Conan: The Mechanic

"Is it really okay?" Chiba asked, looking at Hattori Heiji's expression with some worry.

He was touched by a girl who passed by just now on the injured spot, and his expression instantly distorted.

"It's okay..." Hattori Heiji's mouth twitched, but he still indicated that he was fine. "It's not a big problem—"

"Then can I poke it?" Qian Yu raised her eyebrows and pointed to the part where he was injured.

"cannot."

"So is it really okay?"

"Crap!"

……

About forty minutes later, on the way.

According to Hattori Heiji and Conan's explanation, before encountering this man Heiji called "Bian Ke", they were investigating another case - Kogoro Mouri received news that a Buddhist statue in a temple had been captured eight years ago. It was stolen, and now they suddenly received a letter with a drawing attached, and the attached letter claimed that as long as they could solve the puzzle in it, they would find the Buddha statue, so they hired a famous Detective Kogoro Mouri comes to investigate the case.

"So, the Buddha statue in that Buddhist temple was stolen, and then the secret code paper was left?" Qian Yu asked while looking at the paper in her hand.

"This is a photocopy, but it's about the same." Conan nodded. "Anyway, if we solve this mystery, we should be able to find the Buddha statue in that Buddhist temple."

"Are we here today for this Buddha statue?" Qianyu asked.

"No," Hattori Heiji shook his head. "This time we are visiting those who were there yesterday and asking them about their specific situation."

Saying so, Hattori Heiji and Conan suddenly stopped - this is the main entrance of a typical Japanese-style courtyard, and the surname on the door plate is [Mizuo]

"Who is this?" Qianyu raised her eyebrows.

"Yesterday, that skinny guy's house is said to be the head of the Noh drama Swirl!"

……

About five minutes later, Chiba and his party had already met Mizuo, the owner of the house, in a room and indoors - also here was the second-hand bookstore owner Saijo Okawa and the monks they had met in the Sakuraya. Dragon circle.

"Have you been attacked?" Long Yuan asked in surprise.

"Well," Hattori Heiji nodded, then turned his gaze to Mizuo who was sitting in the main seat. "So although it's very rude, I still want to confirm your alibi, Mr. Mizuo - the murderer is wearing the old man mask from the Noh drama."

"Old man?" Long Yuan was stunned.

"Yes," Hattori Heiji nodded. "By the way, I also need to confirm the alibi of you and Mr. Saijo, Mr. Ryuuen."

"This is really a headache..." Saijo Taiga's expression was obviously a little helpless. "Today, we planned to discuss the murderer of Mr. Sakura with Miss Chiga Rin."

"..." The corners of Qian Yu's mouth twitched, and her eyes swept over the three suspects.

According to their previous inferences, the murderer should have been in the Sakura House at the time, and he was also an acquaintance of Sakura Masao—in other words, the murderer might have been among them...

They discuss with the murderer who the murderer is?

"I probably don't have an alibi," Mizuo shook his head. "I'm single, and I went to sleep after I got home yesterday because I wasn't in a good mood. Because the room I lived in was too far from my mother, my mother probably couldn't provide me with proof that I was here."

[But in fact, even if his mother can hear it, it can't be used as proof? After all, she's a mother...] Thinking like this, Chiyu turned her attention to Saijo Taihe—there was no other reason, just because the Saijo River was closer to Suwei than Ryuen.

"My situation is similar," Saijo Taiga reluctantly loosened his neckline, as if he was a little uncomfortable with the questioning atmosphere here. "I live alone on the second floor of the shop in Teramachi Street now."

"Me too. After I went back, I read the scriptures in the hall for a while and then went to bed." Long Yuan also said that he did not have an alibi.

"That's right," Hattori Heiji nodded thoughtfully. "In that case, have any of you practiced archery?"

"Archery?" Saijo Taiga looked confused. "I didn't study."

"I don't know if it counts," Mizuo said in a deep voice. "I once pulled the Azusa wood bow in the Noh drama "Red Leaf Hunting"."

"I used to pull the bowstring (ゲン) when I was doing rituals to drive away evil spirits, I don't know if it counts..."

Qianyu's first reaction was to frown - the bow string should be pronounced with the shun pronunciation, which is つる (tsuru), while the dragon round used the pronunciation of ゲン (genn).

(Acoustic reading is the pronunciation of Chinese characters when they were introduced into Japan, while training reading is another pronunciation that only relies on fonts and does not depend on pronunciation.)

"Is there anyone else who can shoot arrows?" Conan asked. "Are there any other people in Sakuraya?"

"By the way, I remember..." Saijo Taiga seemed to have thought of it. "yamakura..."

"Yamakura?" Hattori Heiji was stunned. "Will the Yamakura woman shoot arrows?"

If Chiba didn't realize what Yamakura was referring to at the beginning~www.readwn.com~ but after adding the title of female general, everything became clear - Yamakura female general refers to the proprietress of Sakuraya

"Huh?" Saijo Taiga's face was a little stunned, and then he showed a hint of embarrassment. "No, I was wrong..."

At this moment, Conan suddenly noticed that Chiyu was looking in the direction behind Saijo Taiga, and his expression was a little surprised. "What's wrong?"

"This is..." Qian Yu narrowed her eyes slightly. "Although it's a bit unbelievable, maybe this is Miss Qianhe Ling."

Just outside the door, the figure of a young woman in an orange kimono was projected into Qianyu's eyes through the grille door.

Yesterday, he didn't use the auxiliary unit to record the physical details of Chiga ling, so it is difficult to confirm whether the visitor is Miss Chiga ling through observation. But considering that it was said before that she would invite Miss Chiga Suzu to discuss the murder of Mr. Sakura Masao, it should not be an outrageous judgment that the person who came was Miss Chiga Suzu.

At this moment, Qian Heling opened the grille door and walked in slowly.

"This is Miss Qianhe Ling?" Conan's surprised voice entered Qianyu's ears. "real or fake?"

"Yes," Long Yuan replied with a smile seeing their surprise. "That's Miss Qianheling, it's absolutely true, isn't it completely different from last night's appearance?"

In the surprised eyes of Hattori Heiji and the others, Chiga Suzu came to the Japanese room like this, took off her clogs and walked in front of them.

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By the way, I made a comment about drama 7, and I just discovered one thing. Didn't He Ye kick the mask to pieces, but the piece that was kicked to pieces in the next scene was miraculously restored...