Chapter 4 Tragedy at the Three Keyholes

Jin Tianyi asked in a long voice: Ohno, will that thing really come? In this old restaurant with no lights, there is only the faint light of a small flashlight, and there is an eerie atmosphere like a haunted house. Thinking about it carefully, this restaurant, which is crowded with people during the day, is chosen as the gathering place for the courage test after nightfall, which is really out of place! The mottled cracks on the walls, the stains reflected on the ceiling, and even the swaying branches and leaves outside the window, all make people feel as if they will see something that does not exist at any time.

Miyuki leaned close to Kindaichi's side, clutching his shoulder desperately. The fear in Kindaichi's heart was no less than that of Miyuki, but in order to show his masculinity, he deliberately put on an expression that would not change his face even if the sky fell. If they don't come, the three of us can start too!It's just that it's kind of scary.In this eerie restaurant, there are only three of us, maybe the evil spirits will appear at this time say no more!Yi, don't make trouble anymore! Miyuki grabbed Kindaichi's shoulder tightly, and couldn't help but increase her strength.

In addition, Miyuki's proud twin peaks pressed Kindaichi forward, causing Kindaichi to almost have a nosebleed. Hello!Ono, what's going on?If there really is no one else coming.Will the test of courage continue as usual? Kindaichi asked a little displeased. Will definitely come! Ohno smiled confidently, then looked at his watch again. There were still five minutes before the assembly time, and the only students who didn't come were Morimura and the others. ah!That's the trio! Miyuki's expression seemed to be relieved, and Kindaichi felt the same way. wrong!Kato seems to be coming.

Yeah? When Miyuki heard this, she couldn't help frowning. So, you mean the person who won't come is Shiina, as well as Kawashima, don't seem to be coming either. After Jin Tianyi heard it at first, he immediately asked in surprise: What?Isn't Kawashima's personality very lively and cheerful?What a surprise!I thought he would drop everything to come. He did say: I will participate, but in a different way.Such a sentence. The other way he means is Hello! Before Jin Tian finished speaking, a woman's voice came. When they took a closer look, a girl with short hair was standing at the entrance of the restaurant.

It turned out that she was the girl named Shiraishi Miho. During the day, she met Kindaichi and Miyuki in the restaurant.Now, in lightweight jeans and a T-shirt, she feels nothing like she did during the day. oops!The gathering has already begun, but it seems that only the guides are coming!Interesting!Hehehe! When Shiraishi smiled, her big eyes became enigmatic lines. Kindaichi and Miyuki also seemed to be affected by her laughter, and then grinned. During the day, Shiraishi gave the impression of being a bit cold, with no expression on her face; unexpectedly, when she smiled, her thick eyebrows gave off a warm feeling.No matter from which angle you look at it, she is just an extremely ordinary female high school student.

Shiraishi met Kanedaichi's eyes inadvertently, then smiled slightly and said: "This morning, I'm so rude!"Are you Kindaichi and Nanase?It should be the first time I have come here, have you heard Ohno mention the legend about this dormitory? Shiraishi is really quick-spoken, and she speaks very clearly. Just from her child-like appearance, it is absolutely impossible to tell that she is a very straightforward girl. Jin Tianyi replied: You mean the evil spirit at midnight? What?You already know it!I also thought that if you don't know, I am going to tell you in detail!

No!In fact, we don't know very well, we only know that there are evil spirits haunting the dormitory So hello!Let me explain in detail!Ono, is it okay? all right!But don't scare everyone, if there is no one to clean the room of Hundred Days Red, it will be very nerve-wracking! All right!Let me tell you about the horror legend that circulates in this old dormitory When Baishi cleared his throat and was about to get to the point, a rough male voice came. I want to listen too!What did the rumors say? At some point, there were three people standing at the entrance of the restaurant, they were Kentaro Kato, Aya Ota, and Junya Tominaga.

