Chapter 186 Are You Afraid of Snakes?

Fujino stopped the motorcycle, picked up the travel bag fixed on the back seat of the motorcycle, and looked into the courtyard through the railing.

The vestibule of the courtyard is very wide, and a stone-paved path extends to the entrance of the castle.

At the gate of the castle, a man wearing a brown suit, with middle parted hair and a double chin was chatting with a woman wearing a black and white maid uniform.

To be honest, this is the first time Fujino has seen a maid since he came to this world.

Well, rich people really know how to play.

By the way, why didn't he think of this method when he was still a young chaebol?

There are emerald green lawns on both sides of the path, and the lawns on both sides of the path are covered with decorative green plants.

A man wearing denim overalls holds a pair of scissors and is pruning the green plants.

Judging from his exquisite technique when pruning green plants, he must be the gardener of this villa.

The practice lasted more than two and a half years.

Among the green plants, there are several strange decorative statues, which are tall and exquisite.

Next to the statue, a young man with middle-parted hair, wearing a light blue suit and a red shirt, was looking at it carefully.

Fujino has seen these statues before. In his impression, they should be chess pieces, just enlarged.

These chess pieces should be the key clues to unlocking the code in the letter.

But for him, who is a spoiler dog, it has little effect.

If he remembered correctly, as long as he turned the clock in a certain room, he could find the secret passage this time.

"Excuse me, what's the reason for your visit here?"

The man who looked like a gardener noticed Fujino standing at the gate, walked over immediately, and asked suspiciously.

"May I ask you are?"

"I am the gardener here, Tabata Katsuo."

Tabata Katsuo introduced himself.

"Is your gentleman at home?"

Fujino asked the gardener politely.

"It turns out that you are the guest of the noble young master."

When the gardener Tabata heard that Fujino was a guest of Lord Mamiya, he was obviously much more enthusiastic.

Then he turned around and waved to the man who was looking at the chess set not far away: "Young Master, a guest is here to see you!"

"guest?"

Mamiya Takato looked away, turned his head, and saw Fujino standing at the door.

Immediately, he walked to the door and said: "Detective Fujino, the long journey is really troublesome."

Mamiya Takato called the gardener to open the door, and then led Fujino into the villa.

The two of them walked on the stone path.

Mamiya Takato glanced around, and when he saw no one around, he turned his head and whispered to Fujino: "Detective Fujino, actually the purpose of inviting you here this time is not to find treasures, but to investigate the four... The truth about the fire that happened here years ago.”

"That fire four years ago?"

Although Fujino already knew that there had been a fire here, he still pretended to be confused.

"That's right."

Noble Mamiya nodded, leaned his head and explained: "Just four years ago, my mother returned here from abroad to celebrate my grandma's birthday, but on the night of the birthday, a fire broke out. A fire not only took away my mother's life, but also killed the servants and more than ten people who came to visit."

"Is that the tower?"

Fujino pointed at the tall tower not far away that he had noticed since entering.

"Yes, that's where my mother died."

Mamiya Takato cast his gaze over, "After the fire four years ago, I stayed here because I thought something was fishy. However, in four years, I didn't find any useful clues."

"Do you think the murderer is still in this castle?"

"That's right, that's why I asked Detective Fujino to come here on the pretext of looking for treasure."

"By the way, what about the treasure?"

"I heard that my grandfather mentioned it before he died."

The noble Mamiya explained: "He has left his most precious treasure in this castle to be given to the person who first unlocks the secret of this castle."

"Noble sir, this is..."

While Fujino was chatting with Lord Mamiya, Zhongpai, who was chatting with the maid at the gate of the castle, walked over.

"This is my friend, Fujino."

Mamiya Takato introduced.

"Fujino..."

Mamiya Mitsuru's face was expressionless when he heard the sound. He just thought for a moment. He seemed to have remembered something, "Could it be that you are the famous detective Fujino?"

"Just an ordinary detective."

Fujino said modestly.

"My name is Mamiya Mitsuru, and I am your stepfather."

Mamiya Mitsuru's face remained expressionless, but his eyes could not hide his excitement, "My lord, your detective friend will definitely be able to find the treasure left by his father-in-law."

"Um."

The noble man just nodded, looking at Mamiya Mitsuru with a slight hesitation in his eyes, "It would be best if we can find it."

