Detective Conan: The System Takes Me to Zero's World

Conan put his hands in his pockets, thinking: "His brother also didn't understand what the photo meant after receiving it?"

Yoko Okino nodded while holding her phone. "Yes, we planned to think about what the cards meant when we went to find Mr. Kan'yasu. I asked him to forward the photos to me. But in the end, no one could solve it."

Maori Kogoro frowned and said, "Have you sent a message or called Mr. Guan Yasu?"

"Yes, Mr. Feng Wu called several times. But, Mr. Guan Kang's phone seems to be turned off."

Kudo Yuki then asked, "Did you look outside the villa?"

"We did. Mr. Fuugo and I were the only ones who could walk easily, so we even looked in the woods around the villa, but we still couldn't find him. Mr. Hiroshima and I couldn't just leave, so we canceled a lot of work schedules and stayed in the villa to help look for him."

Yoko Okino recalled the scene at that time, "However, on the morning of the fourth day, Mr. Fuugo remembered that when he was a child, he would play poker with his brother in the attic room."

Maori Kogoro stroked his chin and said, "Why is it in the attic?"

"I heard that their parents were very strict and would not buy toys for the two brothers. After they were brought to the villa, they always hid in the attic room to play without telling their parents. So maybe his brother, Mr. Guankang, is in the attic.

But the ladder to the attic was locked in the attic and couldn't be lowered. So we called the police and asked them to break the attic window and look inside. It turned out that Mr. Guankang had been shot in the back and had unfortunately died. "

"Wait, wait, wait a minute." Maori Kogoro frowned, "The police broke in through the window, which means the window was locked at the time?"

"Yes."

"This case is..."

Kogoro Mori hasn't finished speaking yet.

Conan subconsciously took over: "Locked Room Murder Case."

Kudo Yuki smiled and deliberately rubbed Conan's head with more force. Conan reacted and continued the first half of the sentence: "Right, Uncle Kogoro?"

Maori Kogoro muttered in his heart: "He actually stole my line." But he had to admit that this little brat was indeed very clever sometimes.

Okino Yoko brought the topic back: "When we were looking for someone in the woods, we found a crossbow around the villa.

How did the murderer lock Mr. Guankang in the attic? What about the photo of the playing cards sent to his brother? And since he could send the photo with his mobile phone, why didn't he call the police directly? "

Her eyes were solemn, full of desire for the truth. "I'm begging you, Mr. Maori. Please help me solve this mystery. This matter has kept me awake at night."

"Leave it to me, I, Kogoro Mouri, am betting on the honor of a famous detective..." Kogoro Mouri said passionately, when his stomach suddenly growled, followed by a dull pain that came like a tide.

Maori Kogoro's face suddenly became interesting, sometimes blue and sometimes white.

Okino Yoko looked puzzled: "Mr. Mao, Mr. Maori, what's wrong with you?"

"No, nothing." Maori Kogoro said, his body slightly hunched in embarrassment, like a cooked shrimp. Then, he stood up and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."

After saying that, he rushed forward, and only his whisper was heard: "It can't be because of that cream sandwich."

Kudo Yuki almost cried with laughter when she saw Maori Kogoro rushing to the bathroom because he had eaten expired food. She covered her mouth and thought: "Mr. Maori is just like a comedian."

After a few seconds, the door slowly opened with a slight creaking sound.

Everyone looked at that place and saw Kensuke Wakita standing at the door. He was wearing the work clothes of a sushi restaurant, holding an exquisite sushi box in his left hand and with a smile on his face.

"I'm very sorry, I heard your conversation. The locked room murder case sounds very interesting." Kenshin Wakita said as he walked into the room. Everyone looked at him, each with their own thoughts in mind.

After learning the truth, Wakita Kanenori suddenly looked at Conan. Conan was slightly startled and felt an invisible pressure.

Wakita Kanenori spoke slowly: "Although it was a murder in a closed room, from the bloodstains and footsteps in the corridor, we can judge that Mr. Kan'yasu should have been shot by an arrow in the corridor and then fled all the way to the attic.

The question is, why didn’t he ask for help, but chose to lock himself in the attic? We have to solve this mystery first.”

