Time seemed to stand still for a moment, and in the dark room, only a faint moonlight shone weakly on the ground through the curtains. The dwarf calmly said the sentence of the boy's life, the slightly curled fingers were slowly tightened, the silence in the ward was terrifying, and even the sound of Conan's watch was extremely clear, click, click, click......

But......

"If you really think so......"

In such silence, the calm voice broke the stagnation of time, and for some reason, in the face of the gnome's merciless sentence, Conan's face became unusually calm at this moment: "Then you can do it." ”

"Oh?" the dwarf didn't seem to expect that the boy in front of him, who could easily take his life away without any effort, would say this, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and the original movement of his fingers was also suspended.

The dwarf looked at the boy in front of him through the moonlight, and moved his eyebrows slightly, the backlit boy did not have the slightest fear of facing death on his face, on the contrary, it was an indescribable calm and confident.

"Why? Why hesitate?" Conan chuckled, staring at the gnome's eyes without evasion.

"......" The dwarf's fingers that didn't hold the gun hooked slightly, and he didn't speak, but just looked back at Conan faintly, as if he was also thinking about something.

"Like I said, if you really want to kill me, then do it now. As if he had confirmed something, Conan at this time did not have the previous passivity, he calmly grasped the pistol on his head, inadvertently turned a little direction, but between his words seemed to be sure that the weapon would not cause any harm to himself.

After a pause, seeing that the dwarf did not make any further movements, a subtle smile crossed Conan's face: "Heh, curious? Why do I say that?"

"......" The dwarf was silent for a few seconds, and unexpectedly, he suddenly put away his pistol, turned his back to the door of the ward, and faced Conan, with a strange smile on his face, as if he had suddenly become interested in something: "Oh? Yes, I am indeed curious, what gave you the courage to dare to say this." ”

Seeing that the dwarf seemed to be defenseless and played with the pistol at will, Conan smiled, but suddenly looked at the fog on the window glass through the curtain and asked an inexplicable question: "Don't you think, it's really cold outside today?"

......Unexpectedly, it was such an inexplicable question, but it made the dwarf raise his eyebrows, and then, I don't know what he figured out, the dwarf muttered in a low voice: "Is it because of this?"

"Heh," seeing that the dwarf figured it out, Conan stopped selling Guanzi and let go of the explanation: "Actually, from the moment you came in, I felt that something was strange, but I couldn't say anything strange for a while, but in the conversation just now, you exposed yourself. ”

"......" The dwarf didn't speak, just raised an eyebrow at Conan, motioning for him to continue.

"First, you said you killed Dr. Asa an hour ago, and you just said that you came here after disposing of the doctor's 'corpse', right?" Conan raised a finger and smiled faintly, mercilessly exposing the loopholes between the gnomes' words: "But as far as I know, even the fastest way to get from Dr. Asasa's house to this hospital will take at least an hour or more, of course, not counting the time you have to deal with the scene after killing the doctor." If so, you must have just entered this ward from the outside, but your arrival was silent, and I didn't feel even the slightest cold air. That's weird, isn't it?"

"Well, it's weird. The dwarf nodded, agreeing with Conan's words, but then, he laughed disdainfully: "However, what you said is only based on what I said for an hour, have you ever thought about ......it?"

"Ever thought you just said it casually?" The dwarf was interrupted by Conan before he could finish his words, Conan smiled and continued: "Of course I thought of it, I would say that, of course not just for that one reason. ”

"Oh?" the dwarf tilted his head with some curiosity, his eyes drifting slightly.

But Conan has been staring at the dwarf's movements, seeing that the dwarf is just tilting his head sideways, there is no other reaction, Conan seems to be imperceptibly relieved, and then as if he has no fear, he actually walked to the back of the bed quite complacently, separated from the dwarf by a bed, and leaned leisurely against the window.

"Second," Conan said with a second finger, seeing the gnome's gaze refocused on him, "it's your gun." ”

"My gun?" The dwarf glanced down at the gun in his hand and shook his head unexpectedly: "Sure enough, was it discovered...... Was it just now?"

The dwarf didn't care enough to turn the gun in his hand in a nice arc, squinting as he recalled the scene when Conan touched his pistol with his hand.

"Yes, I don't know much about guns, but the weight of this pistol ......" Conan paused, smiling silently, but the implication was overflowing.

After a few seconds, the dwarf shrugged his shoulders and said with regret: "Alas, there is no way, after all, it is only a temporary idea, and for a while and a half, I can't find a gun that can be faked." ”

"So, you admit it?" said Conan, laughing.

"Admit it?" Listening to Conan's question, the dwarf tilted his head, as if he really didn't understand, and asked suspiciously, "What did I admit?"

After a pause, the dwarf narrowed his eyes dangerously again, looked at Conan and asked slowly, "I think, did you misunderstand something?"

"......" this time it was Conan who frowned.

"Now, let me guess," the dwarf took a step forward and tilted his head, "Do you think I am someone?"

“……”

"Looks like I guessed right. The dwarf looked at Conan's expression, nodded, and then was silent for a few seconds, and then, out loud, laughing: "Hahaha......"

"Well, in order to prove my identity, since you have listed 2 points, then I will also correspond to you. Enough laughter, the dwarf said slowly and casually, and slowly approached Conan: "First of all, I don't deny that I don't have the cold air that should be outside, but that's because I actually went to your next door before I came to you again. ”

"Next door?" Conan listened to the dwarf's words and was stunned for a second, ignoring the dwarf's explanation of the air conditioner and time, but his face changed suddenly: "Could it be ...... Mochizuki?!"

"Well, that's right, it's him. Although I don't understand it very well, I just found the escaped kitten from that ward, and ......" The dwarf's words paused strangely here for a second, and a hint of uncertainty appeared on his face: "Heh, one, someone who interests me very much." ”

After a pause, the dwarf looked at Conan's expression as if he was facing a great enemy and laughed happily, but he didn't continue, but shook his head and looked at Conan who was close at hand and continued: "However, let's not mention those two people, I think that now, you should be most concerned about yourself. ”

"Well, I'll admit, it's not a real gun, and I really didn't want to kill you, but ......" the dwarf said this, his face changed, and a knife slashed down: "That's just to live, that's all." ”

And at this moment, the mutation was born again.