Conan Rick's Investigator

Chapter 1392: The Dark Mysterious Train (Puzzle)

In a compartment of carriage No. 5, Masumi Sera stared blankly at the stranger who was riding with her.

The other person was wearing a pair of round-frame glasses, had a gentle temperament, and had long black hair draped behind him.

This woman...

Apart from the hair color, she actually looks very similar to Elena?

Masumi Sera had once seen the "Elena" that Mary mentioned in the abandoned manor in England, so she still remembered what Elena looked like at that time.

"Um...excuse me, is there something on my face?"

the woman asked timidly.

Shiliang quickly shook his head and scratched it with a smile, "Sorry, you look a bit like someone I know, so I was a little dazed..."

“Oh… Really?”

The girl opposite, Wakasa Rumi, tilted her head slightly toward the window, and only one lens of her round-frame glasses reflected the light.

And Sera also collected his thoughts and sat in the long row of seats opposite the woman, waiting for the train to depart.

While waiting, Sera couldn't help but think.

Why didn’t Qin Zhibo go with everyone?

She originally thought that since Kaito Horida was killed two days ago, Qin Zhibo would definitely come to ask Haibara Ai, who had been in the organization, for information about the murderer.

And this trip is a perfect opportunity to ask questions.

However, Qin Zhibo did not come with these people.

Could it be that he had already asked about it within the past two days?

……

beep--

As the staff on the platform outside the window blew whistles and waved flags, the Suzuki Express train made a dull sound of mechanical transmission.

After a few seconds, the train started slowly.

The three little ones lay by the window, looking at the scenery gradually moving backwards outside the window, and they became inexplicably excited.

"The train is moving!"

"We're leaving the station!"

"Great! The station and the scenery are flying backwards!"

"I heard this train won't stop until it reaches its final destination!"

The three little ones were chattering and discussing, and Professor Agasa who was sitting next to them also joined the discussion.

"But so far, where the terminal is remains a mystery."

"It's Nagoya."

Conan put his hands in his pockets and reasoned calmly: "As long as we look up today's train schedule on the Internet, we can deduce the final destination of this train..."

Dr. Agasa looked at Conan, who was standing lower than him, and complained speechlessly in his heart.

What about Ai? Don’t you always say things that destroy other people’s dreams?

However, Conan didn't notice what Professor Agasa was thinking, and continued, "What I'm more interested in is what kind of reasoning puzzles this train will present as it travels."

"Oh, I thought you would say that the person you care about most is Kaito Kid..." Haibara Ai next to her crossed her arms and said indifferently.

"Oh……"

Conan grinned slightly, thinking to himself: Why should I care about him when I can meet him anytime I want?

Conan has not yet told anyone about his life story with the Kuroba family and his blood relationship with Kaito Kid.

After all, this kind of thing is too shocking. If Kudo Yusaku hadn't admitted it himself, I would never believe it even if Kuroba Kaito came with proof of blood relationship and said that he was his cousin.

But during this period of time he also asked Dr. Agasa in a roundabout way.

Although Dr. Agasa is an old acquaintance of Kudo Yusaku, he does not know much about Kudo Yusaku's family situation.

When he was young, Dr. Agasa knew Kudo Yusaku's mother, who is also Conan's grandmother.

Professor Agasa bought a house next to Kudo's house, also at the invitation of Conan's grandmother.

This situation shocked Conan.

Because ever since he could remember, he had never seen his grandparents, and his parents and himself were the only family members left.

Yes.

There are no aunts or uncles in Conan's family, not even a photo.

Young Conan once asked Kudo Yusaku why there were no other relatives in his family.

Kudo Yusaku just said that they separated a long time ago and were quite far away from each other, so they didn't keep in touch for a long time.

This is indeed the case. Conan has never had any contact with Kuroba Kaito's lineage before.

If it weren't for this London incident, it wouldn't be impossible for the two of them to go out on the street and fight each other because they held the wrong girlfriend.

According to Dr. Agasa, Grandma Kudo was a very gentle woman, a typical good wife and mother.

What’s even more rare is that Grandma Kudo is a scientist, specializing in the field of biology.

However, unlike Dr. Agasa, who is an independent inventor, Grandma Kudo is a researcher in a formal organization.

The two met at a foreign scientific conference. At that time, it was Dr. Agasa's first time attending such an event and he was like a young and inexperienced person.

At that time, Grandma Kudo was already a big name in the industry who could give speeches on stage.

Since both of them are Japanese, they had a good chat when they first met.

