Conan's Unscientific Detective

If that's the case, then he came to the right place this time.

After all, Haruka's final payment has not been paid yet. If the Mihua people take it away, the remaining 200,000 will probably become a bad debt.

Just as Fujino was thinking, a young man in a blue shirt and middle-parted hair walked out of the room: "Mom, you are too anxious. You can talk about it later."

The young man's name is Ogata Shiro, and he is the second son of the Ogata family. The woman just now is the wife of the current head of the family, Ogata Kazuko.

"Miss Haruna, who Grandpa always mentions, is coming to our house, so we have to treat her well first."

Ogata Shiro seemed somewhat familiar with her. "After all, she has been Grandpa's spiritual support over the years..."

"grandfather?"

Fujino and Haruna were both stunned.

Although Haruna thought that the other person was an uncle, he was not that old...

They are all grandfathers now.

"That's true."

Ogata Kazuko nodded upon hearing this, and then agreed, "No matter what, we have to help light some incense first."

The two confused people followed the Ogata mother and son to a niche in a room inside the house.

A Buddha statue is enshrined in a black wooden niche, and in front of the statue is a tablet for Ogata Akigo.

On top of the tablet is a black and white portrait of an old man and an old woman.

Obviously, this is the shrine where Neon worships the dead in his family, and according to custom, the two people in the photo should be a couple.

Fujino raised his eyes and glanced at the shrine: "Is Mr. Qiu Wu dead?"

"Well, my father-in-law passed away at the end of last year," Ogata Kazuko replied.

"how so……"

Haruna Ogata looked at the portrait on the ceiling, appearing a little sad and a little surprised.

Fujino turned around and asked, "May I ask how Mr. Qiu Wu passed away?"

"Grandpa died of illness."

Ogata Shiro said, "Come to think of it, even before he died, he still missed Miss Haruna."

"Um, Miss Haruna."

Ogata Kazuko suddenly looked at Haruna, "My father-in-law must have given you a music box before he died, right?"

"Well, Mr. Qiu Wu did give me a music box."

Haruna took out the music box from the bag and handed it to the other party. "But I never thought that he had passed away..."

Without even any consolation, Ogata Kazuko took the music box and opened it, seeming a little impatient.

As the music box was opened, ethereal music sounded, but she seemed a little surprised: "What is this song..."

“Come spring.”

Before she could finish, the sliding door of the room was opened, and the head of the family, Ogata Tsuneo, who was wearing a blue shirt, walked in and recalled: "I remember my mother used to play this song often."

"Come to think of it, grandma's name is also Haruna."

Ogata Shiro said with emotion, "Grandpa must have connected Miss Haruna with Grandma at that time. I remember that he told me happily that Haruna was back. I haven't seen him so happy since Grandma passed away three years ago."

"Is that so?"

Fujino narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this, and seemed to understand the whole story.

It seems that this commission has nothing to do with the mistress, but the name Haruna is a bit similar to the old man's deceased wife, so he regards her as a sustenance...

But if it's just like this, it still feels a bit weird.

This family seems to cherish the music box very much.

But judging from the music box, it is not worth much, so...

While Fujino was thinking, Ogata Tsuneo looked at Haruna with a bit of embarrassment: "Well, Miss Haruna, is there anything else in the music box my father gave you?"

"something else?"

Haruna shook her head. "Mr. Qiuwu only gave me this music box. Did you leave something in this music box..."

"My dad, he meant stamps or something."

At this time, a man wearing glasses suddenly appeared at the door. "It's the kind of stamps that come in sets of four, and the current market value is 200 million yen."

"Brother!"

Ogata Shiro looked at the man resentfully, "What on earth are you talking about?"

"Humph, just talk to outsiders."

The man snorted coldly and looked at Yuuki Haruna with ill intentions. His tone was a bit unpleasant. "I think this woman must have heard about the treasure that grandpa left before he died, so she came here specially to steal those stamps."

"Ugh?!"

Yuuki Haruna felt a little aggrieved, "But I don't know about the treasure..."

"Okay, you don't have to make excuses anymore."

The man interrupted Haruna and said, "Anyway, sooner or later I will take off the mask of this vixen and let everyone see your true face."

"Have you said enough?"

At this time, Fujino couldn't stand it anymore, and looked at the man and said in a deep voice: "Don't you think it's very uncultured to call someone you just met a vixen, a thief, or something like that?"

The man was speechless for a moment, glanced at Fujino and changed the subject: "Who knows if you two, the couple who came here together, are here for the treasure?"

"If that's the case, then there's no need for us to continue talking."

The client was bullied, and Fujino was implicated. His face darkened. "We don't know what treasure you are talking about. We came here just to return the music box. If this is how you treat guests, Haruna and I will leave now."

