[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-conan-science-my-magic-will-break-this-world":3,"chapter-conan-science-my-magic-will-break-this-world-conan-the-mage-who-will-break-the-world-chapter-388":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Conan: I Can Use Magic, and I'm Going to Break the World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2188875,3760,"Chapter 388: The Eerie Corpse and the Hole","conan-the-mage-who-will-break-the-world-chapter-388",388,"\u003Cp>\"Could it be that Miss Shoyu has also...\" the old butler said, his voice filled with worry, \"could it be that something has happened to her as well?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm afraid so, though at the very least, we should have found a body,\" Conan said, temporarily setting aside the matter of the maid, Hikaru Hihara, and asking the old butler, \"Have you really searched every corner of the villa?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, because everyone has been looking for the Master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if she had already been harmed by then, or was gagged and hidden somewhere?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akaso Kaze thought of the secret passage beneath the coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Has your Master done anything strange recently, or perhaps since half a year ago? For example, renovating the mansion or buying certain items?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come to think of it,\" the old butler recalled, \"about half a year ago, the Master said he wanted everyone in the mansion to take a break, so he arranged an overseas trip for about a week. Shortly after that, the incident with the maid, Miss Shimizu, occurred.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And recently?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Recently, the Master suddenly bought an inflatable pool for children online, and it seems he also bought things like toy airplanes; a very large box was delivered. Oh, that's right, the Master also recently bought a new locked refrigerator.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the kitchen, Conan stood in front of the large, locked refrigerator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this the one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried it, and the larger freezer compartment at the bottom was indeed locked. The unlocked refrigerator compartment on top was normal, though it was packed full of ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is it locked?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know,\" the chef, who had been called over, shook his head. \"I heard it contained high-quality meat prepared for the guests arriving today, but in the end, it wasn't used.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there a key?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Master should have one, and Hikaru might have one too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hikaru?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hikaru is in charge of keeping the keys for this kitchen and the nearby rooms,\" the chef explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-yes, that's right,\" replied the maid, Hikaru Hihara, who had been brought over in a daze. \"But I've already checked inside the refrigerator; there's nothing there, just a large jar of seaweed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After clumsily trying several keys, the maid, Hikaru Hihara, finally found the right one and opened the refrigerator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she had said, the two-tier freezer compartment, which was spacious enough to fit two people, contained only a single cylindrical jar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conan carefully inspected the refrigerator. The temperature in the freezer was very low, and there was ice inside, but there were no issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are there any other places in the mansion where someone could be hidden?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't think so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh no!\" A guard wearing a raincoat suddenly rushed into the room. Seeing everyone gathered in the kitchen, he shouted, \"S-something's wrong! Someone is dead in the forest!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The forest?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right in front of the main gate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was already late at night, and it was still raining outside the villa. The air was muggy, seemingly permeated with an unsettling atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body was located in the forest directly opposite the main gate. Shoyu Torakura, the eldest daughter of the Torakura family, was tied backward to a wooden stake, lying face-up under a tree. The body was soaking wet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her thin clothes clung to her body, revealing her rounded, pale chest, with a small amount of water pooled in the cleavage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rope was wrapped around her neck, with the ligature marks faintly visible beneath. Her eyes were wide open, and her face appeared somewhat terrifying under the washing of the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's Ms. Shoyu!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conan rushed to the scene through the rain. He first observed the situation around the body, then moved closer to examine it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cause of death was strangulation. Judging by the condition of the body, the time of death was approximately six hours ago, which meant she might have already been killed while he was accompanying Kishiji Torakura to wash the photos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conan turned back and asked the two guards, \"Did you see her come out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mansion had only one entrance and exit, the main gate, and the guards were responsible for operating the iron gate. If there had been anything unusual, the guards should have noticed it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" the guard said, shining his flashlight. \"No one has left the house during this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you been guarding the gate the whole time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, the main gate was opened once because a truck from a furniture company arrived,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the other, heavier guard explained. \"The Master said the chairs were old and planned to replace them all, so he placed an order with the furniture company a few days ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But when we were checking the cargo, we found that they had mistakenly loaded sofas, so we told the truck driver to go back today. Oh, right, that was exactly when the explosion that caused the tunnel collapse happened, and we stared at that for a while, but it was only for a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could she have come out at that time?\" the thin guard looked at Shoyu Torakura's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would it be possible to tie the body to the stake here and return to the mansion without being discovered?\" Conan pondered. \"Impossible. Just bringing the person here would take a lot of time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And this hole,\" Conan pointed to a pit that had been dug next to the body, about the thickness of a wooden stake. \"Was it prepared from the beginning to insert the stake? Just like half a year ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, it seems they wanted to hang the body upside down like they did half a year ago, but this time it wasn't finished. At least the body wasn't drained of blood, and there were only ligature marks on the neck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The scene looks as if the culprit left midway through, before they could finish setting it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what’s strange is that the body of Mao Li is almost entirely tied firmly to the wooden stake, which is very different from the situation six months ago when the maid was hung upside down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And there is the matter of how the culprit returned to the mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>",1028,"2026-06-17T04:04:55.481Z","2026-06-17T04:20:22.880Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","a71be6e71d662549cdf752db7f7c25cebbf138f001c478f74d8d40bcb04680f8","conan-the-mage-who-will-break-the-world-chapter-389","conan-the-mage-who-will-break-the-world-chapter-387",403,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fconan-the-mage-who-will-break-the-world-cover.jpg"]