The next day, when Fangzheng and Conan left the guest room and came to the living room, they saw Xia Fei and her servant, Genji, in a hurry.
"What's wrong? What happened? "
"Ah, Mr. Fangzheng."
Xia Fei retracted her slightly anxious expression when she saw Fangzheng.
"Excuse me, but have you seen my husband?"
"No, we just woke up."
"Is that so... Sorry..."
Fangzheng and Conan looked at each other.
"Did something happen?"
"It's like this."
At this time, the servant Genji, who was standing behind Xia Fei, explained on behalf of his master.
"Because of the thunder last night, the phone broke down. When we went to the kitchen this morning, we found that the chef who was supposed to make breakfast for everyone was missing. Not only him, but the master is also missing. Mr. Lefoff and Ms. Lou are nowhere to be found... and Saya is also missing... "
"None of them can be found?"
Upon hearing this, Fangzheng frowned.
"It can't be that all of them went out for a morning jog or exercise, right?"
"We're going to the courtyard to look for them."
"I see. I'll help look for them too... Conan, you stay here."
"Okay."
Conan nodded when he heard Fangzheng's words. Then, Fangzheng took the umbrella and left the villa with Genji and Jiayin for the courtyard.
The storm did not show any signs of stopping. Bean-sized raindrops mixed with the storm came crashing down, causing people to squint their eyes.
"Morning exercise in this weather is a little too bad."
Fangzheng walked in the courtyard with an umbrella in hand. He looked around, but there was nothing but the wind, rain, and swaying trees as far as his eyes could see … Huh?
"What's that over there?"
Fangzheng pointed to a small house not far away. When Jiayin heard Fangzheng's question, she hurriedly answered.
"That's a warehouse. It's mainly used to store garden cleaning utensils..."
"No, I know that right away. What I mean is …"
Fangzheng pointed at the warehouse door.
"What's that on the door?"
"Eh?"
Hearing Fangzheng's question, Jia Yin took a closer look and realized that there was a bright red magic formation drawn on the door of the warehouse. It looked as if it had been painted with fresh blood.
"What, what is this!?"
When Genji saw the pattern on the door, he was shocked.
"This thing wasn't here yesterday!"
"… Do you have a key? I want to take a look inside. "
"Understood."
Hearing Fangzheng's question, Genji immediately nodded.
"I'll report to Madam right away. Please wait for a moment."
Soon, the Right Generation Gong Xia Fei, the Right Generation Gong Huiyu, and her husband, the Right Generation Gong Hideyoshi, also rushed over. Looking at the picture on the warehouse door, their expressions changed slightly. Then, Jiayin took the key and opened the warehouse door.
When they saw the situation inside the warehouse, everyone's expression changed drastically.
In the narrow warehouse, several corpses were lying on the ground. Their heads had been smashed to pieces with some kind of heavy weapon, so much so that their original appearances could not be seen.
"This, this is …"
Seeing this scene, everyone present was shocked.
"Darling!!"
Right Generation Palace Attendant Xia Fei screamed and immediately wanted to rush in. However, she was held back by Fangzheng who reacted quickly.
"Everyone, step back immediately. Don't damage the crime scene!"
Fangzheng stood in front of the warehouse door and coldly glanced at the people around him. Under his gaze, the Right Generation Gong Xia Fei, the Right Generation Gong Huiyu, and the Right Generation Gong Xiuyoshi obediently walked to the side. Perhaps they were also shocked by what they saw, but they did not have time to react.
"Mr. Genji."
Fangzheng stood in front of the warehouse door, looked around, and then looked at Genji.
"Please call Doctor Nanjo over. We need to verify the condition of the corpses, and call the police immediately."
"Yes."
Genji immediately nodded, turned around, and left. Only then did Fangzheng turn around and carefully observe the corpses in front of him with the help of the light.
There were a total of six dead, including the eldest son of the Right Generation Gong Family, Fujifu and his wife Kirito, the second daughter Tanaka, and the servant Kasayin. Everyone's faces were destroyed, and they could only be identified by their clothes. It had to be admitted that for Fangzheng, this was a rather difficult case. Although many people died in the Detective Conan world, it was rare to see so many people die at once, and in such a tragic way.
Soon, Genji rushed to the warehouse with Doctor Nanjo. However, to everyone's surprise, in addition to the two of them, Zhu Zhixiang, Rang Ji, Zhan, and Conan also ran over behind them. Although Xia Fei tried to stop them, they still saw the tragic scene in the warehouse.
Naturally, Zhu Zhixiang and Zhan Ren were dealt a huge blow and they cried out endlessly. As for Rangzhi, his face was pale as he stood there silently. Even Conan's face was ashen as he looked at the scene before him, not knowing what to say. After a while, he calmed down and walked to Fangzheng's side.
