Conan Rick's Investigator

"In the early Meiji period, the Inubushi family wasn't very powerful, and Inubushi Castle didn't even exist."

"At that time, there was another family coexisting with the Inufushi family. This family was even more powerful than the Inufushi family and always suppressed the Inufushi family in various matters."

"Until one day, a monk came to the Inufushi family."

"This monk had come here on a journey and was warmly entertained for several days by the then head of the Inufushi family, which deeply touched the monk."

"So when the monk left, he left a book for the Inufushi family master."

"The monk said that the book contains great power. If the knowledge in it is used well, it will ensure the prosperity of the Inufushi family for a hundred years."

"So after the monk left, the Inufushi family master studied the knowledge in the book with great care, and soon he achieved great success."

"He used the knowledge he acquired to rapidly increase the Inufushi family's power."

"In contrast, another large family suffered a series of misfortunes. Their young descendants either died young, became insane, or suddenly disappeared without a trace."

"Although this large family has some suspicions about the Inufushi family, they have repeatedly been unable to find any evidence against them."

"Eventually, the big families were forced to move away, and the Inufushi family became the only wealthy people here."

"The head of the Inufushi family was very proud of his achievements, so he built a castle on the mountain, which is now known as 'Inufushi Castle'."

"Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long..."

"One day, the head of the Inufushi family suddenly rushed out of his training room like a madman, saying that he had angered the 'Inugami' and would be punished by heaven."

"Since that day, he has smoothed out all the 'corners' in the room, locking himself inside and refusing to come out or meet anyone..."

Hearing this, Qin Zhibo looked surprised.

Isn't this exactly what Shinichi Kudo did?

Chapter 1238 The victory of the materialists!

Smoothing the "corners" means plastering all the corners in the house into arcs.

In addition, Kudo Shinichi also formulated various visitor requirements to prevent visitors from entering the room with things that can form "corners".

If this is the case, the book that the previous head of the Inufu family obtained from the wandering monk should be the "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Sutra".

Chapter 5 records the two types of time, the "Curve Realm" and the "Broken Line Realm", as well as the creatures living in the broken line space-time - the Hound of Tindalos.

Isn't a broken line just a "corner"?

The fact that Kudo Shinichi did this means that he has used Liao Dan to travel through time and see the Hound of Tindalos.

In order to save his life, he, like the head of the Inubushi family, closed himself in a space full of arcs to survive.

But is this really useful?

"and after?"

"Did the Inufushi family master survive?"

Qin Zhibo asked the doubts in his heart.

The old man looked down slightly, then slowly raised his head, staring at Qin Zhibo with a pair of cloudy eyes.

"No……"

"About half a year later, the head of the Inubushi family couldn't bear the torture of not seeing the light of day, and one night he set himself on fire."

"My grandpa said that many people saw the shadow of a hound vaguely twisting in the intensifying flames."

"Later, the Inubushi family built a tomb for worship to the 'Inugami' and hid the evil book somewhere..."

The old man let out a breath of turbid breath, which also meant that his story was finished.

Qin Zhibo sat on the bench, frowning and thinking deeply.

It turns out that the grave at the bottom of the cliff was not used to commemorate the loyal dog accidentally killed by the Inufushi family.

At that time, many people saw the shadow of the dog in the flames, so they mistakenly thought that the flames had burned the "dog god" to death, so they built a tomb.

As for the "evil book" - the Seven Chapters of Xuanwu Secret Scripture, it was hidden somewhere by the descendants of the Inufushi family.

But if that's the case, why does this book appear in the cabin?

That wooden house is obviously far less than a hundred years old...

Unless the real murderer is that person...

A heavy look flashed across Qin Zhibo's face, and while he was thinking, the phone in his arms suddenly rang.

Bell, bell, bell—the short and lively ringing broke the silence in the room.

He took out his phone, looked at the number, and found that it was Mao Lilan's number.

It is estimated that the fact that he did not sleep in the room in the middle of the night has been discovered.

However, since it can be discovered, it also means that there may be some new situation in the Inubushi family, and you need to know about it.

Qin Zhibo answered the phone decisively, "Xiaolan, what's wrong?"

"Mr. Qin, where are you now? Are Conan and Hattori Heiji with you?"

Qin Zhibo's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he said: "I am at the foot of the mountain now, and they are not with me..."

"What happened to them two? Did something happen to Inubushi City again?"

When Mao Lilan heard this, anxiety appeared on her beautiful face, and she quickly explained the situation to Qin Zhibo.

what?

