Conan Rick's Investigator

And judging from its body, it wasn't a gunshot wound, but something else...

Only Qin Zhibo's eyes rolled, and the first thing he thought of was the pair of "Karena's big eyes" he saw in the secret monitoring room.

……

By the time the maid came over with the medical kit, Watson had closed his eyes forever.

The eagle's body gradually became cold and stiff, and its outstretched wings became like dead feather fans, no longer moving.

Bai Matan knelt beside Watson's body, buried his head deep in his chest, and remained silent.

Everyone felt uncomfortable when they saw this scene.

Even facing the death of Dashang Zhushan just now, no one felt such a depressed mood.

It’s not that humans are inferior to eagles, but sometimes, compared with the feelings between people, the feelings between humans and animals are more sincere.

Qin Zhibo wanted to examine the eagle's body, but there would be no investigation points for animal corpses, and he had no veterinary skills.

At this time, Bai Ma knelt on the ground, his spirit was greatly shocked, and his brain was dazed.

Keeping hawks is one of the traditional customs of British aristocrats. This pure-blooded Harris hawk was obtained by Bai Ma Tan from a British aristocratic client two years ago.

Watson, a good partner who fought alongside him, often went to the murder scene with him.

Although it is not yet smart enough to track criminals, the White Horse Detective has become accustomed to posing in front of the media with a bird of prey in his hand.

However, from today on, Watson is gone.

At this moment, Bai Ma Tan felt extremely regretful, regretting why he brought Watson here who had nothing to do with all this.

"I'll go bury it first..."

The White Horse Detective silently picked up Watson's body and walked out the door quietly.

Ran Mao Li felt a little distressed when she saw Hakuba Tan's lonely back. Although she didn't have a good impression of this high school detective who liked to act pretentiously, she didn't hate him either.

Especially since Hakuba Tanjiro had just lost his beloved pet, the kind-hearted Mao Li Ran felt even more pity for him.

"I will go with you!"

"Sister Xiaolan...wait for me!"

Of course, Conan would follow wherever Mao Li Ran went, so the two of them followed Hakuba to bury the eagle.

Qin Zhibo and Qiangtian Yumei, who remained in the hall, looked at each other and saw that they both wanted to find out the murderer who attacked the eagle.

Qin Zhibo squatted on the ground, looking at the bloodstains smeared on the floor tiles for a while, then looked up and asked, "Ms. Former Prosecutor, can you tell what kind of creature this blood is from?"

Gunda Ikumi shook her head. "Unfortunately, there are no professional instruments here, so I can't judge."

"But judging from the eagle's body just now, it probably wasn't shot. It seemed like it was fighting something before it died."

Ikumi Gunda was not quite sure either, because from the perspective of the food chain, eagles have no natural enemies.

But from the perspective of fighting, any creature that can fly is likely to come into conflict with an eagle.

At this time, Qin Zhibo stood up and suggested, "Let's search each floor first. Maybe the murderer who killed the eagle is still here."

"good idea."

Gunda Ikumi nodded in agreement.

……

Qin Zhibo and Qingtian Yumei formed a team. They started searching from the second floor and soon found some fresh bloodstains on the carpet.

Blood was spread all over most of the corridor. The two followed the source of the blood and found a room with an open door.

Turning on the lights in the room, I found that it was a piano room with a huge piano inside.

Qin Zhibo went forward to check and saw that the paint surface of the piano had scratches from a sharp object. The scratches were very fresh and should be the marks of an eagle's claws.

This may be the place where Watson fought against the unknown creature.

Ikumi Gunda put on gloves and opened the keyboard cover. The inside was well protected.

But between the keys, there was a yellowed piece of paper.

Qiangtian Yumei pulled out a piece of paper, and Qin Zhibo also leaned over to look at it.

There was pen writing on it that looked quite old-fashioned. The content was not completely unrelated to the secret code that the loudspeaker dummy had said in the restaurant before, but it was exactly the same.

However, this time the secret code was displayed on a real object, and Qin Zhibo's secret code investigation came in handy.

【Secret Word Survey√】

The two travelers represent the hour and minute hands, and looking up represents returning the hands to zero. The king, queen, and soldier represent the king, queen, and jack of a deck of cards. The treasure, holy grail, sword, and soldier represent diamonds, hearts, and spades... The earth changes color.

The investigation instructions were a bit lengthy, but after reading them, Qin Zhibo understood the meaning of the code.

Qin Zhibo raised his head and was about to think about how to use this information to lure out the mastermind, but suddenly he saw the vent on the ceiling.

A pair of big eyes of Carslan are lurking in the darkness, ready to move...

Chapter 589 I’m not going to act anymore…

When Qin Zhibo's gaze met Kazilan's big eyes, those eyes in the darkness quickly disappeared.

Qiangtian Yumei looked in the direction Qin Zhibo was looking at, but didn't notice anything. She could only ask in confusion, "Did you find anything?"

“…No…” Qin Zhibo shook his head.

At this time, a faint rumbling sound of explosion was heard from the distant mountains and forests.

Qin Zhibo and Qiangtian Yumei immediately rushed to the window and saw a faint firelight coming from the bridge leading to the outside world.

Qin Zhibo immediately closed his eyes and activated the guard totem vision.

The maid's little yellow car exploded, and "Mouri Kogoro" and Mogi Harushi looked at the scene in surprise.

On the side of Dandelion's vision, an old woman was lurking in the grass with her body lowered.

