Daily life of a spy in the world of Conan

Xia Chuan nodded. If the plaster was like this, the doctor should retire.

"Let's see what's going on first."

The Nakamura brothers warmly welcomed Natsukawa and his group into the living room.

When they arrived at the living room and saw it filled with clocks, everyone's eyes widened.

This scene is still spectacular.

It is more like a watch exhibition hall than a villa.

Even the watch exhibition halls in Tokyo don't have as many as here.

Although Xiachuan has watched anime, there is still a certain gap between anime and reality.

“These are all from my grandfather’s collection. To be honest, I was also surprised when I first saw these clocks.

But it’s normal, my grandfather Yuan Wenshilang is a master of watches, it all started with a hobby and he devoted his life to watches.”

The middle-aged man was obviously more talkative than the "owner" Nakamura So, and briefly introduced the original owner of the villa.

Nakamura So went to the kitchen and prepared tea for everyone.

"Strange, didn't the letter say that he stayed in the villa for several days and couldn't even find the kitchen? Now it seems that's not the case."

Conan accurately captured the discrepancy between what was said in the envelope and the actual situation, which felt a little suspicious.

"What's the big deal? This letter was sent to Uncle Maori's house yesterday. Including the time it took to deliver the letter, it has been three days. Isn't it normal for him to know where the kitchen is?"

Although Ania knows that there is something wrong with the playground brothers, isn’t Conan’s suspicion a little too strange?

A normal person should be able to recognize the layout and purpose of the villa just by walking around it, right?

"That's right..." Conan nodded. It wasn't because he listened to what Anya said, but mainly because he didn't want to argue with her.

"By the way, the strange things you mentioned in your letter, are these clocks?"

Kogoro Maori pointed at the clocks in the room. If there were all the problems, these were undoubtedly them.

As he spoke, he picked up a digital clock and checked it, and found that there was a vertical scratch in the middle of the minute number on the digital clock.

(Ask for monthly ticket)

Chapter 235: Mr. Nakamura, your hand...

“It seems like most digital clocks have animal shapes.”

Joel pointed to the entire wall in front of him, half of which was covered with digital clocks, each of which was decorated with animals.

"yes......"

Nakamura said with a smile, "You must be shocked, right? Our late grandfather loved these alarm clocks the most.

All the clockwork alarm clocks here are his masterpieces. As for those digital alarm clocks, he probably bought them because he likes animals.

Compared to those cruel hunters who hunt animals for fun, my grandfather is a person who particularly likes animals. In the past, he would drive away hunters who came to the forest to hunt. "

"However, these digital alarm clocks seem to have some damage on them."

Kogoro Maori sneered. What do you mean he likes animals? If he did, there wouldn’t be a scratch on every digital alarm clock.

"This might be some secret code." Xia Chuan added.

"It's possible." Joel nodded.

She turned around and looked at several digital alarm clocks around her and found that they had the same scratches in the same place. This was unlikely to be caused by an accident and should have been intentional.

At this moment, the minute returned to zero from 59, and the whole room seemed to explode, and all the digital alarm clocks rang at the same time.

The tinkling sound was so deafening that Anya almost fainted.

As a special person who can listen to the voice of one's heart, her hearing is very good, and it is particularly obvious at this time. Her face suddenly turned pale and she sat down on the ground.

"Are you okay? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?" Joel helped Anya up, then frowned and looked at the digital clock in the living room, wanting to kick it to pieces!

The alarm rang for more than ten seconds before it stopped. Anya, who had mosquito-repellent eyes, was put on the sofa by Youer, and said tremblingly: "Aunt Youer, Anya wants to go home."

Anya was almost frightened.

If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have grabbed Uncle Maori and begged him. Isn't this just sending myself into the fire?

"Is it too noisy?"

Nakamura was afraid that the people who helped to decrypt the code would go home, so he quickly explained: "The alarm clock in the villa will only ring once at 11 o'clock, and it will not ring again today.

Honestly, that's why I asked Detective Maori to come in. These alarm clocks are so weird, no one in their right mind would set an alarm at eleven o'clock so close to noon.

And the whole house is set up to do this. Not only does it keep ringing, it can also scare people. Grandpa himself probably can't stand it. There must be some secret here."

"Maybe there's something you want to watch on TV?"

Conan pointed to the VCR under the TV: “The VCR is also running.

"Yes!" Maori Kogoro tapped his left hand on his right hand, and suddenly realized: "He must be watching Okino Yoko's TV. I remember that the TV series of Miss Yoko was shown at 11 o'clock on weekends recently."

"..."

Everyone was speechless.

Nakamura was speechless and began to wonder if this Mori Kogoro was a fake like them, otherwise why would he say such meaningless words.

Xiaolan picked up the photo frame on the table and said, "By the way, this girl is...she looks like she is very familiar with your grandfather."

Nakamura's expression froze, and he was secretly annoyed that he had not cleaned it thoroughly and even left a photo.

I quickly explained and made amends: "This is the granddaughter of my grandfather's friend. She is very good at playing golf. My brother and I have played with her before. She is a very nice girl."

"so......"

"I thought this girl was your grandfather's granddaughter."

Xia Chuan interrupted with a smile, glanced at the expression on Miuraba's face, and walked to the golf club bag: "Demon..."

"Oh, my grandpa loved playing golf when he was alive. Demon must be a nickname he gave himself."

Nakamura wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. This young man was quite something. He almost guessed it. Fortunately, Xiachuan didn't seem to have any intention of discussing it in detail. It seemed that he just mentioned it casually.

