Chapter 548 Fingerprints Under the Card

Friday, February 27, evening, Mansion Ninety-Nine.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, Jiujiuqihui drove ahead and led the car rented by Maori off the highway. After walking through the forest for more than ten minutes, they stopped in front of a mansion.

Looking at the courtyard walls at least 500 meters long on the left and right, and the mansion with a forest of trees inside the courtyard walls, Maori was speechless. It really is a big courtyard.

Following Ninety-nine Seven Megumi, Mao Li parked the car in the parking lot next to the concierge, and He Lan, Conan, Yamazaki, and Mei Daizi got out of the car. When Yamazaki went back to Mei Dai Restaurant to say hello, it was just about the end of the first half, and Mei Daizi followed.

"It's so big here." Lan laughed.

"The air is good." Mei Daizi said.

"I bought this more than 40 years ago, and this piece is all there." Jiujiuqihui said, "It wasn't very valuable at that time."

"And that hill behind?" Lan asked in surprise.

"Yes, the area where the river and the highway intersect is the same, about a dozen hectares." Jiujiu Qihui said, "To be honest, the inheritance tax is too much of a headache now."

"I want to have a headache too." Maori muttered.

Conan asked, "Hey, who cleaned this yard?"

"I have a flower garden company. They plant flowers and trees here, help take care of the forest, and come regularly to take care of the yard." Jiujiuqihui said, "My husband's three apprentices only do housework. "

Maori said, "I mean, it's not like three people could do it."

"Please follow me." Ninety-Nine Qihui made a gesture of invitation, and then led the way, walking on a stone road, "This is the road leading to the main house, about two hundred meters."

"It's true that only by using a stretcher can you run out without leaving a trace." Maori said, "But if you want to get off the road and enter the woods after going out, you will definitely leave at least four sets of footprints on the ground, and if you want to wipe these footprints again, you will definitely Because of time constraints, it was recorded by surveillance.”

"What if we put a wooden plank?" Conan said, "Put the wooden plank on the soil and then pull it away."

"Well, that's doable," Molly said.

"That's too troublesome, I have a simple solution," Mei Daizi said, "Just walk in the air, and you can go out anytime."

"There's no helicopter going by here," Lan said.

"There is no need for a helicopter," Mei Daizi said. "The trees here are tall and dense, and you can walk on them."

"Heh, heh, it might be okay if it's someone else, but with my husband's weight, I'm afraid there are very few branches that can withstand him." Jiujiu Qihui laughed.

"Well," Mei Daizi asked after thinking for a while, "What about the sliding rope?"

"Hey, this is also a way." Mao Li said, "In this way, you only need to choose two trees, build a strong rope, and you can send your husband out at once. Then remove the rope and use the thirty seconds run out."

"But how to send my husband to the tree?" Jiujiu Qihui asked.

"I think it should be easy to pull Mr. Ninety-Nine up with a pulley block," Lan said.

"Miss Qihui, I think it is necessary to ask someone to check the woods on both sides of this road." Mao Li said.

"Yes, I understand." Jiujiu Qihui said with a heavy heart.

Soon after, the Ninety-Nine main house.

Ninety Nine Megumi introduced Mori to Kazuo Sanada, Asako Miyoshi, and Hiroshi Momochi who were waiting in the living room.

"Ah," Ran said, pointing at Sanada, "you're the magician who played Kaito Kid that day."

Miyoshi Asako asked with a smile, "Are you Miss Lan played by Kaitou Kidd?"

At this time, a little girl came in, "Hey? Aren't you Conan?"

"You are, uh," Conan asked after thinking for a while, "Kujiu Fumino from the next class, right?"

"Yeah," Jiujiu Wennai asked happily, "What are you doing at my house, are you here to play with me?"

"Uh," said Conan, "no, it's just something."

"What's the matter?" Ninety-Nine Fumino asked.

"It's my uncle who has something to do, this guy just came along." Molly smiled and pushed Conan in front of Kujuku Fumino, "Miss, you can take him away as much as you want."

"Then why don't you go shopping with us." Jiujiu Fumino smiled while holding Conan's arm, "Today is my birthday, I can play all night long. And in the middle of the night, my father will send a mysterious gift, we Take a good look together."

"No," Lan rescued Conan, "I'm sorry, Conan is busy now, can we go later?"

"Wen Nai," Jiu Nine Qihui stepped forward and squatted down. Patted Jiujiu Fumino's head, "I'm sorry, I can't go shopping with you today."

"Ah? Didn't you already promise me?" Jiujiu Wennao cried, "Mom, you lied to me."

"I'm sorry." Ninety-Nine Qihui said with a choked voice covering her mouth.

"Wen Nai, your name is Wen Nai, right? How would you like me to play with you?" Mei Daizi smiled, "Go to the playground and have a big meal."

"Yes, but I want to go shopping." Jiujiu Fumino said.

Mihao Mazi smiled and said, "Then sister, go with you, I can help you pick out some nice new clothes."

"Then I'll trouble you, Mazi." Jiujiuqihui said.

"Brother?" Mei Daizi asked.

"Go, I'll go with you." Yamazaki smiled, and then said to Maori, "Uncle, I'm not very good at codes, so I won't go, we will go home by ourselves."

"Alright then." Molly agreed.

"Lan, aren't you coming?" Mei Daizi asked.

"No." Lan shook his head.

After Miyoshi Asako, Kujiu Fumino, Yamazaki and Mei Daizi left, Mao Li asked, "Ms. Nanhui, haven't you let the lady know about your husband's disappearance?"

Jiujiuqihui sighed, "I can hide it for a while, maybe for a while."

A moment later, the underground studio.

