The world's No.1 detective doll

Barbie, Barbie's dream mansion?

Atobe and his team were all stunned in place, with a dull expression on their faces.

"Ugh——pain, pain——"

The famous detective who had been sitting obediently in Yingzi's arms held her wrist at this time, opened his mouth and bit down hard.

A row of red, small teeth marks instantly appeared on the white and tender wrist.

Physiological tears filled the eyes in an instant, Yingzi begged for mercy with tears in her eyes.

"Senior Haruhi, what's the matter...?"

"Well." Renzu stuffed her hands into the pockets of her trousers casually, arched her waist slightly, "Just treat her as insane."

"Hey?"

"No Barbie Dream House Don't Barbie Dream House Don't Barbie Dream House—"

"Go back and write this sentence to this detective a hundred times!!"

"sorry Sorry sorry!"

So Yingzi rejected Atobe's proposal to realize her wish with tears in her eyes, and went to the housekeeper with her eyes red from crying.

According to Kunikida's arrangement, Sakurako, who can arrive at the destination an hour and 8 minutes earlier than other members of the detective agency, has enough time to investigate the dangerous factors near the villa.

However, Kunikida's plan often fails to come true, and it's the same this time, because the main member of the detective agency, the world's No. 1 detective, is losing his temper right now.

"I'm sorry Ranpo-sama! Please forgive me!"

"I really know I was wrong!!"

"Please forgive me, an ignorant girl."

"Master Ranbu!"

"I promise there will never be a next time!"

"Master Ranpo, please forgive me"

Yingzi got into a catastrophe.

"Donut!"

"Humph."

Ranpo, who was sulking, finally responded.

“Donuts with Strawberry Daifuku!”

"..."

He shakes, he shakes, he shakes!

Yingzi seemed to see hope, and continued to increase the weight without hesitation.

“Donuts with Strawberry Daifuku and Potato Chips!”

"Well……"

"Donuts, Strawberry Daifuku, Potato Chips, Potato Soda!"

"That detective will be reluctant to forgive you, a fool."

"Ah, Master Ranpo is the best!"

Maintaining a good mood in disorder is the prerequisite for the smooth development of all the work of the detective agency.

After coaxing Luanbu, Yingzi can finally start her work. Before investigating the risk factors, what she needs to do is to find out the situation of the recent disappearance case from the housekeeper.

The butler with gray hair on his temples invited Yingzi into the living room and prepared black tea for her.

"In the past month, there have been four disappearances in the vicinity. The missing girls are all girls aged between 25 and [-]. Most of them went out to play during the day and lost contact when they returned home at night."

"I heard from the police officer who came a few days ago that there have been more than a dozen similar cases of missing girls in Japan within a month. Not only that, just a week ago, the young male worker who was in charge of repairing the cable car at the foot of the mountain also disappeared. The boy also disappeared. A kid who just graduated from college, only in his 20s."

"And the police have not found any corpses that match the identity of the missing girl recently, and the places where the victims disappeared are often deserted, where no one passes by or where there are no surveillance cameras."

"Not only is there no evidence, there are even no witnesses. The only clue is that the police found strange traces in many deserted places."

The housekeeper dug out a few photos from the file bag and put them on the table.

The contents of the photos are mostly the same, and they are all strange traces on the land.

It's like a trail of some kind of energy wave gliding through and kicking up dust and rocks.

"...Ability?"

Apart from supernatural powers, Sakurako couldn't think of any way to create such traces.

"Miss Haruhi, what did you say?"

"Ah nothing."

The butler's inquiry pulled Yingzi out of her contemplation, and after confirming that Ranbu had sorted out her thoughts, Yingzi stood up from the sofa and trimmed the corners of her skirt.

"I already have a general understanding of the situation, now I'll go and check whether there are any dangerous factors inside and outside the villa."

"Don't you need to take a rest first? I have asked the servant to prepare the room for you."

"No, the most important thing is to make sure everyone's safety."

"Then trouble you."

To ensure the safety of the people in the villa, we must first ensure that the activities of the people in the villa are not monitored or eavesdropped.

Following Ranbu's instructions, Yingzi checked the tables and chairs, under the bed, under the sofa, TV, vases, murals, decorations and other places in the villa that were likely to be bugged, and then checked the walls near the power lines and power supply box.

"The detective's number, do you have it?"

"Ah, yes."

"Dial the detective's phone, keep the call, and then walk around every corner of the villa."

"Ok."

Yingzi is a hard-working executor, she will not have any objections or inquiries to Ranpo's command and request, but obediently follow Ranpo's words.

