The prelude to the end
"Bingbing said she is coming this way. Let's wait a little longer. They have already met up over there." Shi Yu Yueling raised her head and said after seeing the message on the phone.
"That's perfect, it saves me from having to climb over there again." Ya Yulin was enjoying his leisure time, leaning against the glass railing of the corridor bridge while sipping jelly, looking very relaxed.
Furuya Rei and Hagiwara Kenji are asking Kurosawa Osamu, who has recovered his spirits, about the situation.
"I've been locked up there since yesterday. Because I wasn't wearing my glasses when I came out, I couldn't see where the person who held me captive left from, let alone how he tied me up. Later, as I struggled, I felt the ropes getting tighter, so I didn't dare struggle anymore."
With his pupils dilated, Kurosawa Osamu couldn't tell whether the person in front of him was a human or a ghost, but he still answered the question diligently: "I thought that person wanted to kill me, but he didn't do anything. He even came to see me once in the middle. I thought he was going to attack me, and I was almost scared to death."
"You said he came to see you once in the middle? Are you sure it was the same person?" Hagiwara Kenji observed Kurosawa Osamu's dilated pupils and guessed that he must be quite nearsighted. In this case, could he really tell who was going in without wearing glasses?
"It should be the same person, right? Could it be two people?" Hagiwara Kenji's words left Kurosawa Osamu baffled. If it wasn't just one person, why didn't the person who came in later let him go? He thought he didn't know anyone here and had no grudges against anyone, so why would two people want to attack him?
This was a hurtful remark. Hagiwara Kenji didn't ask any further questions, but changed the subject, asking about other matters as if chatting casually: "Mr. Kurosawa, didn't you know any of the people here beforehand?"
"Who? Mr. Shiomi and I have discussed this in advance. Miss Mamiya is a friend of my wife, and we have had some contact in recent years. As for the rest, I don't know." Kurosawa Osamu didn't know who Hagiwara Kenji wanted to ask, but the only person here who was unfamiliar to him was Ebina Yuichi.
"But, the publishing house where Mr. Kurosawa works actually has investment from Mr. Ebina. Doesn't Mr. Kurosawa know this?" Fūya Ling had previously used Shigure Yue Ling's mobile phone to check some information related to the case online. He didn't expect that the people here were actually related to each other.
"Mr. Ebina? I don't know. The manuscript I'm responsible for hasn't been picked up in a long time. I've been feeling down lately, and I'm barely surviving with Misaki using the money I saved. So, I'm not very clear about the publishing house. Plus, I've never run into Mr. Ebina at the publishing house, so I don't know if he has any investment in it."
When asked, Kurosawa Osamu turned his head to the direction where Furuya Rei was speaking, and looked at Furuya Rei from his own perspective, but his actual sight was not focused on the real person at all.
It didn't seem like they were lying. Furuya Rei and Hagiwara Kenji had made their own judgment, and the rest depended on the information from the other side.
Qi Ning and Shi Yu Yue Ling stood by as spectators, watching people with their eyes. They both dared to bet that these men might already have the answer, or the answer that could explain everything that was wrong here.
It was at this time that Wangyue, holding an umbrella, arrived at the scene. Seeing a red umbrella floating closer and closer in the darkness, Shi Yuyueling's heart was startled for a moment, but she was relieved when she saw that it was Wangyue's umbrella.
I can only say that it’s a good thing that Kurosawa Osamu couldn’t see clearly, otherwise it would be very scary if a person suddenly jumped out from the darkness with no sound of footsteps or breathing.
"Let's go, I'll take you there." Wangyue put away her umbrella and was relieved to see people. People are scarier than ghosts. The psychological pressure of walking alone in the dark is still too great.
"Ms. Mochizuki, what's the situation over there?" asked Kenji Hagiwara as they walked to the other side.
"Everything is fine. You can see for yourself when you get over there. Oh, remember to be careful ahead. There is a mirror on the wall at the end of the corridor after turning the corner. It can reflect people's shadows, which is a bit scary. Because it used to be an art gallery, there are still mirrors on the walls in many places here. I guess the mirrors in the mirror maze should have been removed when Masato Shiomi's activity area was renovated." After all, mirrors are still attached to the walls in many places here. Mochizuki guessed that the mirrors there were originally in the laboratory area, and there was no mirror in that area.
Mirror, Furuya Rei and Hagiwara Kenji looked at each other. When passing by the mirror, Shigure Yueling looked at herself in the mirror with sharp eyes. Well, she was still very beautiful. There was really no change compared to when she first went out.
Noticing Shi Yu Yue Ling's actions, Qi Ning Ban Ye Yue was really narcissistic. She looked at the hands of Jiang Gu Ling and Shi Yu Yue Ling, and now they were not holding each other.
"Xiu!" Seeing the person who came with Mochizuki, the sadness on Kurosawa Misaki's face finally faded a lot. She ran over with surprise and joy and threw herself into Kurosawa Xiu's arms. The young couple huddled together to talk.
Furuya Rei and Hagiwara Kenji went to talk to Date Kou and Morofushi Kagemitsu, and a few people also took over Matsuda Jinpei from above.
