"Huh? Brother Youyi? Conan? Why did you rush back again? Could it be that the way down the mountain was blocked by heavy snow? In that case, it's better to stay here and come back tomorrow! ”

Xiao Lan, who ran from the upstairs to the door, saw clearly who was calling her, and immediately understood after a little thought.

"Whew! No! The two of us are here to check things out! ”

"Check the situation?"

"That's right! Garden! Is there a person named Xishan Wu in your so-called alliance of magic enthusiasts? Is there a guy with the online name Shadow Mage? ”

"Nishiyama? Isn't this what Mr. Ara just said about escaping the king? He's also the president of our league of magic enthusiasts! As for the Shadow Mage...... What happened to him? Both of these are from our alliance! Brother Youyi, why are you asking this? Do you also predict the unknown? ”

"What a mess! It's a hassle to be sure that both of these are from your alliance! Because just now, not so long ago! Conan and I heard the news on the radio in the car, that Nishiyama had been killed by the Online Alliance of Magic Lovers, and that a man named Shadow Mage had left a message on his home computer screen that it was the first person! ”

"This is the first person? Don't? ”

"That's right! There are also some of you who are the targets of the Shadow Mage! So for your safety, Conan and I rushed back again, and the drawbridge has been burned down by the shadow mages hiding here! It is estimated that the phone in the villa was also cut off! Now we are the only ones who can treat him! ”

"How so? Oh, my God! How can this be......"

"What? How so? The Escape King is actually dead, and it was killed by the Shadow Mage? Similarly, after Sonoko and Xiaolan took Yuichi and Conan to the villa, all the people who got the news exclaimed in disbelief.

It's just a gathering of magic lovers, so why did there be a murder?

Just when everyone was still shocked, Yuichi, who was sure that Xiaolan and the garden were fine, breathed a sigh of relief and began to observe the surprised people around him, according to the theorem of the Conan world, the murderer should be one of these people, who could it be? Well? Wait a minute! That's not the right number, right? Is there one missing?

After discovering this suspicion, Yuichi glanced at everyone again, and after drawing everyone's attention to him with a dry cough, he asked, "Are all the people who remain in this villa here now?" I remember there was a guy who was pretending to be a girl online, right? What's it called? ”

"Mr. Toshiya Hamano! Worst! I remember when the Escape King and the Shadow Mage were arguing, he was also in the middle! He's not in danger, is he? Takahisae Tanaka, who heard Yuichi's inquiry, was suddenly startled and said his guess out loud.

"Huh? That's right, too! Now it's such a big move! Hamano: That guy should come out and observe even if he thinks about magic, right? ”

"Do you think he's going to be?"

"Let's go! Check it out upstairs in his room! ”

After Takahisae Tanaka mentioned this, the faces of everyone in the Alliance of Magic Lovers changed, and after saying a few words, they all ran upstairs in a panic.

"Hamano! Open the door! ”

"Hamano!"

"Oh no, he locked the door! What to do? ”

"Get out of the way! At this time, what are you still rubbing? Let me! Seeing a bunch of people crowded at the door, no matter how they shouted, no one responded, and I was basically sure that this Hamano was either a murderer or Yuichi, who had already received a bento, yelled at the people around him, and rushed towards the door.

"Bang!"

When Yuichi slammed the door open, Riya Hamano's room was empty.

"Huh? Absence? ”

"Nope! Look! The windows are open! Maybe ......"

"Don't talk nonsense! I'll go to the window and have a look! After making sure that there was no Hamano or any other suspicious person in the house, Yuichi hurried to the window and observed.

"No bodies were seen downstairs! What a blessing! It seems that this Toshi Hamano should have been kidnapped as well! Could it be that he knew the Shadow Mage's message? So in order not to expose himself, the shadow mage kidnapped him in advance? But...... Hey? Is that? it? How can it be? Now it's a problem! ”

Just as Yuichi was staring at the snow downstairs and pondering, he inadvertently glanced at the snow almost ten meters away from the villa, and a person lying on his back appeared in Yuichi's sight under the reflection of the moonlight and snow.

"Come over to someone who has a good eye and is familiar with him, recognize it! Is this person Hamano? After glancing at the person who appeared to be a corpse again, Yuichi turned to the crowd behind him and asked.

"What? Hamano? Where is it? ”

"It's really Hamano! How can it be? What is he doing lying in the snow? ”

"Are you stupid? He didn't drink alcohol, so something must have happened when he was lying in the snow like this! I'm a medical student, let me go see how he's doing! ”

"Huh? Medical students? Doi Tucker-san! Please wait a moment! Don't spoil the scene! No one is allowed to go around the corpses! As long as I and Tucker-san, Doi and Tucker, go over and be witnesses for each other! Lest you be suspected! ”

"Hey, hey, hey! The handsome guy who came with the garden! Why can you follow Keshu to see people? Katsuki is still a medical student, so I can check on Mr. Hamano's condition! What about you? Don't mess around, you know? Just after Yuichi opened his mouth to stop a swarm of people who were about to go to Hamano's side to check, Naoko Kuroda, who was stopped on the side, couldn't help but choke.

"That's right! Why did you get there? What if you're a shadow mage? With Naoko Kuroda's opening, the people who were blocked also shouted.

"That's it! Let's be quiet, everybody! Don't be convinced! Because I'm a police officer! What do you think? Now it's qualified to pass, right? After taking out the cherry blossom badge in his arms and showing it to everyone, Yuichi, who smiled evilly, pushed the stunned Doi Tucker tree and walked downstairs.

"There were no footprints around, except for the two of us who had just stepped out! With this amount of snowfall, if someone moves Hamano here or drags it here, the traces will not be covered in snow now! If you look at it that way......"

"Officer Yuichi! Toshiya Hamano has stopped breathing, and so is his pulse! And the limbs were frozen by the snow! Everything proves that he is already a corpse! ”

"Oh? Is it? Looks like this case is interesting! ”

"Why?"

"Because it has now become an incredible crime that has become a headache for countless people in the police world! The murderer left nothing at the scene! Aside from the strangulation marks on his neck, which may have caused his death, there seemed to be no evidence around him that could point to the killer. appeared out of thin air more than ten meters away from the villa, and the surrounding snow could prove that no one had ever approached him! Interesting! It seems that this murderer is trying to play a mind game this time! That's right, Mr. Tucker Doi! Let's call it that! Are you really a medical student? ”

After staring at the corpse again, and looking back at the Doi Tucker tree who was asking questions about him, Yuichi suddenly changed the topic and laughed.