Conan: The Master Behind the Scenes

"But, but Mr. Shiraishi, why did the murderer go to such great lengths this time?"Kaneda Daisuke was confused.

"Because, I'm afraid this murder is not part of his plan!" Bai Shiwu looked thoughtfully at all the items in the room and guessed.

"W-What!?"

"Not in the plan?"

"What does this mean?"

Bai Shiwu frowned, looking at the pile of clothes in the corner of the bathroom, and said,"The clothes thrown here are not the clothes worn by the deceased. This means that when the deceased was killed, the deceased's clothes were stained with blood, so they were disposed of by the murderer!"

"Hey! But why, why do you say that this crime is no longer in the plan?" Murayama Kenichi couldn't help asking

"This is just my guess! Although I have an 80% feeling that my guess is very likely to be true!"

Bai Shiwu suddenly noticed a pair of stockings from the pile of clothes.

"Wait! All the clothes are clean. It is obvious that the murderer wants to hide something. Hiding will give us clues to the real crime scene, but... it seems that he was too hasty when committing the crime, so he didn't deal with all the clues!"

Shiraishi Takeshi looked at the dusty stockings with interest, and thought to himself:"There is a lot of dust on the stockings worn by the deceased before he was killed, so - the crime scene is definitely a place where few people go!"

"Mr. Shiraishi, did you find something?"Kaneda Daisuke asked with great joy.

"Indeed!"

Shiraishi Takeshi glanced meaningfully at everyone present, and said seriously:"If my guess is correct, the deceased may have accidentally discovered the clue pointing to the murderer!! The murderer noticed this and killed the deceased. The question now is, where was the deceased killed and what did she find there?"

Everyone left Ogata Natsuyo's room and returned to their own rooms. They locked the doors and windows, waiting for the storm to end. Shiraishi

Takeshi and the other two had just returned to the door of their room.

They opened the door and were about to walk into the house.

Suddenly,

Saotome Ryoko trembled and followed quickly from behind.

With a panicked look on her face, she grabbed Shiraishi Takeshi's arm and pulled him to the empty staircase.

"Wu……"Miyano Akemi spoke worriedly

"Ms. Saotome, please wait a moment, I'll take care of them two first!"

Although Saotome Ryoko is also a good prey, how can she compare to Miyano Akemi and Ai!

Shiraishi Takeshi smiled at her apologetically, then walked to Miyano Akemi and Ai, personally sent them into the room, and then, when the door blocked his view, he bought a silenced pistol from the store.

Under the panicked gaze of the two women, Shiraishi Takeshi handed the pistol to Miyano Akemi forcefully, and said,"Stay in the room obediently. If anything dangerous happens, just shoot. As for the consequences - I will help you deal with it! I don't want to see anything happen to you two, do you understand?"

""Yeah, yeah!" Miyano Akemi smiled sweetly and nodded quickly.

"Xiao Ai, you too, stay by Ming Mei's side obediently!"Bai Shi Wu gently touched Xiao Ai's head, then quickly closed the door and left with Saotome Ryoko.

In the room.

Miyano Ming Mei unconsciously clenched the silencer pistol that Bai Shi Wu handed to her. The two women looked at each other and raised their lips at the same time.

At the silent staircase

"Ms. Saotome Ryoko, what can I do for you?" Shiraishi Takeshi stared at her with his sharp eyes.

"Mr. Shiraishi, I, I found this thing in my room.……"

Saotome Ryoko bit her thin lips and tremblingly reached out to hand a bright red letter to Shiraishi Takeshi.

Give the role tonight to Tsukishima Fuyuko, otherwise the curse of the Phantom will befall you - The Phantom of the Opera

"This is a threatening letter from the Phantom!"

Shiraishi Takeshi licked his lips playfully,"and the content of this letter is exactly the same as the letter the Phantom sent to the person in charge of the opera house in the play!"

"Yes, it is……"Saotome Ryoko responded tremblingly.

"But why would the murderer send this letter to you? And why did he mention Tsukishima's name?"

Shiraishi Takeshi's deep eyes flickered and he asked,"Ms. Saotome Ryoko, are you hiding something from us? About Tsukishima Fuyuko……"

Two lines of tears fell from her wide-open eyes. She covered her cheeks and cried in fear:"It's not me! Don't blame me! All this... happened, on the day of the accident, the people who asked Tsukishima to go to the science preparation classroom - were Hidaka, Tongsheng and me!!"

"Hum, as expected……"Shiraishi Takeshi sneered meaningfully.

Hidaka Orie, Dosei Miko, and now Saotome Ryoko all showed some fear that was different from the others in the crew.

"I heard that many producers from theater companies will come to poach us for this competition. We want to get this opportunity anyway, so we really hate her dazzling brilliance on the stage.……"

Saotome Ryoko explained tremblingly,"I originally just wanted to scare her, so I deliberately made some sulfuric acid, just intending to burn a hole in her clothes, but... I didn't expect that she was too frightened and accidentally bumped into the counter where the sulfuric acid was stored, and the whole bottle of sulfuric acid fell on her face.……"

"Now I know that the murderer Song Yue should be a friend or close person of Tsukishima Fuyuko, perhaps a lover, who knew the truth about her suicide and took revenge according to the secret driver!"Bai Shiwu frowned and thought

"Alas, you young people!"

At this time, Kurosawa Kazuma came up from the stairs with a sad face. It was obvious that he had just heard what Saotome Ryoko said.

"Black, Kurosawa Boss……"Saotome Ryoko said tremblingly

"My daughter who died also committed suicide on her beloved stage because of this kind of jealousy between girls. Kurosawa Kazuma sighed.

"It's too late to regret now!"

Shiraishi Wu shook his head and said,"Ms. Saotome Ryoko, let's take you to your room to rest first! We'll arrange for boys to be in charge of room rounds at night. I don't think this storm will stop for a while!"

"Yes Yes……"Saotome Ryoko nodded timidly.

The three of them walked down the second floor and came to the first floor.

Turning the corner, they saw a man in the distance, wearing the costume of the Phantom of the Opera and with a bandage wrapped around his head, stealthily prying at Saotome Ryoko's door.

"ah——！"The guilty Saotome Ryoko screamed in fear

"How, how could it be!?" Kurosawa and Ma were stunned for a moment, their faces full of shock.

"What happened!?"

""It's Saotome-senpai's scream!"

Doubtful voices rang out from all over the villa.

The next moment, the man turned around, looked at the three people at the corner, and quickly fled to the other side of the corridor.

"Damn it! Don't even think about running away!"Hei Ze and Ma caught up with him in one leap.

（……I feel like people don’t really like Kindaichi’s case, and a large number of people are missing once I write about it!)