Chapter 2 Chapter two

"It was cold outside, so I came in without authorization and waited. No, of course I yelled at the door several times, but there was no response. Isn't Mr. Kiichiro at home?" The mysterious person who claimed to be Ukai said so without guilt, looking around for the figure of the rich man.With a tense expression, Xiu Zuo was sweating down his back, thinking about how to deal with the situation.Can the man be asked to leave by claiming that Kiichiro is not at home?No, no.This man had already seen Shusaku at the mansion on the night of Kiichiro's death, and it was useless to chase him away now.In this case, just...

"Ah, do you have something to do with your uncle? Hey, I just arrived, but I didn't see my uncle. I was looking for him. Ah, I'm Kiichiro's nephew, and my name is Fujieda Shusaku." "I see. But it's strange, Mr. Kiichiro forgot to make an appointment with me?" I am afraid that is exactly the case.Kiichiro forgot to make an appointment with him, and went to drink with Shusaku, or forgot to make an appointment with him after drinking too much.In any case, the appearance of the uninvited guest will definitely change the murder plan in the secret room. But forget it.Just change what I will do when I witness with the helper tomorrow morning, and change it to do it in front of this man tonight.Although it is a change, it is just a fine-tuning.Compared with the helper whom he met face to face, he, a strange third person, is more suitable as the witness of the secret room.

"My God, seriously, where did uncle go? The weather is so bad tonight, he can't go out." "The weather improved thirty minutes ago and the moon is now in full view. But it's not a night to go out anyway." After Ukai finished speaking, he shrugged coldly. "That's right, uncle must be in the house. Excuse me, can you wait a little longer? After all, this mansion is too big..." At this time, Ukai asked without warning: "Will Mr. Kiichiro be in the basement?" "Hey..." Xiu Zuo felt something cold on his back suddenly, and let out a short scream.This guy actually asked about such a thing. "W-why is it supposed to be in the basement?"

"Since I haven't responded to my call several times, it means that he should be in a place where I can't hear my voice. In this case, it is the most appropriate guess that he is in the basement. Is there a basement here? Mr. Kiichiro mentioned this before proudly." thing." "Ah, ah, so that's the case." After hearing his explanation, Xiusaku felt that it made sense, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief. "I haven't really looked for the basement yet. Yes, I'll look." Shusaku left the entrance as if nothing had happened, entered the depths of the mansion, passed about 30 seconds in front of the stairs leading to the basement, then returned to the entrance again, and informed Ukai with a puzzled look.

"The basement is weird. It's locked inside, so there must be someone, probably uncle. But he didn't respond when I called him, and I couldn't feel anyone inside..." "Well, that's worrying." Ukai who said that didn't seem worried at all. "Maybe it's lying indoors and can't move. Can you let me see the basement too?" Ukai's request was something Shusaku couldn't wish for.Shusaku immediately took Ukai to the basement.When the two walked down the stairs, Shusaku asked Ukai again. "Speaking of which, what is your relationship with uncle? What is the purpose of your visit tonight?"

Ukai immediately showed an expression of "Huh, I haven't said yet?", finally revealing his identity. "Did you know that there is a 'Ukaidoff Detective Agency' in the city?" But Xiu Zuo had no time to answer whether he knew.The five words "Detective Agency" that Yukai said made him panic and accidentally stepped on the air, and fell from the middle of the stairs to the bottom in one go. "Wow ah ah ah ah!" "I'm the director there. Mr. Kiichiro commissioned me to investigate something, and I'm here to report tonight... Haro, are you listening?"

Shusaku was in pain at the bottom of the stairs.Ukai not to mention sympathy, even cast a reproachful gaze.Shusaku groaned and shook his head slightly.detective?How come I haven't heard of this... Xiu Zuo, who was physically and mentally injured, managed to get up slowly.On the other hand, Ukai quickly walked to the basement door alone and stood in front of the heavy wooden door. "Ah, this is the door of the basement. I see, it's really magnificent, and I can feel the skill of the craftsman." The detective applauded the quality and design of the door for a while, then slowly grabbed the handle.

At this moment, Xiu Zuo felt his throat being choked.Not good.The trick of stringing the door chain lock with wire should be enough to fool the servants, but to fool the professional detectives, it can only be said that this kind of mechanism is too simple.This ruse will surely be exposed.The practice of acknowledging fate can't help but let go.Don't open that door!Please don't open it! However, the ignorant Ukai turned the door handle and pulled it out.When the door opened about ten centimeters, it stopped because the chain was tight.There was an impact sound of "click".

