Conan's other self

Chapter 244 Bloody Ceiling

The person who came over was Nakamichi from the football club.

"Hey, Kudo! That's great!"

He said hello casually, then lowered his voice furtively and started talking about the favorite topics of high school boys of this age.

"Among the top ten in the Teidan High School girls' popularity poll we held behind our backs," he glanced at Xiaolan, Sonoko and Sera Masumi, "there are three of them in our class!"

"Really?" But Kudo Shinichi didn't look very interested.

"However, considering that you have already confessed your love to Maori in London, I will let you go..."

As soon as he heard these words, Kudo Shinichi knew that Nakamichi was planning on Sonoko and Sera Masumi, and the meaning of his words even seemed to say that he had a choice.

However, even though he felt that there was no chance in the middle, Kudo Shinichi decided not to say it directly so as not to hurt the other party.

"By the way, how do you know about the confession?"

"Suzuki told everyone. He also asked us all to cheer for you together!"

"I see…"

"But Kudo, are you really able to come to the school trip? I thought you wouldn't come?"

"Actually, I do have something to do." Kudo Shinichi replied, "This time I am not here just for a study trip, so I have to ask you to help keep it a secret..."

"Don't worry, we are very strict with our mouths! After all, we are great detectives. No matter where we go, there are things that need to be kept secret..."

This step is quite simple.

Kudo Shinichi breathed a sigh of relief.

He did not set off from Tokyo with the others, but met everyone directly here in Kyoto, so several classmates who had not seen him for a long time came to say hello.

However, there are not many such people.

As the savior of the Japanese police, whether he wants it or not, Kudo Shinichi is always somewhat distant from ordinary high school students. In addition, he is usually busy solving cases and skipping school is common, so he actually doesn't have many friends.

This saved him a lot of trouble, but it also made him feel a little out of place.

If I had known, Conan would be here today...

Feng Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He really had no interest in the school trip, but for some reasons, he came anyway.

First of all, he did have some curiosity, although not much.

Secondly, he realized from Haiyuan's response that day that if he really had no interest at all, Haiyuan would not agree, and Conan would not be able to come either.

Thirdly, even if Haiyuan agreed unconditionally, it seemed that Conan would not be able to attend the school trip with peace of mind if he did not come. So Fengyuan chose the evening of the first day to have some fun.

And finally, and most importantly, he can continue traveling with Haihara Ai after this. Although this is not really a school trip.

In short, this time belongs to him.

Of course, he had to keep his promise and keep his distance from Xiaolan.

Nothing happened next, so Maplehara simply walked towards the stage of Kiyomizu Temple with the people around him. On the way, he also noticed two sneaky figures, one tall and one short, wearing hats and scarves following him.

He didn't take it to heart. Because he knew very well that it was Conan and Hattori Heiji who came over to help cover.

Nakamichi beside him kept discussing the various beauties he saw on the road, and Fengyuan just responded casually, basically not expressing any opinions.

Soon, the stage of Kiyomizudera Temple arrived.

“The scenery here is so beautiful!”

"It doesn't seem too high," Masumi Sera leaned on the guardrail, looked down, and calculated, "It's about twelve meters."

"It's dangerous to stick outside the railing, isn't it?"

"It is said that someone jumped from here and committed suicide not long ago." Sonoko agreed, and then her mind wandered back to her favorite topic, "By the way, have you answered Shinichi's confession?"

She lowered her voice slightly and whispered to Xiaolan.

"not yet…"

"Not yet? That guy has already confessed to you twice, right?" Sonoko quietly looked at Kudo Shinichi who was not far away, "It's because you didn't show any sign the first time that I worked so hard to help..."

"Garden!"

"Seriously, just kiss him right here!"

"Huh!?"

"Show determination to jump off the Kiyomizudera stage!"

"How is this possible!" Xiaolan blushed, "Besides, Shinichi gave me the feeling that it's hard to get close to me today..."

"That stinky guy must be trying to get you to take the initiative..."

Xiaolan thinks what Yuanzi said makes sense. But before she could decide what to do next, a woman's movements caught Xiaolan's attention right next to them.

