Protect our prophets

The night on the island is extremely dark.

The police station on the island quickly contacted the Tokyo Metropolitan Metropolitan Police Department. The operator on the opposite side was very surprised after hearing this: "Ah, it's Xia Zhile again? It wasn't just a few days ago..."

The detectives next to me heard it and coughed dryly.

There are only a few police officers on duty on Xiazhile Island, so it is still difficult to search the entire island.

Fortunately, today's Unreal House is a complete secret room, and the only two entrances and exits are strictly guarded. It can be confirmed that Katori Shinzaburo is still inside.

However, this illusory house is also a bit big...

People couldn't find anyone in the main house, so they could only search outside.The terrain of the courtyard was complicated, and the sky was getting dark again. The light of the flashlight shone in the dark night, making it look small and powerless.

Songxue stood by the window and looked outside, thinking about the possible direction of action of Xiangtuo, when she heard the rustling and rubbing sound of the quilt behind her.

She turned around, and the little boy who had been stuffed back to rest on the bed was struggling to sit up.

"Do you get this bad every time you catch a cold?" Seeing that he was coughing badly, Songxue immediately poured a cup of hot water and handed it over, "Let's sleep for a while, they don't need you when they need someone."

Conan shook his head, frowning: "I have a bad feeling."

Songxue didn't answer right away.

"They should also think so." She thought for a while before saying, "You have a lot of experience, do you think this time is too smooth, but it makes people feel uneasy?"

"Although I don't want to cause trouble for myself," Conan sniffed and smiled bitterly, "but reality often proves that this hunch is correct."

Matsuyuki nodded: "Katori hasn't given up yet, otherwise, he wouldn't have deliberately hidden himself from being discovered. How likely do you think he was to blow up the Illusory House impulsively?"

Conan: "..."

This, no way?

"Just kidding," she said hastily, "we inspected it the first day we came here. There's no way we can store so many explosives in the house."

"But he may still be thinking about how to commit suicide." Conan bent over to put on his shoes, and stood up slowly, "If our guess is correct, he has some kind of incurable disease, then now is his last chance gone."

Song Xue looked out of the window again, the light of the flashlight flickered in every corner.

"How about we evacuate all the guests first?"

"Well, if possible, it'd be better." He nodded vigorously.

Songxue also stood up, and while calling Atobe, asked him to tell Baima by the way.

The identity of the White Horse Detective makes him very useful in front of the police, and it is enough to command these people on the island.

"Just leave the housekeeper and servants alone." She thought for a while and added, "They are more familiar with the terrain in the house, and then let them think about where they can hide people."

Atobe gave a "hmm" and asked, "Is that kid better?"

Songxue turned around, Conan was putting on his coat, and looked over as if aware of it.

"It's okay... right." She hesitated to speak.

Atobe was slightly alert: "Take care of him."

"I'll do my best." Songxue made a promise that she thought was meaningless.

She knew that she had no motor skills, if something unexpected happened, this seven-year-old kid would definitely charge much faster than her.

stop him?Might as well think of a better response.

"Although the house has been searched," the two walked along the corridor, Conan was still thinking, "it's hard to say whether there will be secret passages and secret rooms that are unknown in such a place. After all, now The housekeeper and helper are all newly hired, and they have not participated in the house decoration... What about the property?"

"I asked, and they also said they didn't know about it." Songxue replied, "The usage of water and electricity seems to be normal."

Conan said: "Yes, in such a big place, even if there are a few more secret rooms, the extra electricity will not attract attention."

As soon as he finished speaking, he sneezed again, quickly hugged the coat that Hattori Heiji lent him, and sighed slightly.

Why do you feel that taking medicine doesn't improve?

"The only one who can return to the secret room is the butler." Matsuxue frowned, "He has almost no connection with the whole case, and he is the butler of the Illusory House. Katori may have revealed some secrets to him. But look at his appearance , I really don't know..."

"If there is a secret room, it should be underground." Conan mused, "For example, our huts scattered in eight directions should all be empty in the middle. If a tunnel is dug underneath to lead to the outside of the manor ?”

Songxue stopped in her tracks.

She gave a soft "ah".

"Speaking of the underground, I did think of a place... I don't know if they have visited it." Songxue tilted her head, "Is the wine cellar that the butler mentioned is in the basement?"

"……Seems to be?"

Conan also stopped abruptly, his eyes widened in surprise: "Only the housekeeper and Mr. Katori have been there, that is to say, other people may not even know this place exists? The entrance to the wine cellar—"

Oops.

He turned to run.

Songxue instinctively grabbed his collar: "No, wait a minute, there is another question, have you finished the dinner I brought you just now?"

"No." Conan turned around and hesitated.He still has a low-grade fever and has no appetite at all, so he barely ate a few mouthfuls of sushi.

"I thought about where the gem is." Songxue sighed, "Kidd has given us enough hints."

ha?

Conan raised his eyebrows in disbelief: "Hiding in that pudding? Such an old-fashioned plot?"

Probably to make amends to her.She shrugged.

"Because Mr. Uesugi hid it, so it's reasonable for him to do this..." Matsuyuki said, "Kidd followed him that night and didn't try to hide it. Mr. Katori must have seen it on the monitor and sent Uesugi a message. SMS reminder."

"So, when he was wandering around the room in a hurry, he happened to see Ms. Kurihara and the others making cakes in the kitchen, so he pretended to talk to them, and took the opportunity to hide the gem in a pudding mold..." Conan took the conversation, and put This idea completes.

The two looked at each other.

As an amateur, it is already very good to be able to think of this method in a hurry.

"That pudding... I left it alone." Conan coughed and said.

"I'll get it," Songxue made a decisive decision, pressed his shoulders, and signaled, "You wait for me in the living room for a while, don't wander around, or the condition will get worse."