Ukai let go of the doorknob with his right hand and made an unexpected sound of "Oh". "The so-called door lock turned out to be a door chain lock, so it won't work. Since it's a door chain lock, there's nothing I can do. It's fine if it's another kind of door lock, but I have nothing to do with the door chain lock. I'm helpless." Should it be said to be reckless or reckless, the detective did not confirm the condition of the door chain lock in front of him, so he raised the white flag to surrender early.It seems that the detective's observation ability is not even as good as the maid's aunt.The cultivation work that I was about to give up originally lit up a brilliant light of hope in my heart.It works!If it is this level of detective, it can easily win!

"How, is it strange? Since the door is chained and locked, it means that there are people inside. But listen... Uncle... Are you inside... Look! I called and there was no response. This is very strange. Ah, ah, Maybe uncle really fell ill!" Immediately, Ukai shook his head decisively for some reason. "No, Mr. Kiichiro should have hanged himself." "What!" Xiu Zuo widened his eyes, showing surprise.How does this guy know about this?Xiu Zuo hid his disordered heart and shouted: "You, what are you talking about! It's bad luck!" "But, look, you can see it from there?"

"Look, can you see it? Where?" Xiusaku looked into the room through the crack of the door. Impossible to see.When Shusaku hoisted up Kiichiro's body, he deliberately chose a dead corner where the door could not be seen as the location for hanging the body.In fact, Shusaku saw only the CD cabinet and audio equipment when he peeped.Could this person be testing? Shusaku showed a puzzled expression, and Ukai explained behind. "Didn't you see it? Look, there is a small mirror on the CD cabinet in front of you, right? The body of Mr. Kiichiro hanging by the wall is reflected there." "Alas..." Xiu Zuo's face turned pale.Although it was his own doing, it was so out of his composure. Having said that, this detective obviously didn't notice the trick of the door chain lock at all, but he showed his inexplicable power of observation in such details!Unexpectedly, this person cannot be returned. "Anyway, in short, something happened to uncle! You have to open this door immediately..." "Huh?" Ukai retorted calmly. "Why is this? Mr. Kiichiro hanged himself, we should avoid further actions and leave it to the police to deal with the aftermath?" "Hmm..." What he said was indeed correct, but this was not good for Xiusaku.The door had to be opened, or he couldn't put the finishing touches on the ruse. "No, so, this...huh? Uhhh!" "What's wrong?" "It's moving!" Xiu Zuo shouted with the mood of treating a dead horse like a living horse doctor. "The uncle's figure in the mirror moved! He's not dead yet!" "Huh?" Ukai frowned suspiciously. "Wait, no matter what, how can you still be alive in that situation..." After he finished speaking, he looked into the room through the crack of the door, and immediately made a sound similar to screaming. "Really! It did move just now!" This reaction rate shocked even Xiuzuo. Ukaidofu seems to be surprisingly easy to be hinted at.In fact, it is impossible for the corpse to move, but the feet of the hanged corpse are not stable on the ground, and the mirror reflects the slight shaking of the corpse. However, Shusaku seized the opportunity to further persuade. "Right! Uncle must have hanged himself not long ago, maybe there is still time to save him, no, it must be in time! In this case, there is no time to leisurely call the police over. Okay, so I have to open this door as soon as possible to save Uncle... huh? " Looking back, Ukai left the door slightly and lowered his center of gravity. He looked like a football player preparing to tackle, or a sumo wrestler about to face off.Shusaku didn't have time to ask him what he wanted to do, Ukai maintained this posture and slammed into the door suddenly.A moment later, his body was bounced back by the door panel with the scream of "Puff!", like a doll rolling on the floor of the corridor, his hands and feet twisted in strange directions.What is this person like? Shusaku was at a loss for words with an emotion close to fear, Ukai ignored him and stood up puzzled. "Strange, as long as the door of the secret room is hit by a detective, most of them will open." "No, it's impossible to open. The door is so heavy, it's impossible for one person to push it open..." "Since this is the case, you will come together this time. Let's go!" "Two people can't bump into each other!" Shusaku rejected Ukai's invitation and proposed a pre-prepared plan. "Don't mention this, use tools. Remember this storage room, there just happens to be a tool suitable for opening the door." After Shusaku finished speaking, he opened the storage room next to him, and the pelicans rushed into the room immediately.Various tools were placed in a mess in the dark space, and the pelicans watching this scene showed excitement. "So that's how it is. This warehouse has quite a complete set of tools. Ah, you said this is the tool that is suitable for opening doors, right? Well, any door can be opened with this. It's really useful." "Right right, immediately use that tool to put the chain... oh, wait a minute! What are you holding?" "Huh? What else is it, an ax?" The detective held up the big ax in his hand as if showing off. "Using an ax to split the door of