After saying this, Gao Yuan suddenly thought of something. Kudo Shinichi on the side also stopped his original plan to go in and take a look. Inadvertently, the two of them came to the window of the room, opened it, and climbed out!
When we came to the wall facing the bookshelf in the room, we saw from outside the house that it was exactly at the back of the house. This wall was also thickened, so it could accommodate a passage leading underground.
"I see!"
"That's what happened!"
Takato and Kudo Shinichi said similar words at the same time, then looked at each other and smiled, but then quickly fell into thinking.
Back in the room, Suzuki Sonoko had already walked out of the basement, so Takato and Kudo Shinichi walked into the passage.
The passage left after the bookshelf was removed was as big as a door, and there was a wooden staircase inside. After walking down, the two of them saw that the basement was not very big, only about ten square meters, and the height was less than two meters.
, is an empty room with almost nothing - except a bed!
Very unexpectedly, there is a bed in this basement!
"How did you investigate this room?"
Takato asked Kudo Shinichi next to him.
"It's very obvious, because apart from the bedroom upstairs where you have installed the bed, this is the only room that looks like it has been cleaned."
Kudo Shinichi said that Gao Yuan had not looked carefully at this point. After all, when he was planning to investigate this villa, Kudo Shinichi and the three of them happened to come over.
"It seems that there are no other clues. Why don't we go up first?"
Gao Yuan suggested.
"It seems so. Let's go up and analyze the current clues first."
Kudo Shinichi agreed.
Returning to the hall and continuing to sit in his original position, Mao Lilan asked: "Do you know what's going on? Shinichi!"
"Yeah, why is there a secret basement in that place! It made me even fall down."
Suzuki Sonoko said distressedly.
"I have roughly figured out why this villa has been making strange noises over the past year and how outsiders come in and out of this villa."
Kudo Shinichi said.
"But what is the purpose of doing this? I have no idea at all."
Gao Yuan agreed.
Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko on the side were unable to understand the conversation between the two.
"Then tell me, why has this villa made strange noises over the past year?"
Mao Lilan asked.
"Ah, this matter is actually very simple. I understood it when I heard Detective Akechi say, 'There is no basement on the floor plan of this villa.'"
Kudo Shinichi said, then looked at Gao Yuan.
"Well. Since it doesn't exist on the house plan, but it does exist in reality, it's obviously someone who dug it out deliberately. Then it's easy to understand why there have been strange noises coming from here in the past year - because it was dug out of the basement.
The sound!"
Gao Yuan explained.
"If you want to understand this, it will be easy to understand how outsiders entered this villa."
Kudo Shinichi spoke slowly and showed a puzzled expression, "But in this case, the whole thing will become difficult to understand."
"Yeah, it's really hard for people to understand that you secretly dig out a basement for someone else's house."
Suzuki Sonoko echoed, "But what does that have to do with why outsiders can come in?"
"After all, Mr. Mingzhi's key can open the door normally, so the door lock has not been changed. So how did they get in?"
Mao Lilan also expressed the same confusion.
"Idiot! We all know that outsiders have dug a basement for this villa, why do we have to think about getting in?"
Kudo Shinichi explained speechlessly, "Of course he smashed the wall in directly!"
This conclusion surprised the two girls present.
"Smash...smash the wall!"
"Yes, look at the location of the basement entrance. It is in the outer wall of the house. The only way to build such an entrance after the villa is built is to smash the wall first! Since the wall has been smashed, outsiders can
There’s nothing surprising when you come in! Just finish the wall after the basement is built!”
Gao Yuan said.
"And the wall is located right behind the villa, surrounded by a wall. The construction work there cannot be seen by outsiders. Combined with the fact that the strange noise was only made at night, that means the person who dug the basement was doing it at night.
Start construction, that way no one will find out."
Kudo Shinichi added.
"But, what is the purpose of secretly knocking down the walls of other people's villas, digging out a basement, and then patching up the walls?"
Mao Lilan asked doubtfully.
"Yes, this is something we still can't figure out. What's the point of spending nearly a year digging out a basement in an uninhabited villa?"
Kudo Shinichi fell into thinking.
"The only clue seems to be the bed in the basement."
Gao Yuan explained.
"There is a bed. What is this? It must be used by the people who dug the basement to sleep."
Suzuki Sonoko said.
"But don't you think it's strange? If you want to sleep, why put the bed in the basement? Anyway, the whole villa can be entered and exited at will. Wouldn't it be better to put the bed in the villa?"
"What's more, this bed was obviously put in after the basement was dug."
Kudo Shinichi said, and then Takato added. After listening to what they said, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed about her previous remarks.
"Ah? It's indeed strange to say so."
"But it's clear that the bed wasn't put there for no reason."
Kudo Shinichi said, and then shook his head vigorously, "No, I have to say, from digging the basement to putting the bed, the whole thing cannot be for no reason, just like..."
"In order to satisfy a need, you have to do something."
Kudo Shinichi seemed to be at a loss for words, and Takato added this sentence.
"Yes! That's what it feels like!"
Kudo Shinichi agreed.
"But it doesn't seem to be any different than not saying it."
Mao Lilan smiled helplessly and said, "After all, no one would be so bored as to do such a meaningless thing."
"In other words, doing this thing itself should be of great significance, so important that it would take nearly a year and a lot of wealth to do it."
Kudo Shinichi changed his mind because of Mao Lilan's words, while Gao Yuan on the side was still thinking, and then he seemed to have thought of something and spoke.
"Let's not mention the basement. Let's look at the bed first. Who do you think this bed is for?"
"Why?"
Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko expressed confusion, but Kudo Shinichi seemed to be awakened.
"Yes, let's not mention what the purpose of the basement is, but if it is just this bed, it is obvious who it is for!"