Chapter 495: Are You Worthy of the Title of Famous Detective?
I have finished reading the library, and the last supernatural legend is the cursed staircase.
It is said that when a student came to school in the morning, he found the bottom of the stairs was full of water, and these stairs happened to be the stairs where Hosaka Hideaki fell to his death.
"Those waters must be the tears of resentment from Hosaka Hideaki, right?" Suzuki Sonoko shouted to Mouri Ran with a look of horror on her face.
Mao Lilan was so scared that she closed her eyes tightly: "Sonoko, don't do this!"
Conan rolled his eyes and said with disdain, "Could it be that it happened to rain the night before yesterday and the window was not closed properly?"
Mao Lilan thought about it and it seemed that this was indeed possible.
Suzuki Sonoko was unhappy and pointed at Conan's nose and said angrily: "Do you think we high school students will be like a little brat like you and leave without closing the window?"
Conan's mouth twitched slightly. I'm sorry, I'm just an elementary school student!
Suzuki Sonoko didn't intend to let Conan go, and continued: "And that's not all. It is said that the number of steps here is different each time you count them."
Conan said in a muffled voice: "Why don't you two try to count now and find out?"
"Huh?" X2
Suzuki Sonoko was a little stunned, but how could she, as an adult, lose face in front of a little kid?
So she ignored Mao Lilan's resisting look and forcibly pulled her up the stairs.
"1,2,3..." The two of them climbed the stairs and walked up.
“7,8,9···”
Nothing unexpected happened until they reached the upper floor. Suzuki Sonoko let out a sigh of relief, looked at Mao Lilan beside her and asked tentatively: "Xiaolan, how many sections did you count?"
Mao Lilan swallowed and looked at her best friend: "My side is 12th section."
"What?!" Suzuki Sonoko suddenly showed a horrified expression, jumped up and leaned against the wall, "Why did I count 13?"
Mao Lilan was startled by her: "No way? Why?"
"The correct answer is 12 sections." Miyano Shiho leaned against the wall, crossed her arms and said with a relaxed look, "I just counted with you, it's 12 sections. I guess it's because when Sonoko walked to the last section, she added one more section when her other foot was together. People do make small mistakes like this when they are extremely nervous."
Conan laughed and said, "This is what happens when you scare yourself."
Suzuki Sonoko was very embarrassed and annoyed: "I know now, if I count again, I won't make the same mistake again, right?"
Just as Suzuki Sonoko was about to go down the stairs and do it again, the door next to Yuya suddenly opened.
A boy wearing an apron and holding a paintbrush shouted in dissatisfaction: "Can you guys be quiet? You're disturbing my painting!"
Youye quickly apologized: "Sorry, we didn't mean it... Uh, you?" Youye suddenly looked surprised.
The boy was also surprised to see Youye. I don’t know what he was thinking about, but he closed the door with a grim look on his face.
"Sorry, sorry..." Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran also hurried down, but the boy had already slammed the door shut.
Miyano Shiho suddenly looked out the window and said, "The rain seems to have stopped."
Conan quickly asked, "Then let's go back today?"
Mao Lilan walked to the window and looked. The rain had indeed stopped, so she smiled and said, "That's it. Yuya and Conan help analyze it. I find that the supernatural legends don't seem to be that scary, and the sky is getting a little dark..."
Conan nodded vigorously. Yes, yes, let's go home quickly. I still have to think about how to blackmail you...
Mao Lilan glanced around and suddenly trembled all over. She pointed downstairs and screamed in fear: "Ah!"
Conan's eyes narrowed.
Yuya's heart tightened, and he quickly walked to the window and looked down.
I saw a desk placed in the middle of the courtyard, with a piece of paper pressed on it by a stone, which was rustling in the wind.
Yuya and Conan rushed downstairs without hesitation and ran quickly to the center of the courtyard.
On the piece of paper was written in black ink, "I haven't taken revenge yet." Conan frowned and saw a name "Hosaka Hideaki" written in pencil on the lower right corner of the desk.
"Is this the desk in the sports warehouse?" Conan asked in a deep voice.
Yuya nodded: "It does seem so." He turned his head to look in the direction of the health room and noticed a dark shadow flash past the window.
Conan reached out and touched the paper, and said in a deep voice: "The paper is dry, it should have been moved here after the rain stopped. The problem is..."
He turned around and looked around: "Except for our footprints, there are no footprints left by anyone else. Who did it and how did they do it?"
Yuya glanced around and soon found two thin scratches on the ground, extending from the direction of the desk to the direction of the teaching building.
However, because the scratches were relatively thin and covered by rain, if Youya hadn't known the technique in advance, he might not have been able to find it immediately.
"Let's move the desks back to the warehouse first, so that others won't see it and cause a commotion," Conan suggested.
After a while without a response, Conan turned his head in confusion and found that Yuya was holding his chin and thinking about something.
"What did you find?" Conan couldn't help asking.
Youya nodded. He took out his phone and looked at it, muttering, "It's getting late, let's get this done quickly."
"Solved?" Conan was confused. No, you haven't uncovered the truth, have you?
Seeing that Youya had already started to walk away, Conan quickly followed him on his short legs: "What do you know? Tell me now."
Yuya lowered his head slightly and glanced at him: "I know who did these things, finish them quickly and go home early."
The reason why he had not revealed the truth that he remembered was that he was waiting for this moment, waiting for that person to move the desk to the center of the courtyard, so that he would have evidence.
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Shi Gu Guofan, who was lying in the health room in deep thought, suddenly heard the sound of the door opening, followed by a group of people walking in.
He was confused: "Shumei, and those few people just now...are you feeling unwell? But Dr. Shinde has already gone back..."
"No," Yuya interrupted him, "we're here to see you."
Yuya looked into Seko Kuniharu's eyes and said slowly, "Senior Seko, the recent series of supernatural events in school were all caused by you, right?"
Shigu Guofan's expression changed. He looked at Youye in silence for a moment, and finally nodded: "Yes, I did it all."
"What?" the others exclaimed in surprise.
Yuya was a little confused: No, why don't people play by the rules these days? Why did they admit it so quickly? Then why did he show off the evidence and say his catchphrase?
Perhaps seeing what Yuya was thinking, Seko Kunifusa shrugged and said, "You are Yuya Kamiya, a second-year student, right? I've heard of your name. You're a famous high school detective. Since you came to me, it means you've seen through my tricks, right? I didn't do anything illegal, so there's no need to quibble."
You was silenced. Maybe you admitted it so quickly because I'm too famous?
"But," Shiko Kuniharu suddenly became extremely angry, and he yelled at Yuya, "Since you are so famous, why did you let Hosaka die so unjustly? Why didn't you find out who killed him?"
"Do you deserve the title of famous detective?!"
Youye sighed slightly, and just when he was about to say something, someone behind him suddenly stood up.
He looked at Seko Kuniharu, his face full of guilt, and bowed to him vigorously: "You are wrong, Seko, Hosaka's death was indeed an accident, but... it was indeed me who killed him."
Shigu Guofan showed a look of surprise.