Friday, June 14, evening.

In the basement of the old bungalow in 4-chome, where a man is imprisoned, because a middle-aged woman comes in, Conan and Ayumi are hiding opposite the door, on the side of the cabinet next to the wall.

Listening to the conversation between the middle-aged woman and the man, Conan understands the secrets of the house and the truth about the murder that disappeared five years ago.

At this time, Ayumi accidentally knocked down the mop next to her, and Conan hurriedly held the cabinet and stretched out his foot to hook the long handle of the mop and didn't let it fall down. As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want the cabinet around him to be empty, so he didn't struggle at all, so he made the cabinet shake as soon as he used his strength, so that the small bucket on the top of the cabinet fell to the ground and made a sound.

"I always felt like there were other rats sneaking in besides the two just now. Picking up the dinner knife on the ground, the middle-aged woman said, "Okay, you guys come out, it's useless to hide, come out quickly." ”

patting Ayumi, who was trembling with tears in her eyes, and signaling her not to be afraid, Conan said, "It's useless to hide, is it? ”

"What?" the middle-aged woman was stunned.

"I just saw in my room the picture of the owner who was killed five years ago with you, and the other person in the picture, your son," said Conan, "this is the man who is alive in agony in the dark basement." ”

"Ahh

"I thought it was strange when I entered this house, since the owner was killed five years ago, his family has been missing, but when people go to the empty bathroom, there is water in the faucet, there is no such person in this world, who will always pay the property fee for an unoccupied house? I guess it was something that was created after the incident, in order to get in and out of the house in the hope that it would not be noticeable. Conan continued, "But if anyone lives here, why would they do it, and why should they have to shut up their son in the basement?" I already understood from your conversation just now. ”

"Y-Who are you?" cried the middle-aged woman, "who the hell are you?"

With his hands in his trouser pockets, coming out of the cabinet, Conan said, "Conan Edogawa, a detective. ”

"Detective, detective?" the middle-aged woman asked in surprise.

Raising two fingers, Conan continued, "Generally speaking, there are two possibilities in this situation. One of the people who killed the master was the wife, that is, you, and you imprisoned your son who saw everything in this place. There is another situation, that is, the person who killed the master is the son who was locked up by you, and you, who know that he committed the crime, decide to hide the truth of this incident to protect your son, but for him, such a crime is too serious. The sigh coming from the house, I am afraid it is his sigh of distress, probably your son wants to go out and turn himself in in order to alleviate his sins, but you, as a mother, do not allow him to do so. ”

The middle-aged woman turned her head to look at her son and said, "I did all this for the sake of Zhaofu. ”

"That's right, you don't want your son to become a criminal single-mindedly, so you choose to live a secluded life that doesn't let him out of the house. Conan continued, "But look at your son, and look at him now......

"Shut up, shut up, you shut up for me. The middle-aged woman screamed and rushed forward.

Unexpectedly, before she finished speaking, the middle-aged woman suddenly made a move, and Conan was pinched by her neck and lifted up against the wall.

"Ahh

"Stop!" cried Akio, clutching the railing, "please don't do that, Mom. ”

"Akio?" asked the middle-aged woman looking back with a knife.

"As the boy said, yes, I was the murderer of my father. Kneeling on the ground, Akio said very painfully, "It was the spring of five years ago, and I failed the third university entrance examination, and my father said that I was a shame to the family, a scum, and a scum...... Therefore, I was already at the bottom of my spirit, but because of my father's harsh words, I lost my mind in an instant. Then he looked at his hands and recalled, "By the time I came to my senses, I was holding a bloodstained candlestick and my father was lying on the floor." ”

"Zhaofu ......," the middle-aged woman shouted with concern.

"Then, as you said, my mother turned the scene into a robbery crime to protect me, and then put me in this cell. Akio cried out in pain, "But I can't stand it, I don't want to live this cowardly life anymore, dreaming of killing my father every day, I don't want it, I want to atone for my sins, then I will live a little easier." ”

"You must cheer up, Akio," Conan quickly let go and ran to the railing, and the middle-aged woman comforted, "You must be patient, patience will expire during the pursuit period." Then he turned his head and looked at Conan viciously and said, "If, if they don't say it, no one will know." ”

"Yes, if you hide like this, you can escape the pursuit of the police, but your son will never escape the condemnation of his own conscience. Conan asked, "Madam, do you really want your son to carry such a heavy burden all his life?"

"Akio's life still has a long life, and the condemnation of conscience can allow time to smooth it out," reaching out to stroke her son's head, the middle-aged woman muttered to herself, "However, if people know that Akio is a murderer, it will be the biggest burden of his life,"

"Mom, don't. Akio stretched out his hand, but did not grab the corner of the middle-aged woman's clothes.

Taking a step back, the middle-aged woman continued to muttered to herself: "I think my dead husband should also agree with my approach, I often think that if I die, it will be fine, then Akio should be better taken care of by my husband, because I, a housewife, can only let Akio live in this dark place, endure this kind of pain that has no communication with outsiders and no entertainment, and is even more uncomfortable than being in prison." Then he said to Akio, "I know you're having a hard time in this place, so there's no way to calm down, I'm already arranging, and soon you'll be able to go to a place that makes you feel better." Then he turned and said, "Bear with me...... and rushed towards Conan with his sword.

Conan, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately kicked the bucket that had just fallen from the cabinet, but the bucket was plastic, and it may have become brittle after a long time, and it was directly kicked to pieces. However, the sky was full of debris, so that the middle-aged woman had to block it with her left arm.

Conan immediately shouted, "Run!" As he spoke, he walked around to the right side of the middle-aged woman, widened some distance, and prepared to cover Ayumi out.

Ayumi hurriedly ran over to the left side of the middle-aged woman, and Conan dodged the knife and immediately ran outside.

Seeing that the middle-aged woman wanted to chase, she stretched her hand out of the railing as much as possible, and Akio shouted, "Mom......"

After a pause, the middle-aged woman said, "I'll be back soon." After saying that, he chased out, but Conan, who was guarding the door as soon as he chased out the door, was put down with the anesthetic needle in his watch.

Wiping off their sweat, Conan and Ayumi walked along the arc of the underground passage through the prison cell, and arrived at another room in the basement, which was a combination of a kitchen, a utility room, and a bedroom with a bathroom.

Before returning to the prison cell, Conan and Ayumi were stunned because the middle-aged woman who was supposed to be lying on the ground was gone. Conan immediately ran into the prison cell, and was taken aback when he saw it, the iron door of the prison cell was opened, and Akio was no longer inside, and he stepped forward to take a look, and the key was still hanging on the door.

What's going on? Huh? Conan suddenly discovers that Ayumi, who was supposed to be following him, didn't enter the prison cell. With a shudder, Conan immediately shouted, "Ayumi ......" and ran out as he spoke.

Soon after, Conan discovers that he is left alone in the entire basement, and the door to the exit of the basement is closed. Conan tried, but with his strength he couldn't push it away, and because the exit was meant to be pushed away, the telescopic suspenders couldn't come in handy. I tried to kick something with my foot strength booster shoes, but the thing bounced back, and it turned out that the door at this exit was steel and could not be broken. As for kicking directly, since the exit is directly connected to the stairs, it is very difficult to kick out, and besides, kicking the steel plate, after thinking about it, Conan gave up. In this way, now Conan is trapped in the basement.

Coming to another room and making a pot of coffee, Conan sat on the bed and thought, who did this and why? Looking at his watch, it was 6:27, Yamazaki wouldn't have come so early, right? And if it was him, then why did he do it? Or what the middle-aged woman said just now, those arrangements happened to come, but this is not right......