Conan: I Am Not a Snake Spirit

After the group had breakfast, the car called by Chi Feichi also drove outside Poirot Cafe.

The captain ate with Chi Feichi to fill his stomach, and followed him out. He was soon coaxed and picked up by Koshizu Nanatsuki, who had no intention of going to the art museum with him, and became Koshizu Nanatsuki's pet cat at home.

The others got into the car, and the driver who sent them drove them to the Nomen Museum that Kogoro Mouri had mentioned.

The art museum is located in the mountains and forests near Tokyo and is still classified within the Tokyo area. After leaving the city, turn onto a road into the mountains and follow the road. It takes about 20 minutes to drive there.

This is a private art museum. Even though it does not do much publicity, it has a collection of thousands of noodles and a unique traditional cultural color. There is no shortage of tourists to visit.

Therefore, while retaining the Japanese architectural style of the main building, the museum has also undergone many internal renovations, built other buildings next to it, and built a spacious and open parking lot in front of the main building.

When the car Chi Feichi and others were sitting in drove into the parking lot, there were only two or three cars in the corner of the parking lot, which seemed very empty.

Standing in the parking lot and looking out, the sky is high, the mountains in the distance are as dark as black, and the shadows of the trees nearby are dancing. The green sky is still not desolate in autumn, exuding a distant and peaceful atmosphere.

The group of people took a look at the surrounding scenery before walking to the door of the main building and saw a sign saying 'Closed Today' hanging on the door.

Mouri Kogoro rang the doorbell directly, and after answering the door, he confidently said, "You want to see Mr. Ichigo, the curator..."

"Oh? This little detective who has been very unknown in recent years? Does he have nothing to do here?"

Nomi Residence…

And this afternoon is the time for Izumi Jibachiro to worship the house god. Akaza Naru also plans to go to the place where the house **** is worshipped to find Izumi Jibachiro.

Mouri Daishichiro looked at the large shrine-like building at the foot of the hillside. He was not surprised. He asked curiously, "Is Mr. Izumi a devout person?"

Akaza Naru is also a friend of the curator. She claims to have known the curator for a while, but in fact, she only knew him in the past two years.

A short woman in a suit and leather shoes walked up to Mouri Daishichiro and put her hand on Mouri Daishichiro's shoulder. Although she said, "Sorry, I'm jumping in line," she acted so politely and started to push Mouri Daishichiro away. Confidently, he spoke to the intercom at the ticket office at the door, "You are Naruya Akaza, and you have a bad appointment with Mr. Izumi today!"

Worshiping the house **** is a traditional custom in that area. In ancient times, people would worship their ancestors in the northwest of the house. As the owner of the small piece of land in the distance, Izumi Jibachiro also built a shrine in the northwest of the land specifically for worship. Mansion God.

Outside the house, two people wearing kimonos and wearing Tono-men under their faces walked down and stood silently in front of Mibu Momoyono.

The man who responded decisively agreed, leaving Mouri Daishichiro, who had thought that he would be rejected, froze in place. He always felt that the other party's indifferent attitude was not comparable to that of his apprentice.

Those eight people have been working in the library for a few years and are veteran employees with an average tenure of more than ten years.

There are only eight staff members in the museum.

Before Akaza Naru also finished talking about the situation of his seven people, Mouri Daishichiro also introduced the seven people on his side - his famous detective who came to investigate because he was worried about the safety of the curator and had a strong sense of justice. He brought him here to accumulate money. The little apprentice who was investigating the experience, the older girl who was left in her own home by her parents and wanted to come over to see him, and the own boy who came to take care of the older ghost and stopped by to visit...

Miyo Momoyono, who wears the Adachio mask and is also known as the Ghost Man mask, is the conductor and manager there.

Anyway, outside of the entire art museum, except for the protagonist group of Plague Gods and the police who arrived shortly afterwards, no one could walk out in a bad way. Naturally, this also includes the curator Izumi Jihachiro who has not yet been seen, and Akaza Naru behind his eyes. also.

The dangerous door at the small entrance was opened, Akaza Naru also pushed open the glass door and walked out of the house, and Mouri Daishichiro also started to follow.

"Director Izumi is evil. My name is Daishichiro Mouri, and I am a private detective..."

There seemed to be quite a few people who were going to die that time...

"It's a bad idea. Since you are closed today, Director Izumi is also on vacation today."

Eight? Seven?

Miyoshi Momoyuno held a mask and came out from the front door of the nearby ticket office. When he saw Mouri Daishichiro leaving the room, he immediately frowned and stopped him, "That guest, he troubled you so much..."

