Chapter 1032: Time is running out

Conan said: "I think the next riddle clue is at the Northern Angel. To open the Northern Angel tower, we need to wait until the hour of the Rat, which is midnight. But at 9 o'clock tonight, our time will be up."

"For the time being, I can't think of what to do either. The Northern Angel tower has high-voltage electricity to guard against thieves; we can't get close until midnight..."

"Also, whether that Mr. Tokei is trustworthy is still a question."

"Is there a problem with Mr. Tokei?" Genta asked.

"Yes, he deliberately announced the riddle at 9 o'clock. This way, if you want to open the South Tower, you have to wait until noon the next day. Even if the challenger discovers that the next clue is at the Northern Tower, the earliest they can open it is midnight that day..."

Conan frowned, "No matter who comes to challenge, it's impossible to complete it within 24 hours..."

"But," Mitsuhiko asked in confusion, "what good would that do him? Even if all the challengers fail..."

"What if he is an heir after Yuriko?" Conan said in a deep voice.

"If he wants to officially claim the treasure as an heir, then it makes sense. I'm afraid the so-called protection is just to monitor us and hinder us..."

"Wrong."

Akaso Kaze suddenly spoke up, interrupting Conan's deduction.

"Isegawa Ganzo had no reason not to foresee this situation. The wealthy man known as the 'Bull' must have had a reason for choosing Mr. Tokei. He wouldn't be a completely unrelated outsider, thus avoiding outsiders stealing the treasure, but he wouldn't be someone who could inherit the estate either..."

Conan was stunned: "Brother Akaso, do you know something?"

"I knew it when Mr. Tokei found me. Matsunaka Yuriko is not hard to find. Actually, even without me, he should have been able to find Yuriko. So his goal must have been to have me help Yuriko solve the riddle of the Angel Mansion..."

Akaso Kaze said calmly: "Mr. Tokei is someone related to the Isegawa family; there's no mistake about that. He is a relative of Isegawa, but has no inheritance rights himself, and he abandoned his original name to become a secretary, and finally was made the executor of the will, only to gain freedom once the riddle is solved..."

"Could it be..." Conan's eyes lit up.

"That's right, it seems very clear now."

Akaso Kaze curled his lip slightly.

"Hated by Isegawa Ganzo, yet a relative of Isegawa, with no inheritance rights... and saving Yuriko at the Southern Angel tower just now—the only one who meets these conditions is the person who eloped with Yuriko's mother."

Akaso Kaze smiled slightly: "I specifically had Takagi check for me. Yuriko's father's body was never found back then; all that could be confirmed was that the car drove off a cliff and into the sea."

"Mr. Tokei is Yuriko's father?" Ayumi and the others looked at Yuriko, who was somewhat dazed behind them.

"This is very likely. In any case, Isegawa Ganzo wouldn't choose an executor of his will at random," Akaso Kaze looked at Tokei, who was standing in the distance.

In the North Mansion dining room, time passed, and it was gradually time for the sun to set again, with red clouds in the sky.

Tokei was still wearing his sunglasses, standing at the door watching Akaso Kaze and his group sitting in their seats after finishing their meal, a trace of disappointment flashing in his eyes.

After coming out of the labyrinth, Akaso Kaze took a group of children and walked around the Angel Mansion again, and then didn't make any more moves...

Ayumi looked at Akaso Kaze, who was resting with his eyes closed, and asked with some worry: "Brother Akaso, is it really okay?"

Akaso Kaze opened his eyes and stood up to look outside the window: "Is it already this time? It's about time..."

Seeing the light outside dimming, Akaso Kaze looked at Conan, who was struggling with his thoughts: "Have you ever thought that the riddle might not have been designed entirely by him? The meaning of the character 'bull' is more like a game. If you think about it that way..."

Akaso Kaze's eyes shone with brilliance as he looked at the angel searchlight system that had started operating again; the entire trajectory of the Angel Mansion's searchlights instantly took shape in his mind.

"The angel descends from the sky—how is that to be achieved? Have you noticed that the operating trajectory of these searchlights is completely fixed, exactly the same as yesterday..."

"Searchlights?" Conan looked outside in astonishment, then was startled, "Could it be..."

Akaso Kaze grabbed the diamond-shaped black crystal 2.8 and said to Conan and the others who were looking over, "The reason the riddle was chosen to be announced at 9 o'clock was actually to give us the opportunity to see the searchlights operate again the next day, which is this time... Let's go, to the Eastern Angel tower."

"Eh? Isn't it the Northern Angel?"

"The high-voltage electricity at the Northern Angel won't be deactivated until the hour of the Rat, and even if it were opened, it wouldn't be of any use."

Akaso Kaze led everyone straight to the bottom of the Eastern Angel tower, used a ladder placed on the side, and climbed up with Conan to the top of the tower to the angel's base.

Thanks to sky Xia Mo for the monthly ticket.