It was Kato who boldly inserted into the conversation between Shiraishi and Kanedaichi just now. He is 170 centimeters tall. Because of his strong muscles, he feels very majestic when he struts his chest. Seeing his haughty attitude and half-smile expression, Jin Tian clearly felt his arrogant character. Kato walked up to Shiraishi unexpectedly, and urged, "Why don't you hurry up and start?"Shiraishi, aren't you very interested in supernatural powers?Don't you still run a supernatural research club and do some inexplicable divination? Shiraishi's expression was very stiff, and he remained silent as if he hadn't said so much just now.

Hello!Tominaga, haven't you heard of it too? Kato shifted his target to Tominaga who was standing behind. No!I Tominaga flinched and replied. However, Kato still asked urgently: Me, what am I?Say it! I know a little Ha ha!Are you ready to start speaking? Kato frowned as he spoke. It's better for me to say. At this moment, Ono stepped in. Kato, can I? as you like! Kato's mouth was flatly obedient, but he showed disgust in his eyes. (These students dare not disobey Ohno, is it because Ohno is older? No! It seems that this is not the only thing.) Doubts arose in Kindaichi's mind again.

This dormitory has a lot of history. It used to be a tuberculosis sanatorium. I think everyone knows it! Ohno held up the flashlight as he spoke, and looked around at everyone's expressions. The sanatorium was dedicated to convalescent patients with tuberculosis, a disease that had no breakthrough cure when the building was built.In other words, many tuberculosis patients have died here before. At this moment, everyone was listening intently, with expressions of horror unconsciously showing on their faces. Miyuki added a lot of strength to the trembling hands holding Jin Tianyi's shoulders.

In Karuizawa, there is also an example of converting a tuberculosis sanatorium into a restaurant.The building on the island was specially designed by a well-known Italian architect and converted into a school dormitory.However, only the Hundred Days Red in that room is absolutely uninhabitable. Why? When Ono said this, he took the flashlight in the other hand, and the light shining on the ceiling just refracted on his face. Because that room is the passage of the evil spirit Ohno paused for a moment, and then explained the ins and outs of the whole matter. It was exactly ten years ago that Hundred Days Red heard about evil spirits haunting it for the first time.At that time, the building had been purchased by FHS (Fudo Hippocrates School) for student housing.As a result, in that year, there was the unfortunate news that someone committed suicide.The deceased hanged himself with curtains in his home in early March after failing to pass the college entrance examination.Six months before he committed suicide, he went to FHS for tutoring and lived in the room of Bairihong.Originally, this room was because of the bad associations of plants like zinnia, so students didn't want to live here. Over time, this room was used for emergency needs.The deceased moved to the vacant room of Zinnia Red because there was a sparrow's nest by the window of the room where he originally lived, and the rusty window could not be closed tightly.As a result, half a year later, he ended his own life.As for the first time someone witnessed the evil spirit, it was on August 15th in the summer of that year.The student lived in the West Building. He got up at midnight to go to the bathroom, and accidentally passed by the room of Bairihong.There should be no one living in this room, but there are some noises.The student felt a little strange, so he looked closely into the keyhole and saw that the room was completely dark. The student thought that maybe he was superstitious, and just as he was about to leave, a small spot of light suddenly jumped into the room. In his line of sight, the spot of light was floating outside the window, just like that, quietly stopped and floated in mid-air.He took a closer look, who knew that the spot of light gradually became stronger, and soon it swelled to about the size of a softball. Difficult, is that the human soul? Miyuki couldn't help but blurted out and asked, Ohno nodded slowly. This should be commonly known as the will-o'-the-wisp. As the brightness of the will-o'-the-wisp gradually increases, students can vaguely see a shaking shadow in the room. shadow? Jin Tianyi cried out in surprise. yes!It was a corpse suspended in mid-air. Ono spoke in a weak