How many character cards do you have?

All the detectives present couldn't help taking a breath, and looked at each other strangely.

"Why does it feel like there's something wrong with this lady?" Hattori whispered in Conan's ear.

"Hmm..." Conan only felt dryness in his throat. The more familiar he was with psychology and micro-expression science, the more he could feel a sense of strangeness and strangeness from Keiko Chishima's current state.

But what it is, I can't say.

"So how did this nightmare end?" Only Meguro's calm voice sounded in the audience.

Qian Dao shook his head and got out of that strange state: "Ah, it seems that a developer came here."

"Ok?"

"It's a team of developers." Qiandao said confidently, "Because I didn't seem to be in a good condition at the time, and I was bedridden all day, and I only heard them say that the place in the middle of the forest was bought by someone later, which is strange to say , since the construction started there, the strange phenomenon in the town has disappeared."

"In the forest...is that the castle we saw in the car?" Xiaolan suddenly asked.

"Yes, because those strange phenomena disappeared after the construction of the castle was started, and everyone now says that the castle is a good omen, and it seals away troublesome monsters." Qian Dao couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing when he talked about this. Although she was joking, everyone could hear the emotion in her tone.

"It really sounds like a local legend or something." Maori murmured.

Conan suddenly asked: "Do you know which company bought it?"

"I'm not sure... But I heard from other people in the town that it seems to have a crow coat of arms? But I really can't remember what it's called." Keiko Qiandao shook her head, "After the castle was built, it seems that people often In and out, but those people and the people in the town have never had any intersection, ah, right."

Chishima Keiko suddenly remembered something, and added: "Since the castle was established, it seems that some people in black suits will come here every month."

Conan was suddenly excited: "What kind of car did he drive here?"

"Uh, I don't really remember. Some models are different. It seems that there are Bentleys, Porsches, and so on. They are almost all luxury cars, but they usually leave soon and won't stay in town."

Porsche...

Conan lowered his head, Gin's sneering face appeared in his mind.

"Maybe it's a rich man's villa or something, but speaking of it, I feel that there are similar legends in many places, such as monsters haunting, gods appearing with seals and so on." Hinata felt that the topic had been completely attracted by other things, not to be outdone He desperately tried to bring everyone's attention back to himself, "The puzzle that Detective Jiashien came up with this time is also related to the legend... Hey, did I get it right?"

The corner of Conan's mouth twitched, no one cares about this, uncle.

He and Hattori and Hakuba only came to check on the situation because they cared about the name 'Detective Koshien', and Sera seemed to be participating only when he was free recently, and now it seems that this TV show is completely unreliable, and it may not be possible. It was shown on TV, didn't you see that Uncle Mori has started to give up on himself and plan to spend it as a tour after knowing that the appearance fee is hopeless?

"However, this phenomenon has reappeared recently. Does this mean that there is a reason?" Sera Masumi rubbed his chin and said, "It's quite interesting."

"Okay, let's talk while eating." Seeing that everyone's attention was completely attracted by the legend and they forgot dinner, Keiko Qiandao hurriedly reminded her, her empty stomach protested after driving all day, so Mao Li and the others had no choice but to pick up chopsticks.

After dinner, Meguro Eluo left early after finishing the meal, not knowing what to do, Qiandao Keiko had recovered by this time, and there was no weird look on her face before, with a gentle smile: "Everyone today It’s been a long journey, and although our homestay doesn’t have natural hot springs, the bathing pool is quite big, everyone, hurry up and take a bath and rest.”

"Also, because firewood is limited, please try not to take a bath too late."

After Chishima Keiko left, Conan originally wanted to leave with him, but Hattori suddenly approached him:

"Hey, Kudo, what do you think of this 'Detective Koshien'?"

Conan had no choice but to look back, seeing the eagerness on Hattori's face, he knew that his desire to win was activated again, and said speechlessly: "I see with my eyes, it seems that it is just a coincidence."

"Well, I also talked to Uncle Hinata before, and there is no special information. Detective Koshien Koshimizu can think that other people's ideas may also collide, so should we just have a game?"

"You are really interested."

"We didn't decide the winner last time. This time, you, Baima, and that high school girl are here. Is there a better venue than this?"

"Well...it depends on the situation, I always feel that uncle is not reliable." Conan complained, and changed the subject, "By the way, what do you think of the legend Qiandao-san said?"

"Actually, to tell you the truth, didn't I come a day earlier, and checked the surrounding area beforehand." Hattori dipped his hand in water and drew a circle on the table, "This is the location of the town, and there are several farmlands nearby. I have visited both the farm and the pasture, and it is really strange, the growth of the grain is completely contrary to common sense, and I suspect that there is a problem with the water source."

"Water source?"

