Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 1416 The Secret of the Vampire
"Piercing... Daimyo?"

Xiaoguang stared in horror, subconsciously repeating this word that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

Conan, who was standing next to Qin Zhibo, stared at the figure under the shadow of the kerosene lamp, his mind highly concentrated, not daring to relax at all.

Is that a real... vampire?

When he heard the answer from Qin Zhibo for the first time, he was also shocked.

Because he thought that the so-called vampire was the Torakura Sakuya who had been disappearing.

In fact, even Qin Zhibo thought so before he looked into her eyes on the cliff.

Qin Zhibo stood in the passage at the exit of the cave, his slightly narrowed eyes sweeping over the man's head under the light.

[Name: Tora-kura Sukemori]

【Sex: Male】

【Age: 178】

……

It was when Qin Zhibo saw this information that he realized that the person he was tracking was not Inakura Sakumi.

This is why the locating spell sometimes works and sometimes produces no results.

Although Torakura Sukemori looks very similar to Torakura Sakuya, he is at least twenty years older in appearance.

"If I'm not mistaken, you are the third generation head of the Tonkura family in the black and white photo displayed in the Tonkura family's photo studio..."

Facing Qin Zhibo's questioning, Tora Kura paused for two seconds and replied in a deep voice: "Yes."

"That photo was taken almost 100 years ago..."

Qin Zhibo nodded and continued, "The person in the photo looks very similar to Inakura Sakoya, but he doesn't look like anyone else in the Inakura family, so I have some doubts..."

Upon hearing this, Conan suddenly remembered that he had seen that photo in the photo studio, but had ignored it.

But Qin Zhibo remembered this important clue.

"The reason why the other members of the Torakura family don't look like the people in the photo is because they are not real descendants of the Torakura family."

"Only Torakura Sakuya is your biological son, the one that the legendary 'Piercing Daimyo' gave birth to with great difficulty."

The figure under the lamp swayed, then sat on the seat next to him. He seemed tired and gasped heavily.

"You are right. Only Pokémon is my biological son..."

"As for the others, they were all adopted by Hakumiya over the years... Strictly speaking, they are all Hakumiya's children."

Hearing this, Conan's mind exploded.

This huge amount of information was too much for him to accept for a while. How could brothers and sisters become the relationship between father and children?
Another person who couldn't accept this was Maid Xiaoguang.

She widened her eyes in shock and murmured foolishly, "This is impossible..."

Torako's eyes dropped to Hikaru who was sitting on the ground like a duck, and he said calmly, "This is true."

"Hokiya is a very kind child. He longs to form a normal family like humans, instead of living alone."

"Vampires are almost infertile, so he adopted some children, took care of them until they grew up, and then became one of them to continue this bond."

"But it was this kindness that ultimately killed the woman he loved most in his life..."

"It almost killed his only biological child..."

"That means you, Hikaru."

Tora Kōsuke looked at Xiaoguang, and a faint warmth emanated from his cold and pale pupils.

Xiaoguang stared blankly, feeling extremely conflicted for a moment.

On the one hand, she was afraid of the existence of men and the so-called "vampires".

On the other hand, she longed to know her own life experience and why she was born into this world.

These two thoughts made her unable to do anything for a while, and she could only sit there blankly.

At this time, Qin Zhibo spoke softly, breaking the silent atmosphere.

"I think at this point, you should tell me everything you know."

"Ms. Xiaoguang should also have the right to know about this..."

Torakura Keimoru looked at Xiaoguang, saw a hint of desire flashing in his widened pupils, and nodded in agreement.

"Well, I'll tell you the story that happened to me..."

"I think you all know from the legends what happened before I became the 'Piercing Daimyo', so I won't go into details."

"I'll start from then on..."

Next, Torakura Sukemori talked about his own story.

"After the incident of piercing the daimyo, I stopped trusting anyone and dismissed most of my subordinates and servants."

"With the end of the Edo period and the beginning of the Meiji era, I sold off my family's old assets, became a new noble, and raised Hashimiya."