Shi Yu Yue Ling and the other three also came together. Ya Yu Lin shared his experiences with Qi Ning and Wang Yue, and teased Shi Yu Yue Ling, which made Shi Yu Yue Ling's eyelids twitch wildly and she almost couldn't breathe.
"Hey, how long are you guys going to talk about this? Have you reached a conclusion? I'm hungry and I want to go back and eat." Mayuko Mamiya was so annoyed that she hugged her arms and tapped the ground with her toes.
"We have basically got the result. Based on the premise that none of you three are lying, we already know who the murderer is." Zhu Fu Jingguang came out and said that they had compared the information together and had deduced a reasonable line of activity, as well as the murderer's fabricated alibi and the method of transporting the deceased here.
"Wait a minute, wait a minute. What murderer? What conclusive evidence? What are you talking about?" Kurosawa Osamu was filled with questions. Hadn't he already been released? Why did he still feel isolated from the world? Had he already fallen behind the times after just one night incarceration?
"Mr. Ebina has passed away." Kurosawa Misaki stood next to her husband and told the man who had just come out and knew nothing in a gentle voice.
"What?!" Kurosawa Osamu was shocked, but his first reaction was to worry that the publishing house that helped him publish his books would go bankrupt. He quickly asked, "What exactly happened? And these people who appeared at the scene for unknown reasons, are they police officers?"
"We came here to take shelter from the rain. It's raining heavily outside, and the police will be here for a while. We have already called the police. They will become police officers in October this year, so they are no different from police officers. You just need to listen to them." Ya Yulin took out a handful of melon seeds from her pocket and gave some to each of the sisters. The sound of crackling melon seeds suddenly rang out at the scene.
Kurosawa Osamu's neck, which had just been stiffened, collapsed again, and he pretended that he had not said anything just now.
"Let's go to the lab first and wait for Mr. Shiomi to finish his experiment." Hagiwara Kenji walked out calmly and suggested with a smile. He said, "After all, the deceased was someone you knew. Mr. Shiomi has the right to know the truth."
His words made the three people present a little frightened. Could the murderer be among them?
A few people walked to the laboratory in the dark with trepidation. In the entire huge art gallery, only the laboratory had electricity. Maybe because of the experiment, a small generator was connected to the laboratory circuit?
When a few people walked here, Xijian Masato's experiment had not yet ended. Shiyu Yueling found a clean place and sat on the ground. He opened his mobile phone and opened the game with melancholy, only to find that the battery of the mobile phone was almost empty.
"Yueyue, aren't you curious about who the murderer is?" Yayu Lin was very excited. He squatted in front of Shiyu Yueling and looked at the sitting Shiyu Yueling. He could not control his inner emotions.
"Not curious." Shi Yuyueling looked up blankly. What was there to be curious about? You're not a cat. Don't be curious about everything.
"I really want to know who the murderer is, why don't you go and ask him." Ya Yulin was eager to make a move and tried to instigate.
"I want to know too." Qi Ning silently joined the battlefield, clasping his arms and looking down at Shi Yu Yue Ling below.
"Why do you want me to ask? If you want to know, go ask yourself." Shi Yu Yueling turned off her phone and prepared to have a good talk with her sisters.
"We are not familiar with each other." Ya Yulin was the first to give his excuse.
Wangyue and Qi Ning looked at each other silently. They couldn't use this excuse, but when they looked at the police academy team gathered over there, they still felt a little reluctant to go over and ask about this matter. If only their phones had a signal now, they could send a message to ask.
"No, that guy will definitely show off that he knows the truth." Qi Ning thought about it, shook her head firmly, her eyes firm. She would never give Matsuda Jinpei that chance!
Only Wangyue was left. She looked at Qi Ning in shock, wondering how he had betrayed their sisterly alliance so quickly!
"Don't be curious, be patient, the experiment inside looks like it's almost over." Shi Yu Yue Ling raised her head and motioned her sisters to look inside the transparent laboratory. Xi Jian Masato was packing up his things. It looked like it was indeed nearing the end and they probably wouldn't have to wait much longer.
Seeing this, the curiosity that several people couldn't suppress was relieved and they calmed down a lot.
Yayu Lin continued to crunch sunflower seeds and looked at Shi Yu Yue Ling curiously: "Yue Yue, why don't you use magic today? Can you move the dark clouds to another place?"
"Why didn't I use magic? Didn't I use magic when I picked you up?" Shi Yu Yue Ling's rebuttal personality came online. She looked at Ya Yu Lin innocently and said, "As for why you didn't disperse the dark clouds, running in the rain must have a unique flavor, right? This kind of experience is rare. The rain will soon be lighter, and then we can enjoy the rain while eating barbecue."
"You didn't choose this place on purpose, did you?" Qi Ning said with a cold face. She felt that Shi Yu Yueling was not capable of doing such a thing with her personality.
"How could that be? I carefully selected a great spot for stargazing, where you can see the Milky Way. Unfortunately it's cloudy today. It's really unpredictable." Shi Yu Yue Ling sighed.
A few people were interrupting and chatting about all sorts of things, not noticing that Jōgō Gōra was leaning against the wall next to them, eavesdropping on their conversation. He leaned against the wall with his arms folded, the only sound in his ears being Shi Yu Yue Ling's voice. His face showed no expression, but his eyes were a little heavy.
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