Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 296 The Evolved Xiaolan Needs a Stage

The old lady killed Mamiya Mitsuru and Mamiya Takato, and after attacking the police, she also committed suicide with a nail.

The rusty iron nail stuck in her old throat was just a deep black.

[Killing Intent +4]

This was all the harvest that Yingsheng had gained before.

It can be imagined that when the three members of the Mamiya family discovered that their hopes of finding the treasure were dashed and when they were on the verge of death, the person they hated most in their hearts was not the murderer who killed them.

But fireflies.

The detective who dashed their hopes.

You shouldn't have come, you should never have come.

Among them, the old lady was probably the worst, and she directly gave him two murderous intentions. That was why Yingsheng grabbed Katsuo Tabata and told him not to go upstairs.

"What is going on, Mr. Shuiyue, can you explain it to me?"

An old policeman with a serious face learned the situation from Katsuo Tabata and then looked at Hotaru.

"As you can see, they are killing each other for the undeserved treasure."

Yingsheng also went up to the attic at this time. He looked around and saw that there was nothing there, so he walked towards the window in front.

Outside, the dark clouds gradually faded, and the late sunrise cast a faint golden glow on the world. In the distance, the mountains were rolling, and the wide water surface below the mountains reflected the sky. An ancient stone tower stood in front, connected to the ancient castle by a corridor in the forest.

The breeze blows and the air is fresh and pleasant.

What a beautiful scenery.

Mamiya Mitsuru was leaning against the wall, with dried blood around his mouth, his eyes fixed on the edge of the windowsill, full of disbelief and unwillingness to close his eyes.

Yingsheng followed his gaze and saw several lines of small words carved on the door panel disguised as a brick wall.

——I would like to give this castle and this scenery to the first person who finds it.

Haha, that old man really played a funny joke on his family.

Unfortunately, some people were blinded by greed, and his unclear words eventually led to two tragedies.

Yingsheng sighed softly, told the police what had happened before, and asked them to read the sentence.

After the police and the onlookers learned the truth of the matter, they all had mixed emotions.

Was this a tragedy caused by greed?

"Well, then this castle should belong to you, Mr. Shuiyue." The old policeman sighed.

"Eh?!!"

Everyone around was in an uproar. Is this a lie? They got a castle right away?!
Even Yingsheng himself was stunned. Is this policeman not very smart? He said it so casually.

Yingsheng shook his head and pointed at the line of small words.

"Mr. Officer, such a will has no legal effect at all. I don't want to make trouble for myself. You should contact the relatives of the Mamiya family as soon as possible."

"Eh?!!!!"

This time, the crowd was even more shocked. This castle must be priceless. How could they give up even this level of wealth without a care? !
A hint of admiration appeared in the old policeman's eyes. "In fact, I know Mr. Mamiya and I know that he did leave a relevant will, and it was notarized by the court."

"…Are you serious?"

"Absolutely true!"

"........."

Another burst of exclamations was heard all around, and Yingsheng felt even more speechless. He was certain that the culprit of the two tragedies was the old man.

He doesn't say things directly and acts like a literary youngster. I'm afraid there's something seriously wrong with his brain.

"The first person who saw it was not me, but Mamiya Mitsuru. There is no requirement in this sentence that it must be a living person, so he will inherit it." Seeing that the old policeman wanted to say something else, Yingsheng quickly raised his hand to interrupt, "Let me talk about the fire four years ago."

"What? Is there another hidden story behind that incident?!" the old policeman was shocked.

"........."

The way you act as a supporting actor makes you look like an NPC.

Did Kudo encounter this situation every day before? How did he endure the embarrassment?

"Someone deliberately set the fire, and the murderer is this old lady." Yingsheng nodded and pointed to a body on the ground. "She is not a real old lady. Judging from the skin on her arms, she is probably around 40 years old this year."

Although Yingsheng had misunderstood before, the old lady didn't even pretend later and walked briskly. If he couldn't see that she was actually a young person, then the eyes on her face would be in vain.

The old policeman hurried to verify and found that it was just as Yingsheng said. He recalled the situation when he came to investigate four years ago and immediately deduced the truth.

"She is Mutsumi Nishikawa, a missing housekeeper of the Mamiya family!"

Yingsheng didn't understand what happened back then, so he stepped aside and didn't comment.

Whether she was the housekeeper or the old lady, with her status, she could definitely poison the food of everyone in the stone tower four years ago.

The old policeman reported the matter and requested an investigation within the police system. He then immediately searched everywhere in the castle, trying to find evidence.

