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Chapter 1155: Flipping the Table, Causing Trouble [Bonus Chapter for Children's Day]
Hoshikawa Togo saw Ike Hassashi looking over and, after being stunned for a moment, nodded solemnly at Ike Hassashi. He quickly went to the Next Door room, which had been turned upside down. "The Police said they should be here in about twenty minutes..."
Haibara Ai didn't enter the Room either, leaning against the Wall Side of the Corridor, and told Ike Hassashi the Situation, "After the dishes were brought to the Table, Mrs. Masakage said she was going to Call Mr. Fanta to eat, and Miss Himemiya was entrusted to Mr. Xinghe. Because Mr. Xinghe said there were some interesting Magic Souvenirs and photos on the Second Floor, he asked Whether or Not we wanted to Check, so we Followed him here..."
Ike Hassashi listened to Haibara Ai's Indication, took out his Gloves, put them on, Walked To the Door, and Opened the Door A Bit.
"When we first arrived at the End of Corridor, although it was narrow and dim, the Moonlight shone in from the Window at the End of Corridor, so we could vaguely See the Situation in the Corridor. What we can Confirm is that at that Time, there were no Black Shadow suspected to be a Corpse in the Corridor. And after the Light went out and came on again, Himegumi Nobuko's Corpse was already leaning against the Wall Side," Haibara Ai Said, straightened up, Walked To the Entrance, Looked Towards That Door Opened Window in the Room, and continued softly, "It Looks Like someone Infiltration here wanted to steal 'Masakage's Notes', and turned the Room Next Door, where the photos and Data were kept, into a mess. Miss Himemiya happened to make a Discovery, so she was killed. Taking advantage of the Tripped Circuit Breaker, they Sliped out of the Room, put Miss Himemiya's Corpse in the Corridor to attract our Attention, and went into the Room where Mr. Xinghe was making a Phone Call to Report to Police, and escaped from the Opened Window..."
Hattori Heiji, coming out of the Room Next Door: "Correct, that's how it Looks at the Present."
Conan, who also appeared, had a thoughtful Face. "Yeah."
Haibara Ai: "..."
What was she doing just now? Reasoning?
It turns out 'Reasoning' really is a disease, a contagious disease. After knowing these Detectives for a long Time, once you're Interested, you can't help but start Reasoning.
Moreover, she still had something to Say, which was to Ask Brother Hichiji if it was Possible to use a Magic Trick...
"But Brother Hichiji," Hattori Heiji, who had been thinking with his Head Down, Looked Up at Ike Hassashi, his Gaze serious but with a Hint of Hesitation, "You Say, is it Possible to use a Magic Trick to make a Corpse appear out of thin air?"
Conan stopped thinking and also Looked at Ike Hassashi. He and Hattori had finished Communication, and now they wanted to Communicate with their Little Partner who knew more about Magic Trick. "Correct, although the Window was Opened, it can't be ruled out that the Murderer didn't leave and has been in this Home from beginning to End! This is the House of a Magician Master, maybe there are some Magic Mechanism that can make a Corpse appear or disappear..."
Ike Hassashi finished Observation the Room Door in Front of him, which was twice as thick as an ordinary Door, and Turned Head to Look at Hattori Heiji and Conan.
These two People were asking the right Point.
He remembered this Method roughly, and plus, the Main factors of the Magician's Illusion were just a few. After Seeing this Room, he filled in some vague Details in his Memory. He was feeling Meaninglessness, and these two People started asking questions. The Clue were also at the Crime Scene, so...
It would be a Pity if he didn't flip the Table, push the Progress forward, and make everyone lose the Joy of Reasoning!
Hattori Heiji Looked at Ike Hassashi Glancing over, and Sweated A Bit. Why did he feel that Ike Hassashi's Gaze had a Hint of Strangeness? He still Looked very Sedation, but he always had a bad Feeling in his Heart. "Uh, wh-what's Wrong?"
"You guys Come Over here," Ike Hassashi withdrew his Line of Sight and Walked out of the Corridor. "Ai, you Come too."
The Three People Followed in a daze and arrived at the Stairwell Entrance leading to the First Floor.
After Ike Hassashi Stopped, he Turned Around to Face the Three People, but didn't Look at them. Instead, he took out his Notebook and a Pen and wrote and drew with his Head Down, "There is more than one Weird Place in the Room where Mr. Xinghe made a Phone Call to Report to Police..."
