clutching his stomach as if he was full, and looked at the three people on the ceiling of the store with haggard faces. A mark of anger seemed to suddenly appear on his forehead.

“The bacon was average, but the pudding and ice cream were good.”

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Conan expressed his opinion and felt as if there was suddenly hot air blowing on his head. From the corner of his eye, he noticed Hattori Heiji staring at the three of them with wide eyes.

"Oh, Hattori, you figured it out!"

Conan immediately waved and reminded Yuji and Kaito with his eyes to ask the waiter to remove the empty plates quickly. Conan shyly approached his friend and handed the menu to Hattori.

"Thank you for your hard work. Just order whatever you want to eat. I'll treat you."

"This is what you said!"

Hattori Heiji called the waiter unceremoniously, and announced the names of the dishes that made Conan's face become more and more stiff. Then he lifted the elementary school student's neck and threw him into the booth. He sat down with Yuji and Conan. middle.

"Look at this photo and the aerial photos I searched on my phone."

Hattori Heiji pointed at the slate painted by Yuji: "Yuji's focus was entirely on the pattern of the slate, while Kuroba always focused on the riddle. You both ignored the connection between the slate itself and the shrine."

"The slab itself?"

Detective Conan stretched his neck, a little confused: "What happened to the slate?"

"Hooray, aren't the four stone slabs with patterns on them old and special?"

Hattori Heiji clicked on his mobile phone: "There are thirteen stone slabs from the torii gate to the money box, and from the mountain gate to the torii gate at the top of the mountain, there are exactly thirteen platforms. Counting the torii gate at the top of the mountain, there is one for each platform. , there are also thirteen torii gates.”

"It just doesn't mean anything."

Kudo Yuji held his chin, thinking that this should be regarded as a special point when building the shrine, or it might be related to Feng Shui or something.

"Although I have never heard of the custom of having thirteen torii gates at Inari Shrine in Kyoto or Tokyo, it may be a local style in Hakodate."

Compared to Yuji's rebuttal, Kuroba Kaito and Conan were reasoning in silence, but instead interrupted the boy who wanted to continue speaking.

"Yuji, since you were protected by that old man, you have become less thoughtful. At this time, shouldn't you think more about why Hattori said that?"

Conan looked at his brother with some dissatisfaction: "You would have thought more about it before."

Choking on their words, the young man lowered his eyes a little and reflected helplessly: "Perhaps the people he came into contact with during this period were all too good, so it's not like it used to be."

"This is wrong, you need to think more." Hattori Heiji also pointed at Yuji: "Even if my father became the head of the Osaka Police Headquarters, he still hopes that he can think and solve everything by himself. No matter what kind of problems he encounters, others say If you don’t understand, you will think more before giving a reply.”

"Hey, is it true?" Yuji already acknowledged the criticism of his three brothers, but he still wanted to be mean.

"Every time the Maori uncle's first reasoning was published in the newspaper, my father would really think about whether it was true."

"Really? Sure enough, I'm just imitating someone like the old man..."

Yuji clenched his fists with some heartache, but everyone could tell that this guy was playing tricks.

"Why did you just give in when it came to Ou-chan?" Conan glared at Yuji, met his brother's somewhat meaningful look, snorted, and turned back to continue thinking about Hattori's inference.

"Although the first nine of the thirteen stone slabs are of different ages, it can be generally judged that they are divided according to the number of blocks of three."

Hattori Heiji drew thirteen torii gates on the drawing paper and circled the third, sixth and ninth ones.

"It can be seen that the shapes of these three torii gates are different from the others. The door of the torii gate is wider."

Hattori Heiji immediately picked up everything and stood up from the booth: "We have to go to the venue."

"Well, sir, your meal..."

The waiter standing next to the table looked at the Osaka-accented boy who suddenly stood up with some surprise and confusion.

"...Gugu."

The sound in his stomach made Hattori feel a little embarrassed. Seeing this, the other three people looked at him with a smile, not teasing but saying for him.

"As expected, Hattori prefers reasoning to eating."

Conan pulled Hattori Heiji's sleeves and asked him to sit down, while Yuji turned Hattori Heiji's hat back, then put the knife and fork in his hand to let him eat.

"Then just wait until I finish eating before going. I don't know what happened to that guy Okita..."

Hattori Heiji picked up his fork: "You must be scolding us secretly."

"There's nothing we can do about it." Yuji and Conan put their hands together.

"These are necessary sacrifices."