Stay away from Conan

Chapter 74 Festival

After walking out of the room, Kudo Shinichi saw Gao Yuan sitting in the living room meditating, and couldn't help but asked: "What is Mr. Akechi thinking?"

"No, it's nothing."

Hearing Kudo Shinichi's words, Gao Yuan came back from his thoughts, "Where are you? Did President Wakura say anything?"

Kudo Shinichi shook his head.

"Chairman Wakura only said that he would attend the festival on time."

In this regard, Gao Yuan didn't say much, but asked: "Do you want to tell this matter?"

"certainly."

Kudo Shinichi said and walked out of the villa.

Soon, after hearing that Wakura Yonghai was going to participate in the festival, many villagers came to the Wakura family's villa. They were so noisy that even the stationed police chief Issei was alerted and came over to maintain order.

The villagers clamored for Wakura Yonghai to come out, warned him not to participate in the village festival, and asked him to leave the village as soon as possible.

After hearing the noise at the door, Yonghai Wakura, whose health had basically improved, walked downstairs to check the situation.

Faced with the accusations from the villagers, Hecang Yonghai didn't care.

"Is there any law that says you can't go?"

With that said, he turned around and went upstairs.

This statement obviously angered several villagers. An old man with a bad temper immediately stepped forward and said angrily: "What! You, a foreigner, are still making excuses!"

"Outlander?"

Wakura Yonghai stopped and seemed to be asking, "Now I am the biggest landowner in the village."

"People like you will become a sacrifice to Big Bird!"

The old man wanted to shout angrily, but was stopped by the local master Issei.

"No matter who advises me, I will go to the festival."

"I understand, I will protect you that day!"

Issei, the local master, said to Wakura Yonghai while stopping the villagers. Then, Wakura Yonghai responded with "Sorry to trouble you" and went upstairs without looking back.

The villagers soon left the villa under the advice of Tu Shi Isheng.

Gao Yuan stood aside and watched the villagers' farce. Then he walked to Kudo Shinichi, who had just returned from outside, and whispered: "Are you sure you want to do this?"

"Well. The murder is not over, and the murderer's ultimate goal has not been achieved."

Kudo Shinichi said.

"But it's obvious that's the murderer, isn't it?"

Gao Yuan said.

"True. But there's no proof."

Kudo Shinichi said, "Moreover, this is also Mr. Wakura's expectation."

As he spoke, Kudo Shinichi recalled the conversation he had with Wakura Yukai in the room just now, as well as Mr. Wakura's request.

"It's a festival that happens once every three hundred years."

Gao Yuan said with some emotion, and then took out something like a remote control with only one button on it from his pocket, and handed it to Kudo Shinichi.

"What's this?"

Kudo Shinichi took this thing and said curiously.

"Signal jammer."

Gao Yuan said, "I don't know what the murderer's method is to control the mechanism, but if it is a wireless remote control, using this can interfere with the remote control signal."

This was made by Gao Yuan using the things he bought at the electronics mall before coming to Fifteen Nights Village.

"Since you want the murderer to expose himself, it should be safer to have this thing."

Gao Yuan said.

"Mr. Mingzhi, you are really well prepared."

Kudo Shinichi praised, "But why did you prepare this in advance?"

"Nothing, I just made it."

Gao Yuan said.

Regarding the fact that he might have helped the murderer complete the flaws in his technique, he roughly guessed the murderer's technique before coming to the village, so he went to the electrical appliance store to buy the materials in advance. This kind of thing cannot be said out loud!

Gao Yuan thought this, and then changed the topic.

"Regarding the izakaya chain owned by the Wakura Group, do you know who is in charge of the Wakura family now?"

Seeing that Chairman Yonghai Wakura is currently obsessed with the Legend of Otori, I guess he doesn't have the time to manage it.

"I seem to have heard from Kotomi-san and the others that it is now Mr. Ryoji's chain store in the camp."

Kudo Shinichi recalled, "Why do you ask, Mr. Akechi?"

"It's nothing important. I just accepted a commission before and it has something to do with a chain of izakaya restaurants under the Wakura Group, so I stopped by to ask."

Gao Yuan didn't hide it, but he couldn't help feeling helpless: it was Wakura Ryoji.

On the day of the festival, the villagers gathered at Mozu Sho Shrine to prepare for a festival that will occur once every three hundred years.

As for those who participated in the festival, in addition to the original villagers, there were also the Wakura family, as well as outsiders Takato, Kudo Shinichi and others. Although the suspension bridge to the outside world had been repaired, everyone still chose to stay until today to participate in the festival.

As soon as noon arrived, the high-pitched flute sound suddenly sounded in the shrine.

In the open square in the center of the shrine, a group of villagers poured out from all around. They were wearing black feather woven cloaks and bird masks on their faces. They were dancing under the prayers of the old priestess.

Soon, the ceremony seemed to be over. Under the leadership of the old woman, everyone went to the cave deep in the shrine.

There is an extremely open space inside, with various symbols carved on the surrounding stone walls. There is also a divine perch and a divine tree in the center, and the only light source here comes from a hole in the stone wall, with sunlight from outside shining in.

Arriving in front of the sacred perch here, the old priestess woman said to Wakura Yongkai: "Village chief, it's your turn."

Because of his contribution to the investment and facility construction of the village, Wakura Yonghai is regarded as the village chief of Fifteen Nights Village.

In response, Wakura Yonghai nodded, walked to the divine perch, and stepped on the boulder.

Then, the old priest woman took out the unbroken ancient mirror that was originally placed in Wakura Yonghai's study and placed it in a circular depression on the sacred perch.

"Then, on behalf of the villagers, please hold the tree where the god resides, tell your wishes, and pray with all your heart for the arrival of the big bird god!"

Therefore, Wakura Yonghai hugged his hands on the tree where the god resides with a decisive look on his face.

Seeing this scene, the villagers knelt down one after another, and under the leadership of the old priestess, chanted ancient spells.

Suddenly, as the spell progressed, the entire cave began to become dark, and the light shining from the cavity on the stone wall gradually dimmed until the entire cave became completely dark.

Seeing this, it seemed that a total solar eclipse had occurred outside. Everyone was silent and no one made a sound.

But soon, in such a quiet environment, if you listen carefully, you can hear a "click-click" sound.

After a while, the sun shone out of the hole again, but nothing seemed to happen here.

Tushi Issei stood there, his right hand in his pocket still desperately pressing the remote control switch.

"Police officer."

Gao Yuan walked up behind Master Issei at some point and said with a smile, "No matter how hard you press the button on the remote control, the Big Bird God will not come!"