The Grammatical Investigator in Conan

Smoothing the "corners" means plastering all the corners in the house into arcs.

In addition, Kudo Shinichi also formulated various visitor requirements to prevent visitors from entering the room with things that can form "corners".

If this is the case, the book that the previous head of the Inufu family obtained from the wandering monk should be the "Xuanjun Seven Chapters Secret Sutra".

Chapter 5 records the two kinds of time, the "Curve Realm" and the "Zigzag Realm", as well as the creatures that live in the zigzag time and space - the Tindalos Hound.

Isn't a broken line just a "corner"?

The fact that Kudo Shinichi did this means that he has used Liao Dan to travel through time and see the Hound of Tindalos.

In order to save his life, he, like the head of the Inubushi family, closed himself in a space full of arcs to survive.

But is this really useful?

"and after?"

"Did the Inufushi family master survive?"

Qin Zhibo asked the doubts in his heart.

The old man looked down slightly, then slowly raised his head, staring at Qin Zhibo with a pair of cloudy eyes.

"No……"

"About half a year later, the head of the Inubushi family couldn't bear the torture of not seeing the light of day, and one night he set himself on fire."

"My grandpa said that many people saw the shadow of a hound vaguely twisting in the intensifying flames."

"Later, the Inubushi family built a tomb for worship to the 'Inugami' and hid the evil book somewhere..."

The old man let out a breath of turbid breath, which also meant that his story was finished.

Qin Zhibo sat on the bench, frowning and thinking deeply.

It turns out that the grave at the bottom of the cliff was not used to commemorate the loyal dog accidentally killed by the Inufushi family.

At that time, many people saw the shadow of the dog in the flames, so they mistakenly thought that the flames had burned the "dog god" to death, so they built a tomb.

As for the "evil book" - the Seven Chapters of Xuanwu Secret Scripture, it was hidden somewhere by the descendants of the Inufushi family.

But if that's the case, why does this book appear in the cabin?

That wooden house is obviously far less than a hundred years old...

Unless the real murderer is that person...

A heavy look flashed across Qin Zhibo's face, and while he was thinking, the phone in his arms suddenly rang.

Bell, bell, bell—the short and lively ringing broke the silence in the room.

He took out his phone, looked at the number, and found that it was Mao Lilan's number.

It is estimated that the fact that he did not sleep in the room in the middle of the night has been discovered.

However, since it can be discovered, it also means that there may be some new situation in the Inubushi family, and you need to know about it.

Qin Zhibo answered the phone decisively, "Xiaolan, what's wrong?"

"Mr. Qin, where are you now? Are Conan and Hattori Heiji with you?"

Qin Zhibo's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he said: "I am at the foot of the mountain now, and they are not with me..."

"What happened to them two? Did something happen to Inubushi City again?"

When Mao Lilan heard this, anxiety appeared on her beautiful face, and she quickly explained the situation to Qin Zhibo.

What?

After listening to Mao Lilan's story, Qin Zhibo frowned, a little surprised by this incredible development.

The next second, he suddenly woke up.

wrong!

This is the murderer who wants to continue to silence him!

"I understand. You guys hurry up to the cabin and I will go there right away..."

After saying that, Qin Zhibo quickly hung up the phone.

The old man sitting across the table remained silent throughout the whole process. Just by looking at Qin Zhibo's expression and the few words leaked out during the short phone call, he knew it was not going to be a good thing.

"Did something happen to the Inubushi family again?"

"Well...thank you for saying this to me."

Qin Zhibo responded, not intending to say more to irrelevant people, and stood up to leave.

As soon as they reached the entrance, the old man behind suddenly murmured.

"I have a hunch that the Inugami will appear again tonight..."

Qin Zhibo turned his head slightly and took a deep look at the old man.

Then, he opened the door and left without saying a word.

…

forest.

Beside the swamp, a dilapidated cabin stood alone on the grass at the edge of the forest.

If you look carefully, you can see a medium-sized halo of light glowing on the rough window glass surface of the cabin.

If you get closer, you can still hear voices coming from inside the wooden house.

"Miss Yukihime, why did you suddenly call me out at such a late hour?"

"You know, I'm most afraid of the dark..."

