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"..."

Mr. Detective and Ms. Victim were silent again.

This conversation is really weird!

Chapter 42 The Famous Detective Nero II

The door to the room at the top of the stairs on the first floor.

Nero didn't enter the door in a hurry, but looked at the doorknob of the room, and after careful inspection, he came to a conclusion.

"...This door was forcibly opened after it was locked?"

"Yes." Suzumi Sugimoto nodded.

Nero understood.

Go into the room.

The windows of the room were open and rattled.

The wall and floor directly below the window were covered in blood, which had already turned black and dried up.

"This room is the room where you were killed last, that guy Rohan's room."

"Yeah... wait, that Luhan guy?" Sugimoto Suzumi was taken aback, "Mr. Detective, do you know little Luhan? How is he doing now?"

"I know. After all, he is the only survivor of this case. I must get in touch with him. As for how he is now... At the age of 20, he bought a mansion and used it as a studio. At the age of graduation, financial freedom has been achieved, and for the remaining decades, we only need to consider how to break through our limits.

"Although he doesn't have a girlfriend, a guy of this level will never have the problem of not being able to find a girlfriend. At most, he will be temporarily single because the girl posted doesn't meet the criteria for choosing a mate. In short—

"—a winner in life."

Although this winner in life is currently in hospital.

Why are you hospitalized?

This, I can only say that I don’t know, I don’t know anything!

"Mr. Detective, looking at your expression... I always feel that you are hiding something from me?" Suzumi Suzumi blinked at Nero.

Nero didn't change his face and his heart beat: "I'm fine, what are you doing to hide this from you? I was thinking about the case 15 years ago."

Is this the intuition of the legendary woman who surpassed the ability to stand in?

What an unreasonable ability.

Immediately, Nero changed the topic.

First, he looked around the entire room, and then looked at the quilt that was lifted on the bed.

"This room is the guest room you gave to Kishibe Rohan—although I don't quite understand why you let the four-year-old kid live in a room alone, but it's not important. The important thing is that on the night of the incident, I escaped all the way from the second floor You came down and rushed into this room, and—"

Nero looked at the broken lock.

"You rushed into the room and locked the door immediately, and the prisoner started trying to break the door with brute force.

"And you opened the window, woke up Kishibe Rohan on the bed, opened the window and pushed Rohan out. Because of the back injury and lack of physical strength, and the four-year-old child's physical strength is limited even if he wants to cooperate in fear, It still takes some time to carry a four-year-old child to the window frame about 1.2 meters above the ground and then push it out.

"It takes about five seconds for an adult male like me to complete an action, but you probably need half a minute to a minute. Then..."

Nero looked at the blood stains under the window that had stained the walls and floor.

"The prisoner broke open the door.

"You who just sent Lu Ban out of the room didn't even turn around, and were killed by the prisoner from behind.

"That's why you didn't see the prisoner until your death."

Suzumi Sugimoto nodded.

Probably because it has been 15 years since she died, the only thing Sugimoto Suzumi struggles with is the murderer who has not been arrested yet. As for her own death, she no longer takes it so seriously...it has even been adapted by the girl herself. Ghost stories are told to amuse anyone who strays into an alley.

Earthbound spirits are such a thing.

People who had grievances during their lifetime, unresolved grievances, and unrevenge will not ascend to heaven after death, but will remain in the world as earth-bound spirits.They don't hurt people for no reason, they only want to fulfill their wishes, and only when their wishes are fulfilled can they become Buddhas——

That's what it says in the storybook.

As for whether this is really the case, no one knows, after all, there is no set set in this world.

Nero turned his head.

"Miss Suzumi."

"I'm here!"

Suzumi Sugimoto clenched her fists seriously, ready to respond to Nero's call at any time.

Then Suzumi Sugimoto saw Nero pointing to the window in a daze.

"... If you don't mind, can I ask you to lie down?"

"...like when I died?"

"right……"

Nero nodded.

Suzumi Sugimoto looked at the blood-stained window, with a few black lines on her head.

Nero was also helpless: "Don't think it's dirty at this time, and it's your own blood."

Suzumi Suzumi had a small grievance on her face: "My own blood must be disgusting too! Don't tell me that when you have a nosebleed or a broken finger, the napkin after wiping the blood will not be thrown away as garbage, but will be kept by your side Well? Forget it, anyway, ghosts are not dirty... I can only comfort myself like this."

