There were no introverts at this table, and when the atmosphere gradually warmed up, another person came down from upstairs.

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

After listening to the rambling chat on the 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 have a talent for art." Ayako Suzuki poured herself a cup of tea and sighed softly, "I can only write a movie review, bluffing a newcomer who has just joined the club, and you professional musicians and screenwriters can't compare." ”

"You just have too many hobbies. If we had concentrated our efforts on one point, we would have surpassed us a long time ago. Mari Terahara shook his head with a smile, "I haven't seen you for more than two years, and everyone has really changed a lot." ”

She remembered something again and looked at Tomokako Ikeda, "Atsuko didn't come with you?" ”

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

Mari Terahara, then realized that something was wrong, she was stunned, and looked at Ayako Suzuki, who was the most familiar with her, suspiciously.

Ayako Suzuki pondered and explained: "Atsuko, she ......"

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

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

"I'm sorry." Ayako Suzuki smiled awkwardly and diverted the topic, "Then I'll go prepare dinner first, and you guys talk about something else." ”

Tomokako Ikeda flicked her short hair on her forehead irritably, shook off a few people and walked out the door to breathe in the woods.

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

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

"Then I'll go 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."

He put on his coat and went up to the second floor.

Sitting in the lobby, you can also see the balcony on the second floor. Shiraishi looked at Ryoichi Takahashi's back and stopped again. Staring at the murderer, the effect should be the same.

After the two old classmates left, Mari Terahara, secretly grabbed Ayako Suzuki and asked in a low voice, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Ayako Suzuki sat down hesitantly, and she whispered, "Two years ago, Atsuko hanged herself. ”

This beginning seems to foretell many hidden secrets, and several protagonists at the table pricked up their ears and listened attentively.

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

Conan relied on his identity as a bear child and asked directly: "And then?" ”

"Huh?" Suzuki Ayako was stunned, "No, Atsuko's family is very emotionally broken, and Zhijiako, who is best with her, doesn't want to mention this matter, so we didn't ask much about the specific situation." ”

Terarahara Ma imagined that schoolgirl, and couldn't believe that such a good-tempered person would commit suicide, she muttered for a while, and suddenly said, "It shouldn't be that he killed, pretending to be suicide." ”

Ayako Suzuki shook her head: "The police have already checked, 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 that Conan was also nodding secretly, and cast an approving glance at Mari Terahara.

His killing was just speculation, and Shiraishi quickly turned his attention away from the topic. The new keyword "hanging suicide" reminded him of some details.

- "Atsuko" will commit suicide, it seems that her brainchild was copied by a friend.

The name of the painstaking work, Shiraishi couldn't remember, but he felt that the eight achievements were the demonic "Blue Kingdom".

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

So he was determined to avenge his former friend, and perhaps the object of his affection, during this reunion.

As for the object of revenge......

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

Shiraishi pondered for a moment the possibility of tying up Takahashi directly, and then quickly realized that there was nothing to be done in this way except to 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.

But now, since there is a dead "Atsuko", it may be possible to find a breakthrough in the virtual world.

After thinking for a while, Shiraishi felt that something was missing—there was no sound of water droplets in his ears, and he had not been able to receive the task.

Combined with the experience of taking on tasks before, Shiraishi decided to go out for a few steps, and he was idle anyway.

After glancing at Takahashi's vague figure through the glass door on the balcony on the second floor, Shiraishi prepared to go around to the back of the villa first to see what the would-be murderer was preparing for.

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 it with sharp eyes.

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

Shiraishi paused at his feet, turned around and nodded.

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 person was long gone.

Suzuki Sonoko's movements froze, and the umbrella in her hand was pinched by her and creaked.

"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......"

"Little kids, don't mind the adults!" Sonoko Suzuki flicked a finger on his head, and smoke rose from the top of his head.

Mao Lilan took her hand and touched Conan's forehead again, "Okay, I'll go with you, maybe you'll meet it while walking." ”

……

Shiraishi walked out of the gate and walked around the back of the villa through the dead branches and leaves.

Although it is most convenient to use a mask to stalk, this state can only last for half an hour in total, and it always feels too wasteful to use it.

It was already dark, and the villa was the only source of light in the vicinity, and the light from the windows here and there was not very strong, and the white stone hid under the shadow behind the trees, becoming even more inconspicuous.

From time to time, there was a clanging sound from the second floor, the sound was very irregular, and there was no match, which sounded very perfunctory.

Originally, I thought that Takahashi was slacking off, but after listening to it for a minute or two, Shiraishi felt that it was not quite right.

He poked his head out and looked at the backlit figure of Ryoichi Takahashi again, and at this time, a gust of mountain wind blew, and "Ryoichi Takahashi" actually began to fly with the wind like a ghost.

At the same time, Shiraishi saw a pendulum-like thing bolted to the balcony handrail, and when the wind blew, it shook twice and made a clattering sound, creating the illusion that someone was repairing the balcony.

"......" has a simple face, and his movements are not slow at all, when did he leave?

The stalking failed, and the task was not triggered.

Shiraishi wasn't sure whether to go back and sit or wander around the woods, looking for Tomokako Ikeda and Ryoichi Takahashi.

The system has not yet issued a rescue mission. This is either because Tomokako Ikeda doesn't need to be saved—the woods are too dark and so vast that Ryoichi Takahashi may not be able to find her; Either that, the time has not yet come, and Takahashi is not ready to do it.

If it is the former case, doesn't it mean that once the two meet by chance, the system will quickly send a task out?

…… The more I think about it, the more I think it's possible, and maybe I'll sell some high-priced acceleration props and teleportation props along the way.

Thinking about the wallet bouncing in a thrilling way between fullness and deflatedness, Shiraishi felt that he couldn't just go back.

Relying on his ability to see at night, Shiraishi recalled the face of Tomokako Ikeda when she went out, and walked in that direction.