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Unlike Maori Kogoro's surprise, Xiaolan and Sonoko, who had just been frightened by Chu Ming, huddled together tightly. Xiaolan's voice was trembling a little: "How, how, how could there be a house in this deep mountain forest? Who, who would live here?"
Yuanzi swallowed and remembered what Chu Ming said: "Could it be a female demon in the mountains?"
"Why don't we live in the forest? I think the forest is pretty good..." Xiaolan's legs were shaking. "At least, at least it's safe."
"Where is safe? If it's really a mountain witch, will you be safe in the forest..." Maori Kogoro was speechless about his daughter's cowardice. "Let's go and take a look."
He took the lead and walked over there. As they got closer and out of the range blocked by the tree canopy, they saw a small Japanese-style villa standing quietly in the mountains and forests. The yellow light illuminated the surrounding scenery and dispelled a lot of darkness.
"Sorry to bother you. Is anyone home?" Kogoro Mouri knocked on the door. Xiaolan and Sonoko hid behind Chu Ming. Xiaolan also held Conan in her arms, as if this could give her some courage.
It's unknown whether Xiaolan's courage increased or not, but Conan's face was already red. Xiaolan, who was relatively thick-skinned in this regard, didn't feel it at all. She freed one hand to touch Conan's face and asked him in a low voice: "Conan, do you have a fever? Why is your face so hot?"
Before Conan could answer, a low shadow appeared on the door in front of him. He reached out and opened the door, revealing an ugly face full of age spots and deep wrinkles. His upper cheek was severely sunken, his eyes were extremely cloudy, his whites of his eyes were protruding, and his eyeballs were tiny. He looked especially terrifying when he looked at people.
Kogoro Mouri, who had originally sneered at what Xiaolan and Sonoko said, was startled and took a few steps back with a scream.
His courage and bravery were reflected in this way. Xiaolan and Sonoko, who had been staring at their disciple for fear of missing a moment, screamed in agony. Xiaolan's arms tightened unconsciously, strangling Conan so much that he could hardly breathe: "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!! Mountain, mountain, mountain..."
The old man opened the door, revealing a short old man. "What mountain? What are you yelling about? Huh? Are you here to sell us something? No, we don't need it. I won't believe you even if you bring a child with you!"
Seeing that this was not a mountain goblin but a normal human being, Maori Kogoro cleared his throat: "It's like this, old man, actually we are not some kind of push--"
"Go back, we don't need anything." The old man didn't want to listen to what Kogoro Mouri had to say. He was about to close the door when a familiar figure appeared behind him.
"Dad, what's wrong? What happened? Hey, you guys..."
——Isn’t this the male college student with a thin waist and long legs that Maori Kogoro met? No, no, it’s the tennis coach!
Chu Ming withdrew his gaze. In the deep mountains and old forests, at night, he met two passers-by, plus Conan.
The time, place and characters all match up.
Next, the tennis coach who has met twice should enthusiastically invite Kogoro Mouri to his home to rest, and then use him as an alibi to kill someone. In the end, he successfully confuses Kogoro Mouri, but is finally exposed by Conan!
Well, that's the outline of the script.
Chu Ming looked at the man with expectant eyes. Okay, let's invite them to stay in for a night.
"What a coincidence, hahaha." Maori Kogoro touched his head, "My car was parked on the river bank, but it rained heavily and the water level rose sharply, and it was washed away. I didn't find out until I caught the car while fishing... Our personal belongings are all in the car, and it's a bit far from our villa. Plus, there's no cell phone signal in this deep forest, so I don't know if we can--"
Akashi Hiroto's eyes flickered slightly, and then he smiled warmly: "Of course, I have a landline at home, I can lend it to you to make a call. Where is your villa? I can drive you there."
???
That's not right, the script shouldn't be like this? ?
Chu Ming, who was following behind, was a little confused. This was different from the scientific laws he knew!
How can this murderer push death away?
Open your eyes and look carefully, this is the god of death!
This is the legendary god of death who can walk, jump and bring murders!
Don’t you need it? ! !
Chapter 475 Death is watching you
Chu Ming's eyes were shining, he felt that this development seemed not quite right. Generally speaking, no murderer would refuse to show off his killing methods in front of Mouri Kogoro or Conan.
No matter how famous Maori Kogoro is, or how famous he is as a detective, some murderers are just as stupid as him. They can obviously avoid him, but the moment they see him, they will think: My method is so amazing, why don't I use this famous detective as an alibi? If even the legendary famous detective can testify for me, then I can definitely get away with it, right?
Generally speaking, twelve out of ten murderers who think this way are sent to the police station by Conan.
Chu Ming looked at the man who asked them to wait for a moment and would take them to the Suzuki family villa later, and narrowed his eyes. Something was wrong, something was very wrong.
"Wait a moment, I'll bring some curry rice to dad." Akashi Hiroto walked upstairs with a plate of curry rice, "I'll bring it to you when I come downstairs. If you don't mind, you can have some first."
