Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 50 The Method of Escape

Is this hopelessness?

——Finally found the exit, only to find that the only exit was blocked.

Hojo Shinji collapsed to the ground.

With a numb expression, he stared at their escape route and the boulder that was absolutely impossible to shake with the strength of two middle school students.

The snake climbed down from the ceiling at some point. It passed by him calmly and got into the triangular gap between the stone and the wall next to it.

Kudo Shinichi watched the snake's tail disappear in front of his eyes. He came to the boulder and tried to push it a few times. The stone did not move at all, and he bent down to check the gap again.

After the gap is a corridor, where there is another staircase leading to the upper level, where more sunlight shines, forming a dazzling circle of light.

Kudo Shinichi noticed that there was a mirror next to the stairs, pointed directly at the top of the stairs, and something was reflected in the mirror.

He maintained his crouching position, took out his phone again, clicked on the camera function, pointed it there and kept zooming in, and finally saw the picture above clearly.

——It is the blue sky and a forest.

It seems that this is indeed the exit...

Kudo Shinichi put away his cell phone, which still had no signal, and turned to the boulder next to him again. He found that beside the boulder, there were strips of slender steel plates lying on the side.

He raised his hand and touched the iron chains on the stone. They were very strong, and looked down the chains.

Through the gap in the floor where the chain passed, Kudo Shinichi saw a room on the second underground floor. He recognized it as the room containing the winch.

It seems that the iron chains on the stone are those on the winch. The winch is usually used to drag or salvage heavy objects. As long as it is started, its power is enough to pull the stone apart.

However, if this stone really falls, it will hit the entrance of the winch room, and the operator will be completely blocked inside, unable to escape...

When Kudo Shinichi thought of this, he suddenly realized something.

His eyes widened. Wearing short sleeves, he seemed to have poured a bucket of cold water on him in the middle of winter. He stood frozen in place, motionless.

"what to do……"

Behind him, Hojo Shinji covered his face, collapsed and shouted in despair.

"How on earth can we escape from here?!!"

Hearing Hojo Shinji's voice, Kudo Shinichi turned his head stiffly.

It was only at this moment that he finally understood why the prisoner who had only targeted him twice before wanted to involve another person this time.

What could be more desperate than finding a blocked exit?

——You can open the exit and let others live, but the price is that you will block your own way of escape with your own hands.

Moreover, it is not a happy death.

He was alone in a small and dark environment, watching the water gradually cover his body... After stones fell and blocked the door, there might be a lack of oxygen in the room, and he would suffocate to death before drowning.

Kudo Shinichi's hand clenched tightly, then weakly let go.

The sound of crawling snakes sounded again.

The venomous snake that crawled out from the gap actually crawled down from a small hole in the ceiling.Those light brown snake eyes stared down at the two trapped people.

As if expecting what answer he would give.

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10 a.m., Minato Middle School.

"...the god of music?"

Officer Megure knew only a little about music. He held the threatening letter and had no idea what it meant.

He turned his attention to Aoyagi Binguang: "You are a music teacher, right? Do you know who the being called 'god' is in the field of music?"

"The concept of music is very broad. Piano and violin playing is music, and pop songs occasionally heard while walking on the road are also considered music."

Qingliu Bin said this, but he still thought about it: "In the field I am familiar with, Beethoven is called the 'Music Saint', Mozart is the 'Music Prodigy', and Chopin is known as the 'Piano Poet'... these three None of them have received such exaggerated praise.”

Toru Amuro was beside him and intervened in the topic naturally: "By the way, Teacher Aoyagi, yesterday you said something was lost in the music classroom. What was it specifically? Is it valuable?" "It's not expensive. It's a music score I wrote myself."

Aoyagi Binguang sighed and raised his hand to rub the rabbit on his shoulder: "Adapted from Mahler's "Song of the Earth", it was originally a symphony and I wrote a piano solo version. Unfortunately, the surveillance on the fifth floor was broken and no suspects were caught. people."

Officer Megure coughed dryly and said, "It's just a music score...could it be that you misplaced it yourself?"

