Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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"These were all designed by Officer Matsuda; I was just acting along."

"Officer Matsuda, you really gave me a fright just now!" Ayako patted her chest, her tone slightly angry.

"Yeah, it scared me too!" Kazuha said reproachfully.

“Me and Ran too!” Sonoko glared at Matsuda as well.

"Officer Matsuda, even if it's a competition question, you didn't have to make Ms. Mizunashi act so realistically!" Ran complained.

"I never expected Ms. Mizunashi to act so convincingly..."

Matsuda gave a wry smile, glanced at Hattori who was snickering beside him, and immediately pushed him back inside.

"Idiot, the competition has already started! Can't you see everyone else is already collecting clues?"

"Yup!"

Hattori slapped his forehead and hurriedly began searching the house for clues.

"Alright, everyone except the photographer can go in. The rest of you should wait outside," Matsuda instructed. "If you all go in, it will ruin the evidence I've prepared."

After Matsuda finished speaking, he saw Ran still standing blankly at the door, so he had to remind her...

"Ran, don't forget you're representing Shinichi Kudo now!"

"Oh no! I forgot!"

Xiaolan then realized what was happening and hurriedly went into the room.

……

Inside the room, Conan was also carefully looking around.

He knew more about the competition than anyone else, so he naturally knew about the secret room in front of him.

This is actually the reason why the friend from the lavender villa case ultimately jumped off the building.

Conan only knew this much; he didn't know the details of how the locked room was constructed, so he naturally wanted to investigate it immediately.

The room wasn't big. Besides the essential bed, table, and chairs, there was only one other thing: a large pot of lavender placed in each of the four corners of the room.

These lavender plants were prepared by Koshimizu herself; she wanted them to soothe the vengeful spirit of her friend, Mizuguchi Kana.

She witnessed firsthand how the culprit who killed her was exposed.

……

When I came in, the door was clearly locked from the inside.

There was nothing unusual about the door seam, so it shouldn't have been fishing line used.

Besides this, how else can this place be transformed into a secret room?

While Conan, Hattori, and Hakuba were deep in thought, and Ran was taking pictures around with her phone and sending them to Shinichi Kudo,

Tokitsu Junya's gaze swept across the room, finally settling on the lavender plants placed in the four corners.

Looking at these tiny blue-purple flowers,

Tokitsu Junya seemed to remember something, and his expression suddenly froze.

Immediately afterwards, he rushed to the window, carefully checked for a while,

Tokitsu Junya lay down on the ground and searched again, but unfortunately found nothing.

He stood by the window, frowning, and pondered for a while before suddenly rushing out of the room.

"Did Mr. Shijin make any discovery?" Xiaolan asked curiously.

"That guy must have noticed something was wrong,"

Hattori stood in front of the window and carefully inspected it, but after searching for a long time, he only found the glass shards that he had broken with his elbow when he tried to get in.

"Strange, there are no holes in the shards of glass, and no strange marks on the window frame. What did that guy find?"

Conan and Hakuba shared the same question. Just as the three were speculating, Tokitsu Junya ran back into the house.

He clenched his fist, raised his arm, and shouted excitedly.

"I won! I solved the mystery of this locked room!"

what?

So fast?

Hattori and Hakuba both stared at Tokitsu Junya in shock.

Although neither of them looked down on the other detectives, they both considered them, at most, to be competitors of similar standing.

But now, one of them has been able to solve the mystery of the locked room so quickly.

However, they still couldn't find any clues, which was a huge blow to the two of them.

It really was him... Conan sighed inwardly.

This idiot has completely fallen into Matsuda's trap.

However, it can be considered that evil deeds have been punished.

Looking at the excited Tokitsu Junya, Koshimizu, who was standing to the side, suddenly smiled as well.

Chanel, just you wait, I'll expose this guy's true colors to everyone, bit by bit!

……

“Simply put, creating such a secret room is actually quite simple,” Tokitsu Junya pointed to the window, “you just need to do a little something to it.”

"So it really is a window?"

