Zongman: My days as a chaebol in Japan

This is the consensus of several detectives now, but Kogoro Mouri and Conan frowned a little. They both noticed that the butler's words were strange, and that the information collected by several people had similarities, as well as the strange traces of blood in the annex.

As everyone was rethinking the information given by the butler and continuing to investigate the situation in the annex, Ikumi Qiangda, who was standing nearby, suddenly screamed, "It seems like there are two people there."

Everyone came to their senses and hurriedly looked in the direction that Qiangtian Yumei pointed, and saw that there were indeed two figures beside the mountain road outside the gate, but the distance was a bit far and it was not very clear. They could only see that the two people seemed to have put something down on the side of the road, and then they saw bright yellow smoke and flames.

Kogoro Mori was very familiar with this kind of thing, and he quickly shouted, "Oh no, it's gunpowder. They want to blow up the mountain road and block the way down the mountain."

However, the gunpowder burned very quickly. With a loud "boom", the mountain road was fine, but a part of the mountain on the side was blown off and pressed down directly, blocking the intersection and making it impossible for cars to pass.

When the group ran over, the two men had already disappeared into the darkness, and in front of them was a pile of rolled stones.

Li Xuan glanced at the two people who were crawling into the hole under the bridge. Seeing the unexpected situation, Li Xuan's interest was aroused again. Are there really two travel enthusiasts?

And among the people who followed was Qianjian Jiangdai, and her eyes were also full of astonishment at this moment.

Things get interesting.

Chapter 148 Accelerating Progress

"Damn it, we can only wait until tomorrow to see what the road becomes like." Kogoro Mori and Tsutomu Hakuba checked the situation nearby and found that the car could only pass if all the stones were moved away.

Afterwards, the group returned to the annex and after discussing with each other, they found that they had no clue, so they had to wait until tomorrow morning to see the situation. Just now, Kogoro Mori directly called his good friend Megure Juzo and explained the situation. Megure Juzo said that he would personally bring people to the Twilight Annex in Nagano Prefecture tomorrow.

As for why they didn't come now, it was because the detectives decided to try to solve the case before the police arrived.

The detectives decided not to rest tonight and to find out what secrets this villa was hiding.

Several people accelerated the speed of searching for clues, and this time they did not search separately, but worked in groups of three, because the two people who blew up the mountain made them alert.

Mogi Haruki is with Chima Kyouyo and Gunda Ikumi, Mori Kogoro is with Hakuba Tan and Conan, and Li Xuan is in a group with Xiaolan and Sonoko.

Three groups of people began to search the villa separately.

Li Xuan actually wanted to find a room to rest with Xiaolan and Sonoko, but seeing their excited expressions, Li Xuan had to give up his rest time.

The three searched several rooms, but found nothing special. They just felt that each of these rooms had exquisite murals, which showed that the tycoon Karasuma Renya was indeed very concerned about this villa.

Two hours later, it was already past one in the morning. After a rough search of the villa, everyone gathered in the hall to exchange information.

In the end, there was no major discovery, which made the detectives frown. This was not a good situation.

Li Xuan saw that his two girlfriends were already a little sleepy, and he didn't want to wait any longer, so he pushed forward the progress to see what kind of surprises they would bring him.

Li Xuan, who was sitting at the table, knocked on the table. The loud sound attracted the attention of the detectives who were thinking. They were a little curious about what this overly handsome rich young man had discovered.

Li Xuan did not disappoint them. He opened his mouth with the key information, "Everyone, have you seen the murals in the room? Recall them."

Soon, the detectives reacted and looked at the wall clock hanging on the second floor at the same time.

Now they recalled that the murals in the room seemed to be the war models and representative characters in playing cards, and based on the room with the mural of Monopoly Karasuma Renya, they inferred that the numbers were exactly in the order of 1-13.

This discovery boosted the detectives' spirits, and then Li Xuan gave them another shocking piece of news.