"What do you think?"
"I don't have any opinion at the moment."
Fangzheng looked at Doctor Nanjo, who was examining the corpses, and shook his head.
"But fortunately, we're mentally prepared."
"Although that's indeed the case …"
Of course, Conan understood what Fangzheng meant. After all, this was just a 'game'. In reality, the Right Generation Gong's entire family had died on this island, except for Right Generation Gong Huiyu. Therefore, it was understandable that so many people had died. However, what he saw on paper was just a cold record after all. Witnessing it with his own eyes was naturally a different matter.
"Are there any prisoners?"
"I can't tell at the moment."
Fangzheng glanced at it, then retracted his gaze.
"In short, I'll leave it to you."
"…"
This time, Conan did not say anything. After all, such a case was too rare for him.
Soon, Doctor Nanjo's autopsy results came out. Although the cause of death was unknown, it was certain that the six people were disfigured after they died and placed in this warehouse. In addition, there was another clue. When Fangzheng and the others arrived, the entire warehouse was locked, and there was only one key to the warehouse, which was in the servant's room. Jiayin went back to the servant's room to get the key and opened the door.
In other words, after killing the six victims somewhere, the culprit took the key from the servant's room, opened the door to the warehouse, moved the six corpses here, then locked the warehouse door, drew the strange magic array, and secretly put the key back in the servant's room …
In Fangzheng's opinion, the culprit really had nothing better to do.
As expected, the police could only rely on themselves because the storm was unable to arrive. As for Fangzheng, he naturally revealed his identity and began the interrogation. The first thing he needed to do was to ask everyone about their alibis.
First, the six dead people. According to Right Generation Gong Ewa, after Béatrice's letter appeared, they started a meeting to discuss the issue of the next head of the family and the Right Generation Gong Ewa. The meeting lasted until twelve o 'clock. Right Generation Gong Ewa and her husband Hideyoshi could not hold on any longer, so they went to rest.
Only Right Generation Gong Zangjiu, Right Generation Gong Liufufu, Right Generation Gong Wujiang and Right Generation Gong Zongzan continued their discussion.
As for Gong Zangjiu's wife, Right Generation Gong Zangjiu, she went back to her room to rest early because she was not feeling well.
As for the servants, according to Genji, Mr. Gong Zangjiu changed the schedule at the last minute. Saya and Jiayin were on the night shift at the guest house, while the murdered chef, Gyota, was on the night shift at the mansion. Genji and another servant, Kuma Ze, were spending the night at the guest house.
As for Rangzhi, Zhu Zhixiang, Zhan Ren, and Genriya, they stayed together.
Not only that, after that, Grandma Xiong Ze, who went to prepare breakfast, found a lot of blood in the dining room. From this, everyone could conclude that it was the scene of the first murder.
So, Fangzheng and Conan discussed for a while and basically reconstructed the entire development of the case. First of all, after the incident of the letter last night, the adults gathered in the mansion's dining room to discuss the next plan, while the children returned to the guest house to rest. Xia Fei, because she was not feeling well, also returned to her room to rest. At twelve o 'clock, Right Generation Gong Ewa and her husband also returned to the guest house to rest because they could not stand staying up late.
So, the situation became as follows:
Mansion: Right Generation Gong Jinzang, Right Generation Gong Zangjiu, Right Generation Gong Xia Fei, Right Generation Gong Liufufu, Right Generation Gong Wujiang, Right Generation Gong Zongzan, and the chef on duty, Gyota.
Guest house: Right Generation Gong Rangzhi, Right Generation Gong Zhu Zhixiang, Right Generation Gong Zhan Ren, Right Generation Gong Zhan Ren, Right Generation Gong Zhenya, Genriya, Grandma Xiong Ze, Fangzheng, Conan, and Jiayin and Shayin, who were on duty.
According to the information provided by Zhan Ren, his father had said that they might stay up all night tonight. Genriya also said that Zangjiu had adjusted the night schedule and asked Gyota to stay in the mansion.
Therefore, this meant that Zangjiu also realized that this kind of discussion was likely to last all night, so he specially adjusted the schedule and asked Gyota to stay behind to cook supper.
However, the criminal killed Zangjiu, Liufufu, Wujiang, and Gyota, but he spared Xia Fei, who was also resting in the mansion. Instead, he killed Shayin, who was on duty in the guest house ….
Conan had his own theory about this, which was that the culprit killed five people in the mansion and transported them to the warehouse door. Then, the culprit went to the servant room in the guest house to steal the key. Along the way, he was discovered by Sha Yin, so he killed Sha Yin to prevent the culprit from leaking the information. Then, the culprit sent the six corpses to the warehouse, smashed their faces, locked the door, put the key back, and left.
