Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 218: Secret Room Puzzle
After seeing the people outside the house, Nanatsuki Koshimizu smiled sheepishly: "Is it so late already? Sorry, sorry, I seem to have wasted too much time."

After she finished speaking, she quickly tied the white scarf on her chest and complained: "The school rules in our school are very strict. The skirt length must be three centimeters below the knee, the scarf must be symmetrical, and the socks must be black..."

After complaining about the strict school rules, Nanatsuki Koshimizu realized that she seemed to have said too much, and immediately observed Makino's reaction with her peripheral vision.

In order to create her own persona and make everyone believe that she is a real high school student, she subconsciously tells everyone the school rules of her high school.

Seeing that Makino didn't show any obvious reaction, she quietly breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Sorry, I said so much to myself. Let's go eat together~"

Bai Matan made a "please" gesture with his hand and said with a smile: "It's okay, Miss Yueshui. Anyway, the program hasn't officially started recording yet, so it's okay if you don't take it so seriously~"

Seeing the guy he hated pretending to be a "gentleman" and chatting with Nanatsuki Koshimizu with a smile, Hattori Heiji glanced at Hakuba Tan who was wearing exactly the same clothes as before: "Strange, why didn't you change into your school uniform?"

Bai Matan turned his head and smiled: "Ah, that's because the high school I studied abroad in is different from your school. Everyone wears casual clothes~"

After saying that, Bai Ma reached out and pulled at the collar of his shirt, then followed Jia Gu Lianzo towards the restaurant without looking back.

Hattori Heiji: "(▼plate▼#)"

Soon after, everyone walked into the restaurant led by Kotani Renzo.

Everyone was surprised when they saw the delicious dishes on the table, including the curry roast chicken and seafood platter.

They didn't expect that Jia Gu Lian San in front of them could make such a luxurious dish by himself in such a short time.

Perhaps because of his short height, Conan was the only one among the crowd whose attention was not on the dishes on the table.

Conan looked around the restaurant and found that the fake director Kuchio Hiroo was not here, so he immediately asked: "Oh, the director is not here? I remember he said before that he would come to inform us when dinner is ready, right?"

After hearing Conan's words, Hattori Heiji and his companions realized that Tsuchio Hiroo was not at the scene.

Kagu Renzo said, "Strange, he didn't respond when I went to his room just now, so I thought he had already come..."

Hearing this, Conan and the others' expressions changed immediately.

Perhaps out of their detective instinct, they had a vague bad feeling.

Makino calmly glanced at Kotani Renzo and Koshimizu Nanatsuki, who were obviously hiding something, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

The next second, Bai Batan looked at Kotani Lianzo with a serious expression and said, "Can you take us to his room?"

Kotani Renzo nodded without hesitation and walked in front of the crowd to lead the way: "Of course, please follow me."

……

Soon after, everyone arrived at Hiroo Tsuchio's room.

After looking at everyone, Kaguya Renzo nodded and knocked on the door gently: "Mr. Tsuchio, dinner is ready. Mr. Tsuchio?"

Seeing that there was no movement in the room, Hattori Heiji put his hand on the door handle and twisted it a few times: "No, it won't open. I think he must have locked the door and fallen asleep."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hattori Heiji suddenly found blood on the door handle: "There's blood on the door handle?!"

Seeing this, Conan and the others on the side also perked up and looked at the door in front of them with serious expressions.

Koshimizu Nanatsuki also asked, "Do you have a spare key?"

Kagu Renzo shook his head and said, "No, it seems that none of the rooms in this house have keys. His room is the same as yours, and can only be locked from the inside."

Tokatsu Junya lowered his head and thought: "If they are all the same, then there should be two windows in his room, right?"

Bai Ma Tan nodded immediately and said, "Okay, let's go outside and take a look now!"

Makino took a quick look at the door in front of him, stopped Hattori Heiji who was about to knock on the door, and chuckled, "No need to go through so much trouble."

After saying this, Makino gently pinched the left and right sides of the door frame with both hands.

After seeing Makino's actions, everyone except Conan and Hattori Heiji showed a puzzled expression.

They had no idea how Makino was going to open the door.

Conan and Hattori Heiji looked at each other quickly, and a bold guess flashed through their minds at the same time.

——“Crack! Bang!!”

The next moment, a strange sound was heard by everyone present.

Makino put the door that he had "picked out" from the wall aside and said with a smile: "Okay~"

Nanatsuki Koshimizu, Hakuba Tsutomu and others: "?!!"

Everyone's eyes widened, their gazes moving constantly between Makino and the door beside him, with shock the only expression on their faces.

For a moment, everyone even forgot to check on Hiroo Tsuchiwei in the room.

