Chapter 2216 - 2214: My Little Cutie! (Ben Cat Begins to Learn Forward and Backward Rolling)
Thus, next, Fang Zheng, Ran, and Conan began searching the entire Twilight Manor.
Actually, even Fang Zheng didn’t know if they could find any clues. In reality, knowing Uramaru Renya himself was already a significant clue. As long as one has a clear goal and keeps following the trail, one will eventually find the opponent’s hideout. But if Uramaru Renya has hidden some secret or clue in this manor, then it would certainly quicken the pace, wouldn’t it?
Unfortunately, this manor is indeed quite large. Fang Zheng wandered around for a long time, and ended up finding things unrelated to their search.
While they were wandering around Twilight Manor, other invited guests also gradually arrived.
They were the gray-haired, elderly armchair detective Chiken Nobutomo.
The car-loving detective Harufumi Mogi.
The famous gourmet detective Shuzan Ojo.
The former prosecutor-turned-detective Gunsden Ikumi.
And another famous high school detective, Shiro Uma.
It’s practically a detective gathering.
Looking at a room full of detectives, Fang Zheng felt completely out of place. At least Kogoro Mouri was known as Sleeping Kogoro, Ran had recently made a name for herself as a female high school detective, and Conan was famously known as the high school detective Shinichi Kudou. He was the only one who had nothing to do with being a detective...
"I never expected to see so many detectives gathered together; it’s truly rare."
Harufumi Mogi, who presented himself as a suave gentleman, looked at the assembly of detectives and couldn’t help but sigh. The high school detective Shiro Uma, however, laughed and waved a finger.
"But among us, there is someone who isn’t a detective."
As Shiro Uma spoke, everyone’s gaze turned towards Fang Zheng, who only raised his hand helplessly.
"For the record, I’m just a driver."
"Calling yourself a driver is rather self-deprecating, Mr. Fang Zheng."
At this time, the former prosecutor Gunsden Ikumi smiled slightly.
"I’ve heard my friends at the Metropolitan Police Department say that there’s a famous mind-reading expert there who is unparalleled in exposing all kinds of criminals..."
"You’re too kind, they’re just minor tricks."
Fang Zheng waved his hand.
"Merely some basic knowledge application, I can’t compare with the detectives (Grim Reapers) here."
At least wherever I go, people don’t end up undead.
Luckily, Fang Zheng swallowed that sentence, or else there might have been another tragic case of self-destruction right then and there.
After that, when the agreed-upon chef didn’t show up, the gourmet detective Shuzan Ojo threw a tantrum and ultimately decided to cook himself. Meanwhile, the others were led to the dining room by a maid, where they encountered a person dressed somewhat like an FFF group member. Upon seeing everyone arrive, he immediately began rambling.
Naturally, he was just introducing the history of the manor to everyone—Fang Zheng had already shared this with Kogoro Mouri and Ran earlier—and then mentioned a tragedy from forty years ago. After everyone finished dinner, this FFF group member finally revealed the true purpose.
It turns out he hoped the detectives present would go on a treasure hunt!
Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng and Conan perked up a bit. Although they didn’t know if the treasure this person sought was related to Uramaru Renya, at least the person mentioned there were hidden mysteries in the mansion yet to be solved. If the secret was related to Uramaru Renya, they might indeed find some clues.
However, the other detectives weren’t interested. A few of them immediately stood up planning to leave, yet...
"This guy’s life isn’t that strong, huh."
Watching the gourmet detective Shuzan Ojo die, clutching his neck in pain, Fang Zheng shook his head. With so many Grim Reapers gathered, someone was bound to die. He initially thought the unfortunate one would be the maid, but turned out the first to die was also a fellow detective, Shuzan Ojo?
Is this raising the stakes? Gathering all the Grim Reapers together, and whoever’s life is toughest to survive ends up being the strongest Grim Reaper?
Good thing Kindaichi didn’t come, or more people would have died, and the scene would have been even more tragic.
In addition, another piece of bad news followed, which was all the cars parked at the entrance exploded, including Fang Zheng’s poor Mercedes. This caused panic among everyone. When they wanted to confront the FFF group member about it, they realized the person in front of them was actually a dummy equipped with a videotape and timer...
Now everyone had no choice. Fortunately, the maid’s car was parked at the back door and wasn’t destroyed, so they immediately decided to send a few people to check the situation at the bridge outside, while the others stayed in the manor waiting for news. Lady Chiken, Kogoro Mouri, and Harufumi Mogi ultimately took the maid’s car to investigate, while the others remained in the manor.
But Fang Zheng wasn’t interested in playing this game. He just sat in the dining room, looking at the notes on the paper in his hand. This was the clue provided by the previous person through a message.
"The hurried travelers are the night stargazers, the Demon descends upon the castle... What kind of nonsense is this."
