Ghosts of the Mountains of Tayton

When I woke up early in the morning, Mr. Dazai had disappeared.

I scratched my head and walked out the door. The sun outside was very bright and the sky was clear, as if the bloody killing incident last night was just a dream.

"Don!"

I saw Ah Xiang running towards me.

"what happened?"

"Miss Izumo's door can't be opened no matter what, we are all a little worried." Ah Xiang's face was a little anxious.

"I'll go and have a look." I was also a little worried.

When I arrived at Miss Izumo's door, Mr. Kisaki and Miss Garden stood there.

"I knocked for a long time, but there was no sound inside. What happened last night made me very worried. Could it be..." Miss Huayuan said worriedly.

I twisted the doorknob and it wouldn't open.

"You need to use an ax to break in! But the whole house seems to be the ax at the crime scene yesterday..." Mr. Kisaki said.

I said: "Stand farther away, everyone." Then I used the supernatural power - the beast under the moon.

The door slammed down, but to our surprise, the room was empty and no one was there.

"How did this happen?" A few of us walked in, and I noticed that the bedding was neatly folded, as if I wasn't in a panic before going out.

It is impossible for people to disappear for no reason.I thought to myself, and checked the doors and windows again.The glass windows are locked with a switch that is dialed down, and they are all locked inward.

"Where will that person go?" Mr. Kisaki also asked in shock, "How could he just disappear in the house?"

"Maybe Ms. Izumo has gone out?" I asked, "Has anyone else seen Ms. Izumo?"

"No, I knocked on the door early this morning, but she never replied to me." Miss Huayuan said.

"I came back with Ms. Izumo last night, and she hasn't gone out since she entered the door." Axiang also said.

"That's strange, the window doesn't show any signs of opening, so you can't jump out of the window..." I murmured.

"It's impossible. Ms. Izumo's room is on the second floor, and she might be injured if she jumps off. Why did she do this?"

Mr. Kisaki told everyone: "In short, let's mobilize everyone to look for it. We can't explain to the police if there is one person missing suddenly at this time."

So we dispersed quickly, and at this time I also met Mr. Dazai who was downstairs.

"The police seem to be arriving today," Mr. Dazai said, "but before that I found something interesting."

"Huh?" I froze.

"This is an old pocket book that was found in the house. I heard that no one has lived here since the incident happened, so no one has found this pocketbook hidden in the ceiling." Mr. Dazai proudly explain.

"Hey, the ceiling?" It's generally impossible to find that kind of place...

"Mr. Dazai, have you seen Miss Izumo?"

"Oh? Ms. Izumo is gone?" Mr. Dazai fixed his eyes on me.

I briefly explained the situation, and then searched everywhere with Dazai-san, but found no useful clues.

Just as we were busy looking for someone, the police arrived.

As soon as the policeman came, I felt very familiar.

"Eh? You're not that?" Dazai-san seemed familiar too.

"I'm Police Officer Qupu." The other party's expression was very serious, and it seemed that he was a serious and responsible police officer.

"That's right, you are the police officer from last time." Mr. Dazai said with a smile, "Oh, I didn't expect that we would meet again one day."

The police officer in Qupu seemed to recognize us: "You... ah, it's you, Mr. Ranpo isn't here?"

"Mr. Ranpo recently went on a business trip to Kyushu, this time it's just me and Dun-jun."

The expression of the police officer Qupu soon became serious: "This case is not as complicated as before, and our police have things we can handle, but we will still rely on Mr. Ranpo to take care of us in the future."

"You are too polite..." I was a little ashamed.

The police quickly dispatched to inspect the scene of the crime and search for Ms. Izumo by the way.But when it comes to searching, it’s just asking people one by one to ask questions, and the various guesses we made are also made by us before.

"Is it possible that Ms. Izumo has gone out?"

"It's impossible, my room is next door, and this house is relatively old, I can hear it very clearly." Miss Huayuan replied.

"Is it possible to leave by the window?"

"It's not likely. There is no way to lock it from the inside if you leave the window, and Miss Izumo has no reason to leave the window."

"And from the gate?"

This time it was me who answered: "Mr. Dazai and I have been in the room by the door all the time. We must have heard everything clearly."

"Does this house have a back door or something? I mean secret door or something?"

"The back door is locked. It's been deserted for a long time in the courtyard." Gu Chuan rubbed his hands and said nervously.

"Where's the key?"

"Here, and only me and the Kisaki couple."

The police officer frowned, and thought for a moment: "I can't be sure what's going on now, what happened to the scene over there?"

"There was no damage, the site was well preserved, but no fingerprints were taken on the axe."

I'm afraid the police also connected Miss Izumo's disappearance with Na Yezi's death, but they didn't point it out.

At this time, another policeman came: "I found Ms. Izumo in a hot spring not far from the foot of the mountain."

"What!" Everyone, including me, was taken aback.

"Where is she now?" Mr. Kisaki asked.

The policeman said in a low voice, "I'm sorry." Then he turned to police officer Cipu, "The forensic medical examiner initially determined that he was drowned, but there were signs of scuffling on his body. He might have been pushed into the water while soaking in a hot spring and drowned."

Everyone exclaimed in a low voice.

The same goes for the policemen. The suspect who was finally determined in their hearts killed themselves at this time.

"It must have been Izumo who killed Nayoko, and his conscience was disturbed, so he committed suicide." Although Mr. Sakaide was not as excited as yesterday, he was still aggressive.

"I can't be sure about anything yet." Although the police officer Qupu said the same thing, he was afraid that the clues would be cut off, and he would not be reconciled. "Is there anything else the forensic doctor can say?"

"Miss Izumo's death time was initially set at 01:30 in the morning, but because of the hot springs, it may be inferred that it has been delayed, that is to say, before 01:30."

There was another exclamation.I'm also wondering how it's possible.

If we go out in the morning while we are away, there will be no problem, but we are always there late at night and early in the morning, whether we go out through the door or through the window, we will be noticed by someone.

What exactly is going on?

The case fell into a great confusion.

Police officer Cipu quietly called us aside: "Can't I trouble Mr. Ranpo to come out now?"

"Unfortunately, I can't contact him for the time being."

The expression of police officer Qupu became a little worried.

"However, it may be rude to say that. We are also members of the Armed Detective Agency, and occasionally we get the true biography of Mr. Ranpo." Mr. Dazai smiled, "So can you tell us a little bit about the specific situation?"