The old woman was none other than Mrs. Senken. After observing the reactions of "Mouri" and Mogi for a while, she turned and left.

This is……

……

On the other side, Bai Ma borrowed a shovel from the maid and headed into the forest.

Conan, Ran Mouri and the maid followed behind, looking at Hakuba's lonely figure, and felt a little sorry for the young detective.

There was no conversation along the way until the White Horse Tank stopped under a tree, put Watson's body aside, and looked like he was preparing to dig a hole.

In the forest, the tree that Bai Ma Tan found was the most unique, perhaps to make it easier to find the eagle's location in the future.

This is a metallic gray tree. Compared with other trees in the forest, this tree is very small, only about five meters tall, with a relatively thick cylindrical trunk.

Conan was a little curious about the species of the tree, so he walked closer and shone the flashlight from his watch on the trunk.

The tree is divided into two cylinders near the ground, and the lower part of the cylinder is divided into six flat circular extensions, which may be a deformation caused by nature.

The same reasoning can also explain why the branches at the top of the trunk are arranged in a regular sphere.

Apart from the special shape of the tree and the unknown species, Conan guessed that the tree was about to die.

There is a medium-sized hole at the junction of the trunk and the top of the tree, which must have been bitten by insects.

However, seeing that Hakuba Tan had already started digging a hole, Conan didn't remind him.

The pit for burying the eagle doesn't need to be big, it will be dug in a moment.

The White Horse Detective gently placed Watson's body inside, stared at it for a few seconds, and then began to dig the hole.

In order to express that Watson was buried here, Bai Ma Tan specially built a mound for this small animal grave and placed a stone found nearby on the mound.

After doing this, everyone set out on the road back to the villa.

However, not long after the uninvited guests - humans - left, rustling noises were heard in the woods.

The sound of soil being turned over came from around the metallic-gray trees, rustling and very dense.

The grave of Eagle Watson was moving slightly, as if there was something alive underneath.

But not long after, the noise subsided and was replaced by a sound coming from within the tree cavity.

The sound is crunchy, like the sound of chewing something.

After ten minutes of slow chewing, a long, narrow vertebra was thrown out from the hollow in the trunk.

Then there were feathers stuck together by mucus, tiny and sharp nails, and half of the bird's beak was broken...

These fragments of indigestible tissue once belonged to an eagle named "Watson".

……

Back at the villa, "Kogoro Mori" and Haruhi Mogi also returned.

The two explained to everyone what happened on the bridge.

"What! You said Ms. Senjian is dead?"

Gunda Ikumi was surprised, and "Mouri Kogoro" explained: "I'm afraid that when she was switching on the headlights, the bomb planted by the murderer happened to explode."

"We can't just sit there and wait for death. There might be other people in this annex..."

At this moment, Gunda Ikumi suggested: "Why don't we have a meeting among the detectives to discuss the next countermeasures..."

Seeing the look from Gunda Ikumi, Hakuba nodded in agreement, and the rest of the detectives also agreed.

Only Qin Zhibo shook his head and expressed the opposite opinion.

"I don't think that's necessary. Everyone already has the answer, right?"

Ikumi Gunda's expression changed slightly. She glanced at Ran Mouri and the maid next to her. Considering the psychological endurance of these two people, she asked again out of caution.

"Is this okay to say?"

Qin Zhibo nodded and confirmed, "That's fair to say. It's time to end this farce tonight."

"Actually, all of you found a pistol in your room, right? Take it out, there's no need to hide it."

After the words fell, everyone thought about it and really took out their pistols.

Ikumi Gunda's is a slightly pocket-sized pistol, Hakuba's is a revolver, and Harufumi Mogi and Tomohiro Qin's are automatic pistols.

Several people pulled out their pistols, scaring Mao Lilan and the maid Xiaolu so much that they trembled and took half a step back.

Only "Mouri Kogoro" was confused and asked in surprise: "What pistol? How come I don't know about it?"

Conan's face was filled with helplessness. His uncle was indeed his uncle, a disgrace to the detective world...

In fact, it’s not that Kidd didn’t notice the pistol, but he had too much equipment on him, including a hang glider, a poker gun, a thief suit... There was no place to put the pistol.

Moreover, he also believed in the philosophy of not killing people, so a gun would be of no use to him.

"The murderer gave each of us a pistol, which means she didn't want us to leave alive. She wanted us to kill each other."

"I can find the way down the mountain from here, and help will surely come..."

Qin Zhibo was so sure that rescue would come because he knew that Kidd's accomplice, Terai Huangzhisuke, was waiting at the foot of the mountain.

If all else fails, Kidd can use his hang glider to fly out and help call the police.

"So there's no point in us pretending to be ignorant. Who is the murderer? Everyone, tell us."

Everyone looked at each other, and at a certain moment, they gave the answer at the same time.

"A thousand generations down!"

[Congratulations on completing the side mission]

……

Outside the villa, old lady Qianjian walked along the forest path and quietly sneaked back to the courtyard of the villa.

She quickly passed the view that could be seen through the window, opened a window that had been reserved in advance, and returned to the villa from the first floor.

At this moment, she was no longer the old woman in the armchair, but a lithe assassin.

She had no problem getting from the first floor to the fourth floor, and soon she returned to her secret monitoring room.

Seeing the detectives busy searching for "herself" in each room on the surveillance video, Mrs. Qianjian nodded with great satisfaction.