Conan Rick's Investigator

Judging from the state of maintenance of these buildings, servants, housekeepers and other staff must have been dismissed not long ago.

MI-Go may have replaced "Yoshito Matsunaka" and used this person's identity to dismiss all staff.

As for why it did this, it was probably because it was worried that people around it would discover its flaws and hinder its plans.

Qin Zhibo waited for a while and saw the Conan team in front walk into the middle building, and then he followed.

Near the edge of the building, he cast the [Guardian Totem].

This way you can see what's going on inside without having to enter the building.

But even so, for the safety of the Junior Detective Team, Qin Zhibo still didn't dare to leave too far.

……

Led by Mr. Clock, the Junior Detective League and Yuriko Matsunaka entered the building.

As you enter the building, the first thing that catches your eye is an extremely huge bronze statue of a bull.

"what--"

Ayumi was frightened by the huge bronze statue of a cow, and Genta and Mitsuhiko quickly stretched out their big pig hooves to protect Ayumi.

Yuriko Matsunaka also looked at the bronze statue of the cow in disbelief and asked weakly, "Did my mother really live in a place like this?"

In response to Yuriko Matsunaka's question, Mr. Zhong acted as if he didn't hear it and turned around to continue introducing himself.

"This is the Barbarian Bull Mansion, the fifth mansion built in the heart of the Angel Mansion."

Yuriko Matsuzaka: "..."

Conan looked up at the cow that was almost three stories tall and was quite surprised.

Being well-informed, he could tell at a glance that the sculpture of the bull was made in proportion to the bronze bull statue on Wall Street in New York.

He actually has the guts to put such a sculpture at home. It seems he has made a lot of money through stock speculation.

This made Conan even more interested in the puzzle in the will. He turned to Mr. Clock and asked, "Uncle 'Clock', can you tell us the puzzle that Yuriko's great-grandfather left us now?"

Mr. Zhong stopped where he was, thought for a moment, then nodded with a smile on his face.

"can."

"I will now announce the contents of the puzzle to you. Please listen carefully."

"When the horns on the bull's head disappear and its tail becomes its head, an angel will descend from heaven and blow a trumpet, and that note is where the treasure is."

Mr. Zhong solemnly announced the content of the riddle. Guangyan, who liked to record, quickly took out his small notebook and repeated the riddle aloud to write it down.

Conan looked down at his watch. It was now 6:30 in the evening, and he had 24 hours to solve the puzzle.

After silently recording the time in his mind, Conan looked up at Mr. Clock again, but found that he himself did not record the time.

Isn't the puzzle time 24 hours? As the executor, doesn't he keep a separate record of the time?

At this time, Mr. Zhong announced another thing.

"Okay, everyone."

"Humans cannot concentrate on thinking unless they have a full stomach. I have prepared some food for you."

"Please follow me..."

When he heard that it was time to eat, Yuantai shouted "Great!"

Several people followed Mr. Zhong and walked towards the North Hall.

……

At the same time, Qin Zhibo, who was hiding not far away, suddenly released the [Guardian Totem] vision, his eyes full of disbelief.

He heard it...

Just now when Conan was asking about the content of the puzzle, Qin Zhibo clearly heard the man call "Clock".

And the girl with twin ponytails also calls him "Mr. Clock".

Isn’t this Mr. Clock’s name!

The only difference is that one is in Japanese and the other is in English.

The Mi-GOs do not have any vocal organs such as mouths, and they rely on telepathy to communicate with each other, so they do not need names.

Qin Zhibo and Mr. Clock first met in the thieves' villa which was full of clocks.

It named itself after the first thing it saw at that moment, which was the clock.

This MI-GO also uses "Clock" as its code name. Qin Zhibo's intuition tells him that this is Mr. Clock.

In addition to this, Qin Zhibo is also quite familiar with using humans to solve puzzles.

The previous Panester fragment was hidden by the leader of the thieves' gang.

Mr. Clock did not understand the human thinking pattern and relied on Qin Zhibo to find the fragment.

This time it seems that Mr. Clock is using the same old tricks again, wanting to use humans to solve their own mysteries, but he just happened to find the Junior Detective Team.

Although the Junior Detective Team is very good at giving away free stuff, they have indeed solved many cases during this period and have gained some reputation.

In addition, Mr. Clock may think that a group of children is easier to control, and even if he uses the children to find what he wants, he can easily snatch it away.

I didn't expect that this old guy has secretly learned to drive during this period...

Mr. Clock has no idea about human cars because his race can fly.

In the previous Panester fragment puzzle, the leader of the thieves hid the fragment in the car, and Mr. Clock never found it.

Because of this, Qin Zhibo was not sure at first that this MI-GO who could only drive was Mr. Clock.

But now it seems that Mr. Clock may have realized that not being able to drive is a weakness of his after the last time, so he deliberately mastered driving skills.

As for Mr. Clock's desire to use the Junior Detective Team to solve the mystery, it is definitely not for Yoon Shikawa Kozo's inheritance.

What he wants is the Panester fragment!

