Protect our prophets

Although Atobe was strangely angry, but he once got lost with Huadi on Lihai campus for at least half an hour... This is an indisputable fact.

Songxue quickly dodged and hid behind Huadi, feeling very at ease under the protection of his silent tall body.

The "game" will officially begin tomorrow morning.Katori-san followed the hint, and everyone is welcome to walk around this evening in order to dig out more details.

"Secrets can be hidden in any corner."

Amid the applause, Katori Masaburo gracefully called the curtain call.

After the spotlight disappeared, the original light was restored in the banquet hall.Toasting to each other, people were discussing in low voices with great interest.

Mr. Shuzo Uesugi, who was named the "protagonist", is also a tall and handsome man in his early 30s and a well-known defense lawyer in reality.

As soon as he returned to the audience, he was immediately surrounded by his friends, and he patted his shoulders with a smile: "Why don't you say hello? You're going to die, isn't there only one less person in our team?"

"Haha, there's no way, I'll rely on you guys to avenge me!"

On the other hand, Sayuri Mifune, who stepped down from the stage, played the role of the innocent "wife" in the original work.She is a little younger than the male lead, with short ladylike hair, a smile on her face, and faintly bright eyes. She is obviously very satisfied with the script she got.

Then there is the "artist" who works part-time as a mistress, Ryosa Kurihara. In reality, she is also an excellent manga artist. She won the annual award a few years ago and is known as the leader of contemporary girl manga.

The last one is the actor's first love, Hideko Otsuka. Like the character she plays, she is a well-known star, with big wavy hair, blurred eyes, and every frown and smile are full of amorous feelings.

She appeared to have come alone, without companions, but was soon surrounded by men, asking how they were.

Songxue also remembered that there was a new movie released a while ago, Otsuka Hideko played the heroine, and the partner happened to be Sora Hoshijo, and promotional posters were everywhere.

She originally planned to find an opportunity to go to the movie theater to appreciate the professional level of her colleagues, but unfortunately, she was dragged aboard by the Atobu just after she came back from Bingsheng.

Seeing that the boys around him were also staring at the female star intently, Songxue coughed lightly.

"I remembered something," she said.

Atobe withdrew his gaze and said slowly, "Since everyone knows the plot of the original work, there must be other arrangements for the murderer and the modus operandi in this script."

"That's right," Matsuyuki nodded, "So I thought that in the original work, the host and hostess of the crime scene also had a lot of roles, but Mr. Katori only arranged for himself to be the host. I don't know if... Is there any special purpose?"

After being reminded by her, others also reacted.

"Could it be that one or several of Kobayashi, Yonekura, or Aso were originally given roles?" Baima pondered, "But they couldn't come, so Mr. Katori had no choice but to vacate their seats."

According to the character relationship in the original work, in addition to the owner of the house, there is also a distant cousin of the hostess, and a young tall, rich and handsome.These two just happen to be a couple.

Heiji nodded in agreement: "It is very likely that Mr. Katori invited Kobayashi and her fiancé to play the role, but I didn't expect that to happen..."

He sighed slightly.

"Since the presence or absence of these characters does not affect the progress of the game, isn't it better?" Atobe didn't take it seriously, "The two suspects have been automatically ruled out before the game starts—then, as long as the remaining Just find the 'murderer' among the actors."

"Indeed," Conan held his chin, "but it's not ruled out that Mr. Katori adopted plan B and made some temporary adjustments... In that case, the plot may become more complicated."

"This Katori-san, it is indeed possible to do something." Heiji said, "Look at his appearance of winning, he is very confident in his script."

"Maybe he did the opposite. He just wrote the simplest script, which made us think deeply, but instead we went further and further?"

Listening to their discussion, Songxue gradually lost his mind, looked around distractedly, and suddenly woke up.

"Where's Mr. Katori?"

Others also woke up.Conan's face paled slightly: "We shouldn't let him out of our sight."

After the banquet was over, the guests dispersed one after another, and several people decided to split up.

According to the team formation method just now, Matsuyuki took Conan and Huadi to find the housekeeper, and asked him about the whereabouts of Shinzaburo Katori.The butler calmly led them upstairs, stopped in front of the study, and knocked on the door.

Conan couldn't help but take another look.

The real butler does not have to knock when entering the master's room. Obviously, this is a hired actor who acts strictly according to the agreement with his employer.

Soon, Katori's normal voice came from inside: "Come in."

Shinzaburo Katori, who finished his speech at the dinner, seemed very excited. He was not surprised that someone took the initiative to visit, and welcomed them sincerely and warmly.

"Would you like something to drink?" He opened a bottle of whiskey himself, poured a glass and put it on the table, and asked several young people with a smile, "This wine is pretty good."

Songxue looked at Conan, who looked like a primary school student, and then at Huadi, who was expressionless, and knew that the problem finally fell on her.

"No, we're not adults yet," she said.