"Is there? Besides the Opened Window, there's also..." Hattori Heiji touched his chin and recalled, "Cello, Round Table, Cabinet, Magic Prop Sword..."
"Most of the Things on the Framework are also Magic Prop, it feels a little crowded, but it's not messy..." Conan suddenly stopped. "Huh?"
Why?
Why did he feel a strong Sense of Disharmony the more he thought about that Room?
"What's Wrong? Is something Wrong? Ko..." Hattori Heiji Sweated, and quickly changed his Words, "Co... Conan."
Haibara Ai secretly Looked at Ike Hassashi and breathed a Sigh of Relief when she Found that Ike Hassashi was focused on Drawing. She Glanced at Hattori Heiji.
If she didn't keep a close Eye on him, Hattori would trick her sooner or later.
"That Room is Indeed a little Wrong," Conan recalled the Room layout, searching for the Place he felt was Disharmony, "It's the Side near the Entrance..."
"You'll know if you Check this." Ike Hassashi Tore Off a Paper Slip that had been written and drawn on and Handed Over To Hattori Heiji.
He was planning to flip the Table and smash the Place, but he wouldn't patiently guide them and wait for Conan and Hattori Heiji to Ponder it out themselves.
Standing at the Room Door and Looking inside, the Wall is on the Left Hand Side, and the Glass Door is directly in Front. There is nothing in the section from the Entrance to the Glass Door. The Furniture is all concentrated on the Right Hand Side. This is where the Sense of Disharmony lies—the Furniture is all concentrated on the Right Side, and the Place from the Front to the Glass Door is empty.
In that Room, there is also a Projector Screen that is folded up. As Long As the Projector Screen is pulled down, it will block all the Furniture on the Right Hand Side.
In an Environment with a little Dim Light, pull down the Curtain and Open the Door to Look inside from the Entrance. It Looks Like 'both the Left and Right Sides are Walls', and the Small Bookshelf leaning against the Left Wall can also serve as the Room Door on the Left Side of the Corridor.
As For the Glass Door at the End, because it is composed of four pieces, As Long As a 'Hallway Cabinet Same Style' in the Room is moved in Front of the Glass Door to block the bottom two pieces of Glass, and then the 'Hallway Same Style' Vase in the Room is placed on it. Since the Room Floor and the Corridor Floor are the Same, after this Arrangement, that Room will become a 'Corridor' that Looks exactly Like the Corridor.
And that Room's Room Door is pulled Open outwards. The Corridor is narrow and the Door is wide, so the Door will be placed horizontally in the Corridor, stuck against the Wall on the other Side, and fixed at a specific Inclination Angle.
That Door is as thick as two Doors, and there is a Thin Thread concave Mark in the middle of the Door Panel. In fact, it can be divided into two Doors. A Mirror as big as a Door Panel is fixed on one of the Doors.
After the Room is arranged, Open the Mirror Mechanism of the Room Door. Standing on the Side of the Corridor Entrance, at a Glance, you will See the fake Corridor in the Room reflected by the Mirror, and the Corpse is Behind the Mirror Door.
Due To the Dim Light, People can only vaguely See a rough Outline, and are Deceived by their own Eyes, thinking that it is the Corridor. When the Tripped Circuit Breaker causes a Power Outage and it is Pitch Black, As Long As the Door is closed, the Corpse and the Real Corridor that were previously blocked by the Mirror Door will be revealed.
In this way, who the Murderer is is already very Obvious.
Because if this 'Great Corpse Transformation' Magic Trick Method is to be completed, the Murderer must be Next to the Door at that Time in order to close the Mirror Door in the Instant of the Power Outage. Afterwards, he must also use the Reason of 'Calling to Report to Police' to enter that Room with a Sense of Disharmony, pull up the Projector Screen, move the Cabinet back to its original Place, move the Vase away and put the Phone on it, pretending to be making a Phone Call to Report to Police...
Hoshikawa Togo!
Only Hoshikawa Togo had the Opportunity to activate the Magic 'Switch', and only Hoshikawa Togo had the Time to erase the remaining Trace that would destroy the Magic's magical display.