It was a beautiful woman wearing a hat, who looked to be in her thirties. She carefully took out a withered flower from her notebook and raised it to the sky.

"Wait a minute, Izuri-kun, it's almost over..."

Immediately afterwards, Xiaolan noticed that the other party looked familiar.

"Please, please," Xiaolan said excitedly, "Are you the actress Keiko Kurachi? You just won the Japan Academy Award a few days ago!"

"Shh-"

The other party made a gesture of confidentiality, obviously not wanting to cause a commotion, "I came here secretly, please keep it secret for me."

"Oh! Is he a celebrity?" Masumi Sera also looked over.

"Can I take a photo with you?" Yuanzi asked expectantly.

"Okay, if you don't make any noise."

"Thank you so much!"

Xiaolan quickly thanked her, then turned to greet Fengyuan, who was just a few steps away, "Shinichi and Nakamichi, come here too. Let's take pictures together!"

Feng Yuan walked towards this side, wondering whether to refuse.

"Shinichi?" But Anchi Keiko seemed to know him, "Kudo Shinichi? That high school detective? You are Yukiko's son, right?"

"Um."

"Have I changed your diaper?"

Feng Yuan was slightly stunned.

Kudo Shinichi's memories are usually recalled when they are related to reality, and they are always very clear. But this time he was surprised to find that he couldn't recall it.

He had no impression of the man in front of him.

Speaking of which, Kudo Shinichi’s memory when he was very young was not as clear as it will be later. Is it because his brain is still developing...

An Chi Keiko's next series of questions interrupted Fengyuan's thoughts: "What? Are you coming to Kyoto for a study trip? Which hotel are you staying in?"

"It's the one in the Zhongshan District..."

"No way! Staying in the same hotel as us!"

"Us?" Fengyuan asked curiously.

"Yes, I came to visit the grave of an old friend with my former classmates from Gion University of Art. Even though we are classmates, we have become famous."

Visit the grave of an old friend...

Is this the Izuri-kun she was talking about just now?

And judging from her actions just now, she was still on the stage of Kiyomizu Temple. Could it be that she was the one who committed suicide here some time ago...

Fengyuan thought to himself, and then noticed that Anchi Keiko took out a signature pen and wrote something in the notebook.

"Ah, that's right!" An Chi Keiko said while writing, "If it happens to be the same hotel, can you come to my room tonight? I have something to show you!"

"Something you want to show me?"

"It's a code!" Anchi Keiko leaned slightly closer and whispered, "If you were a detective, you would like it very much, right?"

"..."

Hey, hey, there's nothing you can't say. Don't lower your voice suddenly. I hope Haiyuan on the other side of the badge heard this...

He had previously spoken to Haibara Ai on the side of the detective team badge through the earphone he wore in his left ear, but he simply turned it off later.

"Here! This is my room number!"

Anchi Keiko handed the note over, "Anyway, after the lights go out, you have nothing else to do except a pillow fight, right? I originally wanted to ask Yukiko's husband to take a look at it for me..."

She paused slightly, "Is it too difficult for you?"

"If it's something important..."

"Oh, it seems like you don't want to do this trick! I thought it would be useful. Anyway, see you around nine o'clock in the evening! It's totally fine to bring your girlfriend with you~"

"ah?"

"That's the girl with long hair, right?" An Zhi Jingzi glanced at Xiaolan, "She has been staring at us since just now."

There were no unhappy looks from the side. It was obvious that Conan, who was hiding aside, could not hear these conversations. This made Maplehara feel a little relieved, but not much.

Anzhi Jingzi left directly like this.

The originally agreed-upon photo session was abandoned because no one mentioned it again. The group of them then visited Kiyomizu Temple and had sandwiches here for dinner.

Finally they came to Yangyuanyuan.

"This is the bloody ceiling of Yangyuan Yuan!"

Sonoko raised his head and looked at the ceiling curiously. In front of them, another tourist was poking at the ceiling with a stick.

"It was a murder scene a long time ago." Sera Masumi said.

"As expected of a high school girl detective." Nakamichi immediately praised him. It was obvious that his first choice target was Masumi Sera.

"I, let's move forward quickly..."

