At the same time, on the second floor of the castle.
Jiangxia disappeared without warning.
In the room, Toru Amuro, Ran Maori, Sonoko Suzuki and Conan looked at each other, and they all fell silent.
——Not one of them can even accurately tell the time when they last saw Jiang Xia.
There are exactly two windows in this room, and a clothes hanger is placed in the middle to block the view.
Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan didn't see Jiang Xia and thought Jiang Xia was with Toru Amuro.
Toru Amuro felt that with the enthusiasm Jiang Xia expressed towards his two classmates, Jiang Xia must be on the side of Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko.
As for Conan... as soon as he arrived at the window and saw the huge chessboard full of puzzles, he fell into deep thought and never considered the question "Which window is Jiang Xia next to?"
Now that Conan was aware of the situation, he silently lowered his head and reflected - his observation skills were so poor that he didn't even notice that there was a living person missing next to him... It shouldn't be, this really shouldn't be the case.
…
There is no signal here, so I can't use my mobile phone to ask where Jiang Xia is.
"Maybe... you went to the bathroom?" Suzuki Sonoko whispered a guess.
The four of them then went to the bathroom and looked around.
There is no one at all.
Considering that the terrain of this castle is relatively complicated, several people walked around the same floor again, but still could not find Jiang Xia.
Finally, the four of them stared at the end of the corridor and fell into silence.
This is a bit strange. Even if you get lost, you won't get lost in other floors.
Conan frowned, remembering Jiang Xia's reasoning speed, and suddenly thought: "Jiang Xia...did brother solve the puzzle and go to the place indicated by the chess piece?"
After having this idea, Conan remembered how Jiang Xia carefully answered the questions when he was dragged by Kudo Yukiko to participate in a puzzle game when he was a child. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the truth should be like this - Jiang Xia must not have known whether he had solved the problem correctly, so he
I didn’t tell others, but went to verify it myself first.
Toru Amuro didn't have as much imagination material as Conan, so he misunderstood: "You want to say that Jiang Xia went to find the treasure by himself?"
This kind of sneaking away without saying a word can easily remind people of "snatching the treasure".
But Toru Amuro thought of the organizational funds that were not embezzled by Jiang Xia, but were all used to advertise the store. As well as Jiang Xia's refusal to sell Feng Shui pills, he felt that employees would not be like this.
Of course, Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Lilan didn't think anything bad.
Suzuki Sonoko smacked her palm with her little fist, and felt that she understood: "He must be obsessed with solving puzzles, too focused, and forgot to tell us when he left - that so-and-so, Kudo, didn't he often suddenly think of clues?
Run away?"
Mao Lilan nodded with deep understanding: "Indeed."
After such inferences, the four people's mental journeys were completely different, but they managed to reach similar conclusions.
"This castle is very big. If you want to confirm the location of the treasure, it will indeed take a lot of time." Toru Amuro said, turning around, "Let's go back to the original room and wait. Maybe after a while, Jiang Xia will go there by himself.
came back."
…
However, the facts prove that it does not.
Until dinner time, Jiang Xia did not show up.
Instead, Mamiya Mitsuru sent someone to look for them - he had prepared a feast for the guests and wanted to ask about the progress of solving the puzzle.
The four of them arrived at the restaurant, and Mamiya Mitsuru greeted them while rubbing their hands.
Then he was surprised to learn that the detective he had placed his greatest hopes on was missing.
…
After such a long time, Jiang Xia's teammates finally realized that things seemed to be beyond expectations.
——No matter why Jiang Xia left, she still hasn't come back so late. Maybe it's because of some accident.
Toru Amuro's face was particularly ugly.
He looked out the dark window and couldn't help but think of the weird tooth marks on his tires and the inexplicable puncture.
If the tire blowout is not an accident at all, but caused by something else, such as a monster...
Toru Amuro: "..."
What are you thinking! The world is scientific.
He quickly shook his head and shook the unreliable thoughts out of his mind.
Then he focused his attention on "finding the missing Jiang Xia".
Mamiya Mitsuru also summoned the servants at home to help search.
…
at the same time.
In the gloomy secret passage, there is another person who is desperately trying to find Jiang Xia.
Nishikawa Suimi, the maid who had undergone plastic surgery to look like a fake old lady, was walking silently in the long passage carrying a wooden stick.
She usually pretends to be a demented old man, but in fact, she has always paid close attention to matters at home.
Today, as soon as several guests came, Xi Chuan Suimei noticed them immediately.
She pretended to be crazy and went over to chat with the guest for a few words.
She was immediately horrified when she discovered that there were actually two detectives among the guests.
First, she was worried that these people would covet her treasure;
Second, she had killed so many people before, so she naturally felt guilty when facing police detectives and the like.
…
Nishikawa Suimei originally planned to find excuses to drive away the guests later in the evening.
But before that, she suddenly heard that the famous young detective had disappeared.
"..." Others couldn't figure out why a living person could disappear out of thin air.
But Xichuan Suimei knew it very well.
——She knows there is a secret passage in the castle.
Moreover, after these few years of boring exploration, she knew the distribution of the secret passages very well.
In Nishikawa Suimei's impression, there happened to be a secret passage entrance near where Jiang Xia and the others were observing the chessboard.
Nishikawa Suimi: "..." The detective must have discovered the secret passage and walked in.
