Chapter 852 Detective’s Qualities
“Conan! Conan, where are you!”
“Stop hiding, come out quickly!”
The patter of rain will The children's loud calls carried far away, and the gardener following them took a breath and stopped.
"It must not be in the yard anymore. I am taking care of it here, there is no place to hide people."
"We also mobilized our servants to search in the castle." Noble Mamiya stood in front of the gate, watching several people walking back while wiping their wet hair, and gave a disappointing answer.
He observed the quiet RV for a while with a vague gaze, thought for a while, and withdrew his gaze.
Other children had already returned to the RV with the two young men to check it out. If the missing child was there, there was no reason why it couldn't be found.
"Is it possible that he really ran into the tower?" Dr. Ali looked at the damaged old building on the top of the tower and frowned, "It shouldn't be..."
"No, I just went to the door to check. The lock at the entrance has not been opened." Mamiya shook his head and answered firmly, "We have strictly checked after the accident. It is impossible to go in casually."
Dr. A Li sighed deeply.
Well, although Shinichi does relax his attention to the surrounding environment because he is too focused on reasoning or immersed in puzzles, if he acts on his own, he is not a real child. There was no way he could run to a dangerous place on his own.
Really, Shinichi, if you have something to do on your own, please tell me...
"Then the only thing left is the forest." The gardener touched his neck. Suddenly he looked at Tang Ze, who was standing silently under the eaves of the corridor, looking at the rain curtain without speaking. "By the way, where are the people in your club? I didn't seem to see them just now. Could something happen to them?"
He said this relatively tactfully, but his tone and expression still conveyed his thoughts accurately.
Karasawa, who is half Kyoto, naturally accepted his unfinished intention and couldn't help laughing: "Are you trying to say whether they took Conan away? No, Conan is my neighbor and so is my friend. His friend. Even if you really want to attack a child, wouldn't it be easier to wait until you return to the city? Come to the wilderness and kidnap a primary school student?"
What he said was a bit embarrassing. The gardener was choked by him, but seeing that Dr. Ali and others who came with the child had no expression, he had no choice but to curl his lips and give up for the time being.
Seeing that he had stopped talking, Tang Ze withdrew his gaze, seemingly continuing to watch the increasingly heavy rain, but in fact he was focusing on the unfolding team interface.
His map is not yet able to directly cross space and see the state of the cognitive world from a distance, but looking at his teammates and the poor Coop who is running between them, Tang Ze can still do it.
Noticing that the burning state behind their names disappeared, Tang Ze raised his brows and made a gesture to Zhu Fu Jingguang.
After receiving the signal, Zhu Fu Jingguang nodded knowingly, quietly took two steps back, and merged into the team of servants.
In order to find someone, the castle was now in chaos. Wherever an old lady with mobility difficulties went, naturally no one noticed for a while.
Someone has to keep an eye on her whereabouts to avoid unnecessary casualties.
In the final analysis, even if Mutsumi Nishikawa hidden under that skin did not waste four years of her life in a wheelchair, she was just an ordinary woman with ordinary physical strength. She could attack children and old people like Dr. Agasa. Of course it's not a problem, but if you want to subdue adult men, you think too highly of yourself.
When Zhu Fu Jingguang's unnoticed figure disappeared in the direction of the side door, Tang Ze spoke again, interrupting everyone's chaotic discussion.
"Otherwise, we should call the police." He said lightly. "If the child really ran into the forest, it would be impossible for us to search for it in time. Besides... "
His eyes pointedly looked at the gardener who had just made an attack.
"As you may have guessed, Conan is the smartest kid I have ever seen. If he was really just trapped, he would definitely find a way to pass the signal out. After so many hours, Since there is no news about him, I can only suspect that this child was attacked by someone.
"Hey! Tabata Katsuo glared back in displeasure, "What's that look in your eyes?" Are you saying we attacked him? Funny, we haven’t questioned you suspicious outsiders yet, but you are the first to complain! "
"If you don't feel guilty, then call the police first. "Tang Ze raised his chin with some provocation.
"Call the police, just call the police. Inexplicably accusing someone of kidnapping a child..." Tabata Katsuo felt unconvinced and reached into his pocket, as if he was about to take out his cell phone to call the police.
Before he could take the next step, Mitsuru Mamiya, who was standing on the steps, suddenly rushed into the rain with two steps and slapped Tabata Katsuo's hand that was about to dial.
