Conan Rick's Investigator

It seems better to go back first...

……

After saving Haibara Ai and Ayumi, Qin Zhibo continued to move towards the East Building.

Soon, he came to the window which had been opened a crack in the afternoon.

Just as he was about to open the window and slip in, a small body accidentally came in from the other side of the magic flip wall.

Qin Zhibo stopped and looked carefully, and it turned out to be Guangyan.

This gave Qin Zhibo a headache. Why did he always run into members of the Junior Detective League wherever he went?

It was as if God was saying, "Stop it, Qin, there are only young detectives out there!"

There was no way, Qin Zhibo could only watch quietly as Guangyan was about to do something.

Fortunately, Mr. Clock took away the brain containment device at noon, otherwise if Mitsuhiko saw it, he would definitely be scared and suffer from an indelible childhood trauma.

In the room, Mitsuhiko did not notice that there was a figure standing outside the window behind him, staring at him closely through the window.

He felt around and looked around the room, his eyes finally falling on the golden bull ornament above the fireplace.

He took the note with the puzzle in mind and compared it carefully, his eyes suddenly lit up with joy.

This cow has no horns on its head!

As luck would have it, the golden bull on the fireplace does not have horns, or rather, the horns are broken.

"When the horns on the bull's head disappear, the tail becomes the head..."

"head……"

Mitsuhiko muttered the riddle to himself while swapping the head and tail of the golden bull ornament.

After a few consecutive friction sounds, the Taurus was turned around, but nothing happened.

But Mitsuhiko firmly believed that this was the mechanism described in the puzzle, so he bent down and looked in the fireplace, and he really found a passage leading to the depths.

"great!"

"I knew it!"

Mitsuhiko was overjoyed and immediately crouched down and got inside.

All of this was seen by Qin Zhibo who was standing outside the window.

You know shit...

In Qin Zhibo's opinion, the golden bull ornament above the fireplace is not a mechanism at all, it is just a pure gold ornament that happens to not have horns.

Mitsuhiko rotated the golden bull ornament and felt that a mechanism had been triggered. This was entirely because the weight of the pure gold ornament was so solid that it felt like he was turning a mechanism.

In fact, there is no mechanical device connected to the bull, so you can just lift it up.

The passage in the fireplace has always been open. The fireplace is a fake fireplace without any mechanism.

Below the fireplace is the underground maze connected to the Angel's House, and Mitsuhiko must have entered here.

Although there seemed to be no traps installed in the maze, Qin Zhibo was worried that Mitsuhiko would get lost in there, so he had no choice but to open the window and follow him into the fireplace passage.

……

At the end of the passage under the fireplace, Mitsuhiko naturally entered the maze.

He turned on the watch-shaped flashlight that was standard equipment for the Junior Detective Team and continued his exploration by the light.

"anyone there?"

“Is anyone here?”

As Mitsuhiko walked, he politely asked if there was anyone inside.

At this time, Qin Zhibo, who was following behind, really wanted to answer.

Have……

For Mitsuhiko's safety, Qin Zhibo is always ready to put on the [Magic Ring] to protect him.

If Conan is the father of these children, then I am at least a grandfather.

After walking with Mitsuhiko for a while and passing through one trapezoidal corridor after another, the light from Mitsuhiko's watch finally reached the corpse on the ground.

This was the body that Mr. Clock had casually dumped here after his brain was cut open, and Mitsuhiko happened to see it.

"what!"

When Mitsuhiko saw the white bones of a man covered in a gray suit lying on the ground, he fell to the ground and screamed in fear.

His body trembled for a few seconds before he reacted and crawled back the way he came.

Bye, bye~

Looking at Mitsuhiko's escaping back, Qin Zhibo said goodbye in his heart.

Without any obstacles, Qin Zhibo can start his own plan.

Although this place is called a maze, Qin Zhibo's navigation device is specifically designed to deal with mazes. As long as he is in the maze, the map of the maze will automatically appear in his head.

Ten minutes later, Qin Zhibo arrived under the base of the Southern Angel.

Find the mechanical control lever in a hidden place, pull it, and the ground cover above will open to both sides.

Qin Zhibo used the [Flying Claw] to climb to the top of the slope of the slide and took out a Panester fragment from his pocket.

After confirming again and again that this was the fragment given by Vermouth, he put the fragment into the glass bottle stuck to the ground cover.

With a clang, the fragments entered the glass bottle.

Qin Zhibo put the plug on it, then slid down and pushed the control lever back. The cover closed again and everything returned to the way it was before noon.

Except for the fragments in the bottle, they have been replaced.

Chapter 929 Conan is not pulled

The north building is the servants' quarters.

Conan finally waited for Haibara Ai and Ayumi to come back. Just as he was about to take Genta and Ayumi to the East Mansion to find Mitsuhiko, Mitsuhiko came back by himself.

