Conan: The Heart Thief

The letter said: If the old school building is demolished, seven curses will come true.

The so-called curse is naturally just as the rumor goes, and the person will be killed by the magician after school.

Although the principal did not care much about this letter, in order to reassure himself, he still planned to let the members of the Reasoning Club investigate it during the free time before the construction started.

These seven mysterious legends have been circulating for so long that Sakuragi Ruriko feels that it is impossible for the few people in her reasoning club to solve this secret.

This is also the main reason why Sakuragi Ruriko wanted to ask Kudo Shinichi for help. However, Kudo Shinichi's whereabouts were unknown, so she thought of asking Kudo Shinichi's childhood sweetheart Mao Lilan for help.

"By the way, let me introduce you to the other members of the Reasoning Club!"

Sakuragi Ruriko introduced all the members of the mystery club.

The first one is a boy with a sinister look, his name is Makoto Makabe, and he is also a little-known mystery novelist.

The second one is a fat boy named Onoue Takahiro. Judging from his appearance, this fat guy should be the type who is easy to get along with.

The third one was a boy wearing a pair of glasses and holding a camera in his hand to film. His name was Ryuta Sasaki.

The fourth one is a man who looks to be over 40 years old. He is a physics teacher and consultant of the reasoning club. His name is Yuichiro Ba.

The fifth one is a short-haired girl wearing glasses. Her name is Tomoyo Takashima. Because she has obsessive-compulsive disorder, she also wears a pair of white gloves.

"President Yingshu, are the helpers you invited reliable?"

After Sakuragi Ruriko introduced them all, Makabe Makoto walked over with undisguised hostility towards Lin Xiao in his eyes.

There is no way. Lin Xiao is the most handsome man in Japan, and Makabe Makoto has a crush on his company's president and is afraid that Lin Xiao will become his love rival.

Sakuragi Ruriko's voice was very cold: "What else? Can we rely on you guys?"

"Tsk—" Makabe Makoto bit his lower lip, unable to refute. This was indeed the case. If the mystery club had no one to use, Sakuragi Ruriko would not have sought external help.

Sakuragi Ruriko continued:

"Now, of the seven incredible legends of the school, six of them can be explained, but we have no clue about the last one."

This time, I invited high school detective Lin Xiao as external aid, hoping to solve this last legend, and then find out the true identity of the magician after school!

Now, does anyone have any questions? "

"Um... As a consultant to the Mysterious Phenomenon Research Society, please let me say a few words, okay?" Ichiro Ba spoke.

"Okay, teacher!" Seeing that it was the club's advisory teacher who spoke, Sakuragi Ruriko took the initiative to walk over.

"It is said that some students wanted to find out the seven incredible legends, but they disappeared in the end. If you..." At this point, Deba Yuichiro hesitated and did not continue.

However, everyone understood what he meant. He actually didn't want the members of the Mystery Research Society to investigate the matter. He was a consulting teacher and was afraid of taking responsibility.

"That doesn't sound like something a physics teacher who studies science would say!" Sakuragi Ruriko said sarcastically. Judging from her usual performance, this teacher is really timid, suspicious, and unreliable. If every club didn't need a teacher, Sakuragi Ruriko would not want to deal with this teacher at all!

"But, if it causes any problems..." It was obvious that Ichiro Ba did not want to give up his persuasion.

On the side, seeing Sakuragi Ruriko showing a look of disgust towards the counselor, Makabe Makoto immediately made his presence felt.

"When the time comes and they investigate the responsibilities, I will be in trouble. Mr. Chang Yong, this is what you mean, right?"

"No, I'm not." He lowered his head in shame, and a complex look flashed in Ichiro's eyes.

"Please don't worry. We will be careful during the investigation. How about it, everyone has no objection?"

Sakuragi Ruriko glanced at her own members and the three foreign players who came later.

Naturally, no one had any objection to this, except for Ichiro Ba. However, Ichiro Ba did not say anything more and left directly.

Chapter 209: The Magician After School

Sakuragi Ruriko took out a notebook from her bosom and handed it to Lin Xiao: "This is the newspaper of the Reasoning Club. I have high expectations for your reasoning ability!"

Lin Xiao took the notebook, took the other two girls, left the detective agency, and began to investigate.

Mao Lilan was originally very afraid of this kind of ghost story, but if Lin Xiao was around, she would not be so afraid. As for Sera Masumi, she was dismissive of the ghost story.

According to the mystery club's newsletter, six incredible events occurred in the old building of Teitan High School many years ago.

Once, a student named Chihiro Aoyama, out of curiosity, wanted to understand the six incredible events, so she sneaked into the old school building at night to investigate, but she disappeared for unknown reasons.

Up to now, the whereabouts of the student Chihiro Aoyama has not been found, and her family members are unaware of her situation.

Rumor has it that he was probably killed by an after-school magician using a ritual of death.

"Why are there six incredible events and not seven?" After reading the company newspaper, Sera Masumi felt confused. She remembered that there should be seven incredible events in the school, so how come it became six incredible events.

"Because the person who discovered the seventh incredible event has died, there are only six incredible events. The student Chihiro Aoyama mentioned in the company newspaper should be the person who discovered the seventh incredible event..." Lin Xiao analyzed.

After hearing Lin Xiao's analysis, Sera Masumi immediately realized that there was indeed a gap between his reasoning ability and that of his master.

