"It's very rare," Miura Joji said seriously, "He is a descendant of the British Baron Field, and he is also from a noble family. It is normal to look down on Elizabeth's inheritance and be a little arrogant."
Mouri Kogoro was sure that he was his apprentice as soon as he heard it. He said with a black line, "No, it's not so much arrogance..."
Mao Lilan smiled dryly and took over, "It's better to say it's always been like this. He is rather rude in his words, but he definitely doesn't mean anything bad."
Koshimizu Nanatsuki recalled, "Before we went to Hyogo Prefecture a few days ago, I called him and heard chanting on the other side of the phone. He also said that an old friend had passed away. He must have been talking about Ms. Elizabeth... "
"Do you guys know him too?" Miura Joji asked in surprise.
Mouri Kogoro said speechlessly, "It's so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar."
"Where is he now?" Conan stood up and propped up the table, asking in surprise, "Do you know?"
Let's not say that meeting him here was a great fate. Let's just say that Chi Fei arrived earlier than him and knew Elizabeth, so he definitely knew more than them. So if he went to ask, he might get more clues than he did from Miura Joji. More.
"This..." Miura Joji said uncertainly, "Ms. Koizumi left yesterday. Mr. Chi seems to have left Egamihara today. It seems to be a cruise ship returning in the evening. Now he may be at the herbal medicine shop, or at the port hotel, or Maybe go to the cemetery to see Elizabeth, or hang out somewhere else.”
Conan: "..."
It would be better not to say this!
"Okay, you little brat, sit down for me!" Mouri Kogoro carried Conan back to the sofa and said disgustedly, "If you want to find Feichi, you have to wait until I finish asking..."
Conan thought that Chi Feichi wouldn't leave just yet, and it would be too late to go later, so he sat down obediently.
Only then did Miura Joji remember his original intention and said seriously, "I think Mr. Chi and Miss Koizumi are not ordinary people. They refuse to accept the inheritance. In addition to not being short of money and not wanting to tarnish their friendship with money, they may also think that witches are the stuff of witches." It belongs to the witch.”
"Do you suspect they are the ones who sent the threatening letters?" Mouri Kogoro asked.
Mao Lilan frowned and muttered, "Dad, how could Brother Fei Chi do such a thing..."
"Ah, no, I'm not doubting them," Miura Joji hurriedly said, "I think they might have realized that accepting the inheritance would cause such trouble, so they refused. The witch's curse must exist!"
"That boy is not someone who will be deterred by trouble," Mouri Kogoro muttered in a low voice, and then said, "I think this might be a prank!"
Miura Joji insisted that it was the work of a witch, but when asked if he had any doubts about the target, he hesitated for a while and was vague for a while, without any clue at all.
Mouri Kogoro thought it was a prank again, which gave Conan a headache.
Fortunately, Conan also found the clue inadvertently and found some black debris in the innermost part of the envelope.
Koshimizu Nanatsuki noticed Conan's small movements, sniffed it closer, and frowned slightly, "It seems to be the smell of rust, but it cannot be ruled out that it is blood that has been coagulated for a long time."
Conan nodded, quietly wrapped a few scraps in a handkerchief, and put them into his coat pocket.
After being entangled for a long time, Mouri Kogoro agreed to help Miura Joji investigate the witch, and then escaped with a group of people, regretting that he had no reason to find Chi Feichi and left earlier.
Mouri Kogoro stopped a taxi at the intersection and cheered up, "Okay, let's go to China Street first, pick up Dr. Agasa and the three brats, and then meet Fei Chi!"
"Don't you need to go to Brother Chi and ask about the witch first?" Conan raised his head and asked.
"Please, do you really believe that witches exist?" Mouri Kogoro opened the car door, threw Conan into the back seat, and said casually, "The old man must be confused and mistook the prank for some kind of witch's curse."
Conan wanted to refute, if it was a prank, how could someone attack Miura Joji, "But..."
"Okay, don't be nagging anymore. Chinatown has a lot of delicious food. It's definitely a good idea to meet Feichi there for dinner!" Mouri Kogoro got into the front seat, turned to the driver and said, "Let's go to Chinatown."
Conan said no more.
He gave up exchanging clues with his uncle. It was lunch time now. He might as well go to China Street to meet Chi Feichi, so he could communicate slowly over a meal.
"But dad," Mao Lilan asked doubtfully after getting into the car with Haibara Ai, Koshimizu Nanatsuki, "Since you don't believe Mr. Miura's words, why did you agree to him to investigate the witch?"
"If I didn't say that, would he let us go?" Mouri Kogoro said perfunctorily, "I think he is old and confused, so I will deal with it first, wait a week, and then call him to tell him that I have investigated it. , but got nothing, and by then the inheritance matter will be almost settled, so he won’t pester me anymore.”
"You..." Mao Lilan said dissatisfied, "You've gone too far!"