It turned out to be nothing.

The old policeman ran to the courtyard to look for Yingsheng for help, and saw him lying on the second-floor window sill, shouting down:

"Kyogoku-senpai, the soldiers cannot retreat."

The old policeman hurriedly looked back and heard "Bang!!!" A heavy stone chess piece rose from the ground, moved forward one square, and fell heavily.

"Gulu——"

The old policeman's Adam's apple rolled. What the hell was this? Are young people nowadays so scary?

"Suiyue-kun, this is too much."

Bang——! ! !
Another muffled sound was heard, and the old policeman looked over quickly. It was the girl who had volunteered to help the police go up to the attic to explore the way. At that time, the police were at a loss and wanted to call for support. She was really a great help.

"Oh, Xiaolan, did you figure it out?" Yingsheng on the second floor asked curiously.

"Didn't you tell me the solution to the code before? If I still can't figure it out, I'd be really stupid." Xiaolan jumped onto the queen chess piece she had just moved and looked at the overall situation. "J, O, K, as expected, you want to spell out Joker."

Yingsheng retorted: "How is that possible? These letters are clearly beyond the range of AH."

Xiaolan snorted, "You changed the way you represent letters, using two numbers to represent one letter. The sum of the numbers in the rows corresponding to the two black pieces in column A equals 10, which corresponds to the tenth letter of the alphabet, J. The same goes for the others."

"objection."

Yingsheng retorted: "There is only one chess piece in the C column, and it is in the third square. According to what you said, shouldn't it be C? JOC, you old kid, although it is a bit joking, it is not a big problem."

Xiaolan smiled confidently: "But that chess piece is the king, it's King, code K. It's JOK, not JOC."

"Haha, it's just a coincidence. I didn't think too much about it." Yingsheng looked down at the old policeman with a strange expression, "Mr. Officer, what's the matter?"

Changing the subject means admitting defeat. Xiaolan smiled secretly and made a victory gesture to Yingsheng.

Yingsheng didn't want to look at first, but he still saw it when he stole a glance and had to spread his hands helplessly.

"V, 22, you need to place four chess pieces."

"Eh? Eight plus seven plus seven equals three, right?"

"Idiot, you put two pieces in one grid?"

"Yes."

Xiaolan suddenly realized, jumped down and continued to arrange the chess pieces.

Bang——! !

The old policeman wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, opened and closed his mouth several times, and finally uttered his original request.

The police believed that there was something wrong with the castle, as there was at least a secret room containing Mutsumi Nishikawa's personal belongings, passport, etc.

But under the leadership of Katsuo Tabata, they found nothing and had to seek help from the detective who had previously solved the mystery.

After saying this, the police seemed to be a little too incompetent, and he added: "We have found evidence through immigration control that Nishikawa Mutsumi went to Seoul many times for plastic surgery to age. We also found a suspected secret passage, but we can't find the mechanism."

"This is easy. Just break it open with brute force, Senior Kyogoku." Yingsheng shouted.

The old policeman saw a flash before his eyes, and a dark-skinned young man fell from the sky and appeared in front of him.

"Officer, please take me there." Kyogoku Makoto's eyes lit up. He was very happy to be able to smash the wall openly.

"..."

The old policeman was quite speechless: "Mr. Shuiyue, this castle is your property, are you sure you want to destroy it?"

"..."

Yingsheng was also speechless: "Is there a vampire hiding in this castle? I can't let it go even if I don't want it?"

"Well, the main reason is that Mr. Mamiya has no children, and you were the one who solved the mystery, so..."

"Honest, too honest."

Yingsheng interrupted, "Can't you, the Ebina City Police Department, just return this place to the public, and then auction it off, so that you can have a guaranteed salary for the next ten years. Oh, it's really disappointing. You're still living in a capitalist society."

"..."

Kyogoku Makoto looked back silently, not knowing what to say to Hotaru.

I always feel that you seem very skilled.

The old policeman was silent for a moment, then asked weakly, "Is it too late for me to return it to the government now?"

"Unfortunately, it's too late. Because you said there is a secret passage here, I have been planning to develop it into a theme park." Yingsheng looked at Xiaolan who was struggling to place the chess pieces, "Miss LOVE, would you mind helping to lead the students to play the puzzle exploration game?"

Bang-!
When the chess piece fell, Xiaolan's cheeks turned red and she didn't even look at Yingsheng.

"I do not know what you're talking about."

"Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, four letters." Yingsheng smiled slightly, "I also..."

"Don't say that! That's just a LIKE at best!"