Chiko Inufushi looked around the narrow wooden house with the light of the flashlight in his hand. He seemed to be afraid and carefully shrank his neck.

Standing opposite Chiko was none other than the youngest adopted child of the Inubushi family, Inubushi Yukihime.

There was undisguised sullenness on her face, and she yelled at Zhihuang when she came up.

"Mr. Chiko! Stop pretending!"

"I already know who killed Brother Yingci and Sister Meigazi!"

"That's you!"

Xing Ji said something shocking, and suddenly raised her hand to point at Chihuang, startling Chihuang across from her.

His shocked expression lasted for several seconds, and a few drops of cold sweat slowly flowed from his forehead, and then he quickly made a fake smile to defend himself.

"Heh, heh...ah?"

"What are you talking about? Am I the murderer?"

"The murderer who killed them was a devil dog! It was a devil dog whose body was on fire!"

"And look! Even I was burned by the demon dog!"

With that said, Chihuang raised his arm that was burned by the flames, with some bandages still wrapped on it.

But faced with such "evidence", Yukiji shook her head with firm eyes.

"wrong!"

"That's the arm you burned with a lighter! I've already seen it!"

"I saw everything. You used your own dog to dress up as a devil dog and attack Brother Yingci and the others!"

At this time, Xing Ji's tone suddenly became weaker, her eye circles had a glimmer of light, and her voice became trembling.

"So please stop lying..."

"Why?"

"We are obviously a family, why do you do this?"

Facing Xing Ji's question, Chihuang stood there with a shocked face and grabbed his body with his hands at a loss.

After a few seconds, his expression suddenly relaxed.

"Of course it is to fulfill my mother's last wish and inherit Inufushi Castle..."

"The inheritance tax for this Inubushi family mansion, which is as huge as a castle, is tens of millions of yen. I have no choice but to use this method to increase the share I can inherit."

"Not only that, even if the inheritance can go smoothly, the other four people will not agree to keep Inufushi City and will definitely advocate selling Inufushi City for money."

"This is a wonderful castle full of mother's memories. I really don't want to give up!"

Chiko expressed his motives in an emotional voice, which made Yukihime's expression trembled.

She originally thought that Zhihuang did this simply so that she could inherit more.

But when she mentioned that kind mother, Yuki Ji was also a little moved.

She lowered her head slightly and murmured: "I can understand your mood..."

"I don't want the history of this castle to drift away like this, but is this not the reason for you to kill?"

"Please surrender yourself before the detectives find out..."

"Before it's too late..."

Before Xing Ji could finish her words, Chihuang who was opposite him suddenly took out a handkerchief from his pocket and rushed towards her.

"ah……"

Before Yukiji could shout this, Chihuang had already covered her mouth with a handkerchief.

A fragrant smell poured into the nose, and Yuki suddenly felt weak, her legs gave way, and she fell to the ground.

She took one last look at Zhihuang with a ferocious expression, closed her eyes, and lost consciousness.

"call……"

After doing this, Zhihuang breathed a long sigh of relief.

Although he has killed many people, this is the first time that he has done so personally.

As Yukihime said, he used to use "magic dogs" to scare other adopted children and force them to fall into cliffs and swamps.

The advantage of this method is that as long as the "devil dog" is not caught, the police and detectives have no evidence to prove that he is the murderer.

It just so happens that the Inufushi family has a legend about the "Curse of the Devil Dog" from long ago, which can be used as a cover for killing people.

Now, as long as Yukihime's death is blamed on the "devil dog"...

In fact, even if Yukiji hadn't called him to the cabin, he had already planned to stop after killing the last person.

The four adopted children who opposed the inheritance of Inubushi City were dead, and he needed a murderer.

Originally, Kudo Shinichi was wanted to take on this role, but the coward was frightened and left Inubushi Castle.

This was beyond his expectation.

So, he organized other adopted children to go to Tokyo to persuade Kudo Shinichi to come back.

If he can't be persuaded to come back, he will be treated with carbon monoxide poisoning.

In this way, the "curse" thing can be made more realistic.

However, the curse can only temporarily set up the confusion. If you want to solve it once and for all, you still need a real "murderer".

Among the remaining three adopted children, he chose Yukihime as the target of the blame.

