"According to Agata, after Nishiki was killed, he went back to his room to rest, but couldn't fall asleep, so he wanted to go to the bar to have a drink before going to sleep. As a result, he drank too much and was extremely drunk. When he woke up, he had already returned to the bar. When I got to my room, I got up and planned to smoke a cigarette. As soon as I lit the cigarette, I felt something was wrong. I looked up..."
Conan paused, "He saw a huge tengu staring at him on the ceiling. He was so frightened that he fell off his chair and shouted. Miss Keiko in the next room heard his shout and informed us that we should rush I saw the Tengu when I got there.”
"He said he didn't know how he got back to the room..." Sera Masumi asked.
"He said he vaguely felt someone carrying him from the bar back to his room."
"Then it's very possible that this person set up the trap in Agada's room."
"However, there is no projector or other equipment in the room that can project images."
"What about the password? Have you found a new password?"
"No," Conan replied. "Like Nishiki who was killed at the beginning, Agada also had two raised lumps on his head."
"Speaking of lumps, the actress Keiko Kurachi said that she fell down during filming and had a lump on her head, right?"
"Well. The movie has been filmed, but she asked the director to reshoot the last scene, and she fell down during the reshoot two days ago. She said that now she thinks about it, it seems like someone pushed her from behind. I just saw her She was not wearing a hat and her forehead was a little swollen, so it looked like the fall was real. However, when she fell, she looked like the legendary swollen grandpa."
"Isn't Grandpa Swelling's swelling on his cheek?"
"It seems that legends vary from place to place. By the way, is the blood on the ceiling at the scene of Ximu's murder really his?"
He forgot to ask yesterday.
"No, the police investigated it after you returned. Only the middle part of the radioactive blood spatter belongs to Nishiki himself. The rest should be paint on it."
Just as Feng Yuan guessed. Then, that Tengu must have been made using some kind of artistic technique...
Conan thought to himself, further deepening his suspicion of Agada's power. In addition, although the code has been solved, because he did not solve it by himself, he prefers to start reasoning in front of the prisoner, so after thinking about it for a while, Conan did not mean to tell Sera Masumi the code.
Sera Masumi herself has not yet solved the code, and went on to talk about the clues that the police investigated after Kudo Shinichi left last night:
"Also, I originally thought that the murder weapon that stabbed Ximu in the chest must have been buried under the messy manuscript, but it turned out that it was not found."
In other words, the murder weapon was taken away by the prisoner.
At this moment, Xiaolan also came over.
She held the tray and sat on the other side of Conan.
"Xiaolan..." Conan greeted quickly.
"Shinichi," Xiaolan's face was full of concern, "How is your cold?"
"Ah, my cold...I'm fine now..."
"Great!" Xiaolan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh..." Sera looked between the two of them playfully, "So you won't mind if others get too close to you, right?"
As she said that, she smiled and reached out to pat the Conan version of Kudo Shinichi on the shoulder.
"Ah?" Conan was stunned for a moment, "Oh, yes, yes, I slept under the quilt yesterday, and my cold is almost gone..."
Sera Masumi did not continue this topic.
The speed of her movements just now was similar to the one she made when she attacked Kudo Shinichi yesterday, but Kudo Shinichi didn't react at all just now.
Of course, she just patted her shoulder. Kudo Shinichi might just not mind this. But when it comes to a more intimate act like yesterday, wanting to directly touch the other person’s face——
After looking at Xiaolan, she decided to put the temptation aside for now.
Then, because Xiaolan and Yuanzi were also there, they stopped talking about the case, and instead talked about the specific plot of the movie that should never be released again.
The afternoon was free time, and the classes dispersed before noon. Conan was naturally prepared to join Xiaolan and the others, but he was immediately pulled by Zhongdao.
"Hey, did you hear that? Kudo!" Nakamichi was still talking about a topic that boys of this age are very interested in. "If you use a selfie stick in the hotel's large bath, you can see the women's bathroom!"
"Really, really?"
"Although Sera..." Nakamichi quietly glanced at Sera Majun who was a few steps away, "She doesn't have any breasts..." Then he secretly glanced at Xiaolan, "But the hair and other things are very impressive!"
"Yes, yes..." Conan agreed perfunctorily.
"Nothing! Have you taken a shower with her?"
"H-how is this possible!?"
"You didn't come to the room arranged by the school last night. We originally wanted to ask you how you confessed to Maori in London." Nakamichi continued the gossip, "Where are you? Did you kiss? Isn't that possible? Is it already at home plate?”
"Stop talking nonsense..." Conan blushed. But just then his cell phone rang, helping him out, "Ah, the phone..."
