Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1408 The Mystery of the Disappearance of Vampires

"That's right, normally at this time he should already be picking and choosing the food..." The youngest girl with glasses sitting next to them also agreed.

"That's it..." The pretty boy turned to look at Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha who were concentrating on eating, "Although I'm a little embarrassed, could you two go and wake him up?"

Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha were also stunned, "Huh? Are you asking us to go?"

The pretty boy didn't respond, but directly told the two the location of the room.

The old woman next to the pretty boy also smiled mischievously, saying, "Yes, if a young girl goes to wake him up, Pomi will probably be very happy..."

After saying this, the old woman and the pretty boy gave him a meaningful look, and everyone else in the family was also laughing.

Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha looked at each other, also with confusion on their faces, not understanding what these looks meant.

And is it normal for someone to ask guests to help with this kind of thing?
But after all, they were here to visit, and the guests should follow the host's wishes. The two girls could only put down their knives and forks and leave the table.

……

In the forest, a red Mustang sports car is speeding on the forest road.

In the darkness, only the cone-shaped area in front was illuminated by the light, reflecting a pale yellow light, and on both sides were forests with lush vegetation.

In the dark and deep forest, the rustling of leaves and the cries of wild animals could be heard from time to time.

According to the development of general horror movies, what will happen next is that a deer suddenly jumps out of the woods and is hit and killed by my car, right?

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo gripped the steering wheel tightly with both hands, stared at the edge of the forest, and was ready to step on the brakes at any time.

But this worry is unnecessary.

Until the villa stood before them, no animal came to attack them.

Under the sky covered by night, every window of the Western-style house standing on the top of the mountain is lit, like a fortress of light in the darkness.

Qin Zhibo took advantage of the light from the building and walked around the parking area in front of the villa, and found an empty parking space.

He parked the car, opened the door and got out, glancing at the other cars parked in the parking lot.

This is the parking space for guests from outside. The parking space for the residents of this villa is probably behind the villa.

Judging from the other two cars parked in the parking space, the family probably hired a lawyer or something.

After all, it is the distribution of inheritance, so a lawyer is definitely needed to act as a notary.

Or maybe there's also the illegitimate child that the old woman is worried about...

Qin Zhibo walked around from the parking area to the main entrance.

Before knocking on the door, he checked the time again, and it was exactly 7:00.

If you follow the requirements of the main quest, knocking on the door now should be considered an "Interview with the Vampire".

Just as he was about to knock on the door, a scream suddenly broke out in the silent night.

"what--!"

Qin Zhibo's ears trembled in response, and then he immediately reacted and turned to look in the direction where the scream came from.

The sound came from the left, but not from the left side of the yard, but inside the building.

Am I late?

In order to save time, Qin Zhibo ran directly towards the window where the sound came from.

……

"what--!"

Inside the building, the screams of Mouri Ran and Toyama Kazuha reached the maximum decibel level, which scared everyone who was eating in the restaurant on the first floor and made them look up suddenly.

Conan and Hattori Heiji immediately recognized who the scream came from, and they were the first to throw away the knives and forks in their hands and ran towards the door.

Kogoro Mori and Officer Otaki followed closely behind.

The three of them quickly climbed up the stairs and came to the corridor on the second floor. They turned their heads and continued to run towards the room that the pretty boy had just pointed out.

When they ran to the door of the room, they found Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha collapsed to the ground in fear.

"What's wrong! What happened?" Hattori Heiji shouted.

The two girls looked frightened. They turned around to look at Hattori Heiji and pointed tremblingly at a coffin in front of them.

"Uncle, uncle is in here..."

It was Ran Maoli, who had more experience, who organized the words and explained half of the matter.

As for the other half, it’s not hard to tell from her expression.

Hattori Heiji's expression tensed for a moment, and he quickly stepped forward to lift the coffin lid.

But no matter how hard he tried to lift the coffin lid, the lid, which didn't look thick, didn't move at all.

Seeing that his good friend was not doing anything, Conan thought that he didn't have enough strength, so he quickly stepped forward to lend a hand.

However, even though the two of them used all their strength, the coffin lid remained motionless.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri and Officer Otaki also rolled up their sleeves and prepared to step forward to lend a hand.

The Inakura family stood at the door and watched the show, laughing and joking, "Maybe he fell asleep in there?"

