Mao Lilan, Yuan Shan and Ye were afraid that there were monsters causing trouble in the wing, so they decided to stay in the car and wait.
Ye Gengyi followed a few people and returned to the scene of the death.
However, there was no body in the room as Denkyu mentioned.
"There's nothing at all." Hattori Heiji looked around.
"How can this be……"
Monk Chuanjiu murmured a few words in disbelief and walked to the center of the room, "Obviously, I just saw it..."
"Oh, it seems I have to tell you the truth."
Abbot Shi Lian climbed the stairs neither fast nor slow, looked at the few people who were also looking at him, and sighed:
"Chuanjiu... In fact, no pilgrims came to the temple at all that day. Everything you thought you saw was actually just an illusion that you were looking for your mother who passed away long ago."
"How, how could it be possible? Is my brain really broken..." Monk Chuanjiu was stunned for a moment and covered his head in disbelief.
"That's right. 18 years ago, your poor mother committed suicide by throwing herself into the sea after entrusting you to this temple. Since I was not good at rejecting others by nature, besides you, I also adopted two or three children. It's been a long time coming. …”
Abbot Shi Lian said slowly: "It's understandable that you miss your mother. After all, other children except you can't stand the hard training in the temple and have returned to secular life."
So, the old monk likes to scare his disciples by wearing female corpses, is he forced out because he can't stand the purity?
Then several previous disciples were also forced to return to secular life because of this situation?
Ye Gengyi's thoughts went astray for a moment, and then he denied the speculation.
wrong……
Cross-dressing is not scary, what is scary is that after dressing up as a woman, you have to pretend to be a corpse.
If this kind of shocking behavior was really done and continued for a period of time, it would be impossible for there to be no news about it.
So, this kind of behavior should have only started to form recently. Well, it needs to be confirmed again. After all, if it is not a murder, but a simple incident of a perverted old monk wearing women's clothing and scaring people, it is better not to have your name appear on such records. Better……
Ye Gengyi thought about it and asked, "Abbott, are you really sure that no one visited the temple in the past few days?"
"Um."
Abbot Shi Lian nodded, "Because that morning, Chuanjiu suddenly came to me with an ugly face and told me that he had found a body. I thought that maybe a tourist who got lost on the mountain broke into this wing without permission, so he came over to confirm... However, The fact is as you can see now, there is no one in the room at all."
"So... you were in the temple over there?" Ye Geng pointed toward the door and toward the mountain.
"Yes, because I get up early every day and chant sutras in front of the Buddha statue." Abbot Shi Lian said.
"Oh, that's good." Ye Geng nodded.
"Ah?" Abbot Shi Lian was startled, as if he was a little confused.
"What I mean is, since you were in the temple at that time, abbot, then what is in the wing is indeed the real corpse." Ye Gengyi said.
As soon as these words came out, not only Abbot Shiren, but also Mouri Kogoro, Hattori Heiji and Conan on the side showed astonished expressions.
A real corpse?
Could it be that Brother Sarada has discovered a clue... Conan and Hattori Heiji are waiting to be questioned.
However, Mouri Kogoro was the first to question: "Hey, Genichi, how can there be any corpses here?"
On the side, Abbot Shi Lian also explained: "I just sympathized with Chuanjiu who saw that kind of illusion, so I admitted that there was such a female pilgrim before..."
"No! There is definitely such a person!"
Hattori Heiji walked up to a few people and said firmly: "And he stayed in this room!"
"Why do you even say that..." Mouri Kogoro looked helpless.
"Grandpa Abbot, has no one used this place for a long time?" Conan ran over to interrupt his toolman's complaint.
"Well, there have been no guests for about 1 or 2 years." Abbot Shi Lian paused. He seemed to think that this kid with a big head wanted to ask why the room was so clean. He continued: "Of course we still come here in normal times. Clean up.”
"Oh, it turns out that only people from the temple have been here..."
Conan stared at the two of them and said seriously: "Then the abbot or Brother Chuanjiu has a habit of wearing women's clothes~"
Huh? Did the little detective find any clues... A strange color flashed in Ye Geng's eyes, and he quickly reviewed the previous episodes in his mind.
Wait a minute... Could it be that Kudo Shinichi thought of this because of his previous reminder that 'maybe the abbot has unique interests and hobbies that are unknown to everyone', combined with his own hobbies.
He also likes to wear women's clothes privately?
Could it be the special effect of APTX-4869? No... There is a lack of data to support this analysis. Based on the existing information, the only man who survived after taking this drug was Kudo Shinichi.
