Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

"Because I happened to be using the oven while Mr. Huang was in the wine cellar."

Conan gave him a suspicious look.

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"Does it take you eight minutes to get the wine from the wine cellar?"

Araki smiled sheepishly.

"That's because I completely forgot that the wine cellar had a new lock installed, so I had to go inside the room to get the key."

"New locks?"

Miss Tanaka looked at him suspiciously.

"Why don't you go to the wine cellar and take a look?"

Conan agreed. His reasoning skills had already kicked in.

Araki Yoshizawa's casual words turned into actions, and everyone went out of the door and headed towards the wine cellar.

The wine cellar is on the side of the house, facing the kitchen, and is very close. If Huang Yi wants to do something during this time, he will easily be caught.

It was a high-risk gamble. Winnett didn't think the murderer performing magic would take such a risk.

"Look, the two locks on the top are the new ones."

Araki pointed to the door of the wine cellar. There were four locks in total, three traditional padlocks at the bottom and a thick bolt lock at the top.

“Really? There are so many locks installed.”

Sonoko sighed.

“Why do you need so many locks?”

Xiaolan was at a loss.

"Because a thief came in here before, I added a few more locks. Because the only valuable thing here is this wine."

Conan's attention shifted away from the wine cellar and he pointed at the door opposite the wine cellar.

"Uncle, is that the back door to the kitchen?"

"Yes."

"Why are there so many footprints around here?"

Immediately, he pointed to the ground and asked again. There were messy footprints scattered on the ground.

"When we came here, we walked around the villa together. This should have been left behind at that time."

Ms. Tanaka explained.

"Okay little brother, is this enough for you? Can we go back to the house now?"

Araki looked down at Conan kindly.

Most people present classified the current situation as his detective game.

This is the right idea, but at the beginning, Vermouth just looked at Conan silently, making it hard to guess what she was thinking.

If she knew that Conan was Kudo Shinichi, she should have taken his behavior for granted. It was normal for Winette to think so, because Vermouth showed that she had contact with Xiaolan, and she must know Kudo Shinichi beside her. From what she said just now, it can be understood that she knew about the A drug, and was 80% to 90% sure that Conan was Kudo Shinichi, and the current observation. I don't know if it is an observation of the prey, or an act of judgment.

After all, judging from Vermouth's previous kindness to Xiaolan, it is highly unlikely that Kudo Shinichi would fall into her hands. Because she is essentially a woman who is afraid of trouble, if she digs up this matter, the final responsibility will fall on Gin. No matter how she handles it, it will be a troublesome matter. Even if she tells Gin privately, it will affect Xiaolan and others.

"By the way, let's take a look at the place where the bath water is boiled!"

Conan continued to act coquettishly.

Araki put on an expression that said "I really can't do anything about you". Although Miss Tanaka didn't say anything, she also looked impatient.

“This is where the water is boiled.”

Passing the path between the kitchen and the wine cellar, and turning to the other side, you can see the hot water tank connected to the back of the bathroom. This old-fashioned way of boiling water requires filling the water tank with water, then adding firewood to boil the water, and the water pipe from the bathroom at the other end is connected to this side, and finally it is led into the bathtub.

"There doesn't seem to be much snow on the roof."

Conan looked up and observed, then spoke.

"Yes, because when the water is boiled, the temperature rises, so the snow slides down."

While Araki Yoshinobu was explaining, Conan noticed the window above the hot water tank, pointed and asked which one it was.

"That's the window at the end of the corridor connecting to the second floor."

"So, as long as we climb up the roof, we can get to the second floor, right, Aunt Tanaka?"

Conan's final naming made Xiaolan feel uneasy.

She put her hands on his shoulders and called out his name again. This statement was not only impolite but also suspected of being innuendo when made by an adult, but coming from a child, it could not be blamed.

Tanaka suddenly smiled and turned around.

"Yes, but I was not the only one who climbed up there. I went to the bathroom two or three times to see how the water was boiling."

In just a few words, the suspicion was pushed to everyone.

"Please, what do you mean?" Miss Kuroda stepped forward unhappily.

"Anyone can climb up here while I'm not around!"

Although it may not sound nice, it is basically correct.

Winette noticed Conan go around to the back of the bathroom.

Just climb to the second floor from the water boiler, then hide in Miss Tanaka's room, shoot the arrow, jump down, and shoot another arrow at the bathroom, and the whole process is completed.

The window on the second floor was only about four meters from the ground, and there was snow below. There was basically no problem jumping down. The only doubt was -

The thing about shooting arrows into an empty bathroom.

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Xiaolan was the first to react. Conan sneaking away was almost a daily routine for her.

He muttered, then chased around the corner and saw Conan lying in the snow. Then he jumped and landed on the bathroom window on the first floor.

This window is the one that was shot through by the crossbow.

After a period of time, Xiaolan also realized that he had real skills and could always find things that ordinary people overlooked, but his actions now were obviously dangerous.

"How's the detective work going, little detective?"

Before she could move, Doita jumped over her, grabbed Conan's arms, and carried him down from the window.

