Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1396: The Dark Mysterious Train (Case)

"I'm coming!"

The bespectacled conductor glanced at the indicator lights on each room and immediately confirmed that the room being called was Room E at the end of the carriage.

He quickly ran from the front to the back of the car, turned off the indicator light first, and then knocked on the door.

"Ms. Izumi?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a woman in the room opened the door, came up and angrily said to the conductor: "I said, can't you think of a solution?"

"Thinking about what?"

“It’s a sound!”

The woman named "Izubo" pinched her waist, raised her eyebrows and said angrily: "There have been strange noises in my room!"

"Sound? But I didn't hear it..."

The conductor tried to talk back, but the woman scolded him even more arrogantly, "There was a strange noise just now. Do you think I'm lying?"

"No, there is absolutely no such thing..." The conductor quickly stepped back to defend himself.

At this moment, a "beeping" sound was heard in the room. Although it was faint, it was indeed worth discussing.

"Did you hear it this time? It's this sound!"

"Indeed... I think someone might have left a phone or something in the room?"

As he was speaking, the conductor was about to walk into the room to check.

But Chubo immediately pushed him out the door, "Don't just come in, I'll find it myself!"

"And what I want to say is why didn't I notice someone left the phone in my room before I left?"

"Well, I'm so sorry..."

The conductor could only scratch his head and apologize.

At the same time, in a room in the middle of the carriage, a man with glasses and a moustache came out and asked, "Um...what happened?"

At the corner of carriage A, Suzuki Sonoko, Mao Li Ran and Sera also happened to walk over.

In the dim corridor, Yuanzi glanced at the other people in the corridor, then went straight to Room B and knocked on the door.

"Here we are, this is our room."

Yuanzi knocked on the door and said, "Hey, uncle, the trap you set has been solved..."

"Come out quickly and explain it to everyone!"

However, no one answered in the room.

Yuanzi drooped her eyelids and complained, "Damn it, could it be that he fell asleep in our room?"

As he said that, Yuanzi reached out to pull the door handle.

The door was not locked, but after I opened it 10cm, it stopped abruptly.

It turned out that the door was still tied with a security chain and could not be completely opened.

Yuanzi cast his eyes through the crack in the door and unhappily scolded the fat man sitting on the chair, "Uncle, don't sleep there!"

"Unlock the door quickly and give us back the room!"

Seeing this, Xiaolan, who was behind, asked what was going on.

Yuanzi replied nonchalantly: "I saw that uncle sleeping on the sofa, with a lot of blood on his temple. He looked like he was dead..."

"I guess it must be another mystery game puzzle?"

Sonoko did not realize the seriousness of the problem, but when Conan and Sera Masumi heard it, their expressions were immediately stunned and their eyes became serious.

The two of them immediately rushed to the front of the garden and looked at the situation inside the carriage.

Just as Sonoko said, the fat passenger was sitting on the sofa, bleeding from the right temple and holding a silenced pistol in his right hand.

However, Conan, who had an extremely sensitive sense of smell, smelled gunpowder in the room.

If it was acting, it wouldn't go to this extent.

"Something's wrong! Open the door!"

Conan shouted with a serious look on his face, and Sera immediately understood.

The two of them, one on top and one on the bottom, counted down to three and then exerted force at the same time.

Bang!
The anti-theft chain broke, and two people rushed into the room one after the other.

Taking advantage of his height, Shira felt the pulse on his neck and then opened his eyelids to check the state of his pupils.

"No, he is really dead..."

"what?!"

Hearing this, the Junior Detective Team, Mao Yuan and others at the door were so shocked that they took a step back.

Conan checked the condition of the pistol and found that it was a real gun, the safety bolt was on, and the model was a Makarov pistol.

Looking back at the status of the anti-hotlink function, it was indeed up just now.

In other words, this was completely a closed-room murder case.

Standing at the door, Haibara Ai looked at the corpses in the room and was no longer surprised.

Just when she wanted to ask if she could call the police, she suddenly felt a pair of eyes staring at her.

This sudden palpitation made cold sweat break out on her forehead, and her head subconsciously turned in the direction of her sight.

But at this moment, the train just drove out of the tunnel.

Bright natural light shone in from the car window, instantly lighting up the dim corridor.

