Green trees surround the road that is sometimes straight and sometimes winding.
The sun shines on the windows.
The slow sound of music echoed in the carriage, but it still couldn't dispel the worry in Otaki Goro's heart.
a few minutes ago.
When Otaki Goro went to the bathroom at a nearby gas station, he washed his face with cold water again.
He took a deep breath, and the water droplets on his face continued to evaporate, bringing a slight summer chill to his senses.
In the final analysis, Otaki Goro was mainly worried about this commission.
vampire……
Do such supernatural creatures really exist in this world?
Even if not, the killing method of completely draining the human body's blood is really too bad...
Otaki Goro remembered Hattori Heizo's advice to him, and subconsciously murmured:
"Be careful, don't get sucked dry..."
"So, what exactly did you get sucked dry by?"
Suddenly, a slightly mocking voice sounded from the back seat.
Otaki Goro came back to his senses and found that Hattori Heiji and Conan, who had ran into the car at some point, were looking at him with a particularly ambiguous look.
"A-Aping?!"
"Oh~ Uncle Otaki, were you thinking about a woman's lips just now?" Hattori Heiji bent his eyes into two flat, upward-curving ovals and continued to tease.
"No...when did you get on the bus?!" Otaki Goro continued to be shocked.
"hey-hey……"
Conan smiled and explained, "We came up secretly while Officer Otaki was going to the bathroom."
Hattori Heiji added from the side: "To be precise, it should be when Uncle Otaki went to rent a car at the car rental agency, we followed you..."
"Eh???"
Otaki Goro had a question mark on his head.
Car rental company?
Wait a moment……
He looked in the rearview mirror and after concentrating, he quickly spotted another silver Toyota not far behind him.
In other words... after they were 'separated' from downstairs of the Mori Detective Agency, they followed him?
Hattori Heiji asked: "Uncle Otaki, I really didn't expect you to go on a date. What does the other person look like that can make you so fascinated that you can even be distracted while driving..."
"Sister Xiaolan and Sister Ye both said they hope you can introduce them to me." Conan said.
What on earth are you two promoting for me... Otaki Goro wanted to hold his forehead and sigh, but said helplessly:
"How can I introduce you to a date?"
"I think so, otherwise I wouldn't just tell Brother Gengyi."
Hattori Heiji regained his serious expression, "What happened?"
"All right……"
Otaki Goro sighed again and told him about the vampire villa.
…
A villa stands among green mountains.
The sunlight shines on the brown bricks and light-colored limestone strips, revealing a steady and simple atmosphere.
The entire building's exterior wall is surrounded by a towering steel guardrail, spray-painted with minimalist black paint. From the outside, it looks like steel guns pointing toward the sky.
Pass the fence and enter the green space of the atrium.
Ye Gengyi noticed that there seemed to be many sensors installed in the gaps between each steel pole and steel wire.
The less obvious power lines pass through the fragrant inner courtyard garden and pass by the pair of ancient doors standing at the entrance of the villa. The integration of technology makes everything no longer so mysterious.
"Suck, suck, vampire?!"
Mouri Kogoro only found out about this after everyone arrived at the villa.
The person he met changed from a mature and plump beauty to a supernatural creature with a white face and fangs. This tool man obviously suffered a big blow.
After all, Hattori Heiji lied to him about the reason for coming here, but he made it clear that Otaki Goro's date also had several very beautiful sisters...
"That is to say, you are still investigating the vampire murder case?!" Mouri Kogoro asked.
I came here because I didn’t want to come with you, because once you come, vampires might really become a case, and then I might not want to come...
Therefore, in the final analysis, it was caused by a certain police department's lack of anti-tracking awareness.
Ye Gengyi casually said:
"No, I actually heard from Officer Otaki that the person he was dating was a vampire, so I followed him out of curiosity."
Since he usually has this light tone, even if the content is slightly outrageous, it is still very convincing.
Mouri Kogoro was still angry, so he believed it and turned to glare at a certain Osaka police department.
Eh! ?
What is Mr. Ye talking about? ? ?
And Mr. Mori, why are you staring at me? It was obviously you who followed here secretly!
Otaki Goro obviously underestimated the bad taste of a certain organization cadre, but he couldn't seriously explain such words that sounded like a joke but didn't seem to be a joke.
In the end, I can only change the topic:
"Vampires are just a legend with little basis. After all, this area used to be ruled by a prince..."
Mouri Kogoro frowned: "Which prince are you talking about?"
The so-called princes were equivalent to the 'law' of a region in ancient times, holding the power of life and death for all the people in the fiefdom.
At least in Maori Kogoro's perception, these 'princes' are rarely good people.
"Well……"
Otaki Goro sweated, "I don't know the details..."
He was also appointed temporarily and did not do enough homework at all.
"Please, don't discuss those things that are and are not," Hattori Heiji interrupted: "Has the murderer who committed that murder not been arrested yet?"
"No." Otaki Goro shook his head.
"Where is the suspect? There isn't one either?" Mouri Kogoro asked.
"This...there is one."
Otaki Goro said: "The first person to be suspected was the owner of this villa, Mr. Tokura Sakuya. It seems that the dead maid once said to the chef in the villa, 'The master has been so terrible recently, let her I feel like my life is in danger and I want to quit my job as soon as possible,' something like that..."
"Then the murderer is indeed the owner of this villa?" Mouri Kogoro gave a very arbitrary guess.
"The master has an alibi."
At this time, the door of the villa was pushed open from the inside, and an old voice came out.
Ye Gengyi retracted his gaze from observing the sensors at the fence and turned to the direction of the sound.
I saw a thin old man with fair skin walking out.
His hair is sparse and the smooth scalp protrudes on the top of his head. Just like Dr. A Li, he has completely said goodbye to the trouble of his hairline.
There was almost no fat on the sides of his cheeks, just deep wrinkles and high cheekbones.
A pair of reading glasses sunk his squinted eyes deeply into his sockets, making his entire face look particularly eerie.
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