Tom Cat breaks through the dimensional wall.

Officer Megure nodded and quickly took out his cell phone to make a call.

Looking at the tragic death of his eldest brother in the room, Takeda Ryuji said with some fear: "It must be the work of the Spider Fairy. This is a cursed place. Didn't we see the Spider Fairy just now?"

“It doesn’t have to be that.”

Huihara Ai shook her head and looked at Tang Mu again.

To really solve the case, it depends on your partner.

Tom was not careless either. He changed his clothes immediately, put on the same deerstalker cap as Sherlock Holmes, held a pipe in his mouth, and began to observe the room carefully with a magnifying glass in hand.

Now the plot has changed, even Gurongi has appeared, and Tom is not sure whether the murderer's method of killing is still the same as in the original book.

So to be on the safe side, he still had to investigate it carefully again.

Thumbtack...

Tom found the thumbtack through a magnifying glass, put on white gloves, picked it up and examined it carefully.

The surface of this thumbtack is rusty, but the iron pin is very clean, so it must have been pulled out just now.

If that is the case, there must be a place where this thumbtack has been inserted before.

The cat took out the pliers again and threatened the thumbtack.

The trembling thumbtack immediately grew out its hands and pointed Tom in the direction.

Seeing this, Tang Mu raised his head and looked towards the air vent.

Sure enough, there was a small hole where the thumbtack had been inserted.

The room was locked from the inside, with only one air vent open.

But this air vent is very small and can only accommodate a small child at most.

If the murderer was an adult, he would definitely not be able to get in or out unless he knew how to shrink his bones.

From this point of view, this is a closed-room murder case.

At this time, the old lady of the Takeda family suddenly appeared behind everyone like a ghost, and suddenly said: "This is definitely the curse of the Spider Fairy."

It was unknown when the old lady appeared on the second floor.

She spoke so suddenly that everyone was startled.

Everyone turned around and saw the short old lady looking at them gloomily. She said in a hoarse voice, "It must be the Spider Fairy who used its six long claws to crawl in through the air vent and then used our rope to strangle the child Xinyi to death."

"It's to punish Shinichi for building a warehouse in this place, so you better be careful."

The old lady finished her speech and walked towards the stairs with her hands behind her back, saying as she walked: "If you detectives say this is a murder case, you will definitely be cursed by the Spider Fairy."

Although a son had died, the old lady didn't seem to have any emotions at all, which made Tang Mu and the others think deeply.

"She doesn't seem to want this case to be classified as a homicide?"

Inspector Megure frowned, suddenly feeling that the old lady was a little suspicious.

If Tom had not just defeated Spider Gurongi, Inspector Megure would have suspected that she was the Gurongi.

Three years ago, when Inspector Megure was working with No. 4 to fight against the Gurongi, he already knew that this ancient race could transform into human form.

In addition, the old lady was very thin and could just fit through the air vent.

If she was the one who committed this crime, there are many possibilities.

"It could also be that the elderly are more old-fashioned."

Haibara Ai looked at the old lady's back as she left alone, and for the first time she spoke to Inspector Megure.

At this time, Tang Mu also came over, put the thumbtacks into a sealed bag, and handed it to Huibara Ai.

So Xiao Ai looked at the Takeda brothers and asked, "You guys kept talking about the Spider Fairy. What exactly is the Spider Fairy?"

Takeda Ryuji looked at Tang Mu with some awe. Seeing Huiyuan Ai asking, he quickly replied, "This is a legend we have had here a long time ago. Legend has it that there was once a beautiful woman who looked like a fairy in Kuilei Ridge."

"Whenever someone passes by, she will stop them and ask, 'Do you believe that heaven exists? Do you want to go?' At this time, those who are tempted by the beauty of the beautiful woman will answer that they want to go. After that, they will disappear into the forest and never come back."

"Later, a puppet master heard about this and thought of a way. He put a puppet as tall as a man on the road and began to wait for opportunities."

"Not long after, the beauty appeared again and asked the puppet if he wanted to go to heaven. But the puppet naturally did not answer. After asking several times, the beauty became impatient and revealed her true form as a giant spider and began to attack the puppet."

