Chapter 140 Beware of the Petty Cat

Kouji Shimizu did not talk to Ai Haibara anymore, because his attention was quickly attracted by Mamiya Mitsuru in front of him.

Of course, at the same time, Conan, who was walking in front, also pricked up his ears silently.

"If these children like it so much, I can invite you to stay here for a night."

"Oh wow! Thank you so much!" Dr. Agasa was overjoyed when he heard this. Of course, he could drive back, but why not stay here for a night.

And Mamiya Mitsuru saw this, smiled slightly, and no longer concealed his purpose, "But there is a condition."

"Condition?"

"I hope to use your smart mind to help me solve a puzzle."

"Oh haha, no problem, leave it to me!"

Dr. Agasa was still a little hesitant. If he had to pay, he didn't bring much cash. But when he heard the puzzle, he glanced at Conan in front of him, and then looked back at Koji Shimizu and Ai Haibara, and then laughed and patted his belly generously and agreed.

Seeing this, Mamiya Mitsuru smiled with satisfaction, "Let's talk about the things after that at another time."

After saying that, he left alone first, and at this time, the gardener couldn't help but scold the three little ones of the Junior Detective Team again.

"You guys, be careful, don't step on the lawn here."

"Ah?" Yuantai was a little dissatisfied and took the opportunity to step on it twice more.

Mitsuhiko and Ayumi were a little scared, or they were more obedient, and they didn't dare to move immediately.

And Conan turned his head and took a look. This time he could understand and helped to say: "You guys, come out quickly, other people's lawns are trimmed very carefully."

"It's a chessboard--"

Guihara Ai spoke lightly to herself, and there was a flash of surprise in her eyes. Obviously, she had never seen anyone trim the lawn like this.

The three little ones were called out soon, and the gardener put his hands on his waist, and his face looked a little better.

Dr. Agasa looked at the almost one-person-high black and white chess pieces in the yard, and then looked at the chessboard, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Why is it like this here? Does your master like chess very much?"

The gardener no longer looked arrogant before. Facing Dr. Agasa's question, he answered honestly: "I don't know about this. I just do a little pruning every day according to the instructions of the past master, Mr. Zhen Zhao, to keep the appearance of this place."

"I heard that this seems to be the last words of the eldest master before he died fifteen years ago, and Mr. Zhen Zhao has never violated it."

Dr. Agasa frowned when he heard it, because there were already three masters in such a short time, "You mean the past master? What about the one just now?"

"Ah, that's our current master, the second husband of my wife, Mr. Aman. And Mr. Zhen Zhao died of illness six years ago, and my wife was burned to death in the fire four years ago."

This time, not only Dr. Agasa, even Shimizu Koji has narrowed his eyes.

In other words, your master is no longer your master.

This is the bad part of marrying a son-in-law. This Mamiya Mitsuru has an arrogant mentality, but in fact, he is just a guy who has taken over the magpie's nest.

"The fire——?"

"Look, look over there, that scorched stone tower."

Tabata Katsuo pointed to a few people. Behind the left side of the castle, a towering scorched stone tower looked like it had experienced several centuries of history.

And Shimizu Koji turned his eyes over. He had a vague feeling of badness, and now, it turned directly into a feeling of nausea.

It was like the soul of Hosaka Hideaki that he met in Teitan before, but it was much stronger than that time.

Combined with the words of the gardener, his eyes suddenly became a little solemn.

"Huh? What's wrong with you? Are you cold?"

Huihara Ai noticed Shimizu Koji's strangeness for a moment and looked up at him.

Shimizu Koji did not answer, he just shook his head and continued to listen.

In this situation, if it were in the past, Shimizu Koji would have turned around and left without hesitation.

Now, if he insisted on taking Dr. Agasa and the others away, it would be fine, but that would be...

In short, Shimizu Koji no longer needs to escape, and he doesn't plan to escape anymore.

If the world embraces him, he will respond with songs; if the world kisses him with pain, he will respond with killing.

Whether it is for himself, or for Huihara Ai who subconsciously regards him as safe and reliable, or for the future Miyano Akemi, or other close people in the future.

In the future, he needs to face everything, and then - eliminate all threats.

"That year, the madam returned to the long-lost stone tower to celebrate the birthday of the first wife. She arrived in the middle of the night, but before dawn, the flames shot up into the sky."

"At that time, it was not just the madam who was in there. The friends that the madam brought back with her, as well as the steward and servants who had served the first wife for many years, more than ten people, all died in the fire."

Tabata Katsuo seemed to have some emotion in his words. As he spoke, he led everyone forward,

"The only ones who escaped the disaster in this family were the first wife who slept in another bedroom at the time, and a servant like me who was hired not long ago, Master Aman."

"Oh, and there's that one over there, the only son of my wife and Mr. Zhenzhao, Mr. Guiren."

Dr. Conan Agasa, Haibara Ai, and Shimizu Koji all turned their heads and saw a rather young-looking man squatting on the lawn, looking up and down at a white chess piece.

Shimizu Koji just glanced at it and then looked away, and then for the first time today, he took the initiative to talk: "Wait a minute, you just said that the eldest lady is sleeping in another dormitory?"

His words also made the other three people react. Tabata Katsuo just went to the stone tower because he said that his wife was celebrating the eldest wife's birthday. How come the eldest wife is still alive?

"Ah, that is said to be because the eldest lady felt unwell that night and returned to the castle to rest early, leaving the place for the lady and her friends to continue celebrating."

Tabata Katsuo gave a reasonable explanation, but Shimizu Koji also paid attention, because not only the stone tower, he already felt that the atmosphere here was not so right.

Ever since——Mamiya Mitsuru told Dr. Agasa that he wanted him to solve a puzzle.

The special chess lawn, the instructions of the old man who died young, the last words of the great old man, and the young master studying the chess pieces.

Qingshui Haoji was silent, took his hand out of his pocket, and lowered it in front of Haiyuan Ai's eyes.

Just like an adult gesturing to a child to hold hands, Koji Shimizu only acted subconsciously and did not remind Haibara Ai at all.

And Haihara Ai was stunned for several seconds. He looked up and saw the contemplative eyes of Qingshui Koji, and then finally put his little hand in again.

Anyway, it's not the first time.

Although the feeling this time seems to be even more different than last time.

Haiyuan Ai felt the warmth coming from Qing Shuihao's second hand. She was a little distracted, but it wasn't because of this.

"What did you find again?"

"Huh?" Qingshui Koji came back to his senses, lowered his head and saw her eyes that suddenly became worried, and her soft little hand that had already run into his own.

"Um, it's nothing." Qingshui Koji shook his head lightly, and Haihara Ai's eyes suddenly became more confused.

Shimizu Koji wouldn't say that he just felt his hands were a little warm and took them out for some airing, nor would he say that it was because when he went to visit Mingmei recently, he held her little hand so many times that it became a habit.

He has gradually figured out Hui Yuan Ai's habits.

This guy is also very good at association, or he is very careful.

If Koji Shimizu said that he did it unintentionally, then Haibara, in shame and anger, might think that Koji Shimizu was teasing her on purpose, and then give him a fierce boomerang impact one day in the future.

But as long as he doesn't say anything, nothing happens.