Conan's I'm really not a model worker in a winery

Chapter 189 The villa at dusk - traveler

Listening to Kaito's chaotic sounds, Gin was not in a hurry and silently walked around the living room.

He has been famous for this dusk villa for a long time, but today is his first time here.

Because more than 40 years ago, a huge tragedy occurred in this annex, and dozens of financiers died here.

Responsible for what happened specifically, no one knows...

Some old people who knew the inside story also kept silent about the matter, for fear of violating some taboo.

However, the unscrupulous boss felt relieved about Gin, and even said that there was a file on this matter stored somewhere, and he could go and find out about it if he was curious.

But Gin only regarded this as gossip and didn't understand it at all...

It wasn't until he came here today that he realized:

What happened here back then was not simple.

When Gin first came in, he felt a fierce aura rushing towards his face - this kind of aura can only appear in places where many people died in vain or in large numbers.

Fierce energy is similar to Yin energy, except that the former is more harmful to people, and may even become abnormal if left for a long time.

But the difference is that Yin Qi is not easy to dissipate, and evil Qi will gradually dissipate as time goes by.

...In short, many people did die in this place, Gin was sure of it.

And he could still vaguely smell a fishy smell.

I'm afraid it was left after the blood stains were not completely cleaned up at that time... Although it was very light, so light that he could barely feel it, it was definitely there.

Moreover, Gin also discovered that this place itself was a netherworld, which was of great benefit to people like him who had already cultivated Qi.

It's a pity that it's too far from Tokyo...

"Uncle Blade, do you have anything special there? Just looking at the puzzle, I feel confused..."

On the other end of the phone, Kaito's voice was a little tangled, but his tone was much clearer than at the beginning.

Gin turned around and returned to the table, put the brown paper with the puzzles back in place, went to the table on the other side and took out a deck of playing cards:

"In particular... I know a few words of this puzzle. The two travelers may refer to the hour hand and the minute hand. The king, princess, and soldiers may be the K, Q, and J of the playing cards..."

"Pointer?" Kuroba Kaito was a little confused.

Gin rolled his eyes and looked around at the surrounding walls, "Ah, yes, because there is only one wall clock in the whole house."

Fortunately, I have a watch, otherwise I would have to run around to check the time...

Can't someone consider convenience when placing furniture?

"Oh...that should be correct." Kuroba Kaito pondered for a moment, then suddenly said in surprise, "That's not right, Uncle Ren, wasn't your guessing ability terrible before..."

"That's the riddle your boy came up with, it's so nonsensical!!"

Gin's face suddenly darkened, why didn't Kaito, this kid, pick up any of the pots?

His decryption ability isn't that bad, right?

It's just that he is better at finding clues than guessing charades.

Kuroba Kaito smiled awkwardly: "Then, should I change to something simpler next time?"

Gin: "..."

No matter how simple it is, don’t ask him to guess!

Kuroba Kaito brought the topic back at this time and said: "By the way, if it's playing cards, the puzzle should also include diamonds, hearts and spades, right?"

"...K of Diamonds, Queen of Hearts and Jack of Spades?"

Gin immediately understood Kaito's thoughts, but...

"I can understand that diamonds represent treasures, but the Holy Grail is nothing like hearts, swords, and spades, right?"

Gin's face turned dark again.

Especially swords and spades...whose sword is as round as a peach!!

"...Well, it's just what I mean, Uncle Ren, don't take it seriously."

Gin listened to Kuroba Kaito's comfort and silently picked out the corresponding three cards from the playing cards.

He just complained about it. He seemed to have read somewhere that Italians regard the spades in playing cards as swords.

However, when he took out the jack of spades, Gin was stunned for a moment.

How do these two cards stick together?

Gin turned it over and found that it was still a little sticky, so he used two fingers to separate the playing cards.

Then, his pupils narrowed:

"This is……"

"Ah? What's wrong, Uncle Ren?"

Gin looked at the two playing cards and showed a thoughtful expression: "No, there's just a 4 of clubs stuck under the jack of spades...it's glued with blood."

"……Blood?!"

Kuroba Kaito's voice was startled, and then he thought of something and said solemnly, "I checked that villa, and it seems that a tragedy happened... Is that true?"

Gin raised his lips: "I'm afraid it's more than that."

"Eh?"

"There is only a small piece of blood sticking to the playing cards. It's like you dripped the blood on it and then put another card on top...otherwise it wouldn't have overlapped so perfectly." Gin turned over all the playing cards.

"Moreover, these two are the only ones with blood stains. I'm afraid there is some hidden meaning in them... maybe it's some kind of hint. I can't tell."

"Then, have you finished deciphering the original puzzle?"

Gin temporarily changed the topic.

Hearing this, Kuroba Kaito didn't hesitate: "Hmm... could he point all the pointers to zero, and then rotate 13, 12, 11 respectively according to the direction of the king, queen, and soldier's faces..."

"That's not what I'm asking." Gin said with a strange look on his face, "I have already taken the clock apart and made sure there is a mechanism behind it."

Kuroba Kaito: "..."

So what did Uncle Ren come to him to ask?

"That mechanism seems to be spread throughout the entire annex, and it's impossible for me to mess with it." Gin continued, "Can you tell what he wants to express from the puzzle? You haven't figured out the phrase 'The devil has descended on the castle' yet.

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If this agency is connected to an alarm or something, it will be troublesome...

"This... let me think about it again."

Kuroba Kaito said something and then fell silent.

Gin was not in a hurry.

He could spend all night here - it would still be summer tomorrow.

While Kaito was thinking about the literal puzzle, Gin also picked up the two blood-stained playing cards and thought about their possible meanings.

'The back of the jack of spades is stained with blood, and the four of clubs is the front...'

Gin looked carefully at the blood marks on it.

If the blood is dropped first and then covered with another card, the blood stains on the side that was stained with blood first should be more solid.

"Plum Blossom 4..."

Gin narrowed his eyes.

The one with blood should be the 4 of clubs... Is this related to the puzzle?

"Or does it just mean that you are going to die? Being stabbed in the back by a 'soldier'? Or is it referring to yourself?"

Gin began to let his speculations run wild.

He regretted not looking at the specific content of what happened here before. Now he only knows that a number of scholars died at that time, and later some political leaders and some economists died.

Maybe there are some others who can't tell...

"I don't know how to die..."

Although Gin suspected that this was a signal left by a person before his death, it felt a bit nonsensical and did not fit in with the puzzle in the villa just now.

(End of chapter)