Conan's Unscientific Detective

After passing by the [Colored Glass House, Isshiki's Family] and the [Wind Direction House, Kazesaki's Family], the group finally arrived at the [Clock House, Tokita's Family].

The architectural style of the Tokita family follows the same rules as the previous villas. On the roof made of white marble, there is a huge clock inlaid, which echoes the name of the Clock House.

Also, on the top of the clock, there is a six-pointed star.

Following the same pattern, this hexagram is missing the upper corner, which is exactly symmetrical with the location of the Armor Hall we just passed.

"It's still a long way to go..."

Odagiri got out of the car and looked at the bend he had just passed. He said speechlessly, "If I had known that this was the Clock House, I wouldn't have turned just now."

"There's nothing we can do about it."

Fujino chuckled, "After all, we didn't know the Clock House was here..."

As he said that, he walked forward and knocked on the door of Tokita's house.

After a while, the door was slowly pushed open a little.

A man with gray hair, a middle-parted hairstyle, an extremely pale face, and even a weird look showed half of his face.

The man's eyes widened, and he asked loudly to the people outside the door: "Who are you?!"

A moment of silence: "..."

Except for Fujino, the others were all frightened by the old man's amazing facial expressions.

"Takahashi, I'm Ooka Momiji, Wakaba's classmate."

Ooka Hongye recovered and introduced herself politely. Then she smiled and took out an invitation from her pocket: "We received an invitation to attend her wedding. Please inform her."

"invitation?"

The man's eyes were still big, he didn't even blink, and he said with a dull and cold face: "You are mistaken, my daughter's wedding is not at all..."

"Dad, I asked them to come over."

At this time, a girl's calm voice interrupted the man from continuing to speak.

Fujino raised his head and looked towards the sound, and saw a fair-skinned girl with short black hair walking towards him.

The girl had a cold face and was wearing a blue and green kimono. She had the temperament of a hell girl.

"She must be Tokita Wakaba..."

From the information revealed in the words, Fujino immediately guessed the other party's identity.

But I felt a little strange about the other party's behavior.

Although he didn't know this girl named Ruoye, he felt that her temperament was exactly the same as the girl who had just held two crows to show him the way.

It's cold and a little weird...

"How rude..."

Although the man's eyes were still wide open, his attitude suddenly changed and he invited several people into the villa.

The decoration of the hall inside the Clock House is as luxurious as the outside. In addition to the luxurious decoration, there are several maids in kimonos standing by, either busy or waiting.

"Ruoye."

"Red leaves..."

Ooka Hongye walked up and greeted Wakaba.

But before they could talk for a few more words, Ruo Ye waved to the old woman beside her and said, "You must be very tired after the long journey. Go and have a rest first... Aunt Xue, please entertain the guests who have come from afar and put down the luggage in the guest room."

"Ruoye!"

Odagiri Susumu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke at this time, as if he had made some mental preparations.

Ruoye was stunned when he heard this, but did not reply. He just turned around and left silently.

The maids around were also attracted by this voice and turned their eyes to Oda Qijin.

The scene suddenly became a little stiff.

"Guys, come with me."

The old woman broke the silence and said to the group, "The eldest lady is currently dealing with matters related to her marriage. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality."

"But……"

"Let's go."

Fujino dragged Odagiri in, and the group caught up with the old woman.

To be honest, he still felt a little speechless about Odagiri.

This guy really doesn't understand the situation, right?

How dare you say such things when these servants are still here...

I really don’t know that the so-called servants are the ones with the biggest mouths?

Led by the old woman, several people came to several guest rooms and were assigned rooms.

"Speaking of which, before I leave, I have one more thing I want to ask of you."

Before leaving, the old woman looked at them mysteriously and said in a deep voice, "Please do not walk around this mansion at will. If you forget this and encounter any misfortune or unexpected events, this mansion will not be responsible."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 298 Xiao Ai's Ghost Story [2k plus update]

The mysterious old woman in front of me looked to be in her sixties. She was wearing a blue kimono and had age spots on her forehead. Her face was as gloomy as everyone else in this village.

Judging from the fact that Ruoye calls her Aunt Xue, she should be an old employee here.

"Can't move around freely?"

Ooka Hongye was a little confused, "Excuse me, are there any rooms in this mansion that cannot be entered?"

"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

Aunt Xue did not give Hongye a good look and said in a deep voice: "In this mansion, curiosity will only bring misfortune."