Akaza Naru also led a group of people out of the front door, walked out of the woods, walked back along the forest road, and pointed out the torii gate at the foot of the hillside to Mouri Daishichiro from a distance.

On the side, eight staff members looked at each other with serious expressions on their faces, which made Conan glance at them slightly unconcernedly.

Akaza Naru also knew that his life had not yet entered the countdown. Before learning the identity of Mouri Daishichiro, he became cold and cold, and actively invited Mouri Daishichiro to follow him to find the curator. He responded coldly to Mouri Daishichiro along the way. question and introduced the situation of the Nome Museum.

"It's Akaza, he's really on time."

"That's what happened..."

The middle-aged woman wearing a white 'Heita' mask and not yet bald is the manager of the restaurant, Nagata Seinosuke.

According to Akaza Naruya, the curator Izumi Jihachiro is now 80 years old this year. His legs and feet are broken and he cannot move freely. He was in a wheelchair during those years and usually lives in a house in front of the museum. It is managed by a The nurse looked after.

The two people standing in front of Miyu Momoyuno took off their masks one after another, revealing two faces of middle-aged women that did not function like masks.

"That's right. I have grudges with very few people, so I long for God's blessing..." Akaza Naru also led the way, and saw Izumi Jibachiro behind him who was sitting in a wheelchair and being pushed down the mountain by an old male caregiver. His eyes lit up, he said something to Mouri Daishichiro, slowed down his pace and chased after him, and stopped to say hello to Izumi Jibachiro, "Good morning, Director Izumi!"

The middle-aged woman wearing a golden 'lion's mouth' mask, with her hair combed forward and looking very serious, is the manager of the restaurant, Tatsuro Seikenji.

Conan looked on and concluded that the situation between the curator and Izumi Hachiro was really not normal, and the staff also knew something about the situation.

Seeing Akaza Naru also showing respect, Mouri Daishichiro suddenly smiled proudly and said, "That's wrong, I do call you that! Hahahaha!"

Izumi Jihachiro is wearing a dark gray and light gray kimono. His hair is combed to the front of his head. He has mid-length hair like a samurai. He has a long beard under his lips. His hair is gray and his cheeks are thin and sunken, making his cheekbones look very low. , the spirit is very wrong, the whole person looks calm and capable, facing the greetings of Akaza Naruya, sitting in the wheelchair, he responded slowly or hurriedly, then frowned and looked at the group of Mouri Daishichiro who were following, "So, who are those people?"

There are only two managers and one administrator among the eight people. It doesn’t sound like a lie, but it’s because the museum is closed today. The guards who usually maintain order in the parking lot and the staff who guide visitors in the museum have all gone back. Only those eight people would stay outside the museum when it was closed.

Chi Feichi followed Maori Daichiro, sorting out the corresponding plot in his mind.

"Is there no time to relax?"

Hearing that the letter mentioned that ‘the life of the curator Izumi Hachiro is being watched’, the expressions of the eight staff members in the museum who had taken off the noodles changed slightly.

"Yes, you don't mind that kind of thing," Mouri Daishichiro explained seriously, not being frightened by the eight people standing in front of him, "You want to visit Mr. Curator because you don't have time to relax..."

Akaza Naru also heard Mouri Daishichiro say that the curator was not safe, and did not move forward slowly. He stood aside and listened to Mouri Daishichiro's words. Like the other eight people, he got Mouri Daishichiro's golden personal list. See When he saw the name under the business card, he was surprised and said, "It turns out he is not the famous detective...the sleeping teacher Daishichiro!"

The person in front of the window reached out and took off his mask, revealing a middle-aged male face that was not round. He responded with a less enthusiastic expression, "As soon as you get in, open the door immediately."

Mibu Moyono looked at Mouri Daishichiro with a blank look on his face, "You haven't told him since then that today is the closing day of your art museum!"

Akaza Naru also greeted the person in front of the window strangely, "Is that Miss Mibu Hakuyono? I've met you now!"

A man wearing a kimono with a ferocious Noh mask on his face stood in front of the ticket window. Daishichiro Mori was startled and he quickly moved forward to distance himself.

Next to the intercom, the electric shutter slid down, slowly revealing the ticket window.

"Looking for the curator?"

Conan was not used to the ordinary introduction by Moori Daishichiro that was full of disgust. He only retorted a few words in his mind, and slowly asked Akaza Naru about the director's situation.

Mouri Daishichiro reached out of his pocket and took out the letter, and told the story of how he received a letter that seemed to be a letter asking for help, worried about the safety of the curator and Izumi Hachiro, and came to investigate.