voice. Miyuki grabbed Kindaichi's shoulder even more forcefully, and closed her eyes tightly in fright. The flashlight in Ono's hand looked like a will-o'-the-wisp at this moment. Jin Tianyi suddenly felt creepy. Seeing this situation, the student screamed and ran away. The dormitory supervisor, teacher and other students who heard the sound immediately used the key to open the whooping red, but there was nothing inside.Everyone said that it was the student who saw it wrong, but the real horror was at the back, the student who saw the will-o’-the-wisp and the corpse through the keyhole, was found dead in the pond under the Hundred Days Red room early the next morning. Say no more!I don't want to hear any more! Miyuki covered her ears and screamed loudly, she was about to cry from fright, and even Kindaichi couldn't hold it anymore. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I won't talk anymore.Huh?It seems that the last participant has also come, and it seems that the test of courage will officially start. Ohno's gaze caught on to the person standing at the entrance of the restaurant. It was Asami Hanamura, an English lecturer in a formal suit. Hello everyone. Hanamura folded his arms around his chest, showing a meaningful smile. Mr. Hanamura also came to participate, which is great!We can breathe a sigh of relief. Miyuki patted her chest in relief. Hanamura immediately interjected: Oh!I don't have the guts either. When it comes to a critical moment, maybe I will be the first to slip away! But having an adult around is always more reassuring!Hajime, do you think so? ah!Oh yes! Although Kindaichi answered this way, he felt deeply strange in his heart. (This Hanamura teacher really makes people unable to understand her personality.) She would immediately raise her voice and yell at other teachers if she was slightly upset, but she would be respectful after a while. When dealing with students who bully others, although Hanamura will accuse them aloud, as long as the other party retorts, she will immediately shut up and not say a word. Also, she said she didn't care about the students, but got up in the middle of the night and came to visit these students who participated in the courage test. (This shouldn't be something she would do! It seems a bit contradictory.) Hanamura once said that she used to be a high school teacher, but the cram school she serves now teaches all students who hope to be admitted to the medical department. (What kind of a teacher is she?) Kindaichi had more and more doubts in his heart. alright!It's almost twelve o'clock, and it's time for us to leave for the house of evil spirits, Hundred Days Red. As he spoke, Ono took a flashlight and led everyone to their destination. In this way, Jin Tianyi once again stepped into a strange and incomprehensible horror. Hiroshi Ohno, Asami Hanamura, Junya Tominaga, Aya Ota, Miho Shiraishi, Kentaro Kato, Kazuichi Kaneda and Miyuki, a total of eight people stopped in front of the Hundred Days Red House. Ohno looked at his watch, then raised his head and said: "It will be twelve o'clock in three minutes. Now everyone decides the order of courage by guessing fists. Are you ready?" Everyone nodded without objection. The first person who peeps into the keyhole does not necessarily see the evil spirit. Based on the principle of fairness, we use finger-guessing to decide the priority.In this way, no matter who sees the evil spirit, there will be no complaints.all right!Let's not disturb others, so keep your voice down during the boxing game, are you ready?Scissors, rock, paper, Kindaichi, what are you doing? What are you doing?Don't you want to guess punches? Kindaichi replied plausibly. No, no!You're a new guide, and you're supposed to be first in line. It's a long-standing tradition, didn't I tell you? Ohno's words made Kindaichi's eyes widen in astonishment. How can this happen?I have never heard of it!If I don't do it, doesn't that mean I'm going to die? Kindaichi hastily defended himself. Didn't I ever ask you if you were willing to cooperate fully?You readily agreed, didn't you? Ohno continued to comfort him without changing his face. How can this happen?It turns out that the cooperation you are referring to is this matter, I am really on a thief ship! Okay, okay, stop arguing.Are you not a manly man? It's a man, yes, but if I really see the evil spirit, wouldn't I be dead?I don't want to die so early oops!That's just legend. But it did happen! There is only one chance in a thousand!You see, everyone