My neighbor's name is Conan

Chapter 792 The Way to Death

"What did you understand?" Sayuri asked quickly.

Huiyuan Ai looked at the little ones and said with a smile: "Let's do it again as before, and you will know."

Although they didn't know whether Haibara Ai understood, the few little ones responded with a calm attitude: "Okay!"

After the little ones stood in front of the pedestal again, Huihara Ai said, "Isn't it written very clearly at the bottom of the pillar? 'Those who wish to obtain the Kirin by improper reasons must commit themselves to metamorphosis in order to succeed.' This is a remedy in case the key left by Sanshui Kichiemon is lost. In other words, those who want to obtain the Kirin horn without the key must let their bodies drift."

Suzuki Jirokichi heard this and asked, "What does flow mean?"

"It's the Four Gods..." Huiyuan Ai said with her arms crossed over her chest, looking like a big shot: "The pedestals in the four corners are the pedestals of the four legendary beasts."

Mitsuhiko pointed to the pedestal behind him and said, "This green pedestal is the Azure Dragon."

Ayumi followed up by saying, "The white pedestal is the White Tiger."

Yuan Tai also pointed to the pedestal behind him and said, "The black one is Xuanwu."

"Finally, this red pedestal is Suzaku." Haibara Ai looked at Suzuki Jirokichi and said.

"But..." Suzuki Jirokichi "But...but, is there an order between these four sacred beasts?"

Huihara Ai immediately replied: "It's the season."

Suzuki Jirokichi was a little confused "Season?"

Ai Huihara nodded and explained, "The Azure Dragon represents spring, the Suzaku represents summer, the White Tiger represents autumn, and the Black Tortoise represents winter. If the phrase 'you must commit yourself to the path in order to succeed' means that you should let your body flow with the seasons, then you should entrust your body to the order of spring, summer, autumn, and winter."

Suzuki Jirokichi still looked confused and asked, "Entrust your body?"

"That means to move your body closer to the pedestal and push back..." Mitsuhiko said as he moved his back closer to the green pedestal behind him and tilted the pedestal backwards. After he was done, Mitsuhiko looked at Haibara Ai and said, "Next, Ai."

"Hey!" Huiyuan responded sadly, and then leaned back against the red pedestal behind her. "It's okay, Ayumi, Sayuri."

"Okay." Ayumi and Sayuri leaned back against the white pedestal and said, "The last one is Genta."

"Oh." Yuantai also followed suit.

After the four people moved their pedestals backwards, suddenly the wheel in the pillar in the center of the room began to turn, and the pillar on which the Qilin statue was placed slowly moved downwards.

The female reporter was shocked when she saw this, and couldn't help but ask, "Pillar?"

The photographer also exclaimed: "It actually moved?"

Nakamori Ginzo looked at the pillar and exclaimed, "It's closed again?"

"Closed...closed?" Suzuki Jirokichi was also extremely surprised.

The moment the pillar closed, it returned to normal, and everyone's eyes were filled with shock.

Seeing this, Huihara Ai straightened up and said to everyone, "Do you understand now? There is a way to move the pillar up and down even without a key."

Suzuki Jirokichi was still a little confused after hearing this. "But the power outage was only one minute. Could it be that during this time, Kaito Kidd ran around the temple without any lights, pasting cards and tilting the pedestal?"

Huihara Ai explained: "It wasn't Kaito Kidd. We were the ones who tilted the pedestal. The four of us were responsible for guarding the keyhole in the order of green, red, white, and black. We heard the mosquito sound that none of you could hear, and we thought it was a hint from the police, so..."

Suzuki Jirokichi suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. If you want to guard the keyhole, you must lean against the pedestal to guard against any movement around you. Once you open the pillar, Kaito Kid will come forward to steal the Kirin Horn. Knowing that there will be a search, he deliberately electrocuted Conan and hid the Kirin Horn in the hood of Conan's coat."

"That's right!" Huiyuan Ai responded, "Brother Aoki cracked the pillar mechanism of Sanshui Kichiemon, so he locked Mr. Suzuki and the fake Inspector Nakamori as suspects, because only you two can tamper with the key and the keyhole.

