Saturday, March 20th, afternoon, Hachioji City, a cyan castle villa in the mountains around Mt. Nakao and Mt. Jinma in the Tama Hills.

Conan ran to a room on the right side of the third floor, opened the window and looked at the chess downstairs, so he took out the notepad and pen he had brought with him, and drew according to the chess below.

After Ayumi, Motota, and Mitsuhiko ran over, Ayumi took the lead and stood in front of the window, next to Conan, Motota stood behind them, and Mitsuhiko ran next door when he saw this.

Yuantai stretched out his head to look, but it was always a little close, so he squeezed forward.

"Ah!" Ayumi exclaimed, "Motota, don't squeeze me." ”

Mitsuhiko shouted, "Motota, you can see it clearly from this room." ”

"Really?" Yuan ran away happily, and Gray Plains took his place.

Soon after, Conan drew the picture, sat down, and muttered to himself, "Does the arrangement of the pieces have any special significance?"

Gray Yuan leaned his face over, "That's your favorite code, right?"

"Huh?" Conan blushed a little uncomfortably.

"Isn't it a code?" asked Graybara.

"No......" Before Conan could finish speaking, Ayumi shouted, "Motota, what are you two doing?

Conan hurriedly put his head out of the window to look, and found that Yuantai's body was already outside the window, and hurriedly ran to the next door, and when he arrived, he found that Yuantai had climbed up with the help of Mitsuhiko, and he was greatly relieved.

"Motota, are you alright?" Ayumi's voice came.

"It's okay, it's okay. Motota stuck her head out of the window.

"Be careful. Mitsuhiko grabbed Motota.

Seeing this, Conan was about to go back, but he inadvertently found that the next room and the wall of this room were next to the window, and he was stunned for a while, thinking that when he ran over just now, there was a distance of three or four between the two rooms, and he immediately laughed, I see, is it necessary to build such a thick wall?

Conan knocked on the wall, and it turned out to be a different sound.

He looked closely at the wall and saw that there was a clock on it, so he brought a chair in the room, and then took a stack of books from the bookshelf and placed it on the chair, and then stood up to broadcast the clock on the wall, but it was broadcast so fast that the wall suddenly flipped over and knocked over the chair, so that Conan fell into the dark wall by surprise, and then the wall returned to its original state.

"It hurts, but it's getting more and more interesting, and it's no ordinary castle. Conan got up from the ground in the dark, took out his small flashlight and shone it, and found that there was nothing on this side of the wall, and the mechanism didn't seem to be here, so he used the light of the small flashlight to look at the surrounding road. ……

On the other side, in the villa.

Hearing the sound of something falling to the ground, Motota and Mitsuhiko looked back and found a chair lying on the ground with some books next to it, but Conan, who was still there before, was gone, so the two shouted loudly, "Conan!" and led Ashbara and Ayumi over.

Hearing that Conan was missing, Ashbara looked at the scene of the disappearance, the chair and the book, and the bell on the wall with the lid open, so he picked up the chair, put the book on it, and then climbed up to prepare for the bell.

At this time, the nobleman of the palace came over, "Hey, this can't be moved, what if it breaks?"

At this time, Dr. Asasa and Gardener Tabata also came over, and Dr. Asa asked, "What happened to them?"

The nobleman of the palace smiled: "It's okay, it's just a child's prank." ”

Ayumi asked, "Doctor, Conan is gone, do you see it, we're looking for him?"

"Did you go to the bathroom? The bathroom is downstairs, and I probably didn't hear your shouting. Tabata gardener said.

Dr. Asasa said, "Then please let me go and have a look." ”

However, when everyone went to the bathroom, they found that Conan was not here.

Dr. Asasa asked, "Is this the only restroom?"

"Yes, this is the only public restroom, nothing else is used. The gardener scratched his head, "Where is this going?"

"Let's look for it, maybe it's going outside. Gray Plains pulled the doctor outside.

"Huh? That would be a problem. The gardener Tabata followed with a frown.

"Why?" Dr. Asasa asked.

"There was once a servant whose whereabouts were suddenly unknown, and a day later we called the police, and the police launched a large-scale search in the forests of this area. ”

"And then?" Gray Hara asked.

"Ten days later, the police finally found him in the forest, but by then he had already starved to death. ”

"How so?" Dr. Asasa was taken aback.