"Demon?" Xiaolan thought thoughtfully.

"Sister Xiaolan, did you find anything?"

Conan has already gotten into the state. Before entering the villa, he noticed the abnormality of the villa. After entering the villa, he confirmed his guess.

There are clocks all over the room, and there are scratches on the digital clocks. This must mean something.

In addition, Nakamura So's inconsistencies do not seem to match what was written in the letter.

Also.

He took out the letter and read it again, focusing his eyes on the stamp.

There is a faint lipstick mark on the back of the stamp. How could two grown men use lipstick?

He had just observed the lips of the Nakamura brothers and found that they were not wearing any lipstick at all.

All this shows that there are huge problems with the villa.

Then again, the word demon seems to represent the devil...

The seventeen-year-old washing machine, who was fluent in multiple foreign languages, immediately began to search the information in his mind, looking for the possible meaning of demon.

"Oh, I remember a gang of robbers that disappeared ten years ago was called Demon. I have a deep impression of them because of their arrogant style of doing things."

Kogoro Mouri looked back at his daughter with dead eyes.

He also had some memory of the fact that this bandit group had just disappeared ten years ago, around the time he resigned.

But the name of that bandit organization was not demon.

"Idiot, that bandit organization is not called Demon, it's called the Windy Goblin Bandit Group, and their leader is called Demon.

This organization is also weird. They only rob shady companies and illegal transactions.

Although it is a criminal organization, its ethics are exceptionally good, and we have solved many cases because of them."

Speaking of this organization, Kogoro Mori remembered it.

However, it should be just a coincidence. After all, the word "demon" is not exclusive to the Wind Fairy.

Besides, the Windy Goblin had disappeared for ten years, and the golf club bag could not prove any connection between the two.

wow-

The sound of breaking glass was heard, and several people turned around and found Nakamura So standing at the door in a daze. They seemed to see a trace of... panic in his eyes.

"No, sorry..."

Nakamura Cao came to his senses after a while and realized that he had lost his composure. He immediately broke out in a sweat and hurriedly squatted down to clean up the mess.

"Mr. Nakamura, are you okay?"

Xiaolan stepped forward to help pick up the cup that fell to the ground.

Conan and Anya followed.

Here Xiachuan couldn't help but sigh that Mr. Kobayashi's education was really good. Apart from being a little bit wild, Anya was very well behaved.

"Hey, Conan, look, there are animal patterns on the armrests of each cup. There are snakes, tigers, rabbits, and eagles, but this cup doesn't have any."

"show me!"

Conan was confused and took the cup, examining it carefully.

Then, I compared it with other cups and found that this cup without animal patterns seemed to have been removed intentionally.

The animal patterns on the armrests should have been removed, and the owner seemed to have polished the armrests to make them less prickly.

But, if you have the time, can’t you just stick the animal pattern back on?

After cleaning up the mess, several people, led by Nakamura So, entered the study.

In addition to the alarm clocks in the living room that ring at 11 o'clock, another strange place is in the study.

The study is not small and there are many clocks. The most eye-catching one is the pigeon clock behind the desk.

At twelve o'clock every day, the small door on top of this clock will open, and a cooing pigeon will pop out, hence the name pigeon clock.

This type of clock is more common in Europe, but rarely seen in Asian homes. If they do have one, they prefer the more majestic pendulum clock.

Therefore, when several people entered the room, they immediately discovered this special pigeon clock.

Noticing that everyone's attention was drawn to the pigeon clock, Nakamura So began to narrate: "The strange thing I want Mr. Maori to solve is this pigeon clock."

“What’s wrong with the pigeon clock?”

Maori Kogoro looked left and right, even glanced at Natsukawa, and found that Natsukawa didn't see any clues, so he asked: "I'm a detective, not a watch repairman. Isn't it a bit..."

He was already feeling a little depressed because the hostess was not a woman, and now he felt that Nakamura So was trying to tease him.

By the way, was using feminine grammar in the letter also a way of teasing him?

Thinking of this, Kogoro Mori became a little angry. If it weren't for his high personal quality, he would have beaten up this client.

"Now, I'm leaving. Mr. Nakamura, if the clock is broken, you'd better go find a watchmaker. I'm a detective and I can't handle these things."

Kogoro Mouri waved his hands impatiently and was about to walk towards the door, complaining in his heart that next time he would definitely call the client before visiting.

Now that I am famous, all kinds of monsters and demons come to find me.

It's fine that he comes to find cats, dogs and mistresses, but now even when their clock is broken they come to him, Kogoro Mouri... That's outrageous!

"Uh uh uh......"

The Nakamura brothers quickly apologized with a smile: "No, it's not that the clock is broken and needs to be repaired by Mr. Maori, there are other problems."

Nakamura stood in front of Maori Kogoro and said embarrassedly: "We didn't explain it clearly. Don't leave in a hurry. It won't be too late to decide whether to leave after listening to us. And..."

His eyes turned to Nakamura So.

Nakamura Cao understood what the other party meant, went to the desk, opened the drawer, took out a stack of Fukuzawa Yukichi and said, "This is a deposit. As long as Mr. Maori can help me solve the puzzle left by my grandfather, I will also give you the balance."

Xia Chuan took a look and saw a stack.

Judging from the height, it is probably around 100 pieces, which is 1 million yen.

These two members of the robber group seem to be quite rich, as they can spend a million as a deposit.

As for the final payment, haha...