Chapter 1015 1023 [Just give it a try]
The corridors of the two buildings are in the same straight line. From the outside of the Mysterious Phenomenon Research Society, looking towards the old school building, you can just see the "unopenable biology classroom" at the end of the corridor.
"When we saw the body through the window, the classroom door was open, there was a body hanging in the room, and the man in the mask was standing next to the body. But wait until we ran to this corridor."
Jiang Xia pointed at the floor plan and said, "The classroom door was firmly locked. After I kicked the door open, all traces disappeared."
Kudo Shinichi paced back and forth beside the table, obviously also concerned about the "sudden disappearance and reappearance of the corpse".
Following Jiang Xia's words, he muttered in a low voice: "In other words, the biology classroom door disappeared from our sight for only a dozen seconds. In this short period of time, it was impossible to dispose of the body, clean up the wax and candles on the ground, and clear the magic circle... Besides, all the windows were locked at the time, and it was a secret room."
"No, nothing is impossible."
The consultant's face was pale and his lips were trembling. He took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his face and said in a dreamy voice, "This kind of magic is not a problem at all for the 'After School Magician'."
"The after-school magician? The key figure in the 'Seventh Wonder'?" Hattori Heiji looked at the consultant, "You do know some information about him!"
The consultant was startled, realizing that he had said something wrong. He shook his head, looking like he didn't want to talk anymore and just wanted to get out of here.
Fortunately, the "sword-wielding police officer" next to him finally looked a bit like a policeman.
He grabbed the consultant and said sternly, "Now that a murder has occurred and a student has died, this is not the time to hide the news! As a police officer, I am asking you - what exactly is that 'after school magician'?"
"..." The consultant teacher was held back and couldn't run away. He hesitated for a long time before speaking:
“It’s not a thing. It’s a real person.
"——In the past, when the old school building was still there, there was a strange teacher named 'Initimonemon' in the school. It is said that he would secretly perform various strange rituals at night.
"At that time, there was a brave student who was curious about the truth of this rumor, so he secretly went to the old school building at night. He peeked in through the crack of the door and saw a sea of blood in the room, with countless corpses lying. Only Initial Sensei was still alive, standing in a pool of blood and laughing crazily.
"The peeping student was so frightened that he ran away and called the police.
"But when the police arrived, the bodies had disappeared, the room was empty, and there was only blood on the blackboard - 'I will stay in this school building forever'. Since then, Initial Sensei has never appeared again."
…
There was a brief silence in the classroom because of this bloody story.
Jiang Xia looked at Officer Jian Mochi and asked, "Has there been any mass death or disappearance in the school?"
"No." Officer Kenmochi scratched his hat. "It's true that a teacher with the surname 'Initial' disappeared. This surname is not that common. I have some impression of it... but not that many students disappeared. It's likely that someone spread rumors because the Initial teacher disappeared and made up this terrible legend."
Officer Kenmochi sighed and said, "Don't bother with this information without any evidence. Let's just look at the current cases."
He glanced at Jiang Xia, then at Hattori Heiji and Kudo Shinichi, and became a little more enthusiastic: "I heard that the three of you are detectives and have solved many cases?"
"?"
Kudo Shinichi was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses and quietly talked to his two friends: "Can I use my detective identity in real life here?"
Jiang Xia also whispered, "If the police hadn't provided relevant information, it would have been very difficult to solve the case. Now it's much more convenient - I didn't expect the designer of the copy to be so conscientious."
He changed the subject casually and returned to the main topic: "Remember to ask the police about the disappearance of 'Initial Sensei' later - the counselor and the police know about this matter, which must be an important clue."
"good."
…
On the other side, Officer Kenmochi looked at the three detectives who were huddled together and whispering, and interrupted their conversation:
"What do you think of this case? - I heard that the three of you were at the scene last night, so you should have more information than me."
The three of them remained silent for a moment under his expectant gaze.
They really don't have anything to say at the moment.
but……
Hattori Heiji recalled what he had just seen by the window and asked Jiang Xia: "There are some fine scratches on the leftmost window bolt, as if it had been entangled with wire - did you see that kind of mark last night?"
Jiang Xia thought for a moment and said hesitantly: "I didn't notice it. It was very dim at the time and I didn't have time to take a closer look."
"Is that so?" Hattori Heiji touched his chin, a little hesitant - he actually thought of a method. But this method is not very feasible and there are still some loopholes.
Hattori Heiji: “…” However, since it’s just a hypothetical inference, it’s better to speak it out and provide the police with some search ideas. Maybe they will find new clues.
——It’s a waste not to try, so give it a try!
Thinking of this, he looked at Officer Kenmochi and tentatively said, "This may be a secret room made of ropes - there are some scratches on the window bolt on the far left. The murderer probably tied a thin rope to the window bolt in advance, and the other end of the rope stretched out from the chimney hole in the upper left corner and hung outside.
"When we found the body and rushed over, the murderer quickly locked the door. Together with the time we took to open the door, we gained about one minute in total. During this time, he threw the body, candles, and everything else out of the window. The hexagram on the ground might have been drawn on transparent plastic. You don't need to wipe it off. You can just grab it and throw it. Then the murderer also climbed out of the window, pulled the reserved line hard, bolted the window, and the secret room was completed. After we left, the murderer returned to this room and arranged the scene like this."
As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't wait for anyone else to speak.
Hattori Heiji suddenly heard a laugh, the voice was elegant but also a little cold, the tone was very light: "Stupid detective."
“…”
Rather than a conversation, this is more like a pre-set trigger sound effect in the game. It sounds a bit like the voice of "Professor Moriarty".
When Hattori Heiji heard this, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
He turned to look at the others, and sure enough, they seemed not to have heard anything, each of them was thinking about something.
Soon, Officer Kenmochi nodded: "So that's how it is... I'll have someone search the lawn outside right away!"
Then he scurried away.
(End of this chapter)
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