Chapter 144 The Sigh in the Basement

June 14, Friday, morning, Didan Primary School.

During class break, Ayumi said: "Conan, you can go with us too, to destroy the monsters."

"Eliminate, eliminate monsters?" Conan asked back.

"Forget it, Ayumi," Genta said, "Even if you go to Conan, he will definitely not be able to help you."

"But, if it's just Genta and me..." Ayumi said.

Conan asked, "So, where is the monster you mentioned?"

Ayumi replied: "It's in the old bungalow at 4th-chome." Then explained, "It is said that five years ago, after the owner of that house was killed by someone, the house became very scary. His wife and him His son seemed to have moved away, and then the house was occupied by evil spirits, and there would always be horrible sighs heard in the middle of the night, and the dog who accidentally ran in was found the next day, leaving only a pile of bones.” Then he was afraid He said, "When I went out to buy soy sauce yesterday evening, I found a black figure running by near the old bungalow, followed the old bungalow, and he disappeared. Then I saw it from the window of that house, that There are ghosts in the house." As he spoke, he screamed loudly, startling Conan.

Seeing this, Ayumi smiled and asked: "How is it, are you starting to get scared?"

I was so scared when you called me, Conan thought to himself, it rained heavily last night, so who was that black shadow running past in a raincoat?

"That kind of thing is deceiving," Mitsuhiko said with a smile as he sat on his seat. "In this age of science, so-called monsters or ghosts can only appear in TV or comics."

"What?" Walking over and punching the desk, Genta asked, "What do you mean by that, you mean Ayumi is lying, right?"

"No, no," Mitsuhiko quickly argued, "I mean she..."

"Stop talking," Genta said, staring at Mitsuhiko, "Since you said so, then you have to come together to prove the fact that there are no monsters in the world." Then he grabbed Mitsuhiko's collar and lifted Mitsuhiko up. Get up and threaten, "If you dare not follow, boy..."

"Ah?" Mitsuhiko asked back, "I'm going too."

Seeing that Genta pulled one, Ayumi asked: "Conan, you should believe what I say?"

"Ah? Ah..." Conan murmured.

Pressing her hands on Conan's desk, Ayumi asked, "Is it?"

"Yes." Conan replied quickly.

Head Yuantai said: "Very well, go back in the afternoon and make preparations. We will meet at the gate of the old house at five o'clock."

Ayumi exclaimed excitedly: "Oh!" At the same time, she raised four hands in agreement. Ayumi grabbed Conan and Mitsuhiko's hands and helped them raise them together.

Conan carefully estimated the time. If you gather at five o'clock, you should be able to complete the exploration at six o'clock. So he talked to Lan and Mei Daizi, and left empty-handed.

At 5:00 p.m., at the gate of the old bungalow in 4-chome.

As it was a cloudy day, the sky was already dark at this time. Looking at the overgrown yard and the house covered with plants, listening to the specialty of Tokyo, the crowing of crows, the head of the detective team Genta, the team member Ayumi and the team member Mitsuhiko Qi Qi swallowed.

In order to cheer up, head Yuantai asked everyone to show off their own guys. Genta brought a metal bat for killing monsters, and Ayumi brought a pack of snacks for filling his stomach.

Mitsuhiko prepared a flashlight for everyone, and also brought a compass that would not get lost.

Ayumi asked, "Conan, what about you?"

With his hands in the pockets of his suit shorts, Conan said, "Um, I'm not prepared."

"Ah?" Yuan Tai said, "You don't know how you will die then."

"That's right," Ayumi said, "If you are not careful, you will be killed."

"I'll just try not to die." Conan laughed dryly, thinking, do these guys think they're going to the devil's castle?

After tidying up their equipment, the detective team of the job-changing adventure team embarked on the road of adventure.

However, I was stumped when I first started the adventure. The gate of the yard was locked and could not be opened, and no one had learned the skill of unlocking. However, the head of the team, Yuan Tai, who has already reached the full level of detection skills, led the adventure group through a large hole with a flap found under the tall grass-covered courtyard wall.

Opening the door, I saw that the inside of the house was dark and gloomy. Ayumi said, "Well, it's better to go back. Look, it's starting to rain."

"No, I've already come here, how can I just go back like this." Yuan Tai said, "I want to go back to Ayumi alone."

At this time, lightning flashed, and there was a thunder in the sky. Ayumi screamed and rushed in, then bumped into something, fell to the ground, sat up and looked, and immediately screamed again.

"Ha..." Running over to take a look, Mitsuhiko said with a smile, "Look clearly, this demon is just a sculpture."

Pulling Ayumi up from the ground, with the flashlight on, the adventure group officially started their adventure.

While walking, Ayumi said: "Really, it's just a fall, and the hands are full of dirt."

