Chapter 346

Hakuba Saguru returned after burying his bird, and Mogi Harufumi also rushed back to the villa, explaining to everyone what had happened at the bridge.

"What! You said Ms. Senma is dead?"

Gunta Ikumi looked surprised, and Mogi Harufumi explained: "I'm afraid that when she switched on the car headlights, she triggered a mechanism installed by the murderer, and the bomb exploded."

"We cannot sit and wait for death; there might be others in this villa."

Gunta Ikumi suggested: "Why don't we detectives discuss the next countermeasures first?"

Everyone agreed, only Akaso Kaze shook his head.

"It is time to end tonight's farce."

"Actually, all of you found a handgun in your rooms, right? Take them all out; there's no need to hide them."

As the words fell, everyone thought for a moment and really pulled handguns from their persons.

Gunta Ikumi had a slightly petite handgun, Hakuba Saguru had a revolver, and Mogi Harufumi had an automatic pistol.

As for Akaso Kaze and Kaitou Kid, they didn't have handguns at all.

For Akaso Kaze, guns were of no use.

As for Kaitou Kid, it wasn't that he hadn't found a handgun, but he believed in the philosophy of not killing, so a handgun was useless to him.

"The murderer gave everyone a handgun, which means she never intended for us to leave alive; she wanted us to kill each other."

Akaso Kaze said indifferently: "I can help everyone leave, but before that, I must find the truth here."

"Now, let us go see the departed souls."

Senma Furuyo avoided everyone's line of sight and entered a secret room silently.

In this room, an entire wall was covered with monitors, playing footage captured by cameras hidden everywhere.

Below the monitors was a huge control console. Just by being here, one could easily monitor the movements of everyone in the villa.

The room was very dim, with only the monitors on the wall emitting a ghostly light.

Just as Senma Furuyo sat in the chair, several figures walked in silently.

Suddenly, Senma Furuyo felt a pair of palms press onto her shoulders, giving the old lady such a start that her heart almost jumped out.

"Ah!"

The old lady screamed in fright, and when she turned back, it was actually Mogi Harufumi standing behind her.

Not only him, but Akaso Kaze, Hakuba Saguru, Gunta Ikumi, and Mouri Kogoro were also standing behind.

The atmosphere was silent for a moment; everyone looked down at her, waiting for this old woman to give an explanation.

Senma Furuyo sighed softly and turned slowly toward the monitors.

The light from the monitors cast large shadows on her face, flickering like the dying embers of a candle.

"It seems you have already solved the mystery."

"No, we haven't," Mogi Harufumi shook his head.

"Oh?" Senma Furuyo was very surprised, "Since you haven't solved it, how did you find this place? I remember this room was locked."

"Of course, it was thanks to my lord Akaso's guidance," Gunta Ikumi said.

Looking at Akaso Kaze, Senma was momentarily at a loss for words.

This lord Onmyoji is truly a bug-like existence.

They were setting up the game, but never imagined that just as the game had begun, someone had already jumped out of the chessboard and taken the seat of the chess player...

She was silent for a while and said slowly, "I said that the person who solves the puzzle can have half of the treasure. Lord Akaso, what do you think?"

Everyone turned their heads, looking at Akaso Kaze with worry.

Gunta Ikumi even hugged Akaso Kaze's arm tightly, as if afraid he would change his mind.

"Hehe," Akaso Kaze laughed, "Do you think that even if you found the treasure here, you could take it? I'm afraid you lack understanding of the original owner of this villa, and at the same time, you lack understanding of me."

Senma Furuyo was speechless for a moment.

She was just an old lady nearing the end of her life.

She didn't know what power the original owner, Karasuma Karasuma Renya, had, but she knew Akaso Kaze's power very well.

If he wanted this villa, she could only obediently offer it up.

However, when she and Oogami Nobuyoshi first planned this event, they didn't seem to have thought about the consequences of failure; even if they didn't find the treasure, failure would just mean an old life.

She had lived long enough for this old life of hers.

"Judging by your meaning, it seems you already know what the treasure is."

"Then, can you tell me what the treasure is?"

Senma Furuyo looked up directly at Akaso Kaze.

Her father died because of this treasure; Karasuma Karasuma Renya's treasure had become an obsession for her.

Even if she were to die, she wanted to know what the treasure was.

"This Twilight Villa has another name, called the Golden Villa," Akaso Kaze said indifferently.

"Golden Villa?"

"Strip away the outer walls of brick and stone to expose the gold hidden within; the entire villa is cast from gold."

Except for Kaitou Kid, who already knew, the others all gasped.

Everyone was speechless for a moment; they had always known Karasuma was rich, but never imagined he could be rich to this extent.

A villa built entirely of gold is truly beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Knowing the treasure, Senma Furuyo felt empty inside instead.

A golden villa that separated her and her father by life and death.

A golden villa that stained her hands with blood.

Now, even if she knows, she can no longer possess it.

Is this worth it, or is it not?

"My father was an archaeologist who was invited to this villa 40 years ago. That centenarian tycoon, Karasuma Karasuma Renya, knew of clues to a considerable treasure in this villa left to him by his mother, so he wanted to invite capable people from all walks of life to find it for him before he died."

"Because this job was very tempting, and my father attached a check to every letter he sent, my mother and I were overjoyed. Who knew that after half a year, we would stop receiving letters and money, and my father, who didn't tell us where he was going, lost contact just like that."

Akaso Kaze listened quietly as she recounted the story of this villa.

This villa is of great importance, so he was very patient.

"The truth of this matter was only discovered when I put the last letter my father sent under a light. That letter was full of pinholes; they were words my father had pricked with a needle."

"And what those words indicated was the code to find the treasure. It also recorded the atrocities of Karasuma Karasuma Renya, who invited my father and many scholars to participate in the treasure hunt, and because they didn't find the treasure, he killed them one by one."

Akaso Kaze did not speak.

He now knows very clearly that this villa, named Twilight, is stained with blood in every corner.

Buried beneath the bricks and stones is not gold, but countless wronged souls who died within.

"So, you knew that even if the people who came found the treasure, they would still have to die."

"Yes," Senma Furuyo sighed deeply.

Hundreds of people had died here before; how could their mere few escape?

No matter the outcome, one could not escape the word 'death'.

"I am not afraid of death; I just wanted to find the truth about my father's death. If I could find his remains or belongings, that would be even better."

Senma Furuyo looked at Akaso Kaze with expectant eyes.

"My lord Onmyoji, I can offer the entire villa as a commission fee. Can you help me?"

Akaso Kaze raised an eyebrow.

This old lady has quite a lot of courage.

This is an asset worth hundreds of billions, yet she is handing it over just for the truth.

Akaso Kaze would certainly not refuse such a commission.

He nodded indifferently.

Senma Furuyo's eyes lit up, and she immediately took out a transfer contract.

She had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Under the envious gazes of everyone, this villa made of gold became Akaso Kaze's property.

Although everyone's expressions seemed unchanged, their inner thoughts were unknown.

Akaso Kaze accepted the contract.

He led everyone toward the dining room.

On the way, Senma Furuyo explained all her arrangements.

Using Kaitou Kid's name to lure detectives into the trap.

Using a life-or-death thrilling game to stimulate the hidden true skills of the famous detectives.

After everything was over, the entire crime could be framed on Kaitou Kid.

Kaitou Kid couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Why am I so unlucky to be the scapegoat? Why didn't anyone frame Akaso Kaze?

He secretly glanced at Akaso Kaze's back in front.

His heart was full of envy.

Hakuba Saguru suddenly asked: "Then why did you kill my hawk? Was your plan to silence even the animals?"