"When the puppet master saw this, he fired the rocket he had prepared, setting the giant spider on fire. The spider then fled into the forest in panic, its body covered in flames. The puppet master followed and found that the giant spider and a group of smaller spiders had been burned to death in their own nest."

"Later, the villagers feared that they would be cursed, so they built a temple there and worshipped her as the Spider Fairy. From then on, this place was renamed Puppet Ridge."

Huiyuan Ai listened to the story carefully, nodded, and said, "Then what does it have to do with the curse you mentioned?"

Takeda Yuzo was a little depressed, but his second brother had just told the story, so he answered Ai's question: "That's because the shrine dedicated to the Spider Fairy was built where this warehouse is."

"In other words, the previous ancestral hall was demolished?"

Huihara Ai asked again.

"Yes, my eldest brother inherited his father's legacy and became a puppet master. He built this warehouse despite the villagers' opposition. Three years after the warehouse was built, we found his daughter Misa and his wife Kinuyo hanged in this place."

"Both of their bodies were turned into nests of spiders. It was really horrible. Then three years later this year, Mr. Negishi was also strangled to death by a rope here. When he died, his hands and feet were still wrapped with strings used to control the puppets. The hanging thread is just like the big brother, the scene is like being tangled in spider silk."

Ryuji Takeda frowned and turned to look at the body of Shinichi Takeda who was still hanging in the room, his tone full of sadness.

Officer Megure nodded. "That's why this place is called the Spider House of Puppet Ridge. In other words, someone may have used this legend to carry out a series of murder plots."

Hearing what Officer Megure said, Takeda Ryuji couldn't help but ask, "But, that really wasn't the work of the Spider Fairy? We clearly saw the Spider Fairy just now."

Ryuji Takeda actually didn't believe in the legend of the spider fairy at first.

But we had just seen the battle between Tom and Spider-Man outside the warehouse.

Seeing is believing, and it really made him doubt whether the curse of the Spider Fairy really existed in Puppet Ridge.

"Although I am still not sure who the murderer is, I have roughly guessed the method of committing the crime. It is something that can be done by human power."

Hearing Tom's "meow" in her ear, Haibara Ai, her partner, said the lines a detective should say.

At the same time, the roar of a vehicle engine was heard outside the warehouse.

It should be Taylor and Mitsunaga Momota who went up the mountain to worship and came back.

Still owe 56,000

Chapter 399: Martial Arts Cat

"What?! Takeda Shinichi is dead?!"

The two people who had just returned were also in disbelief when they heard the news.

Especially for Mitsunaga Hyakuta, his client had already died, so he no longer wanted to stay in the Takeda family.

The marketing detective was not willing to stay until Ryuji Takeda expressed his willingness to pay the commission fee on behalf of his elder brother.

"By the way, why did you come back so early?"

Takeda Yuzo asked Taylor curiously.

After all, the mountain road is difficult to walk on, and Misa's grave is quite far away. Logically, we shouldn't come back so soon.

"It suddenly started raining on the road, and sand and gravel collapsed, blocking our way. It almost blocked our way back. Mr. Mitsunaga went to the forest to find a stick to pry open the rocks, so we could come back." Taylor scratched his head, still a little overwhelmed by the current situation. They were only out for such a short time, how come someone died when they came back.

"Mr. Megure, how is the police doing? Are they here?"

Ryuji Takeda looked at Inspector Megure beside him with a nervous expression.

Officer Megure just put down the phone, shook his head, and sighed: "The road is blocked by gravel. We can't get up until tomorrow."

When everyone heard this, they reacted immediately.

Since the police can't come, they can only rely on themselves to make arrangements at this time.

Fortunately, there were detectives and police officers on the scene, so they were not in a panic.

Tom lay on Haibara Ai's shoulder and looked at Taylor. He thought of something, immediately patted Ai's shoulder and whispered a few words in her ear.

Huiyuan Ai immediately understood what Tom meant. She walked up to Taylor, stretched out her hand, and said, "Please lend us your camera. I want to take pictures of the crime scene."