Katori nodded and asked them to sit across from each other.

The conversation in the study hadn't started yet, but there was a sudden noise in the corridor, which interrupted Songxue's brewing thoughts.

"Wait a minute," Katori listened attentively, then stood up immediately, "Sorry, there may be something I need to deal with outside, and I'll be back soon."

After all, they are all hired actors with little experience, and there are so many guests. When there are too many people, there will always be some small accidents outside the script.He sighed and walked out, closing the study door gently.

As soon as he went out, Conan's eyes fell on the glass of whiskey, he frowned intently, jumped off the sofa, picked up the glass and sniffed it up to his nose: "The ice cubes have just been added and haven't melted much. But the smell , it seems something is wrong..."

"So, he probably hasn't had the wine yet." Songxue also stood up and looked around.

Apart from wine, there is no other food or drink in the study.

She nodded to Conan, her face solemn: "This is it."

A nervous surprise flashed in the blue eyes: "Is this the room?"

Songxue touched the lion-shaped pen holder on the desk: "The furnishings and details here are exactly the same as what I saw...Although it may not be the same day, but who knows?"

She made up her mind, took the wine glass from the little detective, walked to a green plant on the window sill, and poured it with her hands.

Not long after, the two fell silent as they watched the sizzle of withered leaves.

The poison is too strong, is it because I'm afraid that Katori won't notice it?

Conan quickly turned to the bottle of whiskey, ran over and stepped on a chair to take it from the desk, opened the bottle cap and inspected it carefully.

"There is no peculiar smell." Then, he shook his head at them, "There are no special marks on the body and cap of the bottle. It should be intact before Mr. Katori opened it."

"Did the poison be put in the ice cube?" Song Xue was thoughtful, "Or, on the wine glass?"

"There should be simple laboratory equipment on the island." Conan said calmly, "But it depends on Mr. Katori's attitude—"

After Katori Shinsaburo came back, when he heard their description, he just smiled indifferently.

"Is someone trying to murder my life? Haha, it's impossible. This island is full of guests I invited, many of whom I haven't even met before today."

"However, there is indeed poison in your wine glass." Conan said hastily.

"Maybe some friend was joking with me." He said calmly, "I didn't drink the wine just now, but I thought the taste was a bit strange, and I was just going to ask the butler to have a look."

...Sure enough, a stubborn rich man.

Perseverance is their biggest characteristic.

Conan had obviously witnessed countless similar victims, showing a slight wry smile.

Katori changed the wine glass again and poured himself wine again.There was no problem at all this time, he slowly swung his glass and looked at them with a smile.

"So, what are you here for?"

Songxue had been prepared for a long time, and asked her question: "Ms. Xiao Lin and her two companions encountered an accident on the boat and were unable to come...Did they play a few roles in the script of this fantasy house?"

Katori Manazaburo raised his eyebrows and smiled in surprise.

"As expected of a high school student detective," he said appreciatively, "you guessed it right away."

Later, he said: "It was originally like this. So, after I received the police notice, I also felt very sorry. Kobayashi Misaki is an important client of mine, and we have common interests, so I took this opportunity to invite her and him. My fiancé, I thought it would be a good pastime, but I didn't expect..."

Katori shook his head again and again, sighing: "Poor Kobayashi, it's not nice to meet people."

Conan asked again: "Then has this gap been filled?"

He smiled, nodded and said: "My wife and her female companion just arrived on the island yesterday. I invited them to join this game together. I will introduce it to everyone when the game officially starts tomorrow."

……

After leaving the study, Songxue couldn't help shaking her head: "If we hadn't come, he might not have gone to the housekeeper."

"Well, the housekeeper and other servants are all invited actors. If these tasks are not done well, Mr. Katori may not take it to heart. And if he really drank that glass of wine..." Conan frowned.

The two looked at each other with a heavy heart.

Then, the prophecy that Songxue saw will come true.

"We are so nervous for him, but he doesn't care at all." Songxue sighed, "It's really not a human job to be a detective."

Conan looked up at the sky: "Why don't we let brother Huadi put him down, and we quietly drag him back to the room..."

He made a gesture.

If this action was performed by someone else, Songxue would definitely understand it as wiping his neck.

She thought about it and blinked quickly: "It's not impossible."

"Eh?"

"Let's strike first and 'shark' him." She gestured the same gesture solemnly, "In this way, the murderer might be surprised and show his feet."

Conan froze for a moment, then realized that she meant Katori Shinsaburo to fake his death...

"But Mr. Katori will definitely not cooperate with us." He shook his head regretfully. "He's thinking about tomorrow's show right now, and if we're going to stop him from acting..."

"How about using force to make him submit?" Songxue quietly looked at Huadi.

"..."

Conan was lost in thought.

The author has something to say: [Catching insects]

Huadi, a real tool man!

(With him, the hostess doesn't need anyone else!)

Atobe: ...?