Conan: Tennis Boys' Scripted Murder

Yoshida Ayumi wanted to ask Conan why Conan and Haibara Ai mentioned Pandora's Box, but Conan laughed it off and passed it over.

Hearing them talking about the box, Genta Kojima remembered what he had just seen.

"We saw a strange stone box when we were looking for firewood just now."

Kirihara Akaya and others on the side also nodded in agreement.

Dr. Agasa and the others were a little curious, "What kind of box is it?"

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya recalled the appearance of the stone box they had seen.

"It's square with a round hole inside. It looks like an old stone box. We looked inside the hole and found a lot of words written on it. It looks like the Nioh Stone or something like that."

Kirihara Akaya was very curious about the stone box because of the familiar surname "Niou" inside it. He couldn't understand what it was, but he believed that Conan must know.

Conan felt that something was strange, so he asked Yoshida Ayumi and the others to take him over.

The anxious Kirihara Aka wanted to run, but his friends were not as strong as him and could not run fast.

Dr. Agasa walked slowly behind and complained: "Do we need to run for this?"

Yoshida Ayumi and the other two stopped, and Kirihara Akashi had no choice but to stop as well.

"Where on earth did you go to collect firewood? It's so far."

"Hey, we're almost there."

They led Conan and the other two to a large house.

Everyone looked at the house. It was very big and very dilapidated.

“It seems like no one has been here for a long time.”

“It’s very desolate.”

“It looks spooky.”

"Why don't we come here tonight to have a test of courage?"

As soon as Kirihara Akaya said this, he was strongly condemned by Yoshida Ayumi.

"Akaye, why do we come here at night when it's so scary here!"

“It seems a bit scary to go in there!”

But their little friend Conan Edogawa obviously didn't think so. If Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya hadn't stopped him, he would have already pushed open the door of the house.

"Conan, the stone box we found is here."

Everyone gathered together and looked at the stone box.

"Mitsuhiko, did you take it out of the water?"

"Yes, when we first came to see it, there was a koi fish swimming in it. We wanted to play with the koi fish, so we took it out of the water, and then we found words inside."

Kojima Genta curled his lips and added: "But the koi ran away, hahahaha."

Dr. Agasa is knowledgeable and said, "This should be a stone lantern."

"Stone lantern?"

Looking at the pairs of curious eyes, Dr. Agasa explained, "It's the kind of lighting lamps made of stone that you often see in Japanese gardens, with candles inside for lighting."

The children have seen Japanese gardens in TV dramas, and when they compared the stone lanterns in those gardens with what they saw before them, they did find them somewhat similar.

However, neither the top nor the base of the umbrella can be seen.

Conan pointed to the pool of water, "Inside the water, and there's more than one."

Kojima Genta and his friends stretched their necks forward and saw many stone lanterns under the water.

"Aren't stone lanterns used for lighting? Why were they thrown into the water?"

"Someone threw all the stone lanterns into the water, and then made people who came after him not know that there were stone lanterns here. Because he couldn't let others know the clues he had found with great difficulty, otherwise how could he keep the treasure for himself?"

"Treasure?"

When the kids heard the word "treasure", they became very excited, including the pseudo-child Kirihara Akaya. No matter how old they are, they all love to play treasure hunting games.

“Is there really a treasure here?”

"There should be."

At this time, a koi carp jumped out of the water in the pond, attracting Conan's attention. Something was wrong.

Conan took a closer look and found a figure trapped by the stone lantern. "Not only does he not want others to know the code, he also wants to hide his crime!"

"offense?"

"Yes."

Under Conan's command, Dr. Agasa fished out a male corpse from the water.

Because they have seen it so many times, the children are used to it and didn’t scream because of this sudden situation.

Conan also has some forensic knowledge, and the conclusion he came to is similar to that of Niou Masaharu, that this man died not long ago.

After searching for a while, they found three things on him. One was a driver's license, which told them the man's name, Yujing Zhaoshang. Another was a small antique engraved with the Chinese character "Yan", and the last was a booklet.

"Conan, is this the treasure?"

"It shouldn't be, otherwise the murderer wouldn't have left it behind."

Dr. Agasa walked to the side and prepared to call the police with his cell phone, but there was no signal, so he had to run back to the tent to try again.

If Miyano Osamu were here, he would definitely say that Dr. Agasa was too careless to leave a group of children in such a dangerous place, and he did not choose to take them back.

Conan originally planned to take the children home, but Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and the other two didn't want to go back.

"Conan, there might be treasure here!"

"How can we give up halfway?"

Conan was almost pissed off by these three ignorant kids. "Are you kidding me? Maybe the murderer who killed this man is still here!"

Although Kirihara Akaya was not afraid, he did not bring his equipment with him when he went camping today, so he felt insecure. He advised, "Conan is right, let's go back first. The murderer must be a bad guy, it would be bad if he hurts you!"

Haibara Ai picked up the last booklet that had not been turned over. Even though the booklet had been soaked in water, one could still roughly see what was written in it.

"He seems to be a treasure hunter. His notebook contains records and maps of all the treasures in the country."

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and the others couldn't help but exclaim, "Really?"

"Well, there are records in his notes about this treasure hunt. I found a partner who can help me. I will definitely defeat that dirty thief this time."

When he heard the word "thief", a figure appeared in Edogawa Conan's mind. That was the person he had always wanted to catch!

Conan became interested and walked forward to observe the stone box carefully.

The three idiots of Teitan noticed Conan's actions. They knew that there was a turning point in the situation, so they came to his side.

Conan read the words one by one: "...Sanshui Kichiemon..."

"Sanshui... Sanshui Kichiemon, Conan, do you think the Sanshui written here is from the end of the shogunate..."

Conan stood up and confirmed Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's idea, "Yes, it is said that he is a mechanical puppet master who continuously supports the ronin of the Shogunate."

Kirihara Akaya's Chinese studies were terrible, and he was completely confused by what he heard, but he was very interested in the "mechanical puppet maker".