"He said that he would have to go into a coffin after he died anyway, so he might as well get used to it now. So he has been using it as a bed recently..."

When Yuanshan Heye heard that these people didn't take it seriously, he quickly explained: "I saw that his whole body was covered in blood, and there was a wooden stake stabbed in his chest!"

Torakura Jiro: "You're covered in blood?"

Inakura Sannan: "Brother, didn't he take his joke a little too far?"

"This is not a joke! Uncle is really dead!"

Everyone's nonchalant attitude made the usually gentle Mao Li Ran couldn't help but scream out.

Next to the coffin, even though Kogoro Mori, Officer Otaki, Heiji Hattori, and Conan worked together and their veins were exposed, they were still unable to open the coffin lid.

How is this going?

When Conan was wondering if he was applying force in the wrong direction, the lid of the coffin suddenly trembled and opened.

Ok?
Kogoro Mouri thought that he had pushed the lid, so he quickly opened it.

But there was a burgundy cushion in the coffin, and apart from that, there was no human figure.

"How is this possible!" Yuanshan Heye screamed when he saw inside.

Conan turned around and asked Mao Lilan gently, "Sister Xiaolan, did you really see that uncle lying in here?"

"Yeah." Mao Lilan nodded, "He was really in there just now..."

Hearing this, Hattori Heiji and Conan turned around and continued to stare at the empty coffin, their eyes full of doubt and confusion.

Could it be that he really disappeared suddenly like a vampire?
Benedict.

Tap, tap...

Just when everyone was silent, the sound of knocking on glass was suddenly heard in the corridor.

The people from the Tonkura family who were standing in the corridor outside the room turned around and looked at the window behind them, only to see a figure lying outside the window in a strange manner, constantly knocking on the glass.

"what!"

"There's someone outside!"

The girl with glasses standing at the back was startled and quickly hid backwards.

When everyone saw the figure outside the window, especially since the "disappearance of the body incident" had just happened, they were scared by the horrible atmosphere and moved away from the window.

"what happened!?"

Hattori Heiji and Conan in the room also rushed out of the room and looked at the glass window facing the door. They saw the reflection on the window blending with the figure outside the window, which gave them an indescribable sense of horror.

But there was no doubt that it was a person lying outside the window.

Hattori Heiji walked to the window, put his face against the glass and looked carefully, only to find that the person outside the window was also looking inside in the same way.

The two looked at each other and were silent for two seconds.

"Uncle Qin!"

Hattori Heiji opened the window, removing the filter from the window, and everyone could see the person clearly.

It turned out to be Qin Zhibo.

Qin Zhibo also looked at the familiar faces in the corridor, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

This is really fate...

……

"Uncle, why are you here?"

Hattori Heiji stuck his head out and looked out the window, and found that there was a protruding small room in the open space on the first floor outside the window. Qin Zhibo had to step on the roof of that room to stand in front of the window on the second floor.

Qin Zhibo patted the dust off his clothes and explained, "I was also entrusted by someone to come here to witness the inheritance distribution ceremony."

When Conan heard this, he remembered that the heavyweight guest that the eldest daughter of the Tora family mentioned was Qin Zhibo.

"But you're here too late, aren't you? It's already night..." Conan drooped his eyes and complained lightly.

Qin Zhibo rubbed Conan's head and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, good food is never too late, right?"

"And it looks like I've arrived just in time..."

Qin Zhibo learned about what had just happened and walked over to the coffin to check.

At this time, the coffin lid was supporting the open windowsill, and there was no one on the red cushion inside, and there was no corpse as Mao Lilan mentioned.

However, Qin Zhibo only took a quick glance and found that there was a small amount of red liquid on the hardware connecting the coffin lid and the coffin.

"I'm not lying! The uncle was lying in the coffin with a wooden stake stuck in his chest!"

"He was covered in blood, wearing a black cape, and had pointy ears and teeth!"

"Just like the legendary vampire Count Dracula!"

Recalling the scene in their minds, Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuha still looked nervous and uneasy.

At this time, Torakura Jiro, who was standing at the door, held his chin high and recalled: "So, my brother seemed to have been given such a nickname when he was a child..."

The second man's wife raised her lips and said, "That's because his name is Torakura Sakuya, so he is called 'Count Dracula'. It is indeed a nickname that only children would make up."