Maori Kogoro was already starving, and he was already a little eager to try the curry when he smelled it. When he heard Akashi Hiroto's invitation, his eyes lit up: "Then I won't be polite."
After saying that, he went to the kitchen to prepare something to eat.
He didn't eat much, as he was still thinking about the big dinner at the Suzuki family villa.
But after they ate some curry and sat at the table waiting, Akashi Hiroshi never came down.
"Why hasn't Mr. Akashi come down yet?" Maori Kogoro was waiting anxiously. He ate a little curry. After waiting for half an hour, he felt that it was almost digested. He couldn't eat another bowl...
As he was talking, Akashi Hiroto came down from upstairs: "Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. I just chatted with my father for a while, and once I talked about the past, I couldn't stop. I'll go get the key, shall we go?"
Several people got into Akashi Hiroto's car. On the way, Akashi Hiroto didn't drive very fast, probably because it was late at night, and his headlights were not very bright. While driving, he chatted with Mouri Kogoro.
Conan suddenly seemed to sense something and turned his head to look in the direction of the small villa. The lights on the second floor were off: "Is that uncle going to bed so early?"
Chu Ming was sitting in the back seat. Through the rearview mirror, he saw a glimmer of satisfaction in Akashi Hiroto's eyes. He seemed to have wanted to bring up the topic a long time ago. Hearing this, he continued, "Yes, he has been in a bad mood recently. He just told me that he didn't want to live anymore because his wife and daughter-in-law died. Otherwise, why did I stay up there for so long? I was trying to persuade him. In the end, he was persuaded by me. When I went down, he was already eating his favorite curry rice."
Listening to Akashi Hiroto's words, Chu Ming looked back in the direction of the villa. The implication of his words was that the old man should be dead...
What a filial piety! It's really a filial piety that makes the whole family laugh.
It was not in Chu Ming's character to leave the magnetic field alone without harvesting anything. He began to silently think about how to get Akashi Hiroto to turn around and take them back.
This time, Akashi Hiroto must have recognized the identity of Mori Kogoro and did not dare to use his clumsy killing method in front of him for fear that the matter would be exposed, but he still told Mori what he wanted to say in a vague way.
In this way, when he returns to the villa at night, he will be shocked to "discover" that his father has committed suicide. After calling the police, the police will only find that he was not at home at the time of his father's death, and he has a witness, who is the famous Maori Kogoro...
Wow, this is a great plan!
It's rare to see a man who can reject Kogoro Mori against the will of the world.
The car drove smoothly all the way to the Sonoko family's villa, and Suzuki Ayako and Tozawa Yuzo were waiting for them at the door.
"Mr. Akashi, thank you very much for sending my sister back. I'm really grateful. If you don't mind, please come in and have some food together," Suzuki Ayako invited warmly.
Just as Akashi Hiroto was thinking about how to delay a little longer, he readily agreed to Ayako's invitation without noticing that Conan was staring at him with an inquiring look behind him.
Death is watching you.
Chu Ming walked forward: "What's wrong? Why are you staring at Mr. Akashi?"
Conan looked up, thought for a moment, and finally said out his doubts: "Mr. Akashi has been talking about his worries about his father all along the way, but he agreed as soon as Sister Ayako invited him. According to his concerns, shouldn't he go back immediately after sending us off?"
Conan scratched his head and added: "I just feel a little strange, Mr. Akashi is like this... It seems like he is stalling for time. My mind may be a little confused because of the cold. Forget it, Chu Ming brother, let's go in."
Chu Ming followed him inside and said casually, "I don't think you are just imagining things. On the contrary, I think your thoughts make sense. Think about it. In all the cases we encountered before, before the mystery was solved, the murderer always told us that the victim said he didn't want to live anymore, but in fact, this was just an excuse for the murderer."
Conan was originally thinking more and more about it, but after being disturbed by Chu Ming, he suddenly lost all his thoughts. He looked at Chu Ming helplessly and said, "Brother Chu Ming, you started it again..."
Chu Ming held his head and said, "What do you mean I started again? Just tell me if I'm right or not!"
"...Yes, yes, that's right." Conan was listless and didn't argue with Chu Ming. He felt dizzy and thought his cold had worsened.
"You'd better eat quickly and go to your room to rest." Chu Ming saw that Conan was depressed and didn't argue with him anymore. After thinking for a while, he lowered his head to seduce Conan, "I'm doing this for free, do you want it?"
! ! ! ! !
Conan looked up and stared at Chu Ming without blinking, and a formula flashed through his mind: fever + white liquor = Kudo Shinichi.
He nodded frantically, his eyes lit up: "Yes!"
Chu Ming slapped Conan, who was hugging his thigh, with a cold face and tore him away: "What the hell, you are here in the wilderness, are you going to perform a magic trick for Xiaolan? You are really confused! Besides, all my things were washed away in the car, I will go to the bottom of the water to get them for you?"
Conan lowered his hands and feet, letting Chu Ming carry him, staring at Chu Ming with resentful eyes. If resentment could be materialized, he would probably have become full of resentment by now.