the secret room is a rule. Well, it's dangerous, get out of the way! This thick door, I will show you a big hole at a time." The detective stood in front of the door, Raise the ax in your hand. "preparation……!" "Stop it ah ah ah!" Xiu Zuo ecstatically got between the detective and the door, and the detective followed the momentum and slammed down the ax in one go.Bloody tragedy is about to happen.However, Shusaku stretched out his hands in a similar manner, catching the swung ax blade a few centimeters above his head, it was a miraculous moment. "Oh! I didn't expect you to have the accomplishment of winning a sword with bare hands!" Ukai's voice became high-pitched in admiration. "But this is very dangerous, please don't perform this kind of life-and-death talent." "It's not talent! It's not because you're swinging something dangerous!" "You said that there is a tool suitable for opening the door?" "Who told you to use an ax to break the door? No, it's this, this." Shusaku took the initiative to show Yukai the tool from the storage room. "I want to use a chain cutter. Just use this, and you can cut any door chain lock in an instant. It is an excellent tool." "Chain shears? Why is there such a thing in the warehouse of the average family? Even if the holiday hobby is woodworking, this tool is too special. Why why? Why is there such a thing?" "You, you ask me, who am I asking?" Ahhh, so annoying.This guy shouldn't be involved in the case.Xiuzuo now regrets his wrong judgment. "In short, the reason is not important, right? Since this thing is actually in front of you, there is no reason not to use it. Okay, please open the door and pull the chain straight. I will cut the chain." "Okay, got it." Ukai bluntly followed Xiusaku's instructions, grabbing the door with both hands. Shusaku placed the blade in the center of the straightened chain, and pressed down firmly on the handle.There was a real feel from both hands, and the chain broke in two in front of Shusaku and Ukai. Just like that, the door of the secret room opened. Before the door was fully opened, the pelican rushed into the room like an arrow shot out. "Ah, sure enough..." As soon as Ukai saw Kiichiro hanging by the wall, he immediately ran over, and Shusaku stood by the door, acting as the nephew who stood there in fright, looking too frightened and sad to run to the corpse.Under the guardianship of Xiu Zuo, the detective began the autopsy.He should have confirmed Kiichiro's death after feeling his pulse, listening to his heartbeat, and confirming his pupils. Great opportunity has come.While the detective was concentrating on the autopsy, Shusaku made the final finishing touches. Shusaku took out the props for the final ending from his pocket.It is a chain wrapped in a handkerchief.It was the same type of chain as the basement door chain lock, but it was only half the normal length. One side was tied with a black lock head, and Kiichiro's fingerprints had been imprinted on the lock head in advance.Before killing the sleeping Kiichiro, Shusaku pressed the lock on the fingers of his right hand. Then, Shusaku looked at the sliding rail on the inside of the door, which of course had the same lock.The chain that has just been cut in half is connected with a wire and a lock.This thing cannot fall into the hands of the police or detectives, so finishing touches are required. Shusaku pulled out the lock from the slide rail and put it in his pocket, and replaced it with the black lock in the handkerchief.This lock is not connected with a wire, but connected with a short chain in a normal form. Shusaku changed the lock in the blink of an eye. Turning around, Ukai was concentrating on examining Kiichiro's body, and he didn't seem to suspect the actions here.no problem.Shusaku heaved a sigh of relief, and ran towards Kiichiro's body one step later, asking questions he already knew the answer to. "Uncle... Uncle is really dead..." "It's a pity." Ukai shook his head in response. "The body seemed to be moving just now, which seemed to be an illusion that we expected so much." To be precise, it was a misunderstanding produced by a gullible detective. "Okay, since that's the case..." Ukai took out the phone from his suit pocket, but Shuu spoke to stop it. "Are you going to call the police? That's up to me. You are not related to this family. It is more natural for me to call the police. I will call 110 from the home phone on the first floor. Please stay here. I will come back immediately." After Shusaku informed him unilaterally, he rushed out of the basement as if fleeing, ran up the first floor, passed through the living room where the phone was, and went straight to the kitchen.He squatted at a corner of the ancient floor, stretched out his hand towards the floor and scratched with his nails, then picked up a wooden board with a hole at the bottom.This is the secret space Shusaku knew before.He hid the chain that had been tampered with with wire and feet, and then plugged the wooden planks so that it looked like an ordinary flat floor, so there should be no need to worry about anyone finding it. After Shusaku finished the final work of finishing the secret room trick, he couldn't help raising his arms in a victory pose.Then he returned to the living room, sat on the single sofa and stretched his legs, pulled the phone next to him, and dialed 110 with the hand holding the receiver. "Ah, hello, Mr. Police? Terrible, my uncle hanged himself..."