This short-haired woman named Lunzi yelled at everyone, showing no mercy even if there were outsiders.
"You have survived as a singer until now because of my composing talent..."
"Don't forget it!"
After saying that, the short-haired woman slammed the door angrily and left.
Qin Zhibo glanced at the three members of the band, but there was no murderous intent in his eyes, as if he had become accustomed to this matter.
This made him a little surprised that his expression management was actually pretty good.
At this time, the man with glasses explained in a low voice: "She lives in the room next door, and her temper has never been very good."
The flat-headed man spread his hands and added helplessly: "But our band has always relied on Renzi's music to survive, so we don't dare to resist~"
The girl with wavy ponytail crossed her arms and said, "We have to work too. If you want to continue to stay here, you can take a look around here."
Two of the three people walked out of the room, while Wavy Girl sorted out the books in the library.
Qin Zhibo suggested at this time that everyone go to the backyard to look at the window where the monster was peeping.
On the one hand, it is to see if the previous rumors are really related to any monsters.
On the other hand, I also have to give the murderer some room to show off.
…
Qin Zhibo, Conan, Mao Lilan, Yuanzi, and Hondo Yingyou, a total of four people came to the backyard.
The lawn in the backyard is overgrown with weeds, and the exterior walls are much more patchy than the villa seen from the front. It seems that although the band bought the villa, they don't have the money to hire professionals to maintain it properly.
The windows arranged horizontally and vertically are very neat, with a total of 8×3, which is 24 windows.
All windows are double-layer structures, with the outer layer being a protective wooden grille window and the inner layer being an old-fashioned lattice window.
Almost all the wooden-barred windows are open, except for the fourth window from right to left on the second floor, which is completely closed.
"You saw it, that's the one, right?"
Yuanzi pointed to the only closed window and asked, "It looks pretty ordinary from the outside. It doesn't look like it's been cursed."
Qin Zhibo stared at the window and found nothing unusual.
And the strange thing is, if it was a ghoul, why did the ghoul have to invade through this window on the second floor?
Entering directly through the broken window on the first floor should be more in line with the intuition of this crawling monster.
Or there is no so-called monster, it is all a fabrication of the rumored "brother", for some purpose...
The main hall Yingyou looked around and found a wooden ladder standing next to the big tree. On the branch at the top of the wooden ladder, there was an artificial birdhouse painted white.
"Look, there is a bird's nest here. Are there any birds on it?"
As Yingyou said, he walked to the wooden ladder, eager to climb up and have a look.
Qin Zhibo immediately stepped forward and held his shoulders.
"You might get hurt if you go up there, so let me do it."
Qin Zhibo's words are full of the wisdom and care of an elder.
It was not a trivial matter to fall from such a high place. She had promised Reina Mizuno to help take care of her brother, so it was better not to let him get hurt as much as possible.
It was Qin Zhibo's turn to climb the ladder. He climbed to the top three times, five times five times two times, and he was right in front of the artificial bird house.
The design of this bird house is completely based on human wishful thinking. It is a small pointed house with a lid that can only be opened by humans on one side. In the middle of the lid is a hole for birds to get in.
Qin Zhibo opened the lid with his fingers. There was no bird's nest in the traditional sense, only a plate for the birds to drink.
However, the plate has been dry for a long time. Apparently no one here cares about the life and death of the bird.
"How is it? Mr. Qin?"
"There's no bird, just a plate."
"plate?"
Rather than talking, Qin Zhibo reached out and took out the plate to show it to the people below.
But when he showed the plate to the people below, he saw something unusual at the bottom of the plate.
It was a magic circle painted on the bottom of the plate using some kind of black paint.
There are complex inscriptions and magnificent patterns on the magic circle, which look very strange and are obviously not the original design of the porcelain plate.
This is……
Qin Zhibo was confused as he held the plate.
Why does a magic circle appear in this place?
Qin Zhibo glanced at other places in the bird house, but found no other magic circles.
But on the top of the bird house cover, there are four arc-shaped protrusions arranged in circular lines.
Qin Zhibo immediately understood and fastened the plate on it, which was able to be fixed on the inside of the lid.
