Conan: Another Famous Detective

Xiaolan realized something was wrong when she saw everyone's expressions, and asked cautiously: "What's wrong?"

"You...where did you see it?" Zhumei asked tremblingly.

"It was in the forest, Yuanzi also saw it." Xiaolan replied.

"Are you sure she is really wearing red clothes?" Sumika asked.

Xiaolan nodded: "Yes! It's a woman with red clothes, red shoes, and long red hair."

Ren Tian took a breath of air: "Could it be that which one is..."

"Liar! That's impossible!" Bogu slapped the table and stood up, saying with excitement: "Songzi is dead, is it really possible that she will still appear in the forest?"

Ren Tian waved his hands quickly: "No! I mean, could it be the murderer fifteen years ago?"

When Zhumei and others heard this, their expressions changed again.

"A few of you." Shiliang finally couldn't help but speak: "Can you tell me more about this matter? It's not just me, I think other people are also curious, right?"

She glanced at Yu Gongming and others, and Yu Gongming was very cooperative when he saw this, saying: "I am personally very interested in this kind of old case, there should be nothing to avoid, right?"

"Uh! That's not true..." Ren Tian shook his head.

"Let me tell you." Zhumei said, "The matter started fifteen years ago. At that time, a murder occurred in another rental villa nearby."

"The person who was killed was an employee of a company. When he secretly traveled here with his affair partner, his wife actually broke into the villa with a kitchen knife."

"When the police heard the commotion and arrived, the room had turned into a sea of ​​blood. The police who arrived saw with their own eyes that the wife stabbed her husband to death again and again with a kitchen knife."

"The blood spurted out turned the white raincoat red, so everyone called her...the woman in red!"

"The woman in red?" Xiaolan and Yuanzi exclaimed at the same time.

Xiaolan quickly asked: "So. Did the police finally catch the woman in red?"

"No, after she stabbed the arriving police with a kitchen knife, she disappeared into the forest and is still on the run." Chengxiang said lightly.

Ren Tian took over: "Three years later, we came to this rental villa to camp during the high school summer vacation. At that time, one of the club members, Satoko, said that she seemed to see the figure of the woman in red, so we decided to go to the forest together. Look for."

"However, while we were searching, Satoko got separated from us. We couldn't find her no matter how hard we looked. Later, when it got dark, we called the police to help search together, but we still couldn't find her."

"I finally found it, just a week later..." Sumika said with a gloomy expression, "But what was found was Satoko's body that had sunk in the bottomless swamp, covered in mud!"

"Although Satoko was discovered because of the shoes left on the edge of the swamp, the murderous kitchen knife was also left at the scene. Anyone would think that Satoko was being chased by the woman in red and was in a panic. He accidentally fell into the swamp and died unfortunately!"

Sumika stopped talking, but Zhumei and others' expressions became more and more ugly, as if they were reminded of that bad memory.

At this time, Sonoko suddenly asked uneasily: "So, is it the matter of the woman in red that you asked Sera to investigate?"

Zhumei was stunned when she heard this, then quickly shook her head: "No, no, it's another matter!"

"It's like this. Although we gather at this villa every year on the day Satoko's body was found, strange things have been happening one after another since a few years ago."

"Sometimes the glass of the window is broken; or a lot of apples fall into the room; sometimes I think there is no hot water, but it turns out that the water tank of the water heater is filled with red rose petals."

"Even the entrance door of the rental villa was splashed with red paint by unknown persons; and this time it was...a woman in red. Later, the owner of the villa simply painted the entrance door red."

"No wonder the door was red when we came in!" Xiaolan suddenly realized.

"However, these strange things and the woman in red you met in the forest are probably just someone's prank. That's why we hope Seriang, who is more intelligent, can help us catch this criminal."

"I see. I probably know the situation. I just need to investigate the strange things related to the woman in red, right?" Sera said with a smile.

"Um... the woman in red should hand it over to the police. These matters should have nothing to do with the woman in red, right?" Ren Tian said.

"Okay!" Seriang ignored Rentian's words, stood up, and said, "Then I will go to the forest now to see if I can find any clues. Conan, do you want to go with me?"

"Yes!" Conan agreed happily.

"You don't mind if I follow you?" Yu Gongming said with a smile.

"Welcome!" Sera smiled.

"I won't go. It's very windy outside now, and I don't want to go out." Meng Yu said.

"OK!" Yu Gongming said he understood. Meng Yu obviously stayed here to accompany Xiaolan and Yuanzi, who were still in shock.

"Then it's time for me to set off and go to the store one kilometer away to buy something. The drinks shouldn't be enough, right?" Rentian looked at Zhumi.

"Well! That's up to you!" Zhumei smiled.

Afterwards, Akira Hanomiya, Sera, Conan, and Rentian left the villa and separated at the door.

Yu Gongming and the other two walked on the path in the forest, silently observing their surroundings.

"Hey! Yumiya, what do you think of this matter?" Sera suddenly asked.

Yu Gongming pondered for two seconds and replied: "Let's not mention the murder case fifteen years ago. Let's just talk about the strange things in the villa. I think it should be related to Satoko's death twelve years ago."

"Oh? What do you say?" Shiliang asked.

"Because judging from the manifestations of these strange things, whether it is breaking windows, letting apples roll down the room, or stuffing rose petals in the water heater, etc. If it is an outsider, it would be very difficult to avoid being discovered by so many people in the house. It’s still pretty high.”

"Furthermore, judging from their narratives, these things seem to only happen when they have gatherings. I think these things are most likely done by insiders."

"And these weird things all have one thing in common..."

"It's red, right?" Conan said lightly: "Red apples; red rose petals; the entrance hall painted red; and... the woman in red we saw in the forest."

"So, do you think the insider's motivation for doing these things is related to Satoko's death twelve years ago?" Sera said thoughtfully.

Yu Gongming nodded: "Yes, and I already have a target of suspicion."

Seriang raised his eyebrows: "Oh? Such a coincidence? In fact, I am too!"

"That person was very strange when we first met. I don't believe you didn't notice." Conan laughed.

The three of them looked at each other and smiled knowingly.