"What Things?" Hattori Heiji took the Paper Slip in Doubt, squatted down, and very generously shared it with Conan, who was leaning on his toes and peeking.
Haibara Ai also curiously leaned close to Hattori Heiji and peeked at the Paper.
It was a Diagram, or rather... a Set of Diagrams.
In the upper Left Hand Corner of the Paper, there were two Doors drawn, with a curved Arrow above them, indicating that the two Doors changed from an overlapping State to a separated State. In the middle Part where the two Doors would overlap, there was a Face drawn with several oblique Thin Thread of different lengths, which made People Guess at a Glance that it should be something Like a Mirror.
Well, it was drawn simply but clearly, making it easy for People to Understand at a Glance.
And the Person who drew the Drawing Seemingly worried that they wouldn't Understand, so they made Text annotations on it, writing 'Room Door where Hoshikawa Togo made a Phone Call to Report to Police' in the Lower Corner of the Door, drawing a Line on the Mirror Door Side and writing 'Mirror Door', and even drawing a Line at the Handle on the Inside of the Door and writing 'can be pulled up, suspected Door Panel Mechanism Switch'.
Well, this was dissecting other People's Secret Door for them to See.
On the Right Side of the Paper, there was a layout Diagram of that Room, with 'Room where Hoshikawa Togo made a Phone Call to Report to Police' marked Below. The Scene Perspective was from the Entrance Looking inside. The Furniture on the Right Side, Such As the Round Table, were all simple Drawings, but the Glass Door directly in Front, the Cabinet in Front of Hoshikawa Togo when he made a Phone Call to Report to Police, and the Vase on the Framework were drawn in much more Detail. Although they were still composed of Lines, they also restored the specific Style in a very Restored way, and even the Patterns on the Vase were simply drawn.
And on this Diagram, the Cabinet was marked with an Arrow pointing to the Left. In Front of the Glass Door, there was also a Cabinet drawn with dotted Lines, and a Vase Outline was also drawn with dotted Lines above the dotted Line Cabinet, with the Arrow of the Vase pointing to the dotted Line Cabinet Above.
It was still easy for People to Understand at a Glance, indicating that it was a Move.
It is worth noting that on this Diagram, there is also a thickened straight Line circled near the Ceiling, marked 'Projector Screen', and then there is a Downward Arrow, also drawing the Outline of the Curtain being pulled down with dotted Lines.
Below this Drawing, there is another Diagram marked 'Hoshikawa Togo Mr.'s Room where he made a Phone Call to Report to Police 2.0', which is the Effect Diagram after moving the Cabinet, Vase, and Curtain. It Looks exactly Like the Corridor.
In the Lower Left Hand Corner of the Paper, there is a Floor Plan of the Corridor and the Room:
The two Doors of That Door are separated, with the Mirror Door Panel facing the Corridor Side and leaning diagonally in the Corridor. Behind the Door, there is a Circle marked 'Corpse'. The Items in the Room are also in the moved State. There is a straight Line representing the 'Line of Sight', extending straight out from the Corridor Entrance, turning at the Mirror Door, passing through to the 'fake Corridor' in the Room, and stopping at the Glass Door at the End, the moved Cabinet and Vase.
In the Corridor, there is also a Human Shape Outline with a Right Hand extended, with 'Hoshikawa Togo' marked on the Human Shape, and 'close the Door when the Tripped Circuit Breaker causes a Power Outage, so that the blocked Corpse can be Seen. When the Electricity comes back, take advantage of the Fact that other People's Line of Sight is attracted by the Corpse, pretend to Panic and enter the House to make a Phone Call, pull up the Curtain, move the Cabinet and Vase back to their original Places, and make a Phone Call to Report to Police' written in the Lower Corner.
Well, very good, it was still so simple and easy to Understand.
I'm afraid that even an Elementary School Student could Understand and Restore it by Looking at the Picture, but the annotations were too Detailed, giving them the Feeling that 'they were Little Partner who were taken care of meticulously by an Older Brother'...
Thank you for your support, I wish you all a happy Children's Day, today's Bonus Chapter ends here.
The next plot officially begins... There will be no Bonus Chapter during the National College Entrance Examination. Little Partner who are participating in the National College Entrance Examination should concentrate on the Exam. I Hope everyone can get Ideal good Score. I will give you more Bonus Chapter after the National College Entrance Examination.