Makino didn't pay attention to everyone's gazes. Instead, he casually glanced at Hiroo Tsuchio, who was tied up with ropes in the room and seemed to have lost consciousness, and turned back to the restaurant.

Until Makino disappeared, everyone except Conan and Hattori Heiji was still staring at the direction where Makino left.

Hattori Heiji and Conan were the first to recover from the scene that had just happened.

After seeing Hiroo Tsuchiwei on the ground, the two of them quickly walked into the room, squatted on the ground and carefully checked Hiroo Tsuchiwei's condition.

While the two men were untying the rope for him, they were also checking on Hiroo Tsuchiwei's physical condition.

At this moment, Bai Ma Tan and a few others also retracted their attention and quickly walked into Tsuchiwei Guangsheng's room to check.

Both the door and the window seemed to have been locked.

After confirming the situation in the room, Tokatsu Junya spread his hands and smiled: "If that's the case, this is also a closed room murder case~"

Hearing this, Bai Ma leaned over and glanced at Kuiwei Guangsheng on the ground, and replied: "That's right, but the premise is that Mr. Kuiwei is really dead."

As if in response to Bai Ba Tan's words, Tsuchiwei Guangsheng on the ground suddenly groaned in pain and opened his eyes.

Hattori Heiji and Conan on the side quickly helped him up.

After helping Tsuchio Hiroo up, Hattori Heiji immediately asked, "Mr. Tsuchio, what happened?"

Hiroo Tsuchio held his head and answered, "I heard someone knocking on the door, but I didn't see anyone when I opened the door. Just as I was about to return to the room, someone suddenly drugged me from behind and knocked me out."

The moment Tsuchio Hiroo finished speaking, Kotani Renzo at the door suddenly spoke up: "Question 1 of Detective Koshien, please solve the truth of this secret room. If you solve it, please send your reasoning to me in writing."

"If your reasoning is correct, you will be able to participate in the second round of the competition. You will also be allowed to leave the island."

After hearing what Kotani Renzo said, Hattori Heiji and others, who were originally in a nervous state, suddenly relaxed a lot.

However, Hiroo Tsuchio, who was still sitting on the ground, looked at Renzo Kotani with a serious expression, his eyes full of suspicion.

Conan thought of Makino who left directly after "opening the door" and frowned slightly, feeling that something was wrong.

The next second, Hattori Heiji looked up at Kotani Renzo at the door with a fiery gaze: "Oh? You mean the game has already started, right?" Hakuba Tanya glanced at the surrounding walls and roof, chuckled and said: "It seems that hidden cameras have been installed in this house for a long time~"

At this moment, Nanatsuki Koshimizu looked at Hiroo Tsuchio on the ground, chuckled and shook his head: "I thought the question of the first round was who can tell that this person is a fake director~"

Hearing what Nanatsuki Koshimizu said, Tsuchio Hiroo was stunned for a moment, then immediately retorted: "What are you talking about? I really am..."

"Uncle, you don't have to pretend anymore. We already knew you were fake~" Hattori Heiji smiled and glanced at Tokitsu Junya and Koshimizu Nanatsuki in front of him, "When they were on the boat, the two of them had already used 'limit' and 'smile'. In fact, these are professional terms used among TV station employees."

"Extreme means that there are many problems during the recording, and the program has been recorded until the early morning. Smile means to help move something away. You are not a newbie, how could you not understand such 'professional terms'~"

After hearing what Hattori Heiji said, Tsuchio Hiroo knew that his identity was completely exposed and sighed helplessly.

Conan on the side also added: "And uncle, the Nichiuri TV logo on your clothes is also wrong. The pig's eyes should be reverse vortexes, so they will find out that you are a fake~"

Kuwei Guangsheng: "..."

Hiroo Tsuchio looked at Conan in front of him and suddenly didn't know what to say.

Unexpectedly, not only those high school detectives, but even the little kid in front of him who was not even as tall as he was when he stood up had seen through his identity.

Just as Hattori Heiji was about to say something, Tokatsu Junya beside him suddenly chuckled with pride and said, "Sorry, I won't continue discussing Mr. Tsuchio with you, because I already know... the method of this secret room~"

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji and others quickly turned their heads to look at Tokatsu Junya, with a flash of surprise in their eyes.

After noticing everyone's gazes, Tokatsu Junya chuckled and said, "How about I demonstrate it to you now?"

Koshimizu Nanatsuki looked at Tokitsu Junya expressionlessly: "You already know..."

Seeing Tokatsu Junya's proud look, Hattori Heiji couldn't help but feel a little bit of fighting spirit: "In that case, then show us how to do it."

Tokatsu Junya smiled and nodded, ready to explain the secret room method to everyone.