"Uh... here..."

Taylor was stunned for a moment, but still took off the camera from his neck and handed it to Ai.

As if to liven up the tense atmosphere, Taylor smiled and said, "The little detective is quite reliable."

Unfortunately, everyone present was preoccupied and no one paid any attention to him.

Seeing that Ai got Taylor's camera, Officer Megure, as a criminal policeman, also began to tell everyone not to go out at night, and to wait until the local police arrived tomorrow morning.

"May I ask what you are planning to do now?"

Thinking of the battle between Tom and Spider-Man just now, Ryuji Takeda still felt that he felt safer with the cat.

"We need to go to the second floor of the warehouse to see if we can find any other clues."

Without Tang Mu's instructions, Huihara Ai had already guessed Tang Mu's thoughts and directly told him their next plan of action.

"I'll go with you."

Inspector Megure is a policeman after all, and he has to be present in situations like this.

Mitsunaga Momota walked out without saying a word. He really didn't like the little girl who spoke rudely, and he didn't want to be left behind by Haibara Ai in the progress of the case.

It was raining outside at this time. Mitsunaga Hyakuta just went out, but immediately came back and borrowed an umbrella from the Takeda family before setting off again.

Guangyong Baita didn't like them, and Tang Mu didn't want to ignore Guangyong Baita.

The petty cat didn't even want to hold an umbrella like Mitsunaga Momota.

So Tang Mu and the Takeda family borrowed an electric kettle, opened the lid of the kettle, called Ai and Inspector Megure, and walked directly towards the rain outside the house.

When Inspector Megure saw this, he didn't react to what Tom Mu meant for a moment, and wanted to remind Tom Mu that it was raining outside.

As a result, his mouth just opened and he couldn't close it in shock.

The raindrops falling from the sky saw the kettle in Tang Mu's hand, and fearing that they would be burned, they moved away in panic.

This meant that even though Tang Mu and Xiao Ai were standing in the rain, not a single drop of rain fell on them.

Seeing this, Inspector Megure opened his mouth, and finally said helplessly: "You are getting more and more outrageous."

Having said this, Inspector Megure also quickly ran out of the house and stood beside Tang Mu. The two of them and the cat headed towards the warehouse under the protection of the kettle.

As soon as Tang Mu left, everyone in the Takeda family returned to their rooms.

They all looked dazed and now just wanted to have a good rest.

To the time when Yong Baitai was there.

Although he took a step ahead, he did not actually go to the warehouse.

From childhood to adulthood, Mitsunaga Momota has always been a vengeful person.

At today's dinner, Guang Yongbaitai was already unhappy with Tang Mu and his group.

They originally wanted to go out and relax, but they encountered a landslide and their car was almost flooded.

Such unfortunate incident made Mitsunaga Momota feel even worse.

Walking in the rain with an umbrella, Mitsunaga Momota saw the car parked there by Inspector Megure, and his eyes suddenly became full of anger.

Taking out the folding knife he carried with him for self-defense, he walked directly towards Officer Megure's car.

Looking at the car in front of him, Mitsunaga Momota remembered the valve core that was pulled out when he was in school.

He has always had a dislikeable personality since he was a child, and as a result, people often secretly pulled out the valve cores of his bicycle tires.

Now he was going to learn from those enemies from his school days and give Megure's car tires a few hard hits.

Then, let’s see how they get down the mountain.

Mitsunaga Baita thought so and grinned happily.

Coming to the side of the cheap car, Mitsunaga Baita couldn't help but sneer: "What a rubbish car. Such a low-class person drives such a low-quality car."

As Mitsunaga Hyakuta said this, he squatted down beside the tire of the car.

He took out a knife and looked around like a thief. When he found that no one was paying attention to him, he raised the knife with some excitement and trepidation.

But before Mitsunaga Hyakuta's knife fell, the flashlight shone on a small round ball that was half buried in the mud next to it.

Curious, he picked up the ball and looked at it, wondering, "That's strange, is this a BB bullet?"