Chapter 963: Conan finally has a chance to shine

"Mr. Kaze?"

"Shh."

After Akaso Kaze signaled the maid to be quiet, he took the phone to look at the email content, then handed it to Conan.

"This isn't an email sent by your Master. I'll go with you," Akaso Kaze said softly.

A smile appeared on Conan's face.

By now, the entire case had formed a closed loop in his mind, and all the information flow cleared away the final fog from the truth that hadn't been very clear before.

In addition to locking onto the specific culprit, the detailed process of the case had also been completely unraveled.

"That..."

The maid Hikara Hikaru walked to the Nanban room, pushed open the door, and tentatively called out in a low voice.

"Master, it's Hikaru. I saw your email and came over. Master?"

As the maid walked into the room, a dark shadow emerged from behind the door. After slowly closing the door, it turned on a flashlight and shone it fiercely at the maid, while simultaneously rushing over with a dagger in hand and a sinister grin.

It's over!

"Bang!"

A hand suddenly reached out from the darkness out of thin air and chopped onto the dark shadow's neck.

The dark shadow's eyes widened as it collapsed to the ground, passing out instantly.

"It's okay now."

Akaso Kaze opened the door and lifted the dark shadow out of the Nanban room.

Stimulated by the villa's lights, the unconscious Hawakawa Johei opened his eyes in pain.

It took a good while for him to recover, only to find that everyone in the villa had gathered around him.

Why?

"It's actually Hawakawa?!" Torakura Kishiji's face turned ashen, and he looked at Akaso Kaze in confusion, "Mr. Kaze, what on earth is going on here?"

Akaso Kaze smiled slightly and said, "Let's let Conan explain it."

Hearing that he had a chance to shine, Conan immediately showed an excited expression.

The Onmyoji-sama is really great this time.

He took out the email Hikara Hikaru had received to show everyone, his gaze sweeping over Hawakawa Johei as he said:

"This series of murders was originally prepared by the Master for Miss Hikaru. Mr. Takuya had originally planned to call Miss Hikaru to the Nanban room in the morning, but Miss Hikaru left her phone in the bathroom to charge and didn't see the email until the afternoon."

"That email happened to be seen by Hawakawa, who had moved in the day before, so he secretly went to the Nanban room in place of Miss Hikaru. At that time, he must have seen it, the key to this case, Mr. Takuya's head."

"Wait," Torakura Kishiji said anxiously, "what do you mean by Big Brother's head? What key?"

"Mr. Takuya must have already died under the guillotine at that time,"

Conan said quietly, "Next to the corpse, there should have been his phone, the key to the cold storage, the detonation device for the tunnel, and the plan for this series of murders."

"A plan?" The Torakura family members' mouths went dry, "What plan?"

"First, Mr. Takuya's sudden disappearance from the coffin was actually just utilizing Mr. Takuya's head and a fake body. There is a secret passage under the coffin leading to the first-floor storage room. When everyone heard Miss Hikaru's scream and went over, Mr. Hawakawa was not present; he had probably gone into the secret passage at that time."

Conan deduced step by step.

"When everyone wanted to open the coffin at the first opportunity, they couldn't, because Hawakawa was in the secret passage at that time, taking away Mr. Takuya's head and the fake body, while simultaneously activating a mechanism that made it impossible to open the coffin from the outside."

"But," Torakura Kishiji asked, "the police checked it half a year ago and didn't find any secret passage."

"That's because it was covered by the carpet nearby, creating a visual error through the room's furnishings. When the police checked, the coffin was moved to the side, and the entrance to the secret passage was hidden by the carpet. Of course, they wouldn't find it without a careful check," Conan explained.

"Then what about that paranormal photo?"

The Torakura family members asked one after another: "Big Brother did indeed appear in the photo."

"Because there is a mechanism in the mirror on the wall. When there is a light source in the next room, the image from there will be reflected over," Conan said, looking at Hawakawa Johei, who was sweating on his forehead.

"After taking the things out of the coffin, Hawakawa hung Mr. Takuya's head in the wardrobe next door. As long as you turn on the light source with the remote in your pocket when taking the photo, Mr. Takuya's figure will naturally appear."

"And to avoid the mirror being blocked, Hawakawa even specifically stood in the middle position." ===== CHAPTER 965 =====