"One of the characteristics of vampires is that the more blood they suck, the stronger their abilities become, but the negative effects that come with it also become greater."

"I became increasingly afraid of the sun's ultraviolet rays, until I couldn't go out during the day at all."

"In order to solve the negative effects of vampires, Hakoya became a doctor and later opened a hospital specializing in the treatment of various blood diseases."

"However, most human blood diseases are incurable and terminal illnesses, and many patients eventually die in the hospital."

"So, Hakiya began to adopt orphans who had died in the hospital and had no one to take care of them since birth, and acted as their biological father."

"Until one day 27 years ago, a woman came to Hakumiya's hospital."

"The woman was suffering from chronic renal failure, which was already in the advanced stage. Her husband disappeared because he did not want to bear the endless medical expenses and the sky-high surgery fees."

"But the woman has an optimistic personality and doesn't seem to be troubled by her situation. She still greets Hakumiya with a smile every day."

"The woman's cheerful personality infected Hakumiya, so Hakumiya paid for all of the woman's medical expenses."

"Later, the hospital found a suitable kidney source, and after the woman completed the transplant surgery and recovered and was discharged from the hospital, Pomi and the woman naturally became husband and wife."

"However, in order not to affect other children in the family, their relationship was not made public at first."

"Until one day, the woman miraculously became pregnant..."

At this point, Tora-Kura's voice trembled slightly. "The fertility of vampires is close to zero. Vampires cannot reproduce with other vampires, and the probability of reproduction between vampires and humans is also close to zero."

"But Hakoya has created a miracle just like I did back then."

"But in order to protect the child and prevent the child from knowing the truth that his biological father is actually a vampire, Po Ya did not take the child with him. Instead, he left the child with his biological mother to raise him well."

"It was not until the child grew up and had enough self-protection ability that Hakoya recognized the child."

"That child is you, Hikaru."

Torakura Keshou bent down, put his face close to Xiaoguang, and stared carefully into those still somewhat confused eyes.

"Although I haven't met your mother very often, you do look a lot like her, especially your eyes..."

Torakura sat back in his chair and continued, "Although your mother had a kidney transplant and has lived for more than 20 years, it was not her own organ, so the disease eventually recurred."

"As a last resort, I had to transform your mother into a vampire so that she could continue to live."

"Your mother also made a three-article agreement with Pomi. The two agreed to never drink human blood again and to live only on animal blood."

"Two years ago, you had a sudden illness and stayed in Hakumiya's hospital. Hakumiya performed the surgery on you personally."

"Your surgery was successful at that time, but the other adopted sons in the family were worried that your mother's existence would take away all the inheritance, so they asked the maid named 'Qingshui' to tell your mother that you were critically ill."

"Your mother was extremely worried and had a car accident on the way to the hospital that night..."

"After your mother passed away, although Hakoya was heartbroken, he still had you as his pillar of support."

"Until half a year ago, the maid named 'Shimizu' found Hakumiya privately and said that she knew the secret that Hakumiya was a vampire. She hoped that Hakumiya would transform herself into a vampire, otherwise she would tell the secret to others."

"In order to save her own life, she also spread the word to other servants, saying that she had discovered some secrets about Hakumiya, saying, 'If she dies, the murderer will be Hakumiya'..."

"But she didn't know that vampires have the ability to read minds. As long as the target is frightened, they can forcibly read part of the target's memory."

"Hakuya read Shimizu's memory and found out that the car accident two years ago was planned by those adopted sons together with her."

"She discovered that Hakoya was a vampire because she went to the scene of the car accident in the early morning after the rain stopped on the day of the accident."

"She saw with her own eyes that the vehicle rolled off the cliff, and your mother was pierced through the abdomen by a wooden stake that came in from the window, but she was still alive."

"She kept this matter in mind and lurked in the Torakan family to conduct a lot of investigations. Finally, she confirmed that the vampire thing was true."

