Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 273 The garden is attacked
After listening to the analysis of Yangzi, the backbone of the team, Xiaolan thought carefully for a moment and came to a similar conclusion in her heart. Then she walked to the somewhat unhappy Yuanzi and whispered to remind him to pay attention to safety.

Conan, who had been following Xiaolan's feet, also heard the conversation between the two clearly, but when he found that Yangzi's analysis coincided with his own judgment, he was a little surprised.

Realizing that the other party has strong observation and reasoning abilities, Conan thought that he should pay attention to his words and deeds when in front of the other party in the future, and not let himself go too far, otherwise he might be exposed if he is not careful.

In addition, he also found that Xiaolan seemed to have undergone some subtle changes since she met this new friend. She knew how to think calmly after encountering some unexpected situations. This phenomenon was probably caused by getting along with the other person.

According to Conan's observations during this period, it can be clearly felt that Xiaolan has a strong sense of trust in Yangzi, but does not show that kind of dependence on himself, which makes him wonder who the other party is.

After the eavesdropping incident a few days ago, Conan once suspected Yangzi, who had just transferred to another school not long ago and quickly became a good friend of Xiaolan. After all, the abilities displayed by him were not what ordinary high school students could. Some level.

However, Conan soon removed Yangzi from his suspect list, because with Xiaolan's trust in him, it was actually very easy to obtain information from Xiaolan, and there was no need to use cumbersome means such as eavesdropping that could easily reveal the purpose.

What's more, he can feel that Yangzi's friendship with Xiaolan is not fake. Sometimes he even vaguely feels that the way she looks at Xiaolan is more of the care of the elders for the younger ones. Even he can often learn from the other party's feelings. I felt similar emotions in my eyes.

Thinking of this, Conan suddenly found that he had become emotional at some point and became sensitive to other people's feelings. In the past, he was a realist completely controlled by reason. Could this be the impact of becoming smaller? ?
Just when Conan was lost in his thoughts, Yonehara Koko passed by the living room holding a stack of sheets. After hesitating for a moment, he said to Sonoko who was in a bad mood: "I said Sonoko, don't pay too much attention to that person. Come if nothing happens." Help me make sheets for everyone’s rooms.”

Then she looked at the other people to arrange tasks and said: "As for Xiaolan, Yangzi and little brother Conan, you can go to the kitchen and help Mr. Nakamura prepare dinner. I'm afraid she won't be able to do it alone."

"Okay, I understand." Xiaolan and Sonoko immediately agreed to the request after hearing Yonehara Koko's request. Yoko did not raise any objections, but Conan looked thoughtful, thinking about that person in his heart. Mr. Sugiyama has not yet appeared.

Seeing Sonoko follow Yonehara Koko to spread the sheets in the bedroom, Yoko took Xiaolan and Conan to the kitchen, but when she opened the kitchen door, she found that there was no one inside, except for the two large pots on the stove that were rolling continuously. It keeps bubbling out.

Yangzi, who was a little worried about whether Nakamura Minori had an accident, quickly glanced at the kitchen, and after making sure that there was no one else in the room, he said sternly to Xiaolan: "Xiaolan, you and Conan are watching the pot here, I'll go look for it." Find Mr. Nakamura, he’ll be back soon.”

Although Conan also wanted to go find someone with Yangzi, but on second thought he was a little worried about leaving Xiaolan alone in the kitchen, so he had to agree obediently and watch the other party leave.

At the same time, Sonoko, who was laying sheets in a certain room, suddenly heard the sound of glasses falling from the next room. He quickly got up and walked to the next room, knocked on the door and asked: "Mr. Yonehara, what happened here?" ?"

Seeing no response in the room, Sonoko remembered Xiaolan's previous words to remind her to pay attention to safety, and gradually became uneasy. She hurriedly pushed the door open and saw Yonehara Koko lying on the floor with her hair disheveled. She was so frightened that she immediately screamed loudly.Xiaolan and Conan, who were staying in the kitchen, heard Sonoko's scream suddenly coming from the corridor. They both looked nervous and ignored the boiling pot. They hurriedly ran out of the kitchen towards the direction of the sound. go.

At this moment, Yoko had found Minori Nakamura who was checking the gas valve in the outdoor air supply room. When she heard Sonoko's scream, she was frightened and ran back into the house quickly.

When Yangzi passed the kitchen, she noticed that Xiaolan and Conan left in a hurry. Considering safety reasons, she closed the gas hood and immediately rushed to the room where the sound had just come from.

When she arrived at the scene of the incident, the door had been violently broken open by Xiaolan's kick, and she saw two people lying on the floor in the room, namely Mihara Koko who was on the inside of the room and Sonoko who was near the door.

Xiaolan, who was used to seeing murder scenes, subconsciously thought that something bad had happened to Yuanzi. Tears burst out of her eyes instantly. She picked up Yuanzi and shouted loudly: "Yuanzi! Yuanzi, what's wrong with you?! Please open your eyes!!"

But when she hugged Sonoko close to her face, she found that he was breathing steadily and even snoring. She stayed on the spot for a moment, and then wiped tears of joy on her face and said to Conan and Yoko on the side: "Too. Well, Sonoko is fine, she just fell asleep!"

Hearing that Sonoko was okay, Yoko and Conan finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, another suspected victim, Koko Yonehara, tremblingly climbed up from the floor, holding her head and showing a splitting headache. expression.

"Teacher Yonehara! Are you okay?" Seeing Yonehara Koko wake up, Xiaolan, who was holding Sonoko, asked with concern. Seeing this, Yoko on the side walked directly to the other party and helped him up, wanting to help check whether There were other injuries, but Yonehara Koko politely refused, saying that they were not serious.

It didn't take long for the remaining three teachers to follow the sound and arrive here at the same time. After some understanding, they finally learned from Yonehara Koko that when she was spreading the sheets, someone covered her mouth and nose from behind. Then he lost consciousness.

"I think that person probably used this handkerchief." Shimoda Kohei picked up a white handkerchief on the ground and guessed, "Isn't this often shown in TV dramas? Someone pours anesthetic on the handkerchief or towel and then covers it with it. Putting your nose and mouth into someone else's mouth can make them faint very quickly."

Next to him, Ryuichi Itai pointed at a hemp rope that was also thrown on the floor and asked, "Then what is this rope used for?"

"I think this should be used to completely stun the target." Just when Conan was hesitating whether to issue a warning, Xiaolan beside him pointed to the circle of strangulation marks on Sonoko's neck and explained, " You can see that there are marks on Yuanzi’s neck where she was strangled with a hemp rope, so it’s definitely not wrong.”

(End of this chapter)