Conan: I can hear the murderer's voice

night.

Xiaolan neither returned home nor stayed with Lin Xuan.

She was invited by her senior Yajima from the karate club to visit a shared apartment in the city center.

This senior student was very caring towards Xiaolan when they were still at Teitan High School. Now that Yajima is studying at university, their relationship is not distant.

Yajima noticed that the schoolgirl looked at the entrance from time to time with eager eyes, and could not hide the excitement on her face.

The carefree senior couldn't help but ask:

"Xiaolan, are you in love?"

"Is it your boyfriend who's coming to pick you up?"

Xiaolan's face suddenly flushed.

Lin Xuan sent a message ten minutes ago saying that he had solved the case at the police station and would go with Mao Li to take her home.

Thinking about meeting her senior soon, Xiaolan's heart couldn't help but beat fast.

"No, that's not it. Senior, please don't make fun of me anymore."

Xiaolan quickly explained and lowered her head to take a sip of juice.

[Although I really want to establish a relationship with the senior, Sonoko also likes him]

[How should I deal with my relationship with my senior and Sonoko? ]

This problem has been bothering the girl ever since the mountain climbing murder incident.

She would never give up Lin Xuan, but she also didn't want to lose her good friend whom she had made since kindergarten.

Xiaolan choked on the juice due to distraction. Her delicate face became even redder due to the sudden cough. Xiaolan covered her mouth with both hands in embarrassment.

But in Yajima's opinion, Xiaolan's shy look was simply making things even more obvious.

Curiosity made her continue to ask the school girl:

"Still want to hide it from me? Your boyfriend is Kudo, right?"

In Yajima's opinion, only Kudo Shinichi is worthy of this outstanding junior schoolmate.

"what?"

Xiaolan raised her head with a surprised expression on her face:

"Kudo?"

【Who is Kudo? 】

[Oh, you are talking about Shinichi]

They haven’t been in touch for so long that Xiaolan has almost forgotten what her childhood sweetheart looks like.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she quickly shook her head and said:

"Senior, stop guessing. I haven't been in touch with Shinichi for a long time."

This time it was Yajima who was shocked.

[If it's not Kudo, who else can catch Xiaolan's eye? ]

Just then the doorbell rang and the person who came to pick Xiaolan up arrived.

Yajima quickly got up and opened the door himself to confirm who Xiaolan's boyfriend was.

In addition to the Detective Maori who I knew before, there was also an elementary school student with a gloomy expression on his face, and a young man whose looks were no less than those of the Johnny's idol.

Even though he mistakenly thought that Xiaolan had confirmed her relationship with Lin Xuan, Yajima's heartbeat began to accelerate in an instant.

[Good, so handsome! ]

[Is he wearing a Teitan uniform? There is actually such a handsome guy in my alma mater]

Yajima swallowed the saliva in his mouth and wanted to give a perfect self-introduction to the handsome guy in front of him.

But at this moment, "Ahhhhhh!!!"

A man's frightened scream was heard from the second floor of the shared apartment.

Conan's eyes sparkled with excitement.

【Come and live! 】

Because of financial constraints, Senior Yajima rents a house with three other people.

Screams came from the room of Miss Garner, a tenant living on the second floor, and a group of people rushed up to check what was going on.

The woman lay peacefully on the bed, seemingly just sleeping, but the wound on her neck was so deep that it almost cut her head off her body.

A shocking amount of blood dyed half of the bed red, and the splattered blood stained half of the wall and floor with an ominous color.

As for the blood-stained dagger, it was thrown casually on the ground.

There was no need to call an ambulance for the horrific condition of the corpse, so Maori called Megure directly.

The one who screamed was another tenant, Suzuki, a seemingly honest worker. He was so disgusted by the horrible state of the corpse that he squatted on the ground and retched.

At the same time, the last roommate, Kawakami, a female clerk who lived on the first floor of the apartment, also heard the noise and rushed over.

Kawakami stood at the door of the room, tiptoeing to look inside and was curious about these strangers:

"What happened? Who are they?"

Kogoro put down the phone. It would take some time for the police to arrive, so this was a good opportunity for the famous detective to show his skills.

"It is unfortunate that Miss Garner was murdered in an extremely cruel manner."

"But as a famous detective, I, Maori Kogoro, will find out the truth of this case as soon as possible!"

【What? 】

[Sleeping Kogoro? How did he appear here? ]

The murderer panicked instantly.

The rent in a shared apartment is low, but most of the residents are just acquaintances.

Even though the murderer knew that a high school girl would visit tonight, he didn't expect that the girl was the daughter of a famous detective.

Lin Xuan couldn't help but look at Mao Li with a complicated look.

[Although the uncle's reasoning can only eliminate the correct option]

[But the title of a well-known detective can help me identify the murderer early.]

Several detectives immediately began investigating the apartment structure and the victim's interpersonal relationships.

In order to protect the privacy and safety of residents, the left and right sides of the staircase leading to the second floor were originally blocked by walls.

However, some residents complained about the ugly design. In order to make the house more rentable, the landlord opened a window on the left wall of the elevator facing the living room.

A pot of green plants taller than a person is placed in the corner of the living room, covering the newly opened half glass on the staircase wall, making the overall environment look more fashionable.

Xiaolan has been chatting with her club seniors in the living room tonight. Both of them can clearly monitor other people going up and down the second floor through the glass on the wall of the elevator.

"Xiaolan, recall it well."

Kogoro places his hopes of solving the case on his daughter:

"Before the body was found, who was on the second floor tonight?"

Xiaolan said hesitantly:

"Except for the victim, Ms. Garner, I only noticed Mr. Suzuki going up there."

Mao Li felt that he had grasped an important clue:

"The room that Suzuki rented is on the first floor. The bathroom, living room and kitchen are also on the first floor. What was he doing on the second floor?"

The second floor only has rooms rented by two women, Yajima and Gana.

Kogoro turned around to investigate other clues.

Conan found a clue on the staircase. The window facing the living room was located in the middle of the staircase, and the length of the window was about one-sixth of the total length of the stairs.

"This is?"

He suddenly noticed that to the left of the window, there was a square area on the wall that was noticeably lighter in color than the surrounding area.

Plus the protruding half nail, it was obvious that someone had hung some decoration on the left side of the window before.

The decoration was recently removed, which caused the color of the square area to look out of place compared to the rest of the wall.

What really caught Conan's attention was the bloodstain on the nail. He put his head against the window glass to observe the situation in the living room.

Noticing the location of the refrigerator, Conan showed a look of surprise on his face.

[I see! I understand!]

As for Lin Xuan, he just walked around the apartment and no longer spent time investigating, but instead spent time with Xiaolan.

Xiaolan lived successfully in Beika Town until she was sixteen years old. In addition, her father and childhood sweetheart were both detectives, so she had long been desensitized to corpses.

But in front of her senior, she pretended to be scared and nestled her head in Lin Xuan's arms.