Suzumi Sugimoto walked to the window with small steps.

Looking at the dark blood stains on the window frame, Suzumi Sugimoto let out a "Hey" and lay down cautiously.

Then Nero said again.

"Take off your clothes."

"???"

window.

Undress.

Suzumi Sugimoto blushed instantly.

Nero quickly coughed a few times: "Ahem, cough, don't think about it! I just want to see your wound!"

"I, I, I, I, I didn't say anything! You are the only one who thinks about H at a time like this... Well, yes, you are the only one!"

"...I didn't say what I was thinking about?"

"Ah this..."

"..."

"..."

There is a strange atmosphere in the air.

And Suzumi Sugimoto said cautiously: "Is it okay to just look at the back?"

"...I'm not going to look ahead either."

"Oh!"

Suzumi Sugimoto breathed a sigh of relief.

Pulling the shoulder straps with both hands, the dress was pulled down, exposing the back to Nero's sight.

What met Nero's eyes were two hideous wounds.

One is a vertical "cut" wound.

One is a "puncture" wound in the heart.

Nero, on the other hand, looked at the wound and touched his pocket.

Suzumi Suzumi, who turned her head to look behind her, took out a Swiss Army Knife in her bewildered gaze.

"Wait, wait, what are you doing with a knife?!"

"Don't be nervous, I'll just make gestures... Forget it, I should bring a pen."

Nero put the knife back and took out a ballpoint pen instead.

Holding a pen and a knife in his hand, he began to gesture towards Sugimoto Suzumi's back.

"Miss Sugimoto, the injury the murderer inflicted on you in this room is a puncture wound in the heart, right?"

"Yeah... what's wrong?"

"Please restore as much as possible the "precise position" and "inclination angle" of your body that night 15 years ago. "

"……Oh."

Suzumi Suzumi stood obediently, while Nero slowly stabbed Suzumi's back with the pen.

The pen cap lightly touched the back of the ground binding spirit.

"The contact between the pen cap and your back is higher than your actual wound. What does this mean, Miss Sugimoto?"

"Does that mean you are taller than the prisoner?"

"Yes."

"Is not this nonsensical!"

The disheveled Suzumi stood up straight, clutching her chest and looking at Nero behind her.

"You're almost two meters tall, aren't you? The entire Duwang Town... No, there may not be anyone taller than you in the entire S City!"

"Don't worry, Miss Sugimoto—I'm not bragging, I know a thing or two about this kind of "cutting" data.I know a thing or two about how much force to use, from what angle, and what height to swing a knife to inflict what kind of wound. "

I mean it.

Anyone who has been cut by a corrugated knife can attest to this.Those who are dissatisfied can go to debate with them-although Nero is not sure whether he is alive or not in this world.

Nero gently turned Sugimoto Suzumi's position, back to the direction of his back, and gently stretched out his right hand to touch Sugimoto Suzumi's back.

Touched the hideous wound.

Gently sliding the fingertips from the upper end of the wound, a numb feeling echoed in Sugimoto Suzumi's mind in an instant, until Nero's fingertips left her body along the end of the wound.

Just when Sugimoto Suzumi turned her back to Nero's face flushed, Nero suddenly said such words.

"175cm."

"……Hey?"

Suzumi Sugimoto didn't realize it for a while: "What is 1.7 meters five?"

Nero, however, gently helped Sugimoto Suzumi get dressed, with the corners of her mouth raised upwards.

"—the prisoner's height."

Chapter 43 Detective Nero No. [-]

Following the blood on the stairs, Suzumi Suzumi, whose face was flushed red, led Nero to her boudoir.

There is a pool of dark blood under the coat hanger in the corridor, which is the accumulation of blood released by Suzumi Suzumi's dog after its throat was cut.In the girl's room, Nero looked carefully at the girl's bed.

"You were... licked by him that night?"

"……Correct."

Thinking of what happened that day, Suzumi Suzumi subconsciously felt nauseated.

How can there be such a disgusting person.

Nero took a deep breath: "There are a few questions that might offend..."

"I even took off my clothes, what could be more offensive? Just ask." Sugimoto Suzu said nonchalantly.

Nero nodded.

"According to your testimony, no, it should be the last words...not right... Anyway, it is according to your statement.

"When you try to reach out for your dog, do you think it's your dog licking your hand for 'how many 10 minutes'? "