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Chapter 1002 Chi Feichei Couldn't Bear to Watch Anymore
Kazumi Tsukamoto found the Administrator of the Library and found the four books that Hideaki Hosaka had borrowed, which were rumored to be haunted, and also obtained the borrowing card records for the four books.
"These four are all quite uncommon books." Ran looked at the four books laid out on the Table.
"Electrical Communication Engineering," "Tropical Rainforest Destruction Report," "History of University System," "Analysis of Rock Layer Destruction Sounds"... Just looking at the titles, they were very unpopular.
Conan picked up the four borrowing cards on the Table and looked down at them, "Moreover, apart from Hideaki Hosaka, almost no one has borrowed these four books, and he is also the last person to borrow these books."
"Hmm?" Sonoko stroked her chin and pondered, "It does seem a bit strange."
"Then let's go check out the next place!" Conan looked up and smiled, the left Lens of his Glasses reflecting Light.
Such unpopular books with difficult-to-remember names, and books that almost no one except Hideaki Hosaka borrowed, were actually all randomly discarded in the Library in the Morning. It was really rare...
This time, someone was indeed playing tricks, and it was an Acquaintance of Hideaki Hosaka.
It's not easy for Ordinary Person to remember these Book Title, the other party should have had a long time of contact with Hideaki Hosaka and know which books Hideaki Hosaka borrowed!
This Senior Kazumi Tsukamoto is a Classmate of Hideaki Hosaka, and they seem to have a good Relationship. She is also on the Suspect List of 'promoting the Haunted Rumor'. It's best not to directly say anything if there are Problems, so as not to alert the Snake in the Grass.
Kazumi Tsukamoto planned to stay in the Library to read, and did not follow A Group of People running Downstairs again.
The next haunted Place was the Stairs where Hideaki Hosaka fell, and School Rumors said that an extra Step would appear here.
Conan had Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran walk up the Stairs side by side, while silently counting the number of Steps in his Heart.
At the End of the Staircase, Suzuki Sonoko turned her Head and asked Mouri Ran beside her, "Ran, how many Steps did you count?"
"Mine is 12 Steps," Ran Say.
"Ah!" Suzuki Sonoko immediately looked terrified, "I counted 13 Steps!"
Downstairs, Chi Feichei sighed softly, turned his Head to face the Window, took out a Cigarette Case, took out a Cigarette and lit it.
"The Correct Answer is 12 Steps," Conan Say helplessly, even this can be counted wrong, look, even Chi Feichei couldn't bear to watch anymore, "Sonoko might have counted an extra Step when she was too nervous and put her feet together at the top of the Stairs..."
Suzuki Sonoko became angry out of embarrassment, her Face quickly turning from white to red, "I know, I'll count again, That's Enough!"
Conan: "..."
He kindly reminded her, but ended up making someone angry?
"Whirr—"
The Door of the Art Room beside Conan was pulled open, and a Boy Student with Glasses and a center-parted Short Hair Say angrily, "Hey, can you guys be a little quieter? I can't concentrate on Drawing!"
Chi Feichei glanced at him and continued to look Outside the window and smoke.
Most of the Boy Classmate at Teitan High School looked old, looking older than him, and also older than Amuro Toru, who was nearly thirty years old...
"I'm sorry." Niide Tomoaki hurriedly scratched his Head and smiled apologetically to the other party.
"Sorry!" Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran also ran down from the Stairs, but the other party Seemingly was in a very bad Mood, and without Saying a word, whirr, he pulled the Door of the Art Room shut again.
Niide Tomoaki looked at the Door that was closed, with a trace of Doubt in his Eyes.
This... he didn't not recognize him, on the contrary, he Seemingly had seen him somewhere.
Chi Feichei looked Outside the Window, "Go Check that Table after you're done."
"Table?"
Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran gathered at the Windowside.
Looking out from the Window on the Second Floor, in the Courtyard Outside the Teaching Building, a School Desk was placed alone in the middle of the Courtyard, looking very strange.
On the Table, there was also a Paper being blown by the Wind, pressed down by a Rock. Due to the distance being too far, they couldn't see what was on the Paper from where they were.
Conan jumped up, put his hands on the Window Side and poked his Head out to Look, then immediately jumped down and turned to Run Downstairs.
"Conan!"
Mouri Ran started her Daily Routine of chasing after Conan.
Chi Feichei saw Suzuki Sonoko and Niide Tomoaki also chasing after him, and did not rush to follow. He looked Outside the Window and smoked for a while before walking Downstairs, and conveniently extinguished the Cigarette on the Trash Can Downstairs, and threw the Cigarette Butt into the Trash Can.
