The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

They drove from day to night and finally arrived at their destination.

Among the mountains at the junction of Gunma Prefecture and Saitama Prefecture, a beautiful Western-style house stands on the open space on the top of the mountain.

Under the setting sun, the stone bricks on the exterior walls of the bungalow exude a warm light, contrasting with the shadows in the corners, forming a beautiful landscape painting.

After getting off the bus, Maori Ran and Toyama Kazuha went to the bungalow to enjoy the beautiful sunset. Officer Otaki revealed the deeper reason why Hattori Heizo took this incident so seriously.

It turned out that half a year ago, a maid here died in the forest near the bungalow. The body was tied to a wooden stake inserted in the soil and hung upside down with her head facing down.

According to nearby villagers who found the body, when the body was found, its skin was extremely pale and it was hanging upside down. Therefore, when passing by from a distance several times, they thought it was a scarecrow.

After the autopsy, the police found that the maid died of excessive blood loss, but there were no other external wounds on her body except for two small holes in her neck.

This can't help but be reminiscent of the magical creatures called "vampires" described in some foreign fantasy movies.

"Do you suck vampires?"

"Are you saying that the murder was committed by a vampire?"

Mouri Kogoro's eyes widened in surprise and asked Officer Otaki.

Upon seeing this, Officer Otaki quickly smiled and waved his hand, "That's just a rumor circulating nearby... because this area was once ruled by a lord."

"Lord?" Mouri Kogoro frowned in confusion.

At this time, Hattori Heiji interrupted Mouri Kogoro and asked: "The murderer hasn't been arrested yet?"

As a staunch materialist warrior, Hattori Heiji was not affected by those weird legends at all.

Conan, who was at a lower position, frowned, his eyes slightly dark.

Officer Otaki shook his head, "No..."

"Although the object of suspicion at first was the owner of this bungalow, Mr. Tokura Sakuya, because the maid who was killed once told others privately that his recent behavior was creepy and that he felt that his life was in danger at any time... …”

The stubborn Mouri Kogoro immediately said with a serious face: "So it is indeed that master..."

Just before he finished speaking, a figure stood quietly next to everyone and said calmly: "The murderer is not the master, because the master has an alibi."

Everyone turned to look and saw an old man with glasses wearing a suit and tie, standing there upright.

"Because the master was sleeping in the room when the maid, Miss Shimizu, was presumed to have died. He has a clear alibi."

"And the irony is that the person who can prove that the master has an alibi happens to be the chef who heard Miss Qingshui complain..."

Suddenly, the old man changed the subject and faced the stocky Otaki and said respectfully: "Everyone is very welcome. Are you the police officer Otaki of Osaka Prefecture?"

Otaki nodded and said, "Yes, so you are the client?"

"Yes, I am the housekeeper of this bungalow."

"My name is Koga, and I am an old classmate of the father of the Head of the Hattori Department."

When the old man came up, he showed off how he had used the back door in front of outsiders.

At this time, Conan took the initiative to step forward and asked the old man: "Excuse me, what do you mean by the sentence "Master is creepy recently"?

With the blessing of Conan's question-answering buff, the old man's eyes were twitching, he looked down at Conan and replied: "I've been really weird lately. For example, he seems to want to avoid the sun and stay in the room to sleep during the day... "

"Even the silver tableware that he usually used very much was suddenly no longer used. He said that silver made him allergic and ordered everyone to throw them all in the warehouse."

"A few days ago, the chef put his favorite garlic in the soup, but he was so angry that he smashed the bowl on the spot and shouted angrily, 'This will make the blood rot. Don't add it to food in the future.'"

When Mouri Kogoro heard this, he shrank his shoulders in shock and said in surprise: "This is just like..."

"Yes, I think this is how Miss Qingshui sees him, right?"

"This is just like the legendary Vampire..."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he was overheard by Mao Lilan and Toyama Kazuye who happened to be wandering nearby.

