“That cry just now... what was it?” Toyama Kazuha couldn't help but purse her lips, hesitantly asking.
“Could it be… not a human?” Mouri Ran couldn't help but shrink her neck in fear, successfully scaring Toyama Kazuha next to her.
Mouri Ran subconsciously moved closer to Yu Quan, giving him a look of help.
“I remember the legendary Spider Fairy is female.” Yu Quan nodded.
“Spid… Spider Fairy? So you mean we ran into the Spider Fairy just now? Ah!” Toyama Kazuha couldn't help but jump, scared.
“Are you kidding? There's no way there's really a Spider Fairy in this world.” Hattori Heiji rolled his eyes.
“No, actually, when I mentioned that lake just now, it is the legendary Spider Fairy’s nest.” Robert couldn’t help but swallow his saliva.
When his gaze fell on Yu Quan, Robert felt inexplicably uneasy, as if Yu Quan knew something.
“People here at Spider Ridge often use the Spider Fairy legend to scare children. Anyone who gets close to the lake will be bewitched by the Spider Fairy and fall into the lake and drown.”
“Cut it out~ It’s just a trick to keep kids away from the water.” Hattori Heiji crossed his arms, completely disbelieving in spirits and ghosts.
Conan next to him nodded repeatedly, his impression of Hattori Heiji improved.
“Then how do you explain that cry? Can’t you all be hallucinating?!” Toyama Kazuha frowned.
“Maybe… it bumped into some small animal?” Conan stroked his chin.
But in his heart, he felt that this possibility was very low, mainly because there were really no traces around!
It shouldn't be!
Could it be Yu Quan’s doing again?
Thinking about Yu Quan’s "liar" identity, plus Yu Quan’s constant mention of the Spider Fairy, Conan suddenly felt that the possibility of Yu Quan directing and acting on his own was infinitely elevated!
“Conan, what are you looking at?” Yu Quan suddenly lowered his head, just meeting Conan’s scrutinizing gaze.
“No… nothing, haha.” Conan subconsciously took a step back.
Then he felt like he was losing, so he quickly stood still, damn it!
Yu Quan didn’t say much, just glanced at the current sky: "Let's get in the car, it looks like it's going to rain.”
With the previous guesses outside, Conan got in the car and directly climbed into the passenger seat, checking the front of the car without any regard for others.
Trying to find out if there was a tape recorder or something.
As for the question of whether the sound came from outside the car, Conan said that it wasn’t a problem. It was like the amplifier that Dr. Agasa had made before that could produce similar effects…
Then, Conan received a merciless whack on the head from Mouri Kogoro: "You stinky little brat, don't go rummaging around in other people's cars!"
…
Perhaps it was due to the kindness of the heavens, the rain didn't fall until Yu Quan and the others reached the Takeda family.
“Mr. Yu Quan, it’s an honor to have you as a guest at the Takeda family.” Takeda Yuzo greeted enthusiastically.
Yu Quan didn’t say much, just nodded, then his gaze swept around the Takeda family’s mansion.
Energy residue… the same as the energy residue Yu Quan "saw" when he encountered the Spider Fairy on the road.
However, the Spider Fairy probably came to the Takeda family quite a few times, leaving behind much more energy than the "car crash scene."
He just didn't know if this was because the Takeda family had once enshrined the Spider Fairy, or because of the Spider Fairy’s identity.
“Yu… Mr. Yu Quan, did you discover something?” Takeda Yuzo looked at Yu Quan’s actions with some nervousness.
“What’s going on? Could it be that Yu Quan is the detective?” Hattori Heiji asked curiously.
While in the car, Hattori Heiji only learned from Mouri Kogoro’s self-satisfied tone that Mouri Kogoro was a middle-aged detective uncle.
He had previously thought that Yu Quan was Mouri Kogoro’s detective assistant because he saw Yu Quan driving.
Now it seems, why is Takeda Yuzo’s attitude towards Yu Quan more enthusiastic than towards Mouri Kogoro or even himself, a high school detective?
“What detective? Mr. Yu Quan is a great exorcist!” Takeda Shinichi came from the side, giving Hattori Heiji a dissatisfied look.
“Exo… Exorcist?!” Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha couldn't help but widen their eyes.
“Heh, he’s just a con artist.” Having come to his senses, Hattori Heiji curled his lips.
No wonder Yu Quan had been talking about Spider Fairies and such in the car. He initially thought that this guy liked various legends. It turned out he was using this to cheat people!
If so, then that scream just now… could it be that this guy directed and acted it out on his own, just to confirm the existence of the Spider Fairy?
Hattori Heiji stroked his chin, his thoughts coinciding with Conan’s.
“Indeed.” Conan nodded in agreement.
“What are you talking about?!” Takeda Shinichi couldn’t help but glare at Hattori Heiji: “And you—who are you?”
“Please, I’m Hattori Heiji, a high school detective from Kansai. Didn’t you send a letter of commission to me?” Hattori Heiji took out his commission letter in dissatisfaction.
Takeda Yuzo subconsciously took a look at it and shook his head: “The address is indeed our Takeda family, that’s right.”
“But, we didn’t send it out.”
“What?!” Hattori Heiji frowned.
“That house, is it the place where someone died before?” Yu Quan suddenly interrupted their discussion.