Hakuba, Hattori, and Conan all frowned, wondering what Tokitsu Junya had discovered.

Although they already knew that Tokitsu Junya had discovered the secret of the locked room, for these detectives, only finding the answer themselves would bring them peace of mind.

"And the secret lies in these screws!"

Tokitsu Junya opened his previously clenched fist, letting others see the screw in his palm.

“I found these screws in the grass right below the second-floor window. Judging from the fact that the screws are all new and there is no trace of rust, they must have been damaged in the last two days,” Tokitsu Junya said loudly.

"And where these screws were originally located..."

Tokitsu Junya reached out and grabbed the window frame, then with a sudden burst of strength, he managed to remove the window frame and the glass together.

"This is it. These screws were used to fix this window."

Tokitsu Junya pointed to the remaining screw holes on the window and explained proudly,

"As long as we first break the screws that hold these windows in place from inside, and then glue the windows back on after the person leaves, we can create a completely undetectable secret room!"

"Clap clap clap..."

Yue Shui raised her arm and gently clapped her hands.

"That's really great reasoning. I just don't know if you've encountered similar situations before, otherwise how could you have figured it out so quickly?"

As Koshimizu asked the question, he kept a close eye on Tokitsu Junya's expression.

Chapter 128 Different thoughts

Tokizu Junya frowned slightly. He looked at Koshimizu with some surprise, then immediately denied it, saying, "How could that be! This is the first time I've ever seen such a locked-room technique. Miss Koshimizu, you can't just suspect someone because you lost."

"I didn't doubt you, I just thought you solved the puzzle of the locked room so quickly, so I asked casually."

Yue Shui shook his head, glanced at the camera next to him, and smiled with satisfaction.

Tokitsu Junya was somewhat puzzled as to why Koshimizu would ask that question.

But in his mind, almost a year had passed since the lavender villa incident.

The local police also kept quiet because they were implicated in the incident.

Tokitsu Junya simply couldn't believe that anyone would keep clinging to that case.

"Officer Matsuda, Ms. Mizunashi, am I sure my answer is correct?"

Tokizu Junzai asked smugly.

As he asked the questions, he also glanced at the girls next to him.

Seeing the surprise on Sonoko's face, Tokitsu Junya became even more complacent.

Perhaps this time he can not only win the title of first place in the Detective Koshien, but also win over the second young lady of the Suzuki family.

If you can marry into the Suzuki family, you'll truly gain both fame and fortune!

Thinking of these things, Tokitsu Junya's lips couldn't help but curl up.

"Officer Matsuda?"

Rena Mizunashi looked at Matsuda, waiting to confirm with him...

After Tokitsu Junya confirmed that what he said was indeed the correct answer for the secret room,

Rena Mizunashi walked up to Junya Tokitsu and announced with a smile to the camera,

"I didn't expect the first Koshien detective puzzle to be solved so quickly, and the winner is none other than Tokitsu Junya, who represented northern Japan!"

……

In the villa's garden, the first Detective Koshien mystery-solving competition ended in less than ten minutes.

The group returned downstairs and continued their barbecue. While eating and drinking, they inevitably brought up the reasoning competition they had just had.

Sonoko took a sip of her juice and exclaimed, "I didn't expect that guy to be so smart! He was able to solve Officer Matsuda's problem so quickly."

"Um,"

Xiaolan, holding her phone, absentmindedly gave a reply.

"Ran, you're not still waiting for that mystery fanatic's call, are you?" Sonoko said with a look of disdain. "What good would it do if he called now? The mystery of the locked room has already been solved by that Tokitsu Junya."

"I just didn't expect Shinichi to seem to have discovered nothing this time,"

After Ran finished speaking, she showed Sonoko the email that Kudo had sent, which clearly stated: "I haven't solved this mystery. Could you please congratulate the detective who solved this locked-room mystery for me?"

"Besides, his attitude this time was also strange. If it were the usual Shinichi, he would definitely say something like he would never lose next time," Ran said, puzzled.