"Vam...Vampire!"×2

The two women screamed at the same time, and even the small movements of pinching their hands when frightened were unusually synchronized.

"Did you just say Vampire?"

"P-please, what's wrong with the vampire?"

Vampire is a proper noun, and the two women immediately thought of the kind of terrifying creature that only appears in fantasy works.

Hattori Heiji looked at the two of them and complained in his heart about why he came back at such an untimely time.

"I mean bumper, bumper!"

"Uncle Maori accidentally damaged the bumper of the car he rented, and we are discussing how to solve it!"

In order to prevent Toyama and Ye from retreating temporarily and clamoring to go back, Hattori Heiji once again used his talent for pretending to make up homophonic jokes.

The English word for bumper is bumper, which is similar in pronunciation to vampire.

The second girl was really easy to fool, and she laughed in relief when she heard it was a bumper.

"What, it turns out to be a bumper..."

"Heiji, you should hurry in and take a look, it's like a castle inside~"

The two girls had already gone around to the courtyard behind the villa while strolling around.

At this time, the old man also looked up at the gradually dimming sunset in the distance, and murmured: "It's almost time for the master to get up..."

"Before dinner is ready, please take a look around the museum."

The old man turned his head and opened one eye to look at everyone.

"The most important inheritance distribution ceremony will be held after dinner..."

...

Next, under the leadership of the butler Koga, everyone took a brief tour of the interior of the villa.

Although it is a villa in the mountains, there are still many management personnel, and it is not as gloomy and desolate as the villa in the mountains in the impression.

The interior of the villa is also decorated in Western style, with a classical style, quite like the style of Western aristocratic families in the last century.

Koga took everyone around and took them to the restaurant, saying that dinner would start soon and wait here for a while.

After that, Koga left first.

Ran Maoli and Kazuha Toyama stood behind the host seat, watching the maid meticulously place the knives, forks, plates, etc. on the table according to the Western table etiquette standards, and they were also quite moved.

"I have only seen this kind of scene in movies or TV series, and have never experienced it in person~"

"Great, it feels like we have all become nobles!"

Conan, who was standing behind the guest seat, glanced at Ran Maoli and complained in his heart: Don't you have to do this?

In the Twilight Villa incident, the scene was similar to this one.

Even that villa is more retro and luxurious than this villa.

Just as everyone was waiting for the arrival of the host, a slightly unhappy woman's voice came from the door.

"Hey, who are you guys?"

"I said, you are not my brother's illegitimate children or something like that?"

Everyone turned their heads and saw a woman with dyed brown hair raising her eyebrows and glaring at them.

"How could such a thing happen?"

A square-faced man wearing glasses walked up to the woman and smiled, "If it was really an illegitimate child, my brother wouldn't have called us here..."

"That's not necessarily true."

Another old woman in a purple dress with her hair combed back came over, "Given Pomi's personality, it's not impossible that he really has an illegitimate child outside that we don't know about..."

"Just like the one he brought back from outside a few years ago, a woman with a very different age, and the child born by that woman..."

As she spoke, the old woman glanced meaningfully at the maid who had just placed the tableware on the table.

Beside the old woman, the pretty boy with dyed yellow hair smiled, "But the fiancée's luck was really bad. She died in a car accident before she got married officially..."

"Oh~ But this is a good thing for you, right?"

The pretty boy smiled at the man and woman who had just spoken in front of him, obviously being sarcastic.

But he didn't notice that even the "old baby" next to him had a slight change in expression.

Just when the pretty boy was feeling proud, a burly figure suddenly appeared behind him and grabbed his collar.

"You bastard! If you dare to say such things again next time, I won't let you go easily!"

Another new face, with a beard, looks like a member of this family.

However, facing the man's threat, the pretty boy still said: "What, what's wrong? Don't you feel lucky too?"

"What? Could it be that you are in love?"

"Are you in love with the mistress with a child?"

Faced with the provocation of the pretty boy, the man clenched his fist with his other hand and was about to fight.