Wakita Kensuke extended his hand to signal, and Okino Yoko handed him the photo of the playing cards on her phone. "Excuse me, who are you?"

Kensuke Wakita looked at his phone with a focused look in his eyes. "I forgot to introduce myself. I'm a clerk at the Iroha sushi restaurant next door. My name is Wakita." After saying that, he returned the phone to Yoko Okino.

Kudo Yuki observed Wakita Kensori with a frown on her face. Her sixth sense became stronger and stronger. Her intuition told her that Wakita Kensori was Rum, but she had no evidence and could only treat him as an ordinary sushi waiter.

She secretly decided to pay more attention to Wakita Kensuke's every move and look for evidence to uncover his true identity.

Wakita Kanenori still pretended to be kind. He smiled and chatted with the people in the room: "Last night, Master Kogoro called the store and said that he might order special sushi for two people at noon today, so he asked me to prepare fresh ingredients."

Conan complained in his mind: "So this is what he had planned from the beginning. If Miss Yoko gets hungry, Uncle Maori will prepare to eat sushi with her."

Wakita Kensuke picked up the sushi box and handed it to Mao Lilan with a smile: "But I waited for a long time, but the phone didn't come. I couldn't wait any longer, so I brought the sushi up directly."

"But..." Mao Lilan was still hesitating whether to answer it, as if she was considering whether it would be a bad idea to do so.

Wakita Kensuke smiled and waved his hands, saying in a relaxed tone: "You don't have to pay, just deduct it from my salary. By the way, where is Master Kogoro?"

Mao Lilan pointed in the direction of the bathroom and said, "He just went to the bathroom."

Conan looked up at his sister, his eyes shining with anticipation: "Then let's eat sushi together!" The corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a cute smile.

Kudo Yuki smiled and nodded: "Okay."

Yoko Okino was very happy: "I love eating sushi the most."

Kensuke Wakita opened the package and a faint smell of seafood hit his nose.

Okino Yoko looked at the food in the lunch box, her eyes sparkling, "It looks really good."

Wakita Kanenori smiled and tilted his head slightly: "This is for three people. I specially made two extra portions."

"Then I'll go make some tea now." Mao Lilan said and walked into the kitchen.

At this time, Maori Kogoro squatted on the toilet with an unhappy face. He frowned and muttered, "It must be the cream sandwich. It tastes really weird. I won't eat it again next time. But why does the office feel so lively? Is it my illusion?"

He pricked up his ears and listened to the noise outside, but could only hear vague sounds.

Mao Lilan also placed the sandwich next to the sushi and arranged it carefully. The bread of the sandwich was toasted golden and crispy, and the fresh vegetables and ham in the middle looked very tempting. The four of them took their plates, sat around on the sofa, and started to eat lunch.

"too delicious."

"It's really delicious, isn't it, Conan?"

"What do you think, Sister Xue?"

"It's worthy of being a special sushi, especially the medium-fatty tuna, which is very plump and has a delicate taste."

Seeing that everyone was very supportive, Wakita Kensuke smiled and said, "That's bigeye tuna. Now is the time to eat it. By the way, why hasn't Master come out yet?"

There was a look of confusion on his face and he kept looking towards the bathroom.

Conan changed the subject: "We have to wait anyway, so tell us a few more details."

Wakita Kensuke crossed his arms and said, "By the way, do you have any photos of the people who lived in the villa with you at that time? It's hard for us to imagine just from what you said."

Kudo Yuki nodded and said, "I think so too."

"Wait a moment." Okino Yoko put down her teacup and took out her phone from her bag. "I remember we took a photo together. I found it. This is a photo they took together at that time."

She put her phone on the table and said, "Because I took the photo, I'm not in it."

Mao Lilan leaned closer to the phone and looked at the photo carefully: "Who are these people?"

"Let me see, the person with a cane on the far left of the photo is the producer of Nichimi TV, Mr. Hijima Wanye." Yoko Okino pointed at the people in the photo and introduced them one by one.

"The man in the middle is Mr. Hiroshima's brother-in-law, the victim of this case, Mr. Baba Nukuyasu. The man on the right, who is very tall and sewing a belt with his left hand, is Mr. Nukuyasu's brother, Mr. Baba Fugo. And the lady in the wheelchair is Mr. Fugo's wife, Ms. Baba Benimi."

