Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

Maori put away his dream sandals and walked around the crowd to look for old man Jirokichi. It was not until Kidd appeared on the roof of the building again amid the cheers of the crowd that he looked back and watched Kidd spread his hang glider and disappear under the moonlight.

After a pause, Maori crossed the blockade net and looked for old man Jirokichi who was roaring at his guards.

No matter how Kaito plays his tricks, it's enough to get the things back, and give an explanation to old man Jirokichi.

……

"Mr. Suzuki Jirokichi wins big!"

The next day's newspapers were still full of Japan's characteristic chuunibyou news. Just as Maori expected, because Kidd got the dream sandals back before he showed up, the confused media failed to catch the chance to steal the spotlight.

Mao Li picked up a newspaper and looked at the front page, and found that the reporter took a photo of him and old man Jirokichi when he returned the dream sandals to the old man.

A very subtle shot, with most of the old man's face revealed.

Looking at the old man's smiling face, it seems that there is nothing wrong. At least it made the headlines.

"Ding dong."

Just as Maori was thinking this, Ai came back from outside with her schoolbag on her back.

"You're back from school, Ai."

"Yeah... when you went out to buy cigarettes this morning, you had a strange visitor. The information was in a folder."

"Strange visitor?"

Maori gathered his thoughts and casually looked through the visitor list.

Terunao Tamai, 42 years old, asked for something and left a phone number...

"Looking for something again."

Mao Li rubbed his brows and picked up the phone.

Since entering the detective industry, Mao Li has taken on various commissions, and among all these commissions, he thinks the most difficult one is finding things.

"Detective Maori?" An embarrassed laugh came from the other end of the line. "Yes, I did go there this morning, but I've already found the things. I'm really sorry. I'll find you next time."

"Crack!"

"Really? How can there be such a person? If you find him, just cancel the appointment."

Mao Li looked at the hung-up call in confusion, shook his head, turned to Xiao Ai and said, "Your elementary school is on a spring outing these days so you won't be accepting commissions. They're all boring cases anyway."

"Okay." Xiao Ai picked up the cup, took a sip of hot tea, and continued to read the magazine.

……

a few days later.

There is always a special charm in the deep mountains far away from the city. Birds chirp one after another among the mountains, and the fresh air makes people seem to forget all their worries.

Maori set up the tent, stretched himself and walked to the lake.

After getting used to the fast pace of Tokyo, it feels good to come to the mountains occasionally. And with a group of naughty kids around, it doesn’t feel lonely.

The only thing I was worried about was the car I rented.

Maori looked back at the van he had rented next to the tent. It was not too close to the lake and the terrain was flat. Moreover, the weather was good today, so he would definitely not be unlucky enough to have the car washed away by the water.

Safety!

"Uncle," Xiao Ai, who was sorting out the ingredients on the other side, called out, "Are you done yet? Don't be lazy!"

"No."

Maori returned to the van and took out the barbecue grill from the back.

"But then again, isn't it taking Conan and the others too long to collect firewood? Could they be going treasure hunting somewhere again?"

"It's possible." Xiao Ai smiled gently.

"I should have known I wouldn't have let Conan take them there..."

Maori looked towards the quiet forest with a headache.

When we were camping before, these guys had a history of getting into trouble for no apparent reason.

Conan is not reliable at all...

"Okay, don't worry," Ai said as she washed the vegetables, "Kudo won't make the same mistake again."

"That's not necessarily true. That kid..."

"Uncle Mori!" Ayumi and her group suddenly came back to the camp from the other side. After seeing Mori, they said happily, "We found a big house. It seems that there is the treasure of Sanshui Yoshimaemon?"

"Sanmizu Yoshimataemon?" Maori's left cheek twitched. "Weren't you guys going to collect firewood? I told you not to run around, so where did you go?"

“Hehe,” several children laughed, “The more they tell us not to run around, the more we want to go and take a look…”

"Please!"

"What can I do? That house is really weird, and... "

"Moreover," Conan came over from behind with a serious expression, "we also found a body hidden in the water."

"Corpse?" Maori's eyebrows jumped, and he looked at Conan who looked thoughtful.

"It looks like they were killed because of a dispute over treasure," Conan explained, "So I brought them back to find you, and called the police..."

……

In the deep mountains and forests, Maori followed Conan and others and soon saw a pond with a small waterfall. A dilapidated old house was built beside the pond.

"That's it."

Maori looked over and was immediately attracted by the ancient three-story house.

"It feels like it has been abandoned for many years. Is this the house that Mimizu Yoshimataemon used to live in?"

"Spooky, right?"

"It's gone," Conan said, standing on the grass in front of the house with his palms slightly clenched, "It seems that the body that was just here has been hidden by someone again!"

"No way?" Ayumi and the others gathered around the pond and found that there was only a stone box with two holes pierced through it on the grass.

"It's really gone. Who did this?"

"I'm afraid that the murderer came here when we left," Conan squatted down to check the water stagnation left by the corpse, "in order to hide his crime, he hid somewhere else..."

Maori frowned and glanced around, then walked up to Conan and asked, "Didn't you leave any evidence? At least we'll have an explanation when the police come."

"No, but I do know the other party's identity," Conan raised his head and responded, "Because I have seen his driver's license, he is a man named Terunaga Tamai, 42 years old..."

"Yujing Terushang?"

Mao Li's eyes narrowed, "Is he really called Tamai Terunaga?"

