The Split-Actress in Conan's World

As usual, Nanatsuki Koshimizu got up early and jogged around the town as usual.

There were no signs of exercise, it was just that she slept little, so her biological clock woke her up early, so she just found something to do to pass the time.

Suiyuan ran until she was sweating slightly, so she stopped, adjusted her breathing, and took out a small package of tissues to wipe herself.

The town is not big, but it would be difficult to walk around it completely without spending two or three hours, so her route is different every day. She usually just chooses a direction and starts running.

Sometimes I go to the morning market in town, eat something, and then wander around aimlessly.

Sometimes I run to the coast, look at the sea when I have nothing to do, pick up some garbage on the coastline, and make a small contribution to the city appearance.

It’s like this every day. Starting the day with an unintentional randomness can bring a little fun to this stagnant and peaceful life.

The slightly rapid heartbeat slowed down a lot. Nanatsuki Koshimizu raised her head and frowned her delicate brows.

How did you get here without realizing it?

There is a sea cliff not far away. The sound of waves hitting the stone wall is very regular, forming an incomplete solo score.

There stood a single villa, with a vaguely abandoned yard to the side. The lavender that seemed to cover everything in my memory was no longer visible.

Nanatsuki Koshimizu's eyes dimmed a little, and she had the urge to escape, but her feet unconsciously walked slowly towards that direction.

If she had persuaded Xiaogui a little longer, Xiaogui would not have gone to work as a maid in that house...

If she had been in Shikoku when it happened instead of going to Tokyo to study at university...

Thinking of the scum detective who caused his best friend to commit suicide because he insisted on his wrong reasoning, Nanatsuki Koshimizu's heart became more determined.

I walked gently into this yard that had been abandoned for several months. What filled my nose was not the fragrant lavender scent that I remembered, but a strong earthy smell that had not been taken care of for a long time.

She picked up a piece of soil and twisted it, and it broke into several pieces. It looked hard and dry. As garden soil, it was almost "dead".

With a low sigh, Nanatsuki Koshimizu suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of being watched, and looked up at a window on the second floor of the villa nearby.

The sunlight gradually became brighter, and a head popped out from the sea, reflecting faint spots of light on the glass, making it difficult for her to see clearly. However, she could still vaguely recognize the outline of a dark shadow behind the window, which seemed to be a man wearing a strange black round hat.

She blinked her eyes and saw more clearly. She saw the faint smoke dissipating and the silver-white hair scattered wantonly. Finally, she was fixed on this moment and met a cold gaze.

"what!"

Nanatsuki Koshimizu was startled and subconsciously took two steps back. She was caught by a brick at the gate of the yard and her ankle was severely sprained.

"hiss......"

She fell to the ground, not caring about the dust staining her pants, her heart full of surprise and doubt.

Isn’t this villa rented to a few old fishermen?

Why is there a man wandering around in there wearing a suspicious black windbreaker and with such scary eyes? ! !

She thought of something and her breathing stopped.

I met a man dressed strangely on the road before, and he looked like this!

It was just that the man had long black hair and a mole on his temple that left a deep impression on people... Because the man was so handsome and his clothes were strange, she subconsciously remembered his image.

Especially a guy who throws cigarette butts around casually.

The person in the villa has silver hair, and they are dressed similarly, could there be any connection...

Have the tenants here gotten into trouble with some gangs?

Nanatsuki Koshimizu was a little nervous and wanted to get away from here, but because she sprained her ankle, she was unable to move for a while, so she could only limp and slowly move out, holding on to the door.

Then, before I could take a few steps, I was blocked.

"Ok?"

Grenfiddich raised his eyes in surprise.

Isn’t this the civilized little girl from before?

Gin just walked out of the villa gate.

He saw Glenfiddich's expression and frowned slightly, then turned to look at Nanatsuki Koshimizu, who was leaning against the door and looked a little nervous.

Her knuckles were trembling from the excessive force and were turning white.

"Take her in with you." After saying this, Gin exhaled a puff of smoke, turned around and walked back.

Gryffindor walked up to the little girl, who shuddered violently and shrank back.

"You... who are you?"

Nanatsuki Koshimizu looked at him warily, holding on to the door frame tightly.

"We are an anti-environmental protection organization." Glenfiddich said sternly, "You are now under arrest for being overly civilized."

"Huh?" Nanatsuki Koshimizu was stunned and her mind went blank for a moment.

Before she could react, she felt her body suddenly suspended in the air, and the sudden weightlessness quickly took away her little sense of security.