"Well, it's just a suspicion, you know, I don't have any tools to investigate right now," Hattori scratched his hair, "I have already sent the soil and water samples for investigation, and I think it will be soon Come to the conclusion, this is not a case, and I don't think detectives can play a role in it as well as professionals."

Conan thought for a while: "That's true."

It's just that Qiandao Keiko's demeanor before always makes people feel a little bit worried.

After dinner, Chishima Keiko did not forget to tell others to take a walk around the town, but it is recommended not to go too far.

"Could it be some wild animal in the nearby forest?"

"That's not true, but we generally don't go close to it...you know, because it may be the place where the meteorite fell, and the plants there grow very strangely, and it will be scary in the dark."

The two detectives present looked at each other, and their curiosity was aroused at the same time.

"So... do you want to go for a walk?"

"go."

Conan tacitly followed Hattori.

"Ah, Conan, we're going to go shopping around the town later, do you want to go together?" Xiaolan asked Conan.

"No need, I want to go on an adventure with brother Hattori nearby." Conan tried his best to maintain the character of a child.

"Well then, be careful not to run into the forest."

"Hmm!" That must be going there to have a look.

Conan and Hattori looked at each other, and ran out of the hotel tacitly.

This small town is not big, and next to it is the forest that Keiko Qiandao mentioned before. Now it is almost nightfall, which is the time of encountering magic in Japanese legends. The light in the forest is dim. At first glance, the reflection of the long branches in the past is somewhat Kind of like a monster.

Conan and Hattori looked at each other, took out the flashlight tacitly, and walked in.

The two walked for a while, and Conan found something, and suddenly squatted down: "Look, Hattori."

The light of the flashlight focused on a certain plant, and Hattori also saw it at this time. This is a knotweed, one of the very common weeds in Japan. It is characterized by its tenacious vitality, and can even grow out of concrete floors or walls. This kind of plant often has reddish-brown rhizomes and green leaves, usually one to two meters long, but this one seems to have grown to three or four meters, and the color is very strange, the rhizomes are abnormally thick, and the leaves are purple-red of.

"It's not just this kind of grass, look at the one next to it." Conan's flashlight swept over.

"Peppermint, sedge, and ashitaba, why do they all look so strange." After Conan reminded, Hattori also met these plants with strange colors and states in his mind.

Hattori frowned, and took out his phone to take a picture of the originally cool mint smell.

"Is it true that the land here is polluted?"

"But if this is the case, why did these phenomena disappear a year ago?" Conan rubbed his chin and muttered, "Land pollution is definitely not a problem that can be solved in a short time, and it is impossible to hide it from the local people if it is to be treated."

"I don't know." Hattori stood up, and suddenly frowned again, "By the way, don't you think this forest is too quiet?"

"You are sure of that."

Generally speaking, the forest is very lively, with the chirping of birds, the flapping of wings of insects, and the sound of small animals moving at night, but if you think about it carefully, they walked in for so long, and they didn't see a single one.

"Do you want to go deeper?" Hattori asked, "It is said that the place where the meteorite fell was in the middle of this deep forest."

"Well, let's go have a look."

The two were about to go deeper when they suddenly stopped.

The forest was extremely quiet, so they could hear faint singing coming from nowhere.

It's distant and ethereal, and it's a bit weird against the backdrop of the pitch-black environment.

Conan and Hattori looked at each other, and walked towards the direction of the voice.

They walked a certain distance, and the voice got closer and closer, and the ethereal and clear singing became clearer and clearer.

"Riz Burton took the ax

slashed dad forty times

when she saw what she did

Then I cut my mother 41 times" note 1

When the two of them heard what the song was about, they shuddered at the same time.

Go up quickly.

Pulling aside the wanton growth of grass, the scene in front of him came into view. Hattori didn't see anyone at first, but he looked up at the tree after being reminded by Conan.

The first thing that came into view was a pair of white, tender and slender legs. Hattori lowered his head subconsciously, and only took another look after seeing Conan still looking up.

This glance made his eyes stained with surprise.

The teenager turned his head when he heard the sound. He has amazing beauty, long and curly eyelashes, and pale pink lips. Surprisingly, except for the eyes and mouth, his whole body is pure white, including hair and eyelashes, eyes Under the shadow of the tree shade, the colors of his clothes faintly present iridescent tricolors. Wearing a clean white shirt and light-colored trousers that reach the knees, he looks like an angel descending on the world.

The teenager jumped from the tree after seeing the two.

About... 13 or 4 years old.Conan and Hattori made judgments in their hearts at the same time, and Hattori showed a skillful coaxing smile: "Little brother, why are you here alone, where are your family members?"

Hey, why do you say that like a human trafficker?Conan looked at him with half-moon eyes.

"My house is nearby." The young man replied, with his hands behind his back and his head tilted, "Who are you? I haven't seen it before."