At this moment, Kotani Renzo at the door interrupted everyone loudly: "Absolutely not! If you do this, won't others know the answer? So please use the method I just mentioned and send the answer to me in written form. Please note that this is only the first round of the competition, not the finals."

Tokatsu Junya nodded confidently and smiled: "Don't worry, I won't be stupid enough to tell the answer in front of everyone. But I think the result now and the result of the final may be the same~"

Hearing what Tokatsu Junya said, not only Hattori Heiji, but even Hakuba Tan, who always had a smile on his face and seemed to care about nothing, showed a hint of displeasure in his eyes: "Oh? You are really sure~"

Koshimizu Nanatsuki had been staring at Tokitsu Junya in front of him, and suddenly said, "Are you trying to say that this secret room was created by Mr. Tsuchio himself?"

After saying this, Koshimizu Nanatsuki looked at Tokitsu Junya intently, as if observing and expecting his next answer.

"How is that possible~ If that's the case, even if the Western representative who just untied the rope is incompetent, he should be able to find the clue." Tokatsu Junya smiled with his eyes closed.

"What did you say?!" Hattori Heiji looked at Tokatsu Junya with anger on his face.

Tokatsu Junya ignored Hattori Heiji and walked straight to the door of the room, "Anyway, I'm going to go make my room a secret room now, and you guys can kill some time while you eat dinner, because it might take about an hour."

Hearing this, an inexplicable light flashed in Koshimizu Nanatsuki's eyes, and she chuckled and said, "It actually took so long~"

"Yes, please look forward to it~" Tokatsu Junya waved to everyone and left.

Hattori Heiji and others looked at Tokatsu Junya's back with different expressions.

At this moment, Hattori Heiji suddenly thought of something and glanced down at Conan beside him: "By the way, where is Officer Makino? Did he leave right after he opened the door?"

Hearing what Hattori Heiji said, Hakuba Tanya beside him also showed a thoughtful expression.

Let’s not talk about Officer Makino’s “special way of opening the door” for now. Why did he leave immediately after opening the door?
Could it be that he already knew the answer to this secret room?
But he seemed to have said before that he had only received an invitation letter and didn't know the details of this show...

Thinking of this, Hakuba looked at Kotani Renzo at the door and slowly said, "Mr. Kotani, besides you, does Officer Makino also know the answer to this 'question'?"

Kotani Renzo was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Sorry, I don't know either. I only know that there will be a special guest who will serve as the referee, but I don't know the details. Mr. Makino should be in the restaurant, right? You can ask him in person."

Bai Ma Tan chuckled and nodded: "Okay, then let's go to the restaurant first~"

Hearing this, everyone walked out of the room and headed towards the restaurant together.

Nanatsuki Koshimizu, who was walking at the end of the group, frowned, with doubt and another indescribable emotion flashing in her eyes.

"Officer Makino..."

……

A few minutes later, inside the restaurant.

As soon as Hattori Heiji and others returned to the restaurant, they saw Makino sitting at the dining table.

Makino nodded to everyone and chuckled, "You guys are finally back. I can't wait to eat first~"

Bai Ma Tan just opened his mouth to ask about what happened before, but suddenly thought of something, smiled and shook his head, and finally did not say anything.

Regardless of whether Officer Makino knew the answer or not, there was no need for him to ask.

As a detective, nothing is more important than finding the answers yourself.

Besides myself, other people should think so too.
At this moment, Hattori Heiji walked quickly to Makino and asked nervously, "Officer Makino, do you already know the answer to the secret room?"

Bai Ma Tan: “?”

Makino looked at Hattori Heiji and Conan who looked nervous with a smile, but did not say anything.

After seeing the smile on Makino's face, Hattori Heiji and Conan looked at each other and sighed at the same time.

Slightly different from Bai Ma Tan's idea.

They knew that since Makino had said that he "didn't know the details of the program," he definitely didn't know.

Rather than that, they were more concerned about whether Makino had "deduced" the answer again.

Although Makino didn't say anything, their intuition told them that Officer Makino seemed to know the answer...

Otherwise, he wouldn't have opened the door, taken a look and then left!

At this time, Jia Gu Lian San chuckled and said, "Okay, everyone, let's eat quickly. The roast chicken is getting cold."

Although she didn't understand the situation, after quietly observing Makino, Koshimizu Nanatsuki said, "Everyone eat first. I'm going to the bathroom~"

After saying that, Nanatsuki Koshimizu waved to everyone and walked out of the restaurant.

After turning the corner of the restaurant, Nanatsuki Koshimizu glanced behind her quietly.

When she saw that no one was following her, her expression suddenly became extremely complicated.

It seems like relief, like a sigh.

At this moment, a familiar whisper suddenly sounded from behind her: "Miss Yueshui, what are you looking at?"

(End of this chapter)