Chapter 145: Shouts From the Basement

Friday, June 14, evening.

The basement of the old foreign-style house in 4-chome, where a man was imprisoned, because a middle-aged woman came in, Conan and Ayumi were opposite the door, and hid on the side of the cabinet by the wall.

After listening to the conversation between the middle-aged woman and the man, Conan understood the secret of this house and the truth about the murder incident five years ago that has no text.

At this time, Ayumi accidentally knocked over the mop beside him, and Conan hurriedly supported the cabinet and stretched out his feet to hook the long handle of the mop, preventing it from falling down. I just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the cabinet next to me was empty, and I didn't exert any effort at all. As soon as I exerted force, the cabinet shook, and the keg on the top of the cabinet fell to the ground, making a sound.

"I always feel that other than the two just now, there seems to be other mice sneaking in." Picking up the table knife on the ground, the middle-aged woman said, "Okay, come out, it's useless to hide , come out quickly."

Patted Ayumi, who was crying and trembling with fear, and signaled her not to be afraid, Conan said: "It's useless to hide, right? Ma'am, I think it should be you."

"What?" The middle-aged woman was stunned.

"I saw in the room just now, the photo taken with you by the master who was killed five years ago, and another person in the photo, your son," Conan said, "this is in the dark basement, A man who lives in pain."

"Ah!" The middle-aged woman was taken aback.

"I've felt strange since I entered this house. Since the owner was killed five years ago, his family has been missing, but when people go to the empty bathroom, there is water in the faucet, which is impossible in this world. Yes, the kind of person who will always pay the property fee for an unoccupied house? And the exit made in an inconspicuous place, compared with the surrounding old walls, the wooden flap is too new .I think it was something created after the incident, just to make it unobtrusive to enter and leave this house." Conan continued, "But if someone lives here, why do they do this? And why do they have to put Is my son locked in the basement? I have fully understood these questions from your conversation just now."

"You, who are you?" The middle-aged woman shouted, "Who the hell are you?"

Putting his hands in his trouser pockets and coming out from the cabinet, Conan said, "Edogawa Conan, a detective."

"Detective, detective?" The middle-aged woman asked in surprise.

Putting up two fingers, Conan continued: "Generally speaking, there are two possibilities in this situation. One is that the person who killed the master is the wife, that is, you, so you imprisoned the son who witnessed everything in this place There is another situation, that is, the person who killed the owner was your son who was locked up. Knowing that he committed the crime, you decided to hide the truth of the incident to protect your son, but for him, such a The crime is too serious. The sigh coming from the house is probably his distressed sigh. It is probably your son who wanted to go out and surrender himself in order to alleviate his sin, but you, the mother, did not Allow him to do it."

The middle-aged woman turned her head to look at her son and said, "I did all this for Akio."

"That's right, you wholeheartedly don't want your son to become a criminal, so you chose to live in seclusion without letting him step out of the house." Conan continued, "But, look at your son, take a good look at his current appearance ..."

"Shut up, shut up, shut up for me." The middle-aged woman yelled and rushed forward.

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, the middle-aged woman made a sudden move. Conan was strangled by her neck and lifted up against the wall.

"Ah!" Ayumi exclaimed when she saw the middle-aged woman swinging a knife and wanted to stab her down.

"Stop!" Akio yelled, grabbing the railing, "Please don't do this, Mom."

"Zhao Fu?" Holding a knife, the middle-aged woman turned around and asked.

"As the child said, there is nothing wrong, I was the one who killed my father." Kneeling on the ground, Akio said in great pain, "That was the spring five years ago, and my third college entrance examination was held again. I failed the exam, and my father said that I was a disgrace to the family, a scum, and a scum... Therefore, I, who had already fallen to the bottom of my spirit, lost my sanity in an instant because of my father's harsh words." Then he looked at his hands and recalled , "When I came back to my senses, what I was holding was already a blood-stained candlestick, and my father was also lying on the floor."

"Zhao Fu..." The middle-aged woman yelled with concern.

