Furuya Rei: The sun falls into the arms of the moon

Chapter 190 Gong Ge's Perfect Crime - Epilogue

Several people returned to the chapel where they started.

Several people gathered around the pieces of code paper, thinking frantically.

Maori Kogoro's face was heavy, "Hmm..."

"Which word should I start with? I'm totally confused."

Amuro Toru looked at Lingzi and said, "It would be great if you could give me some clues."

Nishino looked over and said, "But there are no clues."

"That's it."

Lingzi sighed, "It's been a long time, so, what club activities are you participating in?"

"We asked several times, but you didn't tell us."

"I think this might be the key clue to unlocking the code."

Nishino turned his head away and said, "It's okay to tell you."

Ms. Yu Hui looked at her, "But please don't laugh at us."

Mr. Fujiide was a little embarrassed. "If I tell you about this, you will definitely find it ridiculous."

The phone rang, "Huh?"

"It looks like the signal has been restored."

"Hello, hello, can you hear me?"

"I'm Yamato, a police officer from Nagano Prefecture. It will take another hour to clear the snow from the tunnel, and we'll be there in about three hours. Just wait there."

"Hey, hey. Wait a minute."

"He said he would come to pick us up in three hours and asked us to stay put."

"Oh, there are still three hours left."

Nishino began to panic. "Are you kidding me? Wait another three hours. The murderer is lurking nearby. How can we wait here peacefully? During this period of waiting, someone might be killed by the murderer in some way."

Yu Hui looked at him, "That's indeed possible. But when Wada went to the toilet to look for the secret code, he was unfortunately shot in the head by a crossbow and died. It was you, Nishino, who drew the lot and asked him to go to the toilet, right?"

"Later, while trying to check what the strange sound was, Kawasaki was unfortunately poisoned to death in front of the bathroom. At that time, it was you, Nishino, who came up with a plan to choose which group to go. Am I right?"

"Hey, Yu Hui, are you doubting me?"

Amuro Toru looked at them and asked, "Did you use Mr. Nishino's idea to select Mr. Nishino and Mr. Kawasaki to check the situation?"

"Yes, he took three boxes of mints and emptied two of them. The group that drew the box with the mints was responsible for checking to see what the noise was."

Conan nodded, "And, of course, Uncle Kogoro always managed to draw a safe box when he didn't win, so he drew an empty box the first time."

Maori Kogoro recalled, "Speaking of this, I always felt that it would be okay no matter which time I drew it."

Amuro Toru held Lingzi's hand and looked at Maori, "Do you mean he cheated?"

"That's not what I meant."

"Hey, hey, hey, you guys, are these people trying to team up to frame me?"

Lingzi thought he was too noisy, "It's so noisy. If you can't help, just shut up."

Lingzi stared at him, and Nishino felt like his back was almost wet with sweat.

Lingzi rubbed his head and said, "The noise gave me a headache."

Nishino stood up and ran to get his bag. "I won't trust anyone anymore. I have to protect myself."

Ms. Yuhui stood up, "Hey, wait a minute, Nishino."

Toru Amuro stood up and said, "Let's go over there too."

Amuro Toru pulled Lingzi up and said, "How is it? Are you okay?"

Lingzi shook her head. "He's just too noisy."

They followed, and Yu Hui knocked on the door, "Nishino, please open the door."

Fujiide stood behind her, "We don't doubt you, Nishino."

Nishino, who was leaning against the door, said, "Stop talking. I will never open the door before the police come. I want to live. I don't want to die in this place."

Mao Li put his hands in his pockets, "Forget it, he will be safe if he hides in the study."

Amuro Toru's eyes were heavy. "However, there is a premise that the murderer is not hiding secretly in this study."

Lingzi raised the corners of his lips, "But don't you find it strange? Mr. Maori is a detective, why did the murderer specifically call a detective?"

"If the murderer just wanted to avenge Mr. Hihara Yasuo who committed suicide here, wouldn't it be enough to call you guys? Why call a detective? It will only get in the way."

Conan seemed to recall something, "Oh, yes, I remember the letter said that 4 people must come, right?"

Amuro Toru looked back at Conan, "If we add the four of us and the few of them, there will be nine people in total. 4, does this number have any special meaning?"

Mao Li turned around and thought, "I think the advantage of having 9 people is that it will be easier to prepare the paper for drawing lots. Compared to 5 or 7, it would be easier to tear a piece of paper into nine equal parts, right?"

Lingzi raised an eyebrow, "But wouldn't it be enough if we just allowed him one more piece of paper to use as the lottery paper?"

Mao Li thought about this, "When it comes to 9, I can think of the nine-in-a-row lantern in mahjong."

Conan stroked his chin, "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony."

Amuro Toru looked at Lingzi, "How to play nine-ball in table tennis."

When Toru Amuro spoke, everyone was stunned, "Nine."

