At dawn, dogs are lying on the city.

In the spacious room, Inufukako sat on his knees on the tatami.

With her brows furrowed, she looked down slightly and bit her lip with her teeth, looking worried.

It wasn't until the noise coming from the corridor outside the door that she came back to her senses from this state.

came back?

She hurriedly tried to stand up, but her lower limbs staggered as soon as she exerted force.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared outside the door and pushed the door open vigorously.

"Kaoko, that famous detective Mouri Kogoro is going to start reasoning about the entire case!"

Eh?

Inufukao's expression was stunned for a moment, which made Inufuchen outside the door a little anxious.

"What are you doing standing still? Come here quickly!"

"oh oh……"

Inufukako got up from the tatami again, and before leaving, he looked back deeply at the room.

When she followed Inufuchen to the living room, all the people involved in the case had gathered in the living room.

But even though it is said to be "all", most of them are actually no longer alive.

Currently, of the eight adopted children of the Inubushi family, only four are left.

In addition, there were also Mouri Kogoro and others who came all the way from Tokyo.

Seeing that Zen had brought Kaozi over, Mouri Kogoro nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good, everyone is here now..."

"Now, I want to explain to you all the 'Fire Demon Dog' cases that have occurred in the Inubushi family recently!"

"First of all, the murderer of all these cases is... Mr. Inufushi Chiaki!"

Mouri Kogoro put his hands in his pockets and looked seriously at Inufushi Akira, who was still in a coma on the sofa.

Since the effects of anesthesia have not completely worn off, he can only participate in the announcement of the case as a human specimen.

Also in a coma with Chiko was Hattori Heiji.

Conan persuaded Heiji because the case was solved and he suddenly felt very tired, so he took a rest first.

But Yuan Shan and Ye called him "black chicken" many times, but they didn't wake him up.

On the contrary, Inufushi Yukihime, who was knocked unconscious by Chiko with ether before, has woken up, but her body has not fully recovered, but her consciousness is awake.

"The murderer is... Mr. Chihuang?"

Inufukako made a sound of surprise with a face full of shock.

She didn't keep up with other people's versions just because she had to stay in Inufushi City to take care of Ms. Saomi.

She remembered that before Kogoro Mouri left, he clearly said that the murderer was Inubushi Yukihime. Why did he change his mind when he came back?

I have been worried about this matter for a long time.

Because among the relatives who lived together in the Inubushi family, the one she valued most was Yukihime, and she even regarded her as her own sister.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have taught Xing Ji how to get along with dogs in a scolding tone.

Unexpectedly, Mouri Kogoro actually said that Yukihime was a "bad guy" who pretended to be the illegitimate daughter of Chairman Inubushi.

This made her very distressed and entangled.

"right!"

Mouri Kogoro nodded with great confirmation and confidence.

"Inufushi Chiaki is the murderer who caused this series of horrific 'devil dog cases'!"

At the same time, in the room that Inufukako had just left, the sliding door was pushed open again.

A pair of feet took off their slippers at the door and stepped into the tatami room.

Looking at Ms. Inufu Suochen who was "sleeping" peacefully on the hospital bed, the owner of those feet calmly walked in front of her and lowered her head to look down.

"The murderer is actually you, right?"

"Ms. Inufusaomi..."

After Qin Zhibo finished speaking, the empty room fell into silence for a while.

A few seconds later, the eyes of the silver-haired old woman on the hospital bed that had always been closed finally slowly opened.

…

In the living room, Kogoro Mouri began to review the entire case for everyone.

"First of all, the first case was that Mr. Hotaru Inufushi fell from a cliff. Before he died, he struggled to say that he was chased by a demon dog covered in flames, which caused him to fall off the cliff."

"The second case was that Ms. Inufumi Gako drowned in a swamp near the forest. Near the place of her death, traces of grass scorched by flames were also found."

"The third case occurred in Tokyo, and the deceased was Shinichi Kudo who had changed his surname back..."

At this point, Mouri Kogoro suddenly felt that this name was very awkward.

Why does it have the same pronunciation as that kid's name?

Mouri Kogoro complained helplessly and continued to sort out the case.

"The fifth case happened last night. Ms. Inufusaki, who had not returned home for a long time, fell off the cliff in the same way as Mr. Hotaru, and found flaming footprints on the cliff."

"In addition, Xiaolan and the others were attacked by the flame demon dog when they were feeding Xiaoba in the mansion..."

"Actually, the real culprit of all this, the so-called 'Fire Demon Dog', is..."

Mouri Kogoro's words suddenly stopped, and Mao Lilan walked in from the entrance hall with a dog.

When Inufukako saw the dog, he was immediately stunned.

"Xiaoba?"

"Huh? No..."

The next second, Inufukako denied his judgment.

Because if you look a little closer, you can see the difference in breed between this dog and Xiaoba. This is a pure-blooded Border Collie.

It's just that this shepherd dog is covered with a layer of white tattered cloth, with a rope tied around its neck, and a coal ball tied at the end.

Mouri Kogoro took out a remote control switch from his pocket, and when he pressed the button on it, the white cloth strip on the shepherd's body glowed faintly red.

"This is..." Inufukako said doubtfully.

"This is the truth about the 'Devil Dog'. It is actually a real dog."

"Mr. Zhihuang covered the dog's body with a strip of cloth, and then used a red LED light tied under the strip to simulate the effect of flames."

"Although it is easy to be seen through under such lighting conditions, as long as it goes to the wild with poor lighting, it is enough to reach the level of fake and real."

"This is also the reason why every time the 'Devil Dog' appears, it must be at night..."

Mouri Kogoro's words were thought-provoking, but soon Inufukako raised new questions.

"What about the flaming footprints?"

"Didn't the place where the devil dog ran leave traces of flames? There are also traces of burnt grass..."

Maori Kogoro smiled confidently and strolled next to the border collie.

But as soon as he was about to pick up the rope tied around the dog's neck, the shepherd dog immediately bared its teeth at him and whined in warning.

Mouri Kogoro was so frightened that he took half a step back and did not dare to reach out to the dog again.

When I caught this dog in the forest just now, he was almost bitten by the dog, which caused a psychological shadow.

But the strange thing is that this dog is not hostile to Mao Lilan and Conan at all, and is even somewhat close to them.

"Eh? Xiaolan, where is Conan?"

At this time, Maori Kogoro suddenly realized that Conan was not here, and asked Maori Lan.

Mao Lilan replied: "Conan and Mr. Qin will go back to the room to rest first..."

…

In the largest master bedroom in Inufushi City, Qin Zhibo faced Ms. Suo Chen who opened her eyes. He just glanced down slightly and began to murmur to himself.

"Actually, the entire case begins with the legend of the Inubushi family's past."

"This is actually easy to investigate clearly. Although you are the only old man who is still alive in the Inufushi family, in fact, the servants who once served the Inufushi family are still living near this castle."

"During the Meiji period, the Inubushi family hosted a wandering monk and received a secret scripture from the monk."

"The head of the Inubushi family at that time used the contents recorded in this secret book to bring down another nearby family with greater power."

"Then one day, the head of the Inubushi family was backlashed because of the taboo contents in the secret scriptures, and eventually set himself on fire."
To be continued...