"impossible."

Aoyagi Binguang, who was calm when he was suspected of kidnapping students, frowned and retorted on the spot: "My memory is not that bad, it was just taken away."

Toru Amuro gently held his chin with his index finger and thumb, showing a thoughtful expression.

"...Based on Mahler's composition order, it should have been ranked as the Ninth Symphony, but he felt it was unlucky because many composers died after writing their Ninth Symphony, so it was finally named "Earth" song of"."

Aoyagi Binguang nodded, looking at Toru Amuro with a more appreciative look, and his face was even more thankful that he didn't have to explain it to a layman.

The short-haired policewoman next to Officer Megure—Miwako Sato, who once met Toru Amuro at the gate of the police academy—reacted first: "Ninth Symphony? Then the "Ninth Symphony" in the letter, is it possible? Do you mean this?"

Toru Amuro remained silent and continued to collect music knowledge in his mind.

He remembered that the first movement of "Song of the Earth" was called "The Drinking Song of Sadness" and was in sonata form.The main theme is sung by a tenor solo, and the lyrics are divided into three sections. Each section ends with "Life is dark, and death is also dark."

The style of the entire set of music is rather gloomy, and even if there is occasional joy, it will soon be replaced by greater sadness and pain.

He didn't like it at all, but Hiro admired it.

Miwako Sato continued to think after expressing her personal opinions, and suddenly she caught sight of Aoyagi Binguang's expression from the corner of her eye.

"Did Mr. Aoyagi think of anything else?"

"I'm thinking about the Koji Oshiba I just mentioned." Aoyagi Himitsu said, "When I was playing based on that music score in class one day, there was a man in a chef's uniform who listened at the door for a long time."

He paused and continued: "I don't know Koji Koba, and I don't know if that person is him."

Amuro Toru is not surprised that Aoyagi Toru is paying attention to Koji Koba. The suspicion on him has not been cleared now. He must work hard to find the real culprit. Another missing faculty member is the best suspect.

Hearing this, Sato Miwako looked at the academic director and the employee who had previously said that Xiaobai had lost contact: "Do you have any photos?"

The logistics teacher took out his mobile phone, walked quickly to them, and showed them the photo above.

Qingliu Binguang immediately said: "This is the person."

Officer Memu also saw the photo and touched his chin again: "Why do this name and this face look so familiar to me? Where are they..."

Toru Amuro was watching quietly. He already knew what Koji Koji looked like.At this moment, he felt the cell phone in his arms—the one used to communicate with the police—vibrate suddenly.

It's probably a message from Feng Jian, with his efficiency...

Toru Amuro was a little helpless about the work efficiency of his subordinates. He secretly scanned the surrounding area and saw Aoyagi Binguang beside him, so he did not take out his mobile phone for the time being.

It was Sato Miwako who reacted first: "Is it the case three years ago? At that time, I had just joined the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Class 3 and was still in the internship period. It was——"

"Is it the case three years ago where the president of the blasting engineering company was killed by his employees?"

A voice came from outside, and Toru Amuro saw Matsuda Jinpei walking in.

This friend from the same period didn't look at him at all, as if he didn't know him at all, and walked straight to two colleagues who were searching the first section.

After hearing the specific time and identity of the deceased, Officer Megure finally showed an expression of realization, while Toru Amuro also did not look at Matsuda Jinpei, only secretly glanced at Aoyagi Binguang next to him.

"What is that?" Qingliu Binguang asked curiously.

Mumu Shisan pressed the brim of his hat, his expression became strange.

Toru Amuro thought of the Metropolitan Police Department's investigation section's reliance on detectives, especially Kudo Yusaku, over the years, and quickly understood the reason for his behavior.

Even in Yoneka Town, that murder case was special enough because it was evaluated by the media as——

The only case where Kudo Yusaku made a mistake in reasoning.

　I'm too tired from work, so I'll update it today...

　　Writing an original case is so frustrating, with multiple threads running in parallel, how best to switch perspectives, and clues foreshadowing that I don’t know how to bury...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)