Chapter 640 Old Man
No, now is not the time to think about these unimportant things, the case is important.

Conan shook his head, frowned, and said loudly: "Everyone follow me!"

After he finished speaking, Conan left the hall and ran directly to the second floor.

"Really, Conan is still so impulsive." Ze Yu's mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a helpless smile, with his hands in his pockets, he followed Conan's footsteps.

"Let's go too."

"Ok!"

The friends behind him looked at each other, nodded in unison, and followed.

When everyone found Conan, they discovered that he was standing in front of the door of a room. The door of the room had been opened by Conan, and the scene inside was very surprising.

I saw a staircase appearing on the floor of the room, with two chains tied to the front end of the staircase.

Obviously, this is an elevator staircase. Normally, the staircase is closed and hidden in the ceiling, and it looks like a normal room.

Once the switch is turned on, the ceiling will drop, revealing a hidden staircase, through which you can reach a hidden secret room.

The chandelier that Ze Yu hit with the coin before is the switch for this hidden staircase.

"Is this the answer to those secret codes?" Conan stroked his chin and said thoughtfully, "It seems that there may really be treasure in this villa."

The owner of the villa spent so much time and effort to design a mechanism inside the villa. Even if there is no treasure here, there is at least a big secret.

"Treasure?"

When Yuantai heard Conan's words, his eyes widened instantly, his face full of excitement, and he walked straight up the stairs.

"For the treasure!"

Ayumi and Mitsuhiko shouted and followed Genta's footsteps and rushed forward.

"Kids, don't run so fast!" Dr. Agasa scratched his head helplessly.

While the doctor was speaking, Ze Yu and Conan had already walked up the stairs and arrived at the secret room.

The secret room was dark.

Dr. Agasa, who entered the secret room last, opened the window to let the sunlight in.

As the window opened, the secret room, which had been silent for a long time, once again regained its light.

"Look, there seems to be something on the table!" Ayumi blinked and walked towards the table in the secret room.

Genta and Mitsuhiko followed behind her.

"what!"

After a moment, a cry of surprise was heard.

"What's wrong?" Haibara Ai walked over and asked expressionlessly.

Her eyes rested on the table and she was suddenly stunned, but not too surprised.

I saw a gray-haired figure lying on the table. Judging from the figure's appearance, it was obvious that he had been dead for a long time.

"Don't be afraid."

At some point, Ze Yu appeared behind Ayumi, patted her shoulder, and comforted her, "I'm here."

"Xiao Yu..." Ayumi said with some fear: "Why is there a dead person here?"

"He is the one who lives in seclusion in this secret room." Ze Yu explained, "See the empty medicine bottle on the table? If I'm not mistaken, this old man should have a heart disease. He died of a heart attack while writing a letter." "How strange." Dr. Agasa came over and said with a little confusion, "Obviously this is my uncle's house, but I don't know this person."

"Doctor, it's normal that you don't know him." Ze Yu said calmly: "He is a painter. The painting hanging in the hall was painted by this old man."

"I think the reason he lives in seclusion here is that he was taken in by your uncle or aunt."

The "aunt" that Sawawa mentioned is the sister of Dr. Agasa's uncle. Many years ago, the two siblings had been living in this villa.

Until finally, the two died one after another, and the villa was abandoned.

Ze Yu paused for a moment, then continued, "The reason why they want to take this old man in may be because his identity is sensitive and it is not convenient for him to appear casually."

"Is that so?" The Doctor blinked.

Ayumi looked at the gray-haired old man lying on the table and asked doubtfully, "Is he a bad guy?"

"No." Ze Yu smiled slightly and said, "Maybe he is avoiding his enemies."

"I see." Huiyuan Ai lowered her head slightly and thought: "So, the uninvited guest who destroyed the toys before is the enemy of this old man?"

Conan walked to the table, took something out of the drawer and glanced at it.

Then he added: "It may not be appropriate to call them enemies."

Conan held up what he was holding. It was a lead plate with a $20 bill printed on it.

"Is this counterfeit money?" The doctor was stunned.

"That's right." Conan reasoned, "Xiao Yu said that this old man is a painter. I think those secret codes and patterns on the lead plate were all drawn by him."

"Perhaps, someone once asked him to make this lead plate, but later, the old man changed his mind and disappeared with the lead plate."

"In order to avoid that man's pursuit, the old man lived in seclusion here. The person who took him in should be the doctor's aunt."

"This..." The doctor fell into deep thought.

When Conan finished speaking, Ze Yu smiled and said, "In order to express his gratitude to the doctor's aunt, the old man should have the habit of writing a letter to her aunt."

Ze Yu looked at the half-written letter on the table, suddenly shook his head and said, "I think this old man must like the doctor's aunt very much, and it's unrequited love."

"However, judging from the ending, the doctor's aunt and the old man did not end up together until the very end."

"I remember the doctor once said that his aunt never got married in her life and died alone in her seventies."

"Perhaps, until the moment the doctor's aunt closed her eyes, she didn't know that there was a man who loved her deeply."

Ze Yu's expression showed some regret and sigh, and he said softly: "Another tragic love."

Hiroki walked aside and picked up a painting. The painting showed a young and beautiful woman, who was the doctor's aunt.

It is obvious that this painting was painted by this old man. From this we can see that what Ze Yu said is well-founded.

"Well, the truth has come out." Ze Yu shook his head and said, "It's time for the uninvited guest hiding in the villa to show up."

As soon as the words fell, footsteps were heard.

"That's right."

A middle-aged man with a beard walked up the stairs and entered the secret room.

He raised his head and looked at the people in the secret room. A cold smile appeared on his face and he said, "Okay, hand over the lead plates in your hands to me."

(End of this chapter)