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Listening to Jiang Hang's explanation, Mogi Harufumi couldn't help but examine the seemingly inconspicuous little bottle in his hand carefully, thinking that it might be some kind of precious medicine, no wonder a bottle only looks like it contains a few milliliters.

He expressed his gratitude to Jiang Hang and invited him again to go to the United States to develop his career.

Jiang Hang quickly shook his head, indicating that they would talk about it later.

After all, it's just a bottle of medicated oil that can be bought for a few yuan in China. He had previously bought a case of it online, and he still has several bottles of 6X floral water that he bought in China in the trunk of his car.

In short, Mogi Harufumi left alone, and after briefly exploring the area around the bridge, the other detectives returned to the Twilight Villa.

The twilight villa was still brightly lit, but in the eyes of a few people, the mansion seemed like a man-eating beast, giving them a sense of unease.

Standing at the entrance of the Twilight Villa, watching the detectives who seemed to have their own plans, Kaito Kid once again used his identity as Kogoro Mouri to play the role he was supposed to play at this time: "So, how should we investigate this mansion next? Are we supposed to investigate it on our own?"

“The person who invited us here must be hoping to help him find the treasure hidden in the mansion. If we kill each other in order to leave, it would probably be the best thing for them. It’s unreasonable to investigate on our own,” Hakuba Saguru shook his head.

Ikumi Gunda counted the people who were left and then made a suggestion: "There are five of us detectives now, then there's the maid, Ms. Mori, and Ms. Yoshino Koharu, eight of us, and this little brother, that makes nine people."

"Personally, I suggest that we split into two or three groups to conduct the investigation in this mansion, as this would be more efficient."

“What about the unconscious Detective Ogami? If we all go to investigate, what if he gets killed by the person who invited him during this time?” Although Chima Kazuyo agreed with this point, she was still a little worried about Ogami Shuzen who had not yet woken up. “I will continue to stay in the restaurant and watch over Ogami Shuzen. If you find anything, you can come to the restaurant to communicate and exchange ideas.”

Without much hesitation, Ikumi Gunda selected Ran, Yuno Kiharu, and Aki Ishihara for her team.

"Are you four girls really okay?" Kaito Kid asked, using Kogoro Mouri's tone of concern.

“I think they’re quite suitable,” Ikumi Gunta said with a smile. “Ms. Mori is the Kanto Karate Championship winner. In terms of fighting, most men are no match for her. Yoshino Kiharu also has a lot of self-defense skills, and as Jiang Hang’s assistant, her abilities are beyond question. As for Ms. Ishihara, she has been working in this mansion for several days, so she knows the situation inside the mansion better than we do.”

Her gaze fell on Jiang Hang, Hakuba Saguru, and the Phantom Thief Kid disguised as Kogoro Mouri, her tone laced with sarcasm: "You men shouldn't underestimate us. Who knows, maybe this group of women will find the truth of this case faster than the three of you men?"

With that, Gunda Ikumi led the girls, who were still confused about the situation, away from there.

Chapter 286: Chapter 284: A Hint from Half a Century Ago

"It seems that Ms. Gunda is very confident about this case," Hakuba Saguru remarked as he watched Gunda Ikumi leave with several girls.

"Detective Jiang Hang, Detective Mouri, let's stick together for now. But let me make this clear: if I find anything amiss with any of you, I won't hold back." His gaze swept over Jiang Hang and Phantom Thief Kid.

However, at this moment, Conan also got involved.

Seeing that these people seemed to want to leave him at the restaurant, Conan quickly ran out to make his presence known: "I want to go with Uncle Mori and Brother Jiang Hang to investigate too. I don't want to stay with that old lady!"

Hearing Conan affectionately call him "Brother Jiang Hang," even though it wasn't the first time, Jiang Hang still couldn't help but get goosebumps.

Kaito Kid, who plays Kogoro Mouri, frowned. When he was observing Kogoro Mouri, he had obviously seen Kogoro Mouri scolding Conan for running around and not stopping at the crime scene. So at this moment, his imitation was quite realistic.

