Chapter 102: The Legendary Treasure

“Eh? Amu, aren’t you coming with us?” Xia Xia asked, surprised as she looked at Amu.

“No... I’ll stay behind to take care of Conan! You girls probably have your own topics to chat about,” Amu declined Xia Xia’s invitation under Conan’s disdainful gaze.

Upon hearing this, Ran quickly expressed her gratitude, “Thank you so much! Conan... you have to behave from now on and not cause trouble for Heiji and Amu!”

Just a moment ago, I actually mistook Amu for bullying Conan. That was really wrong—maybe this is what “good relations” between boys look like!

“Hey, why are you staying? Do you really need me as a shield?” Conan gave Amu a deadpan look.

Amu wasn’t particularly interested in the case and would normally have joined the “Ramen Group.”

As for the current case... although Amu had some vague memories, she couldn’t even recall who the culprit was in the original story, let alone the current drastically changed situation. She only remembered it had something to do with a treasure, but that treasure had long since disappeared.

However...

While she wasn’t interested in some “which historical figure from the island nation” treasure, if it concerned “Uchiha Madara’s treasure,” Amu was wide awake!

Although in this world, Uchiha Madara wasn’t some star-level villain, he was still a famous ancient Pokémon trainer.

Moreover, he had earned the favor of Ho-Oh and very likely left behind treasures related to trainers!

“Of course, it’s for the treasure!” Amu admitted honestly, making Conan roll his eyes even more.

Meanwhile, Kunisa’s team had started interrogating those connected to the case—fortunately, the four people involved had all been at the scene and were recognized by Heiji and the others.

Yes, it was exactly that strange travel group from before!

The deceased wore a badge with the Hyuga clan’s family crest on his chest, so Heiji and Conan had immediately identified his identity from the start—Amu hadn’t caught his exact name, but he was definitely the “Hyuga” from that group.

“Konoha travel group? You guys really have the interest...” Shizuka said, eyes half-lidded as she looked at them.

The four hurriedly explained they weren’t close to Hyuga or anything like that.

“Ginji, leave this to Yumi. We’re not just hanging around!” Shizuka said, giving Ginji a meaningful look, and the two officers soon left together.

When Kunisa arrived at the scene, she also breathed a sigh of relief—after all, having the leaders present made the work inevitably more intense.

“Yes!” Yumi responded confidently.

Amu was a bit puzzled. Just now, the two aunts had been mumbling on and on, yet now they seemed totally uninterested?

Still, having Yumi take charge was good—it made things easier for everyone.

Although Yumi acted as if they were a nuisance, it was easy enough for Conan and Heiji to get her to assist with the investigation—especially since, in this world, Heiji and Yumi were close blood relatives!

“Strange... didn’t Mom say this case might relate to an unresolved case from the past? Then why...” Heiji scratched his head in confusion, only to turn around and see his cousin Yumi glaring at him.

“What’s the matter? So you handed such an important case to me... Any problem with that? Or do you have some objections, cousin?” Yumi said, even clenching her fist slightly.

“Of, of course not! Only you, cousin, are worthy of such a heavy responsibility!” Heiji quickly changed his tone.

“Hmph, that’s better. You all better not loiter here...” Yumi was about to shoo them away, but Conan tugged on Heiji’s pants and kept signaling him with his eyes. Heiji gritted his teeth and said, “Cousin! I want... to learn properly from you. I want to be a Kunisa too someday. Can I follow along?”

Heiji felt that his words were utterly insincere.

“Is that so?” Yumi hesitated a bit.

Conan quickly added, “Heiji said before that he has a cousin who solved many big cases and he wants to learn well... He regretted not learning enough during the day’s events!”

“I see! Then you should watch carefully from behind and don’t hold me back!” Yumi immediately agreed.

Heiji buried his face in his hands after Yumi turned away.

“Hey, you four, come register your Pokémon!” Yumi called out to the four people connected to the case.

Yumi wasn’t exactly easy to get along with. The downside was that the witnesses might be intimidated by her attitude and hesitate to share useful information. The upside was that suspects wouldn’t dare to talk too much or complain about procedures.

Heiji took notes alongside, “Sarutobi has a Throak, Uzumaki has a Mimikyu, Uchiha has an Ancient Artisan, and Senju... hmm, a Demon Flame Red Fox.”

“Do you two actually like the Sarutobi and Uzumaki clans?” Amu looked surprised at the buck-toothed Sarutobi and the middle-aged Uzumaki woman.

“Well...” Buck-toothed Sarutobi scratched his head, looking a bit shy.

“Is that not allowed? Ahem... I mean, it’s just a coincidence,” the middle-aged Uzumaki said, somewhat annoyed.

Amu glanced at her suspiciously, sensing something odd about her mood.

Then Amu quietly approached Conan, patted him, and pointed subtly at Uzumaki. “Keep an eye on that person!”

“What’s wrong? Did you find something suspicious?” Conan asked curiously.

“She yelled at me,” Amu said seriously.

Conan: ...

Seeing Conan’s expression of speechlessness, Amu emphasized, “Her emotions are off, so... she’s very suspicious!”

“It’s normal to be emotional when someone from your group has died,” Conan stressed.

Meanwhile, Yumi was eyeing the seemingly honest young man Senju suspiciously.

“Only your Demon Flame Red Fox is a fire-type... it must know fire-type moves, right?” Yumi looked at Senju dangerously.

The seemingly honest Senju quickly explained, “Of course Demon Flame Red Fox knows fire moves, but... it’s definitely not me! When Hyuga caught fire and fell, we were all together…”

Yumi gave a look that said, “You still won’t get rid of suspicion,” but then she glanced at Conan and Heiji.

If those few didn’t start the fire, then there must have been some device used to ignite it!

“We only found that up there,” Heiji said, pointing to a magatama as evidence on the side.

Amu followed his finger and saw inside a transparent bag held by forensic personnel...

It was a magatama about half the size of a palm, entirely black and dull, with no discernible material.

Yumi stepped closer to examine it carefully, then said puzzledly, “You didn’t just take something that happened to be there, did you?”

“No, when we found it, it was spotless and deliberately placed on a flat surface. It must be related to the murder—either the killer left it or Hyuga brought it up there,” Heiji said firmly.

Amu was now sure this was not only related to the case but, with high probability, connected to the “Uchiha treasure”!

When the two aunts saw the magatama earlier, they whispered something Amu caught bits of.

Amu also observed that the bald Uchiha and middle-aged Uzumaki woman looked interested but deliberately avoided eye contact, while the buck-toothed Sarutobi openly showed his interest.

“A black magatama... I remember seeing this in the files. Thirteen years ago, in an unresolved case, a charred corpse was found with this...” Yumi also recalled.

Because there weren’t many murder cases in this world, and even fewer unsolved ones, Kunisa made a point to review cold case files after joining the local force, so she had a general impression.