In the yard of the Sijing family's villa, there is a small fountain pool. The fountain is open 24 hours a day, and the sound of rushing water can be heard far in the forest.
Bai Shi ran over following the map given on the light screen. From a long distance away, he saw a dragon with a ferocious face standing by the water, forcing another person's head into the water, and the one who was pressed
The man was wearing a white suit and looked like Nikaido.
This choice of murderer was somewhat beyond Shiraishi's expectations. Ichida Takashi is the kind of person who talks a lot but doesn't have a strong sense of presence. He looks like a passerby who supports the background of the story. He didn't expect him to be so fierce.
Although Wandering Soul has a "tit for tat coupon", Iljitaka certainly does not have such a thing.
What's more, the mission has already stated that it should be right to save "the stupid young man with two lives on his back" and prevent him from killing people.
Conan next to him didn't have night vision, and the flashlight on his watch couldn't shine that far, so he only saw two blurry black figures entangled by the water.
"Who's there?!" Conan shouted.
Although it was easier to see the perpetrator by sneaking closer, Conan felt that saving people was more important than that - scaring people away a second earlier, or at least making the killer hesitate, might save a life.
Iljitaka was startled by his shout. He raised his head suddenly and saw a flashlight getting closer and closer to the fountain pool.
If the only target is Nikaido Yuji, he may not leave.
But at this moment, he looked down at Nikaidou who was struggling weakly, and then thought about Yotsui Reika who was still alive. Ichieda hesitated for a moment, and finally pushed Nikaidou Yuji into the pool, turned around and ran away.
If you are drowned like this, even if you don't die, you probably won't be able to wake up for a while. Just wait and find an opportunity to kill again...
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"You slipped away so fast!" Conan ran to the edge of the pool with his short legs and panting heavily. He hammered the water angrily and asked Shiraishi next to him, "Did you see the appearance of the assailant clearly?"
"No, I'm a little short-sighted. I can only see that it's a human being." Shiraishi said, stepping into the pool, dragging Nikaidou Yuji out with all his strength, and placing him on the ground outside.
Conan immediately came closer to check. Nikaidou Yuji's breathing and heartbeat were very weak. He became serious: "We must rescue him as soon as possible. Come and give him artificial respiration."
Shiraishi showed a disgusted expression for a moment, and then quickly corrected himself before Conan saw him. He pretended not to hear clearly, and just followed the instructions given on the light screen to put the people on the ground into position and prepare to start chest compressions.
"Wait, it's best to take a few breaths first, and then..." At this point, Conan paused and thought of something.
——Shiraishi knows a lot, and he usually does things to prevent crimes. He must know the steps to rescue a drowning person, but now, he didn't follow the order.
Thinking about the water cup he brought with him, his hand that he tried to take the rice ball in the KTV before but then retracted, and Kimura Tatsuya's sudden loss of powder because he grabbed the rice ball with his hand... Conan slowly realized that something was wrong.
"Forget it, let me do it. Although the child's lung capacity is relatively small, the effect may not be good..."
Conan sighed, and could only go over and clean Nikaidou Yuji's airway, take a deep breath, and prepare to blow in.
However, before the artificial respiration was implemented, perhaps because of the halo of the protagonist, Nikaidou Yuji suddenly started coughing. After coughing for a while, he vomited several streams of water, and he regained his composure.
Conan was startled.
Although he was ready for first aid, he never thought that he could really save the person - he had often encountered murder cases since high school, and it was really rare to save the victim.
...It seems that they arrived in time. Fortunately, Shiraishi heard the movement just now.
Of course it's a good thing that the person is not dead. Seeing Nikaido Yuji trying to open his eyes, Conan quickly asked: "What's going on? Who wanted to kill you just now?"
Nikaidou Yuji opened his mouth, Shiraishi leaned over and pretended to listen, and secretly took out the butterfly ninja's special anesthetic needle in his hand.
This kind of needle is a bit like an improved version of Conan's anesthesia needle. It melts immediately after entering the body. It also has the effect of repairing the skin. After use, the needle hole is not visible from the outside. It's a pity that Butterfly Ninja doesn't know anything about machinery, so this needle cannot be fired.
It can only be pinched and pricked manually.
It's a little exciting to think about doing evil under the eyes of the protagonist of the detective world.
However, before the needle could be inserted, a pair of translucent hands suddenly stretched out from behind Nikaidou Yuji and gently covered his mouth.
Nikaido grabbed his neck, and there were vague sounds in his throat. After a moment, he rolled his eyes and fainted to the ground.
Nanao Yaeko sat quietly on her knees next to her. She lowered her head and glanced at Nikaidou Yuji on the ground, then looked at Shiraishi, and her figure faded again.
In Conan's eyes, all this is just an ordinary "Nikaido fainted".
He was a little disappointed, stood up and looked at the sky: "It's raining... take him back first."
The others were not far from the woods. After being alarmed by Conan's shout just now, they came to the fountain one after another and returned to the villa.
Due to a sudden heavy rain, everyone was wet at the moment, which disappointed Conan who wanted to identify the gangsters through water stains.
Granny Mi dragged a blanket and unfolded it next to the electric stove. Nikaido was temporarily placed on the blanket.
Although he could rest better in bed, the murderer was unknown at the moment and no one dared to put him alone in a room.
Shiraishi and Conan briefly described the murder scene they saw, and the plastic brothers immediately began to suspect each other.
