It's just a grocery store.

Chapter 257 Sorry, I'm One Step Ahead This Time

Ling Cheng was disgusted with his claws and was about to go back to wash his hands when Conan grabbed him and asked:

"How about it?"

Ling Cheng: "Not so good, I kind of want to chop off my claws."

Conan patted Ling Cheng on the back.

"Who asked you? I asked the people in the car what was going on."

Ling Cheng pursed his lips, thinking back to what he had just said unhappily:

"He's dead. He's all soft. I, a little old man, touched him. I can't stand it. I want to chop off my hands."

Conan and Hattori were horrified and looked at Ling Cheng in disbelief and asked,

"Really? You must be mistaken, that old man is a bit fat."

Ling Cheng glared at Hattori Heiji and Conan. He was not the one who touched the feelings, they were the ones who asked, and they were also the ones who did not believe it.

Ling Cheng: "Of course not, the heater was on in the car. It blew all over my face after it broke. I'm really impressed."

After hearing what Ling Cheng said, Conan and Hattori Heiji frowned. The noise was too loud, and the others who had returned to their rooms came out to see.

So they didn't stay on the cliff for too long. They walked back while thinking. When they came in front of everyone, Hattori Heiji announced the news.

Then, when a group of people were talking about Feifei, Conan and Hattori Heiji did not directly tell them what Ling Cheng had just told them, and Ling Cheng had already run back to wash his hands.

Conan and Hattori Heiji put their hands on the ground and searched for any water traces around the tire tracks, and finally confirmed Ling Cheng's statement.

Conan and Hattori Heiji were thinking too deeply, and they bumped their heads while crawling on the ground. Hattori Heiji was so angry that he grabbed Conan and lifted him up.

This kid, same thing happened last time, I bumped into him while looking for clues.

Hattori Heiji was stunned and let go of Conan and fell down. Conan reacted quickly and stood up. Hattori looked at Conan with shock.

Then a group of people went to look for the first edition book, but found that the book was missing. One of the men shouted and asked to drive another car away, and Hattori Heiji came back to inform him of the bad news.

Hattori Heiji: "It's no use. The car in the garage has a big hole in its fuel tank. All the oil has leaked out."

"And the battery is dead. The car can't even move now. It's become a pile of scrap metal."

Mao Lilan showed an expression of disbelief, while the man in the couple next to her, Toba Kento, laughed out loud and said proudly:

"The innkeeper was indeed murdered, wasn't he, Mr. Detective?"

He even specifically messaged Kogoro Mori, but Mori turned his head away and ignored him. Zero Time said he was just watching the show, and Hattori Heiji walked over while muttering.

"From the fact that the murderer destroyed the phone and isolated us with the car, it seems that the murderer wants to continue this killing spree."

Ling Cheng felt much better after washing his hands. He came back just in time to hear this sentence, so Ling Cheng went straight to Conan to whisper something.

"You should know the trick now."

Conan hummed.

"Well, the sound I just heard was probably the sound of the heater, so the murderer used that method, but there is no definite evidence pointing to the murderer's identity."

At zero o'clock, I hid behind them and listened, then patted their shoulders.

"I'll leave it to you guys then. I'm going to bed."

Ling Cheng: "Hey, can you be a little nervous?"

Zero Hour: "He won't do anything to me, sleep well and good night."

After saying that, Lingshi stood up and slipped out of the room, leaving Conan and Ling Cheng looking at each other with speechless expressions.

Hattori Heiji noticed them and curiously approached to ask:

"Where are your guardians going? Are there any new developments?"

Ling Cheng chuckled.

"He went to bed."

Hattori Heiji staggered and was about to fall. How could he sleep in this situation?

Faced with Hattori Heiji's incredulous expression, Conan just nodded to him, and Hattori Heiji held his forehead with his hand.

"No, how could he really sleep? Not to mention that it's already early in the morning and someone has died. Isn't he afraid that the murderer will attack him?"

Ling Cheng nodded heavily. He was not really afraid of Ling Shi. In terms of fighting power, Ling Cheng still trusted Ling Shi very much.

They didn't continue to complain about Zero Time's desire. After all, they still had to find the murderer. They turned to look at the group of people. Suddenly, the tall man with a flat head said:

"By the way, there are surveillance cameras, who knows, they might capture something."

Before everyone could be happy for too long, the waiter said:

"That's a fake machine that's installed every year when we hold this event."

When everyone was disappointed, the woman in the couple, Oki Ryoko, came over and asked Hattori Heiji if he had found what he wanted on the ground just now.

Hattori was stunned for a moment, then said no. The woman immediately laughed and said that she knew the murderer, and she also knew the method he used and had decisive evidence.

"What did you say!?"

Conan and the others shouted out in shock.

Ling Cheng: "Wow, this woman is so arrogant, Conan, tell me you know it too."

Conan: "No, I don't know yet."

Oki Lingzi: "I'll give you ten minutes to think about it. If you don't want me to say your name, then you should bow your head and plead guilty."

The woman walked out of the room to go to the bathroom, and Hu Ye hurriedly chased after her.

"Lingzi, if you act alone now, you will be killed by the murderer."

The woman stood at the door and said with a smile:

"You will protect me."

After saying that, she went to the bathroom without looking back. Hu Ye could only chase her and close the door.

Ling Cheng rolled his eyes and complained,

"Give her ten minutes to think about it. Does she really know or is she just pretending to know? Is she trying to intimidate the murderer? She might be the next target soon."

The people who stayed behind said that it seemed that there was no need for a famous detective. Maori Kogoro said disdainfully that she must be deliberately mysterious.

Conan directly retorted:

"No, she must have discovered some clues that we don't know about."

Hattori Heiji: "It's possible."

After saying that, the two looked at each other. Conan felt guilty and didn't continue, while Hattori stared at him thoughtfully.

Mao Lilan suddenly remembered,

"By the way, Miss Lingzi is a little strange during the day."

This broke the awkward situation between the two people. They suddenly turned around and looked at Mao Lilan at the same time. Ling Cheng looked at them and chuckled twice.

Ling Cheng: Is it reasonable for these two people to have such tacit understanding?

Mao Lilan continued:

"After lunch today, I saw Miss Lingzi on my way back to my room. When she saw me, she panicked and hid something like paper behind her back."

"I thought it was the Sherlock Holmes test that was handed out last night."

Ling Cheng: Suddenly I can’t tell whether you are really natural or just naturally dark.

Conan and Hattori Heiji repeated the test paper in unison, and the other three immediately became suspicious:

"Could it be cheating?"

Maori Kogoro: "How can there be such a woman?"

Before they could discuss further, the door suddenly opened. It was Toba who came back, but the woman did not come with him.

The three people hurriedly asked him who the murderer was. Hu Ye could only shrug and say that she refused to tell him. Everyone gritted their teeth and was very unhappy.

Hattori Heiji quickly asked the waiter if anyone else besides Oki Ryoko had not had lunch. Conan also went over to ask Toba finally if his girlfriend had looked for him.

Toba: "No, I was in my room during the day, writing tests."

Ling Cheng looked at him, and the thoughts in his mind connected together. He thought that he might have found the truth and was one step ahead of Conan and the others.