"It's okay..."

As he was speaking, he was put on the ground by Doi Tower. Xiaolan bowed and looked at him, and he looked back. In the end, Xiaolan still said to him gently:

"Well, everyone's gone inside. You still like to wander around..."

Xiaolan tried to hold Conan back, but it was useless.

The detective boy was like a hostile tug-of-war player, pulling with all his might in the opposite direction, just like those little kids who act like spoiled brats to their parents for toys. Sonoko saw him competing with Xiaolan and pushed his shoulder from behind.

"It's really dangerous, let's go!"

Conan turned around and called Sonoko's name, then turned around.

He had one more thing he wanted to confirm.

Winnet saw his smile, which seemed like the sun coming out after the rain, as if he had made considerable progress.

"Can you tell me in detail how Uncle Hamano decided to assign tasks to everyone?"

"what?"

Sonoko was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly and told him about Hamano's magic.

It seems that Yuanzi also understands that it will be difficult to return to the house smoothly if she doesn't get rid of this curious little steamed egg.

Sonoko watched it very carefully and described it in detail, and also expressed her own feelings - what a pity - about Mr. Hamano's magic mistake. If the whole process went smoothly, there would not be so much room for speculation, because the magic itself is not complicated, and it is not so incredible to be guessed.

Seeing that Conan didn't seem to be bothered at all, Winnet thought that he must have understood the secret.

This is actually easy to understand, but these magic enthusiasts didn't react much. It turns out that a hobby is just a hobby.

Winnet retreated back to the house and ran into Vermouth who was about to come over to take a look. She exhaled slightly and said that she was going to go back to the house. In this way, Vermouth did not stick his head out to see what was going on behind the corner, but went with her.

"I just said, you'd better wear more clothes."

At the entrance, she whispered.

"It doesn't matter. We are still young anyway."

"Oh, are you mocking me?"

"Oh, you actually think so. I mean, you are just as young."

Winette smiled and said that when she first saw her, she had dazzling, light blonde hair, just like those teenage girls. Such hair will darken and become a brown color before the age of 30. Until now, Vermouth's hair is still pure color, without any mixed colors. In the past five years, it seems that there has been no change at all, except that the burnt yellow between her fingers has become slightly darker - her smoking habit has not changed.

"Really?"

"Ah."

In comparison, her silver-white hair makes her look like an old woman. In a few years, she will look older than her.

After saying this, Vermouth's mood seemed to improve a little, and the surface of her mask gave people the feeling that something good had happened, but she restrained herself before taking her seat.

Winnett drank a sip of hot tea to dilute the chill. Then, Xiaolan and the others came in. The long table was full, and it felt like a banquet. In fact, this kind of arrangement is not popular in Europe now, and similar arrangements can easily give people a sense of oppression.

After sitting down, the little detective finally behaved himself a little.

However, this state did not last long.

As the host, Arayoshi suggested drinking some wine to warm up the body. Although Miss Kuroda slightly objected verbally, it was good to drink some wine to warm up the body.

What he pulled out was whiskey.

While he was opening the bottle with a bottle opener, Conan lifted up one of the bottles of wine and turned it upside down in front of him.

Although he is a restless guy, he is not hyperactive. He is just like a kid who likes to play with things when he sees them for the first time.

Winnet glanced sideways.

The liquor is whiskey. If there is anything special about the bottle, it is probably the image of a sailboat sail printed on it.

The aunt is the successor of the

Could it be that he thought that he could use a similar slippery surface to carry the body into the snow?

This time it was not the turn of others to nag him. Xiaolan could not sit still. His repeated willful behavior made Xiaolan frown in anger. She grabbed the bottle from his hand with both hands, "Conan! You can't be so naughty!"

"It's okay," Araki said, "Besides, I'll just open a bottle of wine."

This good-guy spirit gave Conan the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

"Uncle, do you have a stapler, scissors, and a longer rope?"

Xiaolan looked helpless, "What do you want these for?"

"We have to stay here and wait for the police until morning. I'm so bored, so I want to do arts and crafts homework."

"These should be in my room. Let's look for them together."

"Okay!"

He immediately followed Araki Yoshinori out of the living room. It seems that the criminal's method has been figured out, Winnet thought. If the method of an impossible crime can be solved, the conclusion of this murder case becomes quite obvious. The murderer is the person whose behavior has always been abnormal.

After a while, Araki Yoshizuru came with a worrying news.

Conan is missing.

Araki said that when he was looking for drawing paper, he disappeared in a blink of an eye. Based on her understanding of him, he definitely went to arrange the murderer's method and recreate the scene. He always likes to do this. But this time Maori Kogoro is not around, what will he do? Will he solve the mystery as an elementary school student?

She wasn't worried about him, but there happened to be a troublesome person around him.

"Is it possible that he went to the bathroom?"

the troublesome person she was worried about asked kindly.

"No, I looked for him, but I didn't see him. Besides, all the arrows for the crossbow that I was responsible for keeping are gone."