Torakura Sakuya, the Japanese pronunciation is very close to Count Dracula.

This reminded Qin Zhibo of a case related to the Dracula vampire that he had encountered before. The man's surname was Torakura.

In fact, whether it is Tokura or Torakura, they are similar to the word "Dracula".

At this time, the bespectacled woman standing behind added: "But the nickname doesn't come entirely from the name. If we trace the history of the ancestors of the Tora-kura family..."

The old woman also agreed, "Plus, Hakomi has recently shown several strange behaviors that are not like those of a human. Maybe he has really been possessed by some strange thing, such as a vampire..."

Just then, Qin Zhibo stood up from in front of the coffin and interrupted.

"Whether Mr. Tora is a human or a ghost, it is certain that he was still lying in this coffin until just now."

"Look, there's still traces of his blood on this piece of hardware."

Qin Zhibo raised his finger and pointed over there. Conan and the others looked over there and discovered the bloodstain that was not easily noticeable.

"That's true!"

Officer Otaki took a closer look and found that the bloodstains were indeed similar to those often seen at murder scenes.

Qin Zhibo reached out and touched the edge of the gap between the coffin board and the lining, and said, "There are some mechanisms in this place..."

In Qin Zhibo's field of vision, he can see the investigation point inside the gap.

【Topographic Survey√】

[An electromagnet is installed in the gap]

"There is an electromagnet installed at the place I touched, and it should be able to attract this area on the edge of the coffin lid."

"The coffin can be made unopenable at any time by using a remote control."

"This should be the reason why you couldn't open the coffin at the beginning..."

what?
Conan and Hattori Heiji were shocked and quickly squatted down to check. Sure enough, they found a thin layer between the gaps of the coffin lids.

This interlayer surrounds the coffin. If it is made of electromagnets, the suction force generated can indeed resist the pulling force of three and a half people.

"But if it's a remote control, then it means at least someone needs to hold it to control it..."

Maori Kogoro held his chin in his hand and asked in confusion: "If the person in the coffin was already dead at that time, who would be controlling the remote control?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Conan and Hattori Heiji turned their suspicious eyes to the people from the Torakan family behind them.

Obviously, when something like this happens, these people in the family will be the first to be suspected.

But Qin Zhibo looked at the bottom of the coffin with suspicion.

If we look at this as a traditional case, these people should indeed be the murderers.

But according to the description of the main quest, the owner of this mansion is most likely a real vampire.

It is absolutely impossible to kill a vampire easily.

Although Mao Lilan said that a wooden stake was nailed to the heart, and wooden stakes are the nemesis of vampires, this actually shows that the murderer may have known the vampire identity of the owner of the villa and took action based on this.

Then this person might also know the secret of vampires...

It’s just that the “corpse” disappeared from the coffin, which reminds people of one of the abilities of vampires - shape-shifting.

Just then, the pretty boy at the door and Torakura Sannan started arguing again.

Tokura Sannan was dissatisfied with the pretty boy for treating his elder brother as a monster, and angrily grabbed the pretty boy's tie and questioned him.

The pretty boy was still talking nonsense, and he smiled as if he deserved a beating: "I'm not the only one who thinks this way, am I?"

"Right? Mr. Butler, didn't you invite these people here because you had the same idea as me?"

At this time, Butler Koga also rushed over after hearing the news and stood in the corridor.

"Yes, because the master's recent abnormal behavior is too strange, so I rashly invited Mr. Detective to attend this inheritance distribution meeting."

Everyone in the Torakan family was stunned, "Detective?"

Officer Otaki came out and introduced himself, and also revealed Kogoro Mouri's identity as a famous detective.

"Hello everyone, I am the sleeping Maori Kogoro~"

Everyone looked at Kogoro Mori in surprise, obviously they had heard of this name to some extent.

At this time, the girl with glasses turned her head and looked at Qin Zhibo who was standing in front of the coffin, and asked: "Who is this man? It seems that his reasoning ability is even stronger..."

Kogoro Maori pouted in displeasure.

Hearing this, Qin Zhibo turned around and introduced himself with a smile.

"Hello everyone, my name is Qin Zhibo, and I'm a detective."

Conan's face is black...

This guy stole my lines.