"To me, the sound of your breathing," Kaedehara turned, "was as obvious as the oncoming high beams." ”

What catches my eye is a tall and thin woman wearing a long black dress with long hair reaching to her waist. The hair covers half of the face, and the expression is not visible, if it is not for the old face and prominent wrinkles, it is completely the setting of a female ghost in a horror movie.

The other party didn't expect this scene, holding a dirty rag in one hand, and trying to block the light from Kaedehara's flashlight with the other.

She looked a little overwhelmed.

Kaedehara glanced at the rag in the other party's hand, "There's a drug on it?" Can't you get a clean towel? ”

“…… Damn imp ......" the woman's body trembled slightly.

"Wow..."

"From this house to me... Get out! ”

The old woman dressed in black was obviously broken and broken, after all, it had already been discovered. She shook off the rag in her hand, took out a sharp dagger from her arms, and rushed over, her fierce gaze looming between the scattered strands of hair.

said "get out" in his mouth, but he was obviously moved with murderous intent.

"So... Isn't it justifiable self-defense? ”

Kaedehara muttered to himself, the mineral water bottle in his hand slipped, and then took a step back-

Volley.

The bottle of mineral water smashed into the old woman's face like a cannonball, and she didn't even know what was happening before she felt herself fly backwards under the force of the impact, and then fainted very "Kexue".

Nice, right in the bull's-eye.

Kaedehara retracted his foot, and his eyelids jumped. Another bottle of mineral water flew towards him at a faster speed than just now - fortunately he was a child now, and there was no need to hide, so the bottle flew over his head and slammed into the wall.

“……”

“……”

“…… Are you too slow? ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my fault!" Conan was wearing only a sock on his left foot and a shoe in his hand, and ran over quickly, "I've got to put on my foot-strengthening shoes first, and then I've got to adjust the gear—"

Kaedehara narrowed his eyes.

"I'm sorry... It's me who is too slow. Conan sighed and chose to continue admitting his mistake. He took off his shoes and followed the old woman, because he did not dare to turn on the flashlight, so when he sensed that the old woman was about to make a move, he hurriedly put on the foot-strengthening shoes, but he was a step too late.

Fortunately, there was no mistake.

"No one else, right?" Conan asked, walking towards the fainted old woman.

"Probably gone."

"That's good."

Conan breathed a sigh of relief. The two men turned the flashlight on the old woman on the ground in unison.

Kaedehara sensed that the other party's signs were fairly stable, and he was slightly relieved.

A cacophony could be heard in the distance. Ayumi and the others shouted for Conan and Kaedehara as they ran over to this side. Conan looked at the old woman's face.

"Strange... I seem to have seen it somewhere..."

“… Oh yes! Conan thought for a moment, "It's a picture of this family I saw before!" It's been a long time – but yes, this is the hostess of this house! ”

"Really?" Kaede Yuan became vigilant, if this guy is the hostess, then his legitimate defense is still established?

"Look at the features, you look at the cheekbones—" Conan stopped talking and looked at Kaedehara suspiciously, "Aren't you the other me, why don't you know this?" ”

"Too lazy to think about it." Kaedehara replied.

Conan rolled his eyes, stopping his doubts. He also looked at the photos of the family for a while before he was somewhat impressed. But... What is the hostess of this house doing in such a sneaky way to hide in the house?

"Ke, Conan, Kaedehara!"

Motota Kojima panted and ran to the two of them, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi followed, "What's going on—"

Then the three of them saw an old woman lying unconscious on the ground, cloaked in a black dress.

"Ah——!h

Ayumi's scream!

"You—You've caught a female ghost!?" Mitsuhiko looked surprised, feeling that his scientific worldview was beginning to crumble.

"It's us! We're all in this together, and of course we've caught it! Yuan Tai said dissatisfied.

Hey, hey... Why are you still grabbing the credit... Conan couldn't help but hold his forehead.

The trio of the Emperor Elementary School quarreled for a while, and then decided to control the female ghost first. Mitsuhiko volunteered that there was a rope in the room just now, so he ran back to get it.

So in Conan's speechless eyes, the three of them tied the old woman up and gagged her with a dirty rag on the ground.

… It looks like I won't be able to wake up for a while.

"That's how it's filmed in the movie!" Mitsuhiko tied a knot in the rope and said with satisfaction, but then hesitated, "I don't know if it's my delusion, I feel like this female ghost is like a living person..."

"Because she is the living." Conan said.

“…… Ay!? ”

Conan explained, Ayumi and Motota accepted the reality with some disappointment, and Mitsuhiko greeted it with some perk.

"So, Conan, what's next?"

“… You guys look at her first," Conan hesitated, "I'll call the police." ”

said that he was calling the police, but in fact, he wanted to discuss it with Kaedehara first. Conan walked a little farther away, and then waited for Kaedehara to come over.

"Turn yourself in?" Kaedehara followed.

"What surrendered?" Conan was stunned for a moment, then reacted, "Hey, hey—"

"Okay, I see...," Kaedehara sighed, "So, we slipped into someone else's house, knocked the hostess unconscious, and then had to call the police to arrest the hostess?" ”

… Don't say we're like heinous criminals!

We are not the ones who carry the knife!

Conan complained inwardly, glancing back at the tied hostess, "Anyway... She obviously has a secret that no one else wants to find out, and I suspect it has something to do with the murder five years ago," Conan said, "and you can't wake her up now, give her the knife back, and apologize to her, right?" ”

In that case, the haunted house adventure will turn into a bungalow battle royale.

For the safety of Ayumi and others, Conan had no choice but to suppress his curiosity, and Kaedehara had to suppress the guilt in his heart, and unanimously agreed to call the police, and at the same time was mentally prepared to be scolded.

The police soon arrived, led by the Twilight Police Department, a man who often called Kudo Shinichi "brother". He had a big fat belly, but he looked very imposing.

Ayumi and the three of them were both active and reluctant to take the two police officers up to find the old woman with the knife who was still dizzy.

……

This is the end of the first expedition of the elementary school students.

It wasn't until the next day that Conan called the Twilight Police Department with the help of Dr. Asasa's invention of the bow voice changer and Shinichi Modo's voice, and they learned the whole story.

"The hostess woke up shouting for her son," Conan said, "The Twilight Police Department found the son in the basement when they rushed back again, and he was starving and had no strength. ”

Five years ago, the son of the family killed his father by mistake in a moment of anger, and his mother, the old woman, wanted to drag the case over the retrospective period for the sake of her son's future, and locked her son in the basement for five years, despite his son's desire to turn himself in.

Obviously for the sake of his son's future... But he did this kind of thing.

This is undoubtedly a sad story, one that stems from "for your good". Either way, the truth of the matter makes this haunted house expedition not seem so sinful.

Kaedehara comforted himself and walked with Conan on the way to school, when he saw Ayumi and the others waving in the distance.

"Conan, Kaedehara! Let's go ghost hunting today, too! Ayumi happily ran over, "Motota, he's found another haunted house!" ”

……

I'm jumping from here, and there's no way I'm going to go!

Kaedehara is serious.