The morning mist lifted, and the mountain village welcomed the first rays of sunshine in the early morning amid the sound of birdsong.

In the turtle-shaped room of the hotel, Gao Cheng slept on a tatami mat on the floor, and his head still hurt a little when he woke up.

I drank a little wine last night, but I didn't expect it to be quite strong, and I didn't even have a bright brain.

And that's just dessert wine.

No wonder the uncle's drunkard is a mess when he usually reasons.

"Well, I'll go back in the middle of the day, and I'll stay in a mountain village here in Nagano for one night."

While washing, Gao Cheng called Xiao Ai back, and by the way, he also learned about the situation on Conan's side.

The black-clad organization still did not make any further moves, but Yusaku Kudo suddenly returned, speculating that the code left in the case of Koji Haneda was not "Asaka is Rum", but "Karasuma Renya".

It is possible that the boss of the organization is the same monopoly from half a century ago.

Then there was his first pot of gold, the twilight annex of the Karasuma family, and Conan specially reminded him after knowing about it.

He knew about this speculation when he planned the Dusk Annex, and he wasn't too worried.

If Karasuma Renya is still alive, it is impossible not to care about the Dusk Annex, there must be something wrong.

Of course, the fact that Karasuma Renya is the boss is just a guess after all.

The real scary thing about the black-clad organization is the infiltration of the Japanese government, and the boss itself is not terrible.

At least that's the case for him.

"A guest of the Crane House?"

"Yes, yesterday I made an appointment to go back to Tokyo today, but I didn't respond when I went to the Tsuruji Room just now, so I wonder if something is going out," Gao Cheng asked the innkeeper, "That lady should be the person in charge of the Tokyo department store who came to inspect yesterday, right?" ”

"Well," said the innkeeper, "I don't know, but the guest checked out early in the morning, probably going back to Tokyo early." ”

"Check out?"

Gao Cheng stared at the boss for a while.

"In that case, can you show me the register? I don't know her name yet......"

"It's going to be difficult," the boss said, "the guest doesn't seem to be registered, and I only saw it after checking out." ”

"How so?"

Gao Cheng took the registration book and flipped it to the end, and sure enough, he didn't see the registration of the crane room, but when he had to take a closer look, the boss snatched the registration book back.

"The guests haven't had breakfast yet, have they? There's a free breakfast today," the owner asked, "Is there a need for the guests?" ”

"Oh? Let's have a copy. ”

Gao Cheng thought about it and went back to the room.

In a hurry to check the room just now, he noticed that there was a trace of a page torn off at the end of the registration book, and someone seemed to want to hide the information of the guests in the crane room.

"Slow down."

The owner put down breakfast and left the room? Leave Gao Cheng to dine alone? It's just that Gao Cheng has no appetite.

Silently walked to the window? You can still see the wine cellar not far from the entrance of the village below, and indeed there is no more car for the woman, and the villagers who got up early are beckoning to start their own work.

Did you really go back early?

Gao Cheng remembered the figure of the woman last night in his mind.

Although he is more jealous of him? But doesn't last night's promise sound like a joke? The other party asked him to go back to Tokyo with him, probably because he needed the help of the detective.

Did you feel it dangerous later?

Judging by the woman's performance, what secrets should be hidden, and it is normal to be afraid of being exposed by detectives? But I always feel strange.

And the performance of the innkeeper just now......

Outside the crane house? Gao Cheng quietly found the door? Take out the wire and pry open the door.

Entering through the entrance? The house type is similar to his turtle house? Is the room clean? There is no trace of anyone living there anymore.

But in Gao Cheng's view, it is even more strange.

No matter what the hostel is, there's no reason to pack up your room so early, let alone in such a remote mountain village.

Close the door and walk into the room, everything is like the scene before he moves into the turtle house? There is not even a hair on the tatami mats.

"Click."

Gao Cheng walked to the old-fashioned phone? Notice a dimly pressed card underneath? After looking through it, I found that it was the business card he gave to the woman last night.

The person cleaning up the room cares too much about the floor? On the contrary, they ignore it, and the business card is only a little exposed, so that it is not noticed.

Why is his business card in such a place?

Gao Cheng's face was not very good and continued to check? Finally, the contact lens heater that had not been taken away was found on a dead socket.

Oops, that woman is not in a good situation.

Thinking of all kinds of possibilities, Gao Cheng couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Judging by the innkeeper's cover-up, the woman may not have returned to Tokyo early at all, but something had happened in the village.

……

"Detective?"

In the village office, the skinny old cadre looked at the innkeeper who came to ventilate and report in surprise.

"Yes," said the innkeeper with a sweat on his forehead, "I'm not an ordinary detective, I just checked, it's Detective Joto Takanai from Tokyo, and I've heard that there are no cases that can be stumped." ”

"No, it's okay," the old cadre's face also changed, and he forced himself to calm down, "The events of last night have been notified, even the detectives can't find anything, and everyone won't admit that there is a person Kaoru Kaoru in the lower part of the sun......"

"But," said the innkeeper, "yesterday I accidentally slipped out of my mouth and said that the person in charge of the department store had come to inspect it. ”

It's really not to blame him, who knew that such a big thing could happen in one night.

The village didn't dare to let people know that Kaoru Kusaka had been here, and all traces were erased, and the hotel lied because Gao Cheng and Kaoru Kusaka seemed to have been in contact, so they lied that the guests had checked out and left.

"But he didn't know that the woman was Kaoru Kusakabe, he had only met once, and he had agreed to go back to Tokyo together today."

"That's right."

The old cadre's brows were furrowed, and his face was solemn.

"Don't panic yet, you just say that you made a mistake, the bribery in the village must not be exposed, I will find a way to deal with the rest, even if it is a detective, if you can't find anyone, you will leave."

"That's right," the innkeeper reassured, "he's not a policeman, and this isn't Tokyo, so even a detective isn't useful." ”

"You go back first."

The old cadre waved his hand away from the innkeeper and continued to consider where there were loopholes.

In the wine cellar at the entrance of the village, Mr. Pavilion, the village chief, and the old winemaker drank together, with a tense face in front of people, but they couldn't hide their thoughts in front of old friends.

"It's all my responsibility," the village chief sighed, "and the woman ......."

"Excuse me," Gao Cheng found the cellar from the outside and asked at the door, "This is the cellar?" ”

"Is there anything wrong with you?" The village chief put down his wine glass and looked at Gao Cheng, his brows furrowed.

"Uh, I heard that Mr. Pavilion, the village chief, may be here......"

"I am."

"Hello, hello," Gao Cheng said as he approached, "Actually, it's because a woman disappeared after last night......"

"Didn't you leave the village?" The village chief's expression did not fluctuate, "There is nothing interesting here, many people are just passing by for a night." ”

"It's possible, but it's ......"

Gao Cheng's eyes swept over the winemaking container and the cellar inside.

"I heard that the person in charge of a department store in Tokyo came here yesterday, and it was the woman who lived at the Yakata......

"You're probably mistaken," said the village chief, turning back and reluctant to communicate, "there is no one to investigate, how can anyone take a fancy to this kind of country drink?" ”

"Last night," Gao Cheng paused and continued to ask, "The village chief's house is lit up late, is there any party?" ”

"I was writing last night, and there was no party," the village chief said decisively, "The guests should have nothing to do with me, right?" ”