The time to apply the fluorescent paint should be when we see the Qilin statue taking the key from the consultant. If we apply the fluorescent paint to the key at that time, the key can also be stained with the paint when it is inserted into the keyhole. "

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu walked up and touched Huiyuan Ai's little head, praising her: "Little Ai is really smart."

Then he looked at Conan who had been lying on the ground and said, "Conan, get up when you wake up. Don't lie on the ground all the time. It makes people worry."

Conan, who has woken up, pouted and climbed up from the ground. Although he successfully stopped Kaito Kidd from stealing the gems, he felt bad this time.

Conan secretly swore in his heart, "Kaito Kidd, I will settle this account with you for knocking me out."

"Mr. Suzuki, remember to keep the unicorn horn safe and don't let it be stolen again." Aoki Matsu reminded Suzuki Jirokichi, and then followed the little ones back.

As for the follow-up work, it will of course be left to Ginzo Nakamori and others.

Because he saved the Kirin Horn and discovered the method of committing crimes by Kaito Kid, not only was Aoki Matsu praised in the news media, but when he went to work at the Metropolitan Police Department the next day, he was also praised by many colleagues who praised Aoki Matsu for a good job.

Just when Aoki Matsu modestly said that it was just okay, before the end of the morning, he received a call from Mao Lilan to the police.

Aoki Matsu had only one thought about this - Conan didn't have enough fun yesterday, so he might go crazy killing people today!

After arriving at the scene, Aoki Matsu still followed the old rules for handling cases and let Maruta Ayumi and others go through the case handling process first.

Then he looked at the Maori trio and said, "Uncle Maori, please tell me what happened here today. Xiaolan and Conan will provide additional information."

"Okay." Maori Kogoro agreed without thinking, and after organizing his words, he said, "We were invited by the clerk Miss Mejiro Misa a few days ago to come to the rooftop here to visit the rooftop farmland..."

After entering the roof from the stairs, Mao Lilan ran outside, shouting, "Auntie Mejiro, hello, we are here to visit."

Mejiro Misa was in the farmland on the roof at this time. Seeing this, she smiled and responded, "Xiaolan, you're here so early!"

"Wow, this is great." Mao Lilan exclaimed as she looked at the vegetables in the farmland: "So many autumn vegetables."

You should know that the prices of vegetables and fruits in Japan are very expensive, and the most popular fruit eaten by many people is lotus root.

There are a lot of vegetables grown here, which makes people feel so happy!

Maori Kogoro followed Maori Ran and walked over to Mejiro Misa and said, "Even though it's a weekday, you're still working so hard."

"Watering and picking can be done after get off work." Mejiro Misa said with a smile while wiping the sweat off her face with a towel.

"It's so convenient to be so close!" said Mao Lilan.

Mejiro Misa smiled and responded, "Yes!"

At this moment, a middle-aged man suddenly screamed "Ah!" and then hurriedly ran to another farmland with a hoe.

Several people subconsciously looked in the direction of the middle-aged man, only to find that an insect-proof net made of plastic film in his farmland had been collapsed by someone using mud.

"Who is it? Who tore off my insect net?" the middle-aged man said angrily, "I worked so hard to do this to protect the vegetables."

At this moment, an old man who was weeding in the farmland opposite the middle-aged man suddenly laughed out loud.

The middle-aged man heard the laughter and immediately asked the old man angrily: "You did this!"

The old man said as if it was none of his business: "I don't know." But then he said in a somewhat happy tone: "But this way, the sun can shine on my fields." After saying that, he laughed loudly "Hahaha!"

【Ah this...】

When Aoki Matsu heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Sir, you really know how to seek death!

Facts have proved that if you seek death, you may really die.

The deceased in this case happened to be this old man.

Seeing the old man being so unkind, Mejiro Misa couldn't help but complain to Mao Lilan in a low voice: "It would be better if there was no old man who caused trouble."

"Ah!" At this time, a young lady in another farmland suddenly screamed.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Everyone looked over subconsciously.

The man looked at the old man angrily and complained, "Don't throw your weeds into my field!"

The old man still replied, "It's none of my business."

But the young lady obviously didn't buy it and continued to complain: "I'll have to tell you a few times before you know it! Don't go too far!"