Xiaolan, who has always been afraid of this kind of thing, subconsciously wanted to hold Kudo Shinichi's arm, but once again she was in vain.

This made her slightly stunned.

Speaking of which, when I was outside before, I just wanted to hold Shinichi's wrist, but Shinichi avoided him...

strangeness…

Fengyuan coughed against his mouth twice more.

Yes, Shinichi said he didn’t want to spread the cold to himself…

"It's okay, it won't drip." Fengyuan knew exactly what Xiaolan was worried about, "It was specially painted on the ceiling to commemorate the deceased. You should take a good look at it and pray for the deceased to live forever and be happy."

"Yes, yes..."

Xiaolan then plucked up the courage and walked over.

Feng Yuan only felt physically and mentally exhausted.

After visiting the bloody ceiling, the time agreed with Ms. Anchi Keiko was almost here, so they returned to the hotel together.

Sera Masumi was also very interested in the so-called secret code. Xiaolan and Sonoko had nothing else to do, and they wanted to see Anchi Keiko again, so the three of them followed to Anchi Keiko's room.

An Chi Keiko was a little surprised by this, "You brought not only that girl..."

"I'm sorry. Because I said I wanted to come over to see you, and they all said they wanted to come."

"Leave the code to me!" Shiliang Zhenzhen patted his chest confidently.

"Are you wearing a hat in the room?" Xiaolan asked.

"Yeah, I fell down while filming and got a bump on my head."

"Is this the movie that will be released this weekend?"

"That's right," the voice from behind them answered Sonoko's question. Three men came over, and the one who was speaking was the actor Isabusa Moriya. "It's "Red Shura Tengu"! An ancient fantasy starring me Drama! My performance is worth watching!"

"What?" Next to him was director Ma Shanfeng, "What's worth seeing is my skill as a director, right?"

The last one was the composer Riki Agada, "No, my music is the biggest selling point of this movie."

These three people are all friends of An Chi Keiko in college.

Another person in their group is Mr. Nishiki Taro, the script writer, and he also has the secret code. The group of people then headed to Mr. Nishiki's room.

Mr. Nishiki quickly took out a piece of paper.

"This is the code that was sent to me last week. There was also a dried leaf of an octagonal gold disk in the envelope."

Feng Yuan took the note and read it.

The paper was divided into two halves by a long line, with intermittent and randomly positioned Chinese characters above and below. There are four black squares on the left side.

"Do you know what the four black squares at the beginning of the code mean?"

"I came up with this code, the symbol of the guy named Izuri." Mr. I Hayabusa Moriya explained.

"The guy has this logo on his notebook and bag."

"Then if you ask that person, won't you know the meaning of the code?" Obviously, Sera Masumi did not hear what Anchi Keiko said on the stage of Kiyomizu Temple.

"I just can't ask. He jumped from the stage of Kiyomizu Temple here last month and died."

"Eh?" Sera Masaki was stunned for a moment.

"So this code should be a message he sent to me before he died. I hope you can decipher it."

"We are going to have a drink at the bar of this hotel next," Director Ma Shan invited, "If you want to know, do you want to come with us?"

"No need." Fengyuan shook his head.

The time for his medicine to take effect is coming soon, which means that his school trip is about to end, and he will be replaced by Conan next.

"Then you can send me an email after unlocking the password!" An Zhikezi took out her mobile phone.

After Feng Yuan and An Chi Keiko exchanged email addresses, the group sat in the lounge downstairs for a while to discuss the password before returning to the hotel room.

On the way, they were also discussing the issue of secret codes, but to no avail. However, just when Feng Yuan was about to separate from them, he received an email from An Chi Keiko:

"Come on Shinichi! Come to Nishiki's room!"

Something seems to have happened.

The group of people quickly turned back.

Ms. Anchi Keiko and the three people she met before gathered at the entrance of Mr. Nishiki's room, looking at the interior of the room with horror on their faces.

Feng Yuan walked over.

In the room, Mr. Nishiki fell beside the chair, his chest under his neck was covered with blood, and he was still staring at death.

ticking sound.

The sound of water drops making Feng Yuan raise his eyes to the ceiling. Then he saw the radiating pool of blood on the ceiling.

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