He could recall what was on that School Desk, what was written on the Paper, and what the Truth of the Matter was even with his Eyes closed. It was the Same whether he Looked or not.
Conan and Niide Tomoaki also came back with that Paper. Due to stepping on the wet Soil after the Rain, the Slippers provided by the School for visitors were also stained with mud on the bottom and sides. Four Footprint were left after stepping on the Steps.
Suzuki Sonoko hurriedly Ask, "Th-That School Desk shouldn't be..."
"That's right, it's the School Desk that Hideaki Hosaka used before, which was placed in the Warehouse. There is the Same Signature in the lower right corner of the Desktop," Conan Say seriously, spreading out the Paper he got, "The Paper is also randomly scribbled with 'My Hatred has not yet Subsided' in Writing Brush."
"The Paper surface is not wet by Rainwater, indicating that it was moved there after the Rain stopped," Niide Tomoaki Say with Doubt, "But isn't this very strange? The Soil in the Courtyard is wet Due To the Rain, but there are only Footprint left by me and Conan rushing over to Look on the Ground. There are no Footprint left by the person who moved the School Desk to the Courtyard at all..."
"Ghost! Ghost has no feet, this must be done by a Ghost!" Suzuki Sonoko looked at the Courtyard in Panic, and took two steps back in fright, "Ah! That School Desk is gone again!"
Conan Half-Moon Eyes, "Brother Ike and Doctor Niide and I just conveniently moved the School Desk back to the Warehouse."
Niide Tomoaki also hurriedly explained with a smile, "If it causes a commotion, wouldn't it be playing into the other party's hands?"
"By the Way," Conan looked up at Chi Feichei, "Brother Chi, when did you See that School Desk?"
"When Sonoko Say 13 Steps Stairs." Chi Feichei Say.
"Then when you turned around to look Outside the Window and smoke, the Rain had already stopped at that Time," Niide Tomoaki paused, "But Why didn't you tell us then?"
"You were counting Stairs." Chi Feichei gave a Speechless Answer.
Niide Tomoaki: "..."
Because they were counting... No, a School Desk appeared in the unmanned Courtyard. Suddenly Seeing this Weird Matter, shouldn't he be surprised or Curious and want to Go Downstairs to Check?
Why could Chi Feichei patiently wait until they finished Saying the number of Stairs, and conveniently chatted with the Student in the Art Room for a few Sentences...
Conan chuckled in his Heart, he was used to it. This Fellow Chi Feichei, when he Sees any sudden or rare Matters, Seemingly is not surprised or Curious at all. This Fellow is not Normal, "Then Brother Chi, when you Saw the School Desk, was it like it is now? Was there anyone nearby? Or were there any Weird Things nearby, such as Rope?"
"Just like this, no one, no Weird Things." Chi Feichei Answered Conan's three Questions in one breath.
Conan frowned and pondered for a while. He felt that Chi Feichei would not See wrongly, "Then what happened Afterwards? During the Time we ran Downstairs, Brother Chi, you have been Standing in front of the Window on the Second Floor and Staring, right? Did anyone leave while we ran Downstairs, or recover anything?"
"No," Chi Feichei Go To the Place in the Corridor near the Courtyard, lowered his Eyes and looked at a Long String on the wet Soil, "It was completed before I Saw it."
"Eh?" Conan hurriedly ran over, but just looking at a Long String on the Ground, he couldn't tell what kind of Trace this was left behind.
Niide Tomoaki leaned over to Conan's side and bent down to Look, "It doesn't look like String or anything..."
Conan squatted down and observed the long Trace on the Ground, "But judging from the Trace, this was left after the Rain stopped. In Other Words, during the Time from when the Rain stopped until Brother Chi Saw the School Desk Outside the Window, someone used something to create a ghost story that is still unexplainable. When did the Rain stop?"
"I didn't notice..." Niide Tomoaki and Conan looked at each other, and turned to look at Chi Feichei and the other Three People Standing in the Corridor.
Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran shook their Heads left and right in unison, indicating that they had not noticed either.
"5:33 PM," Chi Feichei Say, "That is, when we just Intended to leave the Library."
Conan recalled for a moment, "Then Brother Chi, the Time you Saw the School Desk Outside the Window..."
"When the Student in the Art Room opened the Door, the Wall Clock on the Wall behind him was 5:42 PM," Chi Feichei continued to Report the Time, "The Time I Saw the School Desk was about one minute earlier, that Should be 5:41 PM."