"Hakoya couldn't forgive that woman after knowing the truth, so he asked me to kill her."

Hearing this, Conan's expression suddenly became alert.

It turns out that the death of maid Shimizu half a year ago was really due to a vampire sucking her blood dry, but it was not Torakura Sakuya who killed her, but his father Torakura Sukemori.

However, in order to avoid suspicion from the police afterwards, Tonkura Sakuya used the chef to create an alibi for himself.

I guess the scheming maid didn't expect that there was more than one vampire.

If it weren't for Qin Zhibo, he would never have thought of such a shocking truth even if he racked his brains in his lifetime.

Torakura continued, "After that, Hakuraya used shocking tactics countless times to test which of his adopted children were involved in the plan, and eventually he finalized the list of murderers."

"However, during this period, his body had not drunk human blood for a long time, which caused a cancerous reaction in his body and his blood began to deteriorate."

"Once the blood starts to deteriorate, it means death."

"But even if he confirmed the list of murderers, the kind-hearted Hakoya couldn't bear to kill those adopted children he had taken in since childhood."

"So he made a plan to kill and cut off his own head, just to give you all the choices."

"Xiaoguang..."

Torakura Keimori reached into his arms, took out an envelope and handed it to Xiaoguang.

Xiaoguang took the envelope with both hands, opened it, and the words inside covered the entire page.

It is densely covered with various complicated and tedious murder plans, such as the mystery of the disappearance of the coffin, the strange shadow in the mirror, and hanging from the eaves, all of which require the use of Torakura Sakuya's own brain.

The purpose of doing this is to allow the police to conduct an investigation afterwards and direct all suspicion towards Torakura Sakuya.

And Torakura Sakiya also explained most of Xiaoguang's life experience, such as that Xiaoguang was Torakura Sakiya's biological daughter, and that her mother was killed by Torakura's second son, Torakura's eldest daughter, a pretty boy, and Shimizu the maid.

At the end of this murder plan, there is a sentence like this.

[If you have forgiven all this, please destroy the flame of revenge that is entrenched in my body along with this murder plan - Torakura Sakuya]

When Xiaoguang saw this line of words, his eyes were already moistened by crystal clear and warm liquid.

Conan looked at the plan from afar. Although he couldn't see the contents clearly, he could guess a general idea from tonight's experience.

At this time, Tokura Sakoya handed a handkerchief to Xiaoguang and continued, "Actually, after Sakoya sent the text message this morning and then committed suicide under the guillotine, I have been staying in the shadow of that room."

"I want to personally confirm your choice, to confirm whether you will choose revenge like I did back then, or forget the pain inflicted by those people..."

"But the person I'm waiting for is not you, but the man named 'Hekawa'."

"He sneaked into the room and saw Hakomiya's body and the murder plan."

"I originally thought he might report the murder plan, but I still underestimated the evil of human nature."

"He intends to pretend that he knows nothing and use you to carry out his murder plan, reduce the number of heirs, and then kill you in the end when you try to kill him."

"I learned his true thoughts through mind reading, and I also realized that as long as this group of greedy people are around, you can never be truly safe."

“So I followed the instructions in the plan and executed most of it.”

"Of course, there are some techniques that Hakoya developed specifically for you who haven't awakened your vampire abilities yet. I don't need those techniques."

"Now, the humans who can threaten you have basically been eliminated..."

"The only ones missing are these two people in front of me."

Torako's tone suddenly became harsh, and his cold pupils stared at Qin Zhibo and Conan not far away.

He stood up from the chair, his withered and skinny hands were like open blades, and his words were filled with strong murderous intent.

"Although we have no grudges against each other, for Xiaoguang's future, I must get rid of you."

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo and Conan were suddenly startled.

Qin Zhibo immediately pushed Conan behind him, and his other hand was ready to draw out the [Oath-Keeper Sword] at any time.

At this moment, Xiaoguang suddenly stood up and rushed forward, blocking the middle with his arms outstretched.

"Please don't kill for me anymore!"

"grandfather!"