Great Swordsman Ke Xue.

Chapter 554 The calm before the storm
Conan's skill in pretending to be a child is beyond words, and he played back and forth with Watson, but Shimizu Koji's attention was no longer on this little episode.

His eyes swept over the people present and the entire hall of the villa without leaving a trace, and Shimizu Koji's eyes gradually became solemn.

Gone? Left? No, judging from the bloodstains at the scene, there was no doubt that this annex, where some unspeakable incidents had taken place, was the source of the huge resentment. No matter what, the resentment could not be separated from this place.

However, if he hid, it would be impossible for him to not feel anything at all. Although Shimizu Koji had relatively little dealings with these things, he often practiced and studied his abilities on weekdays, such as visiting some famous shrines or temples.

He was very sure that his perception would not be wrong, unless that thing was hidden in some special place.

Koji Shimizu frowned secretly. If this was the case, things would inevitably become troublesome. Speaking of which, why did those resentments suddenly disappear? Could it be that they sensed his presence?

It's not impossible. But if that's the case, it means
Bai Ma Tan was embarrassed for a moment, ignoring Watson who had been confronted with NTR. He coughed lightly and straightened his tie. "But, having said that, being able to come to this tragic scene that has been deliberately covered up for many years and could only be heard of in legends in the past means that the secret from more than 40 years ago is about to be revealed."

"tragedy?"

"secret!?"

Kaito and Xiaolan exclaimed, Shimizu Koji came to his senses and looked over with some curiosity. At the same time, he directly withdrew his pupil power from Watson. Conan was also curious about what Hakuba said, when suddenly Watson flapped his wings and flew away from his hand, scaring him so much that he almost fell to the ground.

Bai Ma was relieved to see that Watson had finally become normal. He put on a confident smile and said, "This is not the place to talk. I'm sure you guys are tired from the journey and don't want to stand here all the time."

"Miss Maid, now that everyone is here, you should be able to prepare dinner for us, right?"

"Oh ok, I see."

After sending the maid away, Bai Ma Tan smiled slightly and turned to look at everyone, "Everyone, let's go to the lounge on the second floor first. You can have some black tea or coffee there, and by the way, we can relax our tense minds."

No one had any objection, but Dashang Zhushan did not follow everyone. Instead, he followed the maid to the kitchen.

The layout of the second floor is also simple and luxurious, but the same thing as the lobby on the first floor is that some blood stains can be clearly seen in some corners and places that are not easy to wipe.

At this time, even Koji Shimizu couldn't help but become more curious about what had happened in this annex in the past. It was indeed not as simple as just one or two people.

The lounge was a leisure room that was at least the size of four or five ordinary bedrooms. After everyone came in, Xiaolan led Conan to the sofa, while Ikumi Gunda made black tea for everyone.

At the invitation of Hakuba Tan, Harufumi Mogi and Kaito walked towards a pool table on the east side of the room. Kogoro Mori, also known as Kaito, was pulled to the side by Chima Kyouyo to play chess. For a moment, the atmosphere in the room was relaxed and harmonious. Except for Koji Shimizu, everyone had something to do.

It's not that Koji Shimizu was deliberately ignored. Hakuba Tan was a little curious about his peer, Kudo Shinichi's client status, and what happened downstairs just now. Naturally, he invited Koji Shimizu to play ball together, but Koji Shimizu refused.

Because, in addition to the chess and cards for leisure and entertainment in the lounge, there is something that caught Shimizu Koji's attention, that is - the bookcase. In the process of going upstairs, Baiba Tan has simply answered everyone's doubts. More than 40 years ago, this luxurious holiday villa had as many as hundreds of celebrities, nobles, and wealthy people gathered here, and with their servants and bodyguards, the number of people once exceeded 500. However, even this wealthy nobles, who were almost a small army, could never walk out after entering this villa.

And this is why Xiaolan now forces Conan to play poker with her.

The bookcase was very clean, with some books scattered on it. It was not ruled out that they were put there later, but judging from the fact that the bloodstains in this annex were wiped off so casually, Shimizu Koji was more willing to believe that this annex belonging to Karasuma Renya, despite the tragedy that had happened there, probably no police had visited here afterwards.

It is natural that traces of the past may be preserved.

But he was still disappointed. Although there were obvious bloodstains on these books, there was nothing noteworthy left behind. Koji Shimizu had originally planned to see if there were any pre-death messages or something like that.

"I'm a little curious, Mr. Baiba. You said that the incident was deliberately concealed for many years. Didn't the police come here to investigate? Or, has the owner of this villa never appeared since then?"

After hearing what Shimizu Koji said, Hakuba, who had just scored a small ball, put away his club and his face visibly froze.

In fact, he learned the secret of this villa from Director Bai Ma. At that time, probably no policeman had ever been here, and even his father was vague about many details. That was why he ignored his father's opposition and resolutely accepted this mysterious invitation.

"To be honest, that's exactly why I came here. As for the owner of this annex, Karasuma Renya."

Bai Ma Tan paused, "He was a super-rich man who was active in the last century and was said to have enough wealth to buy out the entire Japan. However, he is already dead, and even his funeral was held after that incident."

"And the entire Karasuma Group, with his death, inevitably declined and split."

Karasuma Renya, this name stunned everyone present, but even Conan was only surprised by his wealth and did not associate him with anything else.

Koji Shimizu was a little disappointed. He was able to draw these conclusions based on the known information, even more detailed than Hakuba Detective, but he originally thought that this noble young man from the Metropolitan Police Department might have more clues.

"Karasuma Renya, this name sounds weird and a bit scary."

"Well, because Karasuma means crow."

Xiaolan and Conan started chatting on the side. Koji Shimizu did not intend to tell Conan the true identity of Karasuma Renya. He nodded to Hakuba and turned towards the door.

"I'm walking around the villa."

(End of this chapter)