Mao Lilan was indeed frightened: "Xiaojun, are the seven mysteries of Teitan High School all true?"

"The rumor has been circulating for so long, it's not groundless, and it cannot be denied that it is false." Lin Xiao responded.

Masumi Sera handed the company newspaper in her hand to Ran Maoli and said, "Ran, take a look for yourself."

Xiaolan took the newspaper and learned about the so-called seven incredible events of Teitan High School.

1. The biology room cannot be opened.

2. The printing room will run away.

3. The blood-stained well.

4. Goddess of wisdom.

5. The big ginkgo tree with hanging people.

6. The cursed instrument room—bones are hidden in the walls.

7. Unknown.

There is a rumor that if someone knows all seven mysterious events, that person will be killed by the after-school magician. "

Lin Xiao found it funny to see Xiaolan trembling as she read the newspaper, and he curled his lips and said, "Xiaolan, are you scared?"

Xiaolan looked flustered: "Ah, I'm not afraid of this! Because Xiaojun is here. It's just that I'm just curious, is Xiaojun planning to stay overnight in school tonight?"

Lin Xiao said with a confident smile: "I may not stay overnight, but I will try to figure out the last unknown and incredible incident tonight."

Sera Masumi agreed, "Master, I want to be with you tonight. The other six incredible events have been figured out. We just need to solve the unknown seventh incredible event."

"In that case, I want to be with you too." Xiaolan made up her mind.

The three of them discussed it and decided to go to a restaurant near the school to have dinner first and then return to the school to investigate.

……

After the three of them finished dinner, they returned to the old school building. It was already completely dark. It was still drizzling with rain, which had not stopped since school was over in the afternoon.

As we walked into the old school building, we heard the unique and feminine voice of Sakuragi Ruriko.

"Ah? You three, you're back again. I thought you went home."

Lin Xiao responded: "We decided to help with the investigation, so why would we give up halfway?"

Sera Masumi said with a smile: "We just went to have dinner near the school. Senior Yingshu, don't worry, we will definitely investigate it thoroughly."

Xiaolan asked curiously, "Sakurashu-senpai, are you alone?"

"Yes. The other members of the mystery club have already gone back. I am staying here and plan to continue the investigation alone." Sakuragi Ruriko explained calmly.

"Senior Sakuragi, you are so brave!" Xiaolan admires Sakuragi Ruriko very much. At night, the old school building gives people a particularly scary atmosphere, but Sakuragi Ruriko is not afraid at all!

Seeing that the three were unfamiliar with the old school building, Sakuragi Ruriko took the initiative to lead the way and introduced the old school building to the three to facilitate subsequent investigations.

Although the old school building is no longer used for teaching, it is provided to students for club activities and has never been idle...

"This is the printing room, and the second of the seven incredible events in the school took place here. Legend has it that a boy accidentally cut off his hand while using a paper cutter, and he died from excessive bleeding. The surprising thing is that no matter how hard people looked for the severed hand, they could not find it. So much so that at night, there would be a sound of hands crawling everywhere!"

After hearing Sakurashu Ruriko's narration, Xiaolan unconsciously moved closer to Lin Xiao.

Masumi Sera just laughed it off and didn't take it to heart at all.

Sakuragi Ruriko glanced at the three people with different expressions, and continued with a faint smile: "The classroom that the reasoning club is using now is the cursed music classroom among the seven incredible events of the school.

Legend has it that many years ago, a female student died accidentally in this music classroom. Since then, every night, the girl's singing could be heard from the music classroom.

It was as if the girl’s soul was singing.”

“Ahhh——” Xiaolan’s face turned pale with fright.

Sera Masumi chuckled and said, "Senior Yingshu, I remember you said that the previous six incredible events have been resolved. What's going on now?"

Sakuragi Ruriko said complacently: "The previous six incredible incidents were later solved by our mystery club using scientific methods. They were just ghost stories."

……

Sakuragi Ruriko took the three of them to visit the old school building at night, and time passed by unknowingly.

"Ok?"

Just as the group passed by the mystery club's activity room, Sakuragi Ruriko couldn't help but frown slightly.

"What's wrong? Senior Sister Yingshu?" Lin Xiao keenly noticed her abnormality and narrowed his eyes unconsciously.

"If I remember correctly, I was the last one to leave. I should have closed the door of the club room, but..."

At this time, the classroom was open, and there was still a little light faintly visible inside the room.

"Could it be that someone came in here when you were away?" Mao Lilan swallowed and asked softly.

"That shouldn't be the case... At this time, I think there shouldn't be anyone else here except me!"

Sakuragi Ruriko had doubts in her eyes, but Lin Xiao chuckled and said, "Senior Sakuragi, maybe, besides you, some of the other members of the Reasoning Club have also stayed."

"That's right!" Sakuragi Ruriko nodded!

Sakuragi Ruriko walked into the activity room first, followed by the other three.

Everyone who entered the room frowned. Although the door was slightly open, there was no one in the room. There was only a computer monitor lying quietly in the corner, with a faint light emitting from its screen.

The light in the classroom came from the computer monitor, and there was a string of messages written on the screen.

Upon seeing this, everyone immediately moved closer and checked the string of messages left on the display.

"The one who opens the seventh door will be the sacrifice of the ritual of death. My name is 'After School Magician!'"

"After school magician!"