Conan: I can see keywords

"Just follow me, and I'll consider not killing you."

"Are your words credible?" the boy finally spoke.

Conan couldn't help but glance sideways at his unexpected calmness.

Upon taking a look, he discovered that the boy was a bit similar to Horii Nagaaki!

Are they father and son?

"I will take revenge sooner or later." The young man said this and even coughed twice weakly.

The obvious bright red sprayed out as the boy coughed.

Conan was very surprised. What kind of deep hatred existed between the boy and Horii Nagaaki?

The boy is already in this state, but he still threatens to take revenge?

"You're just like your mother, Reiner."

Reiner?

Is that your last name?

Before Conan could continue thinking, Horii Nagaaki had already called the waiter and asked him to go to the guest room to rest.

And took the boy away with a tough attitude!

Seeing this, Conan and Hattori looked at each other, and just as they were about to follow, the first round of the auction ended and the winner of the first round was announced.

However, the notification was not made through any electronic device, but was passed on by the staff one by one, and finally a board summarizing everyone's bids was passed out and displayed on the stands.

Just at this moment, there was a bang!

A black shadow fell from a great height and hit the front door of the hall!

"what--"

“Someone’s dead!”

The waiters who remained in the hall were in chaos.

As a police officer, Ginzo Nakamori was the first to rush to the body.

"Don't come over here!" he shouted angrily, took out a handkerchief from his chest pocket and gently covered the face of the corpse with it.

Conan and Hattori saw the condition of the deceased long before he did all this.

This corpse...

No shame!

Chapter 144 The door that cannot be opened

"The deceased was a participant in this auction, why don't you stop bidding!" Nakamori Ginzo shouted angrily at the maid guarding the door.

The maid felt wronged as it was useless even after explaining.

She had no idea that the guest behind the door she was guarding was already dead...

And she already said it!

Once the auction starts, it will not end until all three auctions are over.

"Mr. Officer, please don't embarrass me..."

Being stared at by the maid with tearful eyes, Nakamori Ginzo felt a breath stuck in his chest, unable to go up or down.

Conan and his group following behind him have already started analyzing.

Excluding Horii Chomei and the other person who left earlier, there were still eleven people left in the hall: Conan, Hattori Heiji, Nakamori Ginzo, Hakuba Tan, Chima Kyouyo, Mogi Haruki, Okami Nozomi, Gunda Ikumi, Kaito Kid, Connor, and Kawai Aya Otoko.

Among these people, there are actually seven detectives!

The appearance of the corpse made them immediately get into work mode.

At this time, everyone in the hall had been gathered by Ginzo Nakamori using his identity as a policeman and assigned to guest rooms on the first floor.

The entire hall was empty except for the deceased banker.

Originally, after Nakamori Ginzo had settled the scene, he immediately found Connor, hoping to terminate the auction.

Unexpectedly, Connor said that the auction could not be terminated!

He didn't explain the reason in detail, only saying that Ginzo Nakamori would know once he came to the second floor.

So talents like Nakamori Ginzo moved to the second floor.

Compared to the first floor, the decoration on the second floor is simpler, replaced by a discordant sense of technology on each door.

Seeing this, Nakamori Ginzo asked the reason on the spot, and Connor said:

"Because in order to ensure that there will be no accidents in this auction, all the rooms on the second floor are specially built."

"Each door has been specially treated. It will only open after the specified time is over. During this period, no one can open it."

"Can't we just force it open?" Nakamori Ginsan asked, and was laughed at by Kaito Kid:

"Officer Nakamori might as well take a closer look at all the doors on this floor."

"Not to mention that they are all made of metal, if I'm not mistaken, they probably have high voltage electricity running through them, right?"

"Yes." Connor nodded.

This is also the reason why he asked Ginzo Nakamori to go upstairs to take a look.

Because of the presence of this high voltage electricity, the surveillance on the entire floor temporarily stopped working.

In order to ensure the absolute 'randomness' of the bidding and to protect the interests of the organizer, the rooms on this floor are designed in this way.

According to Connor, this matter involves the sale of the ownership of Valley Bottom Sky. The old man designed this auction room and method in order to prevent these political elites from colluding with each other to lower the price.

As for why we did not adopt the normal auction method, it was also for safety reasons.

It is possible to conduct a normal auction without worrying about any trouble, but wouldn’t it completely expose who holds the power?

Even if the old man intends to bid in this way, the wealthy people participating in the auction will have some concerns.

It's normal to be envied by others if you get a piece of cake like this.

Even more, wouldn’t the people attending the banquet be jealous when they saw the old man appear?

Even though Guditian invested a lot of money in the initial construction, the subsequent income will be endless!

With all the entertainment facilities on such a large island, it is no exaggeration to call it a paradise.

The old man also calculated that if he held such things in his hands, he would probably be investigated and plotted against in the future, so he planned to recruit others to join his gang.

As Guditian's business got on track, many people began to reach out for money.

The old man, Lingchuan, had already received the Ark's alarms time and time again.

If the benefits are big enough, someone will take risks for it. This is inevitable.

This is also one of the reasons why he held this banquet.

But no one expected that someone would die here just after the auction began!

Nakamori Ginzo was annoyed by what Kaito Kid said, and then he thought of a question, "You said this door can't be opened..."

"So what happened to the deceased's missing face?"

"Could it be the companion in the room who did it?" Kawai Ayane is the only ordinary person among a group of detective police officers and high-IQ thieves.

She expressed her views carefully, and lowered her head in fear when everyone looked at her.

"Impossible." Conan denied it as soon as she said it.

Hakuba Tanya nodded, "Yes, if this door really cannot be opened during the auction, then the murderer definitely cannot be the companion in the room."

"Because they can't escape." Hattori Heiji continued, "Unless he killed someone in the beginning to hide it from us, the murderer couldn't be the one in the room."

"Since the body fell down the stairs and the door on the second floor couldn't be opened, unless the murderer had no intention of escaping, it could not have been someone accompanying him inside."

This is easy to understand logic.

Ginzo Nakamori is not a fool, he has figured out the problem himself.

When he looked up again, he looked at Connor with a serious look, "Excuse me, are there escorts in every room here? You should have records, right?"

Connor nodded, "It is recorded. But not every room has an escort."

"The purpose of the companion is to give some comfort to the guests participating in the auction."

"After all, no one wants to be locked up in a house like this alone. It's always good to have someone to keep you company." Connor explained calmly.

“Before the participants entered the room, we also patiently explained the situation in the room and the special features of the door.”

"Some guests understand but don't want an escort, some don't care, and some are very scared." Connor asked a waiter to get the registration list. "We have special marks for these scared guests."

"Officer, here is the list."

Ginzo Nakamori took the folder from Connor and quickly found the house number 206.

The documents show that only one person went in, Keiichiro Wushan, a banker, alone.

After scanning the registration information of other rooms in the file, Ginzo Nakamori discovered that many people in there did not have any escorts.

His face was serious. "Is there really no other way to open the door?"

Connor thought about it and said, "Maybe it's possible after the power goes out, but it will take at least half an hour to get here from the control room."

"Half an hour?"

"Yes, because the control room is outside."

This seems impossible.

"Where's your boss? Where is he? He can always find a way to stop the bidding, right?"

Nakamori Ginzo hit the nail on the head. Even if others can't do it, the mysterious old man who is the holder will definitely have a way, right?

Unexpectedly, Connor shook his head in embarrassment, "Sorry, to be honest, we can't contact the boss normally."

"Why?" This time several voices sounded at the same time.

All from those detectives.