At this point, Fujino's aura surged, and the temperature in the room even dropped a lot. He took two steps forward and said in a deep voice: "But before that, you have to apologize to us first."

"it's nothing……"

At this time, Haruna also noticed something was wrong and hurried over to grab Fujino.

"Ren!"

At this time, Ogata Tsuneo, the head of the family, could no longer bear to watch, and hurriedly tried to smooth things over. He said to the man named Minoru in a deep voice: "After all, she is a guest, and Miss Haruna was your grandfather's friend. What you said is really too much. Apologize quickly!"

"Sorry……"

Ogata Minoru said this somewhat helplessly, then turned and left.

"I'm so sorry, Ren's company hasn't been doing well lately, so I spoke very harshly. Please forgive me."

Ogata Tsuneo sighed and said apologetically, "If possible, the two of you should stay here for dinner tonight, as an apology for what happened just now."

"Ms. Haruna?"

Fujino didn't care about that kind of person, because in his impression, such people usually wouldn't survive the night, so he turned to ask Haruna.

…………

After returning the music box, Fujino and Haruna were left at Ogata's house for dinner.

After dinner, it started to rain and the sky gradually darkened.

Originally, Fujino planned to drive home directly, but Haruna didn't care too much and instead wanted to stay here for one night.

As a person pretending to be a companion, he could only call home to tell Miyano Akemi and stay here for the night.

The sound of raindrops came from outside and entered the room through the paper sliding door.

Fujino was lying on the futon on the tatami floor, his hands behind his head, feeling a little annoyed.

There is no air conditioning in this Japanese-style courtyard room. The only breeze from the fan placed in the room is just a decoration and cannot take away the damp and stuffy feeling at all.

Moreover, the old electric fan is very noisy. The buzzing sound in the ears makes the already noisy environment even noisier.

In fact, these are nothing. With Fujino's patience, he can just endure it.

The key is……

His room is the one that had the shrine before!

Fujino glanced at the shrine in the corner of the room with a strange look on his face.

Although he was not afraid of ghosts, sleeping in such a close distance with something like a ancestral hall did make him feel a little creepy.

Fujino sighed, closed his eyes, and recalled what had just happened at the dinner table, trying to divert his attention.

He didn't have a very good impression of this family.

Ogata Tsuneo was okay, but he was a little embarrassed. Ogata Shiro was always polite, but for some reason he always liked to stare at him and Haruna.

There seems to be some intrigue going on with Ogata Kazuko, and Ogata Minoru is the obvious target.

From the family's reaction, Fujino analyzed that what they were looking for were probably some valuable stamps that Qiu Wu had hidden before his death.

The secret of the stamps is most likely hidden in the music box, which is why this family is so weird.

If this is the case, then the previous messages should have been sent by them.

Just now at the dinner table, these people kept asking Haruna about the stamps. He didn't say a word and even he was implicated...

Actually, it makes sense if you think about it. After all, it is 2 million yen, which is a huge sum of money.

"what!"

Just as Fujino was thinking, a scream suddenly came from next door.

He raised his head and turned on Eagle Eyes, but frowned, looking a little confused.

In Hawkeye's world, Haruna's vital signs were still there, and there was nothing else around that could threaten her.

But why the scream?

No one died...

Fujino opened the sliding door next door with doubts: "Ms. Haruna, what happened?"

"Just now, I saw a dark shadow in the corridor walking quickly towards the left..."

Haruna huddled in a corner, pointing toward the corridor in front of her, looking frightened.

"Dark Shadow?"

Fujino opened the sliding door of the corridor, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

Under the observation of Eagle Vision, no signs of life were detected around.

But it’s not that nothing was discovered.

Fujino walked to the window nearby and tore down a piece of black paper cut into the shape of an old man.

Then he looked up at the half-open door outside the window and quickly figured out what was going on.

"It seems that this family is a bit dishonest..."

Fujino thought to himself, then turned around, pulled the fluorescent light on the ceiling of Haruna's room, and comforted her: "This is just a prank."

"mischief?"

At this time, Haruna also recovered and looked at Fujino in confusion.

"Ah."

Fujino showed the black paper to Haruna, "Ms. Haruna, what you just saw should be something of this shape, right?"

"That's right! The person I just saw was of this shape."

Haruna nodded, "But, the figure I just saw was moving."

"It's just an optical illusion created by light."

Fujino glanced out the window of the corridor: "The door outside is open. Whenever a car passes by, the light from the car headlights will shine in. As the light deflects, the figure will move with it."

"So that's how it is. As expected of Detective Fujino..."

Haruna understood immediately, "But who on earth would make such a joke?"

"From the beginning, I felt that something was wrong with this family."

Fujino said in a deep voice: "The purpose of their doing this may be to prevent you from snooping on the stamps left by Mr. Qiu Wu. Those previous text messages should also have been sent by them."