agrees! Really!Guide, don't justify yourself anymore, you can't escape it! Kato smiled and moved his square face forward. Don't procrastinate, do you want us to waste like this? At this moment, Hanamura also interjected and said: Kindaichi, all right!Everyone is excited, you just agree with Ashali!I like strong men. Hanamura paused for a while, and in the darkness, she could vaguely see her plaster-like teeth showing between her red lips covered in lipstick. You see, there are only two minutes left, all right!Others quickly guess the boxing game to decide the order.By the way, Nanase is a girl, so we can play boxing games together.Ono, what do you think? OK!sure. Can I really check boxing?real?That's great!I thought it would be my turn when Ah Yi came, that would be too cruel. Hello, Miyuki!Don't you want to be behind me?well!Forget it, I admit it! Wow!Kindaichi, you are really refreshing.There is only one minute left, do you want to see Kindaichi's courage first? agree! Everyone agreed with Ohno's proposal, and Miyuki was of course one of them. Kindaichi squatted down nervously, and at the same time glared at Miyuki. How dare you betray me! Hajime, I'm sorry. Miyuki put her hands together and lowered her head apologetically. snort!Forget it, anyway, these vivid rumors must be caused by someone secretly. Shiraishi immediately interjected: Kindaichi, it's all right!According to the results of my research and investigation, in the five courage tests I have done before, I heard that two people saw unknown objects, and the two people who witnessed it did not know whether they are alive or dead now. OK!Stop talking about this, I'm going to watch it, take a deep breath Jin Tian held the door lock with one or two hands, and then slowly moved his face closer to the keyhole. The cold hand touched Kindaichi's forehead, he tilted his head, and put his right eye close to the keyhole. ah Jin Tian opened his eyes wide, only to see that the inside of the keyhole was pitch black, and it looked quite quiet. Can't see anything!OK? Wait a moment!It's only twelve o'clock with ten seconds left on my watch! Ota's malicious voice came from behind. Six, five, four, three, two, twelve o'clock! At this moment, Kindaichi seemed to be able to hear the sound of the second hand swinging. It was already midnight, and his mood became tense. In an instant, Jin Tianyi saw a fire-like light slowly appearing from the other end of the keyhole. The light was not like ordinary lights, and it faintly revealed a cold and gloomy atmosphere. Immediately, goosebumps rose all over Kindaichi's body. (If you can see a light in a room without electric lights, the light source must be coming from somewhere.) A bed is lined up in the dimly lit room, and the bed is next to the window. Huh? Jin Tianyi involuntarily gasped. Because two groups of light spots, one large and one small, appeared outside the window, floating quietly in mid-air. The two clusters of light swayed slowly, floating in the boundless darkness outside the window. They seem to be slowly luring out witnesses in this mysterious darkness. Seeing this scene, Jin Tianyi couldn't move his whole body, even if he wanted to scream, he couldn't make a sound. (This is a lie! My eyes must have been wrong. Maybe it was a star or something shiny. No, maybe it was a plane or a spy plane flying by! It must be!) Jin Tianyi kept telling himself this in his heart. He tried his best to appease the panic in his heart, trying to explain the weird phenomenon in front of him that couldn't be explained by theory. And before getting the answer, Kindaichi didn't want to look away at all. (If you just leave like this, you may never find the answer! If you just give up like this, you may be cursed by the strange scene in the keyhole forever in your life, and you can't escape even if you want to.) In just a few seconds, various thoughts emerged in Jin Tianyi's mind, and then disappeared. (What the hell is that? Why is there a light in the empty room? This should be an empty room!) Unexpectedly, Kindaichi's sight was blocked! Obscuring his view was a human-like object, and it was barely discernible that this object was wearing a light blue loose robe. (I seem to have seen it somewhere before! By the way! It's the clothes worn by hospital patients.) Just as this thought flashed through Kindaichi's mind, the object slowly shook its body, as if trying to lift some heavy object. Through the small keyhole, Kindaichi could see that the object had a pair of bloodless hands glowing