"We know that we can't just move around."

Fujino took over the conversation and asked, "Is there anything else I need to pay attention to?"

"This...is not the case anymore."

Aunt Xue was obviously stunned for a moment.

He was caught off guard by Fujino's move of turning the tables.

After she recovered from her shock, she turned around and said to herself, "Since the rooms have been allocated, please check in as soon as possible. The young lady's pre-wedding party will be held at nine o'clock in the evening. Please join us then..."

Having said this, she turned around and reminded them again and again: "You are the first guests who have listened to my words. Don't forget, don't walk around in this mansion casually, otherwise you will invite unexpected events."

"We understand, Aunt Xue."

Watching Aunt Xue disappear around the corner, Fujino narrowed his eyes slightly.

He always felt that the villa, where he couldn't move around freely, was a bit like the Blue Castle.

Could there be some corpse hidden here?

This mansion is becoming more and more interesting.

As for the reason why they couldn't move around freely, it was probably because they were afraid they would run into a corpse...

The rules in the world of science are like a strange story of rules.

If you ask too many questions, you might become the next victim.

Our little rich lady obviously has never encountered similar cases.

As a young lady from a wealthy family, she had heard that some families had private rooms that outsiders were not allowed to enter.

Although there were no similar rules in her family, she was influenced by them.

Just saying it in such a threatening tone...

It feels a little bit different.

Thinking of this, Hongye turned around and asked Fujino curiously: "Fujiano-kun, do you understand what she meant by encountering an accident?"

"It must be because of Mr. Shin." Fujino thought.

"Because...Teacher Odagiri?" Hongye looked at Odagiri in confusion.

"...?"

Odakiri was a little confused.

What does this have to do with me?

"I think Aunt Xue said this because she was afraid that Mr. Odagiri would secretly meet Wakaba..."

Fujino sighed and explained, "The cold attitude of the villagers should be due to this. After all, many people should have known about his relationship with Ruoye."

"So that's it..."

Hongye thought what Fujino said made sense.

Although she is Ruoye's classmate, judging from the performance of the head of the Tokida family just now, it should be Ruoye's idea to invite them here this time.

In this situation, their purpose of bringing Odagiri in became a little unclear.

However, looking in the direction where Aunt Xue disappeared, Hongye couldn't help but mutter: "What a strange person..."

"I guess the people in this village are weird."

Huiyuan Ai suddenly said something, attracting Hongye's attention: "Strange?"

"Don't you find it strange that there is such a huge mansion in such a remote village?"

Huiyuan Ai crossed her arms and looked around: "If I remember correctly, this old mansion built in the village should be the so-called alien house."

"The Alien House?"

Hongye murmured, "It's probably the residence of foreigners who came to Neon during the Meiji period, but what's so strange about that?"

"In fact, this remote alien house has another alias in the legend."

"Another alias?"

"I heard that a long time ago, these alien buildings were built by missionaries who came here from the West, and these alien buildings are also called devil's buildings."

Huiyuan Ai narrowed her eyes and continued, "Those missionaries hold evil demonic rituals here, which will suck out the souls of the villagers living here, turning them into unconscious zombies... Maybe there are one or two sacrificial corpses hidden in this mansion..."

"The sacrificial body?!"

Ooka Hongye's face turned pale: "So, what does it mean to encounter an unexpected event? If you accidentally find a body, you will be killed to silence it?!"

"That should be what it means on the surface."

Huihara Ai nodded meaningfully, looked at Ooka Hongye's frightened expression, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"No wonder Ruoye seems like a different person. If that's the case, then wouldn't her soul have been sacrificed as well?!"

Ooka Hongye swallowed and felt a chill down her spine.

Fujino: "..."

I didn’t expect that the little rich woman would be afraid of ghost stories…

But it’s not Hongye’s fault that she’s scared.

After all, Haibara Ai's ghost story is so true.

It even made him doubt whether this village was really performing some hidden sacrificial ritual.

…………

It was getting dark and the lights in the guest room were on.

After Fujino put away his luggage and took a simple rest, he sat on the sofa and began to think about the various strange things he had encountered since arriving in this village.

Ever since entering the village, he always felt something was wrong.

A mansion where you can't move around freely, a village filled with a strange atmosphere, and a famous detective who was invited to the wedding.

No matter how you look at it, all the elements for murder are present...