All Haibara Ai saw was a flash of white light.

When my eyes gradually adjusted to the brightness, I saw that there were still a few people standing in the corridor.

Several people came over together, including the man who had just vented his dissatisfaction, as well as the sanitation worker Hu who came to check the corridor and the conductor.

There were also an old lady and a maid who happened to open the door to check on the situation.

At the same time, on the other side of Haibara Ai, a burly man with a beard also walked out of the A car next door.

Huibara Ai looked helplessly to both sides, and tall figures were slowly approaching her.

Before I knew it, I was surrounded by so many strangers!

Emotions such as tension, anxiety, and fear are intertwined and constantly attack that fragile little heart.

At this time, Mao Lilan was concentrating on looking at the tragic state of the corpse in the room, when suddenly the hem of her clothes felt tight.

Turning his head to look down, he saw Huibara Ai standing timidly behind him, her eyes wide open, and her two little hands tightly grasping her clothes.

"Ai, what's wrong?" Ran Mouri asked softly.

But Haibara Ai just stared with her eyes wide open, waiting for her fate like a lamb to be slaughtered.

"Hey, why are you so noisy?"

"What happened?"

The man in Room A walked out of the room, closed the door, and came over to ask Mao Lilan and others.

People on the other side also came over in groups, asking if the reasoning puzzle had already begun.

At this time, Sera walked out of the room and said that the man in the room was dead.

"what?!"

Several passengers in Carriage 8 stood at the door and saw that the man was indeed lying on the seat, dead as hell.

"Murohashi!"

"How is this going?!"

The man with the moustache was about to step into the room when Conan, who was standing next to the corpse, shouted at him.

"Don't come in!"

"This is a crime scene now, no one is allowed to come in!"

Conan subconsciously protected the scene, like a puppy protecting its food, which scared the people at the door.

But Conan knew that he couldn't protect the scene by himself, so he turned to Mao Lilan and said, "Sister Xiaolan, go find Uncle Mao Li and ask him to come here quickly..."

Conan knew that the passengers in car No. 8 had all seen Mouri Kogoro before getting on the train, so mentioning Mouri Kogoro's name would definitely be able to intimidate these people.

But Mao Lilan was a little hesitant at this time, because Haibara Ai was still holding the corner of her clothes. "Ai, are you feeling unwell?"

"How about I take you back to your room to rest?"

However, Haibara Ai still stared with her eyes wide open, not daring to say a word.

At this moment, she didn't even dare to make the slightest movement like raising her head, for fear that if she raised her head a little, she would meet the gazes that were circling her like a vulture.

That's the gaze from the organization members!
Members of the organization are nearby!

In this carriage!
"Little girl, why don't you take this little girl back to her room to get some rest while I go find Detective Maori."

Mao Lilan turned her head and found that the person who was speaking was a burly man who had just come out of Room A.

"But……"

Mao Lilan still looked a little embarrassed, but the man spoke to dispel her concerns.

"In fact, I saw the detective in the dining car just now. I guess he is still there now..."

Hearing this, Mao Lilan could only nod.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you then."

The man turned and left.

And Haibara Ai looked at the man's departing back nervously, her eyes full of vigilance.

Anyone who comes over to talk to you at this time may be a member of the organization.

He took the initiative to ask to find Kogoro Mouri. Was he trying to attract me over?
The dining car of this train is in the middle of the train, between carriages 4 and 5.

If I want to return to Dr. Agasa's room in carriage No. 6 at this time, I will inevitably overlap with this man's movement route.

Maybe he's lying in ambush in the corridor ahead...

Thinking of this, Haibara Ai grabbed the corner of Mouri Ran's clothes tightly, not wanting her to pass.

But Mao Lilan suddenly bent down and hugged Haibara Ai in her arms.

"Eh?"

When Haibara Ai felt the warmth, her expression was stunned.

Mao Lilan smiled and said, "You are too tired to walk, right? I will carry you back to your room to rest..."

Mao Lilan misunderstood what Haibara Ai meant. She thought that the latter was holding her tightly and wanted her to hug her, but she was shy by nature and was too embarrassed to ask for help.

In the arms of Ran Mouri, Haibara Ai came to the next carriage No. 7.

