Chapter 952: The terrified little maid

Conan lifted the carpet on the side and found the secret passage that was originally under the coffin.

He entered the secret passage, went down the stairs, pushed open a movable door at the end, and found that the outside was a storage room. The secret door was disguised as a whole storage cabinet.

So that's it. Half a year ago, the villa owner created an alibi in this way.

"But," he asked suspiciously, "Why didn't the police find it at the time?"

"I'm afraid the position of the coffin was moved,"

Akaso Kaze looked at the secret passage and explained.

"The coffin was placed on the edge of the carpet. There were two gaps in the middle of the carpet blocked by tables and chairs. The middle part should be able to be pulled away."

"By artificially shortening the carpet in this way, the coffin would appear above the secret passage. Conversely, if the carpet is lengthened, the secret passage will be hidden. If the police only move the coffin, it is easy to ignore it."

Conan understood Akaso Kaze's analysis immediately and thought, "In other words, is this incident also a trick of that owner?"

Akaso Kaze smiled without saying a word.

In the display room, everyone in the Torakura family except the villa owner gathered. The man with the crew cut set up the camera and directed the crowd:

"Brother Mashin, lean a little toward the middle. Shina, lower your chin a little bit. All right, big sister, how long are you going to fix your hair? No matter how you fix it, you won't get younger."

"Noisy!"

After getting ready, the man with the crew cut instructed the somewhat distracted maid Hihara Hikari: "I'm going to line up too, you just help press this shutter button."

"Ah, all right."

The maid Hihara Hikari was a little afraid of dealing with these Torakura family members and stood timidly in front of the camera.

"That, one, two..."

The eldest daughter of the Torakura family finally fixed her hair and tried to show a smile to the camera, but after waiting for a long time, she didn't see the maid take the picture, so she frowned and said: "What are you dawdling about again?! Hurry up!"

The maid pressed the shutter tremblingly, and soon pointed fearfully behind the crowd: "Ma, master! The master appeared just now!"

"What? Don't joke."

"It's true! Just behind everyone, swaying, like a ghost."

"What happened?" Akaso Kaze appeared at the door with Conan like a ghost. As soon as he spoke, the maid was scared and screamed again.

"Please," the eldest daughter of the Torakura family said angrily to the maid, "You should stop it too! Do you think Takoya is a monster? Don't be surprised at everything!"

"But..."

"I think we should look for him separately," the man with the crew cut looked at Akaso Kaze, packed up the camera and said in a deep voice, "If this continues, big brother will really be treated as a monster!"

"Damn it, what does big brother want to do? It's time to discuss the inheritance, right?"

The Torakura family swarmed out of the display room, and no one told Akaso Kaze what was going on. Fortunately, the maid Hihara Hikari remained at the scene, her teeth still chattering.

"How could the master..."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here. What happened to your master?" Akaso Kaze asked softly.

"Just now when taking pictures," the maid Hihara Hikari came back to her senses and said tremblingly, "I saw the master suddenly behind everyone, but he disappeared after the picture was taken."

Conan looked in the direction of the maid's finger.

"Did the photo capture it?"

"This, I don't know, the camera was taken away by Mr. Anji."

The maid Hihara Hikari pinched her fingers and hugged her chest, leaning against Akaso Kaze worriedly.

"Could something have happened to the master? Possessed by a vampire?"

Conan fell into deep thought.

On one hand, he didn't quite understand what the ghost the maid was talking about was, and on the other hand, he didn't quite understand the purpose of the villa owner.

Is it purely to scare everyone?