Model worker and his little darling

Everyone was startled by the noise, and Xiaolan and Chunna were even more frightened.

The older man led the way to the room from which the commotion was coming. Just as Pingqing was about to follow, Xiaolan grabbed him.

“Brother Pingqing, we’ll follow you.”

Feeling Xiaolan's grip, Pingqing winced in pain. He felt a little guilty, realizing that he was the one who had scared the two girls first.

"Ran, Haruna, don't worry, everything will be fine. We'll catch the culprit right away. Let's go check what's going on."

After following them with the two girls, they saw Ogata Minoru being knocked to the ground by a guzheng, blood seeping from his forehead, looking quite miserable.

Just as the uncle was about to perform the autopsy, Haruna's phone rang. Haruna glanced at it.

"what--"

Xiao Lan was so frightened that she grabbed Ping Qing's arm tightly and screamed as well.

Pingqing felt like Xiaolan's nails were digging into his flesh. He wanted to cry out, "It hurts so much!"

Helpless, Pingqing patted Xiaolan on the shoulder, "Don't be afraid, we're all here."

Then he looked at Haruna and asked, "Miss Haruna, what's wrong?"

"It says on it, 'I've been waiting for you, Haruna.'"

Upon hearing this, Xiaolan's face filled with terror, and she tightened her grip even more. "So, the figure we just saw, and everything that happened, was all done by Mr. Qiuwu, who passed away last year?"

Taira no Kiyoshi: ...

You reap what you sow. Speaking of which, Xiaolan, being a karate practitioner, really has incredible strength.

This angered Uncle Mori. "Nonsense! A person is a physical body, and once they die, they can't do anything. Why don't you call the police right now? This might be a murder case."

But at this moment,

"Wait a minute, don't sentence me to death so quickly."

Ogata Minoru rubbed his head and sat up.

The scene left everyone stunned. Pingqing recalled that the uncle was about to perform an autopsy when Haruna's scream interrupted him.

"Hey Haruna-san, you weren't the one who knocked me out just now, were you?"

Even Conan couldn't stand it anymore and started to provide an alibi for Haruna, saying, "When we heard that loud noise, we were all in Ran's room."

"And big brother, what were you doing all alone in this dark room just now?"

This left Ogata Minoru speechless, but then Mori Mori performed exceptionally well.

"He must have realized someone had come in to check on him, and then he was knocked unconscious here."

Uncle Mori then explained that Ran had mistaken the shadow, and that Haruna had called the phone because she had made an appointment with a friend but forgot.

Heiji was greatly impressed by this explanation. Uncle Mori had chosen the wrong profession; he should have been a lawyer. No matter what you say, he can always make sense of it, and it even seems plausible at first glance.

At this moment, Xiaolan also realized what had happened, let go of her hand, and felt a little embarrassed after seeing the mark on Pingqing's arm. "I'm sorry, Brother Pingqing."

"fine."

Conan walked over and pulled Hirakiyo aside. "Hirakiyo-nii, did you find anything?"

Seeing Pingqing rubbing his arm, Conan said with a serious expression, "Ran is most afraid of that kind of thing, Pingqing-nii, please don't scare her anymore."

"I know, I was wrong, I will never do it again."

Soon after, two local police officers arrived and together they inspected the area around the house.

Suddenly, a passerby drove by, and the headlights cast shadows on everyone. Pingqing glanced back and seemed to understand what the shadow Xiaolan had seen was all about.

Since nothing was found, the group began to check everyone's rooms.

"what--"

Heiji looked over and saw that it was Conan who had called out.

Tsk, is tonight going to be a night of screams and terror? Everyone's going to have to scream.

Uncle Mori leaned over for a look, but found nothing.

"I stepped on a hair clip that fell on the tatami mat." Conan then showed the hair clip in his hand to the uncle.

"duang~"

The uncle returned a large bag to Conan.

Conan covered his head and squatted down to one side, feeling wronged.

After looking around, Hirai had a rough idea of ​​what was going on in the case. So he called over Conan, who was talking to Ran.

After hearing what Pingqing said, Conan was very excited. "Pingqing-nii, we think the same way."

"Go to work."

Seeing the two police officers preparing to leave, Ping Qing called out to them, "Wait a minute, I already know the truth about this matter."

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Heikichi was very satisfied. "Ogata Shiro, you were impersonating Mr. Akigo, weren't you?"

Ogata Shiro admitted to what he had done, while Taira Kiyoshi went to Conan to see how his preparations were going.

After Ogata Shiro finished speaking, Taira Kiyoshi looked at Ran and said, "Ran, this might be a little scary in a bit."

Upon hearing this, Xiaolan stood next to Uncle Mori.

Heiji turned off the light, and Conan's shadow flashed behind the sliding door.

"It's Conan." Ran pushed open the door and saw that Conan wasn't in the hallway.

"Conan, where are you?"

Conan jumped out from the corner of the room. "Ran-neechan, I'm here."

Pingqing explained the principle, and everyone was relieved.

"Who was the person who hit me?"

Seeing how anxious Ogata Minoru was, Taira Kiyoshi instructed Conan to recreate the scene of the guzheng falling using silkworm silk, hair clips, and an electric fan.

"So it was the guzheng that knocked you unconscious, and it was your mother who did it. It was all your mother's doing."

The group quickly looked at Ogata Kazuko, who readily admitted that it was just a reference to her two sons' childhood pranks, and that the messages Haruna received were sent by her.

Seeing that the matter was perfectly resolved, Hirakiyo shrugged and walked aside. He had to admit that Ogata Kazuko was quite capable. She could devise such a method based on such a trivial matter.

However, if you kill someone, you'll be arrested.

"Where are my grandfather's stamps?"

Upon hearing this, Conan held up his little notebook. "I know this. There are three notes in the music box... 'do' is the third note of A major. It is obtained by matching it with the order of the Iroha song. 'Ihai' means 'ancestral tablet.' The stamp is in the ancestral tablet in the mortuary."

After hearing Conan's explanation, the Ogata family rushed to their room and began to rummage through the ancestral tablets.

In order to investigate thoroughly, Tsuneo Ogata even took matters into his own hands and dismantled the memorial tablet, then revealed four stamps, and the family made a profit of 200 million yen.

"Long live the emperor! Long live the emperor!"

The sight of the family celebrating shocked Hirakiyo and his group.

Our ancestors have shown their divine power; even when death came, no one was harmed, and we actually made a profit.