Soon, three middle-aged people came together, with doubt on their faces, and it was not clear what was going on.

The village chief found that one person was missing and asked, "Where is the island leader? Why didn't he come?"

"He was not found."

Conan Niang remembered the person Haibara saw. Didn’t come? Did he deliberately hide?

"Village Chief, what do you mean by the island minister?"

"He has very small eyes and a little thick lips..." The village chief thought for a while and could only tell these two more critical features.

Although the village chief only said these two characteristics, these two characteristics completely correspond to what Haibara said.

Yamato Dansuke looked at him, Conan nodded, indicating that Haibara was indeed such a person he saw.

If this person is the one who killed the dead, it is no surprise that he can cover up when everyone is looking for someone up the mountain.

Yamato Dashua ordered the two policemen behind him to find this person.

Yamato Dansuke asked the three people who arrived, and Conan slipped to the village chief, raised his face and pretended to be curious and began to talk.

"Uncle the village chief, does that Mr. Dalang have any grudges with?"

"Something is there, but they are all trivial matters and small conflicts between neighbors. I can't think of why anyone would kill him..."

Conan looked at him with scrutiny and exploration. Ryosuke Mino said that he most doubted the village chief's actions because the village chief had a competitive relationship with his father.

"I heard from Mr. Ryosuke that you were injured at that time?"

"Yes, it often rained those days, and the road on the mountain was slippery. When I went down the mountain, I accidentally fell off the mountain, broke my leg, and put it in plaster for half a month."

"Did this happen before or after Mr. Dalang's disappearance?"

He is a child, and even if he says the wrong thing, no adult will be in trouble with him, so Conan is very bold in temptation.

Xiaolan stood aside and looked at him, watching him pretending to be a child in a familiar way, and seemed to have completely adapted to such a life.

Her thoughts were empty. What did Conan look like when he first arrived?

Yes, he was not very good at pretending to be a child at that time, and even he was very reluctant to pretend.

Memories suddenly drifted far away. Xiaolan remembered that when Conan first came to their house, they sat on the Shinkansen to attend a friend's wedding ceremony. Later, Conan discovered a bomb and kicked the bomb into the air before the bomb exploded, avoiding the accident.

At that time, she didn't let him run around. Conan once told her very seriously and seriously, and he said:

"Actually, I am not Conan Edogawa, nor a primary school student. My true identity is..."

At that time, he didn't finish his words, and then he ran away when he thought of something.

Later she asked again, and he said that what he wanted to say at that time was a prank genius, so he just dealt with it.

Now it seems that what he wanted to say at that time was Shinichi Kudo. Because the child's identity was not trusted, he planned to be honest with her so that she could ask the crew to thoroughly investigate the bombs on the train.

Although it has been a long time, these memories are still clear when you recall them.

Yes, she actually discovered it very early, but she was confused and swayed for various reasons, so she was fooled many times.

Conan's aftertaste of light observed Xiaolan. Xiaolan seemed to be in a daze, with no focal length in his eyes. While Xiaolan was in a daze, he turned his face to look at her, feeling melancholy.

I always cannot hide my feelings when I like this. Even if I cover my mouth, I will run out of my eyes.

With his keenness, how could he not find it?

But after all, it’s not time to be honest yet, so I can only keep it hidden.

The village chief next to him did not notice the strange emotions of the child around him. He blew his beard and stared at him, a little unhappy, "Of course it happened before he disappeared! I fell at that time, but it was the hospital he sent me to."

Conan touched his head and smirked, and his attention was suddenly diverted. Although the uncle was gazing at him, Conan felt that he was not really angry.

Xiaolan also came back to her senses at this time and came over to apologize for Conan, "Sorry, sorry, this child and my father are used to investigating the case. I'm very sorry for offending you."

The village chief looked at Xiaolan in confusion, "Your dad?"

He felt that this child was extraordinary, not only brave, but also not afraid of others.

"My father is Kogoro Mouri."

"So it's the famous Mr. Maori!" The village chief's eyes lit up. Even in his village, he had heard of the Daname of Kogoro Mori. The sleeping Kogoro was so story-like.

He lowered his voice and whispered to Conan and Xiaolan: "Since that's the case, it doesn't matter to tell you some things. Come with me."

Xiaolan took Conan with him to the back hall in confusion, and Conan looked quite serious. The village chief asked them to come alone, so he must have some secret to tell them.

"To be honest, Dalang had come to me for drinking before he disappeared. He looked quite depressed and kept pouring wine to himself, saying that he didn't want to be the village chief and did not want to continue to do things for him. He said that if I become the village chief, it would be better to check the village account books and not to make any statement after I found out..."

Do things for him? Who does he mean? Conan thought while listening to him continue.

"I didn't understand it very much at that time. I thought he was drunk and talking in his sleep, but he disappeared soon after. After becoming the village chief, I checked the account books according to his words. This investigation scared me so much that I didn't fall asleep for several days..."

"Is the money in the account less?" Xiaolan asked.

"It's not that there is less, it's just the opposite, it's very much! Every year, a sum of money from Tokyo is paid to the village in the name of road construction, but there is no road construction in the village..." The village chief spoke more and more, and he was obviously scared.

"After checking the account books, I didn't say anything, nor did I tell anyone. But since the old village chief stepped down, the money in the name of road construction has not been transferred again..."

Xiaolan frowned, and some of the contents here really involved her blind spots.

The money is transferred in the name of road construction? If it is not built, where is it used? Why is such a large amount of money being transferred in every year?

Are you laundering money?

Conan didn't think about the twists and turns of money for too long. He raised his head and asked the village chief: "Who is the 'he' he said he doesn't want to do things for him?"

The village chief shook his head, "It should be the old village chief, I don't know much about this."

The village chief had a worried brow. Over the past few years, his village chief was a little nervous. Darong Mino said this and disappeared soon after, and no matter how he looked, he seemed to have been killed and silenced.

He knew such a big thing, and was afraid that something would happen to him one day.

"Just tell the police about these things, don't tell the villagers."
Chapter completed!