A Detective: I Believe in Science

Chapter 36 The Magic Modus operandi
Hearing Sonoko's exclamation, everyone hurried to the window, and found that in an open area 30 meters away from the villa, Hamaya Rino was quietly crawling on the ground, motionless, like a corpse, and everyone's expressions changed. Hastily went downstairs to observe, Hamaya Rino had long since passed away, and his body was stiff.

"Have you noticed that Mr. Hamaya doesn't seem to have any footprints around?"

Doi Takshu's words attracted everyone's attention. They looked around and found that there were indeed no footprints, except for the pure white snow. When he came out, he took a fixed look at Doi Takeshu, secretly thinking that this person was not simple.

"How is this possible? The crossed arrow on Bangya's body should be the cause of his death, but in such a heavy snowstorm, how could the murderer shoot him from tens of meters away? Besides, Bangya can't do it for no reason. Get out of the house and stand here."

Arakyoshi is the oldest existence among the few people. The growth of age has endowed him with a calm personality, and he quickly analyzed the incomprehensible points from the words of Doi Takaki.

"Could it be that the footprints left by the murderer were buried by the snow again?"

"Impossible. Mr. Hamaya has been out of our sight for less than an hour. This time period is not enough to completely bury the footprints."

Kuroda Naoko's words were refuted by Conan. Although he still can't understand the murderer's method of killing, he also knows that Hamaya Rino was killed and left here. As for the method, he has not discovered it yet.

"Let's go back to the house first. Let's all gather in the living room and don't wander around. I'll get a piece of cloth to cover Bang Ye and wait for the police to arrive tomorrow."

Doi Takshu made a final decision, and went back to the house first to find a piece of white cloth to cover Bang Ye, and then returned to the living room to sit with everyone, with a serious expression on his face.

"Hangye's death this time should have something to do with the shadow mage. What he left on the computer means that he will continue to kill people. It's just that he didn't expect to commit crimes under our noses. Damn it!"

Ms. Tanaka was the first to speak, and she put all the crimes on the Shadow Mage. She was right, the murderer was indeed very likely to be the Shadow Mage, and even Conan thought so.

"It's already eleven o'clock in the evening, and it will be some time before dawn. During this time, we must gather together, and we must not be alone, in case of accidents.

"That's right, we don't know how many people this shadow mage is going to kill. For now, the best way is to stay here and wait for work to prevent being attacked."

Doi Takshu's proposal was approved by everyone present. Now that the enemy is in the dark, they don't have any clues about the Shadow Mage. Unity is the greatest strength.

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"Well, I feel a little cold, I'm going to get some thick clothes to wear."

Just after saying this, Tanaka Kikuhui stood up and wanted to go upstairs. Doi Takaki reacted the fastest, saying that it is easy for the other party to find an opportunity when you place an order, and someone must go with you.

"I'll go up and get a piece of clothing. Besides, with you guys watching downstairs, the Shadow Mage might not dare to come."

"I also want to go up and get a piece of clothing. Let's go together. If you feel a little cold, go get it together. After all, there is still one night, and it is still snowing outside."

Seeing the stalemate between the two, Noah opened his mouth to make a rescue. He did not feel too cold after exercising regularly. The clothes of the people around him were indeed not thick, and it was normal to feel cold.

"Then I want to go to the bathroom."

Kuroda Naoko's words got Sonoko's response, she also wanted to go a little bit, and it happened to be accompanied by someone, so it would be best to separate and act together.

Xiaolan and Conan also felt a little cold, so they came up with Noah. The first room that entered was Xiaolan's. Xiaolan quickly took out two scarves, one for herself and one for Conan, and then came It was Tanaka Kikue's room.

She was holding a sweater on the bed, and just as she lowered her head and reached for it, she heard the sound of a broken window. A sharp arrow broke through the window, passed through Tanaka Kikuhui, and went straight to Noah.

Conan Xiaolan's face changed suddenly. Before they could react, the sharp arrow had already been grasped by the calm Noah with one hand, showing no nervous expression at all.

"It was shot from the outside. It is very lethal. If a normal person is hit in the body, it will be penetrated."

Noah commented lightly on the strength of the sharp arrow in his hand. Conan next to him stared blankly. You received it at such a fast speed. It is unusual. Before Conan opened his mouth, there was a sound from the garden downstairs. scream.

"problem occurs."

Such an idea suddenly popped up in their minds, and they rushed downstairs. On the way, they ran into Doi Tukeshu and the other three waiting downstairs. They also heard Yuanzi's scream and came to check.

In the toilet, the mirror in front of Yuanzi was shattered by a sharp arrow passing from the outside of the glass. The sharp arrow was firmly inserted into the wall, and it can be seen that the strength is extraordinary. This sharp arrow is obviously the same as the sharp arrow in Noah's hand. a model.

"I can't bear it. This feeling of being slaughtered really makes me angry."

Tanaka Kikuhui who said these words ran out of the villa quickly, and his and everyone's expressions changed suddenly. Now is a dangerous moment, how can they run around, leaving a few female housekeepers, and the rest went out to chase.

"Who the hell are you, come out for me, I'm right here, kill me if you have the ability."

In the woods outside the villa, Tanaka Kikuhui yelled and yelled, ignoring the murderer's attack. Noah who came after him looked around sharply, but found no suspicious person. Instead, in the open space not far away, he found A crossbow.

"This crossbow should be the weapon used by the murderer to shoot sharp arrows. A crossbow of this level has a wide range of shooting. It is not surprising that it can shoot with such force.

Conan calmly analyzed the crossbow in Noah's hand. Originally, he thought that the shadow mage was one of the people in the villa, but judging from the current situation, there might be another person on the mountain. Otherwise, how can the crossbow be explained?

Looking around carefully, Conan found another clue. There was still no trace of footsteps left on the ground. Could it be that this bow was thrown here from a distance, or was it as he thought, the murderer was one of them.

Ignoring Conan, who was meditating silently, everyone worked together to persuade Kikue Tanaka to return to the villa. The venting just now also dissipated Kikue Tanaka's anger a little, and then agreed to let everyone go back to the villa together.

"We can't sit still. Now we have to try to catch the murderer ourselves. I hope you can tell what Mr. Bangya was doing when he died."

"What do you mean, do you suspect that one of us is a murderer, kid." Kikuhui Tanaka looked at Conan who was talking with a bad expression.

"Of course not. Even if we have to explain it when the police come tomorrow, sorting it out in advance will help the police solve the case." Conan began to make up a reason, but the reason is quite reasonable, and Kikue Tanaka did not continue to embarrass him Conan.

"Little ghost, do you suspect that Shadow Mage is one of them?"

Noah naturally wouldn't believe Conan's nonsense, he wouldn't be so kind to help the police, probably more to satisfy his desire for reasoning.

(End of this chapter)