Finally, it was Takuya Mifune who put forward a different opinion. This person seemed to be born with a much bigger brain than others: "You have forgotten the most suspicious person - Miss Reika Yotsui, who has been missing to this day."
Some people support and some oppose this speculation, but no matter who the murderer is, the reporting process still has to go through.
Then, as usual, I found that my cell phone had no signal, the phone lines were cut, and all the cars parked outside my door had their tires punctured.
Only then did everyone realize the seriousness of the situation - they were trapped in this mountain villa.
"Don't worry! The car arranged by Mr. Yotsui will arrive early tomorrow morning, which means that in another seven or eight hours at most, we will be able to regain contact with the outside world."
Rokuda Shoji tried to calm the situation: "Let's drink some coffee to refresh ourselves and discuss what we should do during this time."
…
The rain came hard and fast, and several people were soaked.
When Granny Mi took Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko to make coffee, Rokuta Shoji and others found some bath towels. This villa is one of the common gathering places of their yacht club, and all young talents are familiar with it.
Soon everyone had a bath towel in hand, and during the wiping process, several people inevitably chatted about what happened tonight.
As soon as Shiraishi put the towel on his head, he heard Kazue Takashi next to him asking in confusion: "Why was Nikaido attacked?"
...This is actually an acting school.
"How do I know? I wasn't the one who pushed him." Mifune Takuya said, raising his chin and nodding at Nikaido who was lying next to the electric stove:
"If you ask me, there is nothing to discuss about this matter - wait until he wakes up, ask him who the attacker is, arrest that person directly, and we can sleep peacefully until dawn."
Shiraishi also looked at Nikaido.
When he looked at it, he realized that the elusive wandering soul had popped out again at some point, holding something like a token and thrusting it into Nikaidou's throat.
Soon, the token was completely submerged, the wandering soul disappeared again, and Nikaido began to convulse slightly.
The look of him trying to get away but struggling but couldn't move seemed a bit scary. Bai Shi looked at it for two seconds and silently looked away.
After a few minutes, everyone regrouped in the lobby.
Granny Mi and the two girls brought coffee, and Shiraishi picked a cup willingly.
It's late now, and refreshing drinks like coffee are very popular.
Seeing everyone else picking up the coffee and drinking it, Shiraishi also picked up the cup and dipped it on his lips in order not to appear intrusive. Of course, he did not let the coffee enter his mouth at all - this is the basic quality of a passerby at a crime scene to avoid being accidentally injured.
After that, Shiraishi found a wet wipe and wiped his mouth thoroughly, then took out his own water glass and drank two sips of water to quench his thirst.
After all, this was not a coffee and tea party. Soon the group got down to business and discussed the missing Yotsui Reika and the attack on Nikaido.
Yotsui Reika was not present, so Nikaido naturally became the center of attention of everyone present.
When they looked at it, they realized that Nikaido looked a little strange - he had changed from lying on his back to lying on his side at some point, curled up slightly, with his back to the sofa, and his posture seemed to be a little painful.
"You didn't say a word when you woke up." Mifune Takuya walked over impatiently, wanting to ask about the situation.
However, when he turned the person over and saw Nikaidou Yuji's face clearly, Mifune Takuya screamed and almost fell to the ground.
This scream caused Conan's expression to change suddenly. He rushed over and saw that Nikaido's mouth and nose were filled with oozing foam, and his heartbeat and breathing had stopped.
Suzuki Sonoko glanced from a distance, and there was already a buzz in her head. Her face turned pale and she hugged the nearest Mao Lilan tightly: "What's going on? What happened? It's not that he was just attacked.
!"
Mao Lilan also hugged her tremblingly, with the same expression on her face: "No, I don't know!"
Several other people gathered around one after another, and at Conan's suggestion, they gave Nikaido first aid after drowning, but unfortunately they could not save him. This time, the man was completely dead.
Bai Shi held his chin in his hands and mingled among a few people to watch. He didn't know what the punishment would be, but it should be better than killing someone.
Others couldn't see the wandering soul and just felt confused at this time.
Gojo Osamu even had doubts about what happened before: "Did he drown when you dragged him back?"
"Impossible, his breathing and heartbeat had returned to steady by then, and I noticed that no one was near him just now." Conan said solemnly.
He frowned and thought for a moment, then added: "This is probably dry drowning - due to being too strongly stimulated in the water before, after returning to the shore, the larynx spasmed delayed, resulting in the inability to breathe normally. So although the person is in
In the room, the symptoms are still like 'drowning'. But this rarely happens to adults..."
This rather strange situation gave the audience goosebumps.
Mifune Takuya looked at Conan with fury from behind: "You can't make it up, right? How can a child know so many messy things?"
"Ah..." Conan froze slightly, touched the back of his head and laughed dryly, then pointed at Shiraishi, "It's all Uncle Shiraishi..." Seeing Suzuki Sonoko's suddenly fierce look in the distance, he hurriedly changed his suffix, "
…My brother taught me, haha.”
As he said that, Conan subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Baishi, and saw Baishi looking into the void, his eyes a little distracted.
Although there was no expression on his face, the look in his eyes... must have been a big shock. This seemed to be the first time he failed to save someone at a crime scene.
Conan sighed with some admiration, walked over and patted Shiraishi on the shoulder, whispering comfort: "This is not your responsibility, we will definitely find the murderer."
"?" Shiraishi looked away from the halfway progress bar of the mission and looked at Conan for a second, vaguely understanding his brain circuit.