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Those who came to the island with the deceased teacher Maruyama were six college students who belonged to the same elective class, four females and two males. Yoshitaka, and the remaining three classmates, Ogura (male), Kurokawa (female) and Iwanaga (female).

After being called again by the police officers, they reluctantly came to the restaurant from the room, but only half of the people came, and Shirase, Kurokawa and Iwanaga had not yet arrived.

"Cai Caijiang's complexion has been uncomfortable since the morning. She should probably stay in the room and rest. I knocked on the door and saw that she didn't respond, so I couldn't bear to wake her up."

Ji Gao was the first to explain why her friend didn't show up. She is a brighter and more arrogant type with mature makeup, but the details of hugging her elbows when talking still reveal the uneasiness of a little girl.

"That's right, after yesterday...such a terrible incident, it's normal for Cai Cai to be frightened. Her personality has always been relatively weak."

Kato reluctantly agreed, and rubbed the back of his neck, which was a little stiff from sleeping, with his hands.He seems to be a son of a wealthy family, with neat clothes and an expensive brand-name watch on his wrist. Every detail shows his extraordinary background.

The last boy, Xiao Cang, was a bit ordinary, and asked impatiently at this moment: "Speaking of which, when will we be able to take us back? Shouldn't it be your police's job to ensure our personal safety? ?”

"After the investigation of this case comes to light, I'm sure I'll be able to go back safe and sound." Police officer Shibazaki knew how difficult it was for this group of students who were not deeply involved in the world and had a background, so he gave a panacea reply perfunctorily.

Xiao Cang urged dissatisfiedly: "Then hurry up - after all, it is because you policemen are so useless that we..."

Before he could finish these unbearable words, he heard a wooden chair beside him move, making a series of creaking sounds.

"It is the duty of the police to protect citizens, but it is not owed to you. Make this clear to me."

The tea chestnut-haired girl who was traveling with her didn't listen to his nonsense at all, she lifted her foot and hooked the heavy foot of the dining chair and dragged it back, then put the sword bag aside, and sat back on the chair with her whole body.The way he folded his arms around his chest and commanded Dun to come to her with a bag to take notes, was even more powerful than a big boss.

"Repeat the original testimony again."

At first, Ogura let out a 'ha' in disbelief, and said bravely, 'Who are you, little sister, don't think you're cute and I won't bully you', but unfortunately, this time Everyone is on the girl's side.

The Shibazaki Police Department, who had gained a wave of favorability because of Ah Li's speech just now, coughed a little, decided to let go of some of her prejudices, and took over the job of retelling the testimony for the students.

After sorting out the testimonies, Ah Li and Atsushi who took notes patiently learned about the self-testimony of everyone during the time when Maruyama was killed.

1 to 2 am is the official time of death of the deceased, but Maruyama himself did not die on the spot, but died after a period of blood loss.Judging from the amount of bleeding at the scene, Maruyama should have died of a large amount of blood loss from the wound on the posterior spine. That is to say, after waiting for Maruyama to die with cold eyes, the murderer cruelly dug out the heart of the corpse and put it in the flower with unknown meaning. Bloody Camellia.

Since it was not a secret room murder case, anyone could enter and leave Maruyama's room, so what everyone was doing during the early morning hours was very important.

But very cleverly, everyone has an alibi, and because of the torrential rain that fell in the early hours of yesterday, they did not hear anything.

"Ah, I was going to sleep yesterday morning, but at that time Jigao suddenly came to my room and said that he had something to discuss with me." Kato said.

"What time exactly? The two of you have been in the room? How long have you been talking?" Shibasaki Police Department guided.

"From 11:50 to around 2 am, yes, just the two of us." Kato replied generously.

Seeing everyone's subtle eyes on him, Ji Gao hurriedly played with the curly hair on his chest to distract his attention: "Why, why are you looking at me with such eyes! It's just because my parents forced me to marry an old man. I just want to discuss with Toshihiko-kun about the blind date, Caicai's family background is generally different from ours, even if I discuss this kind of thing with her, she can't understand..."

But her pale and feeble explanation felt darker and darker.

Then came the testimony of Ogura.

