Detective Conan: The Ultimate Growth Space

Xiao Lan suddenly realized and said with a hint of mockery, "So it was just last-minute cramming."

This left Kogoro Mouri, who was initially quite pleased with himself, somewhat frustrated.

It's really annoying to be interrupted when you're showing off.

Zhiyong glanced at Conan.

I really want to tell Conan, "Kid, if you keep sabotaging things like this, you'll have no friends left."

The car traveled for a while longer.

Not far ahead, on the edge of a cliff, stood a European-style castle-like villa.

Zhiyong looked at the location of the villa and immediately felt a sense of unease.

Nima.

These capitalists are truly fearless.

Although the environment here is nice, the villa is next to a cliff, and below the cliff is the sea.

Although it can be as beautiful as described in the poem.

"I have a house facing the sea, where spring is warm and flowers bloom."

However, island nations are located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, and earthquakes occur frequently.

Aren't you afraid that an earthquake might cause the villa to fall into the sea below the cliff?

In an island nation like this, even if a villa were given to him for free, Zhiyong wouldn't live in such an environment.

The car slowly entered the villa.

This villa is quite large.

In the yard, a young man was pruning trees.

The car stopped.

The young man ran over and asked, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Mori?"

"Yes."

"Thank you for taking the time to come here. It's really kind of you," the young man said politely.

"Who are you?" Kogoro Mouri asked, puzzled.

"I am Toshiya Tadokoro, a student who studies novel writing under the guidance of Mr. Torakura. Please take good care of me."

After introducing himself.

Kogoro Mouri then introduced Chiyuki and others.

Tadokoro Toshiya gestured for him to come along and said, "Please follow me. The teacher has been waiting for you."

Kogoro Mouri and his companions followed Toshiya Tadokoro into the villa.

In the courtyard of the villa, a beautiful woman was painting an oil painting.

When Kogoro Mouri saw the beautiful woman, he couldn't move and asked, "Who is that lady?"

“That’s Mr. Torakura’s wife,” Tadokoro Toshiya replied.

"She's really beautiful. Mr. Torakura is quite the lucky man." Kogoro Mouri's eyes lit up.

Nima.

Who is this idiot?

Ran walked over angrily and grabbed Kogoro Mouri's ear.

This finally made Kogoro Mouri behave.

Kogoro Mouri is such a goofball; he gets sick from time to time.

It's really speechless.

Zhiyong didn't know whether Kogoro Mouri was genuinely that goofy or just pretending.

We entered the villa.

Looking inside the villa, Xiaolan said, "The architectural style here seems to be that of ancient Western Europe. Having gotten used to modern cities, it feels really different here. However, the atmosphere here has a kind of creepy feeling."

"That's because you already know the name of the villa, so you have a preconceived notion," Zhiyong said with a smile.

"Is that right?"

Tadokoro Toshiya led everyone into the living room.

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Chapter 187 Transformation into a Wolf

There were two men chatting and drinking coffee in the living room.

Hearing the door open, everyone looked towards the entrance.

After clearly seeing who came in.

One of the middle-aged men stood up, walked over to Kogoro Mouri, and said, "Excuse me, sir, are you the famous detective Kogoro Mouri?"

Yes, that is me.

"I knew it." The middle-aged man said happily, "It's truly an honor to meet you."

As he spoke, he introduced himself: "Hello, I am Fumio Doi, the editor-in-chief of the Horror Times monthly magazine published by Daigokan Publishing."

"You're the editor-in-chief of the magazine?" Kogoro Mouri asked, puzzled.

Another young man came over and said, "I've heard so much about you. My name is Hajime Hamura. I currently work in the Folklore Research Laboratory at Kitakantō University."

"Working in a university research lab, huh? That's great! What do you all research?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

"My main research area right now is vampire legends," Shuichi Hamura replied with a mysterious smile.

"This study is truly remarkable."

Kogoro Mouri was also somewhat surprised by this answer.

Xiao Lan, who was listening from the side, felt a chill run down her spine.

She really has the urge to turn around and leave right now.

To ease the awkwardness, Kogoro Mouri asked Toshiya Tadokoro, who was standing next to him, "Excuse me, where is Mr. Torakura?"

"The teacher is in his study," Tadokoro Toshiya said, pointing to a room not far away.

The location of this study is truly special.

The living room is right on the edge of a cliff.

The study is located a few meters above the cliff in the sea, on a large pillar, and the study is built on top of this pillar.

Such a project, just considering earthquake resistance alone, would require a considerable amount of money.

In Zhiyong's eyes, this was definitely a dangerous building.

It's not that I'm brave and afraid of death, it's just that this is truly unacceptable.

There is only one passageway leading to the study.

If something goes wrong, there's no way to escape.

It really takes courage to live here.

Of course, it would be even more exciting if the passageway leading to the living room and study were replaced with a glass passageway.

I reckon Kogoro Mouri's legs would go weak if he got here.

Kogoro Mori followed Toshiya Tadokoro to the study.

Zhiyong and the others stayed in the living room.

Not long after Kogoro Mouri entered the study.

It started snowing heavily outside.

Snowflakes danced in the wind, and before long, the world was covered in a vast expanse of white.

The snow was so heavy that there was no way to get down the mountain.

After talking with Kogoro Mouri, Daisuke Torakura asked everyone to stay and stay.

Zhiyong felt a little uneasy about living in such a villa.

However, once inside Villa Desura, Zhiyong slowly began to remember.

A case will indeed occur today.

The culprit was Toshiya Tadokoro, and the person killed was Daisuke Torakura.

Toshiya Tadokoro has a younger sister, Kaori Tadokoro.

Kaori Tadokoro was born with a heart condition.

If treatment is needed, it will require a lot of money.

Therefore, Kaori's parents did not seek medical treatment for her, hoping that she would die soon.

Later, Daisuke Torakura found Toshiya Tada.

Daisuke Torakura promised to get Kaori into a hospital in Tokyo for treatment, but in return...

Toshiya Tadokoro thus became the author ghostwritten by Daisuke Torakura.

In order to save his sister's life, Toshiya Tadokoro agreed to this condition.

The heroic fantasy novel that Daisuke Torakura is currently writing was written by Toshiya Tadokoro.

It's just a real shame.

Torakura Daisuke was only using Tadokoro Toshiya; he was afraid that if Kaori were cured...

Tian's Toshiya will no longer ghostwrite for him.

Therefore, Daisuke Torakura bribed Kaori's attending physician and refused to treat Kaori.