A few days later.

"Doctor, it's time for your car to change!"

In Dr. Agasa's Beetle car, Motota Kojima, who can only sit in the passenger seat because of his size, has an opinion, "I can't sit down at all!" ”

"You guys really don't know how to be polite." The corners of Conan's mouth twitched, and he complained in his heart.

But the next moment, to his surprise, Mitsuhiko actually helped.

The only one in the trio who didn't make an opinion was Ayumi who was sitting in the back row.

Ayumi is sitting on the left with Kaedehara by the window at the moment, and Conan is sitting on the right with a helpless face, looking to the left and to the right.

The vinegar in the car seems to be about to materialize.

These elementary school students are almost as good as Conan in this regard.

Kaedehara looked at the scenery outside the window and sighed.

In fact, Dr. Asa has been planning to change cars recently, and he has recently made a small profit from his invention.

The problem is, Dr. Asa also wants to get a new Beetle-shaped car.

But then it is not very convenient to travel with small children.

So the doctor, who has always liked this group of children, has been entangled until now.

Fortunately, Kaede Yuan helped him change the subject: "Okay, it's coming soon." As long as you can find the treasure, the doctor will have the money to change the car. ”

Sooner or later, the car will have to be replaced.

Kaedehara also plans to pay for it himself.

Although the money left by Yusaku Kudo and his wife is said to be used to track down the black-clothed organization, it is naturally appropriate to take out a part of it to facilitate travel.

And he recently used Dr. Asasa's account to make a fortune in the capital market, which can be regarded as his own small treasury.

Dr. Asa complied with Kaedehara's words.

After all, they were only elementary school students, and Ayumi, Motota, and Mitsuhiko soon began to discuss the matter of the treasure.

Just like talking about the lottery, there is always a conversation about how to spend it.

Part of it will be used to change Dr. Asasa's car, and another part will be used as funds for the activities of the Junior Detective Corps, and the rest...

The trio began to fantasize.

Caught between Ayumi and Mitsuhiko, Conan is full of desire to complain.

He could tell at a glance that this was just Dr. Asasa's activity, and of course it was impossible to have treasures or anything, and it would be nice to have a few toys.

Moreover, most of them are puzzles that he can solve with his glasses.

I don't know how Kaedehara can stand it...

Hey?

Wait a minute...

Conan glanced at Kaedehara and became serious.

If it was just the doctor's idea, he would just have to watch the elementary school students play... But...

What if that guy from Kaedehara was also involved?

Kaedehara, who was aware of the sight, looked at Conan who was serious with some inexplicability.

……

"Wow! What a big house! Is this really your uncle's villa, Doctor? ”

In a clearing in the woods, there is an old two-story villa.

The doctor took out the key and opened the door and replied, "That's right! My uncle's name is Kurisuke Agasa, and he is a well-known wealthy man in this area. Fifty years ago, he passed away after hiding a huge amount of wealth. ”

"Of course I've been here to look for it," Dr. Asasa continued, "but I haven't found any. So this time, please help me find out from the Junior Detective Corps. ”

The trio happily followed Dr. Asa into the house, with Conan behind and coming to Kaedehara, who always liked to walk at the back, and tentatively asked, "Hey, Kaedehara, the so-called treasure must have been hidden by you, right?" ”

"It's not."

"Don't try to lie to me. You don't even look at the setting when you enter the house. You've been here with the Doctor. ”

"Oh... Yes," Kaedehara explained, "but it was the Doctor who hid something, and I didn't do anything." ”

It's the truth.

A few days ago, the doctor dragged him to hide his toys, and he didn't have long recovered from the cold, so he didn't have much interest in participating.

However, he found strange patterns on some things in the house, something like graphic reasoning... Of course, there was not much interest.

Conan, of course, didn't believe it.

Counting that he has been "deceived" by Kaede Yuan several times, this time he will not be fooled again.

Just as the Ayumi trio greeted the two of them, Conan carefully looked at the surroundings as he passed.

As he passed by Dr. Asasa, Conan noticed a painting on the wall.

The man in the painting is probably Dr. Asasa's uncle, and the fireplace in the background is exactly the same as in the room.

Being able to find a painter to paint for himself in his own home, Dr. Asasa's uncle was indeed a rich man.

Conan thought so, and then noticed the footprints on the ground.

Since this house has been uninhabited for a long time, the ground is very dusty, so there are some places where the footprints are still quite clear.

The most are obviously the footprints of Ayumi and others who just ran over, but there are also footprints that obviously belong to adults.

Glancing at Kaedehara, who had already joined the trio and started the treasure hunt, he secretly complained, and Conan looked at the doctor's shoes again.

"What's wrong, Conan?" The doctor asked.

Speaking of which, the Doctor doesn't seem to have called me Shinichi in a while... Thinking to himself, Conan said, "Doctor, your tricks are too obvious, you can see it at a glance. ”

"What's the trick?" Dr. Asa looked puzzled, had he ever gotten such a thing? ”

"These footprints," Conan reasoned, "your footprints go straight to the room over there—those are Kaedehara's footprints over there, right?" He gestured to a place the trio hadn't been before, "Kept going around this room... I'm guessing you left these footprints on purpose, but they were actually just a trick to trick me..."

"You're thinking too much," the trio began to rummage through the cabinets, and Kaedehara, who didn't want to be in the same boat, walked back, "I just took a few turns while I waited for the doctor to hide something." ”

"Besides, why didn't you say that footprint?" Kaedehara pointed to the ground nearby.

Those are the footprints of adults.

But not Dr. Asasa's.

Conan's face changed slightly, and his expression became serious.

Before, his mind was full of trying to expose the tricks of the doctor and Kaedehara, and the first thing he saw was the doctor's footprints, so he preconceived that the footprints of adults were all doctors'.

But...

"You really didn't set this up on purpose?"

"It's not." Kaedehara shook his head, "I didn't have this when the doctor and I were here last time. ”

This meant that someone had entered the room since he and the doctor had left last time.

According to Dr. Asasa, the house must have not been inhabited for decades and was about to be demolished, so a few people were a little more alarmed.

Conan thought for a while, as if he had thought of something, and asked Kaedehara, "Kaedehara, when did you find these footprints?" ”

"When I first came in."

Kaede Hara was puzzled, not knowing what this question had to do with the person who came in.

Conan's face turned strange.

"So... Have you called the police? ”