"You little brat, this is an adult matter, kids shouldn't interfere. You just stay here in the restaurant and don't go anywhere!"

However, after sensing that Conan was constantly giving him meaningful glances, Jiang Hang also waved his hand at Kaito Kid beside him as if he were acting: "Since Conan wants to come with us, let him come. Besides, even if we let Conan stay in the restaurant, it's not the safest thing to do."

Hearing Jiang Hang's words, Hakuba Saguru seemed somewhat interested: "Oh? Are you doubting Detective Senken?"

Seeing Hakuba Saguru's demeanor, Jiang Hang knew that this famous detective, who often dealt with Kaito Kid, probably also had doubts about Chima Kazuyo.

Despite his suspicions, Jiang Hang only felt that Senjō's attitude and behavior were a bit strange, but he didn't have any evidence yet. So he quickly shook his head in a pretentious manner: "Everyone had time to leave the lounge this afternoon, and everyone is a suspect now, it's just a matter of degree."

Bai Ma Tan was clearly not satisfied with Jiang Hang's reply, but he did not press the matter further.

The four of them began to investigate the mansion at a leisurely pace.

From the master bedroom to the other rooms, it's clear that a lot of thought was put into the construction of this mansion, with many rooms containing secret passages leading to other places or having other purposes.

Of course, most of the secret passages had already been discovered, because Jiang Hang found some simple markings next to the entrances of many secret passages and chambers. Judging from the time, these should have been left by the experts that Karasuma Renya had hired to search for the treasure in the mansion decades ago.

It's clear that although Karasuma Renya was tormented by this riddle for decades, he naturally studied this Twilight Villa thoroughly during those decades.

It was only after Karasuma Group repeatedly confirmed that they had not found any hidden treasure in the mansion that they finally chose to sell Twilight Villa when the distillery encountered financial problems.

When the three of them arrived at a piano room, Hakuba Saguru seemed to have discovered something first.

"It seems that Ms. Gunda has been here before." His gaze fell on the reagents placed not far from the piano.

“Luminol solution, a reagent specifically used to detect bloodstains at crime scenes. It seems she must have found some clues here before.” He explained briefly, while turning off the light next to him.

Suddenly, a line of blood-red characters, emitting a dim light, appeared in the darkness.

"I will be killed by Karasuma, even though I have found the key to solving the riddle..."

And that was all the writing. Judging from the bloodstains next to the piano, the person was probably killed by Karasuma Renya's men after writing all this, before they could give their final answer.

"Hey, it looks like there's something stuck inside the piano keys?" Suddenly, Conan, who was about the same height as the piano, seemed to see something strange through the gaps in the piano.

Jiang Hang simply activated Eagle Vision and glanced at the piano, and he spotted the thing Conan had mentioned.

He took out a pair of slender tweezers from the side and carefully removed a rough, yellowed piece of paper from the crack in the piano.

"This is...that riddle?" After opening the paper, Jiang Hang saw the riddle mentioned in the recording, which said that solving it would lead to the treasure.

"Judging from the texture of this paper, it's probably from forty or fifty years ago. It was Karasuma Renya who printed out this riddle back then, asking others to come here to find his treasure. But in the end, no one found the treasure, so in order to prevent those people from leaking the information, he simply killed them all?"

White Horse glanced at the paper and made this judgment.

Conan leaned closer, and immediately noticed something was wrong: "Wait a minute, this has been modified."

He pointed to the first line of the riddle: "The word 'traveler' in 'two travelers looking up at the night sky' has been crossed out, and then the word 'fool' has been added on top of it."

"Fool?" Jiang Hang frowned slightly. If nothing unexpected happened, this piece of paper was probably deliberately hidden by the person who wrote that blood letter on the piano.

Perhaps the key to solving this riddle lies hidden within the word "fool"!

As a riddle idiot, Jiang Hang, who was completely clueless to begin with, now found himself even more bewildered and confused, even though he might have received a crucial hint.

However, knowing that he absolutely could not reveal the slightest flaw at this moment, Jiang Hang looked calmly at the two truly talented detectives beside him, as well as the legendary Phantom Thief Kid with an IQ of 400.

