Tokyo Mystery Writers

Jiang Liumei stretched and shifted into a more comfortable position, intending to continue reading "Convergence".

Then they discovered that less than a quarter of the manuscript paper for "Conclusion" remained.

The feeling was subtle, because in a normal short mystery story, this should be the moment to reveal the answer.

But the mystery of "Conclusion" seems to have only just begun to emerge.

Although the large clock on the ground and the death of the Little Needle Cult Leader were quite attractive points, what about the remaining quarter of the manuscript paper?

How can Maijo Kyosuke provide a perfect answer?

It feels a bit like... it's not very well finished?

Jiang Liumei, perplexed, flipped through the remaining manuscript of "Conclusion," hoping to uncover the truth within the story...

Since the leader of the Little Needle Cult was shot and killed, all the believers on the island gathered around the body.

Terao, with his brown hair, saw McCato skillfully investigating the corpse of the Little Needle Cult Master, clearly not some kind of occult master, and questioned McCato and Mibukuro about their identities.

But McCarteau wasn't in the mood to pay attention to the short guy.

He simply glanced at the crowd and asked if there was anyone else on the island.

Hakuyama, Aoyama, Terao, Yoko, Uchino, Naomi Maki, and Hiroshi Sekiya, who were all present, shook their heads.

Having confirmed that there were no other people on the island and that there was almost nowhere for anyone to hide, McCarteau concluded that the person who killed Little Needle Cult Leader was among these people!

Just as everyone was at a loss for what to do with the corpse of the Little Needle Cult Leader, the butler Baishan informed them that due to the typhoon, the police would not arrive until tomorrow at the earliest.

Therefore, we must get the Little Needle Cult Leader's body back to the room first, no matter what.

Uchino was clearly unhappy about this, pointing at the hair in the mouth of the Little Needle Master and complaining that the hair must belong to the criminal!

They demanded that the body of the Little Needle Cult Leader be preserved to prevent the perpetrators from destroying the evidence.

But how to preserve the body? The criminals have guns!

Sending people to protect them will only cause further harm to others!

At that moment, McCarteau had a good idea.

McCartney directs Mikado and the butler Hakusan to move the body to a windowless storage room.

Then, three male followers (Terio, Uchino, and Hiroshi Sekiya) placed the wardrobe at the door of the room to block the entrance, so that the prisoner could not get close to the room.

After all, the wardrobe was very large. If there was only one prisoner, it would be impossible for him to make a sound when moving the wardrobe. But if there were multiple prisoners, then there was nothing anyone could do.

Naomi leaned against Hiroshi Sekiya, feeling that this approach still couldn't guarantee safety.

McCartto agreed with Naomi Maki and reminded the butler, Hakusan, to keep the yacht's keys with him at all times.

Everyone was puzzled; they couldn't follow Mercator's train of thought at all.

Unexpectedly, McCarteau gave everyone a reasonable explanation.

"After I specifically reminded the butler, Baishan, to keep the yacht key with him at all times."

"The criminal behavior of the prisoner has split from one path into two paths to choose from."

"First, they threatened us all to open the door and destroy the evidence by any means necessary, at any cost."

"Second, threaten Mr. Baishan, steal the yacht keys, and run away."

"The only way to ensure our safety is to prevent the prisoner from going berserk and to give him an escape route."

Everyone showed angry expressions upon hearing McCarteau's words.

I never expected that McCarteau would come up with such an absurd solution!

Not only did they fail to apprehend the criminal, but they also planned to let him leave on a yacht, putting the butler Baishan in danger. This is utterly beastly behavior!

Seeing that everyone disagreed with his plan, McCartney could only ask the Holy See what the problem was.

Only then did everyone remember the Book of Katrina inside the sanctuary!

Butler Hakusan and Terao confirmed that the key to the sanctuary was still hidden in the cupboard of the Little Needle Cult Leader, and also discovered that no one had entered the sanctuary.

Mercato then made his own reasoning.

"The person who killed the Little Needle Cult Leader has lost his faith, so he has nothing left to cherish about the Katrina Sutra."

"Furthermore, the Little Needle Cult Leader was not killed on his way to the Holy Chamber."

"Because there were no bullet holes in Little Needle Cult Master's coat, Little Needle Cult Master was actually killed in his own room. The murderer then dressed him in a bathrobe and moved him to the gravel road."

"The reason we dressed Little Needle Master in a bathrobe was to prevent bloodstains from being left in the corridor. But in reality, a few traces were indeed left."

McCarte pointed to the hallway in the room, where, under the light of the chandelier, some bloodstains that hadn't been wiped clean could indeed be seen.

The group followed McCato into the room of the Little Needle Cult Leader, and soon found a small pool of red blood on the floor and two bullet holes in the wall, confirming McCato's guess.

But Meidai was puzzled as to why the murderer had moved the Little Needle Cult Leader's body to the gravel road.

McCarteau did not respond directly to what Meidai said.

On the contrary, Yaozi believed that the prisoner moved the body because he couldn't find the key to the sanctuary and wanted to have another night to find the key, so he dragged the body of the Little Needle Cult Leader out.

Just then, Uchino seemed to have found some clue in the room. He held up a bronze brooch and claimed that it might have been left by the culprit.

Yaozi looked at the brooch and quickly recognized it as belonging to the nanny, Aoyama.

Seeing this, the nanny, Aoyama, reached out her left hand, intending to open the door and escape, but was blocked by the housekeeper, Hakuyama.

Everyone's eyes were filled with murderous intent as they pressed him for an explanation as to why he had killed the Little Needle Cult Leader.

The nanny, Aoyama, shook her head while crying, claiming that she did not kill the master.

Seeing that everyone was furious and about to take advantage of the nanny Aoyama, McCarte told them that if Aoyama was the murderer, she would likely have a handgun.

Why don't we lock the nanny, Aoyama, in her room and wait until the police arrive on the island tomorrow? Then the truth will come out!

After speaking, McCato took advantage of the others' inattention to reveal his identity to the nanny, Aoyama, and tell her that he had come to rescue her.

He then closed the door to the room.

Since the group had little experience, they could only listen to McCarteau's words and moved in another wardrobe, blocking the room of the nanny, Aoyama.

This led to a very bizarre situation: the two wardrobes blocked the doors to the two rooms respectively.

One room contains the corpse of the Little Needle Cult Leader, and the other room contains the "prisoner" nanny, Aoyama.

But McCarteau knew perfectly well that the nanny, Aoyama, was not the murderer; the real culprit was someone else!

Jiang Liumei raised her eyebrows upon seeing this, looking utterly confused.

Because at this point, there were less than ten pages of manuscript paper left!

Even if Kyosuke Maijo were a once-in-a-century genius mystery writer, it would be impossible for him to write a perfect ending to this story!

After all... there were three other strange and consecutive shooting incidents before!

Jiang Liu Meili looked at Mai Shiro Kyosuke, who was sleeping soundly in front of her, with a puzzled expression.

I'm a little suspicious. Could this guy have given me an unfinished manuscript?