Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 108: The Deduction Showdown at the Ghost Hotel (Part )

Since the last sailing incident, Conan has tried several times to visit the novelist at Delos Manor, but the gate of the manor is always closed, and Conan can only learn some information from the little girl.

"Dad seems to be very unhappy these days. He has been staying in his room and has not eaten well. Uncle Norton and Aunt Mary have come to persuade him, but he won't listen." The little girl looked very depressed.

"Hey, Conan. What happened to Dad? I heard from Uncle Norton that Aunt Mary seems to have taken a long vacation."

Conan was suddenly shocked and quickly asked the little girl what had happened.

"I don't know either. Aunt Mary seems to have left her troupe a week ago. The person in charge of her workplace said she asked for a very long sick leave from the crew."

Conan understood that this must have been arranged by the composer. After all, Mrs. Mary was his last family member.

[Madam Red: Ah, I'm so tired~ Now I can go back to the manor and enjoy the tea party.]

[Photographer: So now I'm the only one left at the storefront?]

[Bartender: Come on, Mr. DM, the mastermind behind this.]

[Perfumer: Joseph, just hold on for a while. You don't have work every day.]

[Jack: Haha, you laughed at me before.]

[Antique Dealer: Speaking of which, we should consider building the Fuman Building in the Eastern Qilin chapter.]

[Philanthropist: I have already found a good location and will be able to start construction soon.]

[Soul of the Umbrella: Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Kreacher.]

[Mercenary: Speaking of which, Norton, you wouldn't really withhold my meal money, would you?]

[Explorer: At least you won't starve to death. If that doesn't work, go find Florian and ask him to make you some popcorn.]

[Fire Investigator:?]

That day, Xiaolan and Sonoko were sitting on the bus. Sonoko was congratulating Xiaolan on winning the Kanto Karate Tournament and wanted to treat her to an all-you-can-eat cake party.

Conan made a half-moon eye contact and complained: You will get fat if you eat so much cake.

Sonoko also teased Xiaolan about Kudo Shinichi's affairs, and Xiaolan blushed and became embarrassed. This made Sonoko directly angry at her for not fighting back, and she imagined what Kudo Shinichi was thinking.

Conan looked at Sonoko's reaction after she had such wild thoughts and was speechless: I wouldn't be that exaggerated.

Sonoko said to Xiaolan earnestly: "If you delay any longer, Shinichi might fall in love with someone else."

"Perhaps one day you will have a powerful rival."

Suddenly, Sonoko noticed that a pervert was secretly touching her butt, so she grabbed the man's hand. When the man was about to explain, Sonoko asked Xiaolan to teach her a lesson.

So everyone on the bus watched a battle between karate and jeet kune do.

Conan then explained that this person was not a pervert, but the man whose hand was caught was the real pervert.

The furious Sonoko kicked the real pervert out of the car and apologized to the person who had done it.

This person's name is Sera Masumi, but no one present could tell that she is a girl, not to mention that she said "Ran is her type". This immediately made Conan alert.

The destination of the two groups happened to be the Haido Hotel. After arriving at the hotel, Sera Masumi was told that there were no rooms left, so Conan decisively used the excuse of eating cake to ask everyone to leave quickly.

On the way, Sonoko thought Sera Masumi was very handsome, and Conan explained that the moves she used were Jeet Kune Do. They walked to the elevator, but a woman told them that the elevator could not reach the second floor, so they had to go up the stairs.

"Hey, can't we enter the all-you-can-eat cake restaurant anymore?" After learning that there were far more customers in the cake shop than expected and there were not enough cakes, Sonoko couldn't help but complain.

Xiaolan saw the priest and the sorcerer coming out of the cake shop: "Ah, it's Fiona and Patricia. Are you here to eat cake too?"

The priest smiled and said, "Ah, isn't this Xiaolan and Yuanzi? Patricia and I just finished eating and came out. Patricia has wanted to come here to eat brownies for a long time."

So a few of them started chatting, and halfway through the conversation, they suddenly heard a noise coming from the direction of the parking lot, followed by a scream.

Conan rushed directly to the crime scene. When he ran to the parking lot, he saw a man lying in a pool of blood, with a man and two women standing beside him in panic.

After asking those people, we learned that the person on the ground suddenly fell from the building while reversing.

Ms. Zhuchuan also said that she saw a suspicious figure upstairs, so Conan asked others to call the police, and he and three people at the scene went to the roof to check the situation.

While going upstairs, Conan discovered that the elevator actually had a door in front and back.

Ms. Hirukawa, the one Conan had met before in front of the elevator, seemed very scared and did not dare to get out of the elevator. The other two said that she was the only one who saw the figure, so she had to get out of the elevator.

A few people opened the door to the rooftop and saw only a pair of shoes pressed on a piece of clothing, which was still fluttering in the wind.

Ms. Zhuchuan explained that the figure she saw might just be the fluttering shadow of the clothes, while the other two believed that this was a suicide case.

Conan and Sera Masumi, who rushed to the rooftop, both believed that this was a homicide. Sera Masumi said that she had seen many suicide cases, and she had eavesdropped on several people's conversations before and knew that the man who fell from the building was drunk and it was impossible for him to put his shoes on the rooftop before committing suicide.

However, after investigation, the elevator and corridor surveillance did not find any suspicious persons. After learning the identity of Detective Masumi Sera, Inspector Megure could not help but sigh that another troublesome person had appeared.

The deceased was named Kamishima Sadago, the son of the owner of the Beido Restaurant. He had a criminal record for fraud and was later released due to insufficient evidence. He lived here to avoid unnecessary attention.

Inspector Megure questioned the identities of the three people. They were all victims of fraud and wanted to ask Mr. Kamizumi for an apology. Just as they were about to drive to buy recording equipment, Mr. Kamizumi fell from the building.

Masumi Sera remembered that when she was riding the elevator, it stopped at the second and sixth floors.

"Maybe the mechanism was created using the elevator." The priest came out and put forward her guess.

The three then provide another important clue: the annex is haunted, with a wheelchair that moves on its own. It's possible that a ghost was responsible for Mr. Kamijuma's death.

Ms. Zhuchuan believed that this so-called ghost was her father who committed suicide in the annex, because her father had been sitting in an electric wheelchair provided by the annex during his lifetime.

This statement frightened Xiaolan and Sonoko. Sonoko hid behind the sorcerer and said, "Isn't Patricia proficient in exorcism rituals? Even if there really is a ghost, it should be safe for us to stay with you."

Xiaolan also said: "Yes, Fiona is proficient in divination, why not just do a divination to see if there really is a ghost."

This left Inspector Megure speechless: Are students nowadays even able to tell fortunes and exorcise spirits?

Conan couldn't help but smile when he saw this, after all, he didn't believe that ghosts really existed.

Masumi Sera also noticed the priests and sorcerers who looked quite different: the horns on Miss Fiona's head should be some kind of decoration, and Miss Patricia actually had such a tattoo on her body. They should both be exchange students.

The sorcerer did not reply, but the priest made a prayer gesture and reassured everyone that there were no such ghosts.