I don't know, and the police didn't find the reason, so they had to determine the incident as an accident that accidentally entered the forest and starved to death. "But here we have been a rumor among the servants for a long time, and they believe that it is the spirit of the burnt man in the tower that is at work, and that this is why he died." After that, the entrance and exit of that tower were sealed. ”

"Evil spirit!" Ayumi's hairs stood on end.

At this time, everyone came to the living room, and Gray Yuan found a phone in the corner in the distance, so he asked, "Can the phone work?"

"Yes," said the gardener Tahata, "but there is no mobile phone signal here, so it's useless to call him." ”

Gray Yuan didn't answer, just asked the address here, and then ran over alone, and then looked at the Tabata gardener and the Mamiya nobles who were standing in the same place, called the Maori Detective Agency, and after they were connected, they quickly spoke. ……

On the other side, the Maori Detective Agency.

Mori sat behind his desk watching TV with earplugs plugged in, while Yamazaki, Midiko and Ran sat on the reception couch reading a book and preparing for the exam. Midaiko came over with Yamazaki in the afternoon, and then Ranya moved here from upstairs.

At this time, the phone rang, and Maori picked up the phone casually, "Hello, this is Maori Detective Agency......"

Without waiting for Maori to finish, Gray Yuan said, "Come here, we're here." Then he gave the address and hung up.

"A cyan castle, hey, hey?" Maori grumbled, realizing that the phone had been hung up, "Damn little ghost." Then he hung up the phone.

"What's the matter, Dad, isn't there going to be another incident?" Lan asked.

"yes, I hope it's not a trivial matter anymore. Maori said angrily.

"Dad, it's a murder in the morning, right?" Lan asked angrily.

"Ah, this ......," Maori muttered, and then saw Yamazaki rummaging through the cabinet, so he changed the subject, "What are you looking for?"

"Uncle, I remember seeing this place in news clippings, where there was an accidental fire that killed many people. Yamazaki said.

"Is there another fire?" said Mei Daiko with a smile, "Then I should go to the fire department." ”

"No kidding. Lan grumbled.

"Oh?" said Maori, after a moment's thought, "yes, it should have been ninety-three." ”

"Ninety-three?" Yamazaki took out a copy of the news clipping, put it on the table, and flipped it over.

"It's this. Pointing to a piece of news, Lan said, "A fire broke out in the tower of a villa in the mountains of Hachioji City late at night, and it was visible ten kilometers away. ”

"Is it really here?" said Mei Daizi with a smile, "Uncle, you really deserve to be a detective, you remember it." ”

"Of course. Maori smirked.

After reading it, Yamazaki said, "Uncle, I remember that there was a missing person notice looking for Mutsumi Nishikawa. ”

"Mumi Nishikawa?" Mori thought for a moment and pulled out the bottom drawer of his desk, which was full of drawers of pictorials.

"What is this?" asked Ran.

Mei Daizi took one, "Pet Hunting Notice, Dalmatian, Body Length...... If it can be returned, the owner is willing to give him 3,000 yen. What is this?"

"It's a pet hunt, you can see it as a commission. Yamazaki laughed.

"Huh?" Lan was a little annoyed, "Is this all a commission?"

"Pretty much. Maori said casually, "These are all issued by the local police station, and there are no bounties for those who are looking for people, lost property, pets, etc." ”

"Damn!" Lan was angry, "There are so many commissions, Dad, you ......"

"What's the matter, these bounties are loss-making business. Maori interrupted Lan angrily.

"Losing money?" Lan didn't understand.

"Of course. Maori pulled out a pictorial, "That's it." Then he said, "For example, this missing person notice looking for Mutsumi Nishikawa was issued by the Hachioji City Police Department. ”

"The bounty is 30,000 yen, which is not too little. Lan said as he looked at the pictorial.

"Stupid, this is Hachioji City, people must have disappeared in Hachioji City, the local police can't find it, even if I can find it, it's not a matter of a day or two, transportation and food, how much does it cost. If this is lost in Rice Flower Town, 30,000 yen can barely be found and try your luck. Maori asked angrily, "Got it?"

"Oh, oh. Lan blinked awkwardly.

Mei Daiko diverted the topic, "Could it be that Mumi Nishikawa on this missing person notice and Mumi Nishikawa on this newspaper news are the same person?"

"I asked with this in mind. Yamazaki said.

"The same person, show me it. Maorina looked at the information, touched her chin and said, "If it's the same person, that's weird." ”

"Strange what?" asked Midaiko, "Isn't it normal to look for missing people?"

