Model worker and his little darling

Ping Qing rubbed his arm. "This must have been recorded in advance and deliberately released to scare people."

Conan, a materialist, also agreed with Hiraiyoshi's statement, saying, "I think so too."

Who deliberately did all this? And what was their purpose?

Conan wandered around the warehouse but didn't find anything.

At that moment, the rain started falling without warning.

Sonoko was a little annoyed. "What bad luck! I didn't bring an umbrella today."

"Let's find a place to shelter from the rain first. Let's go to the library in the 'Hateful' place. I'm going there anyway."

Upon hearing Tsukamoto Kazumi's suggestion, the group disregarded their crying and rushed straight to the library.

On the way, the group encountered Hideaki Hosaka's childhood friend, Kunihiro Seko.

Hearing Shikokuhan mention the nervous doctor, Pingqing's eyes flickered. It was a pity that her sister had something to do today.

"Huh? You mean you went to the library first thing in the morning and found books scattered everywhere?"

Hearing Hirai's question, Tsukamoto Kazumi nodded, "Yes, and they are all books that Hosaka Hideaki borrowed before."

At this moment, Sonoko put her earlier fright behind her and held up four fingers, saying loudly, "And for four days in a row! Four days in a row! I think Hosaka-senpai must be feeling regretful because he can't reread these books."

The other people in the library who were quietly reading immediately glared at the loud-voiced Sonoko with extremely unfriendly eyes.

Seeing this, Xiaolan quickly covered Yuanzi's mouth and then pulled Yuanzi aside to quietly apologize to the disturbed student.

Then Sonoko whispered, "I heard that these four books are either hidden behind the bookshelf or under the table."

Pingqing stroked his chin, wondering if it was the library director who did it.

Kazumi Tsukamoto snorted coldly, "I wonder who's playing this prank, trying to scare everyone with a supernatural event. If I ever see this boring guy, I'll definitely grab him and give him a good beating. Ran, you have to help me, okay?"

Xiao Lan's eyes instantly turned beady; catching ghosts and all that, maybe she shouldn't do it.

"Electrical and Telecommunication Engineering Theory", "Report on Tropical Rainforest Destruction", "History of the University System", "Analysis of Sounds of Rock Destruction".

Looking at the four books that Kazumi Tsukamoto had found, Conan was completely bewildered.

What is this all about?

Is your hobby so...unique?

Seeing Conan's confused look, Hirai raised an eyebrow. "What? Didn't they teach you any of this in Hawaiian school?"

Conan remained completely bewildered; what did this have to do with Hawaii?

"Brother Pingqing, is there any connection between these four books?"

"Hmm... His dream might be to establish communications in the destroyed rainforest and analyze the sounds of rock breaking apart. As a result, he accidentally stumbled upon the secret of the bad guys, and in order to survive, he disguised himself as Hideaki Hosaka and hid in Teitan High School. In order to take revenge and to realize his dream, he began to study the history of the university system."

Conan:? ? ?

Looking at the excited Pingqing, he opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

He knew that Pingqing's thought process was abnormal, but he didn't expect him to start lying through his teeth now, even attributing his experiences to others. Was it because he was under too much pressure lately?

"How can anyone actually read such an obscure book?"

"His ambition is to become a cartoonist. He often says that to draw interesting comics, you have to enrich yourself and learn more about things that others don't know."

Conan still couldn't understand what Tsukamoto Kazumi was saying.

No matter how you look at it, these books have nothing to do with comics.

"Let's go, we can't find any clues in these books."

Finally, Sonoko led the three of them to the cursed staircase.

"I heard that some students came here this morning and found that the bottom of the stairs was full of water. Hideaki Hosaka fell down these stairs, and that water is very likely the tears of Hideaki Hosaka's curse."

Conan was speechless as Sonoko started telling stories in a rambling, nonsensical way again.

"Could it be that it rained the day before and the window wasn't closed properly, which is why this happened?"

Hearing this, Sonoko retorted unhappily, "We're all high school students, how could we possibly leave without closing the window? Besides, I heard that the number of steps on this staircase is different every time."

"Why don't you count them?"

Hearing Pingqing say that, Sonoko and Ran went up the stairs.

"My floor is the 12th floor."

Sonoko's expression changed drastically. "Why did I count to 13 floors?"

Xiaolan was terrified.

"The correct answer is 12 layers. When you climb to the last layer in the garden, there is one more layer when you stand with your feet together."

Conan added insult to injury, "This is the result of scaring yourself."

The voice just fell.

"Da da da……"

A series of clear footsteps sounded.

Ran and Sonoko screamed and hugged each other again.

There were only the four of them in the stairwell. None of them moved, but footsteps could be heard.

With a "whoosh," the classroom door next to the group was roughly slid open.

"You guys, be quiet..."

Before he could finish speaking, Mononobe Masao heard clear footsteps, and the paintbrush in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.

Damn it! !

Conan frowned. It was after school, and the entire stairwell was completely exposed, with nowhere to hide.

Could it be that he encountered something strange again?

He quickly looked at Pingqing and saw that Pingqing also looked confused.

The sound quickly disappeared, and Sonoko and Ran ran behind Hirakiyo.

"Don't be afraid, it's probably the sound of other people walking. They must be the students who stayed behind, but they've already left." As he spoke, Pingqing gave Conan a look.

Conan also realized what was happening and flashed a bright smile. "Hira-kiyoshi-nii is right. The rain has stopped. Let's stop here for today and go home."

With the comfort of Hirai and Conan, Sonoko and Ran gradually calmed down.

Xiao Lan breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look out the window. "It's already so dark. Ah, look..."

In the center of the playground, there was a desk with a piece of paper weighed down by a stone.

"That desk? Is it the one we saw in the warehouse earlier?"

Seeing this, Conan dashed out like a cannonball, determined to catch this charlatan.

After running through the rain to the playground, Conan saw the words on the note.

"I haven't gotten my revenge yet."

Immediately afterward, Conan saw Hideaki Hosaka's signature in pencil on the table. He then glanced back and noticed only his own footprints on the floor, a question arising in his mind.

The note must have been taken after the rain stopped, but there were no footprints on the ground.

Upon hearing Conan's discovery, Sonoko's expression turned horrified. "It must have been Hideaki Hosaka's ghost who moved the table there. Ghosts don't have feet, which is why there are no footprints on the playground."