Conan's Unscientific Detective

Obviously she used to be very attractive.

Very interesting...

Fujino, who was caught in the middle, did not feel this undercurrent.

He was wearing the same black suit he always wore, with dead eyes, and he sat upright, not daring to move.

As the ride was bumpy, Haibara Ai would bounce up from time to time, then fall down and hit his thigh. It didn't hurt, but instead felt like a massage.

Ooka Momiji leaned close to her side and put her arms around him...

Being attacked from both sides makes it a bit difficult for Fujino.

If I could use one word to describe our current situation, it would be "sharing weal and woe"!

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 297 The Strange Alien House

After two and a half hours of bumpy ride, the little jeep finally arrived at another relatively smooth dirt road.

This dirt road is built around the mountain, with overgrown weeds on both sides of the road, creating a relaxed and comfortable rural atmosphere.

"call……"

After getting off the car, Fujino stretched, let out a long breath, and felt much more relaxed.

Two and a half hours!

Do you know how he spent these two and a half hours?

It's just torture...

This trip was really a lot of trouble.

"Thank you so much for your hard work."

At this time, Odagiri Susumu suddenly came over, handed a bottle of water to Fujino, and said with a smile.

Fujino: "..."

Fujino looked at Odagiri Shin with his eyes slightly narrowed. He didn't know what this guy meant by "hard work", but he just felt that this guy deserved a beating.

"But luckily we drove a jeep this time. If it was a normal car, it would have stalled long ago..."

Fujino took the water bottle without hesitation, unscrewed the cap and took a sip, then looked at the red jeep behind him and sighed.

But suddenly, he frowned.

Jeep...

Normally, shouldn't you drive an ordinary car when you go out?

Or did he prepare this jeep in advance...

I came here just to carry out my murder plan or something.

Thinking of this, Fujino looked at Odagiri and asked, "By the way, did you rent this jeep?"

"Yes."

Odagiri nodded and explained with a chuckle, "I also heard from Wakaba that the roads in her hometown were very bad, so I rented this jeep before coming here. My car is an ordinary family car, and I guess it can't withstand such a toss."

"Is this so..."

Fujino nodded when he heard this, feeling that he was thinking too much.

Encountering murder cases every day can indeed make people nervous.

Anything can make you think of a murder case...

"Fujino-kun!"

At this time, Ooka Hongye, who was standing by the cliff looking at the scenery, suddenly shouted to Fujino: "It seems we have arrived at Rokkaku Village."

"Arrived already?"

Fujino was surprised for a moment, walked forward, and saw a village in the valley appear before his eyes.

The valley is wide and covered with lush trees. From the scattered houses, it can be seen that this is a village.

In the middle of the village is a church-style building, with the church as the center and a hexagram formed by roads dividing the surrounding trees.

There is a villa at each corner of the hexagram, and each villa is exactly within the small triangle and connected to the entire village by the road that divides the hexagram.

Apart from the trees, there are only these seven buildings in the spacious space inside the hexagram, while other people's houses are built a little further away outside the hexagram.

Those people's houses all looked like ordinary Japanese style, forming a sharp contrast with the villas in the hexagram...

It's like a strict hierarchy, and it feels like the foreign mansion where the "foreign masters" lived in the early days of their lives...

Judging from the shape of the hexagram, it is not difficult to see that this is Hexagon Village.

“Even the village is hexagonal?”

Ai Huihara followed behind Fujino. After seeing the hexagram pattern, she couldn't help but complain: "It's exactly the same as the name of this village..."

"I think this hexagonal building came first, so the village is called Hexagon Village."

Ooka Hongye said: "It is very common in Japan to name your village after its characteristics."

"But why is there such a thing in the deep mountains?"

Odagiri Susumu also came over at this time, "Is it to perform some strange mysterious ceremony?"

"You're overthinking it... Compared to some mysterious ritual, I think this hexagram is more like a crop circle..."

Fujino glanced at Odagiri speechlessly.

Why do these young-looking teachers seem so immature?

But to be honest, he couldn't imagine who would be so bored as to make a hexagram on the ground.

Could it really be because of some weird ritual?

Although everything is possible in the world of science, this is too outrageous.

