“Huh? Is this exhibition hall under maintenance?” Seeing the maintenance sign outside the Hell Exhibition Hall, Ran Mouri slightly furrowed her brow.
Yu Quan, who had been casually strolling, couldn't help but widen his eyes and glance at the situation inside the Hell Exhibition Hall.
Because, just as he approached the Hell Exhibition Hall, the system, which usually didn't speak much, suddenly spoke up.
【Ding~ Detection of large energy, do you want to absorb it?】
Yu Quan instinctively activated his Heavenly Eye and looked towards the direction of the Hell Exhibition Hall.
No souls... Based on the time, Director Ochiai should be preparing to make his move but hasn't killed Boss Majima yet.
However, just as the system prompted, there was a thick energy inside the Hell Exhibition Hall.
It wasn't the souls of the dead, but there was definitely a heavy death aura permeating the place. This wasn't the kind of fluctuation that would appear from killing one or two people or the intent to kill a few.
Thinking about the things inside the Hell Exhibition Hall, Yu Quan had a guess, his expression didn't change, but he calmly said.
“Since it's under maintenance, let's go look at other places first and come back to check later.”
Right now, Director Ochiai hadn't succeeded in his move, so Yu Quan naturally wouldn't disrupt his plans.
Yu Quan wanted the energy from the Hell Exhibition Hall, but—regarding Boss Majima's soul, he naturally wouldn't give up either.
“Okay.” Ran Mouri naturally didn't have any objections.
…
The Medieval Art Museum, despite being open for many years and close to closing down, still had dozens of exhibition halls.
By the time Yu Quan and the others had almost finished browsing, it was already around four in the afternoon.
Besides the Hell Exhibition Hall, Yu Quan discovered energy fluctuations on other exhibits, but those energies weren't as strong as the Hell Exhibition Hall’s.
After the system absorbed those energies, Yu Quan didn't get any rewards, but—
From the system's prompts, it seemed these energies could be counted as one soul needed to open the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk, which was a pleasant surprise.
The most crucial point was, the energy from the Hell Exhibition Hall hadn't been counted yet…
“Whew—I'm dead tired.” Conan and Kogoro Mori simultaneously slumped down on the ground, panting.
“Even though Ran is a girl, she has so much energy. Conan and Kogoro-san might consider getting some exercise.” Yu Quan teased with a happy tone.
Conan and Kogoro Mori didn't have the energy to argue, but Ran Mouri looked thoughtfully at the corner nearby: "There’s still one last exhibition hall we haven’t been to.”
“That’s the only one left… let’s just forget about it, shall we?” Kogoro Mori's corner of his mouth twitched.
“You gotta finish what you start, right?” Yu Quan said with a sense of accomplishment, looking at the soul fluctuations emanating from the Hell Exhibition Hall with great satisfaction.
“Are you guys going?” Ran Mouri smiled at Conan and Kogoro Mori, her knuckles cracking with a “clack” as she clenched her fists.
“Let’s go, let’s go! We’re going now!” Conan and Kogoro Mori jumped to their feet.
Without a doubt, the maintenance sign outside the Hell Exhibition Hall had already disappeared.
“Ran, be careful later, there’s a death aura inside.” Yu Quan's footsteps paused, his words carrying deep meaning.
“Ah? No... It can’t be, right?” Ran Mouri couldn't help but widen her eyes. She instinctively thought of the soul of Fujie Miyoshi she had seen before, and couldn't help but shrink her neck.
“Yu Quan-kun is just joking.” Conan laughed awkwardly, rolling his eyes at Yu Quan.
Then, the next second, Conan, not looking where he was going, “accidentally” bumped into the wall, a familiar-looking bump instantly rising up on his head.
“Conan, be careful when you walk!” Ran Mouri looked at Conan helplessly.
Yu Quan thoughtfully looked at the Hell Exhibition Hall. When the bad luck charm activated, the energy inside the Hell Exhibition Hall seemed to be pulled in a bit...
“This painting…” Seeing the painting of the demon being slain by a knight, Ran Mouri couldn’t help but shrink her neck.
Yu Quan's gaze moved inconspicuously from the side, finally stopping on the painting in front of him. The energy fluctuation the system detected was coming from this!
In Yu Quan's Heavenly Eye view, although there was no soul on the painting, there was a sufficient amount of 煞气 (shà qì) (malevolent energy) wrapped around it.
Yu Quan kept a calm face, but silently instructed the system to absorb the energy there.
【Ding~ Congratulations, Host, you have gained two soul unit energies.】
The energy a work of art brought Yu Quan was equivalent to catching two souls.
Adding the previous artworks, Fujie Miyoshi’s soul, and… the one right in this room, Mr. Majima's soul.
Yu Quan had directly completed half of a Hundred Ghosts Night Walk!
If he could grab five more souls, he could try to begin the Hundred Ghosts Night Walk.
Yu Quan's gaze shifted directly to the side, at the soul that was hovering above Mr. Majima’s corpse, looking a little dazed.
“Yu Quan-kun, what are you looking at…” Conan subconsciously paid attention to Yu Quan's movements, following his gaze to the side.
Immediately, he saw the corpse, impaled on the wall by a sword, with a horrible death scene.
Conan couldn't help but widen his eyes, turning to look at Yu Quan. This guy... Did he know all along?
Memories of Yu Quan’s earlier words flashed through his mind, Conan shook his head frantically, no, impossible!
It was just a coincidence.
Or… Yu Quan was the murderer.
But this was immediately ruled out by Conan. After all, Yu Quan had been following everyone around the museum the whole afternoon and hadn’t left for a second!