Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 127 Koizumi Akako: Has this stirred up the demons' lair?
Xia Chuan crossed his arms and said nothing.

Conan has already become suspicious, so he's no longer needed. Here, we have to commend Conan's initiative.

Speaking of which, a young monk did indeed die in this room before, and the murderer was none other than the monk Tianyong who had just been deceiving people.

However, the monk Tianyong's methods of murder were rather unconventional, so the case remained unsolved.

Actually, this case is quite outrageous, so whenever cherry blossoms, temples, and waterfalls are mentioned, Natsukawa thinks of this case.

The specific method involved Abbot Tianyong knocking the young monk unconscious, placing him in a kayak, and then channeling the waterfall from the second-floor corridor into the skylight of the room. The buoyancy of the water would then float the kayak to the roof beam.

Because the water flow is not large, the process of the waterfall filling the room seems to take six or seven hours.

Once the water level reaches a certain height, use a rope to suspend the little monk from the beam, then run down to the first floor and break through the wooden wall near the railing to release the water.

In this way, the method of killing people by hoisting them up without going through the second-floor beam was completed.

The reason the police couldn't find the cause of death a few years ago was because there were no signs of the dust on the beam being touched, so they ruled the young monk's death as suicide.

They concluded that the young monk climbed down the beam using a rope and then hanged himself.

The police even found a plausible reason for the suicide.

The story is quite melodramatic: the childhood sweetheart is betrothed to the heir of a large temple by the abbot.

However, this method is too outrageous.

Most of the Shanni Temple is made of wood. Although there are brick walls, the room would need to hold at least 72 tons of water to get people onto the beams.

In other words, the room withstood 72 tons of water without exploding.

This is a century-old temple; even with later renovations, this is still unreasonable.

Okay, even if it can withstand it, when Conan breaks open the wooden door he noticed and releases the water, the entire room should be completely washed away due to the excessive water pressure.

However, in reality, only a small opening was made, which is extremely illogical!

There's not much to explain; it's too much of a brain drain. Xia Chuan can only attribute it to Ke Xue (a pseudonym).

While they were pondering the case, Kuan Nian had already led several people to the front of the Buddhist hall.

The Buddhist hall is entirely made of wood and looks somewhat old due to the passage of time, but the display style is very eye-catching. With ancient lamps and Buddha statues, and wisps of incense smoke, the most striking feature is a red celestial dog mask placed under the statue of Jianzhen.

"What is this mask?" Xia Chuan asked, puzzled.

He remembered that there was a Tengu mask at the Mountain Mud Temple, but shouldn't that mask be placed in the toilet?
Kuan Nian smiled and said, "The villagers nearby have a custom of worshipping the Mist Tengu, so we have a Mist Tengu mask enshrined in our Buddhist hall. Don't be fooled by its ordinary appearance; this is an old artifact that has been passed down since the temple was built a hundred years ago."

There had been several incidents of the Fog Tengu attacking humans in Shanni Mountain. Later, some villagers found this mask and enshrined it. After that, there were no more incidents of the Fog Tengu injuring people.

There is also a legend that a powerful Onmyoji killed the Tengu when he passed by and imprisoned his soul in this mask.

People admired the merits of this remarkable figure, so they enshrined this mask here.

The exact reason is impossible to verify, but the mask of the Mist Tengu has remained at Shanni Temple for over a hundred years.

Xiaolan tightened her clothes, and asked somewhat timidly, "Is it really okay to enshrine the Mist Tengu mask here? Will it be dangerous at night?"

"It shouldn't be." Kuan Nian himself was a little unsure of himself. After all, such a strange thing happened two years ago, and it was hard to say whether it was caused by a problem with the Tengu's mask.

Just then, a sound came from outside.

The crisp sound of footsteps approached from afar, as if each step conveyed a sense of superiority.

Everyone looked towards the entrance. The footsteps didn't sound like those of any monks in the temple. Monks in temples wear cloth shoes and don't make such a loud sound when they walk.

