Hattori Heiji, who was rushing to the kitchen, heard the shrill screams and immediately recognized that one of them came from Toyama Kazuha.
Damn it! Are you late?
He looked stern and quickened his running pace.
"He Ye!"
When he ran to the kitchen door, he immediately shouted.
In the kitchen, Toyama Kazuye and Mao Lilan were seen huddled on the side of the cabinet tremblingly, looking in the direction of the console.
Next to the operating table, a curved figure was wolfing down the fried dumplings on the table.
"Hey! I said you..."
Hattori Heiji ran forward and put his hand on the maid's shoulder. The maid then turned around with a dumpling in her mouth.
"I'm sorry, because I'm really hungry, and I can't bear the smell of dumplings..."
"I'm really sorry, I ate all these dumplings, but the dumplings you made are really delicious~"
Mao Lilan and Yuan Shanheye showed their beady eyes and didn't know what to say. They could only say thank you for the compliment awkwardly.
Hattori Heiji saw that the two girls had made a mistake, causing him to worry in vain, and he complained helplessly against the two of them.
"I'm just here to eat dumplings, why do you shout so loudly?"
"It hurts me..."
Hattori Heiji subconsciously shut up and did not say the next words.
Realizing that Hattori Heiji might have something outrageous to say, Mao Lilan tilted his head and repeated, "Is it going to hurt you?"
Hattori Heiji's face was slightly red, and he was embarrassed to say that he was worried about Toyama Kazuha.
However, Yuanshan and Ye did not understand this meaning and directly replied: "It's not our fault. It was Miss Xiaoguang who suddenly rushed out with such a terrifying expression..."
"Xiaolan even took out the amulet given by Uncle Qin!"
amulet?
Hattori Heiji glanced at Mao Lilan's hand, and sure enough, he was holding the metal badge given by Qin Zhibo.
Tsk, damn if this thing works...
There was a hint of disdain in Hattori Heiji's eyes.
Mao Lilan was also a little embarrassed, so she could only follow the topic, "But Miss Xiaoguang has eaten so many dumplings made by us, she must not be a vampire~"
"Because vampires hate garlic food, right?"
Maid Xiaoguang, who was still eating dumplings, turned her head with a dazed expression, "I quite like garlic food, but I just don't like the taste in my mouth after eating garlic. I have to brush my teeth later...
…”
"But the pattern on the metal badge looks a bit...affecting your appetite?"
Mao Lilan picked up the badge and took a look at it. She was not sure what the relationship between the badge and appetite was, but she quickly put the badge into her trouser pocket.
"Excuse me……"
"By the way, have you opened the refrigerator door?" Hattori Heiji saw that the two of them were fine, so he continued to investigate the case.
According to his guess, the eldest sister of the Tokura family, the old woman whom he hadn't seen for a long time, was probably dead.
The reason why the body has not been found yet may be that it was placed in a freezer.
"Yes, it's opened." Yuan Shan and Ye nodded, "There is a weird thing inside..."
Hattori Heiji came to the refrigerator, opened the refrigerator door, and saw a seaweed jar inside, and only one seaweed jar.
"Is that the only one?" Hattori Heiji asked.
"Well, although putting the seaweed in the refrigerator can prevent it from getting damp, my mother usually takes out the seaweed and puts it in the refrigerator..."
The strange thing Yuan Shan and Ye mentioned turned out to be just differences in living habits.
Hattori Heiji rolled his eyes at her, then picked up the seaweed jar and checked it. He found that the seal was not even opened, so naturally there was nothing hidden inside.
Putting the nori jar back into the refrigerator, Hattori Heiji fell into thinking again.
Now it seems that my previous assumption was not correct.
But as for the motive for the murder, it should be the car accident two years ago.
The truth of that incident should be that some people from the Tokura family killed Tokura Saki's fiancée for the inheritance.
And the fiancee's child is the maid in front of her.
Hattori Heiji looked at the maid who was still eating dumplings and asked: "Miss Xiaoguang, have you heard anything from the master recently?"
"For example, a car accident two years ago..."
In order to avoid further escalation of the situation, Hattori Heiji did not dare to directly say that her mother was killed.
Maid Xiaoguang tapped her chin with her fingertips. After thinking for a moment, she recalled: "That's not true..."
