Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 397 The Death of the Lamb (Part 9)

"It's a pity that when I came to my senses and wanted to look for Miss Lamb, she had already been killed by Jack. At first I didn't quite understand why Jack wanted to kill her, but later I understood that Jack wanted to silence her." The sculptor laughed viciously.

"Clearly, only a section of the film was missing, so how did Jack claim the entire roll was stolen? So the remaining film was probably Jack's doing, and he's crying 'stop thief', and he's also trying to shift some of the blame onto Fool Gold who came to the rescue."

"Wait, you said Fool Gold came here to save people?" Conan was a little confused.

"Ah, Mr. Stoneman was horrified when he saw Miss Lamb's body. He yelled, 'How dare you do this!' and started fighting with Jack."

"So, the stibnite fragments the public security officers found were dropped during the fight between him and Jack? But don't Melody and Jack have alibis?"

"Ah, one of them can become invisible, and the other can travel through space through photos and portraits. How many ways do you think they can avoid surveillance and return to the mansion?"

"Damn, there is actually such a method..." Conan scratched his hair.

"But I'm not completely without gain. Tsk, tsk, that guy Jack got a bargain," the sculptor said, pulling out a "segment of an arm" from the back of his wheelchair. "Look, I just casually put a pair of statues over there, and this is what I got."

"Isn't this a fool's gold hand?" Air Force looked at the arm made of stibnite and fell into deep thought.

[Composer: Campbell, he kept a trick up his sleeve.]

[Entomologist: This is really keeping something in reserve.]

[Fool's Gold: Anyway, we can still put it back together.]

"Ah, that guy Jack was in a worse situation. He was hit head-on by two of my statues."

[Jack: I'm T1, is that true?]

[Photographer: Guaranteed death.]

Conan mourned for Jack in his heart for a second, and sighed that the supervisors of Oritis Manor were really strong. After all, those servants were all crushed into a pulp, but Jack was unharmed and his legs didn't even tremble when he walked.

"So, I'm done with Melody now. I was planning to go to Walden's place, but he saw some Italian guy following me and immediately closed the door to me."

"What's wrong with Italians?" the violinist complained. "I'll do anything to keep me from eating pineapple pizza."

"So your biggest problem now is that you have no place to live?"

"Yes, Miss Demi said I was not home every day and kicked me out. I came here to find Miss Galatea, but Miss Galatea and Desi were having a quarrel. It was so difficult for me." The violinist collapsed on the table.

"Mr. Antonio, why don't you consider living with us?" Ms. Farrow gave a malicious smile.

The violinist glanced at the fire investigator, who was smiling brightly, and shuddered. "For my own safety, I'd better not go to your place."

"Indeed, we need to worry about Evelyn's hellish cuisine, Richard's staircase trap, and the fire that could break out at any moment." The puppeteer silently covered his head. "I swear, I will never put spare puppets in the storage room again."

"Alright, Mr. Antonio and Miss Galatea, please stay with us for now. We'll discuss other arrangements later." Xie Bian stepped forward to end the conversation. "The most important thing now is to figure out what Fool's Gold is doing. Perhaps we need to go to the Glittering Grotto to find out."

"It would be great if Miss Baril were here with us. Her ancestral home should have the relevant documents."

"Some of them were burned down by the gas explosion."

Fan Wujiu shook his head. "I don't think we can go to the Glittering Gold Grotto for the time being. Melody won't just sit back and watch us act. He'll do whatever it takes to get his piece of the film."

Conan reacted: "It seems so. In Melody's eyes, the most suspicious person is Miss Galatea. He is very likely to suspect that the film is in her hands."

Thinking of this, Conan immediately wanted to go back and see how Dr. Agasa had analyzed the film.

Just as he was about to leave, Fan Wujiu stopped him and said, "Conan, although we're willing to share some information with you, those FBI and public security officers outside are quite annoying. Isn't it a bit too much to have them following us around every day? We have legitimate business to do. Don't force us to drive them away. Remember to tell them."

Conan immediately understood that it was Shuichi Akai and Toru Amuro who sent their own people to Fukumanro and Melodi's mansion to monitor the movements of Oritis and the others, but he now felt that such surveillance did not seem to be very meaningful. After all, even if the survivors needed to enter and exit in a normal way, the supervisors would probably have various ways to avoid surveillance.

"I see. I'll remember to explain that to them."

However, Conan knew very well that neither the FBI nor the police would give up monitoring both sides after this incident.

Before leaving, Fan Wujiu handed a bottle of "Xudra" to Conan: "Take it and analyze it, although no one on your side can figure out how these potions are made."

[Ms. Farrow: Is it really okay to just give the potion to Conan?]

[Novelist: Don't worry, they won't be able to come up with anything. If they do come up with something, I'll have to thank them.]

[Fool's Gold: It really harms the workforce.]

[Entomologist: Free labor is wasted.]

[Composer: Well, it's time for Mrs. Pliny to leave now.]

[Entomologist: I'll prepare it.]

Conan returned to Dr. Agasa's house and saw the results of Dr. Agasa's analysis of the film.

"Shinichi, this film is quite old. Although there is only a blurry portrait on it, I still tried to restore it."

Conan saw the photo displayed on the computer screen: two people who looked almost identical were pressed closely together, and below were two names: "Joseph Delasoune and Claude Delasoune".

"These two people... are twins? Their faces are almost exactly the same as Desi Melodi's..." Conan recalled the sculptor's words. The photographer has a younger brother, so this photo is most likely a photo of them brothers?

"There are still too few clues. In order to find out the truth, we can only contact Mr. Akai and the others to go to the Glittering Cave again." After making up his mind, Conan called Judy and the others.

While waiting for someone to arrive, Conan gave the bottle of potion to Haibara, hoping that she could figure out something from it.

"You'd better not get your hopes up too much. After all, I've never come across any memory-related drugs." Huibara picked up the bottle of medicine and locked herself in the laboratory.

Shuichi Akai brought Judy and Cameron to Dr. Agasa's house. After listening to Conan's explanation, the three were a little confused.

"If the murder at the Melody family mansion was a fight between Desi Melody and Miss Galatea, and Ms. Lamb was killed by Jack, then the appearance of Fool Gold is quite suspicious. He seems to be particularly concerned about Ms. Lamb." Akai Shuichi pointed out the doubts one by one.