"If you are interested, you can go to the storage room. There should be no one there now," Li Xuan said lightly.

Hearing Li Xuan's words, Hakuba Tan and Maori Kogoro were shocked and hurried to the storage room. They found that the body of Okami Zhushan in the ice storage was missing, and a long trail of water appeared on the ground. They followed the water trail out of the storage room and came to a room in the central courtyard of the annex.

Another trace of water is behind the door of the room.

Hakuba Tan and Maori Kogoro hurriedly went up and pushed open the door, while Li Xuan covered the eyes of Xiaolan and Sonoko, and explained softly in their ears, and only let go after confirming that the two were fine.

Although Li Xuan had told the two of them in advance, they still felt terrified when they saw it with their own eyes.

The door opened and the pale and hideous face of Dagami Zhushan appeared in front of them. His body was tied with ropes and bent at 90 degrees, hanging in the air. His lifeless eyes stared straight at the door. Because he was dragged out of the cold storage, there were traces of water dripping from his eyes. Seeing Dagami Zhushan's appearance, Xiaolan and Sonoko shouted out immediately.

Kogoro Mori, Tsuyoshi Hakuba and Haruki Mogi stepped forward to put down the body of Shuzen Okami, and then Ikumi Gunda, a former forensic doctor, found some problems on the body of Shuzen Okami.

"Don't move Mr. Okami's body for now, wait a moment," Qiangda Ikumi stopped Mori Kogoro and the other two, stepped forward, turned Okami Zhuzen's neck, and found that there were obvious indentations on the cervical spine.

Qingtian Yumei told everyone the latest test results, and everyone was surprised. Did this Da Shang Zhu Shan have a grudge against the person who moved his body? He even hit Da Shang Zhu Shan's neck hard until his neck bones were broken after his death.

After putting down Da Shang Zhu Shan's body, no one was found who moved his body. They could only confirm that besides these detectives, there were other people in this Dusk Villa, and it was very likely that they were the murderer.

Unlike the few people who began to think worriedly, Li Xuan clearly sensed the two people in the hidden room with his mind.

So Li Xuan comforted Xiaolan and Sonoko, and then attracted the detectives' attention again.

"Everyone, don't let the fog blind your eyes, think about why you come here," Li Xuan mentioned the goal on their invitation letter.

"But the butler has just said that the real content of the invitation letter is to find the lost treasures and find the two travel enthusiasts," Mogi Haruki immediately retorted after hearing Li Xuan's words.

But after Haruki Mogi finished speaking, he found that no one supported his statement, and he was a little confused.

"So you think this butler is the butler of the tycoon Karasuma Renya?" Li Xuan did not explain, but asked the question again.

"I reminded you before to pay attention to the murals in the room. Now do you think there is something wrong with the murals?" Seeing that they started to think about other things again, Li Xuan interrupted their thoughts and directly brought their focus back.

mural?

Everyone remembered the thoughts about the mural in the room in the hall just now. Conan and Maori Kogoro reacted quickly, and Conan directly thought of the connection between the mural and the annex.

"It's playing cards," Conan first stated his discovery.

Li Xuan touched his head and gave him an optimistic look, "Yes, it's playing cards. There are many rooms in the villa, and there are murals in each room, but only thirteen of them are special."

Li Xuan placed the answer in front of them, and they finally figured it out through their super memory.

Murals of the tycoon Karasuma Renya. There are only thirteen rooms in this annex where his murals appear together with other murals.

Based on the Tarot arrangement sequence, several people began to search the thirteen rooms in a regular pattern. Soon, they found new clues, which led everyone back to the hall.

Chapter 149 The Secret of Qianjian's Descendant

"It seems that we have to find new clues in this hall in the end," Mogi Haruki sighed after returning to the hall. This time, what they found was a combination of clues found in thirteen special rooms. The conclusion they came to was that there was a hidden room in this annex, which contained all the information.

