Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 361, Chapter 355: It must and can only be false.
"There really is such a secret passage in the castle?!" Mamiya Mitsuru was dumbfounded as if a scene from a movie was unfolding before his eyes.

But he quickly realized what was happening and looked at Lin Longma with a puzzled expression.

Although Mitsuru Mamiya didn't speak, it seemed like he said a lot. Even Ryoma Hayashi could read some of the meaning in his eyes.

For example, he's the master of this house, and everyone else knows there's a secret passage in the castle, but he doesn't?

Or is it that the secret passage is accessible to the wind and rain, but not to the inner palace?
Also, why was Lin Longma able to find the secret passage in the castle as soon as he arrived? Does that make sense?
“Mr. Mamiya, there’s nothing surprising about that. If you knew what I went through not long ago, you would probably understand why the first thing I did when I arrived at the castle was to look for the secret passage.”

Ryoma Hayashi gave Mamiya Mitsuru a super-short version of the Egg of Memories—without time, place, people, cause, process, or result.

The only inseparable themes are castles and secret passages.

Mamiya Mitsuru understood Hayashi Ryoma's desire to keep things secret, and at the same time, he was filled with emotion. It seemed other castles also had secret passages unknown to their owners!
That makes much more sense!

"Would you like to go in and take a look, Mr. Mamiya? I can only explain what I need to say in the secret passage." Ryoma Hayashi extended an invitation to Mamiya Mitsuru once again.

How could Miyamoto possibly refuse such a request?

Lin Longma has only been at the castle for a short time, yet he has already gained far more than he has in all the years he has been here.

He's been in the castle for so many years, yet he hasn't discovered any secret passages.

As for whether Lin Longma would be detrimental to him after entering the secret passage.

At this moment, Mamiya Mitsuru suddenly felt a spiritual connection with the castle's gardener.

Just look at Lin Longma's team, its numbers, its setup. If Lin Longma really had any designs on Mamiya Mitsuru, he wouldn't even need to use any "schemes."

Just push it straight through.

This castle is full of old, weak, sick and disabled people, who can possibly resist?
Instead of looking back and forth, be more open and honest!
"Okay! Chairman Lin, I'll go down with you, please!"

The deputy director of the chairman's office was there to meet them outside. Bai Shi and his men followed Lin Longma into the secret passage.

Following the trail left by the security team members last time, the group soon arrived back at the place where they had just seen the bones.

“This is it, Mr. Mamiya.” Ryoma Hayashi stopped and said to Mitsuru Mamiya, who was trembling slightly beside him.

"Uh... President Lin, that thing up ahead... it couldn't be... it couldn't be..." In the eerie and terrifying atmosphere, the destructive power of this thing was immediately maximized.

In a haunted house, skeletons can be frightening enough, let alone the environment of this secret passage, which is even more terrifying than a haunted house, and what's in front of you is a real skeleton.

"Yes, Mr. Mamiya, just as you thought, what you are in front of you is a genuine skeleton."

At this moment, one security guard was responsible for illuminating the surroundings, while two other security guards used flashlights to "fill in the light" for the skeleton.

This setup looks like a grand entrance for a skeletal carcass, with Lin Longma acting as the emcee.

"Why would something like this appear in the secret passage of this castle?" Mamiya Mitsuru was completely dumbfounded.

Based on his understanding of his deceased wife's family, the Mamiya family was a genuine "scholarly family." The patriarch of the Mamiya family was a renowned historian, and perhaps influenced by his father, the only daughter of the Mamiya family married a historian.

Moreover, because this adopted son-in-law was in the same industry as his father-in-law, he was very respectful to his father-in-law, which made his wife always jealous of him.

A family like that shouldn't be so despicable. And even if they were, would they really put something like that in a secret passage right next to them?

Don't you even know how to destroy evidence?
"Mr. Mamiya, this is what I wanted to tell you. I believe that your first wife has probably been switched with someone else."

"What do you mean?!" For Mitsuru Mamiya, this short period of time had been filled with one problem after another.

He hadn't even mentally prepared himself for the corpse in the secret passage, and now he was being told that the patriarch of the Mamiya family, the eldest lord's first wife, his mother-in-law, had been switched?!
What a terrible thing this is!
Mamiya Mitsuru felt a chill run down his spine, and his gaze towards Ryoma Hayashi became somewhat evasive.

This dodge didn't mean that Mamiya Mitsuru had done anything to wrong Ryoma Hayashi; rather, it was because he was looking at Ryoma Hayashi with a sense of impending doom.

This guy didn't say a single nice word!
Thinking about it carefully, did Lin Longma really not say any good news?

A true local from the countryside values ​​evidence when doing business. Lin Longma, of course, couldn't just tell the surveillance footage, "Look, the bones on the ground are your mother-in-law's."

He needs to produce evidence.

Security personnel then approached Mamiya Mitsuru to help him identify the "age" of the skeletal remains and to make inferences about the deceased's condition before death based on the leg bones.

Hearing the last part, Mamiya Mitsuru was still somewhat skeptical. However, after the security department member Chen Tiao clearly explained it, he was already somewhat convinced of the judgment of Lin Longma's subordinates.

The reason I still harbored a sliver of doubt was simply because the fact that my mother-in-law had been switched at birth was far too unbelievable for a normal person to imagine.

But these doubts only lasted until Lin Longma pulled him up the steps by the arm and saw the few lines that Mamiya had carved before she died.

“Mr. Mamiya, this is the strongest question about the identity of the first wife. Now that the old lady Mamiya is fake, he must also be fake.”

What do you think? "

Lin Longma didn't know whether Mamiya Mitsuru was in cahoots with that thug, but he didn't care.

Because Lin Longma never chooses to treat people with sincerity when faced with this situation.

He will choose to use the weapon of humanity.

Whether Mamiya Mitsuru was truly confused or feigning a sudden realization, the appearance of this skeleton and the words on the steps were the greatest benefit to him.

He's just an adopted son-in-law, basically a live-in son-in-law. Although live-in sons-in-law in Japan have inheritance rights, Mamiya Mitsuru has only been in the Mamiya family for a few years. Even if there's some affection between them, how deep can it be?

Feelings are something that are cultivated. Mamiya Mitsuru's wife died, and the current head of the family is that "muddled and disabled" old lady.

With the discovery of this skeleton, isn't this the perfect opportunity for Mitsuru Mamiya to take control of the entire Mamiya family?
As an adopted son-in-law, Miyamoto could certainly accept a subordinate position, but he would never choose to live under the care of a sick and forgetful old woman for many years.

"Chairman Lin, you're right, please help me!" Mamiya Mitsuru looked intently at Lin Ryoma, realizing that what the chairman from Tokyo said was absolutely right!

(End of this chapter)