Isn't it very scientific to use the Death Note to kill people?

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Chapter 208: Code? Solved long ago

As dinner time approached, everyone who was killing time in the recreation room gradually became excited.

Because the protagonist who invited them here is finally about to show up.

Led by the maid, everyone walked towards the restaurant. Only Xiaolan sighed heavily - after coming to this terrible annex, she really had no appetite at all.

"Be careful not to get wrinkles if you sigh."

"That's not an exaggeration, Brother Jiashu."

"Yes, that's the expression—"

"Eh?"

"Even if it's just a dumb laugh, it's much prettier than a sigh."

Facing the smiling Lin Jiashu, Xiaolan couldn't help feeling shy when she heard this.

"No way..." she stammered embarrassedly.

"Oh, do you think I'm a liar?"

"Of course not, Yoshiki-nii."

"That's it, so please smile more. It will make everyone feel better."

Lin Jiashu said this with a smile, and everyone had already arrived at the restaurant entrance.

The maid opened the door for everyone.

This left Xiaolan no time to respond——

Because everyone standing at the door suddenly saw a person wrapped in a purple cloak sitting in the main seat of the restaurant.

"Hey, hey, what's the meaning of your outfit?" Mogi Harushi was stunned for a moment, feeling a little amused and helpless. "I think you watch too much TV?"

"Seven distinguished detectives are here today. I sincerely welcome you all to this Twilight Annex. Please take your seats. Your names are written on the table."

A muffled voice came from under the cloak.

Everyone took their seats.

The gourmet detective Da Shang Zhu Shan who entered the restaurant last leaned over and whispered something in the maid's ear, asking her to serve the dishes one by one in the order he had arranged.

"As for the purpose of inviting you all here this time, it's mainly because I hope you can help me dig out the treasure that is currently hidden somewhere in this annex. It took me many years to obtain this annex, and I will find it even if it costs my life."

As the cloaked man's voice fell, a violent roar suddenly came from outside the window.

Just when everyone was still in shock, Amuro Toru's expression suddenly changed: "It was an explosion!"

"What!?"

"Nothing to be surprised about. I simply wanted to block your path," the cloaked figure said calmly. "By the way, the suspension bridge you just passed also fell off a cliff at the same time. Of course, there are no telephones here, and there are no cell phone towers nearby. Calling for help is impossible. You can only stay here until you help me find the treasure."

Xiaolan subconsciously took out her cell phone and checked, and found that there was indeed no signal as the other party said.

At this time, Haruhi Mogi, who didn't know that his wife had been blown up, stood up and directly lifted the other person's cloak, but he didn't expect that there was only a dummy with a loudspeaker under the cloak.

"I'm sure you're all curious why I chose this annex, acquired at such a huge expense, as the stage for this game. First, please take a close look at the cutlery on the table. The pattern on it is the family crest of Karasuma Renya, the wealthy man who died under mysterious circumstances half a century ago."

Lin Jiashu noticed it early on.

This villa is filled with similar patterns—a crow with its mouth wide open, looking chilling.

The host then recounted the case that happened 40 years ago.

"My goal is to make you detectives reenact the horrific tragedy of forty years ago. I want to see you plundering and killing each other for treasure."

"But searching for treasure in such a vast villa is like looking for a needle in a haystack, so I'll give you a hint: The two travelers, acting in a hurry, looked up at the sky at night, and the devil descended upon the castle. The king snatched the treasure and fled; the princess shed tears into the Holy Grail, praying for mercy; the soldier, exhausted, slashed his sword and committed suicide, and the earth changed color."

This story obviously tells about a tragedy that happened forty years ago.

The host's words and deeds all expressed his hope that the detectives present would kill each other, but no one was willing to cooperate and even treated this as a joke.

But suddenly, Dashang Zhushan covered his neck, screamed with his face turning blue and died.

After discovering that he was poisoned by cyanide, everyone immediately checked the tableware and black tea.

"Xiaolan, stretch out your hand."

"Ah good……"

Xiaolan stretched out her hand in confusion, and saw Lin Jiashu carefully wiping her fingers with a handkerchief.

Being a little unusually serious...

"Brother Jiashu?"

"Mr. Okami had a habit of biting his nails. He had been sitting there peacefully when he suddenly died. It's obvious that cyanide got on his hand somewhere."

Lin Jiashu said this and looked at the others: "Everyone should remember to wash your hands first."

"makes sense."

Others had no objections either.

At this time, the dummy host sitting in the main seat did not say a word - because the tape placed on it had already finished playing.

"Hmph, I think we should go check if the car parked outside was really destroyed by the murderer."

Mogi Harushi said with some annoyance.

"I agree. Maybe one or two cars will escape the bombing." Gunda Ikumi also said.

However, when they arrived at the yard, they saw that the row of cars were all burning in flames.

