Chapter 1096

"So I want to ask you," Akaso Kaze became calmer at the critical moment, and asked Conan, "What does Nara have that is of great value, and at the same time, is easily neglected by the police in this situation?"

Conan suddenly raised his head and looked at Akaso Kaze: "Buddha statues! The Buddha statues in Nara's temples can be called Japanese national treasures; they are of great value even abroad, and temples don't have modern security systems like other places!"

"Buddha statues?"

Akaso Kaze's expression shifted slightly.

He hadn't thought of this; after all, his understanding of Japan wasn't that deep, and he subconsciously didn't consider Buddha statues as treasures.

However, with his skilled-level "Japanese History," he also knew that Nara City was the ancient capital of Heijo-kyo.

Because the Nara period was a time when it was heavily influenced by the culture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Buddhism flourished in Japan at that time, and the whole country was keen on building temples and making Buddha statues.

The existing Buddha statues were all antique cultural relics with considerable historical value, especially here in the ancient capital, where the Buddha statues were of even higher value, and there might even be Tang Dynasty relics.

After the Nara period came the Heian period, when the capital was moved to Heian-kyo, which is now Kyoto City.

Last time, a criminal group triggered an incident surrounding a Buddha statue in Kyoto; it seemed to be the incident in the theatrical version "Crossroad in the Ancient Capital."

Come to think of it, it was really possible that the robbers' target this time was the Nara Buddha statues.

So that's how it is.

Akaso Kaze's gaze became focused.

Even without considering the value of the Buddha statues, the clues logically all pointed to the Nara Buddha statues; the robbers' series of actions had already been clearly connected in his mind.

Laying out the plan starting from the explosion at the microbiology laboratory, announcing the news on the internet in the name of the Red Siamese Cats, hijacking the Suzuki I-sei airship, actively contacting the police, and setting up smoke canisters before arriving in Nara.

All the smokescreens were for the purpose of successfully stealing the Nara Buddha statues and completing their retreat; it could basically be determined that this was the robbers' true purpose.

"Notify the Metropolitan Police Department first; I'll leave the matter of contacting the Nara police to you," Akaso Kaze handed his phone to Conan and walked toward the open sky observation deck, "I'll handle the rest."

"Hey, hey, what are you going to do?" Conan stared at Akaso Kaze with wide eyes, "Don't do anything reckless."

"It's fine, I'll solve those robbers first; only then can I draw out all the accomplices," Akaso Kaze paused his steps and looked back, "By the way, one of the accomplices is that reporter named Fujioka."

"Wait," Conan said in surprise, "Could it be that there is more than one accomplice?"

"That short-haired waitress is one too, and the cameraman and reporter following Mizukawa might be as well."

Akaso Kaze passed through the white smoke, conjured a wooden sword, and walked onto the beam above the sky observation deck.

The robbers below were completely unaware and were still placing smoke canisters; when they noticed something was wrong and looked up, they were immediately knocked out by Akaso Kaze, who descended from the sky and swung his sword.

Before losing consciousness, they only had time to see Akaso Kaze sheathe his sword and land in a crouch.

W-what is going on?

Bang!

The robbers fell to the ground, and Akaso Kaze immediately stood up and took the pistols from the robbers.

"I say," Conan said speechlessly as he crawled onto the beam, "What 'drawing out the accomplices'? You had already found them all, hadn't you? How did you do it?"

"We'll talk about it later," Akaso Kaze took the walkie-talkie from the robber and looked at Conan, "Is the Nara Prefectural Police side handled?"

"I've already told Officer Megure and the others," Conan curled his lips, "However, since it's Nara, I also notified Heiji by the way; there shouldn't be any problems."

"Is that so? The influence of the Osaka Prefectural Police in Nara is indeed greater than that of the Metropolitan Police Department."

Akaso Kaze wasn't very interested in those criminal accomplices preparing to steal the Buddha statues, and it didn't matter if he gave the credit to that dark-skinned guy Heiji.

"Then I'm going down; I'll leave this place to you."

"Don't you want me to help?" Conan said gloomily.

"Don't add to the trouble; those many gunmen are not fun to deal with."

Akaso Kaze left a sentence with disdain, quickly constructing the airship's structural diagram in his mind; he didn't leave via the elevator but chose the escalator on the other side.

There were 6 robbers left: 1 in the cockpit, 2 in the restaurant, and 3 in the lounge, but first, he had to solve Fujioka, who was hiding in the medical room.

Thinking of this, Akaso Kaze headed straight for the deck where the medical room was located. ===== CHAPTER 1098 =====