(End of Chapter)
Hoshikawa Togo saw Ike Hassashi looking over and, after being stunned for a moment, nodded solemnly at Ike Hassashi. He quickly went to the Next Door room, which had been turned upside down. "The Police said they should be here in about twenty minutes..."
Haibara Ai didn't enter the Room either, leaning against the Wall Side of the Corridor, and told Ike Hassashi the Situation, "After the dishes were brought to the Table, Mrs. Masakage said she was going to Call Mr. Fanta to eat, and Miss Himemiya was entrusted to Mr. Xinghe. Because Mr. Xinghe said there were some interesting Magic Souvenirs and photos on the Second Floor, he asked Whether or Not we wanted to Check, so we Followed him here..."
Ike Hassashi listened to Haibara Ai's Indication, took out his Gloves, put them on, Walked To the Door, and Opened the Door A Bit.
"When we first arrived at the End of Corridor, although it was narrow and dim, the Moonlight shone in from the Window at the End of Corridor, so we could vaguely See the Situation in the Corridor. What we can Confirm is that at that Time, there were no Black Shadow suspected to be a Corpse in the Corridor. And after the Light went out and came on again, Himegumi Nobuko's Corpse was already leaning against the Wall Side," Haibara Ai Said, straightened up, Walked To the Entrance, Looked Towards That Door Opened Window in the Room, and continued softly, "It Looks Like someone Infiltration here wanted to steal 'Masakage's Notes', and turned the Room Next Door, where the photos and Data were kept, into a mess. Miss Himemiya happened to make a Discovery, so she was killed. Taking advantage of the Tripped Circuit Breaker, they Sliped out of the Room, put Miss Himemiya's Corpse in the Corridor to attract our Attention, and went into the Room where Mr. Xinghe was making a Phone Call to Report to Police, and escaped from the Opened Window..."
Hattori Heiji, coming out of the Room Next Door: "Correct, that's how it Looks at the Present."
Conan, who also appeared, had a thoughtful Face. "Yeah."
Haibara Ai: "..."
What was she doing just now? Reasoning?
It turns out 'Reasoning' really is a disease, a contagious disease. After knowing these Detectives for a long Time, once you're Interested, you can't help but start Reasoning.
Moreover, she still had something to Say, which was to Ask Brother Hichiji if it was Possible to use a Magic Trick...
"But Brother Hichiji," Hattori Heiji, who had been thinking with his Head Down, Looked Up at Ike Hassashi, his Gaze serious but with a Hint of Hesitation, "You Say, is it Possible to use a Magic Trick to make a Corpse appear out of thin air?"
Conan stopped thinking and also Looked at Ike Hassashi. He and Hattori had finished Communication, and now they wanted to Communicate with their Little Partner who knew more about Magic Trick. "Correct, although the Window was Opened, it can't be ruled out that the Murderer didn't leave and has been in this Home from beginning to End! This is the House of a Magician Master, maybe there are some Magic Mechanism that can make a Corpse appear or disappear..."
Ike Hassashi finished Observation the Room Door in Front of him, which was twice as thick as an ordinary Door, and Turned Head to Look at Hattori Heiji and Conan.
These two People were asking the right Point.
He remembered this Method roughly, and plus, the Main factors of the Magician's Illusion were just a few. After Seeing this Room, he filled in some vague Details in his Memory. He was feeling Meaninglessness, and these two People started asking questions. The Clue were also at the Crime Scene, so...
It would be a Pity if he didn't flip the Table, push the Progress forward, and make everyone lose the Joy of Reasoning!
Hattori Heiji Looked at Ike Hassashi Glancing over, and Sweated A Bit. Why did he feel that Ike Hassashi's Gaze had a Hint of Strangeness? He still Looked very Sedation, but he always had a bad Feeling in his Heart. "Uh, wh-what's Wrong?"
"You guys Come Over here," Ike Hassashi withdrew his Line of Sight and Walked out of the Corridor. "Ai, you Come too."
The Three People Followed in a daze and arrived at the Stairwell Entrance leading to the First Floor.
After Ike Hassashi Stopped, he Turned Around to Face the Three People, but didn't Look at them. Instead, he took out his Notebook and a Pen and wrote and drew with his Head Down, "There is more than one Weird Place in the Room where Mr. Xinghe made a Phone Call to Report to Police..."