Conan: "..."
Was Little Friend infected by Saguru Hakuba?
Niide Tomoaki sweated, "Hissashi, have you been paying attention to the Time because you have something else to do later?"
"No Specially paying attention," Chi Feichei explained, "There are many Wall Clock in the School, and I just Saw it."
Conan was too lazy to talk to Chi Feichei anymore, and looked at Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko, "Then let's Go To the Library to Check, the Library is on the Third Floor, and there are still many Student there. Maybe someone just happened to See the Situation in the Courtyard by the Window."
A Group of People went Upstairs again.
Suzuki Sonoko was silent for a long while. When they were almost on the Second Floor, she finally couldn't help but Say, "Is it really not a Ghost? Leaving a Paper Strip saying 'My Hatred has not yet Subsided', maybe Hideaki Hosaka died unjustly, and when it rained, he lay on the School Desk and left this Sentence on the Paper Strip, wanting to tell everyone..."
"Ah!"
A Man's scream came from the Art Room on the Second Floor.
Conan's Face changed, and he ran up the remaining Steps in three steps and two steps, rushed to the front of the Art Room, and pulled open the Door.
Niide Tomoaki also hurriedly followed, "What happened?"
In the Art Room, the Boy with Glasses was sitting in front of the Easel, his Face looked as ugly as if he had Seen a Ghost. His Right Hand holding the Paintbrush loosened, letting the Paintbrush fall on the Wooden Floor. He held his Head in both hands and Trembling all over, "Th-That Fellow is still holding a grudge... This Ghost Incident is also... is Hideaki Hosaka's Curse!"
Conan was stunned, and stepped forward to Ask, "Do you also know this Student named Hideaki Hosaka?"
"Ah, yes..." The Boy with Glasses' Face was still terrifyingly frightened, his Eyes were out of focus, "He and I were Members of the Art Club, until two years ago when he fell from the Stairs at that Time..."
"You Say 'at that Time'?" Mouri Ran Ask with Doubt.
Suzuki Sonoko directly Ask, "Could it be that you were also present when he fell?"
The Boy with Glasses avoided answering, Seemingly calmed down, lowered his Head and Say, "Can you guys go out..."
(End of Chapter)
Kazumi Tsukamoto found the Administrator of the Library and found the four books that Hideaki Hosaka had borrowed, which were rumored to be haunted, and also obtained the borrowing card records for the four books.
"These four are all quite uncommon books." Ran looked at the four books laid out on the Table.
"Electrical Communication Engineering," "Tropical Rainforest Destruction Report," "History of University System," "Analysis of Rock Layer Destruction Sounds"... Just looking at the titles, they were very unpopular.
Conan picked up the four borrowing cards on the Table and looked down at them, "Moreover, apart from Hideaki Hosaka, almost no one has borrowed these four books, and he is also the last person to borrow these books."
"Hmm?" Sonoko stroked her chin and pondered, "It does seem a bit strange."
"Then let's go check out the next place!" Conan looked up and smiled, the left Lens of his Glasses reflecting Light.
Such unpopular books with difficult-to-remember names, and books that almost no one except Hideaki Hosaka borrowed, were actually all randomly discarded in the Library in the Morning. It was really rare...
This time, someone was indeed playing tricks, and it was an Acquaintance of Hideaki Hosaka.
It's not easy for Ordinary Person to remember these Book Title, the other party should have had a long time of contact with Hideaki Hosaka and know which books Hideaki Hosaka borrowed!
This Senior Kazumi Tsukamoto is a Classmate of Hideaki Hosaka, and they seem to have a good Relationship. She is also on the Suspect List of 'promoting the Haunted Rumor'. It's best not to directly say anything if there are Problems, so as not to alert the Snake in the Grass.
Kazumi Tsukamoto planned to stay in the Library to read, and did not follow A Group of People running Downstairs again.
The next haunted Place was the Stairs where Hideaki Hosaka fell, and School Rumors said that an extra Step would appear here.
Conan had Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran walk up the Stairs side by side, while silently counting the number of Steps in his Heart.
At the End of the Staircase, Suzuki Sonoko turned her Head and asked Mouri Ran beside her, "Ran, how many Steps did you count?"
"Mine is 12 Steps," Ran Say.
"Ah!" Suzuki Sonoko immediately looked terrified, "I counted 13 Steps!"
Downstairs, Chi Feichei sighed softly, turned his Head to face the Window, took out a Cigarette Case, took out a Cigarette and lit it.