But at this moment, a woman with glasses and pink lips leaned against the door frame and said lightly: "Can we stop talking about the mistress?"

"I am also a child born from the union of my father and the mistress..."

"But from a legal point of view, as long as the heirs are only brothers and sisters, then I can also get a considerable share of the inheritance."

At this point, the corners of the woman's mouth curled up slightly, "Then please give me more advice..."

The woman's indifferent + fun attitude seems to be not too good with other family members.

And Conan and others not far away looked at the "high-quality" getting along mode of this family, and all of them drooped their eyes.

Hattori Heiji: "It seems that there will be a dramatic battle for inheritance later..."

Mouri Kogoro: "Agree..."

...

After a while, the appetizers for dinner were set up, and everyone sat on both sides of the long dining table.

On one side of the dining table were the annoying relatives of the owner of the villa, and on the other side were outsiders such as Conan.

"The master hasn't gotten up yet, but he told me before that everyone can eat directly without waiting for him."

The beautiful maid who had just arranged the tableware informed everyone, and then stood by the empty host seat and waited quietly.

Conan glanced at the people at the table and sorted out everyone's identity in his mind.

The owner of this house, Torakura Sakoya, has a total of 4 brothers and sisters, including two younger brothers, an older sister, and a younger sister.

The two younger brothers are the square-faced man wearing glasses just now, and the strong man with a beard.

One sister is an old woman wearing revealing clothes; the other sister is the bespectacled woman who claims to be the daughter of a mistress.

The other pretty boy and the mean girl who spoke at the beginning are the old woman's lover and the square-faced man's wife respectively.

However, these people seemed to mention that the child born to the owner of the bungalow and his previous fiancée was also in this home.

Although it seems that this child has no inheritance rights, it is still worthy of attention...

Conan was scanning around and suddenly found that there was an empty seat in the corner of the dining table on his side.

"Um...Is there an extra seat here?"

Conan looked at the maid standing next to the host and asked innocently.

The maid glanced at the empty seat in the corner, turned to look at the old woman sitting on one side, and said, "This is the seat requested by Madam Tokura Mamoru..."

At this time, the old woman gracefully put down the knife and fork in her hand, raised her lips and smiled: "Huh, don't think that you are the only ones who will prepare in advance..."

"I also invited an important guest to attend this ceremony, but he said he would not arrive here until later."

Heavyweight guest?

Conan and the others frowned, wondering what kind of guests would be invited to such an occasion?

Generally speaking, when it comes to inheritance distribution, lawyers must be the most professional.

But the other party said that the heavyweight guest was a famous lawyer?

When it comes to famous lawyers, the first thing that comes to Conan's mind is Fei Yingli, known as the "Queen of the Legal World."

That is Xiaolan's biological mother.

Haha, it’s not such a coincidence that the enemy team of Uncle Maori and Aunt Fei are here, right?

Putting aside the questions of the heavyweight guests for the time being, everyone began to talk about the inheritance distribution ceremony.

It turns out that not long ago, the owner of the bungalow, Tokura Yuya, was diagnosed with cancer and may have less than half a year left.

So Tokura Sakuya called the meeting and said that those who did not attend would automatically lose their inheritance rights.

Among the five brothers and sisters with the same surname as Tokura, only Tokura Sakuya has the best financial situation.

Not only did he once open a private hospital and make a lot of money, but because he is the eldest son in the family, he also controls most of the family property left by his ancestors.

Therefore, as soon as they heard that the inheritance was going to be distributed, everyone did not dare to be absent and showed up in full.

"A conservative estimate would suggest that Saki's current assets are approximately 1 billion yen..."

"10, 1 billion yen!"

Mouri Kogoro was so frightened that his eyes widened and he couldn't even speak clearly.

Conan in the corner had his eyelids drooping, with beef cubes in sauce in his mouth, thinking to himself: This doesn't cost much...

At this moment, the muscular man with beard sitting opposite interrupted the old woman and said, "But is it too slow, brother?"

"Why don't you go call him personally..."

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone!