allendalepharm Chapter 488: The Last One Left
Chapter 488: The Last One Left
far away,
Standing at the gate, Torada Tatsuei's pupils shrank slightly when he saw Torada Shigeji returning safely.
Her hands hanging by her side suddenly tightened, and then she pretended nothing had happened and loosened them.
Looking at the large group of people coming over, Torada Tatsuei admonished Torada Shigeji who was in the middle:
"Fanci, please don't disturb the detectives from solving the case."
Torada Naoki, who had come out of the house at some point, spoke with a stern face:
"You're always thinking about digging for treasure. How could my Hutian family produce someone like you?"
Ever since Yoshiro Torada's death, Shigeji, who was forced to become the sole heir of the Torada family, heard these two people say this about him almost every time.
It’s not comfortable, but I’ve almost gotten used to it.
Fanci glanced at the two of them, thinking about what the young man who looked like a military advisor in front of him said, and walked past them into the house:
"I see."
Yun Xianhe did not step into the other party's house. He just glanced at the two of them, then turned to look at Hattori and Conan:
"I think I'd better go back. You two should remember to call me when the time comes."
Hattori: "Hai hai."
"It looks like it's going to rain, Brother Xianhe, remember to be careful on the road."
Yun Xianhe rubbed Conan's head twice.
Then he left here with the two brothers Morobushi and Yamato Gansuke.
Torada Tatsuei looked at the group of people going away and asked casually:
"That officer isn't staying?"
"Oh, Officer Yamato said that this case is quite serious, and he will bring his men to live here from tomorrow to investigate. Of course, the same goes for the Ryuo family."
"what?"
Naoki Torada, who was standing by, frowned fiercely when he heard this.
Three consecutive murders raised the seriousness of the case to a high level, especially since the murderer blatantly killed Ryuwei Linghua when he knew that the police were investigating.
This is already a naked provocation.
As if afraid that they would not believe him, Hattori raised his hand and gestured backwards:
"Well, that police officer probably came here to tell you about this."
as predicted.
A police officer with a shaved head and glasses came over and issued this notice to the head of the Torada family, Torada Naotobu. His words were not much different from those of Hattori.
Torada Tatsuei looked at the other party and asked:
“When will the investigation be concluded?”
The officer replied:
"It will probably take about three or four days. Of course, if we find the murderer during this time, it is possible to retreat early."
Hearing this, Torada Naoki and Darong were both stunned:
"Three or four days?!"
Just now, while eating barbecue, Xiaolan and Heye, who were just watching the situation, looked at each other.
Is this what Xianhe meant by waiting and watching?
Kazuha asked Xiaolan:
"I remember they said the sacrifice would be held in three days, right?"
"Yes, it is indeed three days later."
Hattori and Conan on the side pretended not to notice their unnatural expressions.
Night is falling.
After dinner, Shigeji Torada returned to his room as usual and sorted out the speculative data on treasure hunting.
Suddenly, the lights in the room flickered a few times.
After a crisp click, the room became completely dark.
Shigeji Torada looked up with some confusion, then he gathered the things on the table together, stood up and walked out.
"Really...why did the power go out all of a sudden? Could it be because of thunder?"
He found a flashlight from the drawer and walked towards the distribution room in the dark.
I don’t know if it’s because everyone else has gone to bed early, but the whole house is silent.
Open the door of the distribution room and use the light from the flashlight to see the power switch being pulled down.
Shigeji Torada scratched the hair on the back of his head and walked forward to check with some uncertainty.
After he turned the switch back on, he looked at the light that had come back on and muttered something strange:
"Whose prank is this?"
Just as he walked out and put his hand on the door handle, there was a loud cracking sound!
Following the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, the lights in the corridor went out again.
Three figures emerged from the darkness.
Two of them quickly carried the "corpse" off the ground.
The man who stayed behind dragged out a "corpse" of the same size from the corner, placed it on the spot, lit it on fire, and walked away.
At the same time, the room that had not responded just now began to make sounds.
The first one to come out was Torada Tatsuei, who groped for the wall and muttered:
"Really? I should find someone to fix it someday."
"What happened? Was there thunder?"
A flashlight suddenly appeared in the darkness.
Darong raised his hand to cover his eyes, and when he saw Conan and Hattori standing across the corridor, he said naturally:
"I don't know, but there seems to be a strange sound coming from the switch room."
Hearing this, Conan and Hattori looked at each other, and then they quickened their pace and rushed towards the distribution room.
The half-open door was suddenly pulled open, and the diffuse firelight startled Conan and Hattori.
Conan recognized the person wrapped in fire at a glance and exclaimed:
"Mr. Fanci!"
"Back off Conan!"
Hattori protected Conan behind him, took out a fire extinguisher from somewhere and sprayed it at the human-shaped object on the ground.
Fortunately, we arrived in time and successfully put out the fire before it started.
Torada Tatsuei, who was a step slower, looked at the charred body on the ground with a look of disbelief on his face:
"Fanci?!"
"What happened?! What happened to Fanci?"
Hearing the voice, Naotobu Torada came over.
When he saw the person lying on the ground and his appearance was unrecognizable, he was stunned for a moment.
But the other person's size, there is no doubt that in this family, the only person with that size is Shigeji Torada.
The successive loss of two sons was a huge blow to the head of the Torada family.
Just as he was about to step forward, Hattori beside him reached out to stop him.
"No one is allowed to approach this room now!"
Conan looked at Xiaolan who came out from the other side of the corridor and shouted to her:
"Sister Xiaolan, go call the police! Notify that Yamato Gansuke police officer!"
"What happened, Hanji?!"
Uehara Yui, who had just arrived at the scene, looked at the charred corpse that was blocked by Hattori and widened her eyes in disbelief.
Hattori glanced at her and didn't reply.
He took out shoe covers from his pocket, put them on, walked into the house, turned on the power again to restore the lights in the room, then left the room and closed the door again.
"No one is allowed to enter the crime scene until the police arrive."
"Hattori, I just called Officer Yamato."
Xiaolan at the other end of the corridor said worriedly,
"He said it was raining outside and there was a landslide on the way here, so he couldn't come for the time being and might have to wait until tomorrow."
All of them, along with the murderer, were trapped here by the heavy rain.
Kogoro Mori, who arrived last, took charge of the situation.
He and Hattori analyzed the scene together and concluded that Torada Shigeji died of electric shock, which just happened to correspond to the thunder in "Wind, Forest, Fire, and Thunder".
"That means, now there is only one 'fire' left."