The famous criminal in the world of Conan

"I haven't been here for a long time, and I kind of missed the time when the teacher was still here, so I thought about going up to see where we used to practice magic skills, which is the teacher's room we saw before."

Xinghe Tongwu explained to Baimasong and replied.

Baimasong narrowed his eyes. At the moment, he couldn't hear any problem from Xinghe Tongwu's words.

Then, he continued to ask Xinghe Tongwu,

"During this time, did you see the deceased, Ms. Himemiya Nobuko?"

"I see,"

Xinghe Tongwu nodded without hesitation.

"I went to the teacher's room and found that Zhan Zi had the same idea as me, so she also went to the teacher's room."

"At that time, she and I reminisced about the time when we were learning skills here."

"Ugh--"

When Xinghe Tongwu said this, he sighed slightly, his face full of reminiscence.

I don’t know if it was an illusion of Bai Masong and Sato Miwako, but they always felt that Mr. Xinghe’s mental age had suddenly become much older, which means he had become much more mature.

No, maybe I haven't aged a lot, but I've become like many elderly people, liking to reminisce about the past.

From the first moment he arrived at the Zhengying residence, he said that he wanted to look around, and later during the conversation and the investigation of the case, he repeatedly expressed emotions such as longing, remembrance, and yearning.

Obviously, this kind of emotion should be often felt by people who are unhappy with their lives nowadays, but he, a rookie magician who has become famous in recent years, also has so many nostalgic feelings.

Perhaps Xinghe Tongwu's emotions infected the people around him. Zhengying Manli and Fan Tianli, as his master's wife and fellow apprentice, also sighed, thinking about the time when everyone was here.

"It would be great if the teacher was still here."

Fan Tianli sighed.

Perhaps Xinghe Tongwu has spent the longest time with the Zhengying family, but he is young after all, and the relationship between him and Master Zhengying and Zhengying Manri is more of a father-son relationship.

As for Fan Tianli, he thinks that he is the one who has deeper feelings for his master, which can be seen from the fact that he comes here several times every year.

"Ten years have passed. To be honest, I have long given up hope."

Zhengying Manli's face was full of bitterness.

Seeing that the topic seemed to have gone off track, Bai Masong coughed twice and brought the topic back to the topic.

"Mr. Xinghe, when you went downstairs, was Miss Himimiya Nobuko still in Master Zhengying's room?"

"Um,"

Xinghe Tongwu nodded and said affirmatively,

"Zhan Zi and I recalled some things and talked for a few minutes. Then we felt it was not a good idea to let everyone stay downstairs together, so we hurried downstairs."

"At that time, Zhan Zi was still in the teacher's room looking through the photo album. She said she would come down after she finished looking at it, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

"I see."

Hakuba Matsu and Sato Miwako looked at each other.

Then, Sato Miwako took out the police manual, looked at the records left on it, and said to Xinghe Dougo,

"Mr. Xinghe, let's confirm one last time. You went upstairs with Xiaolan and Heye to ask Miss Himemiya Nobuko to come down for dinner."

"Then, because the hallway lighting was dim, you attempted to flip on the light switch, but this tripped the main circuit breaker."

"During this period of time, you, Xiaolan, and Heye, the three of you did not see the body of Miss Himemiya Nobuko, right?"

"That's right,"

Xinghe Tongwu nodded and said affirmatively,

"During this period, I did not see Zhan Zi's body."

"Besides, my arm is still..."

Xinghe Tongwu said this and looked at Xiaolan and Heye embarrassedly.

He Ye said it for him generously.

"It was so dark at the time that I subconsciously hugged Mr. Xinghe's arm."

"Um,"

Sato Miwako continued to ask,

"Finally, after turning on the lights, you found the body of Miss Himemiya Nobuko. That's basically it."

Xinghe Tongwu nodded and was about to answer.

"right......"

"what--"

Zhengying Manli suddenly let out a subconscious cry of surprise.

When everyone turned their puzzled eyes to her, she quickly covered her mouth.

"What's wrong, Mrs. Zhengying?"

Miwako Sato looked at Masamori with a puzzled look on her face.

Zhengyingmanli forced a smile.

"No, it's nothing."

"I, I just think of the way Zhan Zi died, and I can't help but feel scared."

"Don't worry, Madam Zhengying,"

He Ye and Xiao Lan, who didn't know the truth, hurried to comfort her.

"Officer Hakuba and Officer Sato will not let this happen again."

"I hope so."

Zhengying forced a smile and said nothing more.

Although Sato Miwako felt a little strange, she didn't say much.

Bai Masong then shifted his attention to the next person.

Xinghe Tongwu's questioning is over, so there is only one person left among the three.

The only one left is Fan Tianli.

"Mr. Fan Tian,"

Bai Masong looked at Fan Tianli,

"Excuse me, did you come out of your room while you were sleeping, or did anyone else enter your room during your sleep?"

"I?"

Fan Tianli frowned, subconsciously pushed his glasses with his hands, and said helplessly,

"Officer Bai Ma, when I was preparing to rest, I specifically told my mistress to call me later when she was ready for dinner."

"From what I said, I'm sure you can tell that I'm very sleepy. I definitely didn't go out and have been sleeping the whole time."

"Similarly, no one else can come into my room."

"That's true."

Bai Masong nodded and stopped talking.

Just as he had thought before, Fan Tianli probably didn't have an alibi.

It seems impossible to be sure...

Wait, it seems he has made a mistake.

As Bai Masong was thinking and confirming an idea in his mind, he suddenly felt his eyes light up.

He remained calm and said to Fan Tianli calmly,

"I'm sorry, Mr. Fan Tian, ​​we are just asking a routine question, we don't mean anything else."

"It doesn't matter,"

Fan Tianli shook his head slightly.

"I can understand that."

Ok.

Bai Ma Song nodded.

He stopped questioning the three suspects and looked at Harui Fuden.

"Mr. Chunjing, I remember when we first came to Zhengying's house, there seemed to be something wrong with the atmosphere for a while. What's going on?"

What Bai Masong was talking about was exactly the uneasy atmosphere that arose when everyone had just arrived at Masakage's house and after Himemiya Nobuko finished speaking.

At that time, although he was curious, he felt that it was not a good idea to ask directly about this matter, so he remained silent and suppressed Sato Miwako who wanted to ask.

After all, we are here as guests, not as police officers taking statements. It would be inappropriate to ask about everything.

However, now that Himemiya Nobuko is dead, any clues she left behind may have some meaning, so it would be better to ask now.