Chapter 6 6. Wonderful discovery

"My son Chai Jin, what is the secret? Tell me quickly." Yukiko leaned towards him, and Cupid also pricked up his ears. "It's like this. The Phantom Monster has predicted three families in the past. Today, including your family, there are four in total. Why does the Phantom Monster have absolute confidence in the success of these four families? Is there any commonality among them? ? When I was thinking, something suddenly came to my mind." "whats the matter?" "You still remember! In the 27th year of the Showa era, President Ikegami bought this house through the introduction of Mr. Ando, ​​the president of Yamato Steel Corporation."

"Yes, it was introduced by Uncle Ando, ​​but how do you know about it?" "Oh! Not long after I came here, Mr. Ando once talked about this matter when he came here." "and then?" "Mr. Ando said at the time that the architect who built this house was the same person who built his house, and the house built by that architect would have a chrysanthemum mark next to the entrance." "Ah! What's next?" "That happened when you were a child. I don't know if you still remember it. Four years ago, Mr. Ando was also visited by the Phantom Monster. He was also one of the three houses that the Phantom Monster announced the theft."

Yukiko folded her hands on her chest, although she was only a junior high school student, she also understood what Miko Shibajin meant. "So I wondered if the other two were the same, so I went to investigate the homes of the former Earl Katsuragi who was patronized the year before last, and the movie actress Chidori Isano who was patronized last year, and it turned out..." "Are the results all chrysanthemum-marked?" "Yes, they all have the same chrysanthemum mark on the entrance of your house." After hearing Miko Chaijin's words, Yukiko was speechless for a while.

She stared at Yuzi Chaijin intently, panting continuously: "But, but... Ah Jin, the house built by the same architect... What does this have to do with Phantom Monster?" "Yukiko, don't you understand? The architect who built these four houses must have dug a secret passage without telling the owner of the house." Yukiko looked around in fear and said: "Ajin, are you saying that there is a secret entrance and exit in our house that we haven't even discovered?" "That's right, that's why I said just now, maybe the phantom monster has come. He can use the secret passage to come in and out at any time. I guess he may have come last night and was ready."

"It's terrible!" Yukiko suddenly leaned close to Miko Shibasumi, causing Cupid, who had been curled up on the floor, to stand up abruptly. Not long after, it lay down again, with its front legs together, and its chin resting on the feet. "Ajin, do you know that passage? Have you seen the phantom monster?" "how is this possible!" Detective Kid said with a wry smile. "Last night, I tried my best to find the secret passage, but I couldn't find it. Then I thought of a good idea, which is to challenge the phantom monster." "challenge?"

"Well. I wrote a letter saying that I already knew the secret of the four houses, so it would be very dangerous for him to come here. I put the letter on the door of the reception room and fastened it with a thumbtack. Last night at twelve o'clock Left and right, I specifically released it after everyone fell asleep, and it turned out..." "what's the result?" "I got up at five o'clock this morning to check, and found that the letter was missing. Someone probably took it." "Could it be taken by our servant or housekeeper?" "No, I asked the housekeeper, servant and old lady, and they all said they didn't know."

"So, it's the phantom monster..." Yukiko couldn't help screaming, at this time, the butler Kimura walked in and said: "Detective boy, you are here! There is a letter for you. There is no postage stamp on it, so it should not be mailed." "Huh? My letter?" Yuzi Chai Jin hurriedly opened the letter, looked at it, and his face suddenly changed drastically.