"The Correct Answer is 12 Steps," Conan Say helplessly, even this can be counted wrong, look, even Chi Feichei couldn't bear to watch anymore, "Sonoko might have counted an extra Step when she was too nervous and put her feet together at the top of the Stairs..."
Suzuki Sonoko became angry out of embarrassment, her Face quickly turning from white to red, "I know, I'll count again, That's Enough!"
Conan: "..."
He kindly reminded her, but ended up making someone angry?
"Whirr—"
The Door of the Art Room beside Conan was pulled open, and a Boy Student with Glasses and a center-parted Short Hair Say angrily, "Hey, can you guys be a little quieter? I can't concentrate on Drawing!"
Chi Feichei glanced at him and continued to look Outside the window and smoke.
Most of the Boy Classmate at Teitan High School looked old, looking older than him, and also older than Amuro Toru, who was nearly thirty years old...
"I'm sorry." Niide Tomoaki hurriedly scratched his Head and smiled apologetically to the other party.
"Sorry!" Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran also ran down from the Stairs, but the other party Seemingly was in a very bad Mood, and without Saying a word, whirr, he pulled the Door of the Art Room shut again.
Niide Tomoaki looked at the Door that was closed, with a trace of Doubt in his Eyes.
This... he didn't not recognize him, on the contrary, he Seemingly had seen him somewhere.
Chi Feichei looked Outside the Window, "Go Check that Table after you're done."
"Table?"
Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran gathered at the Windowside.
Looking out from the Window on the Second Floor, in the Courtyard Outside the Teaching Building, a School Desk was placed alone in the middle of the Courtyard, looking very strange.
On the Table, there was also a Paper being blown by the Wind, pressed down by a Rock. Due to the distance being too far, they couldn't see what was on the Paper from where they were.
Conan jumped up, put his hands on the Window Side and poked his Head out to Look, then immediately jumped down and turned to Run Downstairs.
"Conan!"
Mouri Ran started her Daily Routine of chasing after Conan.
Chi Feichei saw Suzuki Sonoko and Niide Tomoaki also chasing after him, and did not rush to follow. He looked Outside the Window and smoked for a while before walking Downstairs, and conveniently extinguished the Cigarette on the Trash Can Downstairs, and threw the Cigarette Butt into the Trash Can.
He could recall what was on that School Desk, what was written on the Paper, and what the Truth of the Matter was even with his Eyes closed. It was the Same whether he Looked or not.
Conan and Niide Tomoaki also came back with that Paper. Due to stepping on the wet Soil after the Rain, the Slippers provided by the School for visitors were also stained with mud on the bottom and sides. Four Footprint were left after stepping on the Steps.
Suzuki Sonoko hurriedly Ask, "Th-That School Desk shouldn't be..."
"That's right, it's the School Desk that Hideaki Hosaka used before, which was placed in the Warehouse. There is the Same Signature in the lower right corner of the Desktop," Conan Say seriously, spreading out the Paper he got, "The Paper is also randomly scribbled with 'My Hatred has not yet Subsided' in Writing Brush."
"The Paper surface is not wet by Rainwater, indicating that it was moved there after the Rain stopped," Niide Tomoaki Say with Doubt, "But isn't this very strange? The Soil in the Courtyard is wet Due To the Rain, but there are only Footprint left by me and Conan rushing over to Look on the Ground. There are no Footprint left by the person who moved the School Desk to the Courtyard at all..."
"Ghost! Ghost has no feet, this must be done by a Ghost!" Suzuki Sonoko looked at the Courtyard in Panic, and took two steps back in fright, "Ah! That School Desk is gone again!"
Conan Half-Moon Eyes, "Brother Ike and Doctor Niide and I just conveniently moved the School Desk back to the Warehouse."
Niide Tomoaki also hurriedly explained with a smile, "If it causes a commotion, wouldn't it be playing into the other party's hands?"
"By the Way," Conan looked up at Chi Feichei, "Brother Chi, when did you See that School Desk?"
"When Sonoko Say 13 Steps Stairs." Chi Feichei Say.
"Then when you turned around to look Outside the Window and smoke, the Rain had already stopped at that Time," Niide Tomoaki paused, "But Why didn't you tell us then?"
"You were counting Stairs." Chi Feichei gave a Speechless Answer.
Niide Tomoaki: "..."
Because they were counting... No, a School Desk appeared in the unmanned Courtyard. Suddenly Seeing this Weird Matter, shouldn't he be surprised or Curious and want to Go Downstairs to Check?
