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

Conan moved a stool, stood on it, and carefully examined the mirror.

He poked the mirror with his finger, a knowing look on his face.

The next second, he was picked up by Kogoro Mouri and thrown to the ground.

"You little brat, don't cause trouble!"

Conan patted his butt and stood up.

Heiji Hattori observed Conan, while Taki Kitagawa observed the two of them.

Judging from Hattori Heiji's expression, he seems to have already noticed Conan's problem.

There's bound to be a good show to watch.

"This mirror seems to be fine."

Kogoro Mouri looked at himself in the mirror, from left to right.

Heiji Hattori shook his head secretly. There was definitely something wrong with the mirror; Conan's actions just now had already provided the answer.

At that moment, Hikaru Hinohara rushed in, looking panicked.

"We've finally found you!"

"Something terrible has happened! The security guards just reported that Miss Shouyu's body has been found in the woods in front of the mansion!"

Chapter 248 Your Entertainment Circle is Truly Chaotic

"what?"

Kogoro Mouri and his two companions all changed color and ran outside together.

Let's go back to the restaurant!

Kitagawa Taki withdrew his gaze and spoke to the three women beside him.

……

The three of them ran out of the villa in the light drizzle and ran into one of the security guards.

Led by the security guard, the group quickly arrived at the location where the body was found.

Another security guard was standing guard there with a flashlight.

Yin Cangshou was tied to a wooden stick.

Kogoro Mouri examined the body and found obvious ligature marks on the neck. "She was strangled."

Hattori Heiji asked the two security guards, "Did you see her go out with anyone?"

One of the security guards said, "Actually... none of us knew that Miss Shouyu had gone out, let alone anyone else."

Kogoro Mouri wiped the dirt off his hands with a handkerchief and asked, "Huh? What do you mean? You guys are asleep?"

The security guard argued, "No, we've been guarding the entrance the whole time, but we really haven't seen anyone leave!"

Kogoro Mori murmured, "Could that secret passage lead to the outside?"

Hattori Heiji's gaze sharpened. If what Mouri Kogoro said was true, then things would be alright.

But what if it isn't?

Hattori Heiji pressed further, "The door to the mansion has never been opened since we came here?"

The security guard replied, "It was opened once. It was a furniture delivery. The master ordered it a few days ago, but they delivered the wrong thing. I was negotiating with them when the tunnel explosion happened. We looked in that direction for quite a while."

Kogoro Mouri pondered for a moment and said, "So, the culprit had a chance to escape during a lull!"

Hattori Heiji glanced in the direction of the gate. "But how will the murderer return to the mansion without being discovered?"

"And he gave up halfway through."

Conan pointed to a hole in the ground next to him and said.

Kogoro Mori exclaimed in shock, "The murderer intends to drive the stake in upside down, just like the maid did six months ago!"

Hattori Heiji suggested, "In any case, let's first check if there are any secret passages or anything like that in the walls of the mansion."

The wall was very high; it would have been impossible for the murderer to climb it back and forth without attracting the attention of the security guards.

……

restaurant.

When Kitagawa Taki and the others returned, the Torakura family members all looked rather grim.

"Did my honey really... really die?"

Hanekawa Johei looked at Kitagawa Taki, whose eyes were red, as if he had been crying.

Is this crocodile tears?

Kitagawa Taki sneered inwardly; this guy was quite the actor.

Seeing that Kitagawa Taki remained silent, Xiaolan said, "We don't know the details. My dad and the others went to check."

"First it was Mashin-nii, and now Shouyu-nee has also been harmed. What on earth is going on!?"

Torakura Kishiji slammed his hand on the table and stood up abruptly.

Torakura Ruri was filled with unease. "Could it really be my older brother pulling this trick behind the scenes?"

But no one responded to her.

Torakura Kishiji walked to the cabinet next to him, picked up the remaining bottle of red wine that he had prepared for dinner, opened it with a corkscrew, and poured himself a glass.

Seeing this, Torakura Mina said, "Kishi-nii, give me a drink too!"

“Senna, you can’t hold your liquor, you shouldn’t drink in this situation,” Hanekawa Johei said to Torakura Mina, then looked at Hikaru Hihara: “Hikaru, can you get us two cups of coffee?”

After thinking about it, Torakura Mina did not refuse Hanekawa Johei.

Torakura Kishiji, who was originally getting a cup to pour wine for Torakura Mina, stopped, picked up his own wine, and drank it all in one gulp.

