Suzumiya Yoruichi and Kudo Shinichi stood at the door, put their ears against the door, and listened carefully to the movements outside the door. However, except for the sounds of breathing and heartbeats, there was silence around.

After a long time, the two looked at each other and saw doubt in each other's eyes.

What have Mingyue and Shaonan been talking about for so long?

Kudo Shinichi looked at Suzumiya Yoruichi and asked with his eyes if he wanted to go out and take a look.

Suzumiya Yoruichi shook her head slightly and gave a look that indicated she would wait and see.

The two continued to lie on the door panel and listen to the noise outside, and the uneasiness in their hearts increased sharply.

Could it be that Mingyue pretending to be Yiji was discovered by the Shirigata family? Kudo Shinichi was worried and couldn't help but start to have wild thoughts.

Suddenly, Jabami Aoi's angry voice filled the entire villa.

"Who is it?! Who killed Shao Nan? Don't let me find out, or I will tear him into pieces!"

Suzumiya Yoruichi and Kudo Shinichi, who were originally clinging to the door panel, were both startled. They quickly opened the door and ran out, and saw Jabami Aoi standing at the door of Shao Nan's room with his sleeves wet.

The two of them walked over quickly, looking past Jabami Aoi into the room, and found Shirigata Shaonan lying wet at the door of the bathroom, motionless.

Jabami Aoi held a wet Nereus doll in her left hand. The doll's short blue hair was tangled and the violin in her hand was missing.

"Whoever among you entered Shaonan's room and drowned Shaonan in the bathtub, just like this doll." Jabami Aoi's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he held a sharp knife in his right hand, with the tip of the knife flashing coldly.

Kudo Shinichi wanted to enter the room, but was stopped by Jabami Aoi. Kudo Shinichi stretched his neck and looked around the room, but did not see Mingyue. He felt more and more uneasy. When he saw Shirigata Shaonan lying on the floor, he said quickly: "It is possible to save someone within 20 minutes of drowning. Let me in, I..."

When Jabami Aoi saw that Kudo Shinichi was trying to break in regardless of the consequences, she raised her foot and violently kicked Kudo Shinichi far away.

Boom!

Kudo Shinichi bumped into the wall without any preparation, and felt a burning pain in his back. He looked at the angry Jabami Aoi in surprise, but the pain also calmed him down instantly.

Suzumiya Yoruichi's eyes swept across the room. The room was in a mess, as if someone had run through it.

"Can I come in?" Suzumiya Yoruichi glanced at the sharp knife in Jabami Aoi's hand.

At this time, Kisaki Eri was holding Mouri Ran, and Shiina Arisa was beside her. They walked over quickly.

"What happened?" Eri Kisaki looked at Kudo Shinichi who was rubbing his lower back and struggling to get up.

Ibaraki Jifeng, who was wearing a suit, rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked in confusion, "What happened?"

"Shao Nan is dead." Liang Gong Yi looked at the people who rushed over.

Ibaraki Jifeng's eyes widened instantly, with an incredible look on his face, "Master Shaonan, he..."

Kudo Shinichi walked up to Jabami Aoi, and a cold wind blew through his hair. "Jabami-san, you have to believe me. Shao Nan might still be saved!"

"You are Yiji's companion, do you think I will believe you?" Jabami Aoi pointed her knife at everyone present one by one, "You are her teacher, you are her classmates, and there is also her classmate's mother. I don't trust any of you. You want to enter the room not to save people, but to destroy the evidence, to destroy the evidence that Yiji is the murderer."

Suzumiya Yoruichi keenly sensed something was wrong.

Kudo Shinichi tried his best to defend Mingyue, "How can you be sure that she killed Shaonan?"

Arisa Shiina, who was standing next to Kisaki Eri, suddenly dilated her pupils, turned around and ran towards Mingyue's room. Her sweaty palms touched the cold door handle, and she turned it lightly, and the door opened.

A cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew in.

The window of Mingyue's room was open, and there was a row of footprints on the windowsill. If it had been a little later, it might have been covered by the wind and snow.

"Mom!" Mao Lilan looked around worriedly, but couldn't see Mingyue.

Shiina Arisa said to Kisaki Eri in a tearful voice: "She is not in the room. Where did she go? Is she the same as those people..."

The biting cold wind carried large flakes of snow into the room, which was completely empty. At this moment, time seemed to have been frozen into frost.

Suzumiya Yoruichi frowned, "Oh no! Let's go to the storage room!" After saying that, he turned around and ran downstairs. Seeing that Kisaki Eri was about to follow him, he quickly said, "Look on the second floor. Ijime should be nearby."

Jabami Aoi looked at Suzumiya Yoruichi's back, slowly closed the door of Shaonan's room, and leaned against the door, not allowing anyone to enter the room.

"Wait for me." Ibaraki Jifeng quickly returned to the room, took the key, and followed Kudo Shinichi downstairs.

At the door of the storage room on the first floor of the villa, Kudo Shinichi checked the padlock on the door. The lock was intact. Even the hair that he secretly stuffed into the keyhole was exactly the same as before.

Butler Ibaraki Jifeng rushed over with the key, and without caring about the hair, he inserted the key into the keyhole and turned it gently.

Click~

The lock is unlocked.

The door was pushed open, and in this windowless storage room, the maid Momota Kachiko was dead.

She was strangled to death, leaving deep scratches on the chair back next to her fingers. She seemed to have struggled with all her strength, and some of her nails were broken in the fierce resistance, leaving her fingers covered in blood.

His eyes almost popped out of their sockets, his mouth opened wide, as if he had called out loudly, but no one heard him.

A bright red scarf was wrapped around her neck, the color of blood.

Suzumiya Yoruichi bent down and picked up the black-haired puppet - Gaia - from the ground. The musical instrument in the puppet's hand had also been taken away. There was a red rope wrapped around the puppet, just like Momota Kachiko at this moment.

Shinichi Kudo looked around the room, completely unable to understand how the murderer killed Momota Kachiko and how he left this closed room, but he was more worried about Mingyue now.

"Go to the study and see if Echo's doll is still there." Suzumiya Yoruichi said in a low voice.

Butler Ibaraki Jifeng followed the two of them up to the second floor and entered the study.

Kudo Shinichi saw Shiina Arisa who was almost crying in the study.

"Kudo, we searched the second floor thoroughly but couldn't find her. Where do you think she went? What should we do? What should we do now?!" Tears welled up in Shiina Arisa's eyes.

Mao Lilan, who was very uneasy, said to Kisaki Eri: "Mom, put me down, I want to find someone too."

Fei Yingli looked around and said soothingly: "Your feet are all covered with blisters."

"Mom, you said these injuries will heal, and isn't it more important to find someone now?" Mao Lilan looked at her mother.

Suzumiya Yoruichi stood in front of the desk. Where there were four dolls before, now there was only one doll left - Tantalus.

Kudo Shinichi's breathing was a little rapid, "Teacher! Echo's doll is missing, will she..."

Suzumiya Yoruichi narrowed her eyes behind her gold-rimmed glasses, and held her chin in thought for a moment, "Let's go to her room and take a look."

"Ok!"

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