Conan: The Magician of the End of the Century

Chapter 276 Clues
"Shinichi?" Hearing this name, Yonehara Koko couldn't remember who the other party was for a while, so he cast an inquiring look at Xiaolan.

"I'm talking about Kudo Shinichi, have you forgotten?" Seeing that the other party seemed unable to remember, Xiaolan explained with a smile, "When I was in the fourth grade of elementary school, I lost my food money in the classroom once. He found it for me."

"Oh, you're talking about the arrogant little detective who came over from the next door team!" After Xiaolan's prompting, Yonehara Koko finally thought about it, "I haven't seen him for many years. He is dead, but I seem to have seen his name in the newspaper some time ago..."

"Kudo Shinichi is the famous high school detective known as the 'Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era'. I have wanted to interview him for a long time." At this moment, Atsushi Mori suddenly appeared at the door and took over the topic, " However, he suddenly disappeared recently, and it is said that he was involved in a certain case and died."

Xiaolan's expression suddenly changed when she heard this, and she was about to retort that she had only recently spoken to Shinichi on the phone, but when she thought of what the other party had told her not long ago, she finally suppressed the anger in her heart and chose to ignore the other party's words.

Conan beside her looked at Xiaolan nervously when he heard Sentoshi's rude words, fearing that the other party would expose his whereabouts in anger and be reported to the other party, but when he found that Xiaolan was not acting as usual. After being furious, he exhaled a long breath in surprise.

However, Xiaolan's lack of anger does not mean that others have no opinions. Yoko walked up to Mori Atushi with a cold face and said sternly in a seemingly plain but oppressive tone: "Mr. Mori, I don't think you are the kind of person who knows how to do it." Journalists who write irresponsible reports, otherwise they wouldn’t come here in the middle of winter to get to the bottom of it.”

"So can you please retract what you just said? After all, without conclusive evidence, you can arbitrarily make a judgment that the other person is dead in front of his relatives and friends. Doesn't this violate the professional ethics of journalists seeking truth and verification?"

Sentoshi had no idea that the young girl in front of him, whose appearance was not inferior to that of a top star, would actually say such a comment. He was stunned by the strong aura of the other party that was completely inappropriate for his age.

But he soon came back to his senses, put away the cynical smile on his face, bowed solemnly to Xiaolan in the room and apologized: "I'm sorry, what I said just now was a little too much. I hope this young lady won't Take it to heart.”

Seeing that the other party actually apologized honestly, Xiaolan also politely accepted the other party's apology and raised her evaluation of the reporter a bit higher.

On the contrary, the three teachers who had dealt with each other a lot felt a little incredible about Mori Atoshi's 180-degree turn in attitude. Among them, Ryuichi Itai asked with a look of disgust: "Since you know that you said something wrong, then what? What are you still doing here?"

Atsushi Mori was friendly towards Yoko and Xiaolan, but that didn't mean he would look good on the others. Faced with Ryuichi Itai's slightly provocative question, he responded calmly: "Haha, I'm here to remind you. , it’s best to pay attention to the man staying alone in the room on the second floor.”

"If my intuition as a reporter is correct, the next victim is very likely to be him." After saying this, Sentoshi turned and left, and his soliloquy came from the corridor, "But he is dead. The more people there are, the more content I can report, which is really good news..."

Faced with the opponent's slightly threatening speech, Itai Ryuichi sneered and said that the windows on the second floor were locked and the door was closed tightly. It was impossible for someone to attack Shimoda Kohei without making any noise.

On the side, Mihara Koko expressed different opinions. She felt that it was really uneasy to let the emotionally unstable Shimoda Kohei alone, so she decided to make coffee with Nakamura Minori to help him calm down.Taking advantage of the opportunity for everyone to leave the garden room, Conan quietly slipped out and ran to the door where the body was found before. He carefully observed the situation in the porch and soon discovered a small section of snow on the handrail in front of the door. disappeared, and two symmetrical grooves appeared above the two pillars of the porch.

Conan returned to the house while thinking about the trap techniques used by the prisoners, and happened to bump into Mihara Koko who came over to tell him to go to bed early, so he had to give up the thought of continuing the search and walked to the room.

At this moment, the roar of Kohei Shimoda who refused to open the door suddenly came from the second floor. Seeing Minori Nakamura standing at the door with a cup of coffee and a helpless expression, Koko Yonehara advised her to ignore the other party for the time being and go back to the room to rest early. as well.

Looking at the back of the two people returning to the room on the second floor, Conan, who was thoughtful, also heard the ringing of the phone from Dr. Ali, so he sat down on the stairs on the first floor and answered the phone: "Hello, Doctor, have you got any clues about that matter?"

"Yeah, I finally found the relevant files. Three years ago, a female student at Aido Elementary School hanged herself in the ballet club's activity room."

"Suicide?" Conan always felt a little strange after hearing Dr. Ali's explanation on the other end of the phone.

"Yes, I heard it was because the exam pressure was too great. Because of this, her class teacher at the time was also severely criticized."

"What's that teacher's name?" Conan, sensing that this might be an important clue, continued to ask.

"There is no record of this." Dr. Agasa on the other end of the phone paused and added, "However, the name of the girl is recorded in the file. She was in Class , Grade , Abedo Elementary School at the time, and her name was Mochizuki Minako."

"Minako?!" Hearing this extremely crucial name, Conan felt that he had grasped the core of the incident, and hurriedly urged Dr. Agasa, "Are you writing any other information besides this?"

"I said Conan, what are you doing sitting here?" Just when Conan was focusing all his attention on the phone headset, Xiaolan's questioning voice suddenly came from beside him, which made him startled and instinctively Jumped up from the steps.

Seeing that Conan seemed to be talking to the toy-like thing before, and now he looked flustered as if he had done something wrong, Xiaolan subconsciously reached out to take the thing in his hand, but when she was about to When he reached halfway out his hand, he suddenly realized that his movements were somewhat willful.

So Xiaolan changed the direction of her arm, put her palm on Conan's head and persuaded her with sincerity: "Conan, it's getting late, and the murderer may still be nearby. Let's go back to the room to rest."

(End of this chapter)