While several people were discussing, the butler's projection appeared again above the hall, but this time Kogoro Mouri and Conan found something wrong. Although the butler's voice was exactly the same as the previous two butlers, his body shape had changed slightly.

"Dear detectives, I'm glad you found the key clue, so I won't give any hints this time. The clock on the second floor will guide you to the place that the master valued most during his lifetime," the butler said, and the image disappeared.

Kogoro Maori told a few people about his discovery, and then he suddenly woke up. It seemed that Li Xuan had reminded him and his group at the beginning. Now it seems that this rich young man's observation ability is probably better than everyone present.

Li Xuan ignored their admiring looks. When the detectives began to discuss the clock on the second floor, he spoke again, "So you are planning to start with the clock?"

Hearing Li Xuan's words, the detectives looked at him inquiringly again, "The numbers on the clock correspond to the time interval on the mural, but this is not the real answer, because according to this interval, the final position is where Da Shang Zhu Shan was found hanging."

Conan, who had just figured out the location, was shocked. He didn't expect Li Xuan to find the location of the room so quickly.

But since this is the clue provided by the mural, why would Li Xuan say that this is not the real answer?

Li Xuan looked at the detectives. When he said that starting from the clock was not the real answer, Chijian Jiangdai's eyes were evasive. He was sure that this armchair detective was hiding something. However, he did not intend to wait that long. He wanted the key person to appear earlier.

Because of Li Xuan's intervention, the detectives found the key clues very early. Among Maori Kogoro, Chima Kyouyo, Mogi Haruki, Ōkami Shuzen, Qiangda Ikumi and Hakuba Tan, only Ōkami Shuzen is dead so far, so the butler's codeword has lost most of its effectiveness.

"If you are confused, then I think this detective on the armchair, Ms. Chijian Jiangdai, can help you solve the problem," Li Xuan said, while looking at Chijian Jiangdai who looked a little flustered.

Qianjian Jiangdai quickly calmed down and explained, "Oh, I was discovered in the end. I can only share the hidden information with everyone."

Senma Kyouyo's father, Senma Kyosuke, was a good friend of the wealthy Karasuma Renya, the owner of this annex 40 years ago. He was invited to attend Karasuma Renya's th birthday party and appreciate his latest collection of treasures. Unexpectedly, two men in black broke into the party, killed everyone present, and then disappeared.

Chijian Jyoudai's father left his daughter a secret message between them before he died. Chijian Jyoudai had been honing her detective skills until this invitation was sent out, when she set out to find out the cause of her father's death and the treasure in the detective mission.

After hearing what Qianjian Jiangdai said, everyone realized that Qianjian Jiangdai had always known the situation in the villa. No wonder she always looked calm.

"Hey, Sister Senma, since your father was once a good friend of the owner of this place, you must know where the hidden room is, right?" Maori Kogoro was actually just asking, because if Senma Kyouyo knew about the hidden room, she would have gone there long ago. After all, the housekeeper of uncertain identity said that everything was recorded in the hidden room.

"I do know that there is a hidden room, but I don't know its exact location. That's why I have been following you in the hope of finding this room. But to be honest, among so many detectives like you, this incredibly handsome guy is the first to discover me. It seems that this guy is an extraordinary person," Chikan Kyoudai first belittled Maori Kogoro and others, and then praised Li Xuan's super observation ability.

Li Xuan smiled gently. It was even more interesting. This Qianjian Jiangdai did not lie. Li Xuan's spiritual sense had been paying attention to her when she was introducing herself. He found that her heart rate was normal when she was talking. In this case, either Qianjian Jiangdai had already mastered the ability to tell lies without blushing or she was telling the truth.

At this time, Li Xuan felt that there were two people moving in his mind, and they were holding another person in their hands. After a sweep of his mind, Li Xuan looked strange. Why is it this person again? Is he so unlucky?

After the few people continued to talk for a while, Li Xuan saw that they had almost finished talking and had not come to any new conclusion. Only Conan kept looking around and looking at the clock with a strange expression on his face from time to time.

