Chapter 646 One person is missing

Shinnosuke Furuya waved his hand dismissively, not taking his reminder to heart. "I know, I know."

Before Conan left with Kogoro Mouri, he glanced back at Shinnosuke Furuya, who had taken over the entire hot spring.

As they came out, five women also happened to come out.

Harada Yumiko tidied her slightly damp hair. "This hot spring bath was really comfortable. Let's come again next time."

“Indeed, the water temperature is just right.” Kawabata Megumi nodded in agreement with a smile.

Okada Sumire smiled slightly and did not comment on it. However, when she saw Okazaki Naganobu, she went over and took his arm. Then she smiled at everyone and said, "Naganobu hasn't finished his manuscript yet, so I'll take him back to continue working on it. Have fun, everyone."

"Oh, okay." Sonoko Suzuki, as the hostess, responded, then looked at the others, "If you all still have things to do, you can go back to your rooms first."

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I finished all my manuscripts for this week after receiving Sonoko's invitation, just so I could have some fun." Kawabata Nagi waved with a smile.

Standing next to Sonoko Suzuki, Megumi Kawabata crossed her arms and nodded meaningfully, "That's right, if I hadn't been there to urge him, my brother would definitely have been rushing to finish his manuscript today."

"Hey, hey, this kind of thing doesn't need explaining, right?"

Kawabata Nagi's flustered look, as if something bad had been revealed, made everyone laugh.

“I don’t have anything else to do, so how about we go play some more cards?” Harada Yumiko suggested.

“I agree!” Sonoko Suzuki exclaimed excitedly. “Let’s add some rewards and punishments, otherwise it’ll be too boring.”

They walked toward the living room while talking.

About an hour later, Okazaki Naganobu and Okada Sumie also came downstairs and joined their poker game.

A while later, Kawabata Nagi suddenly spoke up: "By the way, has Furuya still not finished soaking after all this time?"

Kawabata Megumi exclaimed "Huh?" and, following his words, guessed, "Could he have fainted from soaking in the water for too long?"

"Why don't we go take a look?" Okazaki Naganobu suggested, and then he stood up and prepared to head towards the hot spring.

Conan narrowed his eyes and stood up as well. "Brother Okazaki, I'll go with you!"

“Okay, let’s go then.” Okazaki Naganobu nodded, not seeing anything wrong with it.

"If she really fainted, that would be terrible. I'll go check on her too." Kawabata Nagi also got up and followed behind them.

Kogoro Mouri, sprawled on the sofa, stared at them with dead fish eyes. "They've all gone, so I guess I don't need to follow them."

Ran Mouri felt deeply helpless about this.

At this moment, Qianzhu, the only one who had stayed in her room since after dinner, could not see what the people below were doing, but she knew clearly that a murder had occurred.

However, knowing that the bridge that would have allowed them to leave had been deliberately burned down, the deceased still dared to stay alone in the hot spring. He was truly a brave man.

Although... he was alone by himself.

As he expected, due to the heavy snow, the police could not arrive at the scene immediately and had to wait until the next day.

As for the people in the villa, since they didn't know who the murderer was or whether he would target others, they all tried to avoid acting alone.

...except for Qianzhu.

"By the way, what about that boy who was resting in his room by himself? Is he alright by himself?" Okada Sumi suddenly asked, leaning against her boyfriend.

"He's probably asleep?" Ran Mouri hesitated for a moment, then looked at the people she knew best. "Should we go and wake him up?"

"No need, I'll just go to his room and keep him company."

Conan said, a cute smile appearing on his face.

Is this okay?

Conan stood up, ready to leave. "Okay, I'll go now."

"How about we reassign the rooms? It would be safer if two people shared a room."

Kawabata Nagi suddenly spoke up.

“That makes sense!” Sonoko Suzuki exclaimed, as if suddenly realizing something. “How about Okazaki and Okada share a room, Conan goes to Chitake’s room, Ran and I go together, Megumi and Yumiko go together, and Kawabata and Mori go together? How does that sound?”

“No problem, let’s do it this way. After all, we can’t go without rest.” Harada Yumiko nodded, agreeing to her arrangement.

"Then let's all go back to our rooms together."

Everyone stood at Qianzhu's door and tried knocking.

If no one comes to open the door, Conan can just squeeze in with Kogoro Mouri and Nagi Kawabata. Anyway, the rooms in this villa are big enough, and the beds are big enough for three people to squeeze in.

However, the door was soon opened from the inside.

Qianzhu slightly opened the door to look outside, squinting her eyes. She opened them in confusion when she saw them. "What's wrong?"

"Ah, because of some things that happened, Conan will be sharing a room with you. If you want to know more details, ask this kid."

Sonoko Suzuki smiled and pushed Conan forward.

"Is that so?"

Chizuru didn't seem to have any complaints. He remained gentle and kind. He opened the door to let Conan in, then looked at the others and said, "In that case, everyone should go and rest first."

Goodnight, Qianzhu.

Ran Mouri waved to him and went into a room with Sonoko Suzuki.

After closing the door, only a desk lamp remained in the room.

Qianzhu blinked her slightly sore eyes, then looked at Conan, patted his head, and returned to the bedside. "Alright, it's getting late, let's rest."

Conan blinked and followed behind him. "Aren't you curious about what happened?"

"Hmm." Qianzhu replied casually, "One person is missing, so there must have been another murder, right?"

You guessed right away.

Conan fell silent, then watched the other person lie down.

He sighed silently, reached out and turned off the desk lamp. Instantly, only the faint light from behind the curtains remained, and the room fell silent, with only the sound of soft breathing.

Conan, however, couldn't sleep, his mind replaying the case.

The deceased, Shinnosuke Furuya, died at the villa hot spring...

He was lying completely submerged in the hot spring, and from the surface, it looked as if he had drowned.

But the hot spring is only that deep; no matter what he does there, he shouldn't choke to death.

Unless someone appears in the hot spring, holds him down, and drowns him alive.