"But this morning, the master sent me a text message, asking me to come to Nanman's room, and not to tell anyone, especially Mr. Butler..."
"What? Can you lend it to me?" Hattori Heiji was stunned and asked Maid Xiaoguang for his mobile phone.
In the text message, Xiaoguang was asked to meet in Nanman's room after breakfast, and the signature at the end was Tokura Sakiya.
Hattori Heiji returned the phone to the maid, and then asked: "Then have you gone?"
The maid shook her head, "No... I actually put my phone in the bathroom to charge it, and I didn't see this text message until I checked my phone at noon."
"So I had no choice but to break the appointment. I originally wanted to wait until the evening to apologize to the master, but until now I haven't been able to talk to the master..."
Hattori Heiji raised his chin and thought carefully about the various aspects of this incident.
Suddenly a smile appeared on his dark face.
"Miss Xiaoguang, can you lend me your mobile phone again?"
"Oh, okay..."
The maid handed the phone to Hattori Heiji again.
Hattori Heiji took the phone, clicked on the text message from Tokura Sakuya again, and pressed the reply button.
[I already know the plans of you and your accomplices...]
send.
After doing this, Hattori Heiji revealed a sinister smile.
The reason why he did this was to deliberately mess up the other party's mentality.
Now he has determined that the murderer is Tokura Kakuya, and the accomplice is the eldest daughter who has been disappearing.
As long as you send this text message, if the other party sees it, he will definitely be curious about the progress of the case and take the initiative to show up.
Even if Tokura Sakuya is a terminal cancer patient and is about to die soon, he is not afraid of being blamed.
But the eldest daughter must have agreed to help in order to inherit the inheritance, and she would definitely show up to clear her name.
At that time, you will be able to take the initiative.
…
In the forest outside the bungalow, two beams of light swept back and forth among the gloomy bushes.
Qin Zhibo and Conan, one tall and one short, each had a flashlight and wore raincoats borrowed from the housekeeper.
The patter of raindrops hit the grass, making a crackling sound.
Suddenly, Qin Zhibo stopped in front of a patch of grass.
"Found it."
Conan, who was not far away, quickly followed over and shined the light of his flashlight on the "object" in front of Qin Zhibo's feet.
"This is..." Conan's pupils shrank and he stared at the person lying in the grass.
This person is none other than the old woman, the Yakura eldest daughter, who has disappeared for a while.
The old woman's torso and lower limbs were tied with a thick wooden stick on her back. Her eyes were wide open, as if she had been dead for a long time.
She was still wearing the purple dress she wore in the bungalow, but now it was stained with a lot of mud.
Conan carefully bent down and checked his pupils with a flashlight. After confirming that there was no reaction, he judged: "He is dead..."
Qin Zhibo stood nearby and started the corpse investigation.
【Corpse Investigation√】
[Name of the deceased: Tokura Mamoru]
[Time of death: 1 hour ago]
[Cause of death: strangulation]
[The corpse investigation is completed and character skills obtained: Cooking]
[Acquire repeated skills, converted into 1000 proficiency of that skill]
"She must have been strangled to death..." Conan muttered and judged.
Qin Zhibo inspected the body and found that in addition to the strangulation marks on the neck, the old woman also had scratch marks on her arms.
Someone once grabbed her with such force that it left marks on her arms.
At this moment, the phone ring suddenly rang in the forest where there was originally only the sound of raindrops.
bell……
Although the sound was very weak, it still could not escape the ears of Qin Zhibo and Conan.
The two of them looked in the direction of the sound at the same time. It was a dark and lush bush.
"who?"
As soon as Conan finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion in the trees, the leaves were disturbed, and rainwater splashed to the side, making a splashing sound.
It was obvious that something in the bushes was disturbed by the sound.
Conan said nothing and immediately chased in that direction.
Qin Zhibo also got up and chased him, but as soon as he ran a few meters away, two security guards from the bungalow with flashlights came running behind him.
The security guard was shocked when he saw the body on the ground.
Qin Zhibo hurriedly ran back and shouted to the two of them: "Go back and tell everyone in the villa to stay together! Don't leave!"
After the words fell, Qin Zhibo did not dare to delay any longer and continued to chase Conan in the direction.
