However, the fact that Shiraishi was not injured but had writing on his hand was still inconsistent no matter how he thought about it.
Could it be that the murderer just wanted to kill Shiraishi, so when he saw Shiraishi sleeping, he just picked it up and used it?
So what's the purpose of gathering people's heads?
Warning? Revenge? Simple prank?
Or is it like the ABC Murders, hiding the real target in a series of victims to hide its true motives?
There are too many possible situations.
More clues must be found.
Conan decided to take the initiative to investigate.
——When they arrived, the door was locked from the inside.
At that time, neither Shiraishi nor Yonehara-sensei could lock the door. The only person who locked the door was the murderer. In other words, the man later jumped out of the window and escaped.
The snow is so thick now that it will definitely leave footprints.
However, Conan jumped out of the window and followed the footprints all the way to the end, where he saw the door of the villa.
This shows that...the attacker is still hiding in the villa.
A gust of wind blew by, and an uncontrollable chill spread behind Conan's back.
Then a heavy coat was thrown over him.
Mao Lilan, who was catching up, put a scarf on Conan and said, "How many times have I told you that you can easily catch a cold if you run into the snow without a coat!"
Very good, the coolness is gone.
Sure enough, the economic base determines the superstructure, physical condition, and to some extent, mental state.
Conan sneezed and wrapped his coat tightly.
…
After returning to the villa and telling others about the results of tracking the footprints, Shimoda Kohei and Nakamura Minori were thoughtful.
"Is it Sugiyama's fault?" The more Shimoda Kohei thought about it, the more he thought it was. "He is a serious horror movie lover. He may have arrived halfway and has been hiding in the villa. He just wants to scare us when he has nothing to do."
Several people discussed it for a while, but in the end they could not come up with a result.
Moreover, after all, no one died at this time, Conan's reasoning ability was greatly blocked, and he could not think of any other answers for the moment.
But when Shimoda Kohei said "scare", Conan vaguely grasped something.
The curry was still in the pot and almost burnt. Several people went to cook again and hurriedly prepared dinner.
During this period, Yonehara Koko carried Sugiyama's body and slipped to the gate.
She adjusted the posture and position of the body, and then fixed it in front of the door with kite string, rubber bands and snow.
Sugiyama's body was rigor mortis, and the cold weather would cause the rubber band that had endured excessive tension to break at an accelerated rate. Once it broke, the body would fall forward and fall right on the doorbell, alerting people in the house to open the door and pick up the body.
The kite string will be blown away, and the snow on the ground used to help fix it will not be too noticeable.
In addition, a corpse that has been dead for some time will not ring the doorbell by itself, and others will think that "the murderer put Sugiyama at the door and rang the doorbell."
In this way, Mihara Koko, who was staying with others when the doorbell rang, also had an alibi.
Shiraishi guessed what Yonehara Koko was doing, so he "woke up" before dinner to prevent himself from having an alibi.
Although these people probably wouldn't doubt him, it would be safer to get one.
But trouble also came.
——As soon as Conan saw him walking downstairs, he immediately dragged him to the side with gleaming eyes and asked in a low voice: "Is the black cat here?"
"?" Baishi thought for a long time, but couldn't find any trace of the black cat appearing.
Moreover, in order to prevent one more suspect from appearing, he was forced to choose one of three, and he has been moving in the form of a cat.
Did Conan discover something that he didn't notice?
Shiraishi became alert.
However, of course he did not show it directly, but asked tactfully: "Why do you think so?"
"Because many things are unreasonable, but just now, I suddenly discovered another explanation."
As he said that, Conan looked at Shiraishi: "You didn't fall asleep on the floor first, right? You were on the sofa?"
"..." Damn it, did you secretly install a surveillance camera in my room?
Shiraishi originally wanted to deny it.
But I feel that if Conan dares to ask this question, he must have a certain degree of confidence. Lying will not only fail to save temporary teammate Yonehara Koko, but also make it easier to sell himself.
So Bai Shi nodded: "Yes, I also want to ask you why you moved me to the bed."
Conan touched his chin and nodded, that was indeed the case.
In fact, he heard Suzuki Sonoko say this in the kitchen just now.
Afterwards, he went to check the sofa. Although the wrinkles on it were carefully smoothed out, the sofa here was relatively old and had poor elasticity. There were still traces of someone lying on it for a long time.
After the guess was confirmed, Conan lowered his voice: "Tell me, is it possible that Mr. Mihara wanted to play a joke on us, so he did these things?
"She used to love watching horror movies, and she also held some weakened versions of mini-games during campus celebrations.
"What happened this time may be like this. She accidentally entered your room and found you sleeping soundly.
"You happen to be classmates in a nearby department, and narcolepsy is not a very common disease. If someone has it, others will probably mention it as a topic of conversation.
"She knew that you had narcolepsy and were not easily woken up after falling asleep, so she made an impromptu move and moved you to the ground and wrote 'ナ' and 'ミ' on the backs of your and her own hands respectively, intending to make us mistakenly
I thought you were being attacked."
Hearing this, Shiraishi wrote the word "miserable" to Teacher Yonehara in his heart.
The plan was good at first, but unexpectedly in the evening, a primary school student with a compromised reasoning ability suddenly came. Fortunately, Yonehara Koko did not actually kill anyone this time, otherwise he would never have been able to escape.
But Conan hasn't finished speaking yet.
Conan: "Originally, her plan went smoothly, but she didn't expect that the black cat suddenly came in. The black cat saw her making marks with lipstick, thought she was a serial killer, and wanted to control Mr. Yonehara first."
"..."???This turn was too sharp, and Bai Shi was stunned for a moment.
Conan continued seriously: "When seeing the strange man come in, Teacher Yonehara was naturally startled and screamed.
"Black Cat immediately realized that others would be attracted by her screams.
"You are sleeping, and Black Cat has just come back. He doesn't know that I, Xiaolan and Sonoko are also here. He thinks that no one can testify for him, and others will definitely be deceived by this 'serial murderer', Mr. Yonehara."
"He went to cover Teacher Yonehara's mouth because he was wearing gloves and they felt like cloth. This move was misunderstood by Teacher Yonehara, who had watched many police and gangster dramas, as someone trying to stun her with a handkerchief - when a person is in a trance.
, the memory of what has been experienced is not accurate and may be rewritten by past experiences.”
"But by the time Black Cat covered her mouth, it was already too late and we all heard the exclamation.
"If he doesn't want to be wronged, he can only leave temporarily, but he is also worried that leaving Teacher Mihara will bring hidden dangers to other people in the villa. After all, it only takes a moment to kill someone."
"Black Cat originally wanted to use anesthetic to control Yonehara-sensei, but he just came back from a snowstorm and must still be wearing his coat.
"In order to prevent wind and snow, the winter coat has a relatively strong seal, so he was unable to use various anesthesia props as quickly as before. He had no other option, so he had to drag Mr. Yonehara into the wall, then escape from the window, and return to the house again.
To the villa."
Conan's reasoning came to an end. He grabbed the water glass next to him and took a sip. He looked at Shiraishi expectantly, hoping to get confirmation from him.