Soon, a long-legged girl dressed somewhat like Cleopatra came into view.

In this kind of cool weather, aren't you cold?

Xia Chuan looked the man up and down and roughly knew who he was.

"Hey, what kind of hospitality do you have at Shanni Temple? I've been calling out outside for ages and nobody's paid any attention to me!" The girl tossed her long red hair and strode into the Buddhist hall with the crisp sound of her high heels clicking on her long legs.

She didn't care that there were many people here. She sat down on a wooden chair, crossed her legs, crossed her arms, and looked at Kuan Nian: "The hospitality of your Shanni Temple is really not flattering."

As she spoke, the cobra headdress on her head revealed lifeless, human-like eyes, as if reflecting a woman's expression.

"Miss, who are you?"

Kuan Nian was completely bewildered. Where did this woman come from? She was acting like she owned the place and was being impolite. Had she paid the money?

"Five thousand for a meal, ten thousand for a room. Which would you prefer, young lady?"

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"I am the heir to the Koizumi family's red magic. I have come here to retrieve the Tengu mask that our Koizumi family left here years ago."

Koizumi Akako got up and walked to the shrine, pointing to the red Tengu mask in front of her, saying, "This was agreed upon with the first abbot of Yamano-ji Temple. Two cycles of sixty years later, the Tengu mask will be returned to its rightful owner."

Kuan Nian's expression changed. He glanced at the door and realized that the host had not yet arrived.

"I'm sorry, I can't make that decision. I don't know the origin of the Tengu mask. This matter needs to be decided by Master Ten'ei."

Kuan Nian nodded shyly to Xia Chuan, then hurriedly left to find his master.

How embarrassing! I just told you the legend of this mask, and now someone claiming to be the owner of the mask has come.

The creditor is actually Koizumi Akako? If that's the case, then... could things be different?
Xia Chuan frowned in thought, his gaze fixed on Koizumi Akako without any intention of looking away. It wasn't until Joel stepped on his foot that he snapped out of his reverie.

"I'm sorry." Joel nodded apologetically to Koizumi Akako, then glared at Natsukawa.

Whether it's impolite or not is debatable, but staring at other girls in front of your girlfriend is definitely something to be angry about.

He's always looking for something better while eating what's in his bowl. Isn't Xia Chuan a scumbag?
Koizumi Akako shook her head, stared at Natsukawa curiously for two seconds, and said, "It's nothing."

She then looked at the other people present.

The group of six, except for Kogoro Mouri who was left in the room to rest, were all here.

Koizumi Akako scrutinized all five of them for a long time.

Immediately afterwards, Koizumi Akako, who had been treating this place as her own home, suddenly frowned and her flamboyant aura subsided somewhat.

These guys, every single one of them, are no ordinary people!

She couldn't see through that couple at all. Just now, she tried to use red magic to enchant her eyes to see through their true nature, but the man's soul power was too strong.

Even with the blessing of red magic, I was still unable to see through his heart to his true nature.

The woman was even more terrifying. She was enveloped in an incredibly intense killing intent. A phantom in a black dress rose from behind her and suddenly glanced at her. That look sent chills down the spine of even the sole heir to the red magic.

Next came two children.

She thought the child would be better off, but with the help of the red magic, the little boy completely disappeared before her eyes! That's outrageous!
The magic had absolutely no effect on this little boy!

The little girl also had a problem. She only looked at the other person for two seconds, but instead of seeing what the other person was, she felt like her inner thoughts were being read.

What kind of monsters are these!

The only one who seems easy to bully here is that girl with the pointed bangs, but her mind is currently filled with nothing but the Tengu, so she's pretty abnormal overall.

Did I accidentally intrude into the demons' lair?
Even Lucifer wasn't this terrifying.

Koizumi Akako regretted rushing out the door today without performing a divination first; it seems something bad is about to happen.

(Ask for monthly ticket)

(End of this chapter)