In a way, the two are good partners.

There was nothing unusual in the investigation process, Yingzi did not find any bugs or pinhole cameras.

The villa is safe for now.

The range of activities outside the villa is not too big, probably only the tennis court next to the villa, the grass, and the forest behind the villa.

When Yingzi walked out of the villa, Renzu and the others seemed to be warming up and preparing for training.

After briefly inspecting the tennis court and the grass, Sakura walked into the forest, which was a little cold even in the daytime.

Few people come to the forest, so weeds are overgrown everywhere, and tree roots and branches are winding all over the ground.

Yingzi carefully walked around the stones, pits, and tree roots on the ground, and pushed the weeds that almost reached her waist to the depths of the forest.

"Mr. Ranpo, no one has been here before..."

"Fool!"

"...Mr. Ranpo, why are you scolding me again?"

He climbed up Yingzi's sleeve with ease and familiarity, moving nimbly like a kitten. He stood on Yingzi's shoulder and pointed to his feet.

"Although those people were very careful and worked very hard to restore the surroundings to their original state, but this detective can still see something is wrong at a glance!"

"Hey? Where is it?"

"The fruit on the ground was still green before it was ripe, but it fell to the ground. Judging by the size of the fruit, it should have been knocked down by a bird that was startled by humans."

"Also, although these weeds do grow vertically upwards, they all fall in a direction that is not facing the sun, which proves that someone once pushed the weeds and walked in like you idiot, in order to hide their presence The facts here push the weeds back again."

"The same is true for the branches and stones on the ground. Although they are densely distributed and evenly distributed, you can still see the traces of the footprints under them."

"The footprints are wide and deep in the soil. They are numerous and messy. There should be at least five adult men who have entered the forest together. Judging by the clarity of the footprints... it should be within two days."

"When I went up the mountain, the detective took a special look. The security measures on this mountain are very good. If five strange adult men enter together, they will definitely be discovered. So they either chose late night, the weakest patrol. Time, either colluding with the insiders, or being a supernatural person."

"Sparsely populated barren hills, late night patrols are weak, and rainy days are coming in a few days... It really is a very favorable environment for committing crimes."

"Hey! Are you listening to the detective's reasoning?"

Sakura suddenly came back to her senses.

"This great detective kindly told you such a wonderful reasoning, you actually lost your mind-!"

"No, no, no."

Rather than being distracted, it is better to say that he was surprised by Ranpo's momentum just now.

It is really a powerful aura that is completely different from usual.

Although she has seen Ranpo's reasoning ability, Yingzi still couldn't help but sigh at Ranpo's sober, rational, and sensitive brain.

Having said that, from the observation of the environment just up the mountain, to the checking of the bugs later, to the reasoning just now...

Mr. Ranpo doesn't seem to have used the ability from the beginning to the end, it's called [Super Reasoning].

"Listen to my detective, you idiot!"

"Ah, sorry."

Sakura subconsciously stretched out to protect her ears and cheeks, "Because I feel that Ranpo-sama who was reasoning just now seems... very handsome."

Ranbu's movements suddenly froze there, and his expression seemed to be blank for a moment. An imperceptible blush quickly climbed to the base of his ears, and Ranbu suddenly felt that his ears were a little hot.

"Of course the detective knows about that kind of thing! Now take the detective to the depths of the forest to have a look, you idiot!"

As Ranpo expected, there are many hidden traces in the depths of the forest that people are trying to hide.

"Is it those who kidnapped girls?"

"I can't be sure about that kind of thing right now, but..."

"but?"

"But here, it's really not safe."

Yingzi frowned worriedly, "Then what should we prepare? We still need to transfer something..."

"The day after tomorrow will be rainy."

"Ah, that's what the weather forecast says."

"Tomorrow morning."

"what?"

"The time when this group of people will appear!"

Luanbu stroked his chin, as if he was thinking about something.

"There are no bugs in the villa, and they came to familiarize themselves with the environment before we came here, so these people must not know about our arrival... Therefore, their target should be the young maid in the villa."

"Hey? Why can't it be Yushi and the others? Didn't a young male worker go missing a few days ago?"

"Idiot! That male worker was arrested simply because he saw a fierce look! Those people's targets have always been young girls."

"Then shall we remind everyone?"

"No, don't startle the snake, these things will be decided after Kunikida and the others come."

"Then Mr. Ranpo, what are we going to do next?"

Luanbu suddenly raised his arms with excitement on his face, "Of course it's to fill the detective's stomach!"