Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 300: Brown-haired Female Corpse
"Hey, Yuanzi, don't you think the waiter just now looks familiar to you?" Looking at the young clerk's leaving figure, Xiaolan felt a sense of déjà vu for some reason, and asked Yuanzi thoughtfully.

"Of course I have seen him. He is the owner of the B&B where we stayed. I heard he came back to help because of the summer vacation." Yuanzi, who felt that the other party had a bad attitude, replied with a look of displeasure.

"How come you know so clearly Yuanzi?" Xiaolan asked curiously.

"That's because he kept staring at us when we were in front of the hotel yesterday, so I went to ask the hotel staff." Sonoko replied.

"It seems like this store, like the Tile House Hotel where we stayed, is owned by his family, so he came to help." Hearing the suspicion in Yuanzi's tone, Yangzi smiled and said, "But that boy There should be no ill intentions, so you don’t have to worry, Sonoko.”

"Yeah, I feel the same way. It's probably just because his expression is too serious that others find it difficult to get close to him." Xiaolan also agreed with a smile.

Conan on the side listened to the conversation of several people and carefully looked at the young man who was busy there for a while. He couldn't help but mutter in his heart: Can you tell whether the other person is malicious by just looking at him?Why can't I feel anything?This is unscientific...

Seeing that several girls had shifted the focus of the conversation to the male clerk, Michioki Masahiko, who felt that he was being left out, quickly changed the topic and said: "It turns out that these ladies live in the Takuya Hotel. Isn't that near the hotel where I live? , how about we go to that nice restaurant on the beach to have dinner together tonight? I will drive to pick you up."

"Thank you for your kindness, but we have made an appointment with friends to have dinner tonight." Although she was a little excited about the invitation, when she thought of the agreement with the Ishino family, Sonoko politely declined.

"That's right... I'd like to ask, where are you going to have dinner?" Masahiko Michowaki asked with a slightly regretful expression after hearing this.

"Well, we originally planned to have dinner together in the hotel." Sonoko answered honestly.

"In that case, why don't you invite your friends to go to that restaurant together?" Michowaki Masahiko smiled and continued the invitation, "After all, you can eat at the hotel at any time, but that restaurant is famous for its delicious food nearby. , wouldn’t it be a pity not to try?”

Seeing Sonoko looking at him hesitantly with a heartbeat expression on her face, Yoko smiled and nodded and said: "Since Mr. Michowaki recommended it so much, I think that restaurant is really worth a visit. Why don't we decide the place for tonight's dinner?" There, I think Mr. Ishino and the others won’t object.”

"Well, we'll wait for you at the door of the hotel in the evening to lead the way, Mr. Michowaki." Seeing that Yoko had no objection, Sonoko agreed with joy.

"No problem, but remember to bring your camera." Seeing that the other party agreed to his invitation, Masahiko Michowaki reminded him with a happy smile.

"Hey, why?" Yuanzi and Xiaolan asked in unison after hearing this.

"Because I got a message from the locals, saying that a murder occurred near that restaurant a year ago in which a woman with brown hair was stabbed through the abdomen with a sharp knife." Masahiko Michowaki said with a serious face.

"Murder?!" The two of them immediately became nervous after hearing this, and Conan on the side immediately perked up after hearing this keyword, and raised his ears attentively to know what was going to happen next. "Yes, I heard that the woman was killed on the way to the restaurant, so the restaurant's business was also affected for a period of time." At this point, Masahiko Michowaki sighed and continued, "Just now The restaurant’s business has gradually improved over time, and recently, it is said that a customer took a photo of the ghost of the murdered woman while dining there!”

"That's why I wanted to try to see if I could really take photos showing ghosts." Masahiko Michowaki explained with a smile as he looked at the two girls who seemed to be frightened by the ghost story.

Conan on the side showed disdain for the ghost story when he saw that he could not hear what he was interested in. On the other hand, Yoko, who had been silently observing Masahiko Michowaki, responded seriously: "It's okay to just go for a meal. As for filming, There’s no need for ghost photos, I think the restaurant owner will be troubled if this rumor continues to deepen, what do you think?”

"Ah, well, it seems that is indeed the case. I didn't consider this, so there is no need to bring a camera." Masahiko Michowaki also smiled awkwardly when he heard this.

Although there were some deviations from his original plan, seeing that the final result did not seem to be much different, Michowaki Masahiko finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and tried his best to calm down the nervous mood below to prevent others from seeing through him. the true purpose.

At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the store, and soon several people learned from the locals that it turned out that the body of a woman with brown hair was found in the woods next to the railway.

"I'll go over and take a look first!" When he heard that there was a case, Conan put on his shoes and rushed towards the scene of the incident, and disappeared in a flash.

"He is really a curious child." Seeing Xiaolan's worried look, Yangzi stood up and left the table first, and said to Xiaolan and Yuanzi, "Let's go, let's go over to see the situation, we can't leave Conan alone. Running around, right?”

Seeing the two girls looking at him with some embarrassment, Michiowaki Masahiko immediately stood up and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm not in the mood to continue eating when something like this happened suddenly. Why don't we all go over and take a look."

After saying that, the group left the seaside restaurant and followed a group of tourists watching the excitement in the direction of the incident.

By the time a few people arrived near the scene, their old acquaintance, Officer Hengo Sengo, had already led a team of police officers to set up a cordon around the area, and was conducting an investigation on the female victim found in the woods beside the road with forensic investigators. Autopsy.

Noticing that during the exchange between the two men, they mentioned that the estimated time of death of the deceased was between 8 and 9 o'clock last night, Conan, who was at the front of the crowd, immediately recalled that the four of them seemed to have passed by at this time last night. Here, I can’t help but fall into thinking.

"It's so scary. Is that murderer also targeting me?" Yuanzi, who heard the police conversation, couldn't help but feel chilled and said to Xiaolan and Yangzi, "Look, my hair is also brown. It’s very possible that the prisoner’s next target will be me, what should I do?”

When Masahiko Michowaki, who was standing behind Sonoko, saw this, he was about to put his hand on her shoulder, trying to take advantage of the situation to make her dependent on him. However, he never thought that Sonoko would directly lean into Yoko's arms for protection. He couldn't help but His cheeks twitched and he retracted his half-stretched arm, thinking to himself, shouldn't he look more secure than a girl?

(End of this chapter)