Conan Moslin

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

For a moment, almost everyone was wondering, could it be that one of them had the evil intention to kill in order to snatch this first edition?

"The innkeeper was indeed killed, right? Young detective?" Kento Toba said with some understanding in his tone.

He simply borrowed the name from his girlfriend and continued to call Hattori Heiji, the only person present who could be called a detective, in the same way.

What? You mean Conan?

Isn't it normal that the short detective Conan is ignored?

After hearing what Toha said, Hattori Heiji unconsciously glanced at Kurian first, and when he found that she had no intention of taking the lead, he naturally took over the topic.

"In this case, the person who destroyed the gas tank and the phone is obviously the same person. This person does not want us to have any contact with the outside world."

He slowly walked to the center of the crowd. "Although I don't know how the murderer did it, judging from the way this person wants to isolate us, it seems that the murderer wants to continue this killing spree."

After hearing what he said, everyone looked unhappy.

"Hmph! I think the innkeeper did this on purpose. Is this his test, Iwai?" Fujisawa Toshiaki didn't believe what the young man in front of him said. He turned around and questioned the waiter beside him, "If the first edition is found, will this book belong to me?"

Iwai Hitomi, who was suddenly attacked, shook her head in panic: "No, it's not like that... Mr. Jingu is really--"

She almost didn't want to say any more.

Seeing that she seemed a little embarrassed, Kawazu Ikuo, who had been following Fujisawa, quickly tried to smooth things over: "By the way! Ms. Iwai, don't we have a surveillance camera? Maybe we can see what it finds?"

However, after hearing his words, Iwai Hitomi became even more embarrassed.

"The surveillance camera in the room is fake and has no power..."

"what?"

"That's a fake machine that's installed every year when we hold this event," she explained weakly.

"Then what should I do..."

Hattori Heiji carefully observed Conan's expression, and when he looked away he spoke again: "However, one thing I can be sure of is that the murderer asked the innkeeper to get in the car and started the car at around 3:30 in the morning."

At least as things stand, that's when the case occurred.

"So, there is no way that the six of us who had been in the living room for several hours could have committed this murder."

"Then the murderer is one of the five of us who were not in the living room at the time?"

Shimizu Nanako pointed at herself and quickly pointed out a few other people.

The five people Hattori was referring to were Nanako Shimizu, Toshiaki Fujisawa, Ikuo Kawazu, Maria Toda and Yasushi Kuroba.

Maria Toda spoke first to defend herself: "Ms. Kuroba and I have been doing divination since a while ago, so we should be able to corroborate each other, right?"

Li An nodded and was about to say something when Ooki Ayako, who was included in the list of people absent by Hattori Heiji, laughed with a hint of pride.

"Haha, this is really interesting..."

She pulled out her lighter and lit another cigarette, her light eyes flickering over everyone around her.

"I already know who the murderer is, right?"

Ooki Ayako was very pleased with the constant "what did you say" from the people around her, so she continued, "I also have decisive evidence about the method he used, right?"

The murderer is a male.

"I'll give you ten minutes to think about it. If you don't want me to say your name--"

"Will you just bow your head and confess your guilt?"

This kind of challenge would definitely touch the murderer's bottom line, but she didn't care at all. She was fearless, or maybe...

She was familiar with the murderer.

Seeing Miss Ohki preparing to leave the door, Kuroba Kuriya counted silently for a few seconds, and sure enough, he heard a male voice coming from not far away.

"Ayako, where are you going?"

"bathroom."

"You are reckless! If you act alone, the murderer will—"

Oki Ayako turned around and smiled brightly.

"You will protect me, right...? "

"Hey! Wait a minute!"

Kento Toba quickly followed him out.

When the door closed again, Kuroba Kurian withdrew his gaze.

Seeing that the people around her were still in a state of shock, she finally coughed lightly and spoke calmly: "Actually... I brought another work phone with me, maybe I can get in touch with the outside world."

This... this is clearly cheating!

However, this may be their only way to contact the outside world.

Kuroba Kurian would never care about what the people in front of her thought. She naturally ignored the subtle expressions of the people around her and turned her gaze to the cliff behind her.

"I just went to the cliff and found that the signal there seems to be good. I can go there and try to call the police." She said, "If there is no signal there, I will go somewhere else to look."

"Isn't that place too dangerous?" Shimizu Nanako asked worriedly, "Let us go with you."

"It's ok."

If the murderer hadn't come looking for her, the murderer might have been safe.

Haibara Ai & Conan thought silently.

……

Li An picked through the fragments of the phone and took back the phone card that originally belonged to Conan. She refused Conan and Ai's request to follow her out and turned to leave the room.

She ran into Kento Toba head-on, but didn't see Ayako Ooki.

"It's so late, are you going somewhere, Miss Kuroba? It's very dangerous outside."

"I'm going to go out for some fresh air." Li An avoided the main point and asked, "Did Miss Oki tell you who the murderer is?"

Toba said helplessly, "She just said she couldn't even tell me, and then she hid in the bathroom."

Li An didn't ask any more questions, nor did he knock on the bathroom door.

She left the hotel alone and quickly disappeared into the dark night.

It is now a little past four in the morning and the weather is still a little cold. Dewdrops are slowly gathering on the branches not far away.

On the edge of the cliff, rocks of all sizes rolled into the sea, causing the seagulls to scream sharply.

The sea surface was filled with blood.

Ms. Maria looked out the window at the twinkling stars in the sky and whispered to herself.

"The stars are unusually chaotic... as if they were saying that things are not over yet."

……

The starlight dimmed and Ayako Ooki walked into the garage.

It was too dark in the garage, and the faint starlight only made the outline of the car in front of me vaguely visible.

What on earth was Yanren thinking, hiding that book in a place like this?

She smelled the strong and pungent smell of gasoline in the garage, sneezed slightly, covered her nose and frowned, then carefully opened the car door and leaned in to look.

Really, I can't see anything at all!

After searching for a while, Oki Ayako still found nothing.

It would be nice if there was a light source.

Thinking of this, she subconsciously took out her lighter.

But the moment she put her hand on the roller——

The crackling stars from the lighter exploded and completely submerged her body.