Conan reborn as a detective

Chapter 1038 Free Detective
Black Gold Forest Hotel, because it was an unexpected guest, did not prepare another guest room, Gao Cheng had to share the bed with Hattori and Conan, and Xiao Ai went to Xiaolan and Kazuya.

However, after the "monster" attack, Xiaolan and Ye became very timid and didn't want to live in the original room.

"Change rooms?"

"That's right, our room used to be the residence of the foreigner who died in a landslide accident. In the drawer, there is also the notebook of that person who practiced calligraphy. They are all relics. It feels a little scary." Xiaolan said distressed.

"It's very interesting." A gleam of joy flashed in Masuko Shie's eyes when she heard the words, "Then let me change rooms with you. My room is on the second floor..."

"Let me live in that room," the bald-headed uncle Tanzawa Michiki suddenly interrupted, "women can't be left with horrible memories."

The rooms were reassigned. In the end, the bald uncle and Xiaolan switched rooms to the third floor, and the mixed-race brother also changed from the second floor to the third floor with a stern face, probably because the monster before could just reach the window on the second floor.

For the sake of safety, Hattori asked everyone to stay in the room until the police came, and the speakers such as mobile phones were also temporarily kept by Hattori, because someone might use the speaker to emit that terrible cry.

"So that's how it is," the old village head held a broom as a weapon, and guarded the place where the fire started downstairs with Hattori, "Here you can see everyone's room, and if that monster attacks again, we can put the It drove away!"

Hattori looked at the village chief, who was supposedly armed, with a dark face: "Why are you here, village chief? Didn't you tell you to stay in the room honestly? Just leave it to us!"

"That being said, I invited you here. As the village head, I have the responsibility to protect everyone's safety."

The old village head, Yoshisei, was talking, and his eyes obviously glanced at Hattori, Conan, and Gao Cheng who was studying something on the other side.

Two high school students and one elementary school student, how could they be able to deal with monsters?

But having said that, this high school student named Kido, could it be that famous Tokyo detective?It looks a lot like Kudo Shinichi, a high school student detective.

In fact, the client wrote in the letter that he asked him to invite the famous detective Mori Kogoro, but he spent all the money on the decoration of this hotel, so at first he considered finding Kudo Shinichi, because he couldn't get in touch. Replaced Hattori in Kansai.

High school student detectives are mainly cheap, they don’t even need to be paid, and it is enough to reimburse the transportation expenses. The detectives in the firm are different, and they are not easy to fool.

It's just that it's not clear how an extra high school student-looking detective is now available for free.

The old village head looked at Gao Cheng.

It should not be Kido Takasei from Tokyo, whose commission fee is now more expensive than Mori Kogoro.

"nue..."

What Gao Cheng was studying was an old notebook, and a page torn from the notebook, on which were three letters.

It is said that it was the last message of the foreigner in the landslide accident, which means "鵺".

The message paper has been stored in the village office of Suli Village for 16 years. It was discovered when the former village chief dug up the corpse of the foreigner, along with an old iron hairpin.

The notebook was provided by the man behind the scenes this time, and the tear marks on one page completely matched the message paper.

The notebook records in detail the clues the excavation team found and the detailed process of the excavation, which can be used as a reference for this treasure hunt.

The old village head originally planned to ask several experts to discuss the notes when he went to the cave for treasure hunting tomorrow, and arranged for a camera to make a short film for publicity.

If, as the village chief said, someone really entrusted them, the purpose of the other party is definitely not to boost the popularity of the village. There must be some special reason for the four people to come here.

Gao Cheng thought about closing his notebook.

A specific candidate, a specific room arrangement... This kind of behavior is not new to him, and he has encountered it several times.

If there is no accident, the mastermind behind the scenes is also among the people in the hotel.

"Mr. Village Chief," Hattori did not drive away the village chief, and asked carefully, "The reason for calling those four people here is written in the letter that person sent you, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Michiki Tanzawa, an archaeologist, he is very familiar with the geological conditions here in Shizuoka Prefecture, and he has done surveys near here before."

The old village head introduced.

"Not only in Shizuoka Prefecture, but he has also excavated ruins all over the country, and he was also a commentator on a special TV program related to the ruins a few years ago, so he is very famous.

It's just that since there were rumors that he was suspected of falsifying the Unearthed Cultural Relics Association, he disappeared all of a sudden. "

"Oh," Hattori's mind flashed the figure of the bald old man, and continued to ask, "Where's the aunt who wrote the novel?"