"No, you can't call the police! At least not now!" Mamiya Man stopped loudly.
Everyone in the audience looked at him, with disbelief, confusion, and even more doubts.
Mamiya Mitsuru gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words with difficulty: "I entrusted those young people to investigate the treasure, and there has been progress. They said that this matter It may be related to the fire four years ago. If the police were called today..."
If the police were called today, it would involve the fire four years ago and more than a dozen lives. This unknown treasure may become evidence in a murder case at any time.
For this secret, he followed his wife back from abroad, and even settled in the place where his wife died for four years...
Mamiya Mitsuru, who said that he did not come here for property, The desire for this treasure has always existed. Seeing that things are progressing and everything is coming to an end, he is absolutely unwilling to give up at this time.
The crowd was silent for a moment.
"Father, you, how could you..." Mamiya Takato looked over with shocked and disappointed eyes.
"It's just one day, give those people some more time! There will be no problem..." Mamiya Mitsuru could not help but repeat anxiously while avoiding his stepson's gaze.
"You all know that this may be related to mom's case, but you still...!"
The servants exchanged a few looks with each other, and a subtle emotion was in their eyes. circulation.
Although no one else spoke, in this subtle atmosphere, everything was unspoken.
A familiar sense of distortion came over, and Tang Ze raised his eyelids after achieving his goal.
In this endless heavy rain and fog, the invisible world is getting closer and closer to reality in silent whispers.
"Hiss, this is..."
Being abruptly slapped by Shimabukuro Kime and pushed into the door that started to glow, Conan was stunned for a while before he realized that he had really entered. Instead of being dizzy in yet another teleportation across areas.
No way, according to joker, the world in the painting is not a coherent world. It is a small room composed of different oil paintings connected to each other. If you cross the edge again and again, you will inevitably experience it again. The pressure to cross the world.
He had already drunk countless strange reagents given to him by the Phantom Thieves this night. I really don’t know how big a stock these people have prepared...
"This is the place you wanted to come in from the beginning." Leng Buding heard a voice. Conan turned his head greatly, and saw several figures moving dimly in the darkness, and pairs of golden eyes. He looked at him so sharply that he couldn't help but feel a chill in his back.
"You are all here..." Conan's mouth twitched, and he wanted to take two steps back to avoid the overly oppressive gazes of these people. With this movement, he felt It seemed like he had stepped on something.
A stick-shaped, hard and smooth object...
Conan, who had some bad premonition, turned his head, turned on the flashlight on his watch, and looked in the direction of his feet.
A scattered corpse, already turned into bones, sat quietly in the corner, with the black eye sockets on the skull facing his direction.
"It's bones..." Conan frowned and retracted his foot that stepped on the other person's leg bone. "Are these the bones of the victims of the fire in the castle? No, since the police are here After the investigation, a preliminary conclusion was given. It is impossible not to bury the body... So since this is a secret passage in the castle, it is possible that someone accidentally broke in and starved to death in it... That's not right either. Judging from the dust on the ground here, this secret passage is used by someone..."
Almost the moment he came into contact with the corpse, Conan suddenly entered the reasoning mode of his brain and murmured Talking to himself, while adjusting the light of the flashlight, he squatted down and carefully observed the unknown corpse, trying to find more traces that could prove the identity of the other party and the cause of death.
"...What's going on with this kid?" Matsuda Jinpei's mouth twitched at the beginning, "He was shocked when he saw us, and suddenly calmed down when he saw the dead body. It was as if he was scared when he saw the dead. "It's like he was relieved."
"It is indeed reasonable for him to be frightened by us," Miyano Akemi reminded gently, "There are no ghosts in this world. We are more unscientific than dead people." ”
Matsuda Jinpei opened his mouth to refute, but after thinking about it, he realized that his own existence did seem to be scarier than ghosts or dead people, so he had to swallow back his words.
“This is a detective, it’s very normal.” Asai Narumi spread her hands with no surprise, “One second someone fell to death in front of me, and he just lost his breath, and the next second he can get close to him and calm down "
"With this psychological quality, why don't they become detectives?" Matsuda Jinpei patted his forehead, "They are just a group of high school students. I remember that some newcomers in the class were police officers. Several times, I still vomited when I saw the crime scene and drowned in my own vomit..."
