Two Two-Faced Bastards

"I'm sorry to have offended you."

On the other side, watching the old Mamiya Takato leave, Fujino, "That woman just now was named Mamiya Masayo, she's my grandmother. Ever since my mother died, she's been mentally unstable..."

"I can understand."

Fujino glanced back at Mamiya Masayo.

This old woman must be the culprit behind the fire four years ago.

Of course, this old woman was not actually Mamiya Masayo, but a maid in the castle.

The real matriarch Mamiya Masayo, was murdered by this maid, who then underwent plastic surgery to impersonate Mamiya Masayo in order to obtain the castle's treasure.

Over the years, this maid has been pretending to be insane in an attempt to get away with it.

However, Mamiya Masayo's daughter, who had returned from abroad, discovered her true identity.

To prevent her identity from being exposed and to avoid being arrested, she burned Lady Mamiya and all the maids who had served the old lady for many years to death.

In other words, this old man is the target he's trying to arrest this time.

This mission is unusually simple.

Fujino was led to a dimly lit room by Takahito Mamiya.

"These are all the results of my investigation here over the past four years."

Takato Mamiya Takato turned on the light and handed a stack of documents to Fujino. "To be honest, I haven't found anything out over the years. I hope these documents will be of use to your investigation, Detective Fujino."

"Newspaper?"

Fujino pulled out a newspaper from the documents and began to examine it.

The newspaper article was about the castle fire four years ago.

According to reports, no one survived the fire inside the castle. The raging fire burned everyone to death, even their bones were burned to ashes, and they could only be identified by their clothing.

It must be said that this Mamiya Takato really wants to uncover the truth about the fire four years ago.

The information was compiled in great detail.

However, no matter how hard he racked his brains, he would never have imagined that his maternal grandmother was actually the mastermind behind the entire murder case.

To be honest, if Fujino hadn't been a spoiler, he probably wouldn't have thought of it so easily.

For a mere, elusive treasure, he ruthlessly murdered Mamiya Masayo and burned more than a dozen people to ashes...

He even went so far as to transform himself into a grotesque, inhuman creature.

All I can say is, they truly live up to their reputation as people from Mikasa.

But then again, this doesn't seem to be rice cakes.

"I have a pretty good understanding of the situation. Now I just need to wait for my good news."

Fujino put down his travel bag and took out the Okamoto Peach Blossom 0.01 from it.

"Wooden Sword?"

Mamiya Takato looked at the Wooden Sword that Fujino had taken out, his face full of doubt.

"Wooden Sword made of peach blossoms can ward off evil spirits."

Fujino weighed the Wooden Sword in his hand and said.

"Exorcism?"

Mamiya Takato was speechless upon hearing this.

Goodness, this detective seems a bit unreliable.

Could it be that he thinks the fire four years ago was caused by ghosts?

Before he could even catch his breath, Fujino had already left the studio.

"Detective Fujino, is there anything else you need to help you with?"

Mamiya Takato chased after him out of the painting studio.

"I have a pretty good understanding of the situation. Mr. Sir, just wait for my good news."

After saying this, Fujino left with his Wooden Sword.

After leaving the art studio, Fujino began to act alone.

For Fujino, who is a spoiler addict, this case was very easy to handle.

All we need to do is lure the snake out of its hole.

He wouldn't even need to do much reasoning; all he would need to do is find Mamiya Masayo's remains, and everything would fall apart on its own.

I really don't know how Conan's Sunflower Seeds works. He just went and did something stupid without any warning, making such a simple thing take two episodes to figure out.

"Detective, have you found any clues?"

Just as Fujino put away his Wooden Sword and was about to head to the room where he could see the Chess pieces clearly, he turned the corner and encountered an old woman with a kind smile on her face.

"There are indeed some clues."

Fujino rested his chin on his hand, scrutinizing Mamiya Masayo's ugly face, and said with a hint of meaning, "If I'm not mistaken, the treasure should be hidden among those Chess pieces."

"Oh..."

Upon hearing this, Mamiya Masayo gave a slightly meaningful "oh," and said, "Since the treasure is hidden in the Chess pieces, then this old woman will take you to the room where you can see the Chess pieces."

"Then I'll have to trouble you."

Fujino smiled.

Mamiya Masayo smiled as well.

The two exchanged a smile, creating a rather awkward atmosphere.

It's the sixth brother!

Two old men!

Then, Fujino slowly followed Mamiya Masayo to the room where they could clearly see the Chess pieces below the castle courtyard.

After bringing Fujino to this room, Mamiya Masayo went into a frenzy again, driving her wheelchair away from the scene in a erratic manner.

"That old bastard actually tried to frame me."

Fujino watched Mamiya Masayo, a slight smirk playing on his lips.

If he wasn't mistaken, the old man was probably after him.

The purpose of bringing him here was probably to ambush him from behind and kill him after he discovered the secret passage.

Fujino did not expose her plan.

Instead, they planned to turn the tables on each other.

He looked up and glanced at the surrounding walls, immediately spotting the clock hanging on one of them.

Fujino then stepped forward and raised his hand to adjust the pointer on the screen.

When the hour and minute hands were moved to twelve o'clock, the wall in front of me suddenly opened without warning, revealing a dark tunnel inside.

Fujino remained silent for a moment, then took out his Shining Staff from his Pocket Dimension and stepped into the dark tunnel.

Then, the door behind me suddenly closed, plunging the surroundings into complete darkness.

Fujino resisted the urge to shout "Transform!" and activated the Shining Staff in his hand.

Although the Shining Staff cannot transform into Ultraman, its lighting effect is still top-notch.

The surrounding darkness was dispelled by the light from the Shining Staff.

What comes into view are the somewhat old stone stairs and walls, and a foul stench permeates the air.

It was an indescribable taste, but it was definitely disgusting.

Fujino walked down the stairs, holding the Shining Staff.

At the end of the stairs was a corridor.

Just down the stairs in the corridor, there was a dark, black object.

Fujino stepped forward and brought his Shining Staff up to him.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a corpse.

The corpse was wearing a long black dress, and the flesh was highly decomposed, suggesting that it had been dead for some years. The exposed bones were quite gruesome.

Judging from the skeleton, this should be the body of an older woman, and the bones in her legs are small, indicating that she was unable to stand before she died.

"This must be Mamiya Masayo, right?"

Fujino crouched down, examining Mamiya Masayo's corpse, and held his breath.

To be honest, this was the first time he had ever seen such an old corpse.

Inevitably, a feeling of goosebumps rose in his heart.

However, he quickly adjusted his mindset.

The Conan World is incredibly strange.

There were all kinds of corpses.

If you can't even handle a skeleton, then you might as well not be a detective in this world.

After putting away the Shining Staff, Fujino enlarged the Wooden Sword in his pocket and then put on the Assassin's Robe.

After changing into a long robe, Fujino hid to the side, waiting for the arrival of Mamiya Masayo Masaki.