Then close the lid of the bird house, and the magic circle will pass through the hole in the middle of the lid, just aiming at the window where the monster appeared and was nailed shut.
Magic circle aimed at the window?
Qin Zhibo's eyes scanned these two points and one line, thinking deeply in his heart.
If this magic circle is really useful, it may have something to do with the "monster" encountered by the brother of the previous owner of the villa.
Maybe someone used a magic circle to summon monsters, which happened to attack my brother behind the window.
Judging from the ultimate beneficiary of this matter, it may be the younger brother or younger sister, because they benefited the most after the death of the elder brother and sister-in-law.
However, those who can use the magic circle are those with magic power.
It seems that most people who have magical powers and can use magic live very low-key among people and use their abilities secretly.
Qin Zhibo thought about it, then took off the plate, took a photo with his mobile phone to record the magic circle, and sent it to Koizumi Hongzi.
But at this moment, the nailed window opened slightly.
Qin Zhibo's face was shocked, but he did not make a sound because of the fright. Instead, he narrowed his eyes and watched silently.
But the main hall Yingyou below saw what attracted Qin Zhibo's eyes and looked in which direction, but was frightened by the horrifying scene and screamed.
"ah--!"
"Then, there is something there!"
Qin Zhibo kept looking at the window, and as Bentang Yingyou made a sound, the nailed window quickly closed like a shell being frightened.
"At that moment, something was looking at us!"
Hondo Yingyou was so frightened that he fell to the ground, trembling and pointing in that direction.
But when Conan, Mao Lilan and Yuanzi looked at them on the ground, the windows had been closed, so naturally they saw nothing.
But even so, timid Mao Lilan was still frightened and clenched her hands uneasily, "Don't scare me~"
"I'm not lying, there really was something just now!"
When Conan heard this, he immediately ran to the villa with a serious face, obviously going up to check it out.
"Conan!"
Mao Lilan and Yuanzi followed closely behind.
Qin Zhibo glanced at the plate with some confusion. Could it be that the magic circle worked?
But thinking about it carefully, although I can cast magic with the help of the magic extractor, I am not wearing that item at all now.
However, just in case, Qin Zhibo still put the small plate in his arms to prevent it from harming anyone again.
After doing this, Qin Zhibo glanced around the second floor again.
Next to the nailed window is another window in the library, where Wavy Girl can be seen standing in front of the bookshelf reading.
Judging from her lack of reaction, there shouldn't be any shocking changes in the room.
On the left side of the nailed window, a thin figure hangs quietly in the room.
…
On the other side, Conan quickly ran to the library on the second floor of the villa.
The wavy girl who was reading a book inside was startled and asked, "What's going on?"
But Conan ignored her, but looked straight at the nailed window and ran forward to check.
The rivets and iron bars on the window frame are all in a secure state, with no trace of them being pulled out.
He frowned and fell into thinking.
At this time, Mao Lilan, Sonoko and Hondo Eiyou also arrived on the second floor, but were stopped by the knock on the door of the bespectacled man standing next to the library.
"Lunzi! Open the door quickly!"
"I'm here to bring you a CD!"
The flat-headed man also came down the stairs on the third floor, "What's wrong? It's so noisy."
The man with glasses explained: "When we went out to buy things just now, we bought the CD that Renzi asked me to buy. I brought the things to her now, but she never opened the door..."
"Miss Renzi is dead."
At this moment, Qin Zhibo came to the second floor and Dan made an announcement to everyone.
Everyone on the second floor trembled and looked shocked.
Qin Zhibo walked towards the door of Lunzi's room and said as he walked: "I saw it in the backyard just now. Lunzi had hanged himself in the room."
"Hang yourself!"
"How is this possible? Renzi, she..."
As Qin Zhibo and the man with glasses worked together to open the door, Lunzi in the room was indeed hung up.
One end of the rope was tied to the chandelier on the ceiling, and the other end was wrapped around Renzi's neck.
Qin Zhibo stepped forward immediately and symbolically felt the pulse of the corpse.
"There is no hope, Xiaolan, go call the police!"
"No one else is allowed in!"
Qin Zhibo gave a sharp shout and stopped the man with glasses and a flat head who was about to come in to help.