"Judging by the time, this missing person notice was sent a year after the fire. "And in such a catastrophic accident, a year of disappearance would be considered dead." Sending a missing person notice to a deceased person......"

"It's strange to say that. Lan said.

"I'll ask. Maori called, used hands-free, and asked the Twilight Police Department.

"Mumi Nishikawa?" asked the Twilight Police Department, "Who?"

"It's the accidental fire incident at that castle-like villa in Hachioji City. Maori explained.

"Oh, that thing," the Dusk Police Department said, "Actually, we and the Fire Investigation Division thought it was most likely not an accident. ”

"Wouldn't it?" Maori was taken aback.

"It's very strange that all the bodies were found in the tower. ”

"Why?" asked Lan.

"I know that. "The people on the TV who are on fire will not be able to stand it, and they will jump down no matter where they are." ”

"Yes," said the Twilight Police Department, "I didn't find Mutsumi Nishikawa's body, I just thought it was burned by the fire and I couldn't make it out, but then there was another incident in the villa, a missing servant starved to death in the forest outside." ”

"Wouldn't it?" said Midaiko, "there will still be people starving to death in the forest? There is food everywhere, and it is almost the same as being poisoned." Then he asked, "Is it winter when the mountains are covered with heavy snow?"

"It's not winter, it's the turn of spring and summer, and that's the problem. "The day after the man's disappearance, the local police launched a three-day search, but they couldn't find him." Then on the tenth day, a tourist found the man's body, and the autopsy showed that the man had not eaten for ten days. ”

"It's weird. Maori said.

"I see, Alternate Dimension. Mei Daiko smiled.

"Midaiko. Lan said helplessly.

The Twilight Police Department smiled: "It makes sense to understand it this way, the owner of the villa said on his deathbed that he left a treasure in the villa, and his villa also includes the forest outside, so we suspect that there is a secret passage under the forest, and the servant has been there for ten days, and we found that the man has had a traumatic head injury." ”

"Baby, is it a treasure?" Maori snapped out a pair of money eyes.

"Dad. Lan protested.

That is, someone knocked him down, imprisoned him, and threw him in the forest. Yamazaki said.

"Yes, so we suspect that Mumi Nishikawa is not dead, but hiding in the forest looking for a baby, and that night's fire, she also drugged the deceased, making them unable to move, and finally burned to death, but unfortunately those bodies can't be examined." ”

"So the treasure is in the forest?" asked Maori, a little excited.

The Twilight Police Department asked angrily, "Are you listening?"

"Yes, yes, I have listened. Maori said quickly, and then asked, "What about the missing person notice?"

"At that time, her name had been announced in the list of victims of the fire, and although she was missing, she had been dead for a year before the starvation incident. Second, we had no evidence and could not change the case file and reopen the case for investigation, so we had to ask the local police station to issue a missing person notice. "We thought she wouldn't be in the forest all the time, she would have to go out and buy things, but no one has seen her until now." ”

"I see," Maori laughed, "I see, thank you." Then he hung up the phone.

"Hey, don't you notify the Dusk Police Department?" Lan asked.

"Tell me what, wait until I find the treasure. Maori said.

"What?" Lan asked angrily.

Yamazaki said: "Don't worry, Lan, since you can call us, you will naturally call the police, and the Twilight Police Department doesn't know, it shouldn't be a murder." ”

"Yes, yes......" Maori wiped a cold sweat and said to Yamazaki, "You get ready, I'll go rent a car first." And then he ran. ……

On the other side, push a little before time, the cyan castle villa.

After Ashbara finished the call, he said to Dr. Asasa, "Let's go back to our room." ”

"Huh?" Dr. Asa didn't understand.

"Just go. Ashbara dragged Dr. Asa away.

"Ah," Dr. Asasa hurriedly said to the gardener Tabata and the nobleman of the house, "then we will go back to our room." ”

"Aren't you looking for it?" asked the nobleman of the palace.

"Nope. Gray Yuan said.

Ayumi said, "Ahh......h

Glancing at the Tabata gardener and the nobleman of the Mamiya who didn't follow behind, Gray Yuan smiled at Ayumi and said, "Don't worry about him, I suddenly understood just now, he must be hiding somewhere to watch our jokes now." ”

"Huh, is Conan playing hide and seek with us?" Ayumi asked.

"Well, it's possible. Mitsuhiko said.

"Okay, then we'll ignore him and catch him when he can't hold back himself and run out. Yuan Tai laughed. ……