Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

"Have you forgotten? You guys are really weird... one of you who made an appointment to come here today is a member of the Magic Lovers' Alliance - the Shadow Mage, isn't he?"

His voice lacks ups and downs, which combined with these words is quite creepy.

Araki Yoshi responded quickly, "This does make sense. Next to the body of Nishiyama Mu who was found in his room, there was indeed a message like this."

"So, you mean to say that he is waiting somewhere to take our lives?"

Miss Kuroda regarded this inference as a threat, and Tanaka beside her walked towards the villa impatiently.

"What a joke."

She ignored the obstruction and said, "I want to go back. Since there is a murderer in this villa, I want to leave now!"

"You can't go back."

Winnett took the initiative to say. Since things have developed to this point, there is no need to hide it anymore. However, before she could explain, Conan next to her answered:

"When I came back here, the only suspension bridge had been burned down."

"What did you say? Without the suspension bridge, we would not be able to get down the mountain."

Ara Yoshinori's words triggered a chain reaction, and Miss Kuroda next to him realized that the telephone line might have been cut by the murderer.

"But we still have mobile phones to use!"

Miss Tanaka still didn't give up. Winette took out her mobile phone, which was no longer a big head that was difficult to carry, and could be carried close to her.

"I've tried this before. This is outside the circle."

Winette flipped open her phone and showed them a portion of the screen. Currently, the communication network does not cover the mountainous areas.

She closed her phone and said with a hint of helplessness:

"It's obvious that we have been isolated on the mountain by the murderer. If I were to use the terminology in the novel to explain it, I'm afraid it's the Blizzard Mountain mode... The situation is not that serious. We just need to get through tonight."

Winnet changed the tone of the second half of the sentence to soothe their mood.

The implication was that as long as everyone stayed together and spent the night together, nothing would happen. Of course, this was just her ideal conclusion. If the criminals were skilled in using various devices, it would be easy to set up a remote control to cut off the power supply system - a small explosion could do it in a simpler way.

"Mr. Maori, who brought him here, must have already contacted the police. In my opinion, we should just go back to the living room and wait for them to arrive."

Winnet placed a hand on Conan's shoulder.

This action caused Conan's shoulders to tremble slightly.

He felt as if Huiyuan had hit a sore spot when she said this - this incident is related to you again - something like that. Although Winette didn't say anything, he just felt that this was what she meant.

He always felt a subtle sense of disharmony with Winnet.

When they got inside, everyone sat down with their heads down, not saying a word. There was really nothing to say, but Sonoko looked at her anxiously, as if she was worried about something. It was obvious that Sonoko wanted to say something to her, but she had reservations.

"What's wrong?"

Winnet gently placed her hand on the back of Sonoko's hand, which was pressed against her knees. Sonoko leaned her head close to Winnet's ear and whispered quietly.

"I don't want you to feel guilty, Miss Winnet. As for the magic trick, you just wrote the name on it randomly, just like drawing lots. It's not the fault of the person who wrote the card."

Winette was a little overwhelmed when she heard her words. It seemed that Sonoko took her silence as self-blame. She was such a kind and sensitive girl. Although she seemed a little careless at ordinary times, this was also her lovely side.

"Well, don't worry."

It would be a bit inappropriate to say directly that I have no guilt at all.

Winnett had never expected that she would be such an image in Sonoko's mind. However, this had nothing to do with the name she wrote down, because from the beginning, this magic was just a scam.

The person who created this scam seems very suspicious.

However, it was just suspicious. It was very difficult for a woman to move Hamano out of thin air or strangle him.

"That's right, it's all that Shadow Mage's fault!"

Seeing that Winnet was not obsessed with this, Sonoko breathed a sigh of relief and spoke louder so that everyone could hear her.

"If it's really Shadow Mage..."

Araki Yoshinobu seemed to be afraid of the Shadow Master and lowered his head to avoid him. Miss Kuroda beside him whispered:

"Maybe the previous chat was the reason."

“What is chat?”

I subconsciously asked Xiaolan who had no connection to the Internet.

"Chat is a term used to describe the process of multiple people talking on a computer system using telephone lines."

Ms. Tanaka explained, and Ms. Kuroda continued:

“But even though it’s a conversation, the text on the screen is still used as the medium.”

To put it simply, it is to connect the telephone line to the computer to access the Internet. Before the development of routers, this was probably an expansion of this method.

"But what does this have to do with murder?"

Xiaolan asked. Sonoko explained the matter:

"Oh, didn't I tell you that they had a dispute over a certain magician?"

When this matter was mentioned, Ara Yoshinori also joined the conversation and mentioned the details.

"You must have heard of an old magician named Harui Fuden, who is known as the King of Escape in Japan, right?"

As a Japanese high school student who keeps up with current affairs, Xiaolan immediately realized, "Could it be that he died in a performance last month..."

"Yes, when we were discussing the accident, Shadow Mage suddenly said something very strange... He said that the reason why the great magician died was all because of you."

"What does it mean?"

Ms. Kuroda replied, "Half a year ago, we were discussing the escape show that was popular in the past, and then we talked about finding someone to perform it, and then the accident happened. So the shadow mage said that it was all because of our discussion of this topic."