…
In the bungalow.
Hattori Heiji confidently returned to the restaurant and was about to explain everything that happened tonight.
Seeing that Conan and Qin Zhibo hadn't come back yet, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.
Those two people haven't come back yet?
Where have you gone?
Hattori Heiji thought about it for a moment, then decided to start reasoning and solve the case.
Who asked that guy Kudo to team up with the uncle?
Hattori Heiji was still a little jealous deep down that his good gay friend would team up with someone else.
Originally, both of them were members of the Anti-Qin Alliance, hoping to combine their powers of reasoning to defeat Qin Zhibo.
In the end, we agreed to grow old together, but you secretly baked it in oil?
At this time, the pretty boy saw Hattori Heiji coming back and asked with a worried face: "Have you found my treasure?"
Hattori Heiji smiled slightly and replied calmly, "That's not true..."
"But don't worry, I have solved most of the mysteries that have happened tonight."
"And after everyone listens, they will know who the murderer is this time..."
Hattori Heiji led everyone to the bedroom at the end of the corridor on the second floor, which was also the coffin room where the first incident occurred.
Along the way, everyone was also speculating on the candidate for the murderer.
Torakura Sano: "Isn't it obvious that the murderer is that person?"
The widow of Tokura Ernan also echoed: "Isn't the person who killed my husband the elder brother Suya?"
The girl with glasses asked doubtfully: "Do you know the reason why my brother became a vampire?"
Hattori Heiji walked at the front, with a slight smile on his lips, and said calmly: "Of course vampires do not exist."
"But……"
The bespectacled woman wanted to argue, but Hattori Heiji interrupted her while pushing the door open.
"Okay, you will understand all this once you read this."
With that said, Hattori Heiji came to the coffin, opened the lid of the coffin, and then opened the soft cushions in the coffin.
When the cushion is opened, there is a wooden door handle underneath.
Pull the handle open, and another handle appears below.
Then use this handle to open the trap door, and a dark and deep secret passage will appear below.
"This is……"
When everyone saw this, they all showed shocked expressions.
Although Hattori Heiji was satisfied with everyone's reaction, it was a pity that the person who first discovered this secret passage was not here, and he did not bother to take the credit.
"Uncle Qin discovered this secret passage, but he is not here now..."
"But the existence of this secret passage means that Tokura Yuya is not a vampire, but an ordinary human who needs to use many techniques to make people think that he has turned into a monster..."
Hattori Heiji's confident expression made everyone stunned for a moment, and they didn't know how to refute.
At this time, the three men of Tokura took a step forward, pointed at the coffin and asked: "But if a person is lying in the coffin, how should the cushion underneath the body be lifted? How can the secret passage be opened?"
Hattori Heiji looked back and saw that the sliding door at the bottom of the coffin board was hidden under the cushion, making it difficult for ordinary people to discover this mechanism.
"Your question is a good one..."
"This shows that there was an aide in this case, who opened the sliding door of the secret passage from below, thus allowing Tokura Yuya from above to enter the secret passage."
"helper?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and the doubts in their eyes became a little more.
At this time, Hattori Heiji didn't go around the bush anymore and announced directly: "Tatsukura Soya is definitely one of the prisoners, but he has a very serious cancer. Without the help of others, it will be difficult for him to carry out his actions smoothly. There are also
It may be discovered by others..."
"And looking at it now, the most likely accomplice is the eldest daughter who disappeared for several hours..."
As soon as Hattori Heiji finished speaking, Maid Xiaoguang suddenly squeezed into the crowd.
"Something bad is going to happen!"
"The guard of the bungalow contacted me urgently just now, saying that a person was found dead in the forest outside the bungalow!"
…
In the forest, Conan was chasing the figure in front of him, and the rain blew across his serious and handsome little face.
His short stature now burst out with unlimited power, wind was blowing under his feet, and his running speed was comparable to that of a magical Taibao.
But despite this, the figure in front is like a ghost, moving left and right in the dim trees, sometimes far and sometimes near, it is as confusing as an illusion.
If Conan hadn't had an absolute sense of hearing and could easily tell the difference between rain falling on leaves and feet stepping into wet soil, he might have been thrown away by the opponent.