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

the next day.

"A lot of people..."

Kudo Shinichi stood at the school gate and sighed when he saw the crowd around him.

The University Open Day is not just for ordinary tourists. It is an admissions activity in itself, allowing students and parents to experience the school environment and atmosphere up close. As one of the most famous music conservatories in the world, many people came here today.

However, they are not here to visit the university today.

"-Janice! We're here!"

As Kudo Yukiko shouted, a tall blonde woman finally saw them. She walked quickly through the crowd and gave Kudo Yukiko a warm hug as soon as they met.

The professor let go of his friend and said with a smile on his face: "I didn't expect you to come all the way from Los Angeles. I really should have picked you up... Who are these two?"

She saw two others.

"This is Yusaku and I's son, his name is Shinichi." Yukiko Kudo introduced, "This is a friend of our family and Shinichi's former music teacher, Aoyagi Himitsu."

FBI agent Aoyagi Binguang, who was on vacation, stood nearby, showing a friendly smile and extending his hand.

……

The professor took them to avoid the crowd, go around to the back, and enter the main teaching building of the campus.

The teaching building is in the shape of "冂". They walked on the empty corridor on the right, with the two ladies in the middle. Kudo Yukiko said regretfully: "It's a pity that Sharon didn't come. The three of us haven't gotten together in several years."

"There are so many people today, her coming will definitely cause a commotion. She never likes trouble." The professor said gently.

"I don't know why she is so busy this month. She obviously doesn't have any activities..."

Kudo Shinichi is walking on the far right.

He came today just because he couldn't resist his mother who wanted to come to visit his friend (she suppressed his idea of ​​going to the second-hand bookstore to buy books), and he had no interest in anything. He said nothing and looked at his surroundings.

This place is located on Riverside Avenue. From his direction, he can see the teaching building of another university in the distance, as well as a striking Gothic building. That's a church.

It seems to be one of the largest Protestant churches in the United States. It is said to contain the largest carillon in the world.

Kudo Shinichi recalled these little bits of knowledge he had jotted down and looked away from a distance. The sound of the two of them talking was still in his ears, which made him couldn't help but look at Qingliu Binguang.

Aoyagi Binguang was wearing a white long-sleeved T-shirt and brown casual pants today. His long hair was half-tied as usual. His accessories were a necklace and two stainless steel plates similar to dog tags hanging on his chest.

There seemed to be an imprint on it, but Kudo Shinichi didn't see it clearly.

Unlike Kudo Shinichi, whose impatience is almost evident on his face, Aoyagi Binguang has a much better attitude, his expression is relaxed and natural, and he strikes up a conversation with them from time to time.

"Have you taken the exam here before?" Kudo Yukiko asked in surprise.

"Yeah." Qingliu Binguang said with a helpless smile, "It's a pity that I failed the exam, and my family doesn't allow me to continue studying music."

Kudo Shinichi looked at him in surprise. He thought Aoyagi Binguang had a mild temper and that his family members should be relatively kind people, but he didn't expect that even talented hobbies were restricted.

At this time, a door to the concert hall appeared in front of them. Kudo Yukiko was about to go through, but the professor stopped her and motioned her to go up the stairs next to it.

"Come here, Yukiko - my room and the students are above." She glanced at the door. "The stage there was damaged and there was an accident. The principal has not repaired it. It has been abandoned for a long time."

Kudo Yukiko didn't say anything, and went upstairs with her friends. Aoyagi Binguang followed. Kudo Shinichi was about to lift his feet when he suddenly stopped.

He looked towards the door of the concert hall again.

This is the back door, not many people come here, and it is probably neglected to clean. He saw a layer of dust in front of the door, and there were obvious footprints on it. They looked like they had just been stepped on, and they were very messy.

In other words, it doesn't look like it was left behind by a normal walk.

"..." Kudo Shinichi, who had read enough mystery novels to fill a large bookshelf, suddenly felt the same strange feeling as yesterday.

...No, he just encountered a case yesterday, how could it happen again today...and this is a university! Although there are shootings, homicides are relatively small... right?

Kudo Shinichi was filled with doubts, and just when he couldn't help but want to go over and take a look at the situation, a hand suddenly stretched out and put it on his shoulder.

Qingliu Binguang looked at him, then at the door, and asked in a calm tone: "What's wrong? The two of them have already gone up."

"——Xiaoxin? Are you down there?"

Kudo Yukiko's voice came from above.

"I'm here!!" Kudo Shinichi shouted in response as he quickly walked up the stairs, "Let's go up too, Teacher Aoyagi."

He was still used to calling him that.

Qingliu Binguang didn't look at the door anymore. His cell phone seemed to ring. He didn't take it out to check, and quickly went upstairs with Kudo Shinichi.

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On the other side, two FBI agents enter the campus.

There were not as many visitors to the school as there were before, so when Judy took out her ID, explained her purpose and asked to enter the school for inspection, she did not cause any trouble, and the security guard did not stop her, and even notified a professor.

The professor took them into the building through the back door - this was Judy's request.

Kamel, who was traveling with us, also wondered: "Why are you walking this way? Aren't all the visitors to the school in front?"

"...Xiu said so."

As Judy said this, she looked up into the distance. The church was right across the street. She could see it more clearly from here than from the front.

Yesterday they found obvious clues to the murderer's next location in the steam room - a huge clock and a vertical line of unknown meaning.

Based on the identity of the female victim's music teacher, Shuichi Akai guessed that it was a carillon. The reason the painting was so big was because it referred to the largest one.

This reasoning is very simple and crude. If it were included in a local Japanese mystery novel, readers would definitely be chasing and yelling, "What kind of Baga reasoning is this!", and they would even suspect that the people who came up with the puzzles and solved the puzzles have brain problems.

But Shuichi Akai said it seriously, and Judy and others in the FBI were willing to believe him and went to Riverside Church early this morning.

Akai Shuichi led a few people into the church, and the others were scattered around where the carillon could be seen. She and Kamel were in charge of the music academy next door.

Kamel would not question Akai's decision. He looked left and right seriously, trying to find out if there were any suspicious signs nearby.

His reaction caught Judy's eye, and she sighed inwardly.

Because this case is most likely the organization's revenge, this made Kamel, who led to the failure of the operation last year, feel very uncomfortable. He refused the protection of the headquarters and insisted on participating in the investigation.

Currently, the agents involved in that operation, except Shuichi Akai and Kamel, the other agents and their families who are still alive are all under the protection of the FBI, and their whereabouts can be completely determined.

...If there is a new victim, who did the prisoner choose?
They walked through the corridor, nothing out of the ordinary. The two did not continue to communicate. Although the professor was curious about what they were looking for, he did not ask any more questions.

Soon they arrived at the door at the end of the corridor. The professor explained: "This place has been abandoned."

"Why?" Judy asked.

"In the stage collapse accident, a student's hand was crushed by the piano when he fell. Two fingers were crushed and fractured. He could not recover to his previous condition. After being discharged from the hospital, he returned here and shot himself..."

Judy was about to ask for more details, but just then she noticed strange footprints at the door and no movement inside.

The alarm bells rang in her heart, so she took a step forward and pushed the door open. (End of chapter)