Taking this opportunity to distance himself from Nakamichi, Conan looked at his cell phone and found that it was Hattori Heiji calling.
"Hello? Is something going to happen again?"
"The media have all arrived at the door of the hotel, causing a commotion!" Hattori Heiji looked at the large group of reporters, "After all, the person who was killed yesterday was the winner of the Naoki Award! My place is a mess, how is your place? Maybe the teacher will tell you I’m canceling my school trip and going back to Tokyo!”
"It doesn't matter now," Conan replied. "The teachers are hiding the case from the students and not letting them know about the case. The room where Ximu was killed is also far away from the floor where they live."
"By the way, can you sneak out for a while?"
"ah?"
"The four of them said they wanted to talk about the guy named Izuri who came up with the secret code. If we were in the hotel with the media, it would be so noisy that we couldn't talk. So we planned to secretly go to the hotel where we made a reservation for lunch. I’ll go with the police, why don’t you come too? You want to hear what they have to say, too, right?”
Although the code has been solved and they have doubts about Agada Riki, they cannot rule out the possibility that other people besides these people may have committed the crime. Therefore, since there is a chance, Hattori Heiji wants to know more information.
"Where is the hotel?" Conan asked.
"There is a Japanese restaurant called Kyushan in Pontocho." Hattori Heiji replied, "I also told Kudo that he and his woman will go too. We will go there first and won't wait for you."
The Kudo on the other side of the phone will definitely have to talk to his woman about going to the hotel, which will take some time, and the other Kudo will be arriving soon, so Hattori Heiji doesn't plan to wait here.
Thinking this, he hung up the phone.
Then--
"What are you going to do to my Kazuha!?"
His own voice suddenly came from behind, which scared Hattori Heiji so much that he almost lost his grip on his phone and almost dropped it to the ground.
He quickly looked back and saw "Maplehara" and "Conan" standing behind him.
"Conan" wearing glasses was holding a mobile phone in his hand, playing a recording, with an expressionless face.
This guy is obviously seeking revenge on himself.
"Turn it off!" Hattori Heiji quickly went to grab the phone, but was easily avoided. "Hey, hey! You guy..."
Feng Yuan still turned off the recording.
Hattori Heiji breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he knew that He Ye was not here, he still instinctively glanced at the area, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he returned his attention to the two people in front of him.
"I said, you also——"
Hattori Heiji paused mid-sentence and was stunned for a moment.
The person who would retaliate against him for calling him "your woman" is obviously Maplehara's Kudo, but this Kudo wears glasses. But this doesn’t matter. The important thing is that the one next to him is also Kudo...
Strange, didn’t Kudo change back?
"Maplehara", who was not wearing glasses, yawned at the right time.
"What am I?" the real Fengyuan asked.
"Oh..." Hattori Heiji suddenly realized and lowered his voice, "I understand. But why do you want your daughter... to become like you?"
Feng Yuan gestured to the reporter in the distance.
Haibara Ai didn't want to be exposed in the camera, so they disguised themselves, which could also help hide the true identities of Maplehara and Conan. Maplehara's temperament can avoid most contact with other people, so Haibara Ai gave up the tracking glasses to Maplehara.
"Tsk tsk, this level is really good," Hattori Heiji couldn't help but praise, "I almost thought you all lied to me before..."
With that said, the three of them walked to one side.
Police Officer Ayanokouji and Keiko Anchi were already waiting nearby. Maplehara, Ai Haibara, and Heiji Hattori then got into Officer Ayanokouji's police car, and the group headed to the Japanese restaurant called Kyushan.
On the other hand, Conan also suggested going to this restaurant with Xiaolan and others who were hesitating where to eat at noon, and got approval.
By the way, this store is fully booked, but with Sonoko here, this small problem will soon no longer be a problem.
They soon arrived outside the store, and a strange, seemingly decorative thing caught Sera Masumi's attention.
"What are these? These circular fences made of bamboo."
"Other stores seem to have similar ones."
Conan looked outside several other nearby stores. The last time they came to Kyoto, they basically ate in the temple and had never seen anything like this.
"Is it popular in Kyoto?" Nakamichi also followed.
"That's called Inuyarai." A clear female voice came from behind them, answering their doubts, "It is said to prevent thieves and to delimit the land, but in fact it is to prevent dogs from peeing."
"Red leaves!" Xiaolan greeted.
"Do you know him?" Yuanzi was a little curious.
"Yeah! We met when my father and I came to Kyoto last time."
The beautiful high school girl in front of me is named Ooka Momiji. Last time they came to Kyoto to cheer for Hattori Heiji who was participating in the kendo competition, Xiaolan met and got to know Ooka Momiji by chance.
