I'm a Light Novel Master in Japan

She walked over, crouched in front of the clock, and observed quietly.

Her eyes have a sharper ability to distinguish colors than ordinary people, and the entire clock face fell to the ground in reverse, which is not unusual, but Zhenbai's eyes caught traces of fingerprints formed by reddish-brown spots, which seemed to be dried blood .

11:35:15…

Shiina Mashiro's clear and calm eyes looked at the hour hand, minute hand and second hand quietly, only the minute hand had a trace of blood.

"What is Holmes . . . telling me?"

Shiina Mashiro said something silently in his heart.

7:35 minutes.

Rita, who was wrapped in a towel, was sitting in the middle school teacher's office, holding hot water, waiting for news among a bunch of British plainclothes and Japanese police coming and going.

"Rita."

At this time, Shiina Mashiro and Victoria returned to the office, and Mashiro called Rita.

"Zhenbai, and...Miss Victoria."

Rita looked up, looked at them, and responded.

"Rita, I have something to ask you about last night's experience." Shiina Mashiro stood in front of her and asked with a normal expression.

"Yes, you need to remember many details. I hope you can calm down." Victoria added.

Rita was dazed, silent for a while, nodded, and said, "Yes, I see."

She actually wanted to ask Zhenbai and Victoria about Li Yan, but it didn't seem like the time to ask.

"Yesterday evening, why did you suddenly disappear?" Zhenbai looked at her and asked.

"...Yesterday, according to Li's intention, I still didn't go to the cram school on Saturday. After all, the teaching of Shuimei High School of Arts seems too simple."

Rita spoke quietly.

However, yesterday afternoon, Zhenbai went out to Forrest's mansion as usual. When she was taking care of Alice by herself, she received a call from the head teacher of the art class, asking her to go to the school to make a supplement and sign a transfer. school documents, and in order to catch up with time, the class teacher even drove over to pick her up.The voice on the phone was indeed from the head teacher, so Rita didn't think much about it.

Then, Rita followed the time agreed on the phone and went downstairs to wait. In the end, she really saw her head teacher, a middle-aged woman, Mrs. Kawauchi, who came to pick her up.

The voice, appearance, and even the habits are exactly the same. Rita lowered her vigilance and got into Mr. Kawauchi's car, thinking that with the protection of adults, she should not be attacked by that group of criminals like this.

But, who knew, as soon as she entered the school, Teacher Kawauchi covered her mouth and nose with a towel sprayed with drugs, and soon fell into a coma.

"That's how I've been locked up in the school," Rita said.

Shiina Mashiro and Victoria understand that the so-called "Mr. Kawauchi" is mostly disguised by that brain. It is rumored that the leader of the [Jester Thieves] is good at disguise, not only can change the appearance, body shape, and even the voice. Imitate perfection.

The reason why she couldn’t do anything on the road was that on the one hand, she was worried about being noticed by passers-by, and on the other hand, Rita herself was sitting in the co-pilot, so her hands were easily noticed, and Rita herself had a certain degree of vigilance, so driving in urban areas was very difficult. It's easy for Rita to escape, so I can only really take her to school, and then take the opportunity to do it.But at that time, it was the time when art students had the most activities after class, and taking away any items in a hurry would cause alarm, so they had to wait until night to send out the successfully captured Rita.

Rita's words were quite consistent with the clues provided by Alice, but Rita didn't tell Alice what she was going to do when she hurried out...

Zhenbai and Victoria still can't figure out why Li Yan, who came back at 7:46, can so quickly deduce that Rita went to school and disappeared that night.

"Perhaps... Li (Holmes) also knows what's going on inside the police. If he calls the police, Rita will be transferred faster. So at that time, the only one who can deal with them is Li Yan (Holmes) himself."

The two girls thought of this together.

"I remember very late. Li found me and rescued me from the cabinet... But when we were going to go out from behind, I really wanted to understand that it was not easy to simply sneak in."

"..."

Zhenbai quietly listened to Rita's explanation.

"However, our whereabouts were still discovered. Therefore, in the shortest possible time, Li felt that it was too dangerous to take me out, so he used his plan again and hid me in a cabinet in the noisy utility room. By the way, he also gave me his mobile phone, telling me not to call, but to tell Zhenbai the situation here by text message."

"Well, but I received it at 4 o'clock in the morning." Shiina Mashiro said.

"The signal at the school has always been relatively poor, especially after hiding in that small cabinet, I tried to send a text message many times but couldn't send it... But it did succeed once at four o'clock."

Rita explained.

"I... have been worried about Li's safety, have been waiting with some fear, and listened to the movement outside."

After hearing what Rita said next, Mashiro Shiina and Victoria felt heavy in their hearts.

"It was very noisy, as if the fight was fierce... From time to time, I heard all kinds of screams and shouts... I also know that Li may also be injured..."

In order not to disturb the surroundings, the other party kept attacking Li Yan with sticks and machetes. In the dark, the two sides finally fought together in a bloody turmoil.

"In the end, I couldn't hear anything anymore, and just as I was trying to contact you, I heard a gunshot."

Rita lowered her head sadly, and told everything she knew.

"..."

Shiina Mashiro noticed something, and asked, "Rita, what time was it when the gun went off?"

"...Eh?" Rita looked at Mashiro in bewilderment.

Victoria didn't quite understand the significance of Zhenbai asking about the time of the gunshot, but this detail was indeed very important, and explained: "Well... If you had been using Li's mobile phone at that time, wouldn't that thing always display the time? You had Notice what time you heard the gunshots?"

Rita thought for a while, but as a painter student, her picture memory ability is also quite good, and she replied: "It should be at 11:32."

"?!"

Shiina Mashiro and Victoria suddenly changed their faces.