He had just put down his cup and turned to go back to his seat when, in the next second, his expression suddenly changed drastically. He grabbed his own throat, struggled a few times, and then collapsed to the ground.

"Kishi-nii, what's wrong?"

Torakura Mina rushed forward to check on him, and when she turned him over, she saw Torakura Kishiji staring with wide eyes and a terrifying expression.

"Ah—" Torakura Mina was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground.

“He’s dead.” Kitagawa Taki went over to check him and noticed a distinct almond smell. “Cyanide poisoning.”

Hanekawa Johei pointed at the bottle of red wine and said in horror, "He just drank the wine and he's like this now. Could there be poison in that wine?"

“Kishi…” Torakura Ruri seemed stunned, her eyes vacant, before she screamed again, “We’re all going to die! This must be the vampire’s curse! None of us can escape it!”

Kitagawa Taki frowned. He had just said it was cyanide poisoning, what vampire curse? What was wrong with this woman?

He simply knocked Torakura Ruri unconscious with a karate chop.

Mina Torakura said quietly, "Ruri used to be Kishiji's girlfriend."

Goodness, so that's how it is. This industry is really chaotic!

Kitagawa Taki then looked at Ran and the other girl, who were still shaken, and said, "Ran, why don't you two go back to your room and rest? Leave this to me and Mori-san."

The two women exchanged a glance and nodded; there was nothing they could do to help if they stayed here.

After the two returned to their room, Kogoro Mouri and his two companions returned to the restaurant.

Seeing another person lying on the ground, and with Ran and the other two nowhere to be seen, Kogoro Mori quickly asked, "What's going on? Where are Ran and the others?"

"I told them both to go back to their rooms to rest. Torakura Kishiji died of cyanide poisoning..."

Kitagawa Taki recounted what had happened at the restaurant.

Hattori Heiji moved closer to the corpse, sniffed it twice, and indeed there was an almond scent.

Now that another person has died, the case has become even more perplexing.

They had just checked all the walls and found no secret passages or mechanisms. The secret passage in the master's room led to the warehouse and did not connect to the outside.

He has already deciphered both the teleportation in the coffin and the paranormal photos.

However, there is still no clue as to how Torakura Mamoru was moved outside the mansion without anyone noticing, and how he mysteriously disappeared in the restaurant.

"That bottle of wine is poisoned?" Kogoro Mouri smirked, thankful that he couldn't hold his liquor and hadn't finished a whole bottle during dinner.

"Uncle, the poison was added after dinner."

Conan saw through Kogoro Mouri's thoughts, and he already had a suspect.

Hattori Heiji said, "That's right. If the poison was added beforehand, then anyone could have drunk it."

Kogoro Mouri stroked his chin, pondering, "If the murderer wanted to kill Kishiharu Torakura, how could he be sure that the murderer would be drinking?"

Hattori Heiji looked at Hikaru Hibari and asked, "Does Mr. Kishiji really like drinking? I saw him drink quite a bit at dinner."

Hikaru Hikaru nodded. "Yes, that's true."

Hattori Heiji looked at Hanekawa Johei with a smile: "So, Mr. Hanekawa, why did you advise Miss Mina not to drink? Did you know that the wine was poisoned?"

Hanekawa Johei reacted strongly: "How could that be? You suspect me of being the murderer? I just thought it was too dangerous right now, and Mina doesn't have a high alcohol tolerance, so I reminded her not to drink!"

Chapter 249 Could there be something real?

Hattori Heiji stared intently at Hanekawa Johei, then chuckled, "I was just asking, Mr. Hanekawa, don't get so worked up!"

Kitagawa Taki could tell that Hattori Heiji was already suspicious of Hanekawa Johei.

Torakura Mina also stood up to speak for Hanekawa Johei: "Hanekawa wasn't lying. I really can't hold my liquor and I rarely drink. Today I just suddenly wanted to have a drink to bolster my courage."

Conan suddenly asked, "Hihara-neechan, by the way, could you tell me which room the master sent you to?"

He was certain that the whole affair was inextricably linked to the master, and that a seriously ill old man could not possibly have accomplished all of this alone; he must have had helpers.

Hikaru hesitated and said, "Well, but the master won't let me tell anyone else."

Kogoro Mouri glanced at Conan and asked, "Why are you asking this, kid?"

Conan ignored him and said, "Hihara-neechan, what time is it now!"