Conan Moslin

"Sherlock had a wax figure made exactly like him to lure out the real murderer."

The person who mentioned "The Empty House" was Nanako Shimizu, who is a librarian and is obviously more familiar with Sherlock Holmes' books.

"If there really is a dummy in the car, then everything makes sense!"

Conan listened to the group of people talking with a blank face, and had no idea why the topic suddenly turned to the boss.

Is it just because the phone belongs to the boss? Or is it because too much has happened today and they are just looking for an outlet to vent?

Besides, is now the time to discuss the plot of the novel!!!

Immediately afterwards, the topic of several people ran uncontrollably in another direction.

"The Empty House? I remember Miss Kuroba Kuriyasu said that was her favorite story..." Kawazu Ikuo's eyes suddenly lit up, "Maybe she had colluded with the innkeeper from the very beginning!"

"When the garage caught fire, we were all in the boss's room." Not finding Ayako, Toba Kento joined the conversation as if relieved, "We don't have phones. From now on, the only person who can contact the outside world is... Miss Kuroba Kuriyasu."

Fujisawa Toshiaki, who was listening to the conversation, suddenly became excited: "It's Kuroba Kuriyasu! She's the only one with a cell phone! And, in the afternoon, she played poker with those two kids!"

He clenched his fists. “If she hadn’t called, the garage wouldn’t have caught fire!”

"Now that you mention it, I really don't know where the two of them went... If they are staying with the innkeeper now..."

"No! The person sitting in the car is the real inn owner!" Hattori Heiji was almost amused by their imagination, "I saw it with my own eyes!"

Conan also came back to his senses and immediately echoed loudly: "I saw it too, and I definitely didn't see it wrong!"

"Besides, Sister Li An didn't even know Manager Jingu before..."

"Then tell me, who committed arson?" Kento Toba asked back.

There is insufficient evidence now and Li Anren is not here. All Conan’s words are meaningless at this moment, so he simply shuts up.

Haibara Ai was too lazy to argue with this group of people, so she just watched the show silently, but she couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"In short, it has been confirmed that the arsonist is not one of us." Shimizu Nanako said, "If they stay together, they should be fine."

No one died this time and the atmosphere around them eased a little.

Finally, it was Iwai Hitomi who suggested, "Now, let's go back to our room and rest for now. We can talk about the rest after daybreak."

……

The people in front of him dispersed quickly, but Hattori Heiji was obviously a little angry.

"Really? How could we two not be able to tell the difference between a real person and a fake one?"

A somewhat solemn child's voice came from the side.

"But, except for Sister Kurian and Sister Ayako who were outside, all other suspects were inside the room." Conan lowered his head, "How did this person make Manager Kanaya's phone call set the garage on fire without making a phone call?"

"It's very simple. Just find a good person to call in advance."

Seeing that Hattori Heiji's eyes became suspicious, Haibara Ai sighed inwardly.

She looked up at the gloomy sky and probably spoke to Hattori Heiji for the first time.

"Brother Hattori, can you accompany me to the cliff to look for Sister Kurian?" Ai felt that she had paid a lot. "It's going to rain soon, and I'm afraid she will get wet."

Although her tone was the same as always, Conan still couldn't help but shudder.

Hattori Heiji was interrupted from thinking and nodded to Xiao Ai: "Let's go."

He was indeed worried about Kuroba Kuriyasu's safety.

Should have come out with her.

Hattori Heiji felt a little regretful.

A lot of rocks fell from the edge of the cliff, and the strong wind brought salty and humid air.

It swung its clothes, brushed the treetops, and blew out the faint flames.

The view was clearly unobstructed, but no one noticed it.

Strange, why isn’t Sister Li An here?

Conan unscrewed the detective badge on his hand.

Xiao Ai touched her pocket and took out her new badge.

It was vibrating slightly.

"Sure enough, there is a signal." Conan remembered that Sister Li An was standing here at the time, and seemed to be checking the news. "If Sister Li An came to call the police, this should be the first place to go."

It wouldn't be too dangerous here, they could see her from the window.

But she was not here. Everyone was still discussing who the murderer was. Except for Haibara Ai, no one else paid attention to the situation at the window.

Haibara Ai didn't see her coming.

The two children quickly put the badge away, turned on their flashlights, and scanned the ground aimlessly, hoping to find some clues.

"Conan, can you lend me your flashlight?"

"Use mine. Where do you want to see?"

Conan's watch seems to be attached to his body, and it contains dangerous things such as anesthetic needles, so it is naturally not allowed to be lent.

Except when reloading the anesthetic needle, Haibara Ai had never seen him take off his watch.

"Help me light this direction."

Hattori Heiji thanked the little girl and pointed in the direction of the edge of the cliff.

Wherever the white light passed, there were rocks and weeds everywhere, and the cracks on the cliff were bigger than before.

A huge rock fell down and sank into the boundless seabed.

It might hit a wrecked silver sedan and a completely mangled body.

Hiroyuki Kanaya is still sleeping there.

With the help of the light behind him, Hattori moved closer to the cliff and quickly determined the location where the car had flown out. The rock that originally had only some cracks had completely fallen off, as if a large piece had collapsed.

Haibara Ai also looked around and finally found something familiar among the layers of weeds.

It had no edges or corners, but it cut off a small piece of dead grass and inserted itself obliquely into the moist soil.

Just as he wrapped it in a handkerchief and picked it up, two heads, one big and one small, quickly came over.

"Haibara-san, what did you find?" Conan's flashlight quickly shone over.

It was a playing card. Queen Akinni on the card looked dignified and elegant, holding a rose in her hand. The pattern on the back was familiar to everyone.

"I found this deck of cards in the garage." Hattori Heiji added, "This should be one of them."

He couldn't be sure of the number of cards that had been completely burned, but he couldn't mistake the pattern.

"Was it left by Sister Li An? Why is it here?"

"do not know."

"Wait, I just saw that there is something else there."

There were layers of dark clouds in the distance and seagulls were screaming in the low altitude.

They hide in the crevices of rocks by the sea, waiting for the storm to come.