Chapter 563: Pretend, Just Keep Pretending
The atmosphere in the annex became increasingly tense at dusk.
The detectives were wary of each other, their sharp eyes moving back and forth over each other, trying to find the murderer hiding among them from the subtle details.
Hanyu Kusunoki still sat calmly in the chair, his expression as calm as water, as if all the chaos before him had nothing to do with him.
Xiao Ai leaned close to him and asked in a low voice, "When do we start looking for clues?"
The money-loving loli can no longer hold back at this moment.
With all the gold in the entire villa, how many brand-name bags can she buy with that?
The family's financial power is entirely controlled by her elder sister. Compared with other children, her usual pocket money is an astronomical figure.
But I can’t buy many brand-name bags.
But if she wants someone to buy it for her, she has to agree to someone's various bad tastes.
Each and every penny was a record of her blood and tears, and only then did the baggage room on the 6th floor become half full, with the other half still not full.
This time, she was determined to get some gold no matter what.
The humiliated loli sniffed her nose, full of confidence.
Hanyu Nan smiled and ruffled her hair. "Don't worry, let them struggle for a while. This game has just begun. We just need to quietly observe how the situation develops."
Xiao Ai curled her lips, obviously not satisfied with his answer, but didn't say anything else.
On the other side, Hattori Heiji and Conan have already started discussing in low voices. Conan frowned and whispered, "This dummy is obviously controlled by someone remotely, and the other party has been monitoring us. We must find the person hiding in the dark as soon as possible."
Hattori Heiji nodded and glanced at everyone present: "The question is, who is most likely the manipulator? Ishihara Akie? Or someone else?"
Conan shook his head, his expression serious: "It's hard to draw conclusions now, but Ishihara Aki is indeed a little suspicious. As a maid, she is too calm and composed, and her attitude towards Hanyu Kusunoki is really strange."
Just as the two were concentrating on the discussion, Mogi Haruhi suddenly said loudly: "Everyone, we can't continue to suspect each other endlessly like this! Since someone is trying to make us kill each other, we must work together and unite to find the real murderer!"
Kuroba Kaito's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately echoed, "That's right! We are all famous detectives, how can we be scared by such a small trick? Everyone calm down and analyze the clues carefully together!"
However, despite their sincere words, the atmosphere on the scene was still extremely tense.
After all, no one can understand what is really in each other's mind.
What if there is a mole among them?
No matter how much they plan, they are just handing valuable information to the other party.
The most urgent thing now is to find out who is the one with bad intentions among the crowd. Before that, no one can trust others without reservation.
Seeing that no one had any intention of uniting to find the murderer, Mogi Haruki frowned, snorted coldly, and walked out of the annex alone.
In fact, he couldn't fully trust other people.
"Hey, Detective Mogi, where are you going?" Conan saw this and hurriedly shouted.
Without even turning his head, Mogi Haruki said loudly, "Instead of discussing these useless things with you guys endlessly here, I might as well go and see for myself whether the murderer really blew up our car. If not, we can still take this opportunity to go down the mountain and leave this damn place as soon as possible."
Sitting and waiting for death has never been his style.
In response to this suggestion, everyone looked at each other, then nodded silently and followed.
Hanyu Kusunoki held Ai's soft little hand and followed the crowd leisurely. Kazuha and Xiaolan walked behind them, whispering to each other: "It's so strange, why do people want to check if the car has been blown up? Shouldn't they go to see if the suspension bridge has been blown up first?"
Xiaolan asked with a silly look on her face.
He Ye nodded in the same silly way and responded, "Yes, yes, even if the car was not blown up, without the suspension bridge, we can't drive down the mountain."
“Could it be that they have considerations we haven’t thought of?”
"Hmm... that should be it..."
The two innocent girls both had some confusion on their faces.
But if you think about it, they are all famous detectives with great reputation in the world, and they must have their own unique reasons for doing so.
Then, they both suppressed their doubts and showed expressions of approval.
Hanyu Kusunoki, who was walking in front of the two of them, couldn't help but find it a little funny when listening to the conversation between Xiaolan and Kazuha behind them, and shook his head slightly.
These two girls don't drive.
They probably forgot that the suspension bridge was quite a distance away from the Dusk Villa where they were now. The detectives considered that it would be best if they had a car, but if not, they would think of other ways.
When I walked out of the main gate, it was still drizzling outside.
Fine raindrops fell one after another, adding a sense of haziness and desolation to the whole scene.
Kogoro Mori couldn't wait to rush to the front, his steps quick, and ran quickly down the stairs.
As a result, he lost his balance and slipped on the rain-soaked, slippery stairs.
"Ouch!"
With a scream, Kogoro Mouri, who had fallen, didn't care about the pain in his body at all. He supported himself on the floor with his hands and sat on the ground in a mess. His face was full of sadness, and his eyes were dull as he stared at the group of cars with flames in the rain in the distance.
"My rental car..."
"My beloved Romeo and the big Porsche are destroyed."
"It seems that my Ferrari couldn't escape the disaster either." Hei Yu Qianying crossed his arms, looked ahead, and echoed.
Xiao Ai, who was standing next to Hanyu Kusunoki, glanced at the woman in the purple dress.
Just keep pretending.
Is this your car? You are in pain right here.
Ikumi Gunda herself hasn't said anything yet.
"Damn it, Nan's Porsche was also blown up."
"I haven't had the chance to try it with Nan yet."
Xiaolan, who came to the Dusk Annex with Kogoro Mori, looked at the Porsche 918 Spyder surrounded by flames in the distance, her mouth pouted and her face was full of anger.
The two girls' resentment towards the mastermind increased greatly.
He actually dared to destroy their things. This is simply intolerable!