"Because no one lived there for a long time, the floor was full of dust," Mitsuhiko said.

After walking for a while, Ayumi found the bathroom and cleaned her hands with water at the sink.

Packed up my mood, and walked for a while, Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko promoted each other, Genta was promoted from a commoner to a brave man, Ayumi was promoted from a commoner to a very cute female warrior, and Mitsuhiko was promoted from a commoner to a shrewd magician As for Conan, since no one promoted him, he didn't even get involved with the thieves who explored and unlocked the locks, so he could only continue to change jobs and became an important role not considered a partner, a villager who provided information.

After a while, the door in front of the room suddenly opened with a "squeak!". The three brave men immediately hid behind the villagers and directed the villagers to take the lead to investigate the intelligence.

The four of them hid behind the door and looked inside. The shrewd magician Mitsuhiko walked in first and said, "Ah, that's how it is. Because of the wind, the window opened naturally." Then he stepped forward to close the window, He laughed again, "I think the true face of monsters is probably this kind of thing."

The lovely female warrior Ayumi immediately praised: "Mitsuhiko, you seem to be a detective."

"Ah, I want to go to the bathroom," Mitsuhiko said with an embarrassed smile, "Please wait for me here, I'll be right back."

Ayumi asked, "Can you do it by yourself?"

"It's okay," Mitsuhiko said with a smile, "Science and logic are my partners."

Turning around in the room, Yuan Tai said, "This house is so big."

Looking around at the furnishings in the room, Ayumi said, "It must have been lived in by a very rich person before."

Touching the ground, feeling around, Conan began to explore around the room.

However, after a long time, Mitsuhiko who said that in this age of science, it is impossible for those demons and ghosts to exist still has not returned.

Ayumi said, "Mitsuhiko is so slow."

After checking the house, Conan took out his watch and said, "Twenty minutes have passed."

The brave Yuantai sat on the ground gloating and said: "That guy may have encountered some accident."

At this time, "Ah!" A scream sounded, it was Mitsuhiko's voice, and the three of Conan immediately went to look for it. However, they couldn't find it for a while, so Conan asked Genta and Ayumi to hide in a nearby room in a hurry, and went to look for it by himself.

It's really strange, Conan thought, since the incident happened, no one should have lived in this house, why the water source has not been stopped, and the room with the window open has not been exposed to wind and rain, and there is nothing on the ground. Dust, that is, that window was recently opened and someone cleaned that room. Also, a secret entrance was made in an inconspicuous place, which is used by someone to enter and exit the house, but who is it and what is the purpose?

Running into a room, Conan found a photo frame that was covered upside down. He picked it up and saw that it was a family portrait of a middle-aged couple and their young son.

At this time, another exclamation came, it was Yuantai's. Conan immediately went back to look for them, and found Ayumi sitting on the floor of the aisle shaking, immediately covered her mouth and pulled her to the side aisle.

After a while, the trembling thing of Cong Mei came over. It turned out to be a middle-aged woman in a black robe who was holding a candle and pushing a dining cart. The black robe and a hat hid her face in the darkness.

When she walked over, Conan asked. It turned out that the brave Yuanta was hungry. After eating most of the snacks, he followed the sudden smell of food and went to the middle-aged woman, and then did not come back.

When the middle-aged woman turned the corner, Conan immediately led Ayumi to catch up, but at the end of the corridor where there were no rooms nearby, people and food disappeared, leaving only an empty dining car.

After searching carefully, I found a cover, but no matter how hard Conan tried, he couldn't pull it up. He stood up and clapped his hands. He accidentally touched the strap, and Conan immediately smiled. This is the telescopic sling sent by the doctor. As long as the button is pressed, the rubber belt can automatically expand and contract. With its tension...

Connect one end of the retractable sling to the lamp socket on the wall, Conan pressed the button, and the cover was pulled up immediately, revealing a passage leading to the ground.

After going down, Conan and Ayumi found that there was actually a prison cell made of iron bars underground, and a long-haired man was sitting on the bed inside.

At this time, the sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and Conan and Ayumi immediately hid in the side of a cabinet by the wall opposite the door.

Hearing the man's cry of pain, the middle-aged woman with food came in and said, "It's really painful, but it was five years ago, so forget it quickly. Because no matter how painful you are, you will die if you die." The people who are here will not come back.”

Dead people? Could it be that she was referring to the master who was killed? If so, Conan thought, then these two people are...

"Okay, hurry up and eat." The middle-aged woman said and pushed the food in through the gap under the iron railing.

After a moment of silence, the man suddenly exploded, smashing the food to pieces.

The middle-aged woman said: "I didn't lock you here to make you suffer, do you know? Akio, I did it for, for your future."

So that's it, Conan thought, I have already understood, the secret of this house and the truth at that time. ...