"By the way, did you two seem to be talking about that high tower just now?"

At this time, Mamiya Mitsuru suddenly said: "If you two are interested in that high tower, it would be better not to go in."

"Why?"

Hearing this, Fujino glanced at the tall tower again and joked: "Could it be haunted?"

"That's pretty much it."

Mamiya Mitsuru had a mysterious tone: "About two years ago, a newly hired servant disappeared mysteriously in that tower. Before disappearing, he once said to the maid here, [He discovered something good in that tower] In this case, after he disappeared, we immediately sent people in to look for him. Although there were signs of being broken into, he was not found."

"It wasn't until four days later that the police found him in the nearby forest. At that time, he was already dead and had starved to death... After that, there were rumors among the servants that he might be the resentful spirit in the tower. There were rumors that he was killed due to mischief. After that incident, the tower was sealed and no one dared to enter it again."

"I said why that tower is locked up."

The noble Mamiya frowned when he heard this, and asked Mamiya Mitsuru: "Why don't I know about this?"

Mamiya Mitsuru explained: "You were not in the castle at the time, so of course you didn't know about it."

"travel……"

The noble Mamiya raised his chin and thought for a moment: "It seems to be true. I did travel two years ago."

"In that case, I won't disturb you anymore."

After saying that, Mamiya Mitsuru planned to turn around and leave. Before leaving, he said in passing, "By the way, remember to tell me when you find it. I also want to see what treasure my father-in-law left behind."

But just when Mamiya Mitsuru was about to leave, Fujino, who seemed to have remembered something, suddenly stopped him.

"Anything else?"

Mamiya turned his head in surprise.

"Mr. Man, are you afraid of snakes?"

Fujino looked at Mitsuru Mamiya and asked curiously.

"snake?"

Mamiya Mitsuru looked strange when asked by Fujino's words.

Considering that the other party is a detective, he will not ask unimportant questions for no reason.

He thought for a moment before replying: "I'm not afraid of snakes. There are indeed a lot of snakes near the castle, but most of them are non-venomous snakes."

"That's okay."

…

Mamiya Takato led Fujino towards the villa.

Recalling Fujino's strange question just now, he asked curiously: "Detective Fujino, was that some kind of test you just performed? Did he have any abnormal behavior?"

"No."

Fujino shook his head, "I just remembered some fun things."

"Fun things..."

Mamiya Takato was still curious as to what fun thing Fujino was talking about.

But he didn't think too much about it.

Open the door of the villa.

What comes into view is the magnificent entrance exhibition hall. At the front of the exhibition hall hangs a huge portrait. The person in the portrait is an old man wearing a suit with white hair and white beard. He looks very similar to the noble Mamiya. .

On the walls on both sides of the portrait, there are two smaller portraits hanging. On the left side of the portrait is a beautiful lady in a dress with long blond hair, and on the right side is a energetic young man. .

"The one in the middle is my grandfather."

Mamiya Takato looked at the huge portrait and asked, "How about it, I look a lot like my grandpa, right?"

"Well, it does look similar."

Fujino nodded, "The two people next to me are..."

"Those are my parents."

Mamiya Takato glanced at the portrait on the right, "The person in the portrait is my biological father, Mamiya Sadaki, who died of illness six years ago... Not long after his death, my mother was married to the person you just saw. The man named Man got married abroad."

"Noble man, who is he?"

At this time, an old voice came.

Fujino looked back and saw an ugly old woman sitting in a wheelchair, wearing a black hat, black round glasses, gray hair, appearing behind her at some point.

"This is my friend, Detective Fujino."

"detective?"

The old woman was surprised. After she recovered, her tone returned to normal and she continued: "That's really great. I really hope this detective can help solve my husband's mystery and find the treasure in this castle."

As she said that, the old woman started to go crazy again. She slid away in a wheelchair not far away. As she walked, she murmured: "Where is my daughter?! Isn't my daughter back yet?! She clearly said yes!" You want to wish me a birthday..."

But unlike her apparent madness, the old woman was secretly thinking about how to get rid of Fujino before he discovered the secret passage.

Maybe it's because she has killed too many people and has a natural suppression of detectives and police.

To be honest, she was still a little scared when she just learned that the guy named Fujino was actually a detective.

But after thinking about it, she was no longer afraid.

She has killed too many people for the treasure over the years, and now it doesn't matter if she kills another detective.