……

The whole house was brightly lit and did not look dangerous.

Instinctively, Songxue didn't feel any danger, but when she returned to the room just now, she found that someone was already inside.

It's Shinzaburo Katori.

Songxue was slightly startled, thinking that if he had been hiding in the wine cellar just now and came out after people left, he would indeed not be found.

Katori was sitting by the bed looking at the gem, looked up, saw her standing at the door, and smiled calmly.

"It's Miss Detective."

The gem in his hand was pure and translucent, a gentle sea blue.The name Tears of the Sky is indeed very appropriate.

Matsuyuki shifted his gaze from the jewel to Katori's face.He had had an unnatural blush from drinking, and there was an open bottle of whiskey on the table beside the bed.

"Sorry," he said again, slowly, "it's the last night, let me have a good drink."

He also knew that even if he attempted suicide, he would be punished.Or, he knew that his physical condition was already very bad, and he would not live long...

But either way, he looked calm, and he didn't have the desperate madness of a murderer at the end of his life.

Katori took the glass and filled herself a second time, put the gemstone back on the table, placed it in the pudding bowl, and looked out the window.

"It's a pity, I had prepared a perfect fireworks show for everyone tonight." He sighed softly, and said regretfully, "It cost a lot of money."

"Is it specially prepared for Miss Yukino?"

Katori nodded, with a dark expression: "I am most sorry for her, and fortunately, Feng has been hiding from her, not telling her the truth..."

He babbled like a dying old man.

"The first time I saw her, I knew what she was here for. I think, I still can't get past this hurdle all these years, and now it's what she wants..."

But a certain part of Katori's heart was still afraid of death, and he didn't make up his mind to put himself on the knees. Therefore, there were many loopholes in the death plan several times, and he was rescued by them half-heartedly.

When he finally made up his mind, they teamed up to bring him down again.

Then... When he woke up again, he found that it was too late.

"Tears from the sky, was it originally a gift for your daughter?" Songxue asked again.

He nodded and said gently: "Thank you for taking care of her. I heard that the child has always been shy, but when she was with you, she smiled...Since you found the gem, take it."

As Katori talked, his speech became slower and slower, as if he had exhausted all his strength, he could only sit leaning against the wall by the bed, showing his fatigue.

"You go."

Songxue walked to the window.

The light of the flashlight has gone out, as have the lights in various parts of the courtyard.However, in the darkness, scorching bright colors appeared again.

The east side is on fire.

The fire grew rapidly, and quickly spread along the corridor to the main house. Songxue's expression changed, and she remembered that to the east was their neighbor, the House of Fire.

Baima mentioned last night that there are many lanterns over there...

In addition to the design of multiple wooden houses, as well as the manor buildings, there are flammable materials and scene props everywhere.

Really too unfortunate.

The fire might really have been just an accident, but it was far more dangerous than any murderer.

But before it was too late, she turned around in a hurry and grabbed Katori's arm: "We have to get out of here quickly, there is a fire outside. You seem to have considered everything, except that fire protection measures are missing."

He was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It's just a thought, I didn't think of it—ha, ha..."

Katori laughed twice, calmed down again, waved his hands, and said nonchalantly, "I told you, don't worry about me, you should hurry up and leave with your friends."

He slowly lowered his head, leaned against the wall and fell asleep, his expression became very peaceful.

Songxue frowned slightly, walked back to the bed, picked up the whiskey glass and sniffed it.

The taste is a bit strange.

"Don't worry, you won't die," she put down the glass and said in a low voice, "Kidd has already replaced the things you prepared in your pocket."

However, even the Kaitou Kidd may not have expected a fire, so for convenience, he directly replaced it with sleeping pills.To be on the safe side, it can also prevent Katori from hurting others.

As a result, by mistake, Katori fell asleep at this moment... That means trouble.It is impossible for her and Conan to have the strength to move Katori out.

Songxue quickly took out her mobile phone and found that the signal was gone.

Probably the signal transmitter was also affected by the fire, otherwise she should have received a call from Atobe long ago.

Waiting for help?

No, after the fire there must be chaos.It was night again, and it would be too late when Atobe and the others realized that there might be trouble here and they hadn't gone out for a long time.

Matsuyuki dragged Katori's collar and arms, and pulled him out of the room panting, feeling almost paralyzed from exhaustion.

"What's all this..." She sighed, looking at the window at the end of the corridor, the sky was already dyed red, reminding her to hurry up.

She let go of her hand, rushed to the entrance of the corridor, and took a deep breath:

"Anyone else--"

The hall was empty, and no one responded.

After a long silence, a soft voice came from behind: "Cough."

Songxue turned around slowly, and saw the black-haired boy leaning against the wall panting, sweat slid down his reddish cheeks.

The protagonist will always appear at a critical moment.She subconsciously relaxed a lot.

"Sorry, I'm a little late." He looked weak, but he still gave her a faint smile.

When his eyes turned to Katori on the ground, he frowned slightly: "What's wrong with Mr. Katori?"

"I took sleeping pills by mistake..."

He breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "Hurry up and take out the incense, this place will be surrounded by fire soon."

"Are you... all right?" Songxue calmed down quickly after being surprised for a short while, looking at his wet clothes, she hesitated a little.

"En." The high school student detective responded briefly, and bent down first, wrapped Katori's arms around his shoulders, and propped up his body.

Songxue hurried forward and supported the other side.

"Is it okay?" Kudo Shinichi turned his head and asked.

He was sweating more and more, his voice became softer and softer, only a pair of blue eyes were always calm and firm as ever.

Songxue was a little anxious in her heart, she shook her head: "Just hold on for a while."

"Where are the gems?"

"In my pocket."

"Then," he took a deep breath, "let's go."

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