There are no introverts at this table, except for Tomokako Ikeda, who talks less, and the others hardly stop talking.

When the atmosphere gradually warmed up, another person came down from the upper floor.

It was a young woman, in her early twenties, with short, wavy dark brown hair, and a slim tracksuit in red and black tones.

She has a notebook and a pen in her hand, and a pair of headphones around her neck. There are too many elements, and they are not complete, so people can't see what this person is doing for a while.

Mari Terahara walked to the table, pulled out a chair and sat down.

After listening to the rambling chatter at the dinner table for a while, she tapped her headphones and made a joke: "Why doesn't anyone talk about movies anymore?" After graduation, when you leave the club, do you give up art? ”

"I don't want to give up, but I don't have the talent." Ayako Suzuki poured herself a cup of tea and sighed as if resigned:

"I have to write a movie review to bluff the newcomers who have just joined the company, and you can't compare with your professional musicians and screenwriters."

"You just have too many hobbies. If we could concentrate on one item and work a little harder, we would have surpassed us a long time ago. Mari Terahara smiled and shook his head:

"But everyone has changed a lot, I lost my wallet when I was hospitalized and transferred to another school, and I lost my phone book together, if I hadn't happened to run into Ayako in the mall, maybe we would have missed it like this."

Glancing at Tomokako Ikeda, who didn't speak much, she asked, "Didn't Atsuko come with you?" ”

With this question, the living room, which was still lively, suddenly became cold.

Shiraishi's action of chewing biscuits, and the experience of watching countless cartoons told him that there was a hidden secret.

He withdrew his hand and sat down, carefully looking at the other people at the table, trying to rely on their reactions to further judge whether Takahashi Ryoichi was the murderer or not.

But the expressions of several people in the Film Research Club were the same, and they were all in a haze, and it was impossible to tell who was more suspicious.

Mari Terahara, too, felt that something was wrong, she was stunned, looked at Ayako Suzuki, who was most familiar with her, suspiciously, and realized that she seemed to have asked some question that she shouldn't have asked.

After a long while, Ayako Suzuki considered and spoke: "Atsuko, she ......"

"Enough!" Tomokako Ikeda suddenly slammed her slam on the table and stood up abruptly, her stool dragging on the ground with an unpleasant sound:

"Everyone is here for a vacation out of their busy schedules, don't mention that ......" she took a deep breath, "Don't mention that dead man, what a disappointment!" ”

“…… I'm sorry. Ayako Suzuki smiled awkwardly and diverted the subject, "Then I'll go prepare dinner first!" You guys talk about something else. ”

Tomokako Ikeda flicked her short hair on her forehead irritably, and after a moment of silence in place, she shook off a few people and walked out the door, as if ready to go for a walk.

Shiraishi looked at her back, and always felt that this senior was full of flags, and he should follow to take a look.

But at this time, Ryoichi Takahashi on the other side also scratched his head and stood up:

"Then I'll repair the balcony on the second floor, the weather forecast says there will be rain tonight, just now when I passed by, I found that the balcony was a little leaky."

Then he put on his coat and went up the stairs to the second floor.

Sitting in the hall, he could also see the balcony on the second floor, Bai Shi watched him climb up the steps, and he was a little unsure for a while: the suspected victim and the suspected murderer, who should be prioritized?

After the two old classmates left, Mari Terahara finally recovered from his stiff state.

She grabbed Ayako Suzuki, who wanted to go to the kitchen, and asked in a low voice, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Ayako Suzuki hesitated for a moment, then pulled back her chair and sat down again.

Holding the teacup and silent for a while, she spoke softly: "Two years ago, Atsuko hanged herself. ”

This beginning seemed to foretell a lot of hidden secrets, and the other people at the table pricked up their ears and listened intently.

However, for a while, I didn't see Ayako Suzuki continue.

In the end, Conan couldn't help it, relying on his identity as a bear child, and asked directly: "And then?" ”

"Huh?" Ayako Suzuki was stunned for a moment, and then she looked around with squinting eyes, and then she realized what the audience was waiting for.

She shook her head and sighed, "No then." Atsuko's family was very emotionally broken, and Chikako, who was her best friend, didn't want to mention it at all, so we didn't ask much about the specific situation. ”

Terrahara's Ma imagines that kind and always gentle schoolgirl, and it is hard to believe that such a good-tempered person would commit suicide.