"Don't you know her?" The village head asked in surprise, "She is a well-known author of fantasy novels, and she is familiar with ancient Japanese legends of monsters. , because she herself graduated from a university of fine arts, and her works are very popular."

"Huh?" Hattori wondered, "This aunt doesn't sound like he has anything to do with the Tokugawa treasure?"

"That's right," the village head said with a smile, "It was also written in that letter that if the treasure hunt doesn't work, use the nue bird as a gimmick."

In the woods on the side, Gao Cheng found the body by the pond.

As described by Conan, there are four huge claw marks on Zendi Konk's back and waist.

But it's obviously man-made.

Although he didn't know much about zoology and didn't know what the wounds from a real giant beast attack would look like, it was no problem to judge the wounds of Randi.

First of all, there was nothing wrong with the victim's coat. It looked as if he had lifted the clothes specially to leave claw marks, and the blood stains were also very problematic. There was a lot of blood in the middle of the bottom wound, and the belt and trousers were stained red.

That's the problem.

Only this bloodstain is down, that is, the victim bleeds when he is standing.

The real fatal wound to the victim was the stab wound that caused profuse bleeding. The reason why the blood was wrong was because the other wounds were all disguised by the prisoner after the victim fell.

But why was this Randi Kangke killed?

According to the information provided by the village chief, Ranji is a historical researcher who has studied Tokugawa treasures, and is as famous as archaeologist Danzawa Michiki and fantasy novelist Masuko Shie.

Among the four people invited, only the mixed-race brother is a fledgling rookie writer who has been pursuing monster legends, but has not achieved much. Compared with the other three people, it is a bit redundant.

Gao Cheng squatted beside the corpse to inspect it for a while, but he didn't feel any horror, so he focused on looking around the surrounding environment.

He didn't see the scene where the monster appeared, so he didn't know the exact scene, and how the prisoner managed to fool so many people. Even Hattori and Conan said they saw the monster.

To reorganize it, Hattori found out that the downstairs of the hotel was on fire at first, and when he rushed downstairs, he heard a strange cry, followed by a monster one or two stories high who appeared from behind the wall, bit the warning sign and left.

When Hattori and Conan bypassed the hotel building, the monster had dropped the warning sign and disappeared, and then Conan followed the blood and found the body by the pond.

Interesting, almost like a magic show.

Generally speaking, this technique requires specific occasions and conditions, the first condition being night.

Then there is the fire, which requires the audience to be blocked by the fire.

Then there's the monster itself.

It appeared for a short time, and inexplicably just took away the warning sign, and fled behind the wall with the warning sign still.

The traces of performance are too obvious.

But is doing so much just to create the illusion of monsters killing people?
"Woooooooooooooo!"

Before Gao Cheng could think about it, there was a weird whining sound in the night again, like the sound of vibrating tuning forks. It seemed that there were monsters haunting under the night sky, which made people get goosebumps and creeps.

Gao Cheng quickly returned to the hotel. At this time, as the shouting stopped, the surroundings of Hattori and the others started burning again for no reason.

"What's going on?" Hattori's face changed drastically, "Why did it suddenly catch fire?!"

The same place was burning blazingly in front of everyone, and the half-breed brothers who opened the window also stared wide-eyed at this terrifying scene.

"Ugh!" A scream suddenly came from the room on the farthest floor of the third floor, instead of the monster's cry, it echoed, further increasing the atmosphere of fear.

"It's a bird!" The little brother leaned out of the window on the third floor and was the first to shout, "That monster is here again!"

Gao Cheng walked out from behind the wall, and heard the little brother yelling frantically and said speechlessly: "There is no monster."

This rookie reporter is a typical Ye Gonghaolong, timid and always excited.

"What happened to the screams just now?"

Gao Cheng met with Hattori, looked up at the nearest room on the third floor, just above Aunt Glasses, the window was open, and there was no movement.

"It seems to be the voice of Mr. Danzig upstairs." The auntie with glasses poked her head out and looked upstairs.

"Oops!"

Hattori and Conan saw that Tanzawa Michiki was not moving on the third floor, so they rushed back to the hotel and ran up the stairs anxiously. They even chased after him with the old village head, leaving Gaocheng alone by the fire point.

Because it had burned once before, there was no need to rush to put out the fire, but Gao Cheng was very interested in the cause of the fire.

This time it is not kerosene, it seems to use sodium metal.

The prisoner had arranged this place in advance, and once again performed a monster-infested trick in front of Hattori and Conan.

(End of this chapter)