I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

Serabelle recalled carefully and said.

"He was biting his thumb when the tape was put on the code a few minutes ago."

"That's a personal thinking habit, right?" Mogi squinted. "Some people are used to making some movements when they think, such as twirling their beards, or looking out the window with their chins in their hands... But you, brother, if I remember correctly, seemed to have hit Mr. Okami on the mouth with your cane just now. Could it be that you poisoned the cane?"

Just as he finished speaking, a familiar cane appeared in front of him.

Serabelle shrugged. "If you think I poisoned the cane, you can lick the untouched part. Do you want to try?"

"Well...I think I'd better forget it then."

A man of insight is a wise man. Mogi raised his hands and decisively chose to give up.

"Are you two elementary school students?"

On the other side, Ikumi Gunda, who noticed the argument between the two, shook her head helplessly.

Just as she took out a copper coin from her wallet to test the poison, the face of this fair-skinned, beautiful, long-legged sister suddenly changed.

Chapter 266 Another Accomplice

"Well, now that things have come to this, let's all go to bed early today."

Just when everyone thought they had found the murderer, he suddenly died mysteriously, and they should investigate the case all night to bring the truth to light, but Serabell said something that was beyond everyone's expectations.

It's like in a horror game, when the plot has just passed a small climax and is about to turn to another plot to reach the real climax, the protagonist somehow comes to the save point and falls asleep on the bed in the safe house.

Are you... serious?

"Wait a minute, we say we need to take a rest, but the mystery of the annex has not been solved yet, right?" Kogoro Mouri looked confused.

"What if it's solved?" Serabelle spread her hands and nodded at the dead body lying on the ground. "He was the one who hired us to come here to find the treasure. Now the employer is dead. Even if you find the treasure, you can't tell him. The most you can do is burn paper and ask him to help you. But unfortunately, I'm an atheist and don't believe in the existence of spirits in heaven after death."

"All right……"

Kogoro Mori touched the back of his head embarrassedly.

That is indeed the case. A secret is only valuable if there is someone to whom it can be told. If there is no one to tell it to, then the secret is no more valuable than a roll of toilet paper.

"But regarding Mr. Okami's death..."

"That's another matter."

Serabelle yawned.

"Although his death was very strange, so far no one has asked me to investigate his cause of death, and I didn't become a detective because of my excessive curiosity. Instead of doing this work for nothing and finally telling it to make everyone laugh, why not let yourself rest early, take a shower, lie on the bed and check your phone, wouldn't it be more relaxing and comfortable?"

It's a complete declaration of laziness...

After hearing what Serabelle said, the same thought flashed through everyone's mind.

However, Yukiko also agreed with the idea of ​​resting early, and she nodded quickly.

"Indeed, everyone has gone through a lot today, so why not go to bed early."

"Yeah, that's true."

As if he was finally persuaded, Mogi agreed after considering for a moment.

"Then let's all stop here today. As for Detective Ogami's matter, we'll hand it over to the police tomorrow."

"I agree." Qingtian Yumei said without even raising her head.

"That's good." Bai Ma Tan smiled.

Seeing that one by one they had reached a consensus to slack off for some reason, Kogoro Mori scratched his forehead stupidly.

"Then... let's do it this way, since everyone has no objection."

"In that case, why don't we go to the bridge and take a look first?"

Suddenly someone suggested.

The person who spoke was Chikan Jyoudai. She did not object to the proposal to rest that everyone agreed to, but just said that she wanted to go and take a look at the wooden bridge that was destroyed.

As soon as the words came out, Serabelle immediately raised her eyes and glanced at Mogi, Mogi got the look and glanced at Qiangtian, and Qiangtian turned to Baibatan.

In less than a moment, the three of them exchanged glances and their expressions returned to normal.

Mogi coughed lightly.

"Okay, since Chiyo-sama has said so. But it's still raining outside, and it's not a short distance to walk from here to the bridge. Besides, if nothing unexpected happens, the car we parked at the front door should have been blown up."

"Speaking of cars, I remember seeing one outside the back door before. Maybe it hasn't been blown up yet." Bai Ma pinched his chin thoughtfully.

"is it?"

"that……"

Just as everyone was discussing how to get to the broken bridge, the voice of the maid in the restaurant sounded weakly.

"The car you mentioned parked at the back door should be mine. I didn't feel any explosion at the back door when I went to the kitchen to get food. I think it shouldn't have been blown up yet. If you need it, I can borrow it."

"That's great! Let's go check out the back door!"

After saying this, Mogi stood up and walked out of the restaurant first, and the others followed.

Seeing that Chima Kyoudai also followed the main force to the back door, Serabelle secretly reached out her hand to take the ten-yuan coin from Gunda Ikumi, and then handed it to Conan who "happened to pass by" beside her, and raised her eyebrows and gave him a look that said you know what I mean.

……

Ten minutes later, the only surviving vehicle in the entire villa was quietly parked in the open space at the back door.

It was an ordinary family car, not very comfortable or high-performance, it was just a simple means of transportation.

But at this critical juncture, they cannot afford to be picky.

"Hey~ This car definitely can't accommodate all of us. There's not enough room." Mogi looked around and said, "How about we flip a coin and whoever gets heads gets to go together."

"I'll provide the coins!"

Conan actively pulled out his little wallet and scattered the coins inside onto the hood.

No more, no less, exactly six, one for each of Serabelle, Kogoro Mori, Harushi Mogi, Ikumi Gunda, Tani Hakuba, and Chima Kyoudai.

"Then take your positions, get ready - throw!"

At a command, six coins flew up together, and then fell down together in a rotation.

Serabelle caught the coin accurately with the back of her hand, removed her covering hand and took a look.

“I’m positive.”