However, these three people, who are probably some of the smartest in the world, seemed to be deep in thought, as if pondering what the meaning of this "fool" was in the riddle.

Chapter 287: Chapter 285: Bloodstained Playing Cards from Half a Century Ago (4000 words)

Although the original riddle has a new clue, it would be disrespectful to the experts who have racked their brains for a hundred years without finding the final answer if Conan could guess the real answer so easily.

Jiang Hang casually looked around the piano room, waiting for Conan and the others to come out of their reverie.

Even during this process, seeing Jiang Hang's nonchalant attitude, Conan couldn't help but sneak up to him and ask if he had solved the riddle.

Seeing Conan's incredibly curious expression, Jiang Hang thought for a moment, then whispered to Conan, "I already know where the treasure is. Do you want me to tell you?"

He didn't solve the riddle, but that didn't stop him from knowing the whereabouts of the treasure.

Conan, however, was not thinking that far ahead. He was simply raising his opinion of Jiang Hang even higher in his mind. He had been pondering this for so long and had only just begun to realize that the riddle should be related to something or more things. But as of now, he still hadn't figured out what that thing related to the riddle should be.

While he was still at a loss, Jiang Hang had actually solved the riddle and even found out where Karasuma Renya, the founder of the black-clad organization, hid his treasure.

Jiang Hang is cheating!

Could it be that Jiang Hang had already investigated this matter beforehand?

After all, the Pioneer Foundation behind Jiang Hang is quite powerful; it even almost bankrupted the Black Organization back then. It's not surprising that Jiang Hang would know the secret of Karasuma Renya's mansion.

It's fair to say that if he hadn't known that the person who invited them wasn't Jiang Hang, he would have suspected that the person who bought the Twilight Villa and sent them the invitation in the name of Phantom Thief Kid might actually be Jiang Hang.

Seeing Jiang Hang looking at him with a half-smile, Conan felt quite frustrated. In the end, he refused to get the answer directly from Jiang Hang.

I'll think about it myself.

In fact, they didn't stay in the room for very long.

When Hakuba Saguru and Kaito Kid felt they couldn't solve the riddle yet, they continued exploring the other rooms.

Besides the clue from the riddle, Jiang Hang and his companions also discovered that many places in the mansion had been deliberately placed with "unfavorable evidence" targeting certain individuals.

In one of the rooms, they found the cigarettes that Mogi Harufumi usually smoked, and in a hidden compartment not far away, they found a pistol of the same model as the one Mogi Harufumi usually used. It seemed as if this was not Mogi Harufumi's first time at the Twilight Villa, and that he had a ulterior motive for coming this time.

Besides, this mansion also hides many traps. For example, the fruit in the fruit bowl has been poisoned by someone, and a poison needle that can kill instantly will appear on the doorknob of a certain room if you turn it.

In another room, they found a small bag of potassium cyanide and other deadly poisons hidden in a concealed place. If Jiang Hang was not mistaken, this was probably a method to frame former forensic pathologist Ikumi Gunta. Of course, since Jiang Hang had also demonstrated quite amazing poison skills, this evidence also pointed to Jiang Hang.

These things are extremely insidious; if one is not careful, there could be casualties in this mansion.

"If even one of us falls into these traps and mechanisms, it will completely destroy our trust. At that point, if the person who invited us puts in a little pressure, our group of detectives will probably fall apart."

"It seems the person who invited us here investigated us beforehand. If Ogami Shuzen hadn't discovered the explosives in advance, and the remaining detectives, who were suspicious of each other, had also discovered these things while investigating on their own, there might have been a bloodbath in this mansion tonight," Hakuba Saguru said, shaking his head dismissively.

He was naturally able to figure out the inviter's ulterior motives.

He has always been a very calm person, and now that he understands the purpose of the person who invited him, he naturally wouldn't fall for it.

Besides him, Jiang Hang was clearly not someone who was easily fooled.

Because his father is the Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police Department, he, as the son of a high-ranking official, knows many things that the Metropolitan Police Department cannot disclose.