But there was a problem with this.
"Six people, six corpses. An ordinary person would be exhausted to death, not to mention there was a storm last night."
Fangzheng spread his hands helplessly.
"Let's say the criminal really killed the people in the restaurant and then brought them to the warehouse. Well, let's not talk about how the criminal killed them. Maybe he used the Half-step Epilepsy. Six corpses? Frankly speaking, I don't think anyone in this place can do that except me. "
"Maybe the criminal dragged the corpses to the door, then pushed them into the warehouse on a trolley used to transport materials."
Conan naturally had his own ideas.
"After all, when we came here, didn't the servant named Jiayin push a trolley?"
"But we need evidence …."
After talking for a long time, the two did not find any good clues or discoveries, so they had to return to the living room again.
At this moment, the rest of the people in the living room were all there, and everyone had a gloomy expression on their faces.
"What did Right Generation Gong Jinzo say?"
Fangzheng looked at Right Generation Gong Xia Fei and asked. Right Generation Gong Xia Fei did not answer. Instead, Right Generation Gong Huiyu narrowed her eyes and said.
"There's no one in the study."
"No one?"
"That's right."
Right Generation Gong Huiyu looked at Right Generation Gong Xia Fei as she said.
"And, I'd like to ask, who was the last person to see Father?"
"It was me."
Facing Gong Huiyu's question, Xia Fei answered.
"This morning, I met Father in the study. Ah, by the way, Genji, I'll return this key to you."
As she spoke, Xia Fei handed the key back to Genji. Seeing this, Gong Huiyu frowned.
"It's a little strange."
"Strange?"
"That's right."
As she spoke, Gong Huiyu took out a piece of paper from her pocket.
"According to Genji, there's only one entrance and exit to the study. So, when I saw my sister leave the study this morning, I thought of a way to play a prank.... I clipped this note to the door of the study, and when we found the bodies of Cang Jiu and the others, my sister and I came to the study again. When we opened the door, the note was still clipped in the crack of the door."
"So, you mean, no one has entered or left the study during this period of time, right?"
Fangzheng immediately understood what Gong Huiyu meant, and the latter nodded.
"So, I have this idea. Maybe my sister killed Father after seeing him this morning, and then hid his body...."
"I didn't do such a thing!"
However, before Gong Huiyu could finish her words, she was interrupted by Xia Fei, and Zhu Zhixiang also chimed in.
"That's right, why would Mother do such a thing!"
"Okay, please calm down."
Seeing that the atmosphere in the living room had become dangerous again, Fangzheng hurriedly said. He then looked at the Right Substitute Princess Xia Fei.
"In fact, I also have a question that I want to know the answer to."
".... What is it?"
"Is the Right Substitute Miya Kinzo really still alive?"
"You...."
Hearing this, Xia Fei's expression changed.
"What do you mean? Do you also suspect that I killed Father? "
"No, it's just a simple question."
Fangzheng spread his hands.
"Because the truth is, ever since I came to this island, I've never seen the Right Generation Miyazaki Kinzo, nor have I heard his voice. I've only heard you say that this person exists, but whether this person really exists …"
"Speaking of which...."
Gong Huiyu also began to think.
"Yesterday, we went to Father's study several times and knocked on the door to ask him about the letter and Beatrice, but we didn't get any response."
"That's ridiculous. Me, Cang Jiu, Genji, and Doctor Nanjo have all met Father before!!"
"But the testimony of the four of you has no value."
Hearing Fangzheng's response, Xia Fei's expression changed again.
"What do you mean by that?"
"It's simple. In the cases I've handled, many of them are cases of children pretending to be alive in order to defraud pensions or pensions. And the four of you, as vested interests, can easily collude with each other. For example, the Right Substitute Miya Kinzo is already dead, but you and your husband, for some purpose, bribed Doctor Nanjo and Genji to pretend that Miya Kinzo is still alive.... "
"Nonsense!!"
Xia Fei angrily interrupted Fangzheng.
"I did meet Father this morning, and then he said to me, 'The One-winged Eagle has been engraved in my heart'.... Do you want to deny what he said?!"
As she spoke,
Xia Fei suddenly picked up her gun and aimed it at Fangzheng, but Fangzheng did not react at all.
"What you say has nothing to do with me. I only believe in evidence, not testimony from a purely personal standpoint. The police also need evidence to solve a case. If you insist that the Right Substitute Miya Kinzo is not dead, then I want to conduct a thorough investigation of the study.... That should be fine, right? "
".... No problem."
Xia Fei coldly snorted in response to Fangzheng's request.
"Genji, take him to the study."
".... Yes, madam."
Genji hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed to Xia Fei's request. He then turned to Fangzheng.
"Mr. Fangzheng, please follow me."
(End of chapter)
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