Because he had heard some rumors from Ms. Saomi before that Yukihime's original name did not comply with the naming rules of the Inubushi family, and she might not have been born to Chairman Inubushi.

There is no reason to be merciful to such a person who obtains inheritance rights by pretending to be someone else.

Therefore, even if Xingji didn't take the initiative to come to her tonight, he had already prepared the note for Xingji to "surrender" and made all arrangements.

But he really didn't expect that Yuki Ji would be the first to find out the identity of his murderer.

How did she know?

Did she say ‘saw it’?

How is it possible for people to see it?

Chihuang recalled that he had committed several crimes, all of which were carried out secretly in the forest. The dogs were also secretly raised near the hut. Except for Migako's time, they should not have been discovered.

Could it be that Migako not only told me, but also told Yukihime?

Zhihuang frowned, unable to think of a precise answer, so he could only guess like this.

Looking at Xing Ji's peaceful sleeping face, there was no trace of pity on his face. He turned around and went to get the gasoline barrel hidden in the secret compartment under the magic circle carpet.

Sometimes, in order to prevent the dogs from running around and being discovered, he would lock the dogs underneath.

He lifted up the carpet of the magic circle, opened the secret compartment, and saw the gasoline barrel below.

But just as he stretched out his hand to lift the oil barrel, the light oil barrel made his strength go nowhere, and his whole body fell to the ground.

"Um?"

He stared blankly at the oil drum that he could lift with two fingers. It was obviously empty.

At this moment, a young voice sounded from the door of the wooden house behind him.

"It seems you are really hopeless..."

Zhihuang's back felt like being pricked by needles, and a chill rushed from his back to his forehead.

His eyes widened in surprise, and then he quickly looked back behind him.

I saw two figures, one tall and one short, standing at the door of the wooden house. Among them, the tall young man had his hands in his pockets, and the short one wore slightly reflective glasses on his face.

He immediately recognized that this was the child accompanying the two famous detectives!

When did they come?

Unlike Chiko's shocked and frightened faces, Conan and Hattori Heiji's mouths were filled with confident smiles.

"Are you surprised?"

"We are not surprised to see you here..."

In fact, before going to bed at night, Conan and Hattori Heiji had agreed to continue looking for clues.

The methods of the entire case and the identity of the murderer were almost figured out with Qin Zhibo's reminder and their own thinking.

All that's left is to lock in the evidence, that is, to find the most critical "magic dog."

At night, the murderer is likely to relax his vigilance, which is a good time for them to come back to the cabin to kill again.

So, the two gay friends sneaked out and searched around the cabin.

However, they didn't find the "Devil Dog" this time, but found the gasoline barrel hidden under the floor.

Putting the gasoline barrel in the dog house means that the murderer planned to burn the cabin and the "magic dog" together, so there would be no evidence to prove his death.

So, the two simply squatted nearby and waited for the prisoner to come.

As a result, not only Chiko was waiting, but Yukihime was also waiting.

Judging from the conversation between the two, Yukihime also guessed that the murderer was Chiko.

It's just that Yukihime is kind-hearted and wants to give him a chance to surrender.

But Zhihuang is a "madman" and cannot seize the opportunity, and even destroys the body and destroys all traces.

"you……"

The shock on Zhihuang's face returned a little, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start.

Seeing this, Conan glanced at Hattori Heiji. As usual, when the two gay friends were together at the same time, Hattori Heiji would be the main output force.

So Hattori Heiji spoke with an Osaka accent.

"Actually, your initial tactics did shock us a bit..."

"Using strips of cloth and red lights to create the effect of burning flames on the dog's body, just like the virtual flames on a TV quiz show."

"You can also open the gas port of the lighter, connect it with piano wire, and tie a burning charcoal block to the dog, so that the lighter on the path can be ignited to create the effect of flame footprints..."

"As for recycling, you should have trained the dog to leave with the ring at the end of the piano wire in its mouth."

"But your biggest failure is that you take the initiative to act like you are being attacked by a 'devil dog' in front of us..."

"Devil dogs cannot exist!"

"From that moment on, you have admitted that you are the murderer!"

This powerful line of reasoning made Zhihuang's eyes slowly widen.

This moment is a victory for the staunch materialists!