This room is about 50 square meters, and there are many large cabinets on the four walls, which contain all kinds of magic props, as well as some specimens of small animals such as rabbits and pigeons. There is a row of photos on the wall on the right side of the entrance. On the left side of the door is a large desk with a large pile of playing cards on it.

Maori asked, "Miss Qihui, what is this basement used for?"

Jiujiu Qihui said: "This is a special room for my husband. He often comes here to study new magic, and these apprentices also come here occasionally."

Baidi Yushi said: "Master asked us to come."

Conan asked, "What about the photos on the wall?"

Sanada Yisan said: "They are all master's apprentices. They have established their own families, but they can still be said to be our senior brothers."

Conan asked, "So, who is that brother in the middle photo in the black top hat?"

"That's Kinoshita. He was a genius among geniuses, but unfortunately he passed away in a practice accident 14 years ago." Sanada Kazuzo said, "It can be said that I replaced him."

Lan asked Conan, "Why do you ask that?"

Conan said: "Because only the photo is free of dust, I don't know if someone often cleans it."

Jiujiuqihui said: "It should be Mazi, and Kinoshita is Mazi's elder brother."

Maori asked, "Is this room still the same as that day?"

"Yes," Jiujiuqihui said, "except for the vomit about three steps in front of the desk, I replaced it with stones." Then I stuffed the coded playing cards under the playing cards on the desk, " It was in these playing cards at the time."

Mao Li said: "That is to say, this may be a clue left by Mr. Ninety-Nine."

"By the way, Maori Detective, one thing is very strange," Jiujiu Qihui said, "The fingerprints on these playing cards are not on the top, but all on the bottom, and from right to left, they are from the little finger of the right hand to the little finger of the left hand. .”

"Bottom? That's how you get the cards," Mao Li put his palms up in front of him, "But from right to left, it should be from the thumb of the right hand to the thumb of the left hand."

"It's the back." Conan said, "When the hands are placed on the back with the palms up, it is the right and left hand from the little finger of the right hand to the little finger of the left hand."

"By the way, it's behind the back." Mao Li put his hands behind his back, and then said in surprise, "So, Mr. Ninety-Nine was tied up, and he secretly put these playing cards."

Sanada Kazuzo said: "No, this kind of small action cannot be hidden from others."

"That's because there was no one there," Maury said.

Baidi Yushi said: "But when the prisoner comes to take Master away again, it is impossible for these playing cards not to be seen."

"Uh," Maori said after thinking for a while, "by the way, the prisoner must have just called Mr. Ninety-Nine out of the door."

Jiujiu Qihui said: "My husband likes to listen to classical music very much, so in order to enjoy the music loudly, he specially made a sound insulation project here."

"Ah, that's right." Maori said with some embarrassment.

"Auntie, where else is there such a fingerprint?" Conan asked, "Is it on the doorknob? On the phone?"

"All of them." Ninety-Nine Qihui said.

"Where is it?" Conan asked.

"It's all down there." Sanada Kazuzo said.

"What about the phone button?" Conan asked.

"No, it's also very strange to say," Jiujiu Qihui said, "As if it has been wiped, there are no fingerprints on the phone buttons."

"It seems that Master erased it now, in order to tell us that he pressed the phone button with the back of his finger." Sanada Kazuo said, "Master's hand should be bound by the ring he wore."

Baidi Yushi asked: "You mean the hanging silk ring that Master used to control the puppets?"

"Hanging silk ring?" Lan asked.

"That's it." Ninety-Nine Qihui pointed to a photo that seemed to have silk threads protruding from her fingers, "This ring is a magic tool, and there are long silk threads hidden in it, which are used to manipulate the movements of dolls."

Lan asked: "By the way, since Mr. Jiujiu can ring the phone, why didn't he call the police? And there should be a pen here?"

Jiujiuqihui said: "It turned out that there was a pen, but it seems that it was taken away by the prisoner."

Baidi Yushi said: "The prisoner should have unplugged the telephone lines of the entire main house, so the calls cannot be made."

"Okay, let's take care of it now." Maori said, "The prisoner fed the capsule to Mr. Ninety-Nine, tied him here, and then went out. Mr. Ninety-Nine spit out the capsule first, and then went to open the door to run away but Maybe someone was found outside, so I didn’t run out successfully. So I left a code on the phone and covered the phone with playing cards, to delay time, the prisoner probably didn’t have so much time to check the playing cards one by one , and would not have thought that Mr. Ninety-Nine would leave a message on the phone that could not be reached."

"That's not right, Detective Maori, if the criminal wants to kill my master, then why should they take him away." Yushi Baidi said.

"This, uh," Maori couldn't answer for a while, and then changed the subject, "Let's look at the code first, the answer should be there."

However, Mao Li looked at the code, and Khan was so anxious that he didn't think of a clue.

Ran asked, "Conan, did you think of anything interesting?"

"Sister Lan, I think these numbers are very strange," Conan said, "Look, if you press these numbers along the keys on the phone, you can connect them into a strange shape."

"Strange shape?" Mori said, "Well, this one is 'DC マコ'."

"Does 'Mako' refer to Asako?" Hiroshi Hyakuchi asked in surprise.

"Only these things can't be determined, besides, it might just be Mr. Jiujiu wanting to send Mazi some message," Maori said, "I still don't know what Mako's previous DC means."

Lan asked: "Well, Mr. Ninety-Nine likes music. Could this be the 'D.C.' that often appears on music scores?"

"What?" Molly asked.

"DACAP0," said Hiroshi Hyakuchi, "means to go back to the original point and repeat."

"Re-repeat," Jiujiu Qihui said in a panic, "Could it be that..."

"Don't worry, Ms. Nanae," Maori comforted, "My assistant is also next to your daughter." Then he took out his mobile phone, but found that there was no signal.

Sanada Yisan said: "This is underground, go to the ground, the base station on the side of the highway covers here."...