Chapter 3072 3084 [New Doctor's Family]
At this time, Conan remembered something. He looked around and said, "Dr. Shinde, why is your house so quiet? Where are your grandmother and the maid?"
In Conan's impression, Dr. Shinide comes from a family of doctors, and this clinic was opened by his father. After his mother passed away, the school doctor has been living happily with his father, grandmother, stepmother and nanny.
However, unlike the gentle Dr. Shinide, Shinide's father is cold and unfaithful. After forcing his first wife to death, he married his wife's best friend as his second wife, but was unfortunately electrocuted to death by an "accident" caused by his second wife.
After his father passed away and his stepmother came into the world, the population of the new doctor's family dropped sharply to three people, and the huge house seemed a little empty.
However, even though the room was empty, after sitting there for such a long time, the diligent babysitter didn't even come to pour tea. Conan looked left and right and felt that something was not right.
When Vermouth heard Conan's question, she sighed secretly: Cool guy's intuition is really sharp sometimes.
Fortunately, she had already thought of an excuse.
Soon, the school doctor with a tragic life story showed a sad smile on his face: "This is a sad place for me, and the work pressure in Tokyo is too great - just a while ago, a hospital in Aomori Prefecture invited me, so I plan to move there to work.
“Grandma and Guang have already gone there, but this clinic still has many old customers. I have to refer them to other hospitals before I can leave with peace of mind.
"In addition, regarding my father's murder, I am not only a family member, but also an important witness. When the case goes to trial in Tokyo, I will be present to testify."
Mao Lilan felt sympathy for the kind-hearted school doctor. She changed the subject: "But Dr. Shinde, you are so brave. You dare to live alone in such a big house. Aren't you afraid?"
"Are you scared?" "Doctor Shinde" looked at this cute girl who was afraid of ghosts and asked deliberately, "Why are you scared?"
Mao Lilan looked at the shadow of the tree reflected on the paper door next to her and shuddered: "Because, because I always feel that this kind of big house is haunted..."
"You're already in high school and you're still afraid of ghosts." Maori Kogoro said speechlessly, "How many times have I told you that there are no ghosts in this world."
"Well, of course there is, you just haven't seen it."
A voice suddenly came from the corner in front, fiercely refuting his words.
Kogoro Maori was startled and looked up, only to see a thin old man walking slowly towards him with his hands behind his back.
The old man stopped in front of them and continued what he had just said: "Ghosts often appear in my apartment. They always play some annoying pranks. If you stay in my place for a while, you won't say such stupid things as 'there are no ghosts in the world'."
"Dr. Shinde" looked at the old man who came in without permission and said, "Mr. Otonashi? Why are you here again? Didn't I introduce another clinic to you?"
The old man snorted, "Can you change doctors at will? I went to your father for treatment back then, and now I'm going to you for treatment. This is a routine. Don't think about getting rid of me!"
Vermouth: "..." It's really touching... It's a pity that the doctor in front of you has been replaced a long time ago. The real Dr. Shinde has been sleeping forever in the river under the bridge with his two family members.
Just as I was thinking about it, the Maori family behind me asked curiously: "Who is this...?"
"Dr. Shinde" came back to his senses and introduced briefly: "This is Mr. Otonashi, one of my patients."
Conan was more interested in something else. He looked up curiously and asked the old man, "Is what you just said true? Is there really a ghost in your house?"
——Jiang Xia dragged me to read the information about the Snow Girl for a long time. Even though I didn't see anything special about it for the time being, those rumors that had been distorted and magnified seemed particularly strange, which made the mini detective more interested.
Although he is still a staunch materialist, it is precisely because of this that Conan feels that there are other reasons behind all the ghost rumors. And the current situation seems to be worth exploring.
The old man looked at the child who was not afraid of ghosts and was a little surprised by his reaction: "Of course it's true. Why, do you want to go over and take a look?"
After a pause, he continued with a gloomy expression, "That was a girl who died in vain at a young age. Because her death was so tragic, her soul was full of resentment and could not be reincarnated, so she has been wandering around my apartment... Alas, although it is hateful, it is also a bit pitiful."
Conan's ears perked up: "What do you mean by wrongful death? Didn't the murderer get punished?"
The old man nodded regretfully: "I heard that the police investigated for a long time, but in the end they only came up with a hand-drawn wanted poster and didn't catch the person at all."
Conan was excited: "Then I'm going to go and see!"
Judging from what the old man said, isn’t this exactly the topic that Jiang Xia has been researching recently - "the relationship between monster legends and the murderer's tricks"?
Although Jiang Xia did not name him directly like this, and only asked him to help look up various information about the Snow Woman, as a high school detective who is good at reasoning and summarizing, Conan automatically helped his classmate summarize the theme.
And he was happy to find that it was easy to get. He didn't find it in the information, but when he went out for a walk, a similar thing came to his door.
"I'll tell Jiang right now..."
In theory, this matter should be told to friends as soon as possible.
But in fact, Conan stopped as soon as he touched the cold shell of the phone.
"I'd better go and take a look myself." He silently withdrew his hand, thinking expectantly:
"It's not that I'm afraid that Jiang Xia will solve the problem with just a glance, but this rumor is just a rumor after all - maybe the old man is just dazzled or has floaters?
"In order not to waste my classmates' precious time, I should go investigate it myself first. If there really is a puzzle, I will tell Jiang Xia then!"
Thinking of this, Conan looked at the old man with bright eyes: "Grandpa, where is your apartment? Take us to see it."
The landlord looked at his excitement and said, "......?"
He said that on purpose just now in order to make this little brat back off, but now... even first-grade kids are so bold?
He shook his head speechlessly: "If you want to see it, come with me, but if you cry from fright, don't blame me."
These words were addressed to Kogoro Mouri, his guardian.
Maori Kogoro: "..." This little brat who deserves a beating didn't cry when scared, but...
He looked at his daughter who was shivering beside him: That’s not necessarily true.
"But I'm already this old, and it's no use being afraid of ghosts all the time." An old father stroked his chin and thought to himself:
"Anyway, the 'ghosts' in that apartment building must be just some human-made pranks. We can just take Xiaolan there to solve the mystery and let her know that ghosts are fake."
(End of this chapter)
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