Mr. Clock had told himself before that the last half of the Panester fragment was in the hands of the leader's favorite woman.

But it came to Yin Shichuan Gangsan to look for the Panester fragments?

Qin Zhibo thought about it and realized something.

This alien grandson wants to plot against me!

Before, he was a little puzzled as to why there were two identical halves of the Panester fragment.

But now it seems that the last half of the Panester fragment is actually one real and one fake!

Qin Zhibo guessed that the information Mr. Clock obtained in Arkham should be "the leader's woman has a fake fragment, and Yin Shichuan Gangzo has a real fragment."

Mr. Clock sent him to get the fake fragments, while he secretly concealed the existence of the real fragments, with the purpose of plotting against him when he went to Enkai.

Although Qin Zhibo doesn’t know the specific method of using the Panester fragments yet, as long as fake fragments are used, something bad will definitely happen!

It seems that what our ancestors said was right. It turns out that those who are not of our race must have different hearts...

After a moment, Qin Zhibo calmed down.

Looking back on his past with Mr. Clock, it was no surprise that he had the idea of plotting against him.

Before, under the guidance of the Yellow King, he had destroyed the base of the MI-GO race. It was probably at that time that the grudge between the two of them was formed.

But since you made the first move, don’t blame me for being rude!

……

On the other side, everyone followed Mr. Zhong to the North Hall, which was also where everyone would stay tonight.

It didn't take long before exquisite dishes were brought out by the dining cart and Mr. Zhong personally served them to everyone's table.

At this point, Conan also confirmed that there were indeed no other staff members in the Angel's House.

But he didn't think much about it. It might be a deliberate arrangement for the fair execution of the will.

"I'm gonna start now!"

At the command, Yuantai took the lead and started eating with relish.

The other children were more reserved, using Western cutlery and forks with either skill or lack thereof.

Mr. Zhong stood at the door with his hands behind his back, watching everything silently with an expressionless face.

Conan noticed this and looked back and asked, "Mr. Clock, aren't you going to eat?"

Mr. Zhong shook his head, meaning "no," but did not answer why.

Soon, Yuantai devoured all the food in his area like a whirlwind, and then greedily asked for more from the clock.

"Uncle Clock, give me another steak!"

"And there are sweet buns, so delicious, I want more! I better have another basket!"

Faced with Yuantai's reasonable request, Mr. Zhong shook his head and refused, explaining seriously.

"Proper eating is good for thinking, but overeating can cause too much blood to flow into the stomach, causing the brain to be deprived of blood and oxygen, which reduces a person's thinking ability and induces drowsiness."

This answer made the DNA of Haibara Ai, a doctor of biomedicine, move, and she looked at Mr. Clock in surprise.

Conan was also a little surprised by this answer.

I didn’t expect that as the executor of the will, this “clock” would be so considerate of the test taker that it even took into account the impact of food on the brain.

He really made me cry to death!

On the other side, Yuantai's request was not met, so he could only put his hands on his big belly and look at the empty plate with resentment.

Seeing this, Yuriko Matsunaka pushed her half-eaten steak and the remaining bread rolls towards Genta.

"You eat mine, I'm full..."

When Yuan Tai heard this, he was immediately overjoyed, "Really? That's great!"

But just as Yuantai stood up to take the food on the table, Mr. Zhong came over and grabbed Yuantai's wrist.

"Feel sorry."

"I said you can't eat it anymore, and that's it."

Chapter 927 Dispersed Actions

Although Mr. Zhong said "sorry" first, his tone was firm and did not allow for any questioning.

Yuantai was shocked by Mr. Zhong's attitude. Although he was fearless, he felt a little afraid at this moment.

"If you don't want to eat, then don't eat..."

Yuantai looked at Mr. Zhong's cold face under his sunglasses and withdrew his hand awkwardly.

Mr. Zhong took the remaining half steak and bread on the table to the food cart on the side, obviously not wanting anyone in the Junior Detective Team to eat more.

Haibara Ai glanced at Conan and found that Conan also had a surprised expression on his face.

If "Mr. Clock" is the housekeeper of Angel's House and also serves as a nutritionist or something like that, he might restrict Yuantai's diet.

After all, judging from his figure, Yuantai really needs to lose weight.

But Conan didn't expect that he would restrict his food intake to such an extent just for such a small matter.

Besides, it seems that Mr. Zhong's purpose in doing this is not for Yuantai's health, but to avoid affecting his ability to think about puzzles.

Does he provide such "thoughtful" service to other puzzle challengers?

……

After the little incident, the Young Detectives no longer dared to eat too much.

Mr. Clock collected all the leftover food and pushed it away on a food cart, leaving not even a piece of bread.

After a while, Mr. Clock returned to the restaurant and made one final announcement to everyone.

"Please be extremely cautious when you act, because the security system that the master installed during his lifetime has even more terrifying functions..."

"It would be bad if someone got hurt and affected everyone's ability to solve the puzzle."

After saying that, Mr. Zhong turned and left the restaurant.