The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 186 Are You Afraid Of Snakes?
Fujino stopped the motorcycle, picked up the travel bag fixed on the back seat of the motorcycle, and looked into the yard through the railing.

The vestibule of the yard is very wide, and a stone-paved path extends to the entrance of the castle.

At the gate of the castle, a man wearing a brown suit, with middle parted hair and a double chin was chatting with a woman wearing a black and white maid uniform.

To be honest, this is the first time Fujino has seen a maid since he came to this world.

Well, rich people really know how to play.

In other words, why didn't he think of this way of playing when he was still a chaebol?

There are emerald green lawns on both sides of the path, and the lawns on both sides of the path are covered with decorative green plants.

A man in denim overalls is trimming the green plants with a pair of scissors in his hand.

Judging by his exquisite technique when pruning green plants, he should be the gardener of this villa.

The practice lasted more than two and a half years.

Among the green plants, there are several strange decorative statues. Those statues are tall and delicate.

Next to the statue, a young man with a mid-parted hair, wearing a light blue suit and a red shirt, was looking at it carefully.

Fujino has seen these statues before. In his impression, this should be chess, but it is just enlarged.

These chess pieces should be the key hints to unlock the code in the letter.

But for him, who is a spoiler dog, it has little effect.

If he remembered correctly, as long as he turned the clock in a certain room, he could find the secret passage this time.

"Excuse me, what's the matter with your visit here?"

The man who looked like a gardener noticed Fujino standing at the gate, walked over immediately, and asked suspiciously.

"excuse me, you are?"

"I'm the gardener here, Katsuo Tabata."

Katsuo Tabata introduced himself.

"Excuse me, is your gentleman at home?"

Fujino asked the gardener politely.

"So you are the guest of the noble young master."

When the gardener Tabata heard that Fujino was a guest of Noble Mamiya, he became more enthusiastic.

Then he turned around and waved to the man who was looking at the chess not far away: "Young Master, a guest is coming to see you!"

"guest?"

Noble Mamiya retracted his gaze, turned his head, and saw Fujino standing at the door.

Immediately, he walked to the gate: "Detective Fujino, it's a long journey, it's really troublesome."

Noble Mamiya beckoned the gardener to open the gate, and then led Fujino into the villa.

The two walked on the stone path.

Mr. Mamiya looked around, and seeing no one around, he turned his head and whispered to Fujino: "Detective Fujino, in fact, the purpose of my inviting you here this time is not to find treasures, but to investigate four treasures. The truth about the fire that happened here years ago."

"The fire four years ago?"

Although Fujino already knew that there was a fire here, he still pretended to be puzzled.

"Yes."

The nobleman Jiangong nodded, leaned his head and explained: "Just four years ago, my mother came back here from abroad to celebrate my grandma's birthday, but on the night of the birthday celebration, a fire broke out, and A fire not only took away my mother’s life, but also caused the servants and more than ten people who came to visit to die in the sea of ​​fire.”

"Is that the tower?"

Fujino pointed to the tall tower not far away that he had noticed from the beginning.

"That's right, that's where my mother died."

The nobleman Jiangong cast his gaze over, "After the fire four years ago, I felt something strange and stayed here, but after four years of investigation, I didn't find any useful clues."

"Do you think the murderer is still in this castle?"

"That's right, that's why I entrusted you, Detective Fujino, to come here on the grounds of finding the treasure."

"By the way, what about the treasure?"

"I heard that my grandfather mentioned it before he died."

The noble Mamiya explained: "He has left his most precious treasure in this castle to give to the person who first unlocks the secret of this castle."

"Noble sir, this is..."

While Fujino was talking with Mamiya Noble, Zhong Zhong, who was chatting with the maid at the gate of the castle, walked over separately.

"This is my friend, Fujino."

Mamiya nobleman introduced a sentence.

"Fujino..."

Mamiya Manwen's face was expressionless, he just thought for a moment, he seemed to think of something, "Could it be, you are the famous detective Fujino?"

"Just an ordinary detective."

Fujino said modestly.

"My name is Ma Gongman, and I am the nobleman's stepfather."

Jian Gongman's face was still expressionless, but the excitement in his eyes could not be concealed, "My lord, this detective friend of yours must be able to find the treasure left by my father-in-law."

"Ah."

The nobleman just nodded, looking at Jian Gongman with a slight hesitation in his eyes, "It would be the best if you can find it."