"There's nothing you can do about it. You used to be in the explosive ordnance disposal team. You have access to it. At the scene of the death, ordinary policemen would not be able to hold back, right?" Asai Naruki described it objectively.
"That's why there is a special need for guys with strong psychological qualities." Matsuda Jinpei pointed at Conan, who was not listening to their whispered conversation at all and was concentrating on studying the skeleton.
"Is there a possibility that the quality of the police is not high enough, so they choose to be detectives." Asai Narumi said very pertinently.
Feeling that he had been scolded, Matsuda Jinpei widened his eyes behind his sunglasses: "Hey, hey, what do you mean..."
"Shh!"
In the shadows , Xingchuan Hui booed to remind them to silence, and several people immediately fell silent.
Originally, they gathered around Conan and quietly watched him investigate and collect evidence, just like adults watching children doing homework. Following this prompt, everyone took a step back in unison, With the help of Xingchuan Hui, the figure completely disappeared into the vast black shadow.
With the flashlight on, Conan observed the corpses on the ground for a while before he realized that the silence around him was a bit too much. He couldn't help but turn around, wanting to see why the group of phantom thieves suddenly stopped making any sound. .
The light source formed by the watch dial formed a beam of white light in the dusty secret passage. As he turned around, it crossed the face of the person behind him who was completely hidden in the darkness.
A face with saggy skin and dense wrinkles, with almost all facial features drooping on the head, looks like a ghost in his bottom-up light source, and is extremely terrifying.
And this evil ghost walking quietly in the darkness was holding a stone brick in both hands and smashing it in the direction of his head.
Conan was startled. Before he could react to the sudden attack, he felt as if his shoulder and back were hooked by something, and he was suddenly pulled backwards. Avoiding this powerful force, it was obvious that there was no spared blow.
Xingchuan Hui pulled Conan, who was still in a daze, into a corner and turned off the flashlight on his watch.
The dark room in the secret passage returned to darkness, and apart from Nishikawa Mutsumi's breathless gasps, there was no movement left.
Musumi Nishikawa looked around in confusion, trying to find the child who suddenly lost his shadow.
Ever since she heard the brown-haired boy swearing that this kid was scary smart in the morning, she began to worry that this guy might have really sneaked into the secret passage, so she took advantage of the time when everyone was out looking for someone. , she quickly spotted the gap and entered the secret passage, and started searching.
Sure enough, not long after walking, she saw a light source flashing in the passage ahead.
Found it. Nishikawa Mutsumi sneered in his heart.
Unlike the little boy who accidentally entered this place, she wandered up and down this complicated secret passage for four years in order to find the treasure. Even without any lighting, she could walk back and forth freely.
The light source used by the intruders to illuminate the unknown darkness and facilitate their progress will instead become a mark to expose themselves, and she can easily hunt by taking advantage of the convenience of the terrain.
Two years ago, she killed the idiot who overestimated his capabilities and wanted to explore the secret passage. It will be the same for outsiders this time.
Nishikawa Mutsumi looked around the room, feeling that the little boy probably hadn't left, but was probably trying his best to hide in a corner to avoid being touched by her in order to avoid her.
So while groping towards the wall, she made a gloomy threat in the darkness.
"Kid, stop hiding. You must be scared. Come on, grandma will take you out..."
"I can go to your grandma's legs!"
What? ...!
A string of unfamiliar syllables suddenly came from behind. Mutsumi Nishikawa opened her eyes wide, trying to see clearly who was coming behind her, when a huge force hit her from behind.
She was kicked straight in the back, staggered, and threw herself against the wall directly in front of her.
Musumi Nishikawa was a little shocked, but she just tried to adjust her balance without too much fear.
This is also the entrance and exit of a secret passage. After falling into this hidden door, it is easier for her to change her position in time and fight back against the attacker who ran out of nowhere.
She jumped forward, pressed the switch on the wall accurately, and fell inward.
The next second, the terrible heat licked up, and her vision suddenly brightened.
Nishikawa Mutsumi fell onto the soft red carpet, raised her head, and looked at the scene ahead in horror.
The fiercely burning flames ignited the curtains and the exquisite wooden furniture. The curled human figure on the bed had lost its movement. A charred black thing was burning quietly in the firelight, exuding an eerie smell. The smell of nausea.
So strange, so familiar.
Musumi Saikawa covered her mouth in disbelief.
This, here is...!
(End of this chapter)