But ever since Dr. Agasa met Grandma Kudo, Grandma Kudo has been living alone with her child.

So Dr. Agasa has never met Conan's grandfather.

This is similar to what Kudo Yusaku said.

When my grandparents divorced, my grandfather took away the Heiyu lineage, and my own lineage was taken away by my grandmother.

Now the surname I inherited is actually my grandmother's.

If I hadn’t divorced, I would have been called…

Kuroba Shinichi?

Uh, that’s a bit difficult to pronounce.

While several people in the car were killing time, there was a knock on the door.

Tuk tuk…

Everyone in the room turned their heads and looked towards the door of the car.

"Is there a problem?"

As the only adult in the car, Dr. Agasa stood up, walked to the door and pushed it open.

But several pairs of eyes looked towards the door, but there was no one there.

"Eh?"

Dr. Agasa asked in confusion, and stretched his head to look to the left and right of the corridor, but there was no one in the corridor.

“There’s no one here…”

At this time, Conan walked forward with his hands in his pockets, and relying on his visual advantage, he found a letter on the ground at the door.

Conan picked up the letter and brought it back into the room, then opened it in front of everyone.

"Congratulations on being chosen to play the detective role. In ten minutes, an incident will occur in Room B of Carriage 10. You must conduct a full-scale search..."

The signature in the lower right corner of the letter is "BellTreeExpress", which is the English name of Suzuki Express.

Haibara Ai looked at the contents of the letter and analyzed, "This should be the deduction activity on the train."

"I heard online that the method of the mystery activity is to randomly select people from among the passengers to play the role of the criminal and the victim..."

"Once the incident occurs, all other passengers will automatically play the role of detectives. As long as they find the criminal before the train reaches its destination, they will win."

"Oh?"

When Conan, who was standing next to him, heard this, he was a little surprised that Haibara Ai was so concerned about this matter that she even collected information on the Internet in advance.

Of course, he himself was not uninterested in this matter, but he felt that searching for information in advance was somewhat suspicious of cheating.

And it also loses some of the freshness of facing it for the first time.

After all, this is a large-scale situational role-playing + reasoning game, and I can finally reason easily and happily.

"But it seems like this letter was only given to us~"

Ayumi pointed at the contents of the letter and said, "Could it be that the organizers already know that we are the Junior Detective Team?"

When Yuan Tai heard this, he immediately nodded with satisfaction, "Yes, yes! That must be the case!"

"Then let's hurry to the location mentioned in the letter!" Mitsuhiko, who has always been more intelligent, immediately got excited.

Conan grinned slightly, laughing while secretly complaining in his heart.

I guess the organizers made this change to add some freshness?

After all, judging from the reactions of the people in Carriage No. 8 before they boarded the train, they had participated in such activities many times and were already veterans.

And even if I have to choose a real detective to play the "detective", it should be my own voice stand-in - Mouri Kogoro.

However, since he was assigned this role, Conan did not lose interest and took a few people to the carriage mentioned in the letter.

……

Carriage No. 7 is right next to Carriage No. 6, just a dozen meters away.

Conan looked at his watch and saw that it had been exactly 10 minutes since he received the letter, so he went to the door of Room 7B and knocked.

"Is anyone there?"

Conan reached out and touched the door handle, only to find that the door was not locked.

"Um... sorry to bother you."

Conan reached out and pulled the door handle. Just as he was about to put his head in, he saw a slightly fat man standing in the car with a very nervous expression on his face.

"Fool!"

"Don't come in!"

Conan was stunned and quickly stretched his head. Then he tilted his head and saw a heavily dressed man standing in the blind spot beside the door with a silenced pistol in his hand.

Piu, Piu.

After two gunshots, the fat man was shot in both shoulders and fell to the ground with a thump.

This is……

After the man fired the gun, he turned and ran away.

Conan was very sensible and stepped aside, allowing it to escape.

The three little ones watched the "criminal" running away and shouted excitedly.

"Great! It looks just like the real thing!"

"Hurry up and catch up!"

Mitsuhiko led the team and immediately rushed forward with Yuanta.

Ayumi quickly called Conan and Haibara Ai to follow them to chase the "criminal".

However, unlike the three little ones who were excitedly chasing the "criminal" in front, Conan and Haibara Ai were completely uninterested and followed the three little ones slowly from behind.

I originally thought that the reasoning puzzle was some complicated puzzle to solve, but it turns out to be just about chasing the criminal.

Isn't this just ordinary hide-and-seek?

No wonder the detective letters were sent to children...

At this time, Conan was not worried at all that the fat man was really shot to death.