"By the way, did you two seem to be talking about that tower?"

At this time, Jian Gongman suddenly said: "If you two are interested in that tower, it's better not to go in."

"why?"

Hearing this, Fujino glanced at the tower again, and joked, "Could it be haunted?"

"Almost so."

Mamiyaman said in a mysterious tone: "About two years ago, a newly hired servant disappeared in that tower. Before he disappeared, he once told the maid here, 【He found something good in that tower】In this case, after he disappeared, we immediately sent people in to look for him, although there were signs of being broken into, but we didn't find him."

"It wasn't until four days later that the police found him in the nearby forest. At that time, he was already dead, starved to death... After that, it was circulated among the servants that it might be the wraith in the tower. There were rumors that he was killed by a mischief, and after that incident, the tower was sealed off, and no one dared to enter it again."

"I said why that tower is locked up."

Gentleman Jian Gong frowned upon hearing this, and asked Jian Gongman, "Why didn't I know about this?"

Mamiya Mitsuru explained: "You were not in the castle at the time, so of course you didn't know about it."

"travel……"

The aristocrat Jiangong raised his jaw and thought for a moment: "It seems to be true. I did travel two years ago."

"In that case, I won't bother you."

After finishing speaking, Jian Gongman was about to turn around and leave, and before leaving, he said, "By the way, remember to tell me when you find it. I also want to see what the treasure left by my father-in-law is."

But when Mamiyaman was about to leave, Fujino, who seemed to have remembered something, suddenly stopped him.

"Anything else?"

Mamiya turned her head in surprise.

"Mr. Man, are you afraid of snakes?"

Fujino looked at Mamiya Mitsu and asked curiously.

"snake?"

Mamiya Mitsuru looked weird when asked by Fujino's words.

Considering that the other party is a detective, he would not ask unreasonable questions for no reason.

He thought for a moment before replying, "I'm not afraid of snakes. There are indeed quite a few snakes near this castle, but most of them are non-venomous snakes."

"That's all right."

……

Noble Mamiya led Fujino towards the villa.

Recalling Fujino's strange question just now, he asked curiously: "Detective Fujino, what kind of test did you just do? Did he have any abnormal behavior?"

"No."

Fujino shook his head, "I just remembered some fun things."

"Fun things..."

Mr. Mamiya was still very curious about what funny thing Fujino was talking about.

But he didn't think too much about it.

Push open the door of the villa.

What catches the eye is the magnificent entrance exhibition hall. A huge portrait hangs in the front of the exhibition hall. The person on the portrait is an old man with white hair and white beard in a suit. He looks very similar to Mr. Mamiya. .

On the walls on both sides of the portrait, there are two smaller portraits. On the left side of the portrait is a beautiful lady in a dress with long blond hair, while on the right side is a young man full of vigor .

"The one in the middle is my grandfather."

Gazing at the huge portrait, Mr. Jiangong raised his mouth: "How about it, I look very similar to my grandpa, right?"

"Well, it's really similar."

Fujino nodded, "The two next to you are..."

"That's my parents."

Gentleman Mamiya glanced at the portrait on the right, "The person in the portrait is my biological father, Mamiya Sadaaki, who died of illness six years ago... not long after the illness, my mother died of illness with the one you saw just now. That man named Man married abroad."

"My lord, who is he?"

At this time, an old voice came.

Fujino looked back, and saw an ugly old woman sitting in a wheelchair, wearing a black hat, black round glasses, gray hair, and did not know when she appeared behind her.

"This is my friend, Detective Fujino."

"detective?"

The old woman was surprised, and after recovering, she resumed her normal tone and continued, "That's really great. I really hope that this detective can help solve my husband's puzzle and find the treasure in this castle."

As she spoke, the old woman began to go mad again, and she slid away in a wheelchair not far away, muttering as she walked: "Where is my daughter?! Has my daughter not come back yet?! She clearly agreed I want to celebrate my birthday..."

However, unlike the superficial madness, the old woman was secretly thinking about how to get rid of the secret way before Fujino discovered it.

Maybe it's because she has killed too many people and has a natural suppression of detectives and police.

To be honest, when she just learned that the guy named Fujino turned out to be a detective, she was still a little scared.

But after thinking about it, she wasn't afraid anymore.

She has killed too many people for the treasure over the years, and now it doesn't matter if she kills another detective.

(End of this chapter)