When I think of the cool guy turning into a cool girl inexplicably, by the way, it seems that after the dock incident, Conan still disguised himself as Xiao Ai that night and wandered around the street for most of the night.
Also, Belmod wanted to kill Shiho, did he also know this secret?
Wait, she is a woman, and she has not been in contact with the little detective who became Edogawa Conan for as long as I did. She should not be so keen on discovering the little detective's unique quirks.
Unless, there is such a person beside her, and he is male...
Could it be that 'that person' also took this medicine and had this symptom, but it was not very obvious, so she happened to notice it?
Hiss...it's scary to think about it.
He was thinking here.
On the side, Shi Lian and Chuan Jiu were stunned by Conan's words about 'women's clothing'.
No matter what, at least on the surface, the questions raised by Habo Saraichi and Hattori Heiji were all based on the current situation, and Conan's question actually contained some provocative meaning.
Mouri Kogoro picked up a certain detective and prepared to carry out the iron fist education, "Hey! Brat, what are you talking about without making any sense!"
"First Evolution"
Conan didn't want to be beaten for nothing, so he quickly took out an earring clasp from his pocket, "Look, I found this."
"That's what we found in the gap when we checked whether the tatami was double-sided in the evening..."
Hattori Heiji explained from the side, "Before, we thought it was the female pilgrim who accidentally left it here, but now... Abbot Shiren, you said that person has never appeared? Then who put this earring on Did it fall here?"
"Let me take a look." Ye Gengyi reached out and asked.
"Well!" Conan hurriedly handed it over, trying to win over his allies.
Neutral style, this alone cannot overturn my previous guess... Ye Gengyi silently handed the thing to a certain tool man who stretched his neck and looked this way.
"Well, they are indeed earrings, and they are very new." Mouri Kogoro observed for a moment and looked at Abbot Shilian, "May I ask about this..."
"Yes, yes, I remembered!"
On the side, Monk Chuanjiu jumped on his feet and shouted like a lunatic: "I remember, the female corpse I saw had an earring like this on her ear!"
Everyone: "..."
You are completely unconvincing in this way...
"No, Chuanjiu, the owner of this earring should be someone from Wenjiu or Lin Jiuzhong who was practicing in this temple until two months ago."
Abbot Shi Lian explained slowly and without any panic: "You must have not forgotten, those two disciples who like to do mischief all day long, they always sneak out of the temple at night and go to the city to have fun. In order not to reveal his identity as a monk, he even disguised himself in disguise."
"Disguise?" Ye Geng looked sideways.
"Yeah, I don't know where I got the wigs, earrings, and some fashionable clothes..."
Abbot Shi Lian said: "Chuanjiu and I have seen their outfits at the temple gate several times. Chuanjiu, I'm not talking nonsense, right?"
"Well...yes, when they were still in the temple, they would occasionally come to me privately and want me to do the same..."
Chuanjiu nodded and said, "I told the abbot about it later."
"Yes, I scolded them severely, and then Wen Jiu and Lin Jiu returned to secular life."
Abbot Shi Lian's eyes flashed with a hint of loneliness. Because those two people were also children he adopted since childhood. Unfortunately, he is not a qualified educator. Chuanjiu has a cowardly personality and is not very bright. He occasionally goes down the mountain to buy things, and is even bullied by children...
Wen Jiu and Lin Jiu were a little too rebellious. They smoked, drank, gambled, and once even committed robbery and were imprisoned in a detention center.
Now he doesn't even recognize him as his adoptive father...
"That is to say, this earring is..." Mouri Kogoro seemed to be aware of the abnormality in the atmosphere, and his voice lowered a bit.
"That's right," Abbot Shi Lian calmed down and said, "They often come here to disguise themselves. Maybe they accidentally lost it at that time."
"Okay, okay, this is what happened. Geng Yi, we should go back!" Mouri Kogoro called a few people to get ready to go down the mountain.
"...Is this really the case? But I always feel that something is not quite right."
Hattori Heiji and Conan refused to leave.
"Oh, it seems you still have doubts in your mind and can't seem to let go."
Abbot Shi Lian clasped his hands together and saluted: "Then stay and check it out carefully. After all, if there was really a woman covered in blood lying here, then there must be blood stains on the tatami..."
"Abbott, please take a step to speak."
Ye Geng took a few steps towards the woods and said to the two detectives who were looking over with curious faces: "It's none of your business. If we don't find any clues, we will go down the mountain."
Conan: "..."
Hattori Heiji:"……"
Brother Geng Yi, it’s true, why are you so outspoken...
Then, the two of them rushed into the side room.
