Chapter 43: Gold Coins on the Ceiling

After school the next day, Ren Amamiya did not choose to go home, but first went to the river channel near Tokyo Tower.

After confirming a rough location based on the map, he began to identify which abandoned building on the side of the river it was.

“There are really quite a few abandoned buildings here.”

There are many abandoned buildings by the river; this place is practically a gathering place for abandoned buildings, and one wonders what this place was used for before.

After searching for about ten minutes, his footsteps stopped in front of an abandoned building.

“Looks like this is it.”

He looks around.

This is a building by the river; there are no residences or shops around.

“In the middle of nowhere” is exactly what describes this place.

Because there are no residences around, the probability of seeing anyone entering here is also very low.

Unless the local government needs to redevelop this area, this abandoned building by the river seems unlikely to gain any popularity.

“A thief is quite good at hiding things.”

“But now it’s quite suitable for me to take action.”

Such a hidden place is indeed not easy for people to find.

There isn't even a single person exercising here; wanting the police to find this place and lock onto an abandoned building directly is indeed a bit too difficult.

Ren Amamiya walks up to this abandoned building.

The door below is locked, but the emergency exit is still accessible.

He glances at the locked door below; inside, there are cardboard boxes piled up for who knows how long, and there is thick dust accumulated on the floor for a long time.

“It seems it’s really not here.”

Following the emergency exit upward, he arrives at the top floor of the building.

He takes a pair of gloves out of his schoolbag and turns the handle.

“Creak!”

The slightly rusted door is opened.

“It seems the things are here.”

There is no one on the top floor.

Ren Amamiya opens his Spirit Vision to look; indeed, there is no one here, not even a single vengeful spirit to be seen.

However, he looks up.

There are four things packed in thick bags and deliberately set up on the ceiling.

Ren Amamiya stands below; slight mist emanates from his side, turning into tentacles that quickly sweep over the four bags hanging above and take them down.

He walks forward, looking at the four bags of golden-orange gold coins he took down; his glasses are also dyed a golden yellow by the sunset.

“Wealth from the sky.”

“Although I don't know which smart aleck hid it here, since it was placed here by someone, it is ownerless property.”

“Then it is only natural and reasonable for me to take away ownerless property.”

He finds a reason for himself to take the treasure with peace of mind.

Ren Amamiya does not have that many psychological burdens; he directly sends the four large bags filled with gold coins back to the “Source Castle.”

As for how to sell these gold coins, that is another matter.

He walks out of the emergency exit door with a joyful mood.

He gently closes the door, preparing to leave.

Suddenly he pauses, his finger pointing at the door lock.

“The treasure room still needs some attention; it wouldn't be good if some playful children ran in.”

“It should still be ‘locked’.”

Extraordinary characteristics are applied to the lock, sealing the entire door with a more enclosed blockade.

Now, the risk of being broken into by playful children can be avoided.

The treasure room will also not be easily discovered by others.

Having completed the final safety measures, Ren Amamiya walks down the emergency exit.

After going downstairs, the evening sunset has already begun to set, and the surrounding streetlights have begun to light up.

But precisely because of this, the vicinity appears even more desolate.

He cannot hear any extra sounds; it appears hair-raising here in the almost-night.

This makes Ren Amamiya even clearer about why there is no one here.

“In such a ghostly place, I reckon even homeless people would feel their scalps tingle looking at it.”

At the very least, he can be sure that those homeless people would rather live on the streets than stay in such a gloomy abandoned building area.

He collects his mood and prepares to go home.

There are no problems on the way home.

He is not known by anyone for having obtained the treasure.

As for that gloomy abandoned building area, it is indeed not that scary.

It is mainly because when a person obtains the ability to take out a vengeful spirit with one shot, then the one who should be afraid is not the person, but those ignorant and fearless vengeful spirits.

On the way home, Ren Amamiya has been thinking about those gold coins.

After arriving home, he suddenly has a flash of inspiration.

A strange feeling makes him turn on the television.

Then he sees a piece of news.

It is about the Italian robber gang.

As the leader of the robber gang has already been controlled by the police, the 15,000 maple leaf gold coins stolen by the team are still missing.

“Ah...”

Seeing this news, Ren Amamiya subconsciously takes out a maple leaf gold coin hidden in the Source Castle.

“So it was this case.”

“I was wondering why it seemed a bit familiar.” ===== CHAPTER 86 =====

He doesn't have a deep impression of the later Conan stories, but he still has a deep impression of some of the earlier stories.

For example, this first case related to the “Detective Boys.”

Looking at the maple leaf gold coin in his hand.

“I seem to have locked the door completely.”

“The blockade made with the ‘Apprentice’s’ extraordinary ability to open and close doors cannot be opened by ordinary people at all, unless the entire door is removed.”

“A group of children does not possess such ability.”

“Then, in that case, can I be considered to have saved the ‘Detective Boys’ once?”

Whether it counts or not, he doesn't know.

Even if it doesn't count, Ren Amamiya doesn't care.

As long as the emergency exit door cannot be opened and the main entrance cannot be entered either, no matter how smart a group of children are, they can only choose to give up.

At that time, the robber gang following behind shouldn't be able to take action against a few children who didn't find the gold coins.

Hmm, not a big problem.

However, the diary can still record it.

【An interesting thing happened today.】

【I found the treasure left behind by some idiot robbers near Tokyo Tower.】

【Ah, the golden-orange gold coins really dazzled my eyes.】

【Gold is indeed a good thing.】

【Especially for me, who has always been relatively strapped for cash.】

【Although I don't want to rob, if some idiot hides the things they robbed, I will still accept them without being polite.】

【Hmm, for example, that stupid Italian robber gang that hid the gold coins as treasure.】

【But it is precisely because of that stupid Italian robber gang that I remembered the first case of the “Detective Boys.”】

【A detective organization led by Shinichi Kudo, who has turned into an elementary school student.】

【To be honest, in the earlier parts, those children still knew fear, but as time went on, those children really became less and less afraid of death.】

【They also started to become more and more annoying.】

【Hmm, but this time it will be tough for them to try to run into the treasure hiding place.】

【This should be considered helping them solve the first danger they faced.】

PS: New book, asking for data. ===== CHAPTER 87 =====