Fang Zheng tossed the note aside. He had zero interest in these cryptic puzzles! It’s entirely the other party pulling you to their level and then using their rich experience to defeat you. Conan might be keen on solving these puzzles, but Fang Zheng had no interest whatsoever.
Forget it, since someone has died, let’s wrap this up quickly.
With that thought, Fang Zheng stood up, ready to leave the dining room.
And at that moment...
"Meow..."
Suddenly, a soft cat’s meow echoed, causing Fang Zheng to pause. He stepped out of the dining room into the corridor, and saw a shadow darting past the hallway. Fang Zheng thought for a moment, then quickly walked to the end of the corridor, where he found a small black cat curled up sleeping on the stairs leading to the second floor.
"Oh, isn’t this my little cuteness!"
Fang Zheng stared at the kitten for a long time, then suddenly reached out a hand to pick it up.
"You came along too, that’s great!"
Saying this, Fang Zheng rubbed his face against the belly of the little kitten, ah, this familiar feeling, the soft and warm little kitty, this is my family’s little kitten.
"Meow, meow."
Being rubbed by Fang Zheng, the little kitten meowed while stretching its paws to press against Fang Zheng’s face.
"We’re back, Mr. Fang Zheng, what are you doing........."
At this moment, the others returned to the manor and watched Fang Zheng cuddling a kitten, Shinichi, Ran, and others were stunned. Ran hurried to Fang Zheng’s side.
"Wow, what a cute little cat! Is it the pet here?"
"No, this is my own cat."
"Huh? Mr. Fang Zheng, you have a cat? I’ve never seen it before?"
"That’s because I brought it over recently, hadn’t had the chance to introduce you, who knew it secretly hid in the car and followed us here."
"That was really risky......"
Ran gasped upon hearing Fang Zheng, knowing that Fang Zheng’s car had just exploded into a fireball, if the kitten was inside, it would have been too dangerous.
But...... it’s so cute!
Grabbing the kitten’s paw, Ran couldn’t help but reach out to pet it.
"Mr. Fang Zheng, what is its name?"
"I’ve always called it little guy, never named it. Actually, that’s quite nice."
Fang Zheng petted the kitten’s head.
"Well, since things have happened, I think we’re no longer interested in playing this game with the culprit, let’s catch the culprit first."
"But how?"
Gunsden Ikumi questioned curiously hearing Fang Zheng speak.
"Do you have evidence already?"
"Evidence isn’t needed."
Fang Zheng shook his head.
"We’ll catch them red-handed."
Meanwhile, below the manor, Kogoro Mouri and Harufumi Mogi watched the burning vehicle in shock, as they drove here everything was fine, but just as expected the bridge was sabotaged. Harufumi Mogi asked the elderly lady Chiken Nobutomo in the car to flash the headlights to see the situation across, and at that moment, the car exploded and plunged into the broken bridge.
As the two were stunned, a Little Black silently entered Twilight Manor, sneaked inside quickly to the second floor, pressed buttons to open a ceiling compartment, climbed up, put away the rope, closed the compartment, then sat at the table, looking at the monitoring screens.
To Little Black’s surprise, every monitor screen showed no trace of others remaining in Twilight Manor!
"Click."
At this moment, suddenly blinding lights lit up, several flashlights suddenly shone from the darkness onto Little Black.
"Never expected, you’re quite spry despite your age, Chiken lady."
Fang Zheng stood up, looking at the seated armchair detective Lady Chiken, shaking his head helplessly.
"........."
Chiken Nobutomo turned her head, seeing Fang Zheng, Ran, Shinichi, and Gunsden Ikumi hidden somewhere, showed a slight helpless smile.
"How did you find this place?"
"During the day, we played a big adventure game out of boredom here, then I accidentally detected strange electromagnetic waves, opened it, unexpectedly discovering a hidden realm."
Fang Zheng shrugged, he intended to scan for clues with a personal terminal but found such a secret room—honestly a bit unexpected.
Only because this place was merely a monitoring room, unrelated to the search for Uramaru Renya, Fang Zheng ignored it.
Until Shuzan Ojo died, Fang Zheng then took it seriously, obviously it’s the culprit’s monitoring spot, intending to kill everyone, must find a place to monitor their movements. So, he hid here with Ran and others waiting for the culprit to fall into the trap.
Just like Fang Zheng said, forget deducing nonsense, seeking evidence, catching them in the act is the best...
Unexpectedly, an elderly Lady Chiken over sixty is as spry and energetic like Monkey Sun... not scientific at all.
Well, why talk science in the world of Conanology.
"Alright, Lady Chiken, confess and surrender."
Fang Zheng stroked the little kitten in his arms, looking at the pale-faced Lady Chiken, feeling great.
The greatest gain this trip was the kitten.
Truly my little cutie!!

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