Lingzi smiled and said, "Nine players in baseball."

Amuro Toru was stunned for a moment, "So that's what happened."

So that's what happened. The murderer specifically designated 9 people to come to this place, and there were many intentions behind it.

so.

The fourth code refers to the next crime scene.

I have figured out who will die next.

And who is the real murderer who is about to commit the murder.

"Xingye, you'd better come out quickly. Don't hide in the study room alone. It's safest for you to stay with us now. We don't doubt your intentions."

"It's no use suspecting me. It was indeed because I drew Wada's name that he went to that toilet and was unfortunately shot by a crossbow arrow. But there was nothing I could do about it."

"And we went to check out the strange noise. At that time, I don't know who sent a message to Kawasaki. When he saw it, his face changed drastically and he ran to the bathroom, where he was poisoned to death."

"But none of this is my fault, so I will never leave until the police come. I don't want to be regarded as a murderer by you."

There is news. Was it sent by Nishino while hiding in the study?

He, he knew who the murderer was.

Fujiide looked at his phone as he crawled through the partition in the ceiling.

As I recall, the study should be nearby.

Fujiide moved the ceiling away, and Nishino below shone a flashlight at Fujiide, "You're here."

"I'll go move the tables and chairs over so you can come down. Please wait for me."

Fujiide went down, "Tell me, who is the murderer?"

Nishino handed over a secret sign, "Here, take a look at this paper first."

"Have you found a new code? But there's no point showing it to me, I don't know how to decipher it."

"What do you want to do? No, what are you feeding me?"

"Hey?"

"I don't want to die in this place. Please don't kill me."

Nishino was holding a blue capsule.

Mao Li's voice sounded, "Well. Just don't swallow it. I mean the one on your right hand."

Everyone came in along the path along the ceiling.

Lingzi was carried down by Amuro Toru, "That place is so gray."

Maori stood in the center, "The poison."

Lingzi blinked and leaned on Amuro Toru's back, a place she hated.

Nishino was completely confused, "W-what?"

"The bottle of water in your hand, as I remember, was taken from Mr. Fujiide's bag just now, right? So there will naturally be Mr. Fujiide's fingerprints on it. If we also testify, we heard your screams outside the house."

"After that, when the police arrive at the scene, they will think that it was Mr. Fujiide who sneaked into the study through the ceiling partition and fed you poison in an attempt to kill you. Even if Mr. Fujiide explains that you sent a message to ask him to come over, it will be useless. You just need to throw the phone that sent the message somewhere in this room. The police will think that Mr. Fujiide sent the message himself."

"No, no, I was a little scared when I saw so many of you climbing down from the ceiling. Besides, as I said just now, the deaths of Wada and Kawasaki were purely coincidental. They..."

Amuro Toru walked forward, and Lingzi leaned on his arm, leaning sideways, "No, these are not coincidences. You actually set up the crossbow in the toilet in advance, and deliberately set a trap to make Mr. Wada go to the toilet, right?"

"What trap?"

Amuro Toru stared at him, Lingzi closed his eyes and leaned against his side with his head slightly lowered. The impact of this scene was so strong, "Without scissors, tear a piece of paper into 9 equal parts. Among the 9 parts, only the middle one has rough edges on 4 sides."

"You deliberately gave the piece of paper to Mr. Wada and asked him to write his name on it. After putting the nine pieces of paper into the tissue box, you only need to touch the four sides of the paper with your hands to determine which piece of paper has Mr. Wada's name on it."

Ms. Yu Hui looked at him and said, "But I think he was smoking pretty fast at that time."

Amuro Toru held Lingzi's hand with his right hand, "Among the 9 pieces of paper, 8 have smooth edges. Just remove these 8 pieces of paper first. And arrange the person who is responsible for going to the toilet to the back."

Nishino was still trying to explain himself. "But how do you explain the box of mints? There happened to be mints in the remaining box, so Kawasaki and I went to check it out."

Conan looked up, "That's right, uncle."

"Ok?"

"Didn't you say that it didn't matter which box you picked?"

"Yeah, I thought it would be fine to choose any career."

Conan nodded, "Of course, because at that time, the boxes of three mints were all empty."

"Ok?"

Mr. Fujiide looked at him, "What's going on?"

"He used a very simple trick. When you shake the box with your left hand, there is no sound. But if you shake it with your right hand, you will hear a sound."

"Really?"

"The method is actually very simple. All you have to do is hide a box of mints in the cuff of your right hand."

Their flashlights shone at Nishino, "Uncle Nishino, you said before that you brought a lot of snacks. I think there should be mints among those snacks, right?"

"But, at that time, it was because everyone heard the sound of glass breaking that Kawasaki and I went to check the situation."

Maori took a step forward. "You hid a cell phone somewhere in this broken church. As long as you set the ringtone of the phone to the sound of broken glass, you can make this sound at any time, right?"