I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

"what?"

Conan opened his mouth and questioned loudly using interjections.

He wanted to say how could such a thing be possible, but just as he was about to open his mouth, he stumbled in his mind.

After all, if that were the case, then everything would make sense.

Whether it is Yamao Keisuke's motive for killing Hikawa Shogo, or why he was speeding on the snow-covered mountain road in winter.

But if that's the case...

Conan was so shocked that he didn't care about the cold wind blowing in his face. He raised his head and looked at Serabell who was holding him with his pupils slightly shrunken.

"You mean, the person who robbed the jewelry store and killed the owner of the jewelry store was Mr. Yamao. After that, in order to escape the police, he returned to his hometown Kitanozawa Village from the city of Niigata Prefecture overnight, but he was too panicked and drove over the speeding limit. He accidentally ran into Ms. Natsuki, the younger sister of Ms. Mizuki, who was walking home at night—"

"Mr. Yamao realized that he had gotten into trouble. He was reluctant to part with the jewels he had stolen, and he didn't want his vicious crime of robbery and murder to be discovered. So he abandoned the seriously injured Ms. Natsuki on the side of the road and drove back to his hometown. He buried the jewels near his home, drank some wine, and then turned himself in, thinking that he would be convicted of drunk driving causing death and dig out the jewels after he was released from prison."

"Based on my current speculation, I think this is probably the case."

Serabelle used words like "maybe" and "perhaps", but her tone was almost completely certain.

"But Yamao didn't expect that because he was also charged with speeding and escaping, he would be sentenced to much longer than he expected. When he was released from prison, he found that the place where he used to be had become a huge reservoir."

"So he had to do everything he could to find the location of his ancestral home so that he could find the buried jewels."

Conan continued: "As for Mr. Hikawa, he may have learned through some clues or channels that the jewelry store robbery was also caused by Mr. Yamao, so he threatened him to give him a portion of the jewels after digging them out. Unexpectedly, it brought disaster upon himself."

"Not only that, do you remember the two reservoir workers coming down the mountain that we met just now?"

Serabelle said loudly without turning her head.

"I think I know why he had to choose today to take action even though he had just been questioned by the police. This is because only during these two days will the staff from the reservoir come down the mountain to participate in the village construction celebration. At other times, there will be people guarding up there."

"That means Mr. Yamao's next step is to..."

"That's what I said, blow up the dam."

……

The perspective switches. On the dam at the end of the snow-covered mountain road, a small-looking office stands on top of an unbreakable wall that is hundreds of meters high. A dozen meters down on the other side is the gloomy and bottomless cold water surface.

Looking inside from the window, there are not many things in the office. Apart from a few machines with dashboards on them, there is only a table and four chairs. There is a thermos cup on the table. The heater on the wall is working diligently, providing heat for the small space inside.

This is the control center of the entire dam, where reservoir workers usually check the status of the entire dam.

However, although the dam is large, there are actually only four permanent staff members in the entire reservoir.

There is no need to worry about being too busy. Not to mention that the nature of the work of guarding the reservoir is actually similar to that of a forest ranger. As long as daily patrols and inspections are carried out honestly according to regulations and systems, no accidents will occur under normal circumstances. Secondly, even if an accident does occur, it is not something that four people can handle.

Not even the Fantastic Four.

So even though it was work time, two of the reservoir workers took advantage of the village celebration to go down the mountain to have coffee.

The main point is to keep a calm mind and eat and drink as you please.

However, less than ten minutes after two of them left, the sound of the goal ball twisting suddenly came from outside the office door again.

One of the staff members in the office was playing with his mobile phone with his back to the main entrance. When he heard the voice, he spoke without even turning his head.

"Eh? Why are you back again? Didn't we agree that we would go yesterday and you would go today? There's no need to make the annual village founding celebration so tense, right?"

But no one answered.

Ok?

