Conan: Another Famous Detective

"Yeah! The filling of this taro pancake is delicate and sweet, and the outer layer of puff pastry is baked just right. You are worthy of Mr. Amuro!" Akira Hanamiya swallowed the taro pancake in his mouth and gave a thumbs up in praise.

"Thank you, thank you! It's just a casual snack, it's really not worth mentioning." Toru Amuro said with a smile.

"Brother Amuro is so humble!" Wakita on the side also said in a very appreciative tone: "Just for this box of taro cakes, I am ashamed of Brother Amuro's craftsmanship!"

"Fortunately, Poirot Cafe is still some distance away from the dessert shop downstairs of Detective Hanomiya's house. Otherwise, if there was competition, I would have no chance of winning!"

Toru Amuro was so praised that he didn't know how to respond for a moment, so he could only smile awkwardly but politely.

Wakida didn't take it seriously when he saw this, and turned to Akira Hanomiya: "Teacher Hanomiya, can you tell me the content of this commission?"

When Toru Amuro heard this, he also showed interest: "Yes! Speaking of which, has Detective Hanomiya Ni seen the commission letter?"

Seeing that they were talking about business, Hanemiya Ming looked slightly solemn and said, "I have read the commission letter, and there is a strange piece of paper accompanying the letter."

Yu Gongming took out the envelope from his arms and took out a letter and a piece of folded paper.

He unfolded the paper and showed it to everyone.

I saw that the paper was divided into several small squares, with kana written in each small square, and in the center, a square like a nine-square grid was framed with bold lines.

Amuro looked stunned: "This is..."

"This seems to be some kind of code, right?" Wakita guessed.

"Maybe." Akira Hanomiya continued without comment: "The sender called himself Taisei Hihara. According to him, an old friend of his hanged himself in a church, but he didn't understand why his friend committed suicide."

"And placing such a piece of paper at the feet of the corpse, he thought that if he could decipher the code on it, he might be able to solve the mystery of his friend's death."

"So, he found Uncle Maoli, hoping that he could help crack the code. Of course, this task now falls on me."

"The code on this paper..." Toru Amuro stared at the paper, thinking about various possibilities in his mind.

"Perhaps this is actually a murder case? It should be possible, right?" Wakita speculated.

Yu Gongming nodded: "Judging from the content of the letter, the client himself feels it is very strange. I heard that the scene has not been moved much, and it is still the same as it was then,"

"But my uncle has not met Mr. Nihara before, and the contact is only through email. Perhaps he is also afraid that his uncle will reject him, so he has already sent a check for 500,000 yuan."

"It seems that the other party is quite sincere!" Amuro Toru sighed.

"After all, you are inviting sleeping Kogoro!" Wakita said with a smile.

After a pause, he added: "Of course! Mr. Hanomiya is not bad at all! I think the client will not be disappointed when he sees it is Mr. Hanomiya!"

Yu Gongming nodded lightly: "I don't care what the other party's attitude is. I just hope that this is really just a simple suicide case and not the beginning of another murder case."

Mengyu shrugged: "Based on past experience, I am pessimistic about this."

Amuro Toru couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "There's no need to think so much. We'll wait until we get to the place and ask about the situation."

"Yes! I think the client will definitely welcome us warmly. After all, the famous detective personally made this trip for him!" Wakita also said.

"That's fine." Yu Gongming nodded and said no more.

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Nagano Prefecture, deep in the mountains.

The mountains and forests were covered with snow. Yu Gongming and the others stood in the howling wind and snow, looking up at the dilapidated church in front of them.

"Ah sneeze!" Wakita couldn't help sneezing.

The corner of Amuro Toru's mouth twitched: "It seems...no one is here to welcome us..."

"I suddenly had an ominous premonition..." Meng Yu couldn't help but muttered,

Yu Gongming took a breath of cold air: "Let's go in and take a look first."

The weather in Conan World is indeed quite weird. It was fine in the past two days and suddenly started to get colder, and the temperature in the mountains is only lower than in the city.

There was no choice but to bring warm clothes, and the weight of the luggage skyrocketed.

But looking at the mountain full of wind and snow, Yu Gongming felt that his preparations still made sense.

No one wanted to brave the wind and snow outside, so the group quickly arrived in front of the church.

"The door seems unlocked?" Wakita pushed gently, and a crack was exposed on the side of the church door.

"After all, this is a church that has been abandoned for a long time. Let's go in." Amuro said.

So, the group of people crossed the gate and entered the interior of the church.

Yu Gongming looked around: "Looking at the amount of dust around it, the church must have been abandoned for a long time. Most people probably won't come here."

Meng Yu nodded slightly: "Yes! There is no popularity here at all. I think it can be used as a natural horror movie shooting scene."

"Is the chapel in front of you?" Wakita pointed to the front and asked.

Everyone took a look and saw that not far away was indeed the entrance to the chapel.

Not long after, everyone entered the chapel.

Toru Amuro looked around: "Oh? This place is much more spacious than expected!"

"Eh?" A surprised voice sounded in everyone's ears.

Everyone followed the sound and saw that there were three men, one woman and four people in the chapel.

"Excuse me, are you here to attend Ah Ri's farewell ceremony?" a man with a thin face asked. He was the one who made the exclamation just now.

Yu Gongming and others were stunned when they heard his question.

"Ari's..." Yu Gongming frowned.

"Farewell ceremony?" Amuro Toru's expression was also a little subtle.

"What exactly is going on?" Wakita asked in confusion.

"Hey! Don't you know?" Another man with a rough face also looked over: "Two months ago, Ah Ri committed suicide in this church. Otherwise, why would you guys brave the wind and snow? What about this broken church in this barren mountain?"

"But, how come I heard that this area seems to be a geomantic treasure? Although this was already a matter of our high school days." The woman in her twenties laughed.

"Stop talking nonsense and get down to business!" The man wearing glasses and with a serious face said impatiently: "It took a lot of effort for me to find time to come here."

"It's really yours!" Another man pushed open the side door of the chapel and walked in, saying, "There's not even heating equipment here. I think we can get it done as soon as possible and then have a hot pot? We haven't been here for a long time. No more gatherings.”

"Do you all know each other?" Toru Amuro asked.

"Yes! We are high school classmates." The woman explained.

"So, what are we going to do now?" asked the last man to come in.