"Is there? Besides the Opened Window, there's also..." Hattori Heiji touched his chin and recalled, "Cello, Round Table, Cabinet, Magic Prop Sword..."
"Most of the Things on the Framework are also Magic Prop, it feels a little crowded, but it's not messy..." Conan suddenly stopped. "Huh?"
Why?
Why did he feel a strong Sense of Disharmony the more he thought about that Room?
"What's Wrong? Is something Wrong? Ko..." Hattori Heiji Sweated, and quickly changed his Words, "Co... Conan."
Haibara Ai secretly Looked at Ike Hassashi and breathed a Sigh of Relief when she Found that Ike Hassashi was focused on Drawing. She Glanced at Hattori Heiji.
If she didn't keep a close Eye on him, Hattori would trick her sooner or later.
"That Room is Indeed a little Wrong," Conan recalled the Room layout, searching for the Place he felt was Disharmony, "It's the Side near the Entrance..."
"You'll know if you Check this." Ike Hassashi Tore Off a Paper Slip that had been written and drawn on and Handed Over To Hattori Heiji.
He was planning to flip the Table and smash the Place, but he wouldn't patiently guide them and wait for Conan and Hattori Heiji to Ponder it out themselves.
Standing at the Room Door and Looking inside, the Wall is on the Left Hand Side, and the Glass Door is directly in Front. There is nothing in the section from the Entrance to the Glass Door. The Furniture is all concentrated on the Right Hand Side. This is where the Sense of Disharmony lies—the Furniture is all concentrated on the Right Side, and the Place from the Front to the Glass Door is empty.
In that Room, there is also a Projector Screen that is folded up. As Long As the Projector Screen is pulled down, it will block all the Furniture on the Right Hand Side.
In an Environment with a little Dim Light, pull down the Curtain and Open the Door to Look inside from the Entrance. It Looks Like 'both the Left and Right Sides are Walls', and the Small Bookshelf leaning against the Left Wall can also serve as the Room Door on the Left Side of the Corridor.
As For the Glass Door at the End, because it is composed of four pieces, As Long As a 'Hallway Cabinet Same Style' in the Room is moved in Front of the Glass Door to block the bottom two pieces of Glass, and then the 'Hallway Same Style' Vase in the Room is placed on it. Since the Room Floor and the Corridor Floor are the Same, after this Arrangement, that Room will become a 'Corridor' that Looks exactly Like the Corridor.
And that Room's Room Door is pulled Open outwards. The Corridor is narrow and the Door is wide, so the Door will be placed horizontally in the Corridor, stuck against the Wall on the other Side, and fixed at a specific Inclination Angle.
That Door is as thick as two Doors, and there is a Thin Thread concave Mark in the middle of the Door Panel. In fact, it can be divided into two Doors. A Mirror as big as a Door Panel is fixed on one of the Doors.
After the Room is arranged, Open the Mirror Mechanism of the Room Door. Standing on the Side of the Corridor Entrance, at a Glance, you will See the fake Corridor in the Room reflected by the Mirror, and the Corpse is Behind the Mirror Door.
Due To the Dim Light, People can only vaguely See a rough Outline, and are Deceived by their own Eyes, thinking that it is the Corridor. When the Tripped Circuit Breaker causes a Power Outage and it is Pitch Black, As Long As the Door is closed, the Corpse and the Real Corridor that were previously blocked by the Mirror Door will be revealed.
In this way, who the Murderer is is already very Obvious.
Because if this 'Great Corpse Transformation' Magic Trick Method is to be completed, the Murderer must be Next to the Door at that Time in order to close the Mirror Door in the Instant of the Power Outage. Afterwards, he must also use the Reason of 'Calling to Report to Police' to enter that Room with a Sense of Disharmony, pull up the Projector Screen, move the Cabinet back to its original Place, move the Vase away and put the Phone on it, pretending to be making a Phone Call to Report to Police...
Hoshikawa Togo!
Only Hoshikawa Togo had the Opportunity to activate the Magic 'Switch', and only Hoshikawa Togo had the Time to erase the remaining Trace that would destroy the Magic's magical display.
"What Things?" Hattori Heiji took the Paper Slip in Doubt, squatted down, and very generously shared it with Conan, who was leaning on his toes and peeking.