blue. (Glue like a dead hand is wrong! It's not the color of the skin. It's the glove!) Kindaichi thought from the hospital patient clothes that the object should be wearing plastic gloves specially designed for surgeons. Then, Kindaichi noticed that the object was holding something in its hand. (It's a rope! And it's one end of a thick rope.) The object's hands slowly pulled up the rope, and there seemed to be a heavy object hanging from the other end of the rope. Finally, the heavy object completely caught Jintian's eyes. It's a black head! The object continued to slowly pull the head up. Jin Tianyi saw that the forehead of the deceased was earthy gray with no blood at all. Red and black blood flowed from the wound on the forehead of the deceased. The deceased stared blankly ahead with cloudy and protruding eyeballs. Kindaichi's heart was about to burst out of his throat. It should have been only twenty seconds since he started approaching the keyhole, but Kindaichi felt that it had been several hours. Kindaichi really wanted to yell, but he couldn't make a sound. Since he couldn't move his body and couldn't close his eyes, Kindaichi could only watch all this helplessly. Suddenly, a sunken cheek appeared in front of his eyes, and then a mouth, and a purple-black tongue stuck out from the opened purple mouth. The rope was tightly twisted around the neck of the deceased, and the thick rope was sunk deep in the skin. (Hang!) This term flashed through Kindaichi's mind. He moved his face back a little so that he could get a full view of the scene. Only then did Jin Tianyi finally see clearly who the head tied to the rope was. (It's Keiichi Morimura! Those hanging eyes are indeed his.) When Shiina fell down the gangway, Morimura and Kato watched him mockingly. The scenes that happened before were replayed one by one in front of Jin Tianyi's eyes. At the same time, Kindaichi felt that his body could move slowly. Whoa! He screamed as if awakened from a nightmare, jumped out of the door in an instant, and fell to the ground. Everyone around Jin Tianyi also realized that the matter was not trivial. Kato stepped forward and put his hands on the shoulders of Kanedaichi who fell to the ground and was shaking non-stop. hello what the hell do you see Kato's eyes sparkled with curiosity. Jin Tian shook his lips, unable to speak at all, just pointed to the keyhole with his finger. Kato squatted in front of the keyhole with an expression of disbelief. What are you doing!You must be joking, I don't believe there are evil spirits Before he finished speaking, his tongue began to get knotted and his body trembled. After a few seconds, Kato also called out loudly, and fell down on Kindaichi. With those tiny eyes open, he stammered, "Dead, dead!"Ah Morimura, wow! The expressions on everyone's faces froze. not true? Ota muttered to himself, with a condensed smile on his face, thinking that Kato must be joking. Hey, listen! Ono pointed to the door of Zinnia Red's room. squeak squeak A harsh sound like a saw sawing something back and forth came from behind the door. Boom! Then there was the sound of something heavy falling to the ground. Everyone couldn't help being shocked. who?who is in there Ota looked around as he spoke, and then raised his voice and called: Is it Kawashima?Yeah?You open the door! She pounded on the door panel hard with her fist. At this moment, there was a burst of wailing in the room of Jin Osmanthus next door to Hundred Ripples. Wow! The doorknob of the golden sweet-scented osmanthus was twisted violently, and the door was opened immediately. ah! Shiina Makio rushed out of the room with a horrified expression on his face, and the door was quickly closed again. I saw Shiina leaning against the wall, gasping for breath. that, that that Shiina's lips kept trembling, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't make it out. Shiina, what's the matter?What happened? Ono asked nervously. Shiina's teeth were chattering non-stop, and she faltered and replied: No, it's nothing. Shiina shook off Ohno's hand vigorously, and sat limply on the ground. Nothing?Look at you and say it, what's going on? No!Maybe I read it wrong What are you reading wrong? It's like a will-o'-the-wisp, shaking outside the window so Will-o'-the-wisp? Everyone shouted in unison. Ohno went over and grabbed Kindaichi by the collar, and lifted him up all at once. Hello!what happened?What do you see through the keyhole? Kindaichi swallowed his saliva first, calmed down his emotions, and then said: I