Science solves cases? No, I am an immortal cultivator!

When the two of them went downstairs together, they found that the village chief was there too.

He held a broom in his hand and patrolled back and forth in front of the hotel.

Hattori Heiji was speechless and said, "Mr. Village Chief, what are you doing? Didn't I tell you to go back to your room?"

"You can see everyone's room from here. If that monster comes again, beat it back!" Takekuma Donsuke said seriously.

Hattori Heiji couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Just with the broom in your hand?"

Beichuan Taki smiled and said, "Don't say that. The village chief is quite responsible."

Takekuma Donsuke gripped the broom tightly in his hand. "I called everyone here. As the village chief, I have an obligation to protect everyone's safety."

"Forget it." Hattori Heiji touched his head and said, "I just happened to ask you something."

Takekuma Donsuke nodded, "Ask!"

Hattori Heiji said: "That's the reason why we called those four people over."

Takekuma Donsuke explained, “Mr. Tanzawa Michiki is very knowledgeable about the geology of Shizuoka Prefecture and has previously investigated this area and excavated relics throughout the country. However, his reputation became tarnished after rumors of him faking unearthed earthenware surfaced.

Novelist Fumie Masuko specializes in writing supernatural novels about demons and monsters. She is very familiar with Japanese demon legends and is quite famous.

Hattori Heiji complained: "This old lady has nothing to do with treasure!"

Kitagawa Taki interrupted, "Village Chief, please tell me about Tsurumi Hajime!"

Takekuma Donsuke replied, "He's a rookie reporter covering stories about monsters all over the country. I don't know anything else about him."

According to the village chief, neither Masuko Fumie nor Tsurumi Hajime had anything to do with the Tokugawa treasure.

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Hattori Heiji and asked, "Then why did you invite Hattori?"

He discovered that these murderers seemed to be seriously ill, so in order to carry out their murder plans, he had to invite a famous detective. In the end, his methods were exposed, and he had fallen into a trap.

Takekuma Donsuke said embarrassedly: "Originally, we wanted to invite the famous detective Maori Kogoro, but we didn't have enough funds, so..."

Kitagawa Taki looked at Hattori Heiji with amusement.

Hattori Heiji's mouth twitched. It seemed like it was because he was cheap, wasn't it? And he had become that uncle's replacement?

"Village Chief, you just continue patrolling here! Beichuan and I will go check the area that just burned."

……

The two walked along the fire-stricken area in front of the hotel.

Hattori Heiji said, "Kitagawa, how do you think the murderer created such a huge monster?"

"It's nothing more than an optical illusion. They used fire and this tree to block out all reference points." Kitagawa Taki pointed to a large tree in front of the hotel. "And then they hung a curtain to give us an illusion of the monster's size."

Hattori Heiji looked at Kitagawa Taki as if he were a monster, "How did you know that?"

"Of course I deduced it." Beichuan Taki grinned, walked forward, and picked up a stick from the ground. "This stick was burned by fire and has a cloth wrapped around it. It's used to hang curtains."

After taking it, Hattori Heiji examined it carefully and found that it was just as Kitagawa Taki said, there were still some unburned strips of cloth on the wooden stick.

He pinched his chin and thought: "So, that monster..."

Suddenly, the window above the two of them opened, and Zengzi Fumie shouted to them, "Hey, you two, can you please be quiet for a while? I want to get some sleep!"

Upstairs, Tsurumi Hajime appeared at the window, holding a Coke. "I don't care. Who knows when that monster will appear again?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the shrill chirping sound rang out again.

Hattori Heiji was startled: "It's that voice again!"

At this moment, the lawn behind the two men caught fire again.

A ball of fire appeared out of nowhere, and then more and more flames appeared, surrounding the two of them.

Takekuma Donsuke, who was not far away, was so scared that he collapsed on the ground.

Others also poked their heads out to check the situation.

Tsurumi Hajime shouted in horror, "It's Nue! That monster is coming again!"

Then, there was a scream.

Hattori Heiji turned around suddenly and asked, "Whose voice was that just now?"

Masuko Fumie looked up and said, "It sounds like Mr. Tanzawa's."

Michitaka Tanzawa lived right above her, in the leftmost room on the third floor.

Hattori Heiji ran straight to the third floor, while Kitagawa Taki went to the second floor.

boom!

He kicked open the locked door.

Zengzi Shihui, who was hiding something in the room, was startled and asked angrily, "What are you doing?"

Beichuan Taki curled his lips, "What are you doing again?"

He saw clearly the whole process of Zeng Zishi's attack just now.

She thought the two men were distracted by the fire and had their backs to her.

In fact, Kitagawa Taki had been observing the movements of several people with his spiritual sense.

Zengzi Shihui felt something was wrong. "What does what I'm doing have to do with you?"

She pointed her finger and said, "Please leave immediately! Otherwise I will sue you for harassment!"

Beichuan Taki said angrily: "Why would I bother your mother?"

He walked straight into the room and approached Masuko Fumie step by step.

Zengzi Shihui's face darkened and she actually screamed and shouted "Help!"

Beichuan Taki was so angry that he knocked the old lady down with a knife.

He looked at the plastic bottle with a red wine cork on the desk next to him, and found the double-headed poison needle tied with a thread from the place where Zeng Zifu had just hidden something.

Since there are no monsters, this matter can be ended sooner.

That's why he rushed directly into Masuko Fumie's room to prevent her from destroying the evidence.

At this time, other people who heard the cry for help rushed over.

"what happened?"

"Beichuan, why are you here?"

"How is this going?"

Beichuan Taki interrupted, "Stop yelling, she's the murderer, why don't you find a rope to tie her up."

Takekuma Donsuke nodded and ran to get the rope.

Tsurumi Hajime asked in shock, "Ms. Masuko is the murderer?"

"Beichuan, this..."

Hattori Heiji was also stunned. Tanzawa Michiki had just been killed. How did Kitagawa Taki know the murderer?

Did he know it from the beginning?

Beichuan Taki knocked on the table: "The evidence is here."

Hattori Heiji hurried into the room. When he saw the double-headed poison needle on the table, his heart was shocked. He had just gone to check on Tanzawa Michiki upstairs, and there were two blood holes on his jaw.

He looked at the sparkling water and red wine corks next to him, and a flash of enlightenment arose in his mind. He probably knew the method of murder.

Kitagawa Takimichi explained: "Drill a hole in the cork of a red wine, insert an inkless ballpoint pen refill, and insert a double-headed poison needle into the top of the refill.

After sealing it, shake the bottle vigorously. When Danze Michiki sticks his head out, shoot the poison needle and then retract it with the rope."

He glanced at the unconscious Zengzi Shihui and said, "When I came in, she was hiding the poison needle!"