Konoha: I, Orochimaru, have seen Hokage

"Ahhh...the wax figure is moving!!!" Hattori's face turned pale with fright.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm a living person. I'm here to scare you first. My name is Makimehito, a crime reporter, and I can be considered a participant of the mystery night." Makimehito said with a smile, rubbing the back of his head.

"So...you are the last one that the housekeeper said didn't come." Hattori was frightened and dissatisfied, but he was not a stingy person either.

Nan Shan, the butler wearing sunglasses, came over: "Mr. Makimu, what are you doing here? Please don't act without authorization, I will be scolded by the city lord."

Apologizing again, Makimu felt like he had screwed up.Nanshan didn't say much, and led them to continue to visit.

Finally, I came to the large living room of the castle, where the lord of the city, Reedram, was waiting for the guests.

The living room is very large, with several hundred square meters. They vaguely saw a row of blurred figures. Are they the first guests?

But when they got closer, they realized that the so-called figures were all wax figures, and the wax figures were exactly the same as all the participants.

The wax figures are dressed in fancy clothes and have a big cape behind them, which looks very strange.The realistic wax figure looks eerie under the dim light.

Mystery night participants are all related to the reasoning of the case.

Orochimaru is a budding detective, Hattori is a genius detective of a high school student, Takigawa is a mystery writer, Kusaburo is a mystery critic, Tomae is the president of the detective agency, Makime is a crime reporter, and Maria is a German detective. A genius forensic girl, Richard is a criminal psychologist, and Edward runs a police department in the United States.

Redram's deep voice came over the radio, obviously a falsetto.

"Everyone, welcome to my city of wax figures. I am Redram. Are you satisfied with this meager gift of mine?

I declare that the ownership of this Baldo city and the construction fee of [-] million yen will be gambled, and the mysterious night begins now!

Well, guests from all over the world, your reasoning ability is one in a hundred, let me appreciate it. "

The sound of the radio had just died away, the drawbridge of the castle was hoisted, and the gates were closed.

"Everyone, in order to let you concentrate on your reasoning, you are not allowed to leave the castle for four days. Those who do not abide by it will be regarded as abstaining from the vote. This is Mr. Redram's meaning."

This kind of thing has never been said before, Nanshan stood up and explained to everyone.

The participants looked different, but none of them wanted to give up.Orochimaru didn't think that a reasoning game should be done like this, maybe he wanted to do a fake show for real.

The castle is now isolated from the outside world, with no cell phone signal and closed gates. It is an excellent place for crime.

Mystery nights are well rewarded and can be a motive for the crime, maybe something else.

Orochimaru doesn't care if he commits a crime or not, as long as the reward is real.He was steeped in science and didn't intend to break the law, no one could hurt him anyway.

The guest's room had already been prepared, Nanshan took them there and gave the room key.

The room is a bit dark and old but very clean. Orochimaru's stronghold in the ninja world is quite similar to this place.

There are strange clothes on the bed, which are the same as those worn by the wax figure. It seems that you have to wear this kind of thing to participate in the mysterious night.

I have dinner at the restaurant at seven o'clock in the evening, and now I can rest for two hours.

Everyone came to the restaurant one after another in strange clothes.Different from the appearance of the castle and the living room, the restaurant is extraordinarily resplendent and magnificent, with precious paintings hanging on the walls.

One of the paintings caught Orochimaru's attention because the girl in the painting resembled Maria.

Not only the appearance is coincidentally similar, but also the eyes and temperament overlap, as if she is the person in the painting.

They came to the castle together in Hattori's car, and Orochimaru thought that Maria had foreign blood, so she ignored her strangeness.

After careful observation, Orochimaru couldn't tell what was wrong with her, but she was by no means an ordinary person.

Perhaps surprised by Maria after changing clothes, Makime pretended to be a knight and said: "If you don't mind, I will be your bodyguard."

"Thank you very much." Maria was dignified and polite, with a playful smile.

The dinner was very sumptuous, and when the wine was full, the butler Nanshan suggested that the guests could go to the underground gym, which has billiards and a game room.

Because she wanted to catch up with the manuscript, Ms. Dokigawa was reluctant to go, but in principle, all members participated in the event.

So, all participants came to the underground gym.The basement is huge, and it still feels empty when several people arrive.There are many billiard rooms here, presumably the owner of the castle likes this sport very much.

When everyone was having fun, there was a sudden scream, it was Maria's voice.

Following the sound, they rushed to a billiard room, when Ma Hui was lying on the table with a knife stuck in her back.Poor Miss Maria curled up in a corner in fright, and Maki stepped forward to comfort her without losing the opportunity.

"Ms. Toma... No, it's a wax figure!" Hattori mistook it for a corpse at first, but it turned out to be a dummy.

An angry Jiu Sanlang complained: "Who made a prank..."

"Everyone must be very surprised, so the next step is the puzzle of the mysterious night. Please investigate Dang Mahui's body in detail and find out the real culprit. Please work harder."

The radio rang, and it was Redram's voice.The first puzzle is the wax figure murder incident.

It's just that the wax figure is hard to analyze, but its right hand is holding two billiard balls.

Bando Jiusaburo stroked his chin and said, "These two billiard balls are [messages from the deceased] pointing out the identity of the murderer."

"Well, the red and green balls...I see, I know who the murderer is?" Richard the criminal psychologist was confident, "If this is the color of the clothes left by the victim to suggest the murderer, then The murderer is the man in red and green, Makime-san!"

"Ho ho ho, I don't think this is possible." Orochimaru mocked unabashedly.

Richard frowned: "What do you mean?"

"The deceased was pierced through the heart. The murderer should have blood splashed all over his body, and his clothes should also be changed. The color cannot be used to determine that Mr. Makime is the murderer." Orochimaru explained.

"Then who do you think is the murderer?" Richard was unconvinced.

"The balls held by the deceased were numbers 9 and 3, and the murderer should be Bando Jiusaburo." Orochimaru looked at Bando Jiusaburo.

"Are...are you kidding, you actually say I'm a murderer!" Bando Jiusaburo was a little annoyed.

"Mr. Orochimaru, it's a pity that there is a huge contradiction in your reasoning." Hattori had a confident smile on his face, "The victim was stabbed in the heart and died on the spot. He didn't have the strength to hold the billiard ball, so this is the killer. In other words, the murderer wants to blame Bando Kuusaburo."

"Then do you know who the murderer is?" Orochimaru was not annoyed at being pointed out as wrong.

"Of course, the murderer is you, Mr. Orochimaru." Hattori said with his arms folded.