Hinata Yuki looked through the evidence and found that she had not yet decided what to do in the future, but she did not intend to stay at Nagato's house anymore and wanted to leave here first and calm down for a while.
Seeing that the task had been completed, Shiraishi took advantage of Hinata's distraction, left the room, and released the mask state.
The moment he was relieved, he suddenly heard a faint commotion coming from the other side of the corridor, which seemed to be the voices of Hattori Heiji and Conan.
Shiraishi opened his eyes in the hall and saw Mao Lilan alone next to him.
Hattori Heiji and Conan are probably causing trouble again.
Sure enough, after a while, the two of them were brought back by the security guard and the housekeeper.
——They were very concerned about whether there were drugs in the puppet, and wanted to run to the room to search, but they happened to bump into Nagato Hideomi, who was covering his face and wearing a knitted hat, and was thinking about life.
Nagato Hideomi raised his eyes and saw a strange man rushing towards him with a child. He was frightened and pressed the button to call the guards.
Fortunately, Hattori Heiji's father also had some friendship with Chairman Nagato, but it was Hattori Heizo's face that was embarrassed, not Shiraishi's business.
After confirming that Nagato Hidetomi was not Akai Shinji, the two returned without success.
"Let's go." Bai Shi stood up, feeling that if he didn't leave, something might happen to these two people again.
Although Conan and Hattori Heiji are very reluctant, now they are just suspicious and there is no evidence that others are taking drugs. And after all, this is not a murder case and is not within their professional scope.
The two finally left with Shiraishi.
Because they kept thinking about this, it wasn't until Shiraishi drove a long way that they suddenly came to their senses and regretted extremely - they forgot to ask Chairman Nagato to borrow a driver.
Only Mao Lilan mentioned it in a low voice just now.
But Shiraishi said that his driving was very stable and it was not convenient to trouble others. Mao Lilan was embarrassed to refute directly.
In short, after realizing this fact, Hattori Heiji and Conan immediately forgot about the Nagato family and began to focus on Shiraishi's driving.
The way back was relatively calm, so calm that Shiraishi was not used to it - there were two high school student detectives sitting in the car, and they were traveling through the suburban woods where they were most likely to encounter something. There were no tires on the car along the way...
"drop--"
Just when I thought of this, an indicator light on the dashboard came on.
Bai Shi lowered his eyes and let out a sigh.
Hattori Heiji was drowsy in the passenger seat when he suddenly heard movement next to him.
He sat up with a start. Before he was fully awake, he had already reached out mechanically, trying to pull the sleeping driver aside according to the rehearsal in his mind, and then apply the brakes.
Mao Lilan was shocked and pushed him back to his seat: "Brother Baishi is still awake!"
"...Huh? Oh, I'm sorry." Hattori Heiji rubbed his eyes and slowly came to his senses.
Last night, he and Conan stayed awake for almost the whole night in order to investigate the cause of Takeda Nobu's death. This morning, they kept focusing on Shiraishi's driving. As a result, Shiraishi didn't fall asleep in the end, but he fell asleep first.
Hattori Heiji was very shameless.
He cleared his throat and sat upright pretending that nothing happened: "What's wrong?"
"I forgot to refuel." Shiraishi always felt that he had checked the condition of the gas tank. There was still a lot of gas at that time. But now that I think about it carefully...it seems that Toru Amuro's car had a lot of gas last night. This car he rented, he really forgot.
Take a look.
...Is this also the guidance of the mission?
Shiraishi got out of the car, looked around, and his eyes quickly stopped somewhere.
Behind the layers of woods, stands an ancient castle. The spire of the castle stands in the air, which is very conspicuous.
...Sure enough, whenever you drive through the woods, you are bound to get a flat tire or get stuck in a quagmire, or encounter some kind of incident.
Compared with the speed at which Dr. Agasa and Kogoro Mori were consuming the car, Shiraishi suddenly realized that it was just running out of gas, which was completely acceptable.
When Shiraishi saw the old castle, the mission jumped out very quickly.
Shiraishi said nothing, and the other three people began to discuss how to solve it. In the end, they all looked at the castle and concluded: "It is better to go to that family to buy some."
Many people store some gasoline in their homes, especially those built in the wilderness.
Shiraishi used the little remaining gas to drive the car to the side of the road to prevent it from occupying the road, then got out of the car and walked towards the castle with several others.
Before getting off the car, he secretly stuffed a folding stick into his bag.
After getting closer, the forest no longer blocked the castle, and the entire castle appeared before their eyes. It was even more majestic than when seen from a distance.
"This kind of exterior wall and patterns seem to be from a long time ago." Heiji Hattori set up a pergola with his hands and looked into the yard through the iron gate. "Some rich man must have bought it from abroad and rebuilt it here."
There is no one in the yard.
Hattori Heiji rang the doorbell for a long time, and a gardener came out.
The gardener looked very unfriendly. He might have been annoyed by the tourists or reporters passing by. He spoke before they could say anything: "Go back! Outsiders are not welcome here!"
While the tool man detective continued to negotiate with the gardener, Shiraishi looked at the scene in the yard and noticed several large chess statues on the grass.
Looking at the overly high spire of the castle and the traces of fire damage on the other side, Shiraishi immediately identified a certain incident among a large number of suburban incidents, and decided that if the gardener refused to let him go, he would sleep in the car later.
Take a nap, and then use a mask to sneak in and solve the problem.
As for gasoline...you can wait for the police to come, use their car to drive back, and then tow it with the car.
However, these solutions seem to be useless.
——Behind the gardener, a middle-aged man with a square face walked over.
He stared at Hattori Heiji and Shiraishi for a while - especially Hattori Heiji, and then suddenly asked: "Are you detectives?"
Hattori Heiji nodded. He did appear in newspapers frequently. Although for some reason, his photos in black and white newspapers were difficult to identify, there were always a few with good eyesight who could spot him.
Shiraishi nodded. He was not really a detective, but because he had been in contact with clients such as several celebrity novelists, he also scratched a few corners in the newspaper.
Seeing the two of them nodding, Mamiya Mitsuru twirled the mustache on his lips, thinking it was wonderful.
——He is the son-in-law who married into the family. Before his death, the wealthy father-in-law left a mystery in this castle and said, "The supreme treasure will be given to the person who solves the mystery."
This description stirred up the imagination of a group of people, and Mamiya Mitsuru was of course very moved. But unfortunately, he was not good at solving mysteries. After so many years, he still found nothing.
Recently, information has become more developed, and famous detectives in various places have become more famous.
Mamiya Mitsuru read several related reports and suddenly felt that he could use the power of detectives.
——In any case, detectives are paid to do things, so as long as you treat them as tools to solve puzzles, you will still be considered the "person who solves the mystery", and you will not be considered as violating your father-in-law's instructions.
So Mamiya Mitsuru collected a lot of detective-related newspaper clippings.
Originally, he was still struggling with which one to choose, but he didn't expect that someone would actually deliver it to his door today.