And if we talk about the most obvious feature of Ooka’s red leaves…
Sera Masumi noticed Momiji's breasts at a glance, showing an envious expression and unable to look away.
Fortunately, she was wearing a school uniform and skirt. After sizing her up, Ooka Momiji realized that she was a girl, so she didn't take this somewhat rude behavior to heart and asked Xiaolan:
"Xiaolan, are these your friends? They are all wearing the same school uniform as you."
"We are here for a school trip."
"Oh, Tokyo?" Ooka Momiji looked at everyone with a smile, "You are welcome to come all the way from the countryside!"
"Country, countryside?"
"Tokyo is the capital!" Conan couldn't help complaining.
Wait, that guy Hattori seems to have said something similar...
"Today we have high school vacation, and I was planning to have lunch at this store." Ooka Momiji looked at the store next to her, "Do you want to come together?"
That being said, she actually came here for Hattori Heiji.
She likes Hattori Heiji.
"Hongye, you are from Izumi High School in Kyoto, right?" Xiaolan approached Hongye expectantly, "Then do you know Souji Okita?"
Okita Souji was also someone she met the last time she came to Kyoto, and he looked almost exactly like Kudo Shinichi.
I also know Conan.
Looking at Xiaolan's appearance, Conan felt a little depressed.
Could it be that she asked Fengyuan to change back and keep a distance from Xiaolan, and Xiaolan was unhappy as a result...
"We know each other," Ooka Hongye nodded slightly, "That kendo brat is in the same class as me."
"Eh? Is that so?"
"It's not good to just stand and talk all the time. Why don't we invite you inside first?"
After standing outside the store for a while, wanting to see Hattori Heiji earlier, Ooka Momiji was about to open the door and go in. But then, she heard someone shouting loudly on the road.
"It's a tengu——"
"Ah?" Everyone looked over in surprise.
"A tengu appears on the road to Kiyamachi!"
"T-Tengu?"
There seemed to be some commotion in the distance, and the shouts became louder and louder. Conan hurriedly ran in the direction indicated by passers-by and came to a nearby street.
The streets over there are full of people wearing tengu masks, running around or making trouble.
"Hey, hey, how many people are there?"
"Zhongdao, let's catch them one by one!"
"good!"
"Xiaolan, come and help too!" Shiliang Zhenzhun shouted and rushed forward.
Xiaolan followed closely behind.
Only Ooka Momiji and Sonoko were left shivering in place, looking at the chaos around them.
After a while, a masked man appeared behind them and rushed towards them with a smile on his face. Fortunately, a man in a suit appeared in time and knocked the man over with his knee.
He is the butler of the Ooka family.
Conan, who heard the noise, also ran back.
Noticing that the masked man who had just attacked Sonoko and Momiji was struggling to get up, Conan rushed over and grabbed him by the collar.
"What on earth do you people plan to do?"
"Isn't it called online?" the man replied, "Wearing a Tengu mask and running on the road of Wooden Town, we will pay you 100,000 in advance. If you are not caught within 30 minutes, you will get another 1 million..."
…
Ten minutes ago.
In a private room in the hotel, there is a long table in the middle.
On one side of the long table sat actor Keiko Kuramachi, composer Riki Agada, director Yamatoyama and starring Isabusa Moriya, while on the other side sat Police Officer Ayanokouji, Hattori Heiji, Maplehara and "Conan".
Although they are just children, after all, under the guise of Kudo Shinichi, and Anchi Keiko, whose eyes lit up when she saw the two of them, helped to speak, and Maplehara and Haibara Ai were able to sit here and listen to these words smoothly. People talk about things from the past.
However, they have only arrived here not long ago, and the story has just begun. and…
Feng Yuan glanced outside.
There seemed to be some commotion inside the store.
Soon, the door to the private room was opened, and a police officer walked in to answer his doubts.
"Officer Ayanokouji," the man said with a worried expression, "There was a noise outside and a tengu appeared on the wooden house road. It's around here."
"Why don't you just deal with that idiot?"
"But not one or two people!"
"What did you say!?" Hattori Heiji said in surprise.
He turned to look at Feng Yuan who was sitting next to him and "Feng Yuan" who was drinking tea intently across Feng Yuan, "Hey..."
Feng Yuan shook his head slightly, and then gestured towards the opposite side with his hand under the table.
Hattori Heiji would understand immediately.
"Let's leave for a moment," Officer Ayanokouji glanced at Hattori Heiji, who stood up with him, and then said to Kurachi Keiko and others, "Please stay here and don't go anywhere."
"Okay, okay..."
"I always feel a little scary..."
"You must not let them escape!"
"Okay! Leave it to us!"
Hattori Heiji and Officer Ayanokouji walked out of the room.
(End of chapter)