"Oh, it's the first time we met. We are the detectives who came to participate in the Detective Koshien program. I am Hattori Heiji, and he is Edogawa Conan." Hattori introduced.

"Come to participate in the show... Ah," the boy narrowed his eyes, and suddenly smiled, "I'm Saikong Hoshinokawa, and I'm looking forward to your performance."

"Ah, thank you." Hattori scratched his head, feeling a little strange. Normally, shouldn't he say 'look forward to your performance'.

"You said you lived nearby," Conan asked curiously at this moment, "Could it be that you live in the castle in the middle of the forest?"

"Yes." The boy nodded.

"Then have you heard the legend of meteorites?"

"..." The boy didn't reply immediately, but instead showed a meaningful smile, "The people in the town said the things that the radiation in the meteorite polluted the land, but this is false, because My home is at the place where the meteorite fell, and the harvest has not been good recently, there should be another reason."

Another reason?Conan and Hattori looked at each other, and Hattori asked, "Then what do you think it will be, little brother?"

"This...you need to find out the detectives. It's not fun to announce the puzzle in advance." With a mysterious smile, the young man winked at the two playfully, turned around and jumped towards the forest. Go deep.

Hattori originally wanted to follow up and ask some questions, but at this moment the two heard someone calling them from outside the forest.

After such a delay, the two of them turned their heads and lost the figure of the boy in the forest, so they had no choice but to return to the way they came in.

They came back to the edge of the forest and saw the figures of Xiaolan and Kazuha, and Eri and Sera Masumi, whom they had seen at the hotel before, followed them.

"Really, I knew you would be here." He Ye said helplessly, "Obviously the proprietress reminded me that it's best not to get close to the forest."

"Sorry, sorry," Hattori said unapologetically, "because there is something I want to investigate."

"And how did you bring Conan in?"

"Haha, because this kid always finds things that ordinary people don't notice." Hattori concealed.

He Ye stared at Hattori suspiciously, and when Detective Heipi was almost unable to hold on, he looked away: "Forget it, anyway, you will do this next time, compared to this, staying at the hotel Mr. Baima said that Mr. Meguro seems to have found something important, let's go back and have a look."

After everyone heard the words, they had no choice but to go back to the homestay.

As soon as they got to the door, they saw Tanshen Baima standing at the door mysteriously looking around, Hattori couldn't help but asked, "Hey, what are you doing sneaking around here?"

"Hush—" Tan Baima raised his index finger to tell them to keep their voices down, "Qian Dao-san just went out."

"Um...so what?"

"It's better not to let Ms. Qiandao know what we found," Baima Tan said, looking at Huili with some hesitation, "I heard from the proprietress that you only came here to apply for the job in the last month, right?"

"Yes, I didn't grow up here." Eili seemed to know what he was going to say, looked at the handsome young man in front of him, couldn't help showing a nympho, and said proactively, "So if the lady boss didn't ask , I won't say anything."

hope so……

The white horse stroked his hair: "Then I'll leave it to you."

Conan and Hattori gave him a disdainful look.

Everyone walked into the hotel, Baima Tan still said nothing mysteriously, Hattori: "What the hell are you doing?"

"I've said it all, I found out a little bit, come with me, don't shout too loud later."

They had no choice but to follow Bai Ma Tan and follow him towards the attic.The house they live in is a traditional hotel similar to a house converted into a two-story design, but the attic can be seen from the outside.

"I remember the proprietress said it was a place to store sundries." Hattori said in a low voice.

White Horse Tan nodded, and knocked on the door. The door opened from the inside, and a black head with black eyes poked out from inside. Through White Horse Tan, he saw the people behind him: "You're back?"

"Did Mr. Meguro find any important clues?"

"That's right... you'll know when you come in and have a look."

Meguro Era opened the door and directed everyone to stand on the edge of the attic, leaving a space in the middle. Conan and Hattori glanced around, but found nothing worth noting.

Hattori: "Where is the clue you mentioned?"

"Don't worry," Meguro Eluo held the luminol reagent familiar to the detectives, and after everyone entered the room, he closed the door and turned off the lights.

Almost subconsciously, everyone looked at the shimmering floor. Conan and Hattori first realized what it was, and his pupils constricted slightly.

That is - a palm print with fluorescent colors all over the place, and there are two round shapes in parallel places.

Xiao Lan and He Ye didn't realize anything yet, but soon they knew.

Meguro Eluo bent down, knelt on the ground with his hands and knees, completely overlapping the marks on the floor.

Xiaolan and Ye suddenly went blank.

There were so many traces in the entire attic, they couldn't be seen when the lights were turned on, but the blood residue had already told them what happened here.

It was as if they saw a person living in the attic all day long, crawling around in the attic with bloody palms and worn knees, but the ceiling here was obviously high enough for an adult to stand up.

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Note 1: Nursery Rhymes of Mother Goose