Chapter 387: Roll Over, Ai-chan (Combined Chapter)
But fortunately - Yuanshan Heye found that although they had the same experience as the "protagonist of a horror movie" this time, they were many, eight in total. This was twice the number of people who disappeared, so they felt safe...
However, this sense of security soon disappeared.
Jiang Xia looked at Yuanshan and Ye: "You take the children here and let's go out and take a look."
Yuanshan Heye: "..."
Staying in this cannibalistic hotel with a bunch of kids?
She shuddered, followed her instinct and laughed dryly, "I, I want to go out with you to find someone. It's not safe for the children to stay here..."
"...That's fine." Jiang Xia didn't understand why the hotel was unsafe, but it didn't matter where Yuanshan and Ye wanted to be. He walked out of the hotel, "There are quite a lot of missing people. In this case, let's split up and look for them."
…
Haibara Ai pointed to Jiang Xia in the direction where she saw Nonomiya Etsuko.
Several people chased along the mountain road for a while, but found nothing.
Haibara Ai thought about the speed of Nonomiya Etsuko's actions just now, and felt that they should have caught up with each other by now, but now, there was no one in sight.
...Did we go in the wrong direction?
As Haibara Ai walked, she readjusted the map in her mind.
Just when she thought it was right, the back of her collar suddenly dropped - Jiang Xia grabbed her collar and pulled her back.
Almost at the same time, a heavy figure fell right in front of them and hit the ground with a thud.
Yuanshan Heye, who was a step slower, was startled. He shone the flashlight over and saw a young man lying on the ground. The man had thick, spiky hair, like an unruly sea urchin.
“…Mr. Nikawa?!”
He is the editor of that magazine.
Jiang Xia looked at the person on the ground, then looked up.
Erchuan Zhao fell from the cliff above his head. The top of the cliff is the famous star observation point.
The cliff was tens of meters high. After dark, it was difficult for normal people to see so far away, and the ordinary flashlights they carried could not illuminate it.
But this had no effect on Jiang Xia, as he borrowed the ghost's vision as soon as he went out, so he could see the top of the cliff smoothly, and a shiny bald head looking down from the top - the editor-in-chief of the astronomy magazine was there.
The editor-in-chief, who had just thrown his subordinates down the cliff, was looking down the cliff at this time, but he did not feel Jiang Xia's gaze, but only saw a few flashlights.
So he had no idea of silencing the witness for the time being. He just stepped back silently and quickly took a shortcut back to the hotel.
Jiang Xia looked away when he saw that the editor-in-chief did not try to throw objects down to silence the man, nor did he take out his hidden shotgun and start shooting.
Then he squatted down, briefly checked Erchuan Zhao's condition, and whispered: "The cervical vertebra is broken."
Huiyuan Ai pointed at the clenched hands of the hedgehog-haired editor and said, "He's holding a cigarette box."
Normally, this might not be too noticeable.
But more than an hour ago, several people had just received the news that "Kono left a death message with the cigarettes in the cigarette box before his death", so the cigarette box in the hedgehog-headed editor's hand also became noticeable - this was most likely some kind of death message.
Jiang Xia put on his gloves again, took the cigarette box and turned it over.
The scene from an hour ago reappeared, and several long and short cigarettes fell into his hands, but this time, the message became five long and two short.
So how did these people come up with these troublesome puzzles at the moment of death... Jiang Xia looked at the cigarette in his hand and fell into deep thought.
After thinking for a while, the detective badge in Haibara Ai's pocket began to make a crackling sound.
Soon, Dr. Agasa's voice was heard: "Up! Look up!"
Jiang Xia looked up and saw several flashlights on the top of the cliff.
Dr. Agasa, Robert and a few children found someone on the mountain.
When they arrived, the editor-in-chief had already quietly slipped away. There was no one on the mountain, only an open foldable mobile phone on the ground.
The doctor picked up the phone and turned it on.
Inside was a typed suicide note.
…
"I sent out invitations to everyone to come here to confess the crime I committed a year ago."
In the hotel lobby, Dr. Agasa read the message on his phone under the gazes of a group of people with different expressions: "Yes, the person who killed Kono Masao is me - Futagawa Hajime.
"The day I killed Mr. Kono was like a nightmare - we were both astronomy enthusiasts who refused to give in, and we had a little argument on the cliff. Unfortunately, when I came to my senses, I had already pushed him off the cliff.