Out of concern for Jiang Hang's reputation as the "nemesis of Phantom Thief Kid," and also as a detective himself, he had carefully investigated Jiang Hang's affairs and learned many things that had been suppressed by the Metropolitan Police Department and were known only to the higher-ups.

Jiang Hang's background is undoubtedly the Hundred Billion Foundation. Because of the small, medium and large cases, there are many big shots in the Tokyo circle who still owe Jiang Hang favors and haven't found an opportunity to repay them. The police killing case a while ago and the recent Metropolitan Police Department mole incident were both cases in which Jiang Hang helped. Even his father has begun to consider giving Jiang Hang a position as an advisor to the Metropolitan Police Department as a thank you gift.

But as a detective, Hakuba Tan still has many questions about Jiang Hang.

With an Italian foundation and a Chinese identity, Jiang Hang ended up developing his business in Japan. Moreover, he didn't come here to develop the family business; he became a famous detective simply because of his hobby. This is something that Hakuba Saguru has been thinking about, but so far, he hasn't come up with a reasonable explanation.

However, in his eyes, Jiang Hang, who had a calm expression throughout, was the most difficult person to mess with among everyone present, and also one of the most suspicious people in this case, since he knew a little about the net worth of the people who participated in this gathering.

Besides Jiang Hang, only Da Shang Zhu Shan, whose ancestors were nobles, has the financial means to buy this mansion. Moreover, if Da Shang Zhu Shan wants to buy this mansion, he will probably have to take on a considerable debt.

However, according to his investigation, Ooue Shuzen's assets had been very stable in recent years, and he didn't seem like a man burdened with heavy debts. In addition, Ooue Shuzen had essentially withdrawn from this "detective gathering" from the very beginning, so Hakuba Saguru didn't give him much thought.

As for Harufumi Mogi, although he is considered to have some assets in the United States, his extravagant spending habits make him seem like the kind of person who could save up enough money to buy a mansion. Furthermore, it is worth noting that although Harufumi Mogi seems to get easily carried away, that is only because of his carefree personality. However, he has been entangled with various gangs for many years. After all, he has survived to this day, which clearly shows that his true personality is not as he appears.

Finally, his gaze lingered on Kogoro Mouri's face for a moment, his expression somewhat strange.

Judging from what we've seen so far, from the time he started playing mahjong this afternoon until now, Kogoro Mouri has shown absolutely no qualities that a famous detective should possess. Compared to the great reputation he's gained in recent months, Kogoro Mouri has demonstrated himself to be a completely incompetent detective.

But the more this is the case, the less Hakuba Saguru can evaluate Kogoro Mouri, because he still can't confirm whether Kogoro Mouri is pretending to be stupid, or whether he pretends to be stupid to lull others into a false sense of security in ordinary times, and then gets straight to the point when it matters. This is the detective style of "Sleeping Kogoro".

After all, in the past few months, the two most dazzling detectives in all of Tokyo have been Jiang Hang and Kogoro Mouri. In fact, in terms of efficiency and quantity in solving cases, there may be no other detective in the world who can compare with Kogoro Mouri.

Jiang Hang's abilities are beyond doubt, and Kogoro Mouri, who seems to be extremely familiar with Jiang Hang, is definitely not an ordinary detective in his eyes.

Of course, if Jiang Hang knew that Hakuba Saguru was inexplicably describing Kogoro Mouri as "unfathomable," he probably wouldn't be able to resist telling him: If the real Kogoro Mouri came here, as long as his daughter or wife wasn't involved, he might not be able to find those clues and evidence that were hidden but deliberately revealed.

This mansion is indeed quite large. Jiang Hang and his three companions spent more than an hour inspecting only a small portion of the rooms. If they really wanted to thoroughly investigate the entire mansion, it would probably take several days.

They have now returned to the lounge where they played mahjong all afternoon.

However, they spent the afternoon playing mahjong and didn't pay much attention to the other things in the lounge that were decades old.

They've come here to investigate clues, so they're taking things much more seriously now.