The playground has been cleaned up by the police, leaving no traces, but for Furukawa, it seems that the dead bodies can still be faintly seen...... But for him, the corpses in the haze have only changed from one to two.

Shin Furukawa, a student in the third (8th) class of Teidan High School, although he is close to graduation, he does not have any nervousness, because he has excellent grades and does not worry about college......

At this time, he was planning to go to the library to study on his own, not to improve his scores, but more to pass the time.

Find a familiar place to sit down, put the water glass away, and then get up and walk to the bookshelf to find the book you want to read.

“？”

When he took his book and returned to his seat, he saw a note pressed under the glass......

You killed her————

A few words lay on the slip of paper, not handwritten, but cut out and pasted from the newspaper word by word.

"Prank?"

It took him about two minutes to leave here to find the book, and now he might be able to find the person who sent him the note.

………

"Really, I should have messed up in the café ......"

Katayama held a book in his hand and walked towards the library...... Matsumoto Ju didn't return the books to the library, but he only found out yesterday when he was tidying up, so he will go over and return them by the way.

Zorro followed behind Katayama, taking a closer look around.

"Huh?"

A student hurried from the library and crashed into Katayama, but Katayama didn't move, but he was bounced back by the reaction force.........

"Touching porcelain, you?"

Katayama didn't take the initiative to help, and it was this thing that hit it on its own.

"I'm sorry, I'm in too much of a hurry......"

The boy got up from the ground and said to Katayama.

"Excuse me, did you notice anyone coming out of the library when you were walking along the road?"

Katayama scratched his head, what nonsense, the library is not closed, someone must have come out of it......

"Yes, quite a few, do you have anything important?"

He continued to look at the boy with a blank face, wondering why he didn't have a good impression of the student in front of him......

"Because it seems that someone's things have been left in the library, I want to return them to him......"

"But you're empty-handed, at most it's a small note in the palm of your hand."

Katayama pointed to his hands, his hands clenched into fists, nothing at all, at most a small thing.

"Ah......h

The boy obviously didn't expect Katayama to say that, would ordinary people reply like this?

"Okay, I think there's a girl writing you a love letter, want to come out and see who it is...... Alas, it's good to be young......"

Katayama patted the boy on the shoulder and walked into the library.

"Well, are you a new teacher...... Because it's not supposed to be a student to look at the dress, right? ”

The boy stopped Katayama for some reason, and Katayama glanced back at him and pouted.

"What's the matter, you ......?"

Ignoring the boy, he walked straight to the library again.

"What a weirdo ......"

Furukawa looked at Katayama's back, and the cat at his feet...... Wait, the cat seems to be staring back at it.........

"Meow~"

He rubbed his eyes in disbelief...... The cat seemed to be smiling at him!

………

"Sure enough, there was indeed a suicide in this school a year ago."

Katayama looked at the message on his phone, it was a police file sent to him by Conan, which said that a year ago, a girl named Maki jumped from the botanical garden and fell to her death on the playground.

At this time, he had returned the books and periodicals, walked on the school playground, and the laboratory building had completed the investigation and was now in a state where he could enter and exit.

Katayama led Zorro quickly to the botanical garden on the top floor......

It was summer, and most of the vegetation was thick, but he managed to find the edge facing the playground, and the fence did look in disrepair, but it shouldn't be touched as soon as it was touched......

Gala .........

The fence was pushed open like a gate, and Katayama shrank back in fright, and the fence was restored to its original state.

I see, the side connection has been broken, so it will come loose...... If you accidentally lean on it, you will indeed fall straight down.

……… Still something is wrong.

This is a relatively remote part of the botanical garden, and no one will run here to lean on the railing.

Forget it once, but it's the second time.

One died a year ago, and another is dead now...... The way to die is exactly the same.

Even, the date is the same, the date of the second deceased falling to his death is exactly the death date of the first deceased......

Coincidental? Ghosts don't believe it!

Same way to die, same date...... Serial killing? Does this date have a special meaning for the murderer?

"Huh?"

Katayama was about to leave, when he saw the boy who had just hit him walking into the botanical garden, and he was obviously stunned when he saw him.

"Why are you here? You're an outsider, right? ”

"I still want to ask you, have you just fallen here?"

"Wait, are you ......"

Furukawa looked at Katayama and seemed thoughtful...... Where did he seem to have seen this face......

"Are you here to investigate from the police?"

He suddenly remembered that on the day of the crime, he saw this person in the crowd and walked to the police very naturally, and it seemed that he was very familiar with the police, could it be that he was in plainclothes from the police?

"Let's just guess, what are you doing here?"

"Student Union officer, I am in charge of the botanical garden."

Furukawa said, flashing his student ID.

“！”

Katayama's eyes sank, and he looked the boy in front of him up and down...... Shin Furukawa...... Senior 3 (8) Class ......

If he remembers correctly, the boy named Furukawa in front of him and the deceased are in the same class!

"Since you're in charge of the botanical garden, why don't you fix the fence when it's broken?"

Katayama pointed to the fence next to him, this is a safety hazard!

"Who would drill into it in the ordinary........."

Furukawa whispered, indeed, that fence is in the woods, and ordinary people wouldn't come and drill into it if they have nothing to do.

One is because the lawn is not allowed to be trampled on, and the other is that there is nothing to see inside.

"Forget it, since you're in charge of this side, the case from a year ago, do you know?"

Katayama didn't plan to talk to him, so he immediately pulled back to the topic.

"That's right, she's also my classmate...... Classmate, her name is ...... True white. ”

"I'll never forget...... The day she fell from the upper floor........."

Furukawa looked at the fence and his expression gradually sank...... Katayama seemed to see a hint of ...... in his eyes Sadness?

"Sir, if there's nothing else to do, you'd better leave first, I'm going to clean up the botanical garden."

The person in charge began to clear the field, and he didn't say anything and left with Zorro.........