Including Lin Jiashu’s Mercedes-Benz.

Taking this scene in, he looked at Mogi Haruhi with a smile: "Mr. Mogi, your woman exploded."

"Ah! My Alfa Romeo!"

"...That's too much, Boss."

"No, my car was destroyed too. I'm just trying to have fun in a difficult situation."

“I can’t tell.”

Amuro Toru was speechless.

Lin Jiashu really didn't feel any heartache.

After all, he had the royalties from Jintian's series of books, as well as the funds from the winery. He didn't buy the Mercedes-Benz as a toy, but he didn't really care about it either. When he came here, he had already prepared for the car to be blown up.

Consider it your ticket to visit the Twilight Annex.

"Call the police, Mr. Amuro."

"How do we call the police? Isn't it said there's no phone or signal here?"

Qianjian Jiangdai was standing next to the two of them and couldn't help but look over when he heard this.

In front of everyone, Amuro Toru smiled and took out a satellite phone from his arms: "I must be fully prepared when coming to such a remote place. The boss even reminded me to bring this thing."

"Oh! With a satellite phone, I can call the police!" Kogoro Mouri's eyes lit up.

"But I originally thought that the boss would wait until the matter was resolved before letting me call the police."

Amuro Toru said as he dialed the police number.

"Do you think this is some kind of mystery novel? They have to wait until the case is over before the police appear. But... if you're talking about solving the case, I did figure out the clues the murderer gave me."

"What?!!"

The moment the other detectives heard Lin Jiashu's words, they were all shocked.

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Chapter 209: End (4k)

"The code has been solved?"

Hearing such a speech out of the blue, the group of people were dumbfounded.

We are all detectives, and no one has any idea about the puzzle yet, so why does this guy suddenly say that the game is over?

"real or fake?"

Qiangtian Yumei was stunned.

She looked at Lin Jiashu and saw no sign of bluffing on his face.

"The answer is the clock in the restaurant. Now that I've said that, I think I have a clue, right?"

"clock?"

"In the restaurant..."

Faced with Lin Jiashu's elegant smile, several detectives pondered for a moment unconsciously.

They began to recall the code word given by their inviter and recited it subconsciously: "Traveler Two is in a hurry. It's night. Traveler Two... clock!"

suddenly,

As if a flash of inspiration came to their minds, several detectives successively connected the code with the clock in the restaurant.

Bai Ma Tan's eyes brightened. "The hurry we take refers to time."

"The second traveler refers to the hour and minute hands of the clock." Ikumi Gunda smiled excitedly.

"It is to look up at the sky at night, which means to move both the long and short hands to the top, zero."

Amuro Toru said this and looked at Hayashi Yoshiki next to him: "Isn't that right, Boss?"

"Yes."

"Then the phrase 'The Devil Has Arrived'..." Mogi Harufu frowned, "I see. It's probably referring to the Joker in the playing cards."

"Yes, as for the king, princess, and soldier mentioned later, they refer to the K, Q, and J in playing cards!"

Conan showed a somewhat stern expression, which was not like the excitement that a child of his age would show.

In front of so many detectives, he was really arrogant...

Fortunately, the detectives who were immersed in solving the mystery had no time to pay attention to him for the time being.

"The king escaped with his treasure. The treasure here refers to diamonds, or the King of Diamonds. The princess shed tears and prayed for mercy in the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail refers to hearts. And the soldier, dying of exhaustion, slashed his own throat with his sword. The sword refers to spades. All you have to do is follow the direction the emblems on the playing cards in this annex are facing and move the hands from zero."

The mystery has been completely solved.

Curious about the treasure, everyone hurried back to the restaurant.

Dashang Zhushan's body was still lying there.

But no one paid attention to it for the time being. In full view of everyone, the lighter Conan climbed onto the fireplace using his hands and feet and began to turn the quaint clock hanging on the fireplace.

Reset the time to 0 o'clock.

As Conan moved the clock hand according to the direction of the playing cards reported by everyone, Lin Jiashu discovered that the order of moving the clock hand was all counterclockwise.

This seems to correspond to what the organization said about "turning back time". Could it be a coincidence?

When Conan completed all the steps according to the answer, the clock suddenly fell off the wall and hit the ground.

"This is?"

"Gold...?"

Kogoro Mouri, who was closest to the scene, squatted down and tried to lift up the large clock - but it seemed a bit difficult, and everyone could see the golden light emitted by the clock lock whose plating had fallen off and hit the ground.

"Is this clock made of gold?"

"Judging from the weight, it must be pure gold."

"What are you doing..."

After confirming that the clock was made of pure gold, everyone was a little disappointed.

This pure gold clock is certainly worth a lot of money, but calling it a "treasure" when placed in Karasuma Renya's Twilight Villa is too humorous.

"Ms. Qianjian, do you have anything to say?"