"What's wrong?" Conan asked in confusion, "Uncle, do you know him?"

Maori looked at Ai next to him and said, "Just the day before yesterday, a man named Terunao Tamai suddenly left an appointment to find something. However, when I contacted him in the afternoon, he said that he had already found the item..."

"I think that's the right person."

Conan took out a wet small notebook and a magatama made of stone from his pocket.

"This person's handbook is filled with information and maps of treasures scattered across Japan. It also describes in great detail the process of finding the treasure of Sanshui Yoshimataemon. He must be a treasure hunter. It is very likely that he went to find you, uncle, to ask you to find some clues..."

"Treasure hunter?"

Maori looked through the notes curiously.

There are even records of the Twilight Annex, but the content is very limited, and most of the rest are records about the treasure of Mimizu Yoshimataemon.

"If I'm with a capable partner, I can lure out that pretentious thief... I've been fooled by that damn magician several times... What is this?"

"That's right," Conan smiled faintly and looked deeply at the dilapidated old house, "That guy should have also set his sights on the treasure here, that mischievous thief who likes to wear a mask..."

"Is this the treasure you're talking about?" Xiao Ai put her hands behind her back and checked the stone box by the pond. "This is a stone-carved lamp that was often used in ancient courtyards. It's a stone lantern. The middle part is where you light the candle."

"Yes, the upper cover and the lower base have sunk into the pond."

Conan stood up and continued: "On the one hand, it should be used to hide the body, and on the other hand, it should be used to hide the clues to the treasure..."

Xiao Ai leaned over and looked inside the stone lantern: "The Nest of the King is only a stone's throw away from the sun. The elders gathered in a place of great prosperity. The Stone of the King is there. Those who are not afraid of the wrath of the King, obtain the stone that is difficult to hold in your hands and recognize the eternal truth... Sanshui Yoshimataemon..."

"The Nioh Stone?"

The children looked at each other.

"Niou refers to Kongōrikishi, and Niou Stone is diamond, which is also called diamond." Conan explained.

"Indeed, diamonds were introduced to Japan around the end of the shogunate, so the timing is very consistent," Xiao Ai turned around and asked, "Does that mean the diamonds are hidden in this old house?"

"Kichimataemon was reported in the news last time. Someone must have found this place after seeing the map in the news..."

Maori held the stone magatama in his hand, but apart from finding the word "Yan" written on it, he couldn't figure out anything else.

The notebook was recorded in pencil, but because it was wet, the handwriting was a little difficult to recognize, and the following content could only be read after it dried.

If you want to find clues, you can only look to Yoshimataemon's old house.

Maori looked intently at the three-story wooden wall building that looked like a haunted house.

The treasure hunter who had come to look for me was killed, and the murderer might be nearby. Maybe he also wanted to kill me to silence me...

"It's raining."

A few raindrops fell on Maori's face. When he looked up, he found that the sky had changed and the air was getting thicker.

"The water temperature of this pond is about 20 degrees. Judging from the state of the body, it was not long after the murder. Judging from the rope marks left on the neck, it was strangled to death and immediately sank into the pond..."

Conan was still thinking about the disappeared body.

"The murder was most likely carried out today, so the person who hid the body must be the murderer, and he should be nearby..."

"What should we do?" Yuan Tai was a little scared, "Should we go catch that guy?"

"Idiot, this is too dangerous," Conan looked at Maori, "Anyway, everyone should stay here with the uncle and wait for the police to come."

"But," Yuan Tai looked at the old house unwillingly, "Where is the treasure? We finally got here, if the murderer and that magician thief find it first..."

"I also want to catch that pretentious thief," Conan looked helplessly at the silent old house, "but have you forgotten how you were almost killed before? If it happens again..."

"Don't worry, we will be very obedient!"

"really?"

Conan rolled his eyes, looked at Maori who was deep in thought and said, "It's going to rain, let's go to the house to hide from the rain first, but don't run around!"

"Good!" Ayumi and the others cheered happily, "The treasure hunt game has begun!"

"Hey, you guys..."

Mao Li came to his senses and his brows twitched.

Chapter 141 Who is the pervert!

Unlike Maori, Conan and Ai who already knew the truth, Genta was stunned and said, "You keep talking about a pretend thief. Who is that thief?"

"You still don't know?" Conan smiled, "Of course it's the thief named Kaito Kid who targeted the big gem. Although I'm not sure what happened, but according to the description in the notebook, that guy seems to have set his sights on this place..."

"Kaitou Kidd?"

"Is he here too?"

Ayumi's face turned red with excitement, which made Maori's eyelids droop.

Young girls nowadays are not only precocious when it comes to love, but they also have problems with the kind of people they idolize - what's there to idolize about a thief?

The rain gradually began to get heavier. When the group walked to the gate of the dilapidated old house, the eerie feeling became more obvious. Maori glanced around casually and found that the junction of the house wall and the grass was all covered with freshly wet soil, and the foundation of the whole house seemed to have been lifted up, giving people a weird feeling.

"Could it be that Sanshui Yoshimataemon has set up a trap in the entire house?" Maori squatted down and touched the wet soil, "It looks like this place has been flooded..."

"Maybe," Xiao Ai stood beside him with her hands behind her back, "Sanshui Yoshimataemon was known as Jigan Yoshimataemon in the past, and he was a very wealthy man at the time. If he really wanted to build a house with a mechanism, it's not impossible."

"That means someone has already triggered the mechanism..."