Haibara Ai also curiously leaned close to Hattori Heiji and peeked at the Paper.
It was a Diagram, or rather... a Set of Diagrams.
In the upper Left Hand Corner of the Paper, there were two Doors drawn, with a curved Arrow above them, indicating that the two Doors changed from an overlapping State to a separated State. In the middle Part where the two Doors would overlap, there was a Face drawn with several oblique Thin Thread of different lengths, which made People Guess at a Glance that it should be something Like a Mirror.
Well, it was drawn simply but clearly, making it easy for People to Understand at a Glance.
And the Person who drew the Drawing Seemingly worried that they wouldn't Understand, so they made Text annotations on it, writing 'Room Door where Hoshikawa Togo made a Phone Call to Report to Police' in the Lower Corner of the Door, drawing a Line on the Mirror Door Side and writing 'Mirror Door', and even drawing a Line at the Handle on the Inside of the Door and writing 'can be pulled up, suspected Door Panel Mechanism Switch'.
Well, this was dissecting other People's Secret Door for them to See.
On the Right Side of the Paper, there was a layout Diagram of that Room, with 'Room where Hoshikawa Togo made a Phone Call to Report to Police' marked Below. The Scene Perspective was from the Entrance Looking inside. The Furniture on the Right Side, Such As the Round Table, were all simple Drawings, but the Glass Door directly in Front, the Cabinet in Front of Hoshikawa Togo when he made a Phone Call to Report to Police, and the Vase on the Framework were drawn in much more Detail. Although they were still composed of Lines, they also restored the specific Style in a very Restored way, and even the Patterns on the Vase were simply drawn.
And on this Diagram, the Cabinet was marked with an Arrow pointing to the Left. In Front of the Glass Door, there was also a Cabinet drawn with dotted Lines, and a Vase Outline was also drawn with dotted Lines above the dotted Line Cabinet, with the Arrow of the Vase pointing to the dotted Line Cabinet Above.
It was still easy for People to Understand at a Glance, indicating that it was a Move.
It is worth noting that on this Diagram, there is also a thickened straight Line circled near the Ceiling, marked 'Projector Screen', and then there is a Downward Arrow, also drawing the Outline of the Curtain being pulled down with dotted Lines.
Below this Drawing, there is another Diagram marked 'Hoshikawa Togo Mr.'s Room where he made a Phone Call to Report to Police 2.0', which is the Effect Diagram after moving the Cabinet, Vase, and Curtain. It Looks exactly Like the Corridor.
In the Lower Left Hand Corner of the Paper, there is a Floor Plan of the Corridor and the Room:
The two Doors of That Door are separated, with the Mirror Door Panel facing the Corridor Side and leaning diagonally in the Corridor. Behind the Door, there is a Circle marked 'Corpse'. The Items in the Room are also in the moved State. There is a straight Line representing the 'Line of Sight', extending straight out from the Corridor Entrance, turning at the Mirror Door, passing through to the 'fake Corridor' in the Room, and stopping at the Glass Door at the End, the moved Cabinet and Vase.
In the Corridor, there is also a Human Shape Outline with a Right Hand extended, with 'Hoshikawa Togo' marked on the Human Shape, and 'close the Door when the Tripped Circuit Breaker causes a Power Outage, so that the blocked Corpse can be Seen. When the Electricity comes back, take advantage of the Fact that other People's Line of Sight is attracted by the Corpse, pretend to Panic and enter the House to make a Phone Call, pull up the Curtain, move the Cabinet and Vase back to their original Places, and make a Phone Call to Report to Police' written in the Lower Corner.
Well, very good, it was still so simple and easy to Understand.
I'm afraid that even an Elementary School Student could Understand and Restore it by Looking at the Picture, but the annotations were too Detailed, giving them the Feeling that 'they were Little Partner who were taken care of meticulously by an Older Brother'...
Thank you for your support, I wish you all a happy Children's Day, today's Bonus Chapter ends here.
The next plot officially begins... There will be no Bonus Chapter during the National College Entrance Examination. Little Partner who are participating in the National College Entrance Examination should concentrate on the Exam. I Hope everyone can get Ideal good Score. I will give you more Bonus Chapter after the National College Entrance Examination.
(End of Chapter)