The two of them were stunned for a moment, and the guy with the crew cut was a little unconvinced, "Hey, why are you giving orders here? You're not a detective..."
After hearing this, Qin Zhibo raised his collar and showed a very professional posture.
"Sorry, I'm a detective."
"I forgot to introduce myself before, now let's get to know each other formally..."
"My name is Qin Zhibo, and I am a detective."
Conan: "..." Why do these words sound familiar?
The three of them seemed to have heard about Qin Zhibo's identity as a detective, and they were all surprised.
"So you are the famous detective in Tokyo!"
"No wonder you look familiar."
"How can it be……"
Seeing that several people understood his authority, Qin Zhibo occasionally showed his professionalism and said seriously: "Although it looks like a suicide at the scene, Lunzi asked someone to buy CDs for him before. It is impossible for such a person to suddenly
suicide."
"In other words, the murderer is in this villa."
"From now on, no one but me will be allowed in this room until the police arrive."
Qin Zhibo looked at the people outside the door. The so-called murderers naturally mainly refer to the three people in the band.
At this time, Bentang Yingyou stood aside and weakly raised his hand.
"Well... may I ask why this child can go in?"
Hondo Ying pointed right at Conan, who was standing openly and openly in the room looking around. Conan was stunned.
Qin Zhibo looked at Conan, stared at it for a second, and then gave an answer.
"Because this child is not... someone else, but my assistant."
When Conan heard this, he nodded with relief.
Just because this time I am finally not excluded from the category of human beings.
Qin Zhibo turned to look at Lunzi who was hanging next to him. He had actually seen the investigation point of the corpse through the window.
【Corpse Investigation√】
[Name of the deceased: Bao Bo Lunzi]
[Time of death: 15 minutes ago]
[Cause of death: strangulation]
[The corpse investigation is completed and character skills obtained: Art and Craft (Music)]
[Repeated acquisition of skills will be converted into 1000 proficiency of that skill]
Obtaining skills from musicians is not unexpected.
As 1000 proficiency levels were merged into the corresponding skills, the progress bar that was still only half full immediately overflowed.
[Congratulations, your art and craft (music) proficiency level has been raised to level 3]
Obtaining higher musical skills can help Qin Zhibo better use the prop [Magic Flute] to play the evil tune of the pigherd calling the mouse in the dream.
But now is not the time to worry about this, but the task prompt that pops up immediately afterwards.
——
Side mission: Find out the murderer of this case
Task requirements: time limit of half an hour
Task reward: 500 general skill proficiency, 150 social credit
——
The mission rewards are not rich, and even the time required for the mission is much shorter than usual, which shows that this case is not difficult to solve.
Start by finding an investigation point.
Qin Zhibo looked around the room and his eyes first fell on a key on the coffee table.
【Survey√】
[This is the key to the room door, but why is it separated from the key ring and placed here alone? 】
Qin Zhibo looked back at the waist of the corpse. There was a key ring on the belt, and the other keys were tied to it.
The key ring itself is also very unique. There is a tape measure-like device on the key ring that can pull the key out a long way.
Using this key ring, as long as the murderer pulls the extension cord of the key, he can take the key out through the crack in the door below.
Lock the door outside, and when you let go, the key will be returned to the key ring like a tape measure, and returned to the body.
This technique can create the effect of a secret room murder.
But the problem is that the room key is on the coffee table, not on the key ring, which makes this method invalid.
Secondly, the investigation point does not appear on the key ring, which means that the key ring has no direct relationship with this article.
Qin Zhibo continued to observe in the room and found a second investigation point.
This investigation point is located on the bookshelf, on the bottom row of books.
【Survey√】
[The order of this row of books has been disrupted by others, which can easily lead to obsessive-compulsive disorder]
Qin Zhibo bent down and looked at the bookshelf and found that it was an "Encyclopedia", which is an encyclopedia.
There is a number written at the bottom of the encyclopedia, but the order of the numbers is 5634127.
Just as Qin Zhibo was about to take out the book and try to restore the order to see what would happen, the phone in his arms rang.
Jingle Bell--
He picked up the phone and heard Koizumi Hongzi's voice on the other side.
"Where did you find that magic circle?"
"That is the magic circle that summons the terrifying hunter..."