"Since then, I have always wanted to confess. But as time went by, it became increasingly difficult to tell the truth...Finally, my heart was overwhelmed by guilt, and I decided to go back to this day a year ago and die before the police arrived at dawn.
“I hope that my death, which is caused by the same cause as Kono’s, can comfort the restless souls in the forest.
——Nichuan Hajime"
Jiang Xia walked towards the hall, took a look at the mobile phone in Dr. Agasa's hand, and thought that it looked quite authentic.
Just now, when Dr. Agasa was slowly reading the suicide note, he went to the rooms of three travelers and stopped briefly at the door of each room, looking into the room, preparing for reconnaissance before solving the case.
It doesn’t matter what you see, the key is to have seen it, which can explain a lot of sources - intelligence that you haven’t seen directly can also be explained by “the reasoning of a famous detective”. This is the convenience of imagination…
Just now, when they returned to the hotel with the cell phone with the "suicide note" written on it,
The boss of Tento, Etsuko Nonomiya, and the editor-in-chief, who had also disappeared before, have also returned to the hall.
Three people standing in a row, perfect choice.
Jiang Xia came out of the corridor and stopped in the corner of the hall, behind the three suspects.
I just stood firm, thinking that I should lean against the wall, put my hands in my pockets, and strike an "all-seeing" pose commonly used by high school detectives, with a sneer... but before I could put my hands in my pockets, a little head suddenly popped up next to me.
Haibara Ai appeared from somewhere and asked him with her eyes: What happened?
"I roughly understand." Jiang Xia only had time to lean against the wall. He whispered, "It's about time to call the police to deal with the aftermath."
“……” Huibara Ai couldn’t help but look up at him.
... Jiang Xia's tone just now was obviously not like that of a cheerful and sunny high school detective. Instead, it was very much like the group of members in the organization who often laughed at the police. What do these people usually say in front of the young peripheral members... No, that's not the point. The main thing is that as a member of the organization, Jiang Xia suddenly said "ask the police to deal with it", which always felt a little wrong.
No, this is still not the point...
Haibara Ai pressed her forehead, remained silent for a moment because of the slight feeling of dislocation, and finally remembered what she should do now.
——From Jiang Xia’s words, he should have known who the murderer is.
only……
Huihara Ai glanced at the people in the hall.
She was also at the scene where Erchuan Zhao fell to his death just now, and knew that the hedgehog-haired young man was holding a box of "death notes" in his hand. So the suicide note could not have been left by him - this was not suicide, the murderer must be someone else.
In the worst case scenario, there may be two murderers in this hall at the same time - one who killed Kono a year ago, and one who just killed the hedgehog-headed editor.
And there are only three suspects here...
There is a two-thirds probability that everyone Haibara Ai sees is suspicious now.
In addition, there were too many people on their side who were not strong enough. If the situation was exposed and the scene was too chaotic, and the murderer or the murderers took advantage of the chaos to grab a hostage, Jiang Xia would be in a very passive situation. Judging from the incident with the truck just now, Robert and Jiang Xia did not seem to be companions, and Robert might not help. There was no hope for Dr. Agasa and the children. The high school girl with a ponytail was so thin that she looked like she could be blown away by a gust of wind... After careful calculation, it seemed that Jiang Xia was the only one who could fight on their side.
Ai Huihara looked at the very suspicious boss Tento and the bald, sweaty editor-in-chief, then looked at Robert, who was not very familiar with Jiang Xia, and finally glanced at the group of children, the old man Dr. Agasa, and the slender and fragile Toyama Kazuha, and whispered:
"How about pretending you don't know and calling the police in the morning? ... Or should I help you find some rope first?"
- After the suspects fall asleep, knock on the doors one by one and break in, then attack at night to knock out and tie up the murderer... This should also be a good solution.
It just so happened that she brought a few tubes of anesthetics with her. Ever since Miss Anonymous verbally accepted her as an outside member of the Anonymous organization, Huiyuan Ai always carried some of these things with her. This gave her a subtle sense of security that she was in sync with the organization.
Jiang Xia did not accept this suggestion. He shook his head and said seriously, "It's still a long time before dawn. We can't overestimate the criminal's psychological quality. If he thinks that we can't hide this from us after he struggles for a while and packs up his luggage and leaves at night, it will be very troublesome later."