He knocked on the table, and the sound attracted the attention of the people who were discussing and Conan, "Everyone, the clues have always been obvious, didn't you notice?"

Li Xuan's words caused several detectives to once again fall into a brainstorming session. Recalling what they had seen today, they still could not think of what they had overlooked.

Xiaolan and Sonoko were also whispering, but they still hadn't thought of the problem, so they looked at each other, walked to Li Xuan's side, one on the left and one on the right, stretched out their hands to hold Li Xuan's arms, and held them.

Conan's body stiffened when he saw Xiaolan's actions.

Li Xuan shook his head and explained, "We have searched most locations in the villa, but the clues still point to the location in the lobby. In fact, the answer is indeed here, but it is not on the clock on the second floor."

After saying that, Li Xuan pointed to the second floor and said, "Look carefully at the difference between the second floor and the first floor."

Everyone started observing again, and after a while, Conan was the first to discover the problem, "Eh? Why does this location on the second floor seem a bit offset from the kitchen on the first floor?"

When the detectives heard Conan's words, they looked over hurriedly and took a closer look. They really found a problem. The first and second floors of the annex were a square replica structure. According to common sense, they should be consistent with each other, but now there is a slightly protruding top floor on the second floor.

Everyone discovered something new and hurried up to the second floor, walked to the room corresponding to the kitchen, and after careful exploration and knocking, they found a loft ladder that could be pulled open.

Chapter 150 The Detectives' Graves

Pull the ladder down and a ladder leading to the attic will be pulled down.

Maori Kogoro, Mogi Harushi, Gunda Ikumi, Hakuba Tan, and finally Chima Kyouyo climbed the ladder impatiently and entered the attic.

After entering, everyone was surprised to find that there was actually a secret attic at the top of the ceiling.

The space in the attic is not very large, and it will seem crowded if a few more people come. There is a huge screen, which is divided into many small screens, and all corners of the entire annex can be clearly seen. At this moment, a figure is sitting on it. Mogi Haruki walked over, stretched out his hand to turn the person around, and said at the same time, "Okay, Mr. Butler, we have found you too. Now tell us everything you know..."

Harufu Mogi thought the person who turned around was the butler, but he was surprised again by the face of the person who turned around.

"Okami? Why are you here?" After hearing what Mogi Haruki said, Maori Kogoro and the others became excited. They walked over and saw that the person turning around in the computer chair was actually Okami Zhushan who had just been put back into the storage room.

At this time, there was a strange and creepy smile on the face of Da Shang Zhushan's corpse, which scared Xiaolan and Sonoko again.

But I had seen it before, so this time I was just a little scared but recovered quickly.

"Damn it, who is that person? How dare they disturb the rest of the dead?" Mouri Kogoro and others, who had re-settled Ogami Zhushan, said angrily.

Everyone came to the computer and saw the picture on it. It turned out that this attic was the monitoring room of this villa. While searching, they found that all the detective invitation records for the past 20 years were stored here.

Several people began to check and found many famous detectives from the early years. As they watched, Kogoro Mori and others discovered that these images had been edited and some key images were missing. However, these surveillance images still provided a lot of information to the detectives, and they even said that they had seen the complete incident from the surveillance.

Over the past 20 years, a group of people would enter the annex every two or several years, including detectives and non-detectives.

After watching for a while, they found that except for the missing images, these detectives should have come here just like themselves, receiving the invitation letter. When Kogoro Mouri and others saw the last videotape, they found that this videotape was very different from the previous ones.

The previous ones all recorded the detectives' exploration in the annex, while the last roll of videotape actually recorded the detectives' dance scene in the hall, and then the picture ended here. It can be said that it is shorter than any of the previous rolls.

This situation left the detectives who had watched the entire video a little confused. Only Li Xuan noticed something unusual, and Conan also had a thoughtful expression on his face.