Conan: I can hear the murderer's voice

Hesitate again and again!

Conan sets out to catch up!

Inside the fireplace.

The dark and narrow corridor was illuminated by the kerosene lamp held by the old woman.

The woman didn't notice Conan behind her.

After walking a few steps, he stopped.

And under her feet was a corpse with only a skeleton left!

Judging from the degree of weathering, the body has been dead for at least a year!

hiss!

Conan took a deep breath.

Lin Xuan’s warning flashed through my mind!

He regretted it!

This woman turned out to be a murderer!

The fireplace was closed and the aisle was flat! Once the woman turned back, he would have no way to retreat!

【Take a gamble? Turn on the fireplace?】

This thought popped into Conan's mind.

Without hesitation, he turned and ran towards the fireplace!

brush!

The light source exposed him instantly!

The woman shone a lantern over and her face was filled with shock!

Subsequently.

Gritting his teeth, he walked towards this side quickly!

Because she often uses a wheelchair, she walks with a limp, but her speed is not slow!

The weird walking posture, and the face illuminated from bottom to top by the kerosene lamp in his hand!

The whole thing is like a messenger from hell!

[Damn it! I can’t push it open! ]

In front of the fireplace!

Conan raised both hands.

But he was too small to push the stone arched fireplace!

but.

The lights are just around the corner!

Conan glanced back!

A distorted face looked down at him coldly.

The old woman showed no expression, but it was as if she was telling Conan to keep running.

[Am I really going to die? ]

This thought flashed through my mind like an electric current!

Conan is completely desperate!

The fireplace could not hear any noise from outside.

No matter how he screamed, no one would hear him.

[I should have listened to that guy earlier! ]

[He must have figured out that this woman had killed someone before! ]

however.

It's too late to regret.

boom!

The stick fell down with a whistling sound.

……

"Senior, have you seen Conan?"

Corridor on the second floor.

In front of Lin Xuan's gate.

Xiaolan looked worried.

"I just got up to go to the bathroom and saw his door was open. I went in and saw that he was gone."

Lin Xuan sighed.

It seems that Kudo Shinichi is still not convinced and goes to find the old woman alone.

"I should know where he is. Go and get everyone else to come to the hall."

"Oh, by the way, go call the gardener first!"

Lin Xuan glanced at the gardener's bedroom on the first floor.

He and the old woman were not on the same floor.

Looks like dementia, but the only one who won't hurt them.

Although Xiaolan didn't understand Lin Xuan's arrangement, she nodded, did as he said, and turned around and ran downstairs.

Lin Xuan put on his clothes and went to the woman's room.

The door is wide open.

There was no one inside.

really.

Lin Xuan turned around and went downstairs.

restaurant.

The gardener and the homeowner came despite their sleepiness.

"I heard that the child is missing? Could he have lost his way in the castle?"

The homeowner said, yawning.

"After all, some people have gotten lost in the castle before, but they usually find the exit after daybreak."

Lin Xuan shook his head.

"Just stay in the hall and don't go anywhere. If you see that woman, control her!"

"Are we really going to stay here?"

Watching Lin Xuan’s back gradually disappear.

The homeowner rubbed his blurry eyes.

"If you ask me, it's just that kid who got lost. There are at least dozens of rooms in the castle, so it's normal for him to get lost!"

"When the sun shines in during the day, he should be able to find his way back."

"No! I really can't take it anymore! I want to go back to sleep!"

The homeowner ignored Xiaolan's attempts to stop him and went back upstairs to sleep alone.

Xiaolan's face turned pale and she became more and more frightened.

She looked towards the gardener at the end of the restaurant.

Even more scared!

The gardener stared at somewhere and grinned like a fool. If it weren't for Lin Xuan's request, Xiaolan wouldn't have wanted to stay for even a second!

[Why is she staring at me nervously? Am I that scary? I've tried my best to act stupid! ]

[Forget it, I'll go to that woman's room and take a look. Maybe I can find some clues! ]

The gardener abandoned Xiaolan.

He went upstairs while grinning foolishly.

Xiaolan didn't even dare to stop him.

"How about I go up too?"

The lights in the restaurant were on.

Nor anyone else.

But Xiaolan felt more and more frightened.

It was as if someone was hiding in the dark and watching her.

squeak...

squeak...

A series of intermittent, subtle sounds were heard.

Like the sound of stones rubbing against the floor.

Xiaolan's hair stood on end!

The sound was in the restaurant.

But look around.

The surroundings were as quiet as usual.

"That is?"

soon.

Xiaolan's gaze stopped.

The fireplace at the back of the restaurant is tilted like a door.

"Conan?"

Xiaolan stood up tentatively.

I actually heard Conan's voice.

"okokokok……"

"Conan!"

When she heard Conan's voice, Xiaolan quickened her pace and came to the fireplace.

but.

Xiaolan was still cautious and looked inside first.

In the endless corridor, Conan was struggling with his hands and feet tied up.

There was a kerosene lamp next to him, which was enough to illuminate the corridor.

There's no one else hiding inside!

Xiaolan felt relieved and rushed into the aisle!

however.

Just as her back foot entered.

Snapped!

The fireplace was slammed shut!

Behind the fireplace mechanism, a figure appeared!

Xiaolan didn't have time to react.

He was knocked unconscious by a stick.

Before falling.

Xiaolan thought of Shinichi.

[Shinichi... where are you...]

……

Outside the fireplace!

What about people?

Lin Xuan looked at the empty restaurant, confused.

The group is destroyed?

Boom boom boom!

upstairs.

There was movement coming from the old woman’s room!

Lin Xuan hurried upstairs.

The old woman's door was open.

The gardener was rummaging through the boxes.

"who!"

The gardener was concentrating on his studies when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him. Before he could turn around, a hand was on his shoulder!

He was frightened beyond recognition.

Turn around sharply.

Lin Xuan was sighing.

The gardener breathed a sigh of relief. Just when he was worrying that he had no chance to tell him everything, Lin Xuan appeared.

Open your mouth.

But he didn't speak yet.

Lin Xuan first spoke:

"I know you're here to avenge your daughter."

The gardener's face changed drastically.

It's completely different when he says it and when you hear it from others!

"I know what you want to say! You suspect the old woman set fire to the castle, right?"

Lin Xuan continued.

The gardener was full of thoughts.

[No one in this world knows my identity! Why did he... But he is right! That old woman is the murderer! ]

The gardener's fingers trembled, and a passport jumped with the light!

[The passport is the evidence! She is an old lady in a wheelchair! She actually went to Korea just three months ago! ]

Lin Xuan nodded.

"I think so."

[No? Did I speak? ]

The gardener was confused.

In a trance.

I even felt like I was acting a fool to the point of schizophrenia!

"What are you doing?"

Outside.

A clear and hoarse female voice came.

The old woman sat in a wheelchair, looking at the house in confusion.

Lin Xuan turned around, his tone indifferent.

"No need to act. Where did you take those two people?"

"I don't know what you're talking about."

The old woman frowned, and the lines on her already wrinkled face became even more distinct!