Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 275 Victims

During dinner, Atsushi Mori once again brought up the incident three years ago, which made the scene very embarrassing. The four teachers at Acupido Elementary School all looked as ugly as if they had eaten flies.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when Yangzi and Xiaolan were still looking after the garden, Conan took the initiative to ask several teachers what happened three years ago, but they were blocked by the other teachers on the grounds of "not suitable for children", which made him believe that the three teachers were not suitable for children. What happened years ago is definitely the key to triggering the attack.

After finishing the curry rice, Conan took the opportunity to go to the toilet and took out the ear-ring mobile phone that Dr. Ali gave him not long ago. He asked for help to go to his house to read the files collected by his father and investigate. Regarding the case that happened three years ago at Aido Elementary School.

After handing over the task, Conan recalled how Sonoko and Yonehara Koko were attacked, as well as the teacher Sugiyama who never showed up, and he had an ominous premonition that something big was about to happen.

At this moment, the doorbell of the villa suddenly rang. Kohei Shimoda, who was sitting at the outermost seat of the restaurant, got up and went to open the door. He laughed and complained to others: "It must be Mr. Sugiyama this time. He is probably hiding in the room." It’s unbearably cold outside.”

After opening the entrance door, Shimoda Kohei saw Mr. Sugiyama standing outside the door covered with snow. He smiled and turned around to announce to the three colleagues who came with him: "Our music teacher has finally arrived, Mr. Sugiyama." , come in quickly."

After saying that, seeing that the other party didn't respond, Shimoda Kohei had no choice but to reach out and pull the other party's arm. However, it was okay if he didn't pull the other party's arm. Once he did, everyone present was immediately stunned.

I saw Mr. Sugiyama falling straight down on the floor of the entrance hall, making a sound of a hard object hitting the ground. The bloodless face with eyes open scared the timid Nakamura Minori into singing like a soprano. The scream instantly echoed throughout the villa.

Soon Conan and Yoko followed the sound and rushed to the door. They heard several people calling to the strange man lying on the ground, and then they learned that the body was the teacher Sugiyama who had never appeared.

Conan was shocked and subconsciously wanted to directly conduct an autopsy. He suddenly remembered that Yangzi was behind him. He resisted the urge to get closer to the body and looked back, only to find that the other party was not at all flustered by the situation in front of him, as if he was used to it. It looked like a dead body, which once again made Conan extremely curious.

However, considering that the danger was still lurking around him, he had to find the real culprit quickly. Conan temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart, pretended to be panicked, grabbed Yangzi's trouser legs and asked anxiously: "Sister Yangzi, this uncle, he What happened?!”

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Seeing Conan performing in front of her, Yangzi didn't know that the other party wanted to involve herself in the case to get clues, so she cooperated by walking to the body and squatting down with Nakamura Minori who was checking the situation. Let’s communicate, “Mr. Nakamura, what’s the situation with Mr. Sugiyama?”

After hearing this, Minori Nakamura took back the hand on the body's neck, shook her head and said sadly: "No, he has been dead for a long time, and his body has long been stiff. He probably froze to death outdoors..."

"No, he was killed." Yangzi reached out and pinched the limbs of the corpse, then pointed to the mark on the neck and judged, "His neck has the same strangulation marks as Sonoko, and they were not caused after death. There was no obvious trauma to other parts of the body, so it was very likely that someone strangled his neck and suffocated him to death."

"Based on the current rigor mortis of the body and the outdoor temperature, it should have been dead for at least 9 hours." After listening to Yoko's simple and neat analysis, Nakamura Minori, who has some medical knowledge, nodded in agreement, and the person on the side Conan also took the opportunity to get close to the body and examine it secretly, and came to the same conclusion.

"So the reason why Mr. Sugiyama rang the doorbell is because the murderer leaned his body against the doorbell button!" Kohei Shimoda asked with lingering fear after hearing this, "But weren't we all eating in the restaurant at that time? The prisoner is most likely someone from outside the villa, who could it be?"

"I think it's the same person who attacked Mr. Yonehara and Sonoko. Look." Yoko reminded everyone to look at the right hand of the deceased and explained, "The prisoner also used the same lipstick to leave the word "KO" on Mr. Sugiyama's hand. , combined with the previous two kana, it is the pronunciation of 'Minako'."

"Minako?!" The moment they heard the name, the four teachers all showed panic expressions, as if they had heard some shocking news.

Among them, Shimoda Kohei's reaction was particularly exaggerated. He ran back to his room on the second floor as if running away, and kept muttering "This has nothing to do with me! It has nothing to do with me at all!" Such unintelligible words.

His obviously abnormal behavior immediately aroused everyone's suspicion. Conan and the other three teachers immediately chased after him. On the contrary, Yangzi first called the police on the phone, and then quickly returned to the room where Xiaolan and Yuanzi were. .

After all, with the dead already appearing, Sonoko, who had been attacked once but not killed, was likely to become the opponent's next target. The most important thing at the moment was to stay with the two children just in case.

As for investigating the truth of the case, let's leave it to Conan for the time being. I believe that with his wisdom, he will not encounter too much danger in a short time.

Not long after, everyone who decided to let Shimoda Kohei calm down also returned to the room where Yuanzi rested, and explained to Xiaolan what had just happened. At the same time, Yangzi also informed that he had called the police, but the mountain was closed due to heavy snow. The police won't arrive until tomorrow morning at the earliest.

When she learned that a victim had appeared, Xiaolan glanced at the still unconscious Sonoko with some worry and said: "So the murderer is probably still nearby, and Sonoko and Teacher Yonehara are likely to be targeted by each other..."

Having said this, Xiaolan raised her head and looked at Teacher Mihara with expectant eyes and begged: "Teacher Mihara, I think we should sleep in the same room tonight, so that we can take care of each other, and I also have a lot to say. I’m telling you, as long as you wait until the police come tomorrow, you’ll be safe.”

After hearing Xiaolan's words, Yonehara Koko hesitated for a short time and responded with a smile: "Well, after I finish what I'm doing, when it's time to go to bed, I will bring the bedding over and hold the candle with you. How about a night talk?"

"Well, I think Yuanzi will wake up by then, and she must have a lot to say to you." Seeing that the other party agreed to her request, Xiaolan felt a little relieved, but she couldn't help but think of a certain heartless man and sighed. , "It would be great if Shinichi was here, he would be able to find the culprit quickly."

(End of this chapter)