Conan Rick's Investigator

With Conan's question-answering buff, the old man's eyes narrowed, and he looked down at Conan and replied, "The master has been acting strangely lately. For example, he seems to be trying to avoid the sun and sleeping in his room all day..."

"Even his beloved silverware was suddenly thrown out, saying he was allergic to silver. He ordered it all thrown into storage."

"A few days ago, the chef put garlic, which he likes, in his soup, but he was so angry that he smashed the bowl on the spot and shouted angrily, 'This will cause the blood to rot. Don't add it to food again in the future.'"

Maori Kogoro shrank his shoulders in shock when he heard this and said in amazement, "This is just like..."

"Yes, I think that's how Ms. Shimizu sees him, right?"

"This is just like the legendary Vapire..."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he was heard by Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha who happened to come back from strolling nearby.

"Va...Vapire!" 2

The two girls screamed at the same time, and even their small movements of pinching their hands out of fear were unusually synchronized.

"Did you just say Vapire?"

"Please, what's wrong with the vampire?"

As a proper noun, the two girls immediately thought of the terrifying creatures that only appear in fantasy works.

Hattori Heiji looked at the two of them and complained in his heart that he came back at such an inopportune time.

"I mean bumper, bumper!"

"Mori-san's rental car accidentally damaged its bumper, and we're trying to figure out how to fix it!"

In order to prevent Toyama Kazuha from giving up and clamoring to go back, Hattori Heiji used his talent for pretending to be ignorant and made up a pun.

The English word for bumper is buper, which has a similar pronunciation to vampire Vapire.

The two girls were indeed easy to fool. When they heard that it was a bumper, they smiled with relief.

"What? It's the bumper..."

"Heiji, you guys should go in and take a look. It's like a castle in here."

While strolling around just now, the two girls had already gone around to the courtyard behind the villa to take a look.

At this moment, the old man also looked up at the gradually dimming sunset in the distant sky and murmured, "It's almost time for the master to get up..."

"Until dinner is ready, please take a look around the museum."

The old man turned his head and opened one eye to look at everyone.

"The most important inheritance distribution ceremony will take place after dinner..."

……

Next, under the guidance of the butler Koga, everyone took a brief tour of the interior of the villa.

Although it is a villa in the deep mountains, there are still many management personnel, and it is not at all as gloomy and desolate as the villa in the deep mountains in my impression.

The interior of the villa is also decorated in Western style, with a classical style, quite reminiscent of the style of Western aristocratic families in the last century.

Koga showed everyone around and then brought them to the restaurant, saying that dinner would start soon and they should wait here for a while.

After saying that, Koga left first.

Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha stood behind the host seat and were quite moved when they saw the maid placing the knives, forks, plates, etc. meticulously on the dining table in accordance with Western table etiquette standards.

"I've only seen this kind of scene in movies or TV series, but I've never experienced it myself."

"That's great! It feels like we've all become nobles!"

Conan, who was standing behind the guest seats, glanced at Mao Li Ran and complained in his heart: Don’t you have to do this?

During the Twilight Annex incident, the scene was similar to this.

Even that villa is more retro and luxurious than this villa.

Just as everyone was waiting for the host to arrive, a slightly unhappy woman's voice came from the door.

"Hey, who are you guys?"

"I'm saying, are you guys my brother's illegitimate children or something like that?"

Everyone turned to look, only to see a woman with dyed brown hair glaring at them with raised eyebrows.

"How could this be possible?"

A square-faced man wearing glasses walked up to the woman and said with a smile, "If it was really an illegitimate child, my brother wouldn't have called us here..."

"That's not necessarily true."

Another old woman in a purple dress with her hair combed back came over. "With Pomi's personality, even if he really left a message outside,

It's not impossible that there's an illegitimate child that we don't know about..."

"Like the one I brought back from outside a few years ago, a woman much older than me, and the child she gave birth to..."

As she spoke, the old woman glanced meaningfully at the maid who had just placed the tableware on the table.

Next to the old woman, the pretty boy with dyed yellow hair smiled and said, "But that fiancée had really bad luck. She died in a car accident before we could even get married..."

"Oh, but this is a good thing for you, right?"

The pretty boy smiled and looked at the man and woman who had just spoken in front of him, obviously with a sarcastic tone.

But he didn't notice that even the expression of his "old darling" next to him changed slightly.

Just when the pretty boy was feeling smug, a burly figure suddenly appeared behind him and grabbed him by the collar.

"You bastard! If you dare to say something like that again, I won't let you off easily!"

Another new face, with a beard, and looks like a member of this family.

However, facing the man's threats, the pretty boy kept saying, "What, what's wrong? Don't you feel lucky too?"

"What? Could it be that you're really in love?"

"Are you in love with that mistress with a child?"

Facing the provocation of the pretty boy, the man clenched his other hand's fist and was about to start fighting.

But at this moment, a woman with glasses and pink lips leaned against the door frame and said calmly, "Let's stop talking about the mistress here, okay?"

"I myself am the child of a father and his mistress..."