Soon Mogi's voice followed.

“I’m positive too.”

Next is Kogoro Mori.

"Me too."

The last one is Qianjianjiangdai.

"And I."

There were just four of them, barely enough to fill the small sedan.

Haruki Mogi took the lead, opened the car door and sat in the driver's seat, reaching out skillfully to fasten the seat belt.

"Okay, then I'll drive... By the way, Chiyo-sama, do you want to sit in the front?"

"Yeah, yeah, Mogi, you really do take care of the elderly."

Qianjian Jiangdai smiled and sat in the passenger seat.

Soon, as all four people got into the car, the sound of the engine broke the tranquility of the back door of the villa. The car started slowly and drove towards the broken bridge.

Perhaps it was because the dark clouds had not yet dispersed after the rain, the forest at night was even darker and deeper than it was in the evening. It took Momoki nearly ten minutes to drive a short five-minute route.

But when they arrived, the sturdy wooden bridge they remembered had completely collapsed. More than 70 percent of the bridge was gone, leaving only charred marks from the fire.

And the Audi that Serabelle had the foresight to not drive over was still parked intact next to the bushes across the bridge.

"Let's go down and take a look at the specific situation."

Mogi did not turn off the car, but turned off the lights. Then he used his cell phone to light up and asked Kogoro Mori and Serabel to get out of the car to check.

Only Qian Jianjiangdai was left on the bus.

The old man who was left alone in the car looked up through the front windshield at the few people who were exploring the broken bridge in the dim light ahead. He reached into his clothes and pulled out a small time bomb.

Just as Qianjian Jiangdai was about to set the bomb timer, a face quietly emerged in the darkness outside the car window beside her and stuck to the window glass.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

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Chapter 267 The Truth of 40 Years

Ten minutes later, the team that went to the broken bridge to investigate the situation returned, and all four of them were safe and sound... No, to be precise, the three people who were safe and sound escorted Chiken Kyoudai, who had temporarily become a prisoner, back to the annex.

In the familiar restaurant, Chima Kyouyo sat down alone at the dining table, with Serabelle and Mogi Harushi standing on both sides, who looked like constables from some government office.

Xiaolan and others who did not participate in the coin toss were naturally confused and had no idea what was going on.

Chijian Jiangdai didn't intend to explain anything, but just looked up at Serabelle on his left.

"When did you realize it was mine? Was it when you flipped the coin?"

"No, in fact it was earlier than that." Serabelle shook her head, "Probably when you, the previous generation grandmother, proposed to investigate the situation near the Broken Bridge."

"You deliberately said that everyone should go to bed early today just to expose me?" Qianjian Jiangdai suddenly realized.

“That’s basically it.”

Serabelle recalled.

"In fact, I did think at first that there was only one organizer of this dinner, but with the performance of Okami Zhushan when the tape was played and his subsequent death, I realized another problem."

"The story in the tape is indeed false. It is just a prelude to reveal the code to solve the mystery. But the bloodstains everywhere in this annex are real."

"And according to my investigation, there is no relevant information on the Internet about the tragedy that happened in this Dusk Villa. In other words, it is likely the same as what Da Shang Zhu Shan analyzed at the time. All the news was suppressed that year."

"Then the question arises. Since the news was suppressed back then, why was this treasure hunt dinner held? The only people who would know about this are those who were involved in the tragedy that occurred in this villa. Judging from the way Dashang Zhushan behaved at the time, he obviously didn't know what happened that year."

"So the result is very obvious. It should be that Da Shang Zhu Shan has another accomplice, who knows much more than him and is equally eager to unlock the secret of the treasure."

Serabelle paused here and her eyes fell on Chikan Kyouyo.

"Of course, I didn't know at first that this accomplice was you, Grandma Qianjian, but there are always more solutions than problems. Knowing that Dashang Zhushan also had an accomplice who wanted to solve the treasure puzzle, I only needed to call on everyone to be passive and lazy, and the remaining accomplice would naturally jump out to stop it."

"Then you really took the bait, Mother-in-law Qianjian."

Thousands of generations descended "..."

How should I put it? This is the logic, this is the reason, but the approach is quite weird.

If the current situation wasn't wrong, she would even want to curse.

You are the kind of person who would tell everyone to go home when you couldn’t find the last one playing hide-and-seek when we were kids, right?

"Well, I can probably guess what you're planning, Chiken," Serabelle continued. "You plan to detonate a bomb in the car to fake your own death, and use your death to create a sense of crisis and urgency for the remaining detectives, so that they will be impressed with the idea that 'the only way to leave alive is to solve the code.' In this way, you can lurk in the dark and observe the movements of the others through the pervasive surveillance system in the annex until someone solves the mystery."

"What a pity! I am still better than you."

Serabelle spread her hands.

Qianjian Jiangdai was speechless, she really had nothing else to say.

There was only a faint sigh.

“…Forty years ago, those who were summoned to this annex were not actually the celebrities in the political and economic circles of the time, but experts and scholars from all walks of life.”

She began to speak slowly.

"They were hired by Karasuma Renya, who was 99 years old at the time, to find the treasure left to him by Karasuma Renya's mother. An archaeologist named Chiken Kyousuke was among them. He was my father."

"Karasuma Renya promised them a high commission, but day after day, the treasure was still not found. Feeling that his time was up, Karasuma Renya began to kill the scholars he invited to the annex one by one until no one survived. It is said that Karasuma Renya himself also died in the incident at that time."

It sounds like this Karasuma Renya is a kind of person who is not loved by his uncle and grandmother. He didn't even tell her about the treasure left by his biological mother, and I have to spend money to hire outsiders to help find it... Serabel thought.

"Then you didn't tell the police about this?" asked Kogoro Mouri.