Ke Xuezhen, starting with hypnotizing Vermouth.

The wooden floorboards made a chilling sound when stepped on.

"Strange, there's nobody here."

Kogoro Mouri scratched his head, trying to signal everyone to leave.

Just then.

"Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?"

An old voice suddenly came from behind!

The group turned around abruptly.

There stood an old man whose appearance rivaled that of the curator of a Schnauzer museum.

With a long nose, exaggerated beard and eyebrows, and a piercing gaze, he resembled some kind of monster emerging from the shadows.

"what!"

"what!"

Yukiko Kudo and Ran Mouri screamed at the same time.

Immediately afterwards, the two of them hugged Gu De tightly.

Each has its own unique characteristics, from soft jade to warm fragrance.

Kogoro Mouri was also startled, but soon he looked at Gu De with a depressed expression, just like Conan.

Conan: "Why is Mom hugging Gu De?"

Kogoro Mouri: "Ran, why are you hugging Gu De? Dad's right here!"

[Gain 29 points of Conan's emotional value]

[Gain 20 units of Kogoro Mouri's emotional value from the story character]

"It's nothing, it's just the abbot here."

Gu De was unaware of Conan and Kogoro Mouri's inner thoughts; he simply offered some words of comfort to the two women.

The two then reluctantly released Gu De.

The old man who appeared before them was Ten'ei, the abbot of Shanni Temple, and also one of the deceased.

"What are you here for?"

The monstrous Abbot Ten'yō looked puzzled and seemed ready to kick people out at any moment.

"We are tourists, here to stay for one night and see the night view."

Gu De smiled and said.

"Tourists? Of course, you're welcome!"

Abbot Tenyō's face instantly underwent a 180-degree turn, and even his eyebrows and beard seemed to be filled with a smile.

He rubbed his hands together, his face full of anticipation.

Then he held up one finger: "Ten thousand yen each!"

"Ten thousand!"

Kogoro Mouri called out and made a move to turn and leave.

“You don’t have to stay here, but this is the only place to stay nearby. Judging from the current weather, it will probably be difficult for you to get down the mountain.”

"And this is precisely when that thing is most likely to appear!"

Abbot Tianyong's face-changing technique is more impressive than that of Sichuan opera face-changing.

Go down the mountain?

We're not going down the mountain.

I'm still waiting to see if you get into trouble tonight!

After paying the accommodation fee, Abbot Tianyong changed his expression again and called out his four disciples.

"By the way, there are still three guest rooms left. How do you plan to divide them?"

Abbot Ten'ei looked at Gu De and Kudo Yukiko and said, "In my opinion, this gentleman and his wife can share a room, the young lady over there can share a room, and the middle-aged man with his son can share a room."

Before the others could speak, Conan immediately shouted, "No way!"

[Gain Conan's Emotional Value*]

"Can't?"

Abbot Tianyong was somewhat surprised, "You still want to share a room with a young lady?"

"No...it's not like that..."

Conan looked at Yukiko Kudo, but with outsiders present, he didn't know what to say.

"Actually, Abbot, this gentleman and I are not husband and wife..."

Yukiko Kudo felt a little embarrassed.

"Really? Then it seems I was mistaken. But you two do look like a married couple."

Abbot Tianyong said something inexplicable.

"How about this: I'll share a room with Ran, Mr. Mori and Conan will share a room, and Mr. Gu De will share a room?"

Yukiko Kudo quickly made a suggestion.

If I were alone in my room, my son would definitely sneak over at night to ask me what happened.

And that would definitely disrupt He Gu De's nighttime outing plans... Long

So, I'll arrange for Xiaolan to be with me first!

I'll sneak out at night, just so Xiaolan won't find out!

Even if you find out, just say you went out to enjoy the moonlight!

"Okay, but I hope Xiaolan won't cause you any trouble?"

Kogoro Mouri felt a little embarrassed, since he considered Ran and Conan as people he had brought with him.

Gu De didn't say anything.

There might be a murder tonight, but as for that Xiu Nian...

After settling into their accommodations, the group began to explore Shanni Temple, led by Kuan Nian and Xiu Nian.

"Shanni Temple was built against the mountain, and it is said that it took a lot of effort to build it back then."

Kuan Nian had been with the temple the longest, so he was very adept at giving introductions.

Finally, the group approached the room where the murder plot had been carried out.

What kind of room is that?

Gu De pointed to a room with a lock on one side of the corridor.

"There……"

Before Kuan Nian could finish speaking, Conan had already strode over and opened the door without any hesitation.

"Hmm, it's a small room?"

"so high."

Conan looked around, then looked up at the ceiling.

Gu De and the other two also went inside.

The small room suddenly felt extremely crowded.

The scent of Yukiko Kudo's perfume and Ran's body fragrance filled the area around Gooku.

"This is a room for meditation. I heard that monks who broke the precepts were imprisoned here in the past."

"Let them stay here and reflect on their actions!"

Xiu Nian's simple explanation.

Kogoro Mouri looked around and then tapped on the wall of the room: "I see. No wonder this place is so sturdy and has such a thick layer of paint."

"Excuse me, why does this place look different from the surrounding area?"

Conan, also curious, pointed to a spot and asked.

“Oh, that place used to be broken, and it was Senior Brother Mu Nian who fixed it.”

A glint flashed in Xiu Nian's eyes.

She had been staying at this mountain temple for over a year in order to find out the truth behind her brother's suicide.

But all of these people kept quiet about the brother's affairs.

Make sure Xiu Nian seizes every opportunity to explore the information from back then.

"It seems to be related to the Tengu of Mist, but I hadn't come to the temple yet at that time, Brother Kuan Nian, you..."

Before Xiu Nian could continue her attempt to persuade her, Kuan Nian, whose face was pale, suddenly shouted, "Xiu Nian, you can't tell the guests about that! How could you forget!"

After saying that, he looked like he had something to hide and tried to pull everyone out.

"Alright, I'll take you all out. We can see the waterfall from up there."

Kuan Nian smiled again and quickly walked outside, with the others following behind as if they were about to leave as well.

"This room... I feel like I've heard of it before."

Gu De's words immediately made the group stop in their tracks.

[Gain 23 points of emotion from the story character Xiu Nian]

"Have you heard of him? Young psychologist, where did you hear about him?"

Kogoro Mouri was a little curious.

And instinctively, he suspected that Inspector Megure had leaked the information to Gu De.

Conan also perked up his ears; anything that Gu De noticed must be suspicious!