She frowned and groaned for a while, and suddenly said, "It can't be that he killed and disguised himself as suicide." ”

Ayako Suzuki denied this speculation in a depressed mood: "The police have checked, and Atsuko left a suicide note, and the handwriting is indeed hers." ”

Mari Terahara: "But the suicide note can also be forged......"

"......" Shiraishi couldn't help but look at her twice, this brain circuit must have a lot in common with Conan.

Turning his gaze, he saw Conan next to him also nodded secretly, and cast an approving look at Mari Terahara.

Although Suzuki Ayako felt that what Terahara's words were wrong, she didn't know what was wrong for a while, so she could only shake her head again in the end.

Mari Terahara noticed that she was a little bit of a bar, she cleared her throat and touched her fluffy curls with a little embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I'm just ...... I didn't expect her to kill herself. ”

The two former members of the film research club tacitly changed the subject and began to talk about the past in college, and Shiraishi withdrew his attention from their homely words.

I don't know if it was because he was hungry, the food was no longer attractive to him, or if the new keyword of hanging suicide played a role, Shiraishi's memory slowly revived, and he gradually remembered a little detail.

"Atsuko" committed suicide because her carefully written novel was plagiarized by a friend and published first.

The name of that work, Shiraishi couldn't remember, but combined with the analysis before and after, he felt that the eight achievements were the demonic "Blue Kingdom".

Ryoichi Takahashi and Atsuko seem to have a good relationship, and after watching the popular movie version of "The Blue Kingdom", he finds that the plot of the movie is exactly the same as Atsuko's unpublished novel, so he guesses the reason for Atsuko's suicide.

So he was determined to take advantage of this time to avenge his former friend, or perhaps the object of his affection.

As for this object of revenge......

Sure enough, it's Tomokako Ikeda's flag target.

Shiraishi pondered for a moment the possibility of directly tying up the murderer Takahashi, and then quickly realized that this would solve nothing but put himself in prison for attacking others.

- Unless Takahashi dies or is sentenced to life imprisonment, according to the common thinking pattern of people in this world, he will not let go of his obsession with revenge.

And since there is currently a dead "Atsuko", who still committed suicide, her resentment should not be light, and this time she may have to enter the virtual world again to solve this suicidal ghost.

Could it be that the breakthrough of the mission lies in her? Enter the virtual world, and then let her persuade Takahashi, who wants to commit murder, so that he can stop these moths and hurry up to live a better life?

After thinking for a while, Shiraishi suddenly felt that something was missing - there was no sound of water droplets in his ears, and he failed to receive the task.

Is it because you are not close enough to the center of the incident to get the scene of the murder?

Anyway, being idle is also idle, through the glass door on the balcony on the second floor, after glancing at Takahashi's blurred figure, Shiraishi is ready to go around to the back of the villa first, squat under the balcony for a while, and see if Takahashi will trigger if there is any abnormal movement.

I wanted to go out in a low-key manner, but I didn't expect to push away the chair and take two steps, and Suzuki Sonoko saw him with sharp eyes.

"Ritsuki!" She recovered from her depression and waved her hand at Shiraishi, "Are you going for a walk?" ”

Shiraishi paused, turned around and nodded politely.

Sonoko Suzuki's eyes lit up.

Romantic night, fresh air deep forest...... This is definitely the perfect time to boost feelings!

Although the sky is a little gloomy, this is not in the way - walking on the path covered with dead leaves, if you are frightened by startled birds, you can also take the opportunity to curl up in the arms of Ritsuki-kun because you are afraid!

Quickly planning the beautiful blueprint, Suzuki Sonoko bent her eyes and laughed for a while, only then did she return to her normal expression in Maoliran's dry laughter.

Thinking that Takahashi said that it would rain for a while, in order to prevent the romantic walk from being interrupted, she turned around very diligently to find an umbrella.

Holding an umbrella with a shy face, he walked to the door, and when he looked up, the entrance was empty, and the people were long gone.

Suzuki Sonoko's footsteps froze, looking at the door gloomily, and the umbrella in her hand was pinched out by her with a creak.

"You only asked him if he wanted to take a walk, and you didn't ask him to wait for you." Conan looked at his old classmate speechlessly, "And even if you say it, he will definitely be frightened by the way you hold your face and drool......"

"Shut up! Kids don't mind the adults! ”

Sonoko Suzuki flicked a finger on his head, and smoke rose from the top of his head.

"Okay, I'll go with you, maybe we'll meet you while walking."

Mao Lilan picked up Suzuki Sonoko and rubbed Conan's forehead that was bounced: "It just so happens that I want to go outside for a spin too." "The atmosphere in the house was so oppressive.