Xiaolan interrupted with a red face, ran quickly into the hall and gathered the classmates who were visiting around.

Hotaru sighed pretending to be sad, looked at Kyogoku Makoto who had a smile in his eyes, and curled his lips slightly.

"Kyogoku-senpai, even your Morse code can't be hidden from me."

Kyogoku Makoto's expression changed and he immediately tilted his head: "Mr. Shuiyue, you think too much."

Yingsheng smiled and was about to speak, but when he saw Suzuki Sonoko coming late from the gate, he kept silent again.

The old policeman asked with some concern: "Can that lady do it?"

Yingsheng spread his hands: "You saw the decryption just now. Xiaolan is super powerful now, but she just hasn't encountered the right stage."

"..."

The old policeman felt that it was a bad idea to use the word "stage" to describe a murder case, but when he thought that all high school detectives seemed to be of this character, he could only nod his head to express his gratitude, entered the hall and followed Xiaolan's steps to explore.

There's nothing we can do about it. It's because the police are used to being lazy.

The gate of the castle was open. Yuanzi walked into the courtyard and looked up at the firefly by the second-floor window.

"Where's Xiaolan?"

"There are secret passages inside with the police investigating the case, and there may be treasures hidden there." Yingsheng said.

Yuanzi's eyes lit up, and he took a few quick steps inside, then stopped: "Why don't you go?"

Yingsheng stretched out his hand towards the sunlight that was finally setting in the sky, and felt the long-lost warmth in his palm, and moaned comfortably.

"I'm photosynthesizing, don't disturb me."

"…How are you feeling?"

"not too good."

"You haven't recovered from your cold yet?"

“Lack of chlorophyll.”

"……asshole!"

Yuanzi walked into the hall angrily, not wanting to pay any more attention to this annoying guy.

Yingsheng looked at Kyogoku Makoto who was standing on the chessboard lawn, and saw that he didn't say a word, but just looked at the clouds in the sky and sighed softly.

"How long is the 'O' in Morse code?"

"Suizuki-san!"

Kyogoku Makoto suddenly turned his head, with a burning desire to fight in his eyes.

"Let's have a sparring match!"

"Can I say no?"

"why?"

"Because you're a gutless fellow."

There was a ripple in Kyogoku Makoto's eyes, and he was speechless.

Yingsheng let out a click of his tongue, leaped down, and landed on the black king chess piece.

"You are a top warrior, shouldn't your will be extremely firm? It's ridiculous to be so hesitant. Your fists will cry." Yingsheng hooked his finger at him, "Fight on the chess piece. Whoever falls down first loses."

"it is good!"

Kyogoku Makoto leaped forward and landed on the white knight chess piece, his eyes immediately becoming solemn.

Yingsheng chuckled: "I used to date Sonoko."

As he spoke, he kicked!
Kyogoku Makoto was a little slow to react, and quickly leaned back to dodge. He immediately realized something was wrong, and forced his body to twist in the air. He reached out and grabbed the spear in the hand of the soldier chess piece on the side, and with a light hook, he landed on the soldier's head.

Yingsheng turned around above the black bishop's head and took the initiative to attack again.

"But we broke up a long time ago!"

Kyogoku Makoto raised his arm to block, his eyes sharp.

"why?"

Bang-!
The chess piece shook, Yingsheng turned in the air and landed on the white queen, with the corners of his lips slightly raised.

"Because she is not my queen."

"But she clearly still remembers you in her heart!"

Kyogoku Makoto took a big step forward, his fist whistling, Yingsheng's murderous intent added, and there was a loud collision!

"So what? Are you afraid? Coward!"

Bang——! ! !
The air exploded and Yingsheng flew backwards.

Damn, this guy is a purebred silverback gorilla!
"I just don't want to offend her!"

Kyogoku Makoto chased after him, Hotaru hooked the knight's head, turned around and hooked him, [Killing Intent-...]

"what--!!!"

Suddenly, Yuanzi's scream was heard in the hall, and both of them paused.

Yingsheng's eyes flickered, and he jumped onto the White Queen. He looked at Kyogoku Makoto who turned back and smiled slightly.

"you lose."

Kyogoku Shinichi gritted his teeth, no longer hesitated, jumped off the chess piece, and rushed into the hall.

Yingsheng looked at his back, shook his head and laughed.

Xiaolan is there, why rush?

He looked up at the southern sky, which was azure blue with wisps of white clouds.

Moon Shadow Island, how about leaving the case there to Xiaolan?
[Love +1]

Oops, that doesn't make sense.

(End of this chapter)