Why could Chi Feichei patiently wait until they finished Saying the number of Stairs, and conveniently chatted with the Student in the Art Room for a few Sentences...
Conan chuckled in his Heart, he was used to it. This Fellow Chi Feichei, when he Sees any sudden or rare Matters, Seemingly is not surprised or Curious at all. This Fellow is not Normal, "Then Brother Chi, when you Saw the School Desk, was it like it is now? Was there anyone nearby? Or were there any Weird Things nearby, such as Rope?"
"Just like this, no one, no Weird Things." Chi Feichei Answered Conan's three Questions in one breath.
Conan frowned and pondered for a while. He felt that Chi Feichei would not See wrongly, "Then what happened Afterwards? During the Time we ran Downstairs, Brother Chi, you have been Standing in front of the Window on the Second Floor and Staring, right? Did anyone leave while we ran Downstairs, or recover anything?"
"No," Chi Feichei Go To the Place in the Corridor near the Courtyard, lowered his Eyes and looked at a Long String on the wet Soil, "It was completed before I Saw it."
"Eh?" Conan hurriedly ran over, but just looking at a Long String on the Ground, he couldn't tell what kind of Trace this was left behind.
Niide Tomoaki leaned over to Conan's side and bent down to Look, "It doesn't look like String or anything..."
Conan squatted down and observed the long Trace on the Ground, "But judging from the Trace, this was left after the Rain stopped. In Other Words, during the Time from when the Rain stopped until Brother Chi Saw the School Desk Outside the Window, someone used something to create a ghost story that is still unexplainable. When did the Rain stop?"
"I didn't notice..." Niide Tomoaki and Conan looked at each other, and turned to look at Chi Feichei and the other Three People Standing in the Corridor.
Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran shook their Heads left and right in unison, indicating that they had not noticed either.
"5:33 PM," Chi Feichei Say, "That is, when we just Intended to leave the Library."
Conan recalled for a moment, "Then Brother Chi, the Time you Saw the School Desk Outside the Window..."
"When the Student in the Art Room opened the Door, the Wall Clock on the Wall behind him was 5:42 PM," Chi Feichei continued to Report the Time, "The Time I Saw the School Desk was about one minute earlier, that Should be 5:41 PM."
Conan: "..."
Was Little Friend infected by Saguru Hakuba?
Niide Tomoaki sweated, "Hissashi, have you been paying attention to the Time because you have something else to do later?"
"No Specially paying attention," Chi Feichei explained, "There are many Wall Clock in the School, and I just Saw it."
Conan was too lazy to talk to Chi Feichei anymore, and looked at Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko, "Then let's Go To the Library to Check, the Library is on the Third Floor, and there are still many Student there. Maybe someone just happened to See the Situation in the Courtyard by the Window."
A Group of People went Upstairs again.
Suzuki Sonoko was silent for a long while. When they were almost on the Second Floor, she finally couldn't help but Say, "Is it really not a Ghost? Leaving a Paper Strip saying 'My Hatred has not yet Subsided', maybe Hideaki Hosaka died unjustly, and when it rained, he lay on the School Desk and left this Sentence on the Paper Strip, wanting to tell everyone..."
"Ah!"
A Man's scream came from the Art Room on the Second Floor.
Conan's Face changed, and he ran up the remaining Steps in three steps and two steps, rushed to the front of the Art Room, and pulled open the Door.
Niide Tomoaki also hurriedly followed, "What happened?"
In the Art Room, the Boy with Glasses was sitting in front of the Easel, his Face looked as ugly as if he had Seen a Ghost. His Right Hand holding the Paintbrush loosened, letting the Paintbrush fall on the Wooden Floor. He held his Head in both hands and Trembling all over, "Th-That Fellow is still holding a grudge... This Ghost Incident is also... is Hideaki Hosaka's Curse!"
Conan was stunned, and stepped forward to Ask, "Do you also know this Student named Hideaki Hosaka?"
"Ah, yes..." The Boy with Glasses' Face was still terrifyingly frightened, his Eyes were out of focus, "He and I were Members of the Art Club, until two years ago when he fell from the Stairs at that Time..."
"You Say 'at that Time'?" Mouri Ran Ask with Doubt.
Suzuki Sonoko directly Ask, "Could it be that you were also present when he fell?"
The Boy with Glasses avoided answering, Seemingly calmed down, lowered his Head and Say, "Can you guys go out..."
(End of Chapter)
