Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 278 Sad Xiaolan

When they thought that the prisoner might have taken advantage of them to gather on the second floor and ran to the first floor, everyone thought of the two girls who were still in the room on the first floor, and hurriedly returned to the room where Yuanzi was on the first floor.

Sonoko, who had just regained consciousness and was eating curry rice under Yoko's care, saw Yonehara Koko in the crowd and quickly handed the bowl to the side. Yoko straightened up and said excitedly: "Mr. Yonehara, it turns out you are really fine! Just now Yoko When she told me, I thought she was comforting me, but now I see with my own eyes that you are still alive, this is really great..."

"Hahaha, as you can see, I'm still alive and well now." Seeing Sonoko choked up while speaking, Yonehara Koko quickly smiled and asked with concern, "How are you, Sonoko? Do you feel any discomfort?"

"When I first woke up, I was a little dizzy, but after eating something, I felt much better." Yuanzi smiled and replied, "But it's really a blessing among misfortunes. Teacher, you are safe. You must know that you are always with me." The person I have always admired!"

"Yes, not only Yuanzi, but all the girls in the class at that time admired you, teacher..." After hearing what Yuanzi said, Xiaolan couldn't help but echoed.

However, Yoko on the side felt a hint of complicated emotions in Xiaolan's words, and immediately looked at Mihara Koko who was standing there, and soon found clues from the other party's reaction.

"Don't say that I'm so good." After a moment of astonishment, Yonehara Koko suddenly became depressed and said with evasive eyes, "Actually, I'm just an ordinary woman, and I don't do my best for my students at all, just like I couldn't do anything to help Suzuki-san when he was attacked today."

"But I can't blame you, teacher, it's all the prisoner's fault!" Upon seeing this, Yuanzi hurriedly tried to comfort him, not forgetting to ask his best friend to join him and say, "You think so, Xiaolan!"

"Xiaolan?" Finding that Xiaolan did not cooperate with him as expected, Yuanzi suddenly realized that the other party had been acting strangely from just now. When he was about to ask out loud, he was interrupted by a gloomy voice.

"Haha, you were like this three years ago, letting the students always protect you." Atsushi Mori leaned on the door frame and looked at Koko Yonehara with disdain and said, "As Mochizuki who committed suicide three years ago, Minako’s class teacher, if the murderer’s purpose is to avenge her, then it’s not difficult to understand that the most direct target is you.”

Then he looked at the other two teachers and revealed the past of the two without mercy: "Mr. Itai, as the consultant teacher of Minako's ballet club at the time, you also have to bear a certain responsibility; as for Mr. Nakamura, you Even though he had a close relationship with Minako, who was a health committee member, he failed to prevent her from committing suicide, and he cannot escape his involvement."

"Judging from the situation, this murder scene for revenge still has to be staged. You guys can just wish yourselves the best." After saying this, Sentoshi left the room without looking back and went to the living room. direction.

As if frightened by the other party's alarmist words, Minori Nakamura and Ryuichi Itai stood there with horrified expressions, and were speechless for a moment.

"Don't worry, the truth may not be what that person said." Seeing the two people's distraught looks, Yonehara Koko quickly said with relief, "But for safety reasons, until the police arrive tomorrow morning, we should all gather in the living room. .”

Since both Yoko and Xiaolan said they wanted to have dinner with Sonoko in the room before going there, Mihara Koko couldn't help but urged them to come earlier, and then took the other two people to meet Mori Atoshi in the living room.After watching several people walk out of the room, Yang Zi quickly grabbed Conan who was trying to sneak out, pulled him back, and locked the door behind him.

Conan, who was caught unable to move, felt a slight tremor in his heart at this moment, thinking that his previous behavior of escaping was suspected by the other party, and that he might be interrogated in front of Xiaolan. He panicked for a moment, and for a while, his head was full of how to make excuses in the future. Response plan.

But it was completely different from what he expected. After Yangzi dragged him back to the bed and sat down, the first thing he said was to Xiaolan who lowered his head and said nothing: "Xiaolan, do you already have it?" The object of suspicion?"

Xiaolan was shocked when she heard Yangzi's straight-to-the-point question. She subconsciously wanted to shake her head in denial, but when she looked at the other party's eyes as clear as the starry sky, she finally nodded honestly, but the corners of her mouth twitched. Nothing could be said.

At this moment, Conan and Yuanzi were both shocked by Xiaolan's reaction, especially Conan. He never expected that just when he was just one step away from the final answer, Xiaolan would have clear suspicions one step earlier than him. object.

Yuanzi, on the other hand, was eager to know the truth after hearing that someone was killed. He grabbed Xiaolan's shoulders anxiously and asked: "Xiaolan, do you really know who the prisoner is? Tell me quickly. Who is so cruel that not only wants to kill Yonehara-sensei and me, but also kills other people?!"

No matter how Yuanzi asked, Xiaolan remained silent. However, two lines of hot tears flowed out of her eyes uncontrollably and flowed down her cheeks. However, Xiaolan could not even wipe them with her hands. No, only the arms holding the edge of the chair to support the body were trembling.

Seeing Xiaolan's sad and resistant look, combined with her previous attitude, Conan and Yuanzi vaguely guessed the object of Xiaolan's suspicion, and couldn't help but be shocked.

At this time, Yangzi walked up to Xiaolan, bent down and gently took Xiaolan into his arms. While stroking her hair, he encouraged her in a gentle voice: "Xiaolan, no matter how unacceptable the truth is, , it is a fait accompli that cannot be changed, and escaping cannot solve the problem."

"Quickly recall the feeling you had when you were learning karate. You would never flinch when facing any opponent, because you knew that you would use your full strength to make your opponent realize your shortcomings. This is the greatest respect! "

"And the situation you are facing now is not much different from that on the field. Let yourself face everything bravely and let the other party realize your mistakes. This is the style that a warrior should have." At this point, Yangzi felt all over his body. His aura suddenly increased, and he asked with a tone that directly struck the opponent's soul, "Come on, Xiaolan, tell me what kind of martial arts you are pursuing!"

"I...my martial arts..." Feeling the warmth coming from the other party, Xiaolan felt that there seemed to be an invisible force impacting her heart, trying to break the shackles in her heart.

Finally, a surge of courage surged into Xiaolan's heart, and she straightened up from Yangzi's arms. She raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, and said firmly: "Thank you Yangzi, I have figured it out. My martial arts, It’s to stop the killing, save lives, and protect innocent people, so I know what to do.”

(End of this chapter)