Detective Conan: Orange-flavored summer
Chapter 38 The Long-Dead Man Rings the Doorbell
Suddenly, he stopped talking, and said in a slower voice, "Yes, no problem, the heater is still working." After that, he put the receiver back.
He continued, "It was the manager of this villa who called. He said it was snowing and he was worried that the heater wouldn't work, so he called to ask."
"Where are you going, kid?" Misato Nakamura looked at Conan and said.
Conan turned around and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."
"Three years ago... Xiao Ai, do you have any way to check it out?" Shangguan Chinatsu looked at Haibara Ai and asked.
Upon hearing this, Huiyuan Ai shook her head and said, "There is no tool to check." (Let me explain here that in that era, flip phones were the best phones."
"Is that so?" Shangguan Qianxia pounded the table with her hands in frustration.
ding dong...
Shimoda came out of the door and walked towards the door, saying as he walked, "Yes, I'll be right there."
Shangguan Qianxia also stood up and followed them.
Shimoda opened the door and looked at the person outside with surprise. He said, "Teacher Sugiyama, it's you." He held Sugiyama's arm and turned to say to the person inside, "Our music teacher is finally here."
"Really? Can you please stop scaring people?" Misato Nakamura said helplessly.
"What are you doing? Come inside quickly." Shimoda said, pulling Sugiyama with his hand.
Sugiyama fell straight forward, his eyes wide open and his body as stiff as a stone.
Misato Nakamura leaned over to look at Sugiyama who was lying on the ground, and there was a sharp explosion!
"What's going on?! Teacher Sugiyama, wake up!"
Shangguan Qianxia looked at Sugiyama lying on the ground with a frown, wondering how a dead person could ring the doorbell.
"No need to shout, he's already dead."
"How could Sugiyama-sensei die?"
"Could it be that he froze to death?"
"No, this man was killed. His neck was strangled. You see, there are traces of rope on his neck, and the body has become stiff. This is what people call rigor mortis," Conan explained.
"If it's rigor mortis, he should have been killed nine hours ago." Shangguan Qianxia said.
Then she continued, "When was the last time you saw him?"
"Ah, the last time we saw him was at school." Nakamura Misato replied. Now she no longer doubted Shangguan Chinatsu. After all, there was no grudge between them.
"The reason his body was standing in front of the door ringing the doorbell was because someone leaned him against the intercom," Shimoda said.
"But when the intercom rang, weren't we all having dinner by the fireplace?" Sakai asked puzzledly.
"It seems like the murderer is not someone in this room," said Akiko Yonehara.
Shimoda asked puzzledly: "Who could it be?"
"Look, he also has something written on his hand." Shangguan Qianxia reminded.
"Well, I think this is the same person who attacked Yonehara-sensei and Sonoko-nee."
"Teacher Yonehara's is 'Mi', Sonoko's is 'Na', and this one's is 'Zi', together they are Minako." Shangguan Chinatsu said lightly. Now she can be said to have gotten rid of suspicion. Judging from these three characters, this has nothing to do with her at all.
After hearing this name, Akiko Yonehara and her group all started to look strange.
Shimoda even covered his face with his hands and screamed in fear.
Misato Nakamura asked with concern: "Teacher Shimoda, what's wrong with you?"
Unexpectedly, Shimoda waved Nakamura Misato's hand away and said uneasily: "Don't touch me! This has nothing to do with me!"
After saying that, he ran towards the room.
Everyone came to the door of Shimoda's room. Yonehara Akiko knocked on the door and said, "Teacher Shimoda, it's me, Teacher Yonehara. Please open the door."
From inside the door came Xia Tian's roar: "Stop talking nonsense, leave me alone!"
"There's really nothing we can do about him." Yonehara Akiko said helplessly.
"Now we just have to wait for him to calm down."
"Let's contact the police first," said Akiko Yonehara.
In order to avoid becoming a suspect, Shangguan Qianxia now follows the main force closely.
"Someone was killed?" Xiaolan said in surprise.
Yonehara Akiko looked at Xiaolan and said, "It's Mr. Sugiyama who hasn't shown up yet. His body appeared at the gate."
"Has the murderer been caught?"
"Could he have come in from there again when we were all gathered at the door?" She said, looking at Shangguan Qianxia uncertainly.
Shangguan Qianxia covered her forehead with her hands speechlessly. She pointed at Yonehara Akiko and said, "I was right beside her at the time."
"Yes, that's right, Miss Shangguan has always been by my side." said Akiko Yonehara, nodding.
"Yeah, I knew it. How could Chinatsu attack Sonoko and the others?" Xiaolan said happily after seeing that Shangguan Chinatsu was completely clear of suspicion.
"Don't worry, I just asked Mr. Sakai to call the police."
While they were still chatting, Shangguan Qianxia kicked Conan beside her. She leaned over to Conan and whispered, "Conan, were there icicles under the eaves when you came here?"
"Well, did you notice this too? If no one had used the heater before we arrived, there shouldn't be icicles under the eaves."
"Then there is only one possibility..." Shangguan Qianxia showed a confident smile on her face.
"Yes, but there are still too few clues." Conan said with a frown.
"It's useless. They said the snowstorm is too strong and it would be dangerous to send a car over. So they said we can only wait until the morning when the snow is lighter. What should we do?" Sakai said anxiously.
"In that case, do we have to stay here until morning? The murderer might have sneaked in here again."
"Why, how could this happen? We all came here happily to ski." Misato Nakamura said in confusion with tears in her eyes.
"If only that guy were here now." Xiaolan said depressedly.
"Who is it?" asked Akiko Yonehara puzzledly.
Xiaolan smiled when she heard this, and she said, "It's Shinichi. Have you forgotten? When I was in the fourth grade of elementary school, I once lost my food allowance, and it was Shinichi who helped me find it."
"Oh, you mean the somewhat arrogant detective." Yonehara Akiko suddenly realized.
"He's a high school detective now."
"Hearing you say that, I also remembered that his name was once published in the newspaper."
"Kudo Shinichi, only 16 years old, is said to be a famous detective who can solve any case. By the way, although he is still a kid, there must be a reason for that."
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