Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 162: The Dark Shadow Approaching Huiyuan's Secret (Epilogue)

The entomologist grumbled, "It seems the truth has been revealed. Judging by the amount of blood on the body, the murderer must have been splashed with quite a bit of blood. If we do a luminol test, we'll have ample evidence."

Officer Yamamura couldn't help but grumble: "If it's that simple, why not just bring these three people to the police station for examination early in the morning?"

Shiliang showed half-moon eyes: "That would waste too much time, and we wouldn't have the chance to find those children."

Dr. Agasa looked at the smoke-filled forest in the distance and said worriedly, "Um, is the forest fire out? I'm still a little worried..."

Inspector Yamamura received a message from the search team and the fire department: "The fire has been brought under control and will not spread any further, but firefighting at the fire point is still ongoing."

Conan turned to look at Usagi Tiaosan: "My friends saw you while you were burying the body, so they chased them. Where are they now?"

Usagi Tiaosan frantically defended himself: "I didn't do it! It's not me who's wrong, it's her!"

Upon hearing this, Shiliang complained, "It's obvious that you killed the person, are you still trying to make excuses?"

"She wanted to play a joke on me and locked me up in a dark place. This is all her fault! I love her so much and we've already decided to get married, yet she actually did that to me."

The crowd who didn't know the truth listened to Usagi Tiao San continue speaking.

"I suffer from claustrophobia. Three years ago, I was locked in an elevator accident for a whole day, and ever since then I've been afraid of dark places like this. But I never thought she would actually lock me up in a place like that, a dark cabin with no windows open!"

"So, it was the victim himself who invited you to this mountain?" The village police officer was very surprised.

"Yes, I panicked and wanted to escape from the house, so I picked up the axe from the cabin and swung it in the dark, but I accidentally hit her in the back. Yes, if she hadn't played such a bad joke on me, I wouldn't have locked those children up there!"

"You mean you locked them up in the cabin?"

"Yeah, but it's probably too late now." Usaki Tiaosan looked back at the forest filled with smoke.

Conan was stunned. He had been hoping for a lucky break, thinking that Haibara and the others were just trying to avoid the forest fire and had no way of contacting them. He never expected that they were trapped in the fire.

The entomologist's expression revealed a hint of disdain beneath his veil. "You still have the nerve to say it wasn't your fault? If your attack on the victim was an accident, why didn't you immediately call an ambulance? Instead, you killed and buried the body? And after being discovered, you even tried to kill those children to silence them? This behavior is truly disgusting."

"Officer Shancun, it's bad. The fire department said the fire in the cabin was too big and they couldn't be sure if there was anyone inside!" The police officer in charge of the contact brought the latest news.

Conan and Sera immediately rushed to the scene of the fire, while Officer Yamamura stayed there to arrest Usaki Tiaozo.

The handcuffed Usaki Tiaozo was still trying to explain that he was forced into a corner. The entomologist was so angry that he secretly called a bee to sting him, causing him to scream in pain. Officer Yamamura was still telling him to be quiet.

[Nightmare: Is the bee's sting coated with poison?]

[Entomologist: It's just a little neurotoxin, not lethal, but it can continuously stimulate the nervous system, causing him to feel the pain of being pierced by a steel nail every few minutes.]

[Professor: How vicious.]

[Adventurer: People you shouldn't mess with in the manor: the dwarf (mercenary), the mute (undertaker), the pagan (spellcaster), and the widow (entomologist).]

[Embarkantist: ...]

[Mercenary: You are the short one. I am considered tall in my hometown.]

[Prophet: But Naib, you still seem to be the shortest among all the male survivors.]

[Spell Master: Kurt, you wrote this?]

[Adventurer: A reminder to those who come to the manor in the future: don't offend anyone right away.]

On the way to the cabin in the woods, Conan always felt that someone was staring at him, which made him stop for a while.

"What's wrong, Conan?" Sera couldn't help but ask when she saw him stop.

Considering that Huibara and the others were more important, Conan ignored the gaze that was prying at him: "No, it's nothing. Let's hurry over there."

After the two ran away, Nightmare walked out of the woods, restored himself to the appearance of a novelist, made himself dirty and ran towards the cabin.

The fire in the cabin was out of control. Conan and Sera, who rushed to the scene, could only watch the beams collapse in the fire. Conan couldn't help but shout the names of Haibara and the others.

Just when Conan thought no one would answer, Ayumi's voice sounded from the side.

"Conan, we are here!"

Genta, Mitsuhiko, and the little girl also came out from behind the tree: "We are all safe!"

Conan ran forward and asked: "How did you escape?"

"We were rescued by an older sister whom we didn't know."

Upon hearing this description, Conan knew that it was Haibara who took the antidote and transformed back to adult form to save everyone.

Yuan Tai added: "Come to think of it, we met a man wearing a crow head mask on the way, but he just glanced at us and left. What a weird guy."

Conan was shocked. Now he understood who the vague gaze in the woods came from. Could it be that the nightmare's base was nearby?

"Dad!" The little girl noticed the novelist running towards her and ran up to him.

The onlookers were all moved by this heartwarming scene of "father and daughter reunion", and Conan, after asking about Haibara's whereabouts, hurried to look for her.

Sera came over and asked the three little ones what the woman who helped them looked like, and Mitsuhiko took out a photo and showed it to her.

"We've already sent the photo to Uncle Maori Kogoro's computer, but I think we'll be able to see her on the Suzuki train next week."

In the photo, Huibara is wearing the pass ring on her hand.

At this time, in the grove not far away, Haibara complained about Conan arriving so late.

Conan asked anxiously: "Habara, did you meet the Oletus member wearing a crow-head mask?"

"Ah, indeed."

"That guy didn't do anything to you, did he? His code name is 'Nightmare', and he's a pharmaceutical research expert in the Oritis organization. I'm worried that he might be interested in you."

"Okay, if he really wanted to study me, I can't be standing here talking to you right now. He just glanced at us and left. Maybe he was worried about the fire?"

"Could it be that he has a base here? He ignored you to prevent his research data from being affected by the fire..." Conan fell into thought again.

"But there's one thing I don't understand. Alice mentioned the names of five animals at the fire scene: the nightingale, the raven, the bee, the mouse, and the white horse."

Conan felt that these five animals most likely corresponded to five people. After all, he had learned from the conversation between the novelist and the entomologist that the nightingale represented Alice and Mrs. Dross, and the raven represented Uncle Orpheus. Who would the remaining three be?

In the Mouri Detective Agency, Toru Amuro, who sneaked in, used the password he knew before to open Mouri Kogoro's computer, and saw the photo sent by the three little ones. Then he found out that the computer had been hacked.

On the other side, at Kudo's house, Subaru Okiya also hacked into the computer and saw the photo.

[First Mate: Are you ready, everyone?]

[Prisoner: It's finally my turn.]

[Forward: Hi, hi!]

[Spellcaster: Take it easy, don't mess this up.]

[Postman: Uh-huh.]

[Red Butterfly: Let the passengers experience the charm of the "Metropolis."]