And there was another case at Spider Mansion. After solving the case, he had to find Gin and Vodka as soon as possible to prevent the two busy men in black from thinking he was too slow and leaving him behind to run to Moon Shadow Island...
Huiyuan Ai looked at Jiang Xia thoughtfully, and felt that he seemed to have an idea: "Do you have a way to call the police?"
As she said this, she suddenly remembered the strange landline phone in the hotel.
——In the past, when encountering similar blockade situations, telephone lines were often cut directly.
But this time, the entire telephone line was missing.
This may mean...
"The telephone line wasn't destroyed, it was hidden... Do you have a way to get it?"
When Haibara Ai thought about finding the police soon, closing the case, and returning to her room to have a good sleep, her eyes lit up slightly.
Jiang Xia was about to nod, but suddenly remembered something.
He looked down at Haibara Ai, who was calm and composed, and looked like an elegant adult except for her childish appearance.
Suddenly I remembered the scene in the original world line where this fake kid pretended to have a stomachache, rolled on the ground, and forced the person who hid the telephone line to hand over the line.
...To be honest, he was a little curious.
Jiang Xia looked at Huiyuan Ai, suppressed his conscience, looked at Huiyuan Ai again, and suppressed his conscience again...
Haibara Ai was listening attentively to hear "a way to find the telephone line", but she heard nothing for a long time.
She looked up in confusion.
Jiang Xia was staring at her, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
Huiyuan Ai: “……?”
"Well..." Jiang Xia chose his words, bent down and whispered, "If you pretend to have acute appendicitis and fall to the ground with stomach pain, that person might take the initiative to take out the thread."
Huiyuan Ai: “…”
She thought about the shameful scene, and her originally solemn expression slowly froze.
...It would be fine if no one present knew that she was an adult. But now, Jiang Xia was right next to her, and there was also Professor Agasa who knew about it.
Haibara Ai's eyes drifted away, and she looked at her calm reflection in the black window and fell into deep thought.
...If someone else used her as a tool, she might take the opportunity to blackmail him for a fashionable new bag.
It’s not that I can’t afford it, but I mainly want to see the other person’s painful expression and use that heartache to make up for my own shame.
However, Jiang Xia's suggestion actually made sense. If he wanted to get the telephone line without getting hurt, this, this did seem to be a way.
Haibara Ai looked at the clean floor in the hall, silently thinking about the posture and lines for rolling later, and gathered up her courage.
But even if you decide to do it, it's still a bit embarrassing.
She looked calm, but couldn't stop talking. She muttered to ease the atmosphere, "If the child has appendicitis, he will hand over the phone line... Is that kind of person? Wait, you already know who hid the phone line? If you know who it is, there should be other ways."
It was just a conversation to make conversation when things were awkward.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she finished speaking, Huihara Ai suddenly noticed Jiang Xia's eyes drifting to the side, as if he felt a little guilty.
Huiyuan Ai: “?”
She recalled Jiang Xia's actions just now and made sure that she was not mistaken.
So, with a bit of shock, she pulled him back and asked, "...Do you really have another solution?"
Jiang Xia: “…”
Although he had many ways to divert people's attention and was good at avoiding the important issues and quietly diverting the topic to other places to avoid topics he didn't want to discuss, he was still not used to lying so directly when he was caught and questioned like now.
After Huibara Ai asked, she saw Jiang Xia's eyes drifting to the side again, and he nodded very lightly - the amplitude was barely visible, but he was definitely nodding.
Huiyuan Ai: “…”
...Luckily, she was about to lie down.
And now...
Huiyuan Ai immediately collected her attention from the floor, stood up straight again, and said with a slight twitch in the corner of her eye: "If you have a way, go by yourself!"
Jiang Xia sighed slightly, a little disappointed.
After a moment, he turned around and looked at the suspicious people in the hall.
Seeing this, Huibara Ai looked at him and couldn't help but feel a little worried again.
When Jiang Xia walked over there, she reached out and held him back, whispering, "I want to hear what method you are going to use first. If it's not very reliable, I, I can actually..."
"It's okay, it's safe. Just help with something else..." Jiang Xia reflected deeply on his conscience and felt that it was a little too rich in strange places.
He gave Huibara Ai a few words, waved at her, and walked to the three suspects in a normal mood.
Then, before anyone could react, he held down the confused Tiantu boss and reached into his pocket to pull.
...pulled out a neatly coiled bundle of telephone wires.
(End of this chapter)
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