The staff member was feeling something strange and was about to put down his phone and look back to see what was going on when he heard a crackling sound of electricity coming from the side, followed by the sound of a body falling to the ground.

"Varied……!"

The staff member finally realized something was wrong. He dropped his phone and turned around to raise his arms to block defense, but it was too late.

A fully charged electric shock device stabbed him directly in the jaw, and after a flash of electric sparks, he fell down.

Just before he lost consciousness, a dark and hideous face appeared in his gradually dimming vision.

"Hu... huh."

After killing two reservoir workers in a row, Yamao Keisuke was gasping for breath.

It was impossible not to be nervous, but even so he had to force himself to calm down.

This is the biggest plan of his life. Whether he will continue to live a humble life as a murderer who has been released from prison, or blow up the dam, dig out the jewels and sell them to live a life of wealth and glory, all depends on today!

"The jewels...are all mine, ha...ha!"

After confirming that both staff members had completely lost consciousness, Yamao Keisuke put down the stun gun, turned around, took off his backpack and unzipped it.

Inside were bags of sticky explosives and a long bundle of climbing ropes, all of which he would need to blow up the dam.

But just as Yamao Keisuke was about to take action, someone outside the office violently kicked the door open, and a cold wind rushed in, carrying flying glass fragments.

Yamao Keisuke looked up suddenly reflexively.

But a heater flying in mid-air with its radiator burning hot had occupied his entire field of vision.

boom!

Chapter 481 Zhenchun has grown up

One of the major characteristics of entering the information age is the convenience of communication.

On this side, Serabelle had just subdued Yamao Keisuke who was trying to blow up the dam, and on the other side, Conan had already contacted the other two people who had come down the mountain earlier through the walkie-talkie he found on the two staff members who had fallen to the ground in the office.

An hour later, even the police from the Niigata Prefectural Police arrived, and it was still the slowly speaking Inspector Qingzhen.

However, this time, even the interrogation process was skipped. There were witnesses and evidence at the scene, so there was nothing to say. They just took him away and that was it.

After all the trouble, when Serabelle and Conan returned to Kitanosawa Village, the sky was already approaching evening again.

At dinner time, Serabelle told Xiaolan and others the whole story at the table.

"Eh? Including the tunnel bombing incident that Conan and the others encountered earlier, it turns out that the culprit for everything was Mr. Yamao?"

From the very beginning, Sonoko simply thought she was here for a trip. If she hadn't met Serabelle and the others and hadn't happened to encounter the murder of Hikawa Shogo, she would probably still be concentrating on having fun. So she never thought that Yamao Keisuke would actually plan such a horrific crime. She was so surprised that she could hardly close her mouth.

"That's it."

Serabelle lowered her head and spoke incoherently while biting some pasta.

"Everyone thought that the tunnel explosion incident was just a failed revenge attack launched by Mayor Asakura's haters, but they didn't expect that it was just a warm-up tactic to divert attention."

"He used the threatening letter and the bombing incident to focus everyone's attention on finding the hater, and with Mayor Asakura's reputation... with his public reputation, if things don't go well, we won't even be able to find who the hater is, which is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"Even if we successfully find the person who hates us, the suspect we will eventually identify will only be Mr. Muto, who was against the construction of the reservoir. Yamao himself will not be implicated in the slightest."

"At that time, he could avoid everyone's attention, secretly run to the dam, blow up the reservoir, release all the water, and then dive to the bottom of the reservoir to dig out all the jewels buried eight years ago. By the time the police arrived, he would have already fled."

"But if we blow up the reservoir..."

Masumi Sera has also seen the map of the entire Kitanosawa Village, and the location of the reservoir is also included on the map.

Based on the geographical location on the map, she imagined the consequences of the dam being blown up and couldn't help but shudder.

"Oh~ How scary! Fortunately, he didn't succeed in the end."

"I think so."

Serabelle swallowed the pasta in her mouth with force.

Then, as if she suddenly thought of something, Sera Masumi raised her head slightly and looked at the ceiling at a 45-degree angle.

