Conan: Ran turns into an elementary school student and calls me dad.

Chapter 66 Gold Coins

Seeing that he couldn't recall any more details, Lin Xiuyi simply gave up and turned to Miyamoto Yumi beside him to ask,

Are there any abandoned houses or buildings built along the river nearby?

Yumi Miyamoto frowned, thought carefully for a moment, then shook her head.

"I don't remember the abandoned house, but there is indeed a river nearby, not far south of Tokyo Tower."

As she spoke, she raised her hand and pointed south.

"It takes about ten minutes to drive there from here."

Guided by Yumi Miyamoto, Judy drove along the riverbank.

"Drive along the embankment, and stop when you encounter a bridge!" Lin Xiuyi ordered in a deep voice, his eyes fixed on the scenery outside the window, carefully observing the landscape along the way.

Judy immediately sped up, and the car drove smoothly and quickly along the embankment.

Before long, a steel bridge spanning the river came into view.

The neon lights on both sides of the bridge are all lit up, and the warm yellow light is reflected on the river. The interplay of light and shadow forms a lifelike fish shape.

"This is it!" A glint of light flashed in Lin Xiu's eyes, and she instantly realized that she had found the right place.

He was deeply impressed by the fish-shaped light and shadow.

Judy parked the car steadily in the open space next to the bridge, and the three of them got out of the car and stood on the embankment by the river.

A cool evening breeze blew by, carrying the moist scent of the river.

Lin Xiuyi looked around and soon spotted an abandoned building with a dilapidated neon sign not far away.

The building's walls were mottled and its windows were broken, clearly indicating that it had been abandoned for a long time, giving it a somewhat eerie feel in the night.

He immediately started walking towards the abandoned building.

Although Judy and Yumi Miyamoto were full of doubts and couldn't understand how Lin Xiuyi could pinpoint these locations so accurately, they didn't have time to ask any more questions and quickly followed after him.

……

The abandoned building was filled with cobwebs, the walls were peeling and crumbling, and the cement floor was riddled with cracks.

Each step made a soft creaking sound, mixed with the mournful sound of the evening wind blowing into the empty room from outside the window, giving it a somewhat eerie feel.

Lin Xiuyi led Judy and Miyamoto Yumi up two floors. Their eyes swept across the empty room, but apart from piles of old and broken clutter, there were no clues.

Upon reaching the third floor, Yumi Miyamoto rubbed her slightly sore legs and couldn't help but complain, "Uncle, are you sure those maple leaf coins are really hidden here? This place looks deserted for a long time; there's not a soul in sight."

"Look for yourselves." Lin Xiuyi raised his chin, gesturing for the two to look at the ceiling above their heads.

Judy and Yumi looked up and saw a huge black cloth bag hanging from the metal frame on the ceiling.

The bag was slightly open, and with the reflection of the bright moonlight from the window, one could vaguely see tiny golden lights shimmering inside—the unique luster of gold coins.

"Wow! There really are gold coins! That's a whopping 600 million yen!"

Miyamoto Yumi's eyes widened, and she cheered with delight, reaching out to grab the bag.

Judy also stepped forward with a look of surprise, reached out and gently touched the bag to confirm that it was indeed filled with heavy, hard objects.

Lin Xiuyi breathed a long sigh of relief, her heart finally settling down.

The fact that the gold coins are still there means that either Xiaolan and the others didn't find this place at all, or they were a step behind them.

In either case, at least we can be sure that Xiaolan is safe at this moment.

But just as that thought crossed his mind, he heard a familiar voice downstairs. It was Ran's gentle admonition, mixed with the playful noises of Ayumi and Genta.

To Lin Xiuyi's surprise, Shinichi Kudo's voice was also mixed in!

"Why did this kid come along too?" Lin Xiuyi frowned slightly, then quickly gestured for Judy and Yumi to be quiet, indicating that the two should hide.

Although the two women were full of doubts, they still followed Lin Xiuyi and quietly retreated to a dark corner. They used the pile of wooden crates to cover their bodies and dared not breathe.

Soon, footsteps approached from afar, and five figures—one large and four small—stepped onto the third floor.

Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko looked up and saw the bag of gold coins on the ceiling. They jumped up excitedly, their cheers echoing through the empty room.

"Awesome! We've found treasure! So many gold coins!"

Xiao Lan, standing to the side, frowned, looking somewhat puzzled.

She initially thought the code on the note was just a prank or a child's joke, but she never expected to actually find the so-called "treasure," which was a valuable gold coin.

Shinichi Kudo's expression was extremely solemn, his eyes sharply fixed on the bag of gold coins, his suspicions completely confirmed.

This coded paper is not a treasure map at all, but a clue left by Dino Cabana, the leader of an Italian bandit group, to mark the location of the stolen goods!

They must call the police as soon as possible, otherwise, if the remaining robbers discover them, the unarmed men will be no match for them.

Thinking this, Shinichi Kudo was about to reach into his pocket for his phone when a cold, sharp shout came from behind him, laced with a heavy foreign accent: "Don't move, kid!"

"If you don't want a hole in your head and to be unable to continue being a high school detective, raise your hands right now!"

Another hoarse voice added, its tone full of threat.

"Hand over the gold coins obediently, and we might spare your lives!"

Three foreign men in black suits slowly walked upstairs. One of them, with a mustache, held a dark pistol, the muzzle pointed directly at Shinichi Kudo, Ran, and the others.

"Huh? Who are you?"

Before Yuan Tai could figure out what was going on, the chubby boy got angry when he heard they were going to steal the gold coins. He clenched his fists and was about to rush over, yelling as he did so.

"Don't you dare steal the treasure we found!"

"Bang!"

A crisp gunshot shattered the silence. The bullet grazed Yuan Tai's ear and struck the wall behind him, sending up a spray of cement debris.

Yuan Tai was so frightened that his whole body stiffened, his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground, forgetting even to cry.

"Don't move!" Shinichi Kudo immediately stepped in front of the four kids, his voice urgent as he warned, "These are the Italian bandit group reported in the news! They have guns, they're dangerous...?"

He had only spoken halfway when Shinichi Kudo suddenly froze, his eyes filled with astonishment.

The mustachioed bandit who had been holding a gun was now clutching his wrist, a pained expression on his face.

The pistol had long since fallen to the floor at his feet.

That gunshot just now wasn't fired by him!

Upon seeing this, the blond robber's expression changed, and he immediately bent down to pick up the pistol from the ground.

But just as his hand was about to touch the gun handle, another shot rang out, the bullet hitting the pistol precisely. The force of the impact sent the pistol spinning and sliding to the window before crashing heavily against the wall…