saw a corpse, it was Keiichi Morimura, he died in the room.No!He was killed! What?What the hell are you saying he was killed? real!like this Kindaichi compared the twisting of the rope with both hands. He was like this, he was hanged by someone with a rope, and blood was still bleeding from his forehead in the room. No!not true? At this moment, Ota is no longer as arrogant as before, but has become timid. Kato said in shock, "Who is going to open the door?" ok, i'll come Ono turned the doorknob vigorously. No way!The door is locked. what the hell?It's still so noisy in the middle of the night! As soon as Jin Tian turned around to look, he happened to come into contact with a dazzling light. It turned out that it was Denzo Tsukahara, the dorm supervisor with a flashlight in his hand. What are you guys doing here?Oh, it turned out to be a test of courage!Are you guys participating again? Tsukahara scanned everyone's faces as he spoke. Tsukahara Housekeeper, it's not good!Someone died in the whooping. Ono stepped forward and said. What?Hahaha!Really know how to joke. Tsukahara didn't believe it at all. it is true! Kindaichi nodded in a positive tone. I, I saw it too, I don’t know who hanged Morimura Kato said excitedly while shaking Tsukahara's arm. Tsukahara also seemed to notice that something was different, and he frowned in trouble. I know, I know, you can let go.I'll just open the door right now, that's okay! He bent down and picked up a large bunch of keys, and began to look for the whooping key. hurry up!Hurry up! Ota's voice sounded like he was about to cry. (It may be that Ota and Morimura are very close friends, so the reaction is more exciting than the other seven people. Seven people? Wait a minute) Kindaichi compared the names and names of the people who participated in the courage test. (Me, Miyuki, Hiroshi Ohno, Asami Hanamura, Kentaro Kato, Miho Shiraishi, Aya Ota, and one more are missing! That’s right! Where’s the boy named Junya Tominaga? Why isn’t he here? When did he disappear? ?) At this moment, Tsukahara looked back at everyone and said, "It's open." He slowly turned the doorknob and opened the door, and everyone fell silent instantly. It was pitch black inside the room. Tsukahara turned on the light at first, and the white bulb illuminated the room brightly. Kindaichi followed Tsukahara into the room. What exactly is going on? Jin Tianyi couldn't help being confused. Because there was nothing in the house, let alone a single person, it was exactly the same as when he and Miyuki came to clean it in broad daylight yesterday, it was just an empty room. Step aside! This time it was Kato who rushed to the door of the room. He pushed Kindaichi away and ran directly into the room. Kindaichi tripped over the trash can and staggered behind Kato. No?nothing Kato muttered to himself in disbelief. What are you doing!Nothing at all.How suspicious! Tsukahara pouted unhappily. alright!Everyone can go back to sleep, everyone has to get up early tomorrow! As soon as he finished speaking, he turned and left immediately. you say!What exactly is going on? Ota asked Kato aggressively. There is nothing at all!Kato, could it be that you killed Morimura? You were really joking I'm really not talking nonsense, I did see it clearly, and this guy said he saw it. Kato pointed to Kindaichi. Ota didn't want to listen to Kato's explanation at all. snort!Anyway, you and the guide have colluded in advance, trying to scare everyone so as to bring the atmosphere up.This must have been instigated by Ono.Ono, right? No!i didn't Forget it, forget it, I won't play anymore.This is not a test of courage at all! She dropped the string of words, and then walked out of Hundred Days Red. Jin Tianyi opened his eyes wide, and searched back and forth in the house to see if there was a place to hide, or a corner where the corpse could be hidden. (This room is exactly the same as when I came from heaven, there is no room to hide. But how to explain the image seen through the keyhole? Is it really just my hallucination?) Jin Tianyi went to the window and found that the window was not locked. (However, this is not the point. Even if the window was open, how could the person carrying the corpse escape from the room on the second floor without a trace within a short period of one minute after Kato and I saw the scene through the keyhole, and when Tsukahara Housekeeper opened the door? trace? yes! This is absolutely impossible. If it weren't for evil spirits or ghosts, how could there be such a