Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 277: The Ghost of the Crystal Palace (Part 7)

"Since the fact that ghosts can fly can be explained by Sister Anne's hang glider, then how do ghosts manage to split themselves into two?" Conan asked in confusion.

After thinking for a moment, the toy seller offered her idea: "Maybe it was a prank by those three kids?"

"child?"

"Well, in the botanical garden over there, there are three children living in hiding. I originally planned to take the three of them away after the exhibition, but they seemed reluctant to believe me." The toy seller pointed to the greenhouse in the distance.

So Conan and the others came to the greenhouse. Kogoro Mouri walked in front, struggling to push away the dense branches that blocked the way.

"The plants here are too lush. Isn't there anyone to trim them?" Kogoro Mouri complained dissatisfiedly after being scratched by branches for the third time.

"But this also proves that it is indeed easy to hide people here." The mechanic said as he shook off the branch that was caught in his hair.

The prisoner put on his own filter glasses. "Alright, we're here to look for someone, not to explore. So, we just need to find the 'path' those three kids took. I'll be able to find the clues with my filter glasses."

"Let me see. Hmm, the grass around this tree has fallen over, and the branches of the nearby shrubs have been broken. And... there's a tree hole here!"

With his small size, Conan quickly got into the tree hole to see what was going on, which made Xiaolan very worried.

"Conan, be careful!"

Conan ran into the Broken Wheel Brothers (the orphans in the tree hole) head-on in the tree hole: "Ouch!"

Several people's heads bumped together, and Conan's head immediately swelled up a big bump. After a while, the three Broken Wheel brothers and Conan crawled out of the tree hole together.

The third brother jokingly pointed at the prisoner's glasses and laughed: "Hahaha, brothers, look, there's a guy with toad eyes here."

The prisoner couldn't hold it in any longer and quickly pulled down his glasses and asked, "Hello, do you know anything about ghosts?"

"Ghost! We know. Our flying sister told us!"

"It's a creaking ghost!"

"But we won't tell you! Hehehe!"

The three brothers Po Lun talked to each other, but were unwilling to reveal any clues to everyone. The prisoner held his forehead helplessly and led everyone out of the botanical garden.

"Uh, I don't think those three kids are ghosts."

Maori Kogoro disagreed: "I think the ghosts are just those three little ghosts stealing things at night, deliberately pretending to be ghosts."

Conan and the prisoner agreed: "But uncle, Sister Annie said that the three children were unwilling to leave the botanical garden. If they stole something, they wouldn't be able to sell it for money."

The toy seller came over and said, "Have you seen those three children? They've been living there for a long time. Please don't tell the Duke, or he'll kick them out."

Just then, Duke White Crow came over and said, "Hey, what are you all doing wandering around here? Mr. Investigator, you haven't found anything yet, have you?"

In order to cover up the news, the prisoner had to lie: "We found three dwarfs half the height of a man in the botanical garden. They have lived there for many years and have mushrooms growing on their bodies."

Duke White Crow laughed heartily. "Don't try to fool me with this nonsense! How could I not know that there are people living in the botanical garden? Go investigate now, don't just hang around here!"

Duke White Crow walked away angrily, and many of the people who remained at the scene were laughing secretly.

Yuanzi was the first to lose his composure: "Hahaha, he actually didn't believe the truth."

Dr. Agasa praised: "Telling the truth and making a false statement, this is really a great idea."

The toy seller breathed a sigh of relief. "Phew, that was a close call. Fortunately, Mr. Duke was harmed by his own suspicion."

"By the way, could you please give these to those three children?"

"apple?"

"Well, this is a little gift from the caretaker. He knows there are three homeless children hiding in the botanical garden. I think they should be willing to communicate with you."

Everyone took the apples given by the toy seller and returned to the botanical garden.

The three Broken Wheel brothers happily accepted the apples, and the prisoner took the opportunity to ask them questions.

"Did you see anything special in the past two days?"

The third brother jokingly said while chewing an apple: "Let me think about it. Hey, second brother, do you see anything?"

The second brother thought pessimistically for a moment and asked, "Boss, did you see anything?"

The oldest brother turned around and asked the third brother, "Third brother, did you see anything?"

The third child finished eating an apple and said, "Yes, yes."

Maori Kogoro couldn't hold it in any longer: "Ah! You three, if you have any clues, tell us now!"

"It seems like someone dropped something into the fountain at the entrance of the botanical garden."

So everyone went to the fountain to find out what was going on. The water in the fountain was no longer flowing, but it was still very clear, and there was something reflecting light at the bottom of the water.

Conan tried to reach out, but the prisoner beat him to the punch. "It's a mirror and a prism. They look very clean. They probably haven't been in the pool for long."

The mechanic looked at the mirror and said, "I remember there was a mirror in the left corridor..."

Conan immediately understood the truth about the ghost's clone: ​​"I know how ghosts can clone themselves."

Conan took the mirror from the prisoner and placed it in the corresponding position on the left corridor. Then he stood in front of one of the mirrors, and Conan's shadow appeared in the air.

The Savage pointed at the scene and said, "Yes, that's what I saw."

Conan said with a grin, "This is actually using the reflection of the mirror. Let your shadow be reflected by three mirrors in succession, and three mirrored shadows will appear. Plus, the light at night is not very good, so it is easy to be mistaken for a ghost."

Maori Kogoro patted the mirrors and said, "I see, but who placed these mirrors?"

The Savage replied, "It was arranged by Lady Diamond, the owner of the 'Princess's Choice' jewelry store. She's the one who organized the exhibition that's going to be held in the left corridor this afternoon. Her jewelry store is on the fourth floor of the left corridor."

Conan's heart sank. He knew that the Lady Diamond was a clone of Lady Mary. If she was working for the Melody family, it would be troublesome. Fortunately, she was not in the Crystal Palace now.

The mechanic explained, "The Baroness went out early in the morning to do some errands. I don't know what she went to do."

Just when Conan thought he could quietly go to the jewelry store to search for clues, the news from the savage gave him a headache again.

"Oh no! I saw Lady Diamond has returned. Duke White Crow has taken her to his office in the right corridor of the Crystal Palace to discuss important matters!"

Yuanzi was a little confused: "They were just discussing something, could something big have happened?"

The Savage replied in a panic, "It's the famous 'Mountain of Light' diamond, the precious gem that will be on display at the exhibition, that's been stolen!"