Detectives Put on a Grand Show - Bonus Chapter

There were numerous luxury cars at the scene, but it was impossible to determine whose they belonged.

But thinking about it, everyone here except for Mori Kogoro is quite wealthy.

"Hmm... my beloved car."

Tsukida Ikumi nodded hesitantly. "Where's your car?"

Fujino said, "My Taurus broke down while traveling a few days ago, so I came here in Mouri-niisan's car today."

"My beloved Romeo is gone too..."

Mōgi Harushi with some heartache, "Ōgami's Porsche looks like it's burned to ashes too."

"Hmm... Fujino didn't drive, so we can basically confirm which car is in the parking lot now."

Tsukida Ikumi thought for a moment, then looked at Hakuba Saguru beside her. "So that Mercedes-Benz must be yours, right?"

"I had a driver bring me here today."

Hakuba Saguru shook his head. "Although I have a driver's license in the England, it's completely unusable back in Japan."

"That's strange..."

Chizen Kōdai naturally knew the origin of that Mercedes-Benz. As the mastermind behind it all, she wouldn't say, but instead guided the conversation by asking, "If everyone's car matches up, then whose car is that?"

"I think it might belong to our master."

The maid standing nearby thought for a moment and said, "I saw this Mercedes-Benz parked here as soon as I arrived this morning."

Ran was taken aback, her face filled with worry. "So, does that mean there are other people in this villa besides us?!"

"I don't know either..."

The maid, looking somewhat nervous and worried, bit her thumb. "My car is parked right by the back door, could it have been destroyed too...?"

"Opposite?"

Conan's ears perked up at the question, "Isn't Auntie's car parked here?"

"Clang!"

Fujino gave Conan a tap on the head. "She's only in her early twenties, why are you calling her 'Auntie'?"

"How would I know!"

Conan was speechless. Why did Fujino hit me? All I did was call her "Auntie."

Moreover, the maid had freckles on her face and looked older than her age; who could tell how old she really was?

"That's right!"

Ran seemed to understand, and then grabbed Conan and lectured him. "Calling a girl 'auntie' casually will make her angry!"

If someone calls her "Auntie," she won't be too angry, but she'll definitely feel a little embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter..."

However, the maid didn't seem to care and simply replied, "My master told me to park the car at the back door, not here."

"Let's go take a look!"

Conan, having broken free from Ran's grasp, quickly said, "Maybe that car really wasn't blown up!"

When everyone arrived at the back door, they immediately spotted a complete car.

Chizen Kōdai, getting into the car and saying, "Then I'll go and see for myself whether that bridge has been blown up."

"I'll go with you!"

"I want to go too!"

"Me too!"

Everyone wanted to go with them, ostensibly because they were afraid of being left alone, but of course, they might also be afraid that the old man would run away on his own.

"Too many people are a problem! We might alert them..."

Chizen Kōdai somewhat helpless. Her plan was about to succeed, but why did these people keep bothering her? In the end, Conan suggested flipping a coin to decide who would go.

However, in Fujino's eyes, Chizen Kōdai, that old silver coin, had a trick up his sleeve and secretly switched his coin with another one.

The others also noticed, but they just didn't say anything.

After everyone left, the group returned to the house.

The little maid kept biting her thumb, clearly looking very anxious.

Fujino spoke up to remind her, "Miss, biting your fingernails isn't a very good habit."

"Ah..."

The maid was taken aback, and awkwardly explained to Fujino, "It's just a habit of mine. Sometimes when I'm thinking or anxious, I do this unconsciously..."

"Then let's try to avoid it as much as possible."

Fujino said meaningfully, "You might get killed because of this habit."

"Ah?"

The maid was taken aback by what she heard.

Conan also looked at Fujino, a slight smirk playing on his lips.

Looks like this guy has already figured it out...

Hakuba Saguru said calmly from the side, "Oogami Shuku Zen had a habit of biting his fingernails before."

"If that's the case, then the poison must have been put in the rim of the cup."

Tsukida Ikumi immediately understood. "And all the cups were poisoned. The Chizen Kōdai went to get the farthest coin was probably because she was afraid of having a reaction."

"If that's the case, then Chizen Kōdai should be the mastermind behind the murder."

Hakuba Saguru pondered for a moment, "He just drove away on his own initiative..."

"They faked their death and then secretly monitored us."

Fujino nodded and immediately gave a spoiler. "When the two people who went with her come back, they should hear that the old woman is dead."

Tsukida Ikumi paused, then said, "That suspension bridge..."

"It was all planned."

Fujino pondered, "Only someone who is a detective can truly understand detectives, and his insistence on going out just now proves that."

Hakuba Saguru: "..."

Tsukida Ikumi: "..."

Don't steal my deduction, okay? And it's so simple...

"Then, how do we leave..."

Ran said with some worry, "If even the suspension bridge is blown up, won't we be unable to leave this place?"

Fujino said somewhat helplessly, "Then we'll just have to ask him directly..."

"What's the meaning?"

Upon hearing this, Hakuba Saguru looked at Fujino but didn't say anything more, "If we arrest and torture her, we probably won't get anything out of her, will we?"

He had already considered sending his old man, Watson, down the mountain with the note to ask for help.

However, it may still be a bit difficult to implement.

Let's see what Fujino has to say first.

He was actually quite looking forward to it.

"Of course, we'll continue following her script."

Fujino said calmly, "Since he wants to put on an act, let's play along. We'll follow her and play the game of killing each other, and see how she escapes in the end... Finally, we'll show up and see what kind of expression appears on her old face."

"In that case, it might actually be feasible."

Hakuba Saguru nodded, glancing at the man and inwardly lamenting how increasingly dirty his methods were becoming.

They even deceive old ladies.

If it were him, he and the US would probably both be trapped in this villa.

"Hey hey!"

Conan couldn't stand it any longer and quickly suggested, "Why don't I go ask her? If I do, she'll probably tell me how to leave, considering I'm just a kid, right?"

"Conan!"

Ran looked at Conan: "This is too risky. What if that old woman..."

Conan scratched his head. "It's okay, Ran- neechan, she probably won't hurt me."

"Then let Conan scam the old lady. We can cut off the surveillance footage and then everyone can go and help."

Fujino didn't think Conan was in any danger.

Hilarious! Death can be dangerous?

The old lady was lucky if he didn't kick her to death.

Fujino mentally chuckled, then snapped out of his thoughts, glanced around at everyone, and a sly smile crept onto his lips, "In that case, let's wait until those two who went out return, and then let this grand show begin..."