Chapter 2: Haunted House Murders
"Boom!"
In the night, it began to drizzle and thunder rumbled.
"It's dark, it's eerie."
"It's been uninhabited for 5 years, and there's dust everywhere."
Ayumi excitedly and frightened walked with Motota and Mitsuhiko in the medieval-style bungalow, as if they were exploring, and only Conan walked behind helplessly.
However, after discovering that there was still running water in the house, Conan's face gradually showed a thoughtful look.
"This house, it seems that there are still people living in ......"
The open window made a strange noise as the wind blew, but there was no sign of wind and rain on the floor next to the window, and it was obvious that the window had just been opened.
Also, the wooden planks at the entrance to the secret entrance, which opened in an inconspicuous place, are too new compared to the walls, and they should have been installed in recent years......
"Can't be wrong, this house, there must be people in and out of this house!"
"Wouldn't that be too dangerous?" Gao Cheng followed Conan and his party into the bungalow, without shouting, and unknowingly walked into the dusty room on the second floor.
Conan still had flashlights, but he didn't bring anything, and he couldn't see things clearly in the dark, and he was thinking about continuing to keep up with Conan and his party, when Mitsuhiko's screams suddenly came from downstairs.
"What's wrong?"
Gao Cheng groped his way out of the room and saw Conan hurriedly looking for Mitsuhiko, and the sound of footsteps was heard in the hallway.
"It's a big house."
Gao Cheng cautiously walked downstairs through a corridor, Conan's footsteps disappeared into the depths of the house, and only Motota and Ayumi hid in the room on the first floor.
"Where did you go?"
Losing the trace of Conan, Gao Cheng swallowed his saliva, touched the darkness and continued to walk forward, unconsciously entering a dusty room again.
"That's you," Conan walked out of the corner with a flashlight and said in the back of Gao Cheng, "What did you do to Mitsuhiko?" ”
Gao Cheng turned his head and saw Conan and was shocked: "What are you talking about?" I'm ......."
"It's you who live here," Conan inferred, "and I'm right, there are no ghosts at all, secret entrances, running water, and often seen ghost fires are all evidence that someone lives in this house......"
"Wait, you're mistaken," Gao Cheng awkwardly interrupted Conan's reasoning, "I'm actually a detective, and I'm here to investigate that murder five years ago." ”
"Detective, detective?" Conan saw that Gao Cheng looked a little familiar, and was speechless for a moment.
Compared with him, Gao Cheng's appearance has also appeared in many newspapers a while ago, but it is not a good thing.
An unlucky kid who wasn't a detective at all.
"But if it weren't for you, then Mitsuhiko would ......"
"Ah——!h Before Conan could finish speaking, Genta's shout came from outside.
"Genta!" Conan's face was ugly, and he hurriedly ran out of the room, "Damn, didn't you let him hide?" ”
"Huh?" Gao Cheng picked up a photo frame that Conan had put down, and the photo seemed to be a family portrait of the owner of the house.
"This case ......"
If he really followed Conan's reasoning, he seemed to have some impressions.
The murder of five years ago, the missing family of the deceased, the murderer who was not found, and the people who lived quietly here......
Gao Cheng thought about putting down the photo frame and wanted to go to find Conan, but suddenly there was a sound of adult footsteps in the aisle, and through the candle fire, a strange woman could be seen pushing the dining cart in the direction that Conan left.
Gao Cheng tiptoed behind.
There were already two children who might have had an accident, and he became nervous.
If it weren't for the fact that this incident was too important to him, and he was also a little worried about a few children, he would have retreated.
Now he can only believe in Conan's protagonist aura, and there is no reason for this group of children to have an accident in this incident.
"Da-da."
After passing a corner, Gao Cheng carefully followed, but the woman's footsteps suddenly disappeared, and when he looked suspiciously, he found that the woman didn't know where she went.
"It's gone!" Gao Cheng exclaimed in surprise and chased around the corner, but before he had time to think about it, he suddenly collided with Conan.
"It hurts!"
Conan fell to the ground with Ayumi, saw Gao Cheng through the flashlight light, and complained, "Why are you again?" ”
Gao Chengcai crossed, his body was still weak, and it was not very comfortable to be hit, but now the key is the woman who disappeared like a ghost.
There was the end of the corridor in front of me, and there were no rooms around, but the woman who came here disappeared mysteriously, leaving only an empty food truck.
"Sure enough, it's a youkai!" Ayumi's voice trembled with fear.
"No," Conan said, looking around solemnly, "there must be some reason." ”
"Well, Conan," Gao Cheng asked nervously, "do you know who that woman is?" ”
"If I'm right, she's probably the wife of the owner of the house who was killed five years ago, but ......," Conan subconsciously thought about in response, and then thought about how Gao Cheng could know him.
But at this time, Conan's attention shifted to the floor, and a clear cut of dust appeared in the electric light, and there was a doorknob to the side.
"This is the door, it turns out that the person went down there......"
Trying to pull hard, after realizing that the child couldn't pull it up, Conan couldn't help but look at Gao Cheng again.
"What?" Gao Cheng took a step back vigilantly.
……
Below the floor was a staircase leading to the basement, and Conan took the lead along the stairs and couldn't help but look at Gao Cheng again.
In the end, he relied on the telescopic sling given to him by Dr. Asasa to open the floor.
"You're so weak."
"You're not the same."
Gao Cheng didn't pay attention to Conan's gaze, but walked into the basement with some trepidation.
There was a light leaking out of a half-hidden wooden door under the stairs, and several people carefully opened the wooden door, and found that it was an iron cage like a cell, and the electric light was on, but the strange woman who lived in the bungalow did not know where to go, only a "wild man" with long hair and beard was locked in the iron cage.
"This is ......" Looking at the "wild man" who was wailing in pain in the iron prison, Gao Cheng was stunned and a bright light flashed in his mind, and all the clues were connected into a line.
Of course, it wasn't that he deduced anything, but that he finally remembered this special case in Conan.
There are no dead people in this incident, but the murderer from five years ago was dug up, and he should have known it when Conan looked for so many clues, but he was preconceived because of the words "Haunted House Murder" on the card, and he thought it was a revenge incident.
"I see." Gao Cheng muttered.
He was so lucky to remember this case, the "wild man" in the iron cage had been locked up in this dungeon by his mother since he accidentally killed his father five years ago, waiting for the retrospective period to expire.
That's right, this is a case that even if he can't reason, he can solve it.
"Dada!" Suddenly a sound of footsteps outside poured cold water on Gao Cheng, and he immediately reacted to his situation.