"I went to bed early the day before yesterday, but I woke up in the middle of the night. After going to the bathroom in the room, I thought about going downstairs to get a glass of water. I didn't expect to meet Cai Caijiang who just came out of the room and couldn't sleep." His eyes moved slightly elsewhere, "Everyone knows that we are a club, because I am very interested in the topics assigned by Mr. Maruyama, and Cai Caijiang is the president, so I discussed with her on the balcony. a while."

"How long is this meeting? What did you discuss?"

"For about two hours, I lost track of the time when I chatted without knowing it. At that time, I looked at the time on my phone and it showed more than two o'clock, which even scared me... Well, it's normal for us to talk about specimens and the like. Things, anyway, Mr. Maruyama's matter has nothing to do with Ayana-chan...or me, but Kurokawa and the others are more suspicious."

I don't know why, Xiao Cang's speech always feels a bit vague, and he defends Shirase from time to time in his sentences. The two students next to him seem to be familiar with it, and they probably attribute it to the basic cultivation of dog licking.

In addition to the comparison with Shirase this morning, it was found that the testimony given by the two matched, so the police officers had to admit this statement for the time being.

Dun hugged the notebook and couldn't help but whispered: "College students are really energetic at night... none of them need to sleep."

Ah Li stretched out his arms and patted Dun on the head, then asked the suspects, "Where are the two of Kurokawa and the others?"

"Heichuan has been so scared that he has been bedridden since yesterday. He must have done some 'bad conscience' to be so guilty."

Yoshitaka brushed off his bright red nails, obviously not feeling well towards Kurokawa.

"Her personality is always weird and gloomy, and she doesn't like to talk to people. Only Yan Yong is willing to get close to her. It is said that Yan Yong took Kurokawa back to the room to take care of her in the early morning yesterday. I don't know if what he said is true or not. , although Yan Yong is also a young lady, but she likes to talk to herself, she is just as weird as Kurokawa, heck."

"Speaking of which, why do we still have to pursue the alibi of the few of us?" Kato's tone was a little hesitant, but he still bravely stated his thoughts: "The one who killed Mr. Maruyama was not the 'thing in the house' '...you should all have seen it."

Hearing him mention this matter again, everyone immediately felt that the air in the restaurant had become chilly, as if a dark wind had passed through.

As if unable to bear the mysterious atmosphere brought about by this kind of supernatural event, Ji Gao covered his ears and shouted as if evading: "Stop talking, I won't listen—"

Even Xiao Cang said in a hoarse voice: "That's right, Kato, how can ghosts exist."

Kato shrugged indifferently: "Then how do you explain the disappearance of the crew who sent us here? It can't be that we boarded a ghost ship?"

"Hahaha stop joking—"

Seeing that the group of college students began to forcefully joke, and probably no more information would be revealed, Dun handed the notes he had recorded to Ah Li.

Ah Li flipped forward a few pages with a nonchalant expression, and while reading, he got used to crossing his legs on the chair, swinging the dining chair back and forth like a rocking chair.This relaxed posture caused Dun's expression to change, and he quickly adjusted the skirt for her with flushed cheeks and embarrassment, "Miss, Miss Li! The skirt!"

"It's okay, I'm wearing lace pumpkin pants, they're super cute." A Li, who had been prepared for a long time, waved his hand, and then, ignoring Gu Dun's collapsed expression, he casually asked the students in front of him while flipping through his notes talk.

"Since you came here to make biological samples, do you need to use formalin?"

The laughter of the students trying to dispel the creepy feeling gradually died down at this sentence, and Kato was the first to respond matter-of-factly.

"In order to preserve the intact state of animals and plants, formalin is indeed the most commonly used fixative for preservation. However, the few of us are just here for fun, and the equipment is kept by the teacher and Shirase, Kurokawa There should be, she usually likes to make specimens by herself."

Ji Gao also interjected: "Yes, there are the most three-dimensional specimens of flowers and plants, such as pansies, camellias, etc... ah!"

The camellia is the camellia, as if she suddenly thought of something, her face changed suddenly, "Could it be that she killed Mr. Maruyama! I think she sometimes looks at the teacher and blush! It must be because of love and hatred talent……"

"Yoshitaka." Kato, who felt something was wrong, frowned slightly and interrupted her assertive speech. Seeing this, Yoshitaka could only swallow his anger, "Well, since Toshihiko-kun said so..."