He felt that this hexagram was most likely something like a crop circle, both of which were designed to attract tourists to visit the village.

However, after looking around, he decisively gave up this idea.

This is a remote place, let alone attracting tourists. I'm afraid ordinary people would lose half their lives if they went there once.

…………

After a short rest, it was already four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

As soon as the car entered the village, it arrived at the door of one of the villas in the six corners.

It was a three-story villa painted white. There were four tall towers at the four corners of the villa. Including the tower on the top of the building, there were five in total.

This kind of building is more like a castle than a villa.

But this villa is not Ruoye’s home.

Because at the entrance of the villa, it is clearly marked [Tower House, Five Towers House].

The car continued to drive into the village and soon arrived at the second villa.

The second villa is a mansion-like building, covered with ivy. The house number says [Ivy Kusanagi House], but it is not Wakaba's home.

Continuing forward, the group soon arrived at the door of another villa.

This villa is the [Armor House·Dou Family]. Although there are two men in armor holding spears and shining with silver light placed at the door, and many crows are perched on the roof, it is obviously much simpler than the previous two villas.

Fujino discovered some patterns in the names of these villas.

The name of each villa is related to the theme of the villa.

In addition, there is a hexagram hanging at the door of each villa, and each one is missing a corner.

The first villa is missing the upper right corner, the second villa is missing the lower right corner, and this one is missing the bottom corner.

According to the rules, the disappearing corner should correspond to the location of the villa.

It is indeed a very subtle means of guidance.

It just made him feel a little confused.

"By the way, where is Ruoye's home?"

Odagiri Susumu parked the car in front of the door of Armor House and scratched his head impatiently.

Fujino took a look at his anxious look and could understand...

After all, it is normal to be anxious because your girlfriend is about to get married.

But the groom is not me.

Retracting his gaze, Fujino asked Ooka Hongye, "By the way, Hongye, in addition to the map to Rokkaku Village, does the invitation that Ruoye sent you contain more detailed location information?"

"Nothing."

Hongye shook her head and took out the invitation from her pocket: "She only said on the invitation that her home is in the Clock House, but she didn't specify the specific location."

"The Hall of Time?"

Fujino thought for a moment and continued, "If it is named after the pavilion, then her home should be among these six villas... I think we can ask someone about the location of the Clock Pavilion, just in case."

"Well, I think it's okay."

Huiyuan Ai nodded in agreement: "It's not a good idea to keep looking for them one by one like this."

"Is there anyone?"

Odagiri Susumu was the first to get out of the car and shouted towards the villa, but there was no response for a long time.

"Could it be that the master is not at home?"

Fujino pursed his chin.

Speaking of which, since they first came to this village, they haven't met anyone else...

Looking at it in the context of a village, it's a bit abnormal.

While thinking, Fujino turned around and saw a girl standing behind him.

The girl was wearing a white shirt, an off-white knitted sweater, a black skirt, and had long black hair with bangs. She looked... dull, wooden, and cold.

The strange thing is that at this moment, she was holding two black crows in her hands.

What's even more strange is that the other party's behavior is too normal, just like an NPC in a horror game.

It has a Chinese horror feel.

Fujino: "..."

Girl: "..."

Crow: "Cuckoo..."

"Ugh?!"

The others also reacted at this time. When they turned around and saw the girl, they couldn't help but be frightened by the weird atmosphere.

Fujino's mentality was fine and he was very calm, and he didn't show too much surprise.

After a brief silence, he walked up to the girl and asked in a friendly tone, "Excuse me, do you know how to get to Shi Tian's house?"

The girl narrowed her eyes and looked at Fujino coldly, then raised her hand that was holding the crow's neck and pointed in one direction.

Crow: "Cuckoo...Cuckoo..."

Fujino looked in the direction the girl was pointing, and what came into view was the road leading to the next mansion.

I feel lonely.

It is impossible to get any useful information from the girl.

Helplessly, Fujino and his companions could only watch and grope.

But since she has pointed out the direction, it can be basically confirmed that the Shi Tian family is among these six villas...

Although we didn't get the specific address, at least we knew that the other party was in one of the six villas, which was useful information.

Anyway, as long as we find it among these six villas, it’s just a matter of time.