After listening to Mao Lilan's story, Qin Zhibo frowned, a little surprised by this incredible development.

The next second, he suddenly woke up.

wrong!

This is the murderer who wants to continue to silence him!

"I understand. You guys hurry up to the cabin and I will go there right away..."

After saying that, Qin Zhibo quickly hung up the phone.

The old man sitting across the table remained silent throughout the whole process. Just by looking at Qin Zhibo's expression and the few words leaked out during the short phone call, he knew it was not going to be a good thing.

"Did something happen to the Inubushi family again?"

"Well...thank you for saying this to me."

Qin Zhibo responded, not intending to say more to irrelevant people, and stood up to leave.

As soon as they reached the entrance, the old man behind suddenly murmured.

"I have a hunch that the Inugami will appear again tonight..."

Qin Zhibo turned his head slightly and took a deep look at the old man.

Then, he opened the door and left without saying a word.

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forest.

Beside the swamp, a dilapidated cabin stood alone on the grass at the edge of the forest.

If you look carefully, you can see a medium-sized halo of light glowing on the rough window glass surface of the cabin.

If you get closer, you can still hear voices coming from inside the wooden house.

"Miss Yukihime, why did you suddenly call me out at such a late hour?"

"You know, I'm most afraid of the dark..."

Chiko Inufushi looked around the narrow wooden house with the light of the flashlight in his hand. He seemed to be afraid and carefully shrank his neck.

Standing opposite Chiko was none other than the youngest adopted child of the Inubushi family, Inubushi Yukihime.

There was undisguised sullenness on her face, and she yelled at Zhihuang when she came up.

"Mr. Chihuang! Stop pretending!"

"I already know who killed Brother Yingci and Sister Meigazi!"

"That's you!"

Xing Ji said something shocking, and suddenly raised her hand to point at Chihuang, startling Chihuang across from her.

His shocked expression lasted for several seconds, with a few drops of cold sweat slowly dripping from his forehead. Then he quickly put on a fake smile to defend himself.

"Heh, heh...ah?"

"What are you talking about? Am I the murderer?"

"The murderer who killed them was a devil dog! It was a devil dog whose body was on fire!"

"And look! Even I was burned by the demon dog!"

With that said, Chihuang raised his arm that was burned by the flames, with some bandages still wrapped on it.

But faced with such "evidence", Yukiji shook her head with firm eyes.

"wrong!"

"That's the arm you burned with a lighter! I've already seen it!"

"I saw everything. You used your own dog to dress up as a devil dog and attack Brother Yingci and the others!"

At this time, Xing Ji's tone suddenly became weaker, her eye circles had a glimmer of light, and her voice became trembling.

"So please stop lying..."

"why?"

"We are obviously a family, why do you do this?"

Facing Xing Ji's question, Chihuang stood there with a shocked face and grabbed his body with his hands at a loss.

After a few seconds, his expression suddenly relaxed.

"Of course, it's to fulfill my mother's last wish and inherit Inufushi Castle..."

"This castle-like Inufushi mansion is so huge, the inheritance tax alone is tens of millions of yen, so I have no choice but to use this method to increase my share of the inheritance."

"Not only that, even if the inheritance can go smoothly, the other four people will not agree to keep Inufushi City and will definitely advocate selling Inufushi City for money."

"This is a wonderful castle full of mother's memories. I really don't want to give up!"

Chiko expressed his motives in an emotional voice, which made Yukihime's expression trembled.

She originally thought that Zhihuang did this simply so that she could inherit more.

But when she mentioned that kind mother, Yuki Ji was also a little moved.

She lowered her head slightly and murmured: "I can understand your mood..."

"I don't want the history of this castle to drift away like this, but is this not the reason for you to kill?"

"Please surrender yourself before the detectives find out..."

"Before it's too late..."

Before Xing Ji could finish her words, Chihuang who was opposite him suddenly took out a handkerchief from his pocket and rushed towards her.

"what……"

Before Yukiji could shout this, Chihuang had already covered her mouth with a handkerchief.

A fragrant smell poured into the nose, and Yuki suddenly felt weak, her legs gave way, and she fell to the ground.

She took one last look at Zhihuang with a ferocious expression, closed her eyes, and lost consciousness.

"call……"

After doing this, Zhihuang breathed a long sigh of relief.

Although he has killed many people, this is the first time that he has done so personally.

As Yukihime said, he used to use "magic dogs" to scare other adopted children and force them to fall into cliffs and swamps.

The advantage of this method is that as long as the "devil dog" is not caught, the police and detectives have no evidence to prove that he is the murderer.