Ah Li's eyeballs rolled around a few people, but he didn't express any opinions.She put away the notes and was handing them back to Dun for safe keeping, when a bell happened to ring from the first floor.

"This is?" she asked curiously.

"This is the bell to announce the meal time. It seems to be an old tradition left in this foreign house." Shibazaki police department solved her doubts, and had to stay here with his subordinates for one night, knowing the things in this house. one two.

But half a minute passed, and an old couple who had prepared in advance pushed the dining car into the restaurant amidst the sound of the bell, tremblingly placed the dinner on the table, and then walked away silently with each other.

Ah Li watched their actions the whole time, and for some reason, felt that the old woman looked familiar.

"Their couple are the old housekeeper and the old cook who have stayed in this house for decades. In fact, we have had a conversation with them before, but..."

The unfinished words of Shibasaki Police Department faded back into his stomach, but everyone present already understood what was going on.

"It's hard to get valid testimony, right?" Ali said calmly.

Because they are a pair of disabled people.

One has no ears and left leg, the other has no eyes and right wrist. He is old, his movements are sluggish, his thinking is slow, and he is completely unaware of the tragedy that happened in this house. He just keeps on time every day like a walking dead Provide food for all.

Even if you ask, it is really difficult to ask anything.

Ah Li quickly put this episode behind him, picked up the slice of bread in the basket with a happy expression, and planned to have dinner with everyone.The police officers also felt that their stomachs seemed a little hungry at the right time, so they took a few pieces of bread and cold ham to satisfy their hunger.

"Let's fill our stomachs first, ah, I just came back from a business trip in Kyushu, and came here in a hurry until the evening, and I haven't had time to have a good meal."

Seeing her innocently taking the food from this house, Dun couldn't help but be shocked: "Miss Li, can you still eat it—"

(This is the food sent from that haunted house! And it was not long after I saw the corpse! It's not suitable for emotion or reason!)

However, Ah Li just blinked at him innocently, and reminded Dun: "Why not? Don't eat now. When you work tonight, you will feel like throwing up and have nothing to throw up."

Dun: "??? Will it be such a horrible job tonight?!"

Ah Li cheerfully brushed chocolate jam on the toast, and ignored him, but this appearance of saying everything without saying anything made Dun feel that the whole person was not well.

"Miss Li, please be more clear..." The bag-carrying boy Dun was extremely humble, and wanted to make a little mental preparation in advance, so as not to embarrass himself in front of her at that time.

But before he, the boss of the detective agency, replied, everyone was greeted by some kind of strange noise at this moment.

It was the sound from below the floor.

'Boom, boom, boom...cheep...'

It seems that there are people imprisoned in the gaps of the plank hammering the floor in pain, calling, asking for help, and accompanied by the harsh sound of scratching, trying to attract the attention of well-intentioned people.

'help me--'

Be it a student or a police officer, anyone who has stayed in the haunted house lost all color in the face at this moment.

"A-here it is again—"

The dining room's chandelier began to flicker and sway, and in the darkness that passed by from time to time, the movement coming from the dark sandalwood floor was getting closer.Every time the dull sound moves, it transmits substantial vibrations, as if invisible fear is approaching people step by step.

As soon as Ah Li put half of the jam on it, half a piece of bread was shaken off by the movement of his feet. The jam side was still facing down, and it fell to the dining table and died tragically. Even the "three-second rule" couldn't save it.

Her eyebrows twitched, and the original innocent curve of her lips gradually disappeared. Those who knew her probably knew that this was a bad start.

In the terrified and uneasy environment, everyone was in danger. Yoshitaka couldn't help but threw himself into Kato's arms in fear, Ogura hid behind the police, Shibasaki and his subordinates pulled out their waist guns for vigilance, and even Ton was trembling. Trying to stand in front of Ah Li to protect her.

But the weird sound of the wave beating the floor still approached again relentlessly.

'save……'

The moment Hei Liang handed over, a certain long sharp blade was quickly unsheathed, and its owner backhand stabbed it into the wooden floor that was hammering non-stop under his feet.

The girl with tea chestnut hair exuding a cold air sullenly held the handle of the knife and spun it around violently, causing sawdust to fly.

"Save me, save your head, there's no end—"

The world is quiet.