Chapter 16: The Knights of Heavenly Punishment

"This is the Sky Pavilion!"

"This is the Earth Exhibition Hall!"

"This is the Ocean Pavilion!"

"Huh? How is it forbidden to enter here? I remember there's an exhibition hall on the map, right? Strange, where is the exhibition hall? Xiao Lan, who followed the map and circled the art museum, dragged three oil bottles behind her, stood in the aisle, looked at the sign not far away that was forbidden for non-staff to enter, and couldn't help muttering in confusion after facing the map in her hand.

"Can't find it? Then let's say he doesn't have it! Let's go back the way we came! You see, there's no one around! Xiaolan! ”

"Yes! Oh, yes! Uncle is right! Sister Xiaolan, I'm hungry! Let's go home and eat! ”

"Hey, hey, can you two learn from Brother Youyi? I know how to eat all day long, and I don't pursue it at all! I'm going to finish this visit anyway today, so if you really hate it, go back first! It's just this dinner! Just leave it to the two of you! ”

"What?" Thinking of eating each other's own dishes, Conan and Mori Kogoro looked at each other and immediately sighed. They would rather choose a dog leash than this option.

Just when the two of them bowed their heads and decided to accompany Xiaolan to find the last exhibition area, Yuyi, who had just watched the play on the side, suddenly sighed strangely, "Why can't I find the sign that prohibits entry just now?" ”

"Huh? Really! Strange, who took it? Is it possible to enter? Then let's check it out! Xiaolan, who heard Yuichi's reminder, also turned to look at the fork in the road she had just seen. After a closer look, the sign prohibiting entry disappeared, and with the belief that she had to finish the last exhibition area, Xiaolan immediately took her own steps towards the aisle after a little hesitation.

"Alright! All right! Let's go and see, but it's also strange, this sky, earth, and ocean pavilions are all there, what is this fourth pavilion? Is there anything that is out of these three pavilions? Looking at his willful daughter, Maori Kogoro sighed and couldn't help but follow the discussion.

"Who knows? Just check it out! ”

"Huh? Hell Exhibits? Yuichi, who was laughing and talking with the three of them, couldn't help but murmur when he looked at the sign on the side after he walked to a gate.

"Hell? This gloomy environment is really like that! These sculptures are also quite distinctive! It's just that I can't accept this style of painting! What did the so-called artists who painted or carved these things think in the first place? Do something this horrible thing that exists in fantasy! It may be that the gloomy environment made Maori Kogoro a little nervous, and in order not to show his timidity in front of the three imps, he couldn't help but mumble while walking carefully towards the exhibition hall.

"Daddy!"

"Yes, yes, yes! I don't speak! You appreciate it! ”

Looking at Xiaolan, who was a little angry, Maori Kogoro smiled wryly, and then closed his babbling mouth in a funny way.

"This painting is so big, it's spectacular!" After stopping Maori Kogoro's rude behavior, Xiaolan, who came to the innermost part of the exhibition hall, looked up and saw a huge oil painting hanging on the opposite wall.

"Yes! In particular, the scene painted inside is the same as the scene in hell, and the name is Heavenly Punishment! It seems to be a scene depicting a righteous knight subduing a demon! Let's not talk about his painting work, this material alone makes people look a little surprised! ”

After seeing the painting of Heavenly Punishment, Yuichi, who immediately remembered something from his memory, hurriedly and nervously looked around, and sure enough, under his careful observation, a hideous-looking person on another wall near a dark corner was nailed to the wall by a knight's sword, and the blood was slowly ticking down the knight's sword nailed to the throat.

"Xiaolan! Call the police! I think I found a corpse, a corpse that identical to the demon's death in the painting of Heavenly Punishment! And this corpse is the boss of Manaka that we have only seen in the hall before! After a helpless sigh, Youyi, who saw Xiaolan and their appreciation of the painting of Heavenly Punishment, opened his mouth to tell a sad news.

"Dusk Police! That's how it happened, I just saw a monitor in the corner of the exhibition hall, maybe we can see some useful information from the monitor! Ten minutes later, looking at the Twilight Police Department with a look on his face Youyi you have fallen, and you actually mixed with such two Grim Reapers, giving us a lesson to search for trouble, Yuichi coughed embarrassedly and weakly introduced the case.

"Hmmm! I see! Let's go! Go to the monitoring room! It's good to leave it to the brothers of the forensics department here! Seeing Yuichi scratching his head in embarrassment, the Twilight Police Department didn't want to say anything more, and after glancing at the scene and the painting of Heavenly Punishment that Yuichi pointed to him with an expressionless face, he walked towards the guardhouse under the leadership of Director Ochiai.

"Huh? Boss Manaka came in, he seems to be looking for someone? Did someone agree with him to be here? ”

"I don't know if it's the murderer himself who will appear to contact him in a moment, but no matter what, as long as he shows his face in the monitor, he must be found! After all, he is the most suspicious...... What is it? ”

Looking at the scene of the death slowly playing on the monitor in the guardhouse, the Twilight Police Department, who had been announcing the next action with Yuichi and the others with a relaxed face, suddenly couldn't help but roar in shock.

Because in his sight, the knight's armor that was originally standing by the wall suddenly moved, and the knight's sword in his hand was slashed at the boss without Boss Manaka noticing, and Boss Manaka, who found something after a fight, secretly tore off a nameplate from the wall behind him, picked up the ballpoint pen on the table next to him and nervously prepared to write something. However, Boss Manaka, who was just about to write something on the back of the nameplate, paused for some reason, and then drew desperately, and finally even smashed the ballpoint pen on the ground. Then he was picked up by the murderer who reacted, and a sword pierced his throat.

"That note! The note in the surveillance is very likely to be the information that the boss wants to leave us, quickly notify the personnel of the forensic department to find it, and we will go to the scene again! Seeing this, the Twilight Police Department was already excited, he never thought that the deceased this time would be so powerful and able to leave him information to solve the case. It is obvious from the reaction of the boss that he has recognized the murderer, as long as he finds this small note that he has written, then this case can be said to be caught.

But is that really the case? Looking at the surveillance video of the murder scene with the same scene as the one he had just suspected, Yuichi, who looked down and didn't know what he was thinking, had a flickering look in his eyes, and played back the video again to observe.