Wakita Kanenori looked closely at the photo, his eyes fixed on the people in the photo. "Except for Mr. Kan'yasu who was killed, the other people all have some injuries."

"Well, yes. But I think it's probably a coincidence."

Conan then asked, "By the way, Uncle Fengwu received a photo of playing cards from his brother, and there were several identical cards on it. Did he say why?"

"When they were young, they would go to the villa with their parents every summer to escape the heat. They played poker secretly without telling their parents. In order not to be discovered, they did not take the cards away, but left them in the attic.

Every time they went to the villa, they would always buy a new deck of cards to take with them, just in case, so there must be 5 or 6 decks of cards in the attic."

Wakita Kensuke leaned over and looked closely at the photo on his phone. "What did he want to convey by putting so many decks of cards together? He was shot in the back with an arrow, it must have been very painful."

"Speaking of playing cards, I remember that the murdered Mr. Guankang addressed his brother in a strange way."

Mao Lilan was puzzled: "What is it?"

"Ace."

Mao Lilan continued to ask: "Is he a baseball pitcher?"

"I thought so too, and I asked. They laughed. 'I've always been a big catcher, but I've never been a pitcher.' That's what he said."

Wakita Kanenori straightened up and frowned: "I feel like those words contain the key to unlocking the poker code, but I'm totally confused right now."

After listening for a long time, Kudo Yuki thought of a key point: "What kind of person is Mr. Guankang's missing lover?"

"Are you talking about producer Hiroshima's sister? I have never met her in person. I told Hiroshima that I would tell Mr. Mori about this matter, and he sent me a photo of his sister."

Pointing to a woman in the photo, he said: "The lady on the left wearing sunglasses is Mr. Hiroshima's sister, Baba Hoka. She disappeared in the summer two years ago. At that time, her husband, Mr. Kan'yasu, was also going to the villa to escape the summer heat, but he suddenly had something urgent, so she went to the villa alone first.

But when Mr. Guankang and his brother and sister-in-law arrived at the villa, they did not find her. They then called the police to help find her, but in the end they found nothing.

Seeing that Conan was about to continue asking questions, Kudo Yuki was afraid that he might accidentally show behavior that was inconsistent with his age as before, and would be noticed by Wakita Kanenori, so she spoke in advance: "Does she usually wear sunglasses?"

"Yes, Mr. Hiroshima said that his sister was wearing sunglasses before she disappeared, and she usually likes to wear them. But Mr. Fuugo and Ms. Hime said that they rarely saw her wearing sunglasses when they were in college."

Mao Lilan was puzzled: "When you were in college?"

"Ms. Baohua and her husband's brother and sister-in-law were college classmates, and they were also classmates from elementary school to high school. Mr. Fengwu's first love was Ms. Baohua, and Ms. Baohua and Ms. Hongmei were good friends."

Wakita Kensuke's frown remained tight, "If Ms. Baohua's disappearance is related to her husband, Mr. Guankang, then the three of them have a motive to kill Mr. Guankang."

Conan noticed that something was wrong with Wakita Kensuke, frowned slightly and observed him silently.

Wakita Kanenori wanted to start from another direction, "So, did you notice anything else at that time?"

"Let me think about it. There are also the pine trees around the villa."

Kudo Yuki then asked, "What happened to those pine trees?"

"I remember when Mr. Hiroshima came to the villa, he mentioned that when he came here three years ago, there were 17 pine trees, but now it seemed that one was missing, so he asked Mr. Nuki. Mr. Nuki said that there was a pine tree that was growing well, so he transplanted it to his own garden in Tokyo."

Mao Lilan exclaimed: "But he is so amazing that he even remembers how many pine trees there are."

"Mr. Hiroshima has a very good memory. He can remember the birthdays of TV station staff and artists just by hearing them once. Oh, I remember that when they were talking about pine trees, Mr. Fuugo suddenly said to Mr. Hiroshima, you are Ace."

Wakita Kanenori crossed his arms and said, "What does he mean by that?"

"I originally wanted to find time to ask, but then something happened and I didn't get around to it."

To be continued...