"Hehe, I'm timid..."

Faced with her lover's somewhat speechless complaints, Ayako smiled embarrassedly.

"Don't worry, even if there really is a vampire, I can kill him." Tang Ze smiled and patted his chest to assure.

"You're such a jerk." Ayako hit Tang Ze in anger, then warned him seriously, "Be sure to pay attention to safety."

"Don't worry, I will report my itinerary to you in a timely manner, and there is no guarantee that a case will occur this time."

After hugging Ayako and comforting her, Karasawa said goodbye to Ayako and drove towards the border of Gunma Prefecture and Saitama Prefecture.

His destination was deep in the mountains at the junction, where a wealthy family built a Western-style villa manor.

However, when he thought of the content of the case sent in the text message by Hattori Heiji, Tang Ze's eyes became a little solemn.

"The vampire case... Hattori Heiji is also involved..." As Tang Ze's thoughts flowed, he had quietly locked onto a certain case.

Of course, whether it is the case in his memory, Tang Ze still needs to rush over and confirm the specific situation.

After leaving the city and getting on the highway, Tang Ze drove faster. He now planned to catch up with Hattori and others' car and meet up with them.

Although they had already set off when Hattori Heiji sent the text message, after Karasawa called to say that he would also participate, Detective Otaki and Kogoro Mori deliberately slowed down and waited.

Moreover, Tang Ze was a very good driver, and the three cars met up halfway.

With Detective Otaki leading the way, everyone finally arrived at this villa located deep in the mountains.

After getting off the car, everyone did not go in first but gathered together to discuss the commission.

"S-a vampire?"

After getting off the car, Maori Kogoro heard the discussion of Karasawa and others and looked confused: "What are you talking about? Didn't we come here to meet Detective Otaki's partner?"

Because it was not the same car, Kogoro Mouri had no idea about the case, and even Karasawa, who had not received the text message, knew more.

So when they heard their conversation, Xiaolan and Kazuha, who were in the same car with Kogoro Mouri, were also confused.

"It's Uncle Otaki's fault for not explaining it clearly before and kept saying things like 'don't get sucked dry'."

Hattori Heiji said with a narrow expression: "We all thought it was a woman's lips at first~"

"I told you that, didn't I?"

Detective Otaki held his forehead helplessly, then looked at Kogoro Mouri and told the three of them everything that happened here.

"So, you think the murder case half a year ago was done by a vampire?" After hearing this, Kogoro Mouri looked at Detective Otaki with a suspicious look on his face.

"No, no, that's just a rumor around here." Otaki waved his hand and explained, "A long time ago, this area was ruled by a lord."

"Lord?" Maori Kogoro was even more confused: "So it can be associated with vampires?"

"Is it because the criminal has not yet been apprehended?"

Tang Ze said, "Coupled with the strange death of the corpse, the two combined led to the spread of rumors.

If the criminal is caught, people will know the truth and will no longer spread rumors that vampires are responsible for the murders."

"Is this true? The criminal hasn't been caught yet?" Kogoro Mouri couldn't help but ask.

"Hmm..." Otaki nodded after hearing that.

"But the rumors in this case are so outrageous, surely the police won't just sit back and watch, right?" Maori Kogoro asked doubtfully, "There must be several suspects during the investigation, right?"

"There is a suspect."

Detective Otaki nodded and said, "The person who was suspected at the beginning was Mr. Torakura Sakuya, the owner of this villa.

The maid who was murdered seemed to have complained to the villa's chef about his changes.

She said that the master had become creepy recently and she felt her life was in danger, so she didn't want to do it anymore and wanted to resign.

"So the culprit is indeed the male owner of Inakura?"

As soon as Maori Kogoro said this, Otaki, who was standing beside him, just stopped denying it and was about to explain why, an old man in a suit, with almost all his hair falling out, came over and said, "No, because the master has an alibi."

"Hmm?" Maori Kogoro looked at the old man dressed as a butler and said, "What do you mean?"

"At the time of the maid Shimizu-san's presumed death, the master was sleeping alone in his room, so there's something clearly amiss."

The old man said calmly, "The irony is that the person who proved Grandpa's innocence happened to be the chef that Miss Qingshui once complained about."

After saying this, the old man looked at Detective Otaki and said, "Welcome to our place. May I ask if you are Detective Otaki from the Osaka Metropolitan Police Department?"

"That's right." Detective Otaki nodded, then looked at the old man and said, "Then you are the client this time?"

"I'm the housekeeper of this villa. My name is Koga Rikushige."

The old man nodded and smiled, "I was a classmate of Hattori Honbu's father. Because this message has caused panic among everyone, I asked an old classmate to help take a look."

After hearing this, Tang Ze suddenly understood why the other party had asked Detective Otaki to make a special trip even though there was clearly no case.

It turns out that this is the reason why Hattori Heizo was willing to send someone to help.

Of course, the reason why Hattori Heizo agreed, in addition to this relationship, was probably because there was indeed a murder case that had not been solved.

And since those involved in the case called and said they were worried that something might happen to the inheritance, perhaps the criminal is hiding among them.

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