"Then, as you said just now, in order to protect me, my mother turned the scene into a crime committed by robbers, and then locked me in this cell." Zhaofu cried out in pain, "But I can't stand it, I don't want to If I live this cowardly life of dreaming of killing my father every day, I don’t want it, I want to make atonement, then it will be easier.”

"You must cheer up, Akio," quickly let go of Conan, and ran to the railing, the middle-aged woman comforted, "You must be patient, patience until the time of pursuit expires." Then she turned her head and looked at Conan viciously Said, "If, if they don't say it, no one will know."

"Yes, if you hide like this, you can escape the police's pursuit, but your son will never escape the condemnation of his own conscience." Conan asked, "Madam, do you really want your son to spend his whole life?" Do you all carry such a heavy burden?"

"Akio still has a long life, and the condemnation of conscience can be healed by time," the middle-aged woman said to herself as she reached out to caress her son's head, "However, if people know that Akio is a murderer People, that will be the biggest burden in his life, "

"Mom, don't." Zhaofu stretched out his hand, but he didn't grab the middle-aged woman's skirt.

Taking a step back, the middle-aged woman continued to talk to herself: "I think my dead husband would also agree with my actions. I often think that it would be fine if I was the one who died, so Zhao Fu should be taken better care of by my husband." , because I, a housewife, can only let Akio live in this dark place, and endure this kind of pain with no communication with outsiders and no entertainment, which is more uncomfortable than going to jail." Then said to Akio, "I know you have a very good time in this place. I’m uncomfortable, so I can’t calm down, I’m already making arrangements, and soon you can go to a place where you can feel better.” Then he turned around and said, “Be patient a little longer…” As he spoke, he rushed towards Conan with a knife .

Conan, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately kicked the barrel that fell from the cabinet just now, but the barrel was made of plastic, and it might have become brittle after a long time, so it was kicked to pieces. However, the sky was full of debris, so the middle-aged woman had to use her left arm to block in front of her.

Conan immediately shouted: "Run!" As he spoke, he walked around to the right side of the middle-aged woman, opened some distance, and prepared to go to the rear to cover Ayumi.

Ayumi hurriedly ran over from the left side of the middle-aged woman, but Conan avoided the knife and slashed across the head, and ran outside immediately.

Seeing that the middle-aged woman wanted to chase after him, he stretched out his hand as far as possible over the railing, and Zhaofu called out, "Mom..."

After a pause, the middle-aged woman said, "I'll be right back." After she finished speaking, she chased him out. However, Conan, who was guarding the door just after chasing him out, used the anesthesia needle in his watch to knock him down.

After wiping off their sweat, Conan and Ayumi walked through the confinement room along the arc-shaped underground corridor, and arrived at another room in the basement. This room is a collection of kitchen, utility room, and bedroom with toilet. Get up, but Yuantai and Mitsuhiko are not found.

Before returning to the confinement room, Conan and Ayumi were stunned, because the middle-aged woman who should have been lying on the ground disappeared. Conan immediately ran into the prison room, and was taken aback when he saw it. The iron door of the prison room was opened, and Akio was no longer inside. He went up and looked, and found that the key was still hanging on the door.

How is this going? Huh? Conan suddenly discovered that Ayumi, who was supposed to be behind him, did not enter the prison cell. Shivering, Conan immediately shouted: "Ayumi..." He ran out after speaking.

Soon after, Conan found that he was the only one left in the entire basement, and the door at the exit of the basement was closed. Conan tried it, but he couldn't push it away with his strength, and because the exit was to be pushed away, the telescopic sling couldn't be used. I tried kicking something with my foot-strengthening shoe, but the thing bounced back. It turned out that the door at the exit was made of steel and could not be broken. As for kicking directly, since the exit is directly connected to the stairs, it is very difficult to get out. Moreover, kicking the steel plate, after thinking about it, Conan gave up. With that, now Conan is trapped in the basement.

Came to another room, made a pot of coffee, Conan sat on the bed and thought, who did this and why? I looked at my watch, it was 6:27, Yamazaki wouldn't come so early, could he? And if he did, why did he do it? As the middle-aged woman said just now, those arrangements just happened, but this is not right...