Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

Xiao Lan called out a few more times, but there was still no response.

She opened the door directly. The room was furnished with many items, but there was no bed.

Kazuha Toyama pointed to the coffin beside the carpet in the room: "Ran, the... coffin..."

Xiao Lan's lips twitched. "Could he be sleeping in here?"

The two men mustered their courage and lifted the coffin lid. Inside, they saw an old man wearing a black cloak and a one-way mirror, his mouth agape, with a bloody wooden stake stuck in his chest.

"what!!!"

The two men loosened their grip, and the coffin lid was pressed back down.

People who heard the commotion rushed over from the restaurant.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Hattori Heiji asked urgently.

Kazuha Toyama pointed to the coffin and said, "He died inside the coffin..."

Heiji Hattori hurriedly went to lift the coffin lid, and Conan followed suit.

Kogoro Mouri stood behind the two of them.

Ran seemed to have found her pillar of support and threw herself into Kitagawa Taki's arms.

"It's alright now." Kitagawa Taki comforted Ran. He scanned the coffin with his divine sense and found that there was nothing inside.

But there's more to it than meets the eye; there's a tunnel underground.

No matter how hard Conan and Heiji Hattori tried, they couldn't lift the coffin lid.

But a few seconds later, with a loud bang, the coffin lid opened again, only to find it empty.

"There's no one inside!" Hattori Heiji turned to look at Toyama Kazuha.

Conan also looked at Ran, but saw Ran leaning against Kitagawa Taki's chest, with Kitagawa Taki's hand on Ran's back.

Conan was struck dumb, frozen in place, his heart filled with bitterness.

It was only at this moment that he understood what Fujimine Yukiko had told him earlier.

He then understood why Xiaolan had acted so strangely when he called her.

He then understood why Ran's reaction was so indifferent when Kaito Kid appeared disguised as him.

"Lan, was there really anyone there just now?"

Kogoro Mouri also turned around and asked Ran.

Conan, who hadn't completely given up, looked up at Kogoro Mouri, but Kogoro's reaction surprised him.

Kogoro Mouri was slightly taken aback at first, but he quickly smiled and walked over to Taki Kitagawa, patting him on the shoulder.

"Beichuan, you..."

Kogoro Mouri didn't say it aloud, but the meaning was clear.

He thought that Xiaolan had finally come to her senses and no longer had any feelings for that detective brat.

He had originally intended to match Ran and Kitagawa Taki together.

"Ahem..." Out of consideration for his father's feelings, Kogoro Mouri coughed twice to make the two of them behave themselves.

Kitagawa Taki then released Ran.

By this time, Xiaolan's fear had long been dispelled by shyness, and a faint blush appeared on her face.

Kazuha Toyama looked at Ran with some envy and said, "We clearly saw Mr. Sakoya inside just now, covered in blood!"

Hattori Heiji put down the coffin lid and stood up. Although Torakura Sakuya had vanished into thin air like a monster, he would never believe in any vampire stories.

A smile played on his lips as he said, "Uncle Mori, Kitagawa, how about we have a match?"

Kogoro Mouri asked curiously, "A contest? What kind of contest?"

Hattori Heiji pointed at the coffin and said, "Who will solve this mystery first!"

"Boring, not coming."

Kogoro Mouri curled his lip; he couldn't be bothered to play games with this detective brat.

Hattori Heiji provoked, "The famous Detective Mouri isn't afraid, is he?"

"Heh, you think I'd be afraid of a detective like you?"

Kogoro Mouri, however, is very susceptible to this.

Hattori Heiji looked at Kitagawa Taki: "Kitagawa, what about you?"

"I'm fine with anything."

Kitagawa Taki shrugged; he had already solved the so-called mystery.

His attention was entirely on Conan.

He could clearly see the complicated expression on Conan's face just now.

Confusion, bewilderment, heartache, anger...

It's like a palette of colors has been spilled.

Conan also heard Heiji Hattori's invitation to the match. He temporarily suppressed his complicated feelings and planned to ask Ran about it later as Shinichi Kudo.

Given his current situation, there's nothing he can do even if he dislikes Kitagawa Taki.

At this moment, Kishiji Torakura laughed and said, "Maybe this is just a prank by my older brother."

Torakura Mashin chimed in, "That's right, my brother always loves to joke around."

Chapter 245 is very similar to someone who disappeared.

Hanekawa Johei disagreed with their statement, saying, "Disappearing suddenly like magic? That's the kind of trick vampires use on TV!"

Torakura Kishiji grabbed Hanekawa Johei's tie and demanded, "You bastard, you're just going to treat our big brother like a monster, aren't you?"

"I'm not the only one who thinks this way, am I, Mr. Butler?"

It turned out that the housekeeper had also arrived outside the room at some point.

The butler readily admitted, "Yes, it's because the master's recent behavior has become increasingly bizarre, which is why I invited Detective Mouri and his team."

Hanekawa Johei asked in surprise, "Detective Mouri?"

Kogoro Mouri stepped forward. "I am Kogoro Mouri."

Hanekawa Johei's expression changed slightly. "That 'Sleeping Kogoro'?"

Kogoro Mouri laughed loudly, "Yes!"

Torakura Mashin said, "Anyway, let's go back to the restaurant. Maybe our older brother will suddenly show up!"

The other members of the Yincang family nodded in agreement.

The group then headed towards the restaurant, except for Hattori Heiji and Conan, who remained in the room.

Heiji Hattori lifted the coffin lid again, and there were indeed a few drops of blood inside, but because the inside was also red, they were not very noticeable.

He then moved the entire coffin and checked the ground, but found no tunnel.

"Did you discover anything?"

Hattori Heiji's words startled Conan from his daze.

Conan quickly said, "What could I possibly discover? I just wanted to see how you would handle it, Heiji-nii."

Despite his best efforts to stop thinking about what had just happened, the image kept popping into his mind.

"Really?"

Heiji Hattori nodded, but didn't believe Conan's words at all.

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Over here.

Kazuha and Ran walked at the very back.

She couldn't help but nudge Xiaolan and whispered, "Xiaolan, are you with Beichuan?"

"Mmm," Xiaolan's voice was barely audible.

"That's wonderful!" Kazuha Toyama's envy was almost overflowing.

Ran laughed and said, "Don't talk about me, what about you and Hattori?"

"Xiao Lan, you've seen what he looks like, haven't you? Besides, our situation is a bit complicated."

Toyama Kazuha first pouted in dissatisfaction, then a complicated expression appeared on his face.

She knew that Hattori Heiji had a "first love," and that he still cherished it, keeping all the things left behind by that "first love" carefully and taking them out to look at from time to time.

In addition, she was also somewhat unsure of Hattori Heiji's attitude towards her.

Seeing that Xiaolan was silent, Yuanshan and Ye quickly pretended to be nonchalant and laughed, "Who would like someone like him! We've only known each other since we were little. That guy is not considerate at all, all he knows is solving cases."

Ran smiled and felt that Hattori Heiji, whom Toyama Kazuha had mentioned, was similar to the person who had disappeared.

The two women chatted and laughed behind them, while the Yincang family members in front maintained a facade of harmony.

Torakura Moriyuu suddenly suggested, "Shall we take a group photo?"

"Take a picture?" Kogoro Mouri didn't know why they would take a picture at this time.

Moriyu Torakura explained, "This is a family tradition. Whenever we get together, we take a picture together."

The rest of the Yincang family had no objection to this.

Kitagawa Taki and the others then went with them to the room where they were taking photos.

Several women were sitting in chairs, and three men were standing behind them.

"Wait a minute." Torakura Mori stood up, walked to the mirror behind them, and fiddled with his hair. "Let me fix this."

Torakura Kishiji said, "Big sister, no matter what you do, you'll never look young again. Come on, let's take a picture!"

"You're so long-winded!" Torakura Moriyuu said, ignoring him.