stunt! ) Jin Tianyi looked up at the ceiling and sighed softly. At this time, the others had gone back to their rooms in twos and threes. Miyuki was very worried about Jin TianYi, so she has been waiting outside the door. When she saw Jin Tian coming out, she immediately asked: "Yi, why is this happening?" Kindaichi understood Miyuki's meaning very well, and he was asking himself the same question. (However, I definitely can't be wrong. I know very well that it is) Jin Tian turned off the lights in the room, looked back at the dark room again, and then slowly closed the door, and at the same time closed the door with the tragedy that remained in his mind. Before Jin Tianyi returned to his room, he first walked to the horse drunk wooden house at the end opposite to Hundred Days Red, and that room was Morimura's room. He knocked lightly on the door two or three times, but there was no answer. (It's already past twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and it's time to sleep. But is that scene a hallucination or a fact?) Jin Tianyi sighed softly, turned around and walked back to his room. Jin Tianyi spent a sleepless night in great pain. As long as he closes his eyes, the tragedy in the keyhole will keep appearing in his mind like a nightmare. When he opened his eyes, he saw silhouettes of evil spirits reflected on the wall one after another. However, what troubles Kindaichi even more is that if the tragedy in the keyhole is not a hallucination or a weird phenomenon Then who killed Keiichi Morimura? (How did the murderer disappear from the room in just one minute!) If there is only the murderer, it can be explained, because he can jump from the window on the east side of the whooping red to the pond under the window within a limited time. But if the murderer wants to disappear with the corpse, it is simply impossible. The murderer had to pick up the corpse, then throw it into the pond through the window, and then jump down by himself. These actions had to be completed in just one minute, which was as difficult as heaven. Besides, there was no need for the murderer to hide the body. (Didn’t the murderer notice that someone was peeking at his crime through the keyhole? Impossible! Our group was making a lot of noise in front of the door, and the murderer couldn’t have heard the sound. In this way, the murderer may have some purpose, and deliberately performed it for us! But why did the murderer do this?) What a fool!Kindaichi, you think too much! Kaneda was talking to himself while knocking his head. (Or are these all just tricks? That Morimura guy is colluding with others to deliberately play tricks and scare people? Yes! It must be so.) When Jin Tianyi thought about it, the answer seemed to come out. The keyhole is not the murderer and the dead body, but two living people. They put on a show together, and after making everyone panic, the two quickly jumped from the window into the pond together. (It should be like this, maybe? Probably) oops!It's annoying. Jin Tianyi shook his head violently, unable to think of a reasonable answer. At daybreak, Jin Tianyi got up and changed his clothes immediately, and wanted to go to Bairihong to find out a reasonable answer. He walked out of the room and tried to knock on the door of Miyuki's room next door. As expected, she didn't close her eyes all night. Although Miyuki didn't see the situation directly through the keyhole, she imagined all kinds of horrible scenes in her mind, so that she kept her eyes wide open until dawn. After Kanedaichi waited for Miyuki to change her clothes, the two went hand in hand to find out what happened to Bairihong. On the wall next to the door from the dining room to the kitchen, there is a row of wooden shelves hanging the keys of each room, so anyone can easily take the keys. Hajime, isn't anyone able to get the key this way? yes!Even if it is not an evil spirit, it can enter and leave the Hundred Days Red at will. But, didn't you also see the will-o'-the-wisp? makes sense. Ah Yi, I'd better not go in, I'll go back to my room and wait for you. Miyuki, I hope you can also be present, maybe I really missed it. Hajime, do you really not believe that it is an evil spirit?but i feel like there's something real Actually, I don't believe it at all! then why are you However, I have a hunch that it is definitely not an evil spirit, but someone playing tricks on it. When Miyuki heard this, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Yi, you really sound like a great detective!"Well, you're