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"Isn't he taking it too far?"

Tanaka said angrily.

Huang Yi lowered his head and explained the whole story.

"To be on the safe side, I checked with the chat room manager Nishiyama... He said that there was no such person as Chunjing in the chat six months ago. Besides, the identity information entered by everyone may not be the real person, and he may have let someone see the record of this conversation. So after discussing it with Nishiyama, we planned today's gathering."

He raised his head and forced a smile.

"Gathering all those who have participated in the chat room for more than half a year together will make confirmation faster!"

"So this is ah."

Yuanzi suddenly realized.

Winnet secretly observed Vermouth's condition, but she didn't react much and seemed to be silent from the beginning. If she had also participated for more than half a year, she should be more familiar with this matter.

"But this is strange. Shadow Mage only joined the guild recently. How could he know about what happened half a year ago?"

Miss Kuroda rested her chin on her hand and muttered in confusion.

"I also wanted to confirm with him personally, mainly to explain the misunderstanding, so I asked him to come along."

Araki explained in a weak tone.

With something like this happening, it's no wonder he's acting so cautious.

Winnett moved her body slightly, so that more of her face was facing Vermouth. Although her face was expressionless, she seemed to be asking a question like "Is this the farce you want to enjoy?"

Of course there was no chance of getting a response.

Vermouth noticed her little movement, adjusted her glasses, and continued to put on a harmless smile, as if to say that this matter had nothing to do with her at all.

Only ghosts believe it.

Winnet turned her face away and continued to listen to the Shadow Mage's story.

"By the way, Shadow Mage usually says things like 'I'm going to fly' or 'I can make you disappear at any time' -"

Tanaka was halfway through his speech.

Miss Kuroda suddenly shouted:

"what do you mean……"

She fell silent for a moment, but everyone knew the answer.

Winnet immediately thought: This arrogant sentence structure is the same as that of a certain thief boy.

However, he has not caused any loss of life so far, which does not quite match the image of this shadow mage.

"That's true. If the murderer is the Shadow Mage, then today's impossible crime can be explained. He just performed a bloody magic trick in front of us."

As he spoke to the honest Doi Ta, his expression turned ugly.

Miss Tanaka, who was standing by, shuddered and then hugged her arms.

As time goes on into the night, the temperature drops, and it is coldest around midnight.

Miss Tanaka took a deep breath.

"The temperature seems to have dropped. I think I should go into the room and get some clothes to put on."

As soon as she finished speaking, Conan, who was still in love with a cold, sneezed in coordination.

"Then I'll go with you, and I'll get him a sweater or something and put it on him."

When Xiaolan saw this, she took out her handkerchief and responded to Miss Tanaka.

Conan sat on the stool with an idiotic look as if he had a bad cold, and took it for granted that Xiaolan helped him wipe his nose, which made Winnett take a few more glances at him. She thought: Xiaolan is like both a girlfriend and a mother. This guy has become accustomed to enjoying the treatment brought by a child's body. I don't know whether to say that he has strong adaptability or is heartless. Even if he is a primary school student all his life, he will surely be able to hum songs and live a good life.

"In that case, I'll go with you. It's always safer if there are more people." Doita followed.

"I'll come along, and check on the patient's condition."

Vermouth volunteered, then smiled at Winnet and said:

"Miss Winnet, would you like to put on another piece of clothing? In this weather, if you only wear a shirt, you will easily catch a cold."

Winette rose from her seat.

Although I was stopped for the reason of "adding clothes", I had the illusion of being a bodyguard.

She was wearing a black velvet shirt, which was not thin, but she was not wearing a skirt like Miss Tanaka and the others.

But since Vermouth had spoken, she nodded and followed her upstairs.

"No need for support, is that okay?"

"Ah."

Miss Tanaka, who was traveling with us, had a look of disbelief written on her forehead.

When they reached the door of the room, a few frightened people, like a team preparing to break in from a TV show, nodded as a signal behind the door, then slowly lowered the doorknob to open a crack, and then pushed the door open.

"Really? How come even entering a room makes me so scared?"

Miss Tanaka complained.

Vermouth followed into the room, and she, Ms. Tanaka, and Doita stood at the door. She took out a thermometer from somewhere and put it on Conan. After waiting for a while, she came to the conclusion that the fever had not recurred.

Xiaolan, always taking good care of Conan, put her sweater on him. Because the size was not right, Conan looked like a beige caterpillar until his head stuck out of the clothes.

"No, this dress is too big."

Conan swung the sleeves below his forearm joints, like a staff member dressed as a ghost in a haunted house, muttering complaints.

"Don't move."

Xiaolan scolded, and Conan was hit by the freezing magic and behaved himself.

"By the way, what's with Mr. Hamano performing magic?"

"About this matter..."

As Xiaolan spoke, she looked towards the entrance.

Winnet understood that this was a concern for her.

It was a bit strange that she was regarded as a delicate woman. Winnet nodded slightly and began to explain the situation at that time.

"Mr. Hamano said that he wanted to use magic to decide the acting director, so I came to help since I can skip the blindfolding part."