On Tuesday, February 26, before evening, the apartment building of Otono Yoshiichi.

Yin Wufang invited Maori and Conan into his apartment, and unlike the outside, the inside of this apartment was quite tidy.

Conan asked Yin Wufangyi about the incident, but Yin Wufangyi only knew that there was such a murder incident, and the specifics were not clear, but he said a lot of haunted things.

"You can see a turquoise ghost in the window of the building next door, there are often a lot of ghost fires flying around, and the water in the bathroom of the apartment sometimes turns red, in short, a lot of strange things happen here, even TV and magazine companies have reported it," said Oto. ”

"You're mistaken. Maori said.

Yin Wufangyi said: "How is it possible, I didn't see it alone." ”

Maori asked, "Then why not move out of this shabby apartment?"

Yin Wufangyi said: "After living for a long time, I will get used to it unconsciously." Then he explained, "Actually, there is a secret here. ”

"What?" asked Mori and Conan together.

Yin Wufang smiled and said, "Actually, the outside is deliberately made dirty, so that other people won't come here to rent a house." ”

"What do you mean?" asked Maori.

Yin Wufang smiled and said, "Didn't you say it? The boss here is dead." ”

"So what?" asked Conan.

Yin Wufang smiled mysteriously: "I can't say it, I can't say it." ”

"......" Maori and Conan raised their triangular eyes together, damn it, isn't this a tonal appetite?

Yin Wufang asked a pair of Maori, "By the way, did you bring your wallet?"

"Huh?" Maori didn't understand.

"The goblins won't show up until night, and it's dinner time. Yin Wufang said, "If you borrow me here, I won't be rented, so invite me to dinner." ”

"Huh?" Māori was surprised.

Yin Wufang asked rhetorically: "Ah what, do you want me, a lonely old man who is sick and has a meager pension, to entertain you to eat and drink?"

Maori blinked, "Okay, okay." ”

"That's right. Yin Wufang smiled and said, "I don't have high requirements, you two, just set a meal for 2,000 yen from Kobe Ushii in Rice Flower Square." ”

"......" Maori was speechless. ……

On the other side, on the way home.

Yamazaki and Midiko invite Sonoko and Ran to their house for dinner, and Sonoko and Ran agree. ……

Evening, Miyamoto's house, living room.

While eating dinner, Midaiko tells Miyakoko Miyamoto about the haunting and applies to investigate it in the evening.

Mimiko Miyamoto smiled at Yamazaki and said, "Okay, then you guys go and investigate." ”

"I understand. Yamazaki laughed. ……

Less than eight o'clock in the evening, Mei Dai Restaurant.

Yamazaki and Midaiko changed into waiter clothes, said goodbye to Ichiro Miyamoto and Miyako Miyamoto, and left.

Mei Daiko asked, "Brother, do you think it will be true this time?"

Yamazaki said, "It should be artificial. ”

Midaiko asked, "Artificial?"

Yamazaki said, "From the words of Mr. Banmachi and Mr. Yotsuya, it means that the ghost has not appeared for a while, and when he appears, it is mostly when there are many people. ”

"What's wrong with that?" Mei Daizi smiled, "Maybe there were so many people that he rested, so he came out to protest." ”

Yamazaki asked, "Wouldn't it be quieter if you scared everyone away?"

Mei Daizi said: "Maybe he complements people, but if there are more people, it won't work if there are fewer people." ”

"Well, I can't tell you. Yamazaki said with some amusement, "Let's assume that there are no ghosts in the world." ”

Mei Daiko smiled: "Well, this kind of assumption can be had. ”

"Assuming there are no ghosts in the world, then the haunting in Mr. Otonai's apartment building is man-made. Yamazaki said, then shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Why is this so awkward." ”

Mei Daizi laughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay, brother, you continue." ”

Yamazaki said: "Well, combined with what they said, the ghost has not appeared for a while, and when he appears, it is mostly when there are many people, which means that the person who makes the ghost does not make ghosts in normal times, and only does it when there are many people." ”

Mei Daiko touched her chin and said, "There is some truth in saying this. ”

Yamazaki asked, "Then the question arises, why did this ghost-maker do this?"

"Why, well," said Maidiko, "I guess scare those people away." ”

Yamazaki asked, "Then why scare people away?"

"Well," said Mei Daizi, "it might be propaganda so that people know that there are ghosts there, and then attract people to visit it, and they will collect money." Then he smiled, "That's right, so it's in tatters, and it's not renovated, just to create an atmosphere, and it makes sense for them to stay there and not move out." Then he asked Yamazaki, "Well, I have a point." ”

"It does make a lot of sense. Yamazaki laughed.

Midaiko asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Yes. Yamazaki laughed.

Midaiko asked, "But what?"

Yamazaki said, "But you forgot one thing, the unsolved murder. ”

Midaiko asked, "You mean, that artificial ghost is to make people scared and stop going to that place?"

"It makes sense, too. "But whether it's for publicity or scary, it will attract people who are looking for excitement to visit." ”

That's right. Midaiko asked, "What is the real intention?"

Yamazaki said, "The real intention should be this, because there are ghosts here, so no matter what strange things happen here, there is no need to be strange." ”

"Ah," asked Midaiko, "is that to cover up something?" and then continued, "Oh, by the way, the murderer, to cover up the other murderer of that unsolved murder." ”

"Since the police have arrested the murderer's companion and issued a wanted warrant, the police must have known the identity and background of the murderer, and in this case, the murderer can still get away with it," Yamazaki said, "There are five possibilities, one is that the murderer escaped abroad, the second is that the murderer died in a place that no one knows, the third is that his friends covered up and hid him, the fourth is that the murderer changed his appearance and hid, and the fifth is that what the police know through the murderer's companions is all fake." ”

"Fake?" asked Midaiko, "Wouldn't it?"

Yamazaki said: "Of course it will, will the netizens in the garden still remember?"

"Well," said Midaiko, "it is indeed possible that the murderer's companion does not know the specific circumstances of the murderer. ”

Yamazaki said, "Aside from the fifth possibility, tell me what you think. ”

"Since there are man-made ghosts, the murderer did not flee and did not die. Mei Daizi thought for a while and said, "The murder happened next door to the apartment building, and the police must have confirmed everyone's identity, even if they changed their appearance, it was not so fast, that is, the second possibility is that a friend covered it up, and the friend used a haunter to help the murderer cover up the traces of his existence." Then he said, "By the way, the two murderers will commit crimes next door to the apartment building, and I am afraid that they know someone in the apartment building, and maybe they will go to him that night." ”

Yamazaki said, "You go ahead and tell me who the murderer is. ”……