"Wow!"

"Scared me!"

Mitsuhiko blocked the door with his body, panting and looking like he had just been frightened.

Yuan Tai stepped forward and asked in confusion: "Guang Yan, we were just about to go look for you, why are you back?"

Looking at his familiar friends, Mitsuhiko relaxed a little. Pointing outside, he said anxiously, "East Hall! There are skeletons inside the East Hall!"

"Skeletons!"

Hearing this, Conan's eyes immediately became serious and he asked for details.

After listening to Mitsuhiko's story, Conan roughly understood what happened.

"Now that human remains have been discovered, we can no longer turn a blind eye."

"To be on the safe side, I'd better go and ask Mr. Zhong first..."

Although Conan was a little wary of Mr. Clock, since Mitsuhiko said it was a human skeleton, it meant that the corpse had been there for a long time.

The original owner of Angel's House, Yoon Shikawa Tsunezo, died just last year. If Mr. Zhong killed the heir in order to obtain the inheritance, the body would not have turned into bones.

Just when Conan was about to set out to find Mr. Clock, Haibara Ai behind him provided another clue.

"In fact, that man has been following us secretly..."

"Ayumi and I were searching for clues to a puzzle near the Angel's Base. We almost ran into a high-voltage current running through the wall. It was that person who alerted us with the throwing knife."

On the way back, Haibara Ai felt that the real identity of the "Flying Knife Man" should be Mr. Clock.

Clock hadn't shown up since dinner ended, and as the executor, he must have been secretly observing everyone.

After listening to the clues provided by Haibara Ai, Conan thought for a while with his chin held high, and decided to call the police first.

He took out his earring-shaped pocket phone and called the police. The call lasted more than ten seconds before the other party picked up.

"Hello, Gunma Prefectural Police Department."

"Hello, we found a human skeleton in the Angel's House. Please send police for support."

Conan tried his best to keep his voice steady, but there was still a hint of childishness in his voice.

But the police officer on the other side was silent for just a second before replying, "Okay, I'll record it."

"We'll send someone to check it out as soon as possible tomorrow. Do you have any other questions?"

what?

Conan couldn't believe this perfunctory answer. The reporter said that a body was found, but the Gunma Prefecture police just said casually, "Come back tomorrow."

"Wait a minute! I'm not kidding! I actually found a human skeleton!"

Conan thought that the policeman opposite him looked down on him because he was a child and thought he was playing a prank.

But the police officer on the other side still replied indifferently, "I understand, but according to the procedure, we can only investigate again tomorrow, that's it..."

Dududu——

After saying that, the policeman on the other end hung up the phone.

Conan held the pocket phone in his hand, feeling speechless.

Do you look down on yourself just because the person who reported the case is a child?

As expected, this is the police officer's headquarters...

The smiling face of Officer Yamamura appeared in Conan's mind.

"Conan, what did the police say?" Ayumi asked worriedly.

"They said they can only come tomorrow..."

"Then what do we do now?"

Conan thought for a moment, "Then let's go to sleep first. When the police come tomorrow, I'll explain to them what happened here..."

But doing so is a bit unfair to Yuriko.

Conan thought to himself and glanced at Yuriko Matsunaka who was sleeping on the bed.

If the police arrived tomorrow and interrupted the puzzle challenge of the will, causing Yuriko Matsunaka to lose the opportunity to challenge the puzzle, it would be troublesome.

Let's ask what the clock says tomorrow.

……

The next day, 7:00 in the morning.

Mr. Clock appeared on time and woke up the young detectives who were still asleep.

The three little ones rubbed their sleepy eyes, Haibara Ai yawned softly, and Conan subconsciously put on his black technology glasses.

"Everyone, how was your investigation last night? Did you get any clues to the puzzle?"

Mr. Zhong came up and asked directly about the progress of solving the puzzle.

But to his disappointment, Conan thought about it alone until midnight last night but still couldn't figure it out.

Although Mitsuhiko said that he solved the first sentence of the puzzle "When the horns on the bull's head disappear and the tail becomes a head", Conan felt that this was just a coincidence and the key to deciphering the puzzle did not lie here.

He still wanted to solve the mystery before the police arrived and let Yuriko Matsunaka inherit her great-grandfather's property smoothly, but he still couldn't do it.

If only Qin Zhibo were here...

After thinking for a moment, Conan decided to confront Mr. Clock.

"Mr. Clock, we found a human skeleton in the maze under the fireplace of the East Pavilion last night and reported it to the police."

"The police should be here soon..."

As Conan spoke, he watched Mr. Clock's expression, observing his reaction.

But Mr. Zhong was wearing sunglasses, so it was impossible to see his eyes clearly.