When the old man heard what the other party said, he also got angry. He lifted a bucket of water and poured it in the other party's direction. "Stop talking nonsense. I said it's none of my business!"

Although most of the water was spilled onto the old man's field, a lot of the splashes landed on the young lady.

She screamed, "Ah!"

The people standing by had an even worse impression of the old man.

Mejiro Misa even continued to complain to Mao Lilan: "My field was once flooded by him."

Maori Kogoro couldn't help but say, "There is this old man who loves to stir up trouble everywhere."

"I'm sorry." Mejiro Misa said quickly, "It's rare for you to come here to visit, but you all saw something unpleasant. By the way, would you like to help me harvest next time? I can share my organic vegetables with you."

Hearing what Mejiro Misa said, Maori Kogoro and Maori Ran both laughed and said, "Okay."

Unexpectedly, the old man snorted and said, "Humph, vegetables with lots of worm eyes are not tasty at all."

Oh, what a nasty old man.

Not only did Mejiro Misa and the others dislike him, but the Mori trio also instantly disliked him.

Therefore, the three of them said goodbye and left after a short tour, and then time came to today.

Today is the day that the Maori trio had agreed with Miss Mejiro Misa to help her harvest vegetables, and the three of them arrived at the rooftop farm around 11 o'clock.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I walked onto the roof, I saw this old man with a poisonous mouth lying on the ground. It seemed something was wrong.

Seeing this, the Mori trio hurried over, but after examination by Mori Kogoro, the other party was already dead.

Needless to say what happened afterwards, Kogoro Mouri immediately asked Ran Mouri to call the police.

"I see." Aoki Matsu nodded. At this time, Maruta Ayumi also came in with a small notebook. "Inspector, the deceased is named Nakamura Takehiko, 73 years old, an elderly man living nearby. The estimated time of death is around 10 o'clock in the morning."

"That is to say, Mr. Nakamura had been dead for an hour when you arrived at this rooftop farmland." Aoki Matsu said.

"Yes, the discovery time was around 11 o'clock," confirmed Kogoro Mouri.

"Let's investigate whether there is a possibility of foul play first." Although he said so, Qing Mu Song was sure that this case was definitely a murder, so he looked at the forensic detective who had just finished a simple examination of the body and asked, "Detective Tomi, how is it?"

Detective Tomi replied, "The back of the deceased's head was hit hard, causing fatal injuries. It should be that his head hit the corner of the bucket placed in the field."

"Did he fall on his back?" Aoki Matsu asked uncertainly when he saw the posture in which Nakamura Takehiko died.

"There are traces of slipping shoes on the ground, and a fatal wound on the back of the head. He must have fallen on his back." Detective Dengmi replied.

"That's strange." Qing Musong was a little surprised when he heard this.

It is not surprising for people to fall down, as everyone falls on flat ground. However, most of them fall forward, and rarely fall backward or on their backs, because this is not in line with the human body structure and center of gravity balance.

Generally, people who fall on their backs are hit head-on and then lose their balance.

"There is also a scar on his forehead, and it's a very new scar." Qing Musong thought for a while and guessed: "Could it be that someone attacked his forehead first, causing him to lose balance while dodging, and fall on his back, and then hit the edge of the bucket, causing fatal injuries." And then he died.

"That's possible." Detective Dengmi responded.

Aoki Matsu looked around again and found a stained towel next to the body. The stains on the towel were of the same composition as the paint on the roof railings.

"Maybe it's because it's hanging on the handrail." Kogoro Mouri said.

"Is this towel from the deceased, or someone else?" Qing Musong looked at the body and said, "The deceased had a towel on him."

When doing farm work and living nearby, there is no need to bring two scarves.

"By the way, Inspector, there was a cell phone left near the deceased." Maruta Ayumi said, holding the evidence bag.

"First check whether that is the deceased's cell phone." Aoki Matsu ordered.

Maruta Ayumi immediately responded: "Yes!"

"Apart from the elevator, is there any other way to get in and out of the top floor?" Aoki Matsu asked.

Maruta Ayumi replied, "The emergency exit is under construction and is being renovated into a new staircase, so there is no other staircase leading to the top floor now."

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