"By the way, brother, what happened to the jewels that were stolen eight years ago?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's still buried under the water."

Serabelle shook her head.

"No one has gone down to get it for so long. Besides, the reservoir is so deep that even with professional diving equipment, it may not be easy to dive to the bottom. If you want to find it without blowing up the dam, you probably need to use equipment such as a diving bell... Why, do you want it?"

"It's not like I want it..."

The girl with tiger teeth hummed softly and her eyes wandered.

Serabelle shrugged. "If you want, I can just buy it for you. Those he bought from a jewelry store are mass-produced goods. If you really want, you can get a pure handmade custom one..."

"real?!"

Before the young man could finish his words, Sera Masumi's surprised voice was heard beside him.

Serabelle, who was interrupted, glanced at her suspiciously and uttered the last half of the sentence slowly.

"…But you don't usually wear jewelry."

"If you don't wear it, you don't wear it. If you don't have it, you don't have it. These are two different things!"

The girl with tiger teeth was very confident and raised her chin towards Xiaolan who was sitting across the table after she finished speaking.

"Besides, jewelry is a standard for girls, right Lan!"

"That's right..."

Xiaolan was originally in a daze, and was stunned when her best friend suddenly called on her and asked her a question.

But asking my brother to help me buy jewelry...why does it always feel weird?

Xiaolan, who had no experience of getting along with siblings, did not say the rest of the sentence in her mind, but she vaguely felt that something was not right.

And there's my mother...

The body's unintentional actions are a reflection of the heart's truest thoughts. Sera Masumi's words once again aroused Xiaolan's speculation about her mother, and she subconsciously looked at Serabell who was across the table.

"what happened?"

Noticing the gaze from the unicorn girl, Serabelle gave her a questioning look in return.

Xiaolan was slightly startled and waved her hands quickly.

"Ah, it's nothing, I'm... fine."

She looked away and her voice gradually became quieter.

……

In the evening, the wind and snow were still howling in Kitanozawa Village.

Because of what happened last night, in order to prevent the three naughty kids from doing it again, Kogoro Mouri and Dr. Agasa simply adjusted the rooms and let Mitsuhiko and Conan live in Dr. Agasa's room together, Genta was looked after by Kogoro Mouri alone, and Ayumi lived with Ran because she was a girl.

Of course, this doesn't matter to the tiger-toothed girl who still lives with Serabelle.

Time passed quickly and it was after dinner. In the heated guest room, Masaharu Sera squatted with her back to the bed wearing cool underwear and a vest.

She was rummaging through her open suitcase for a change of clothes for her bath later.

The neckline of the vest was relatively loose. Just as she took the clothes and prepared to stand up, she accidentally glanced down and the girl let out a cry of surprise.

"Brother! They seem to have grown a little bit!"

The completely unpremeditated nonsense made Serabelle, who was lying on the bed, put down her phone with a confused look on her face.

"…You're growing mushrooms in the corner?"

"Go, what mushrooms? Look over here!"

Very dissatisfied with his brother's slowness, Sera Masumi stood up and turned to face Serabelle, then proudly patted his chest twice, making a thumping sound.

“See? Huge progress!”

"..."

The key points have been highlighted, so it is impossible for Serabelle not to understand.

But he really didn't seem to see any progress.

Isn't it still the same?

“It seems like there is a little bit.”

Serabelle said unconscionably.

"Yeah~"

But Sera Masumi was obviously very satisfied with this answer. She smiled with her white canine teeth bared, then threw the ball of replacement clothes at Serabelle on the bed, and then rushed over like a hungry tiger.

I have to say that she has excellent athletic talent. In just less than a second, she had closed the distance with Serabel to the point where their faces were touching. She supported herself on the bed with her knees and hands, and the collar of her vest, which was empty and without any support, hung down freely... well, the little lotus had pointed corners.

The emerald eyes of the tiger-toothed girl were filled with anticipation.