Because the woman who screamed at the beginning said that it was unbearable to continue to be here, and in order to protect the scene before the police arrived, the group was now temporarily moved to the courtyard at the back of the hotel.

Nestled in bamboo forests, there are cobblestone paths and a clear pond that leads through a corridor through the courtyard to the hot springs.

Through the bamboo forest, you can see the cascading mountains, looking down on the small crowd like a black giant.

There were only eight people present, including the proprietress in total.

The seven residents are Li Wu and Hoshikawa Aoi, a couple snuggling together, a screaming woman, an elderly man in a rustic sportswear and canvas shoes, and a girl who claims to be an official official.

"It feels like the beginning of a mystery novel."

Hoshikawa Aoi whispered beside him.

Mystery novels? It seems to have that kind of atmosphere - a hot spring inn in the countryside, a mysterious proprietress hostess, a bizarre murder case, a congregated guesthouse, a detective-like character who wants to dominate the situation, and two people who strayed into it......

But it would be a mistake to really think so!

Although Li Wu maintained a calm expression on his face, his heart was already overturned, and his stomach was full of suffocation.

All because he saw the words on the heads of all of you present.

The mysterious proprietress is a monster, the detective has superpowers in the prefix, the couple's female head has [puppeteer] written on the head, the man has [doll] written on the head, and the harmless old man with a human and animal face bears the title of "martial artist", and Li Wu and Hoshikawa Aoi, who theoretically played the role of being involved, were originally intended to fight against the tengu......

As for the most ordinary-looking woman - she is indeed an ordinary person, and the top of her head is just written "Office Worker".

It can be called a messy scene, supernatural factors, martial arts masters, and monsters, which have rubbed the rules of the Ten Commandments of mystery novels on the ground.

How the hell did these guys get together!

The most important thing is that if this is the unfolding of a mystery novel, then the mystery has already been revealed at the very beginning.

Li Wu could already clearly see someone's name followed by a suffix:

(The Murderer).

For fear that he wouldn't be able to see clearly, the font was bolded.

"Haven't the police arrived yet? How long are we going to stay here? ”

The man with the [doll] on his head asked, his face vividly mixed with anxiety, anger, and fear.

But if you speculate from the meaning of the words, I'm afraid that the woman who is really manipulating his questioning is the woman who is the [puppeteer].

"This place is relatively remote, the police may take a while to arrive, guests should wait quietly for a while, our hotel accommodation fee tonight will be refunded in full, as a little compensation."

The proprietress still said calmly.

"Why are you still doing nothing?! That's the one you killed, right? Now, let's get her up first! ”

The woman of the [office worker] roared angrily, she seemed to be still immersed in the fear of seeing the corpse, and at this moment she accused the proprietress in a trembling tone.

"Please refrain from making unfounded accusations."

"What do you mean by baseless accusations? Tell me what you were doing in the room where that happened? ”

As if stimulated by the calm attitude of the proprietress , her emotions became more and more high.

"That's right, we don't want to suspect you, boss, but after all, everyone sees you standing next to the victim......"

The Puppeteer smiled and added.

[Snow Maiden] nodded and said, "Okay, because Mr. Nagai said that he wanted to take a nap this afternoon, please remind him at dinner that I just did what the guests requested." ”

The deceased's surname appears to be Nagai.

Seeing that the [office worker] still wanted to have a seizure, the old man with the [martial artist] came out and said: "Okay, okay, I don't think the boss lady will be a murderer, what about the little girl who took out a very powerful certificate?" If you don't let us go, do you have something to say? ”

Everyone's eyes focused on the body of the [Superpower Detective].

Li Wu also took this opportunity to look at a member of the [Public Security Ninth Lesson], an organization that was suspected of being a magical girl's mouth to fight against the supernatural people.

She is of the same type as Arisa, who looks very petite, with long brown hair slightly wavy and a millet beret on her head.

From the moment she arrived in the courtyard, she had not spoken, but silently observed the crowd.

But now that everyone's eyes are focused on herself, she has to conclude early: "Everyone, I might as well talk about what I saw and heard at the murder scene before. ”

"According to my observation, the deceased was a man in the prime of life, about 185cm tall, with thick joints, and a diamond ring on the ring finger of his left hand.

She said a long sentence in one breath, and then looked at [Snow Girl]: "In addition, the window of the room is closed, I investigated the condition of the door buckle, and I didn't find that it was damaged, was the door open when the boss lady arrived at the scene?" ”

[Snow Girl]'s eyes flickered, and she said softly, "No, I knocked on the door and found that Mr. Nagai had not responded, and then I took the key to open the door." ”

"When you open the door and see a dead person, it's that cold-blooded attitude? Only murderers can do it. ”

[Office worker] sneered and sarcastically said.

"But the victim's injuries ...... It can't be an injury that can be done empty-handed. ”

[Martial Artist] said very firmly, "The proprietress has no space to carry the murder weapon, and more importantly, there is no blood stains on her body at all, if she has time to deal with the murder weapon and change clothes, how can she return to the scene of the crime and let us bump into it?" ”

"Not necessarily, if the boss lady has superpowers or spells, she can blow up a person's head without blood."

[Superpower Detective] said as if he was joking.

She turned to the office worker and asked, "Then what is the purpose of this sister and Ling going to Mr. Nagai's room?" It's on the deepest part of the first floor, so I don't think I'll get there. ”

The woman who was questioned changed her face and said angrily: "Because he asked me to have dinner during the day...... This is my privacy, and I don't have to say it. ”

Everyone else had a knowing look on their faces.

"Then the others ......"

Just as the detective wanted to continue questioning, Li Wu raised his hand.

"Excuse me a little, but I know who the killer is."

"Huh?!" Hoshikawa Aoi next to him let out an exclamation.

Everyone on the field showed expressions of surprise or disdain, and Li Wu pointed to the [Martial Artist].

"This old man killed him."