Chapter 476 Do you want this?
The meal was a great success. After the meal, Akashi Hiroto did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he stayed and chatted with Sonoko and explained to her the tennis swing technique. He dawdled for several hours and finally said goodbye.
After he left, Kogoro Mouri, who was still drunkenly drinking from the wine glass, received a phone call and sobered up instantly.
"What? Dead?"
Conan was feeling unwell and was about to go back to his room to rest, but when he heard the word "death", he immediately turned around to look at Kogoro Mouri and ran to him to listen to his phone call.
Yamamura Cao's unique intonation came out through the receiver indistinctly: "Yes, Mr. Akashi said he didn't kill the person. He said he was with you guys just now. When I heard it was Mr. Maori, I called you immediately!"
"Mr. Akashi was with us just now. He drove us back and didn't go back until just now." Maori Kogoro stepped into Akashi Hiroto's trap without hesitation. "And on the way back, we saw his father turn off the lights. He was still alive at that time."
Hearing that Maori Kogoro testified for Akashi Hiroto, Yamamura So sighed with some regret: "Well, let's close the case as suicide. I thought I could hear Mr. Maori's wonderful reasoning this time!"
Conan became suspicious as soon as he heard this. He had already felt something was wrong because of Akashi Hiroto's previous behavior. Now he heard that Mr. Akashi had committed suicide. Combined with Akashi Hiroto's previous hesitation, he instantly recalled what Chu Ming had just said in his mind, and he couldn't help but shudder.
Brother Chu Ming always seems to be talking nonsense, but actually it seems to make sense...
He didn't think about it any further, but hugged Maori Kogoro's thighs and said, "Uncle, let's go and see. Mr. Akashi must be very sad now."
Maori Kogoro was obviously not happy to go out so late at night, and threw Conan aside: "Go away, little brat, don't make trouble. Don't you have a cold? Xiaolan, let this little brat go to bed early."
It's already late now. It was already past ten o'clock when Akashi Hiroto left just now. Adding the time he went back, it was already half past eleven when Yamamura So called, so Xiaolan also hurried over, picked up Conan and went to the room to let him sleep.
Conan struggled hard in Xiaolan's arms: "Wait, Xiaolan, I want to sleep with Chu Ming today, okay~"
Xiaolan hesitated for a moment and looked at Chu Ming. Chu Ming was stunned for a moment and shook his head like a rattle. What a joke! He didn’t want to sleep with Conan!
"Okay, stop messing around, Conan. Go to bed obediently. I'll watch you sleep." Xiaolan forcibly picked up Conan and walked towards the room. After all, Conan was not a real child, and there was Chu Ming who knew his identity and was watching him next to him, so he couldn't bring himself to throw a tantrum and could only let Xiaolan carry him away helplessly.
Chu Ming stood where he was, ignoring Conan's resentful look, waved goodbye to Conan happily, then returned to the room, planning to sneak out at night to pick up a magnetic field.
Chu Ming lay on the bed, listening to the noise outside, until he heard Kogoro Mouri finished his drink and was ready to go to bed. When the whole villa fell silent, he turned over, got up, opened the window, and was about to spread his wings and fly out when he suddenly heard some noise at the door.
He jumped back into the room from the windowsill and saw Conan sneakily opening his door, and their eyes met.
"What's wrong, Conan, are you sleepwalking?" Chu Ming took advantage of the fact that his back was facing the window and Conan couldn't see his expression, so he rolled his eyes openly.
Conan rushed over and grabbed Chu Ming's clothes: "Brother Chu Ming, you are still not asleep. Are you thinking the same thing as me? You are also planning to go to Mr. Akashi's house to take a look, right?"
“…” I want to go, but not in the way you think…
Seeing Chu Ming not saying anything, Conan, who thought that Chu Ming didn't want to take him with him, got anxious: "Brother Chu Ming, take me with you! Take me with you! You can't go alone!"
Chu Ming reached out and touched Conan's forehead. Perhaps for a detective, the case is the best medicine. His forehead is no longer hot. "I just can't sleep at night and want to see the scenery. What's the point of not going out? Don't go out. Go to bed!"
Conan's face was filled with disbelief: "Do I need to change my shoes when I get up in the middle of the night to see the scenery?"
Chu Ming glanced at the shoes he had put on to go out and fell silent.
"Brother Chu Ming, please take me there. My intuition tells me that this is not a suicide case, and it is very likely related to Mr. Akashi. What if we go too late and he has destroyed all the evidence?"
Of course it wasn’t suicide. How could there be a suicide case when the Grim Reaper is around?
Chu Ming looked at Conan who was clinging to his legs like a sticky candy and didn't move. He sighed softly and said, "Let's go downstairs and steal the car. Remember to be gentle and don't wake anyone up."
Conan got what he wanted, and he loosened his hand that was holding Chu Ming's thigh with satisfaction: "Don't worry, I just saw that uncle drank a lot of wine and is now drunk. Xiaolan was obviously very sleepy when she coaxed me to sleep just now, and she must be asleep now."