"But from a legal perspective, as long as the heirs only have brothers and sisters left, I will also receive a considerable share of the inheritance."

At this point, the bespectacled woman's lips curled up slightly, "Then I'd appreciate your guidance..."

The woman's aloof attitude towards fun made it seem like she wasn't getting along too well with the other family members.

Conan and the others who were not far away looked at the "high-quality" way of getting along with each other, and all of them drooped their eyes.

Hattori Heiji: "Looks like there's going to be a dramatic battle for the inheritance soon..."

Maori Kogoro: "I agree..."

……

After a while, the appetizers for dinner were set out and everyone sat down on both sides of the long dining table.

On one side of the dining table were the annoying relatives of the owner of the villa, and on the other side were outsiders including Conan.

"The master hasn't gotten up yet, but he told me not to wait for him and to eat right away."

The pretty maid who had just arranged the tableware informed everyone and then stood beside the empty host seat and waited quietly.

Conan glanced at everyone at the table and sorted out everyone's identity in his mind.

The owner of this house, Torakura Sakuya, has four siblings, including two younger brothers, an older sister and a younger sister.

The two younger brothers are the square-faced man wearing glasses and the muscular man with a beard.

One of the elder sisters is an old woman wearing revealing cleavage clothes; the other younger sister is the woman with glasses who claims to be the daughter of a mistress.

The other pretty boy and the mean woman who spoke at the beginning were the old woman’s lover and the square-faced man’s wife respectively.

However, these people seemed to have mentioned in their conversations that the child born to the owner of the villa and his ex-fiancee was also currently living in this house.

Although it seems that this child has no inheritance rights, it is still worth paying attention to...

Conan was looking around when he suddenly discovered that there was an empty seat in the corner of the dining table on his side.

"Um...Excuse me, there seems to be an extra seat here?"

Conan looked at the maid standing next to the main seat and asked innocently.

The maid glanced at the empty seat in the corner, turned to look at the old woman sitting on the side, and said, "This is Yin.

Ms. Kuramori requested an extra seat...”

At this moment, the old woman gracefully put down her knife and fork, and said with a smile, "Humph, don't think you're the only ones who prepare in advance..."

"I have also invited a distinguished guest to attend the ceremony, but he said he will arrive later."

A heavyweight guest?

Conan and others frowned, not understanding what kind of guests would be invited to such an occasion?

Generally speaking, when it comes to estate distribution, lawyers are definitely the most professional.

But the other party said a heavyweight guest, could it be a famous lawyer?

When it comes to famous lawyers, the first person that Conan thinks of is Eri Kisaki, who is known as the "Queen of the Legal World."

That is Xiaolan’s biological mother.

Haha, it can’t be such a coincidence that Uncle Mori and Aunt Hibiki, the pair of enemies, are gathered here, right?

Putting aside the questions from the important guests for the moment, everyone began to talk about the inheritance distribution ceremony.

It turned out that not long ago, the owner of the villa, Torakura Sako, was diagnosed with cancer and may have less than half a year left.

So, Tokura Sakoya convened this meeting and said that those who were absent would automatically lose their inheritance rights.

Among the five brothers and sisters whose surname is Tonkura, only Tonkura Sakuya has the best financial situation.

Not only did he once open a private hospital and make a lot of money, but as the eldest son in the family, most of the family property left by his ancestors was also controlled by him.

Therefore, when they heard that the inheritance was to be distributed, no one dared to be absent and all showed up.

"If I were to estimate conservatively, Hakumiya's current assets would be around 10 billion yen..."

"10, 10 billion yen!"

Kogoro Mouri was so frightened that his eyes widened and he couldn't even speak clearly.

Conan in the corner had his eyelids drooping, holding a piece of beef cubes in sauce in his mouth, thinking to himself: This isn't that much money...

At this moment, the muscular man with a beard sitting opposite interrupted the old woman and said, "But isn't Big Brother too slow?"

"Why don't you go get him..."

Chapter 1406 The Mystery of the Disappearance of Vampires

"That's right, normally at this time he should already be picking and choosing among the dishes..." the youngest girl with glasses sitting next to him also agreed.

"Well then..." The pretty boy turned to look at Ran Mouri and Kazuha Toyama, who were concentrating on eating. "I'm sorry, but could you two go and wake him up?"

Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha were also surprised, "Huh? Are you asking us to go?"

The pretty boy didn't respond, but directly told the two the location of the room.

The old woman next to the pretty boy also smiled mischievously, saying, "Yes, if a young girl were to wake him up, Pomi would probably be very happy..."

After saying this, the old woman and the pretty boy gave him a meaningful look, and everyone else in the family was also laughing.

Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha looked at each other, also with confusion on their faces, not understanding what these looks meant.

And is it normal for someone to ask guests to help with this kind of thing?

But after all, they were here to visit, and the guests should follow the host's wishes. The two girls could only put down their knives and forks and leave the table.

……

In the forest, a red Mustang sports car is speeding on the forest road.

In the darkness, only the cone-shaped area in front was illuminated by the light, reflecting a pale yellow light, and on both sides were forests with lush vegetation.