"Think about it, if the person who attacked him was because of the will and the inheritance, and he was at the end of all the names in the will, how could the gangster attack him instead of attacking other people?" Mouri Kogoro said seriously , "This is not reasonable at all, so he must have offended someone, and the other person must have deliberately frightened him!"
Mao Lilan thought for a moment, "That makes sense..."
"And he thinks Feichi and Miss Koizumi refused to inherit the inheritance because they knew there was trouble in the will. I don't know Miss Koizumi, but Feichi is not even afraid of bombs. He dared to go there secretly alone before. How can you be afraid of witches or gangsters when dismantling bombs?" Mouri Kogoro continued.
Haihara Ai suddenly remembered something, "Maybe I know the Miss Koizumi he mentioned."
"Huh?" Conan immediately turned to look at Haiyuan Ai.
Koshimi Nanatsuki also paid attention.
"I only met her when we played the game "Magic Continent" with Fei Chi. After that, Fei Chi didn't play much online. I played with her a lot and met her in person. She seemed to be in Ekoda, Tokyo. A high school girl who is in high school," Haibara Ai explained, with a slight twitch in the corner of her mouth, "She is usually a little strange. The name of the game is 'Magical Pretty Cure'. She has said that she is a witch more than once, and occasionally she will say something that only witches would disdain. "To argue with someone like this," it seems like you really think of yourself as a witch, so I have been wondering if she might be a friend Fei Chi had met when he was hospitalized."
Conan's bean-eyed, "Is this..."
A female high school student thinks of herself as a witch all day long, talks strangely, and does strange things. She seems to be in a more serious condition than Chi Feichi. Is she actually playing that computer game?
Snakes... No, no, they are people with psychological or mental illnesses. Their lives seem to be quite colorful, and there is no telling what whimsical topics they will talk about when they get together.
What should he do if he suddenly becomes curious?
"Although she sometimes speaks strangely, she is still a very nice person," Haibara Ai added, "She often helps everyone in the game. In addition to being a little arrogant and disdainful of interacting with mortals, she is also very protective of her own people. When we met, she seemed normal. She just gave me a greeting gift and left quickly. She didn't smile strangely or show any intention to attack."
Conan: "..."
Haiyuan's requirements for 'normal' were probably too low. He felt that it was not normal after hearing about their meeting experience.
"That can explain why the old man thought they were not ordinary people. Of course they are not ordinary people," Mouri Kogoro said with emotion. "How could there be witches?" Mouri Kogoro said with emotion. "If there were, I will ask the witch to help me transform into a young and beautiful beauty..."
Mao Lilan was so angry that she turned away.
"Uncle, what if the gangster wants to kill everyone?" Conan asked with a frown.
Mouri Kogoro was startled, "What?"
Conan thought deeply and said, "In that case, the order of inheritance doesn't matter, right?"
Haiyuan Ai was just about to call Chi Feichi on her mobile phone. When she heard what Conan said, she turned to look at Conan in surprise.
Mouri Kogoro was also shocked and said, "There are six people in that will. Do you want to say that all six people may be killed? How is that possible!"
"That's possible," Conan said. "After dinner, we'd better check to see if anyone else has received any threatening letters."
"I want you to talk more! Of course I..."
As Mouri Kogoro said, he heard the ringing of his mobile phone, took out his phone and looked at it, "Could it be that old man calling?"
The call was indeed from Miura Joji, telling Kogoro Mori that he heard that something happened to Toda Jiro, the first heir in the will, and even the police rushed over.
Hearing that someone was in an accident, Mouri Kogoro finally took the matter seriously and diverted the taxi to Egamihara Elementary School where Toda Jiro was involved in the accident.
Egamihara Elementary School is not far from Miura Joji's office. It was originally a wealthy man's mansion. It was later bought by Toda Jiro and turned into a school.
According to what Miura Joji said on the phone, a group of people went directly to the basement of the elementary school. The basement was cold and dark, the floor was soaked in water, and there was warm moisture getting under the clothes. There was also something in the pond not far away. The clattering sound of stirring made the atmosphere very strange.
A group of people followed the sound and found out that it was the police led by Memu Thirteen who were investigating the scene.
The basement is not shabby. It was converted into a listening room by Jiro Toda. It is filled with retro furniture and audio equipment. There are many sofas, wooden desks, thick carpets, and the door is a thick soundproof door.
However, not only was there water on the floor indoors, but the ceiling seemed to be soaked in water as well. The glass covers of the antique-like old lamps on the walls were also dripping with water.
For fear of electric shock, the police had people turn off the power switch, so they could only rely on flashlights to illuminate the room.
Jiro Toda's body fell on his back on the carpet. Under the flashlight beam, it could be seen that Jiro Toda was wearing a suit and was soaked to the skin. His face was stiff, his pupils were dilated, and his mouth was half-opened. However, his posture was quite normal. Relaxed, no signs of being tied up or struggling.
