Detective Conan: The Unknown Killer

Entering the castle courtyard, the little ghosts were immediately attracted by the beautiful view. The grass in the courtyard was trimmed into the shape of a chessboard, and there were huge stone chess carvings on it, each of which was bigger than the whole person of the little ghosts.

Dr. Asa asked the gardener, "Does anyone here like to play chess?"

The gardener shook his head in ignorance, "I don't know, I'm just following the orders of my predecessor, 'Master Sadaaki', and tidying up every day to keep this place as it is." Moreover, it is said that this incident was the last words of the 'old man' who died fifteen years ago. "

It turns out that the lady here has had two husbands, one is the old man Zhenzhao who died six years ago, and the other is the national character face who was called the old man just now. But the lady died four years ago, and the second husband remained in the castle.

The gardener also chattered a lot, but Hua Ming was not interested in any of this, so he didn't listen carefully, but Conan listened attentively.

When he walked to the lobby of the castle, Dr. Asa looked up and found a huge oil painting hanging on the front wall, on which was an old man with a resolute face, and the first thing he felt was "What a handsome old man!". Portraits of a man and a woman were also found on each side of the wall.

"The portraits on the left and right are the first lord and wife, and the portrait in the middle is the old man. The gardener said lightly: "The lord admires the old man very much as a historian, which causes the lady to be very jealous and often say ......."

Before he finished speaking, an old woman appeared behind him in a wheelchair and said lightly, "It is often said that Dad is just an intellectual who can only reason." "

"Hell!" Ayumi exclaimed.

When everyone looked back, they saw a wheelchair sliding over, and on the wheelchair sat an old woman with a wrinkled face and funny round glasses, who looked dry no matter how she looked. The first moment he saw the old man, a trace of surprise flashed on his face—this old woman is so strange! She is so old, but her blood is more vigorous than that of a young man.

Is it another disguised guy?

Thinking of this, Hua Ming looked carefully, but found that the other party did not have a trace of disguise, and finally suddenly realized. This guy is not a disguise at all, but plastic surgery! A good young man actually has plastic surgery to become an old woman?

"Mrs. Tai—Mrs." The gardener was shocked, but he didn't expect to be heard by Mrs. Tai just after saying bad things about the old man.

Mrs. Tai was not angry, "Actually, the old man also knows about this, but he doesn't care at all, but is proud of it." "

Uncle Gardener hurriedly took off his felt hat, revealing his bald head like a boiled egg, and bowed down to apologize to Mrs. Tai, "I'm sorry to remind you of unpleasant memories." "

"I don't have to apologize, I'm used to the days when he's not around. The old lady's wrinkled face showed a hint of remembrance, "Just like the pattern of the banknote and the size of the passport have changed, you will not be used to it at first, but then you will get used to it." By the way, who are they?".

"They're my lord's scientist friends. "

"Scientists?" the old lady seemed surprised by the title, "Oh—that's exciting, and I must ask them to solve the mystery left by the old man." "

Mystery?

These two words instantly aroused Conan's spirit, and Hua Ming's eyes lit up.

The mystery left by the old man...... Could it have something to do with what I felt when I came to the mountains?

Seeing that everyone had different expressions, the gardener explained: It turned out that the old man left a last word on his deathbed saying that he would give his treasure to the person who solved the mystery of the castle.

The Mystery of the Castle...... Treasure...... The little ghosts were all in high spirits, fantasizing about the room full of gold, silver, jewelry, and eel rice.

"Oh yes, hasn't my daughter come yet?" Mrs. Tai's dementia has relapsed, obviously her daughter has been burned to death in the fire, but she thinks her daughter is still alive, "Didn't my daughter say that she was going to come over today to celebrate my birthday? Oh hehe, if she comes, I will ask her to go to my room, and I can finally see her~" Saying that, Mrs. Tai happily slid back to the room in a wheelchair.

Hua Minghua didn't pay attention to this old woman who had undergone plastic surgery, because this person had lived in the castle for a long time, and even if there was any conspiracy, it could not be against people who happened to pass by.

Dr. Asa creeped up and asked the gardener, "Isn't her daughter dead?"

"Yes, since the fire, Mrs. Tai has become like this......".

"Pathetic...... Dr. Asa sighed.

Conan leaned over at an inopportune time, "Uncle, is there a room where you can see the whole picture of chess in the courtyard?"

......

Soon Hua Ming and these little ghosts came to the room together, and looking out of the window from this room, they just had a good view of the courtyard.

"Wow! I can see it clearly, and the chess pieces are so neatly arranged. "

Is it neat? Hua Ming couldn't see where this-like arrangement was neat, maybe because he didn't know how to play chess.

Since the window is not large, and it has been occupied by Conan Ayumi and Hana, the big man Yuan Tai can't squeeze in, so he can only run to the windowsill of the next room.

Conan drew the chessboard in the courtyard with the notebook he had with him, and then sat down on the ground and bit his pen in contemplation.

"What are you doing?" Hana glanced at him casually.

Gray Plains indifferently replied for Conan, "It's his favorite code. "

Hua Ming looked nonchalant, "Conan, do you think the clue to the treasure is hidden in the chessboard?"

"Hmm, what are you laughing at?" Conan looked up and looked at Hana Confusion in confusion.

"Nothing. Hua Ming grinned and didn't say anything more.

As soon as he entered the mountain, he felt that something was attracting him, and the direction and position were clear in his mind, if it was really a treasure left by the old man, he was now far ahead.

At this time, Ayumi at the window suddenly shouted, "Oh no! Motota is about to fall out of the window!".

Hua didn't know how to look at it, and saw that Yuantai was hanging in the next window like soy sauce meat, half of his body was outside the window, if it wasn't for Mitsuhiko's hard work, I'm afraid he would have fallen. But looking at his size, it is estimated that Mitsuhiko will not last long.

Conan could only run to the next room, but saw that Motota had already climbed up and was panting on the windowsill, obviously frightened.

"What the hell are you doing?".

As soon as he said this, Conan felt that something was wrong.

Strangely, the window in the room over there was next to the wall, and so was the window in the room on this side, but the distance between the two windows was nearly four meters. What's going on?

Could it be that the wall that separates the two rooms is more than three meters thick?

What are you kidding! A three-meter-thick wall? Is this to protect against missiles? Unless there is some ...... in the middle of the wall

Thinking of this, Conan immediately knocked on the wall, and his eyes lit up, "Empty!".

Conan soon discovers that the clock on the wall is a mechanism for entering the secret passage, which will automatically open when the pointer is turned to a certain angle.

Ignoring the two little imps arguing at the window, Conan took care of himself and put a chair under the clock, and put a few books on the chair. Seeing that the height was almost there, he stood on it, reached out and opened the lid of the clock to stir the clock hands.

Suddenly, the wall in front of him opened and closed like a revolving door, and Conan suddenly fell into the chamber, which closed and the wall returned to its original state as if nothing had happened.

The two men who were arguing stopped their movements and looked back at the empty room.

"Strange, wasn't Conan in the room just now?" Mitsuhiko looked around, but didn't find Conan.

"Why is he missing?" Motota looked and saw only an overturned chair and a few books in the corner, but there was no sign of Conan.