With just one hand, Glenfiddich took advantage of the slight momentum and lifted her onto his shoulder. No matter how she struggled, it was useless as she was held firmly by that not particularly strong arm.

This position is the most convenient for transporting people with injured feet.

Humming softly the tune of seven children, Glenfiddich carried her into the villa.

The villa had been cleared of gin and vodka. Now was his time. Glenfiddich silently observed the structure of the villa, looking at each room one by one.

At first, the little girl struggled symbolically, but later, perhaps realizing that struggling was useless, she stopped making any movement, thus saving him from being distracted.

Glenfiddich was able to quickly check out the first floor and walked up the stairs with Nanatsuki Koshimizu.

The space on the second floor is not as big as that on the first floor, so it didn’t take much time to see it all.

"What are you looking at?" The girl who was carried on the man's shoulders suddenly asked curiously. Her tone was quite calm and it didn't look like she was being held hostage by a suspicious man.

"Me?" Grunfiddy chuckled, "I'm looking to see if there are any places that are too environmentally friendly and need our anti-environmental protection organization to clean them up."

Naturally, Koshimizu Nanatsuki did not believe his nonsense.

"Are you observing the structure here? Do you want to modify it?" Nanatsuki Koshimizu guessed to herself, her hair swaying with the frequency of Glenfiddich's movements.

"No..." She looked down at Glenfiddich, who was dressed in black and looked very tough, and suddenly had a bolder guess.

"Are you going to blow this place up?!"

She exclaimed, and when Gryffindor didn't say anything, she knew that her guess might have come true, and she began to struggle again.

"I don't know what you're going to do, but you can't blow this place up!"

Grunfiddie pushed open another door and walked into the room, which was the one where Gin had been before. After hearing what Nanatsuki Koshimizu said, he suddenly felt like teasing the girl.

After all, not everyone dares to provoke bad guys when their own safety cannot be guaranteed.

The feeling that she looked a bit like Shirley came back to me.

"why?"

Nanatsuki Koshimizu's movements froze for a moment, her struggle suddenly weakened, and she felt a little melancholy.

"If this place is destroyed..."

"There will never be any evidence to prove Xiaogui's innocence..."

Grunfiddie put her down, and Nanatsuki Koshimizu leaned against the wall with a sad look on her face.

"I was sent to an orphanage when I was very young and grew up there."

"In a small place like Shikoku, you can imagine that welfare institutions are not going to be much better. Life has always been hard, but luckily I met Xiaogui. We supported each other and worked hard until we grew up. I finished junior high and high school on my own."

"Xiaogui said that she was not very smart, so she would not go to college and decided to find a job after finishing high school. I said that I would join her, but she firmly disagreed, saying that my brain was better than hers and I should get a better education so that I would have a better future in life. She helped me register for the Tokyo University entrance exam and told me not to worry about the tuition fees. Even if I didn't get a scholarship, she would work hard to make money..."

She said with a wry smile, seeming a little fragile, but when she recalled the past days, the deep nostalgia and happiness in her eyes could not be concealed.

"I couldn't persuade her, so I had to go to Tokyo to study at university. Even though we were so far apart, we would video call each other every night to check on each other."

"At first I was really worried, but as time went by I could see that although she worked as a maid in a rich family, she was not treated unfairly. The young lady of that family was also very kind to her, and the two of them became good friends."

"But suddenly one day, something happened to that lady. She was found hanged in her room with the door locked. There was also a suicide note left at the scene, which described her mood before she left, the depression that had been weighing on her heart for a long time."

"Her parents did not allow her to go to a regular school and insisted that she study at home with a tutor. They also required her to be familiar with the etiquette of the upper class and not to interact with ordinary people. She was confined to this villa all day long, and the only hobby she could develop was the lavender garden that she could see outside the window."

"According to her parents' education, she was only allowed to make friends with children from wealthy families. But in this remote place like Shikoku, how many people would her parents like? In the end, the child was forced to play with Xiaogui, a maid, behind their backs..."

"After the young lady's accident, the family was very angry and insisted that she could not have committed suicide. They met all her requests and treated her well in every way. How could she be depressed if she lived such a happy life? So they found a high school student detective who was traveling nearby at the time to get the 'truth'."

"The high school student detective quickly came to the conclusion that this could not be a suicide and classified it as a closed-room murder case. He then pointed out that the window of the room had been removed and only installed with adhesive, using this as evidence that there was another murderer."

"That's why Xiaogui, as the person closest to the young lady, has become the biggest suspect."