The carriage was empty.

However, carriage No. 6 is still ahead, and we need to pass through a corner carriage connection.

The man just now might be lying in ambush at the junction ahead...

Thinking of this, Haibara Ai clenched her hands in front of her chest, as nervous as a frightened kitten.

But when Mao Lilan carried her to the connection between the carriages, there was no one there.

The front carriage No. 6 was also empty.

Eh?
Haibara Ai was stunned and looked around in confusion.

At this time, Mao Lilan knocked on the door of the carriage room of Room D, and Professor Agasa opened the door to greet her.

Dr. Agasa thought that the children had come back after solving the mystery, but instead he saw Ran Mouri holding Haibara Ai.

"Xiaolan, what's wrong?"

"It seems that the child was tired from running just now, so I brought her back to rest."

"Oh..." Dr. Agasa stepped aside and asked, "What about the others?"

"A murder just happened in Carriage 8, Conan and the others are still staying in Carriage 8..."

While explaining, Mao Lilan carried Haibara Ai into the room.

Bang.

The car door was closed and there was no more sound in the corridor.

At the connection between Carriage No. 6 and Carriage No. 5, a figure was standing against the wall. He was the burly man who had volunteered to look for Kogoro Mouri.

But his real identity is actually Qin Zhibo in disguise.

Qin Zhibo was relieved only after confirming that Haibara Ai had been sent back to her room.

I saw that Haibara Ai was frightened by the atmosphere just now and had a stress reaction, so I kindly asked Mouri Ran to take her back to her room.

As a result, even I was considered as someone with bad intentions...

Qin Zhibo shook his head helplessly, turned around and continued walking towards the dining car.

Passing through carriage 5 is the dining car between carriages 4 and 5.

There were not many people in the dining car at this time. Qin Zhibo took a glance and saw Kogoro Mouri sitting in the corner tasting red wine alone.

Kogoro Mouri has an exaggerated spiral mustache under his nose, as if he is cosplaying as detective Poirot from Agatha Christie's novels.

Qin Zhibo walked up to him and said calmly: "Mr. Mao Li, your daughter asked me to pass a message to you..."

"Ah? Xiaolan?" Kogoro Mouri was stunned for a moment and put down the red wine glass in his hand.

Qin Zhibo leaned close to his ear and told him about the murder that had occurred in the carriage.

"what?"

"Take me there quickly!"

……

In carriage No. 8, the people gathered in the corridor had not left yet.

The conductor reported the incident to his superiors and notified the entire train that all passengers were not allowed to leave their rooms unless necessary.

Conan quickly inspected the scene before Kogoro Mouri arrived, so as to avoid being kicked out later.

Qin Zhibo is not here this time, so there is no one to provide shelter for me...

After a brief autopsy, Conan determined that this was definitely a homicide.

Although the pistol was in the deceased's hand, and the temple is where suicide victims often shoot themselves.

However, there were no burn marks on the temple, indicating that the gun was not fired against the skin.

This pistol is equipped with a silencer barrel and has a longer gun body.

If the silencer barrel is deliberately held away from the skin, the gun-holding posture will be more strenuous, which is unnecessary for a suicidal person.

There was also a bullet hole on the sofa seat opposite the body.

This bullet hole was obviously created by firing a gun so that the cuffs of the corpse would also be stained with gunpowder.

But how did the murderer set up this room as a secret room?

The anti-theft chain on the door was clearly in the locked state...

Conan was holding his chin up in thought when a head suddenly came up to him.

"Conan, what do you think?"

Feeling the breeze blowing past his ears, Conan subconsciously shrank his neck and quickly turned his head to look to the side.

"Sister Sera...what do you think?"

"It's just a case. What do you think?"

"I……"

Conan suddenly revealed an innocent smile, "I see with my eyes~"

Hearing this answer, Sera's eyelids drooped instantly and she pouted, looking very dissatisfied.

Conan could only continue to smile foolishly, thinking to himself: What answer does this guy want from me?

Just then, a man's confident voice came from the corner of the corridor.

"You don't need to worry at all..."

"I, the famous detective Maori Bolang, will definitely uncover the truth of this Suzuki Express train murder case in a spectacular way!"

(End of this chapter)