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Chapter 296 Midnight Assassination

At this moment, the point that Ling Cheng and Conan were confused about has been discovered, so all that is left is evidence to point to it.

However, they could not imagine the importance of these two things, so they made no progress. In the end, instead of being confused by confusing speculations, it was better to analyze them separately.

For example, the analysis just proposed is an interference factor. The focus is not on the number of murderers, but on the motive.

In this regard, Ling Cheng tends to use reverse reasoning, defining the result first and then inferring the process. First of all, considering Mr. Hirai's case, assuming that Silver Fox did it, then what was his reason for doing so?

The benefits of killing Mr. Hirai, could it be that someone else has also hired someone to kill, or Mr. Hirai has created some obstacles for Silver Fox to kill.

In other words, Mr. Hirai accidentally bumped into Silver Fox on the way and was immediately silenced.

Benefits... Conan chewed the two words back and forth in his mouth. Suddenly, Conan remembered something and looked at Ling Cheng, only to see that he was the same as himself.

It is obvious that they have found the murderer's motive for killing Hirai, so the murderer must be that person.

This corresponds to the first code of midnight, which does not mean what we usually understand, but is intended to convey another meaning.

As for the second code, Ling Cheng sought help from an old friend. After getting the other party's doubts and encyclopedia answers, Ling Cheng suddenly understood.

Then the yellow-throated marten in the second code should refer to the pair of men and women in the team other than them.

It couldn't be a coincidence that Lingshi mentioned them. These two people are indeed not simple, but Silver Fox can be ruled out as a suspicion.

So who is the other farmer? Ling Cheng and Conan can’t guess who it is, or maybe they don’t have enough clues.

The administrator's meal has been prepared, but it's a little strange. Mao Lilan picked up the bowl and looked at it strangely, wondering, "Is this what they are going to eat?"

Administrator: "Everyone, please make do in the mountains for now."

Ling Cheng looked at this, fast food, he missed the meals at home, what did they eat tonight?

After dinner, Mr. Takanashi was still in a depressed state. Ran Maoli asked him about it worriedly, and Uo sarcastically said that he was surrounded by sin.

These words immediately made Takanari's face change color and he stood up suddenly. As a result, he dropped a knife next to Sanzhi as he passed by, which scared everyone.

Ling Cheng stood up from his chair. Could it be that the farmer refers to this person?

Chao: "So it really is you."

Takanashi: “I, I don’t have any.”

Takanashi held up a knife to deny it, but when he raised the knife, Sanzhi and Hebian screamed in fear. Takanashi turned his head away in disdain.

"That's nonsense. Everyone carries a hiking knife."

He put away the knife, and Maori Kogoro could only agree.

"That's right..."

The atmosphere was too awkward, so Kogoro Mouri could only turn around and turn on the radio to listen to the broadcast. He only heard a report that a villager in Tanbara Village had been killed, and the murderer was suspected of escaping into Tanbara Mountain.

This made Ling Cheng turn his head suddenly. It meant that there was indeed more than one dangerous person in their place. So, was he among them or outside?

Ling Cheng observed the people around him and saw that they all looked nervous and it was difficult to find any flaws.

He could only fall asleep in the middle of the night, but was awakened again. Conan screamed, and Ling Cheng squinted his eyes to look over, only to see someone running out.

Ling Cheng woke up immediately, and then the light was turned on. One person was missing, and that was Mr. Takanashi who ran out.

Conan immediately chased out, Maori Kogoro and Chao also ran out, while Ling Cheng looked at the heavy rain and then looked at the people in the house.

Conan should be fine, but leaving Sister Xiaolan here alone is not a good option, so Ling Cheng can only close the door.

"Sister Xiaolan, let's wait for them here."

Mao Lilan nodded. Since this was not the first time she had encountered this, she could only wait until the next morning to find them.

So everyone lay down again, but they were not as restful as at the beginning and could not fall asleep again.

Ling Cheng looked at his phone, and as expected, another message came from the chat box at midnight.

Midnight: "A hen that lost her cubs bravely fought the fox."

This clue, combined with the previous information, made the situation very clear, and the second code that he and Conan had never thought of was also solved.

The rain finally stopped at dawn, and they all went out, planning to look for Conan and the others separately.

Mao Lilan asked Ling Cheng if he wanted to join her, Ling Cheng smiled at her,

"No need, Sister Xiaolan. Mr. Administrator and I will wait here, otherwise they won't be able to see anyone when they come back."

Seeing Ling Cheng say this, Mao Lilan didn't say anything else, and the administrator didn't plan to leave after hearing it.

Everyone walked out. Ling Cheng looked at the administrator, his eyes looking over without disguising. The administrator turned around and asked:

"What's wrong, little brother? What are you looking at me for?"

Ling Cheng: "Uncle, if you don't look at me, how do you know I'm looking at you?"

Administrator: "Your gaze is too harsh."

Ling Cheng nodded, not quite understanding.

"Oh, I see. Uncle, you have a pretty good intuition, just like the professional killers on TV."

The administrator was stunned for a moment, then listened to Ling Cheng again:

"You know, the kind that's so handsome that you can tell there's someone behind you without even looking, and then you kill them with one strike."

Ling Cheng stretched out his tone, watching the administrator's expression become amused. The administrator slowly turned around and said:

"You watch too much TV, kid. There are not so many killers in the world."

Ling Cheng: "Of course not, isn't it the Silver Fox? I came here just for this."

"silver fox?"

Seeing that he was still pretending to be stupid, Ling Cheng simply jumped off the stool and walked outside.

"Yes, in order to cover up something, it was Silver Fox who killed Mr. Hirai. In order to cover it up, he disguised himself as an administrator to avoid being discovered."

"Right?"

Ling Cheng stood in front of the door and turned to the administrator, Silver Fox.

"You kid."

Ling Cheng was not at all afraid. He had just sent Mao Lilan and the others away for this reason. Standing at the door, firstly, he could prevent the Silver Fox from escaping, and secondly, if he couldn't beat it, he could also run away.

Ling Cheng: "Uncle, it must be hot with the disguise on, why not take it off."

silver fox:……

"Boy, are you the only one who knows about this or do they all know about it?"

Ling Cheng raised his chin.

"Of course it's just me, otherwise how could they leave me here without worry? But I guess they will know about it soon."

Hearing this, Silver Fox immediately threw a knife towards Ling Cheng. Ling Cheng stared at him closely, so he immediately dodged sideways.

"Wow, he's really good at using a knife, but he's too slow. How about throwing two at once?"

"Stinky boy!"

The Silver Fox was furious. Even a child could provoke him. It was so hateful.