getting manly. What, what! Ouch!You are still shy!So cute. Miyuki, stop messing around!We've arrived at the haunted house. When Kindaichi was about to insert the key into the keyhole, he suddenly stopped. He put away the keys, bent down and squatted at the door, and pressed his right eye to the keyhole. Ah, Ah Yi!No!what do you see later Kindaichi ignored Miyuki's stop, and still stuck his right eye to the keyhole. At this time, there was no special scene in the room, and there was a bright sky outside the window. Jin Tianyi immediately opened the door with the key, and walked in with Miyuki. Hajime, there is really nothing! yes! Although Kindaichi answered like this, he always felt that something was different from last night. Confused, he walked into the room and examined it carefully. The quilt on the bed was still neatly folded, and there was still some dust on the desk. Kindaichi stared at the window as if remembering something. ah!Almost forgot. He hurried to the window and almost tripped over the trash can beside the table. Jin Tian must have stared at the window sill, and then stroked the window frame back and forth with his fingers. Hajime, what's going on? Kindaichi didn't answer Miyuki's question, he went to the window on the north side and did the same thing. Miyuki asked again: What's the matter? I saw Kindaichi turning his head back with a very serious expression. What's up?Tell me about it! Kindaichi stared at the confused Miyuki, and said slowly: If someone stayed in the room last night, he definitely did not go out through the window. how do you know? Just look at the dust on the window frames. dust? yes!Yesterday we just casually cleaned the room, that's why there was so much dust on the window frame, and it's still there. Huh?So what? The window showed no sign of being opened.In other words, the things in this room yesterday disappeared without a trace like smoke in a completely sealed state. Why is Miyuki so slow?The students are getting up. Yuri Shintani, the cook at Glory Dormitory, grumbled as she added salt to the soup pot. Lily, I'll go and have a look.I ha Jin Tian held the plate in both hands and yawned big. oops!careful!Don't break the plate.Why do you look listless?It seems that your courage test last night seemed quite exciting.ah!Could it be that you and Miyuki did other things afterwards, so you didn't sleep all night, and now you are yawning violently? Hello, hello!Don't talk nonsense, there is no such thing! (Although I experienced a lot of things last night, it’s not like what Lily said so don’t mention it!) Kindaichi lowered his head in frustration. Hello!Kindaichi, have you put away the ladder next to the big tree in the yard? Tsukahara suddenly poked his head into the kitchen and shouted. ah!No.Sorry, I thought you still had to use yes!I just remembered when I was pruning a tree.Huh?Didn't you put it away? no! How strange forget it!Check back later! ha Kindaichi yawned again. Hajime, Hajime! Miyuki ran into the kitchen in a panic, and shouted with a serious face. Miyuki, what's going on?What happened? In fact, Kindaichi had roughly guessed what was going on in his heart. Oh no!Keiichi Morimura, who lives in Mazuki's room, is missing! Jin Tian put the plate he was holding on the counter casually, and immediately rushed out of the kitchen regardless of Lily's stop. As a result, the preparation of breakfast fell entirely on Lily alone. Kindaichi, Miyuki, Ono and Tsukahara all went to look for Morimura, and Hanamura Asami and Kawasaki Yozo also joined the search after breakfast. Everyone made a blanket search in the yard, but couldn't find Morimura. It's only been a day, and this guy Morimura escaped unexpectedly, which is really unexpected. Tsukahara shook his head and said. well!He may be influenced by bad friends! Kawasaki couldn't help but sigh. At this moment, Kindaichi suddenly interjected and said: If what I saw last night was true, Keiichi Morimura might have been killed already. Kindaichi!shut up! Tsukahara fired impatiently. Don't say these unrealistic nonsense anymore, after I opened the door and walked in last night, wasn't there no one in the room? can, but FHS uses Spartan education to manage students, so escape incidents like this happen every year, don't fan the flames and scare people there, causing panic. 塚原沒頭沒腦地訓了金田一一頓。 待眾人回到宿舍時，其餘六名學生也已知道了森村圭一下落不明的事，在餐廳裡鬧烘烘地吵成一團。 你不是大偵探金田一嗎？你應該知道事情的真相吧？ 太田綾看到剛回來的金田一，立刻帶著哭聲問道。 她旋即又說：你們不要再鬧了！加籐，一定是你和森村兩人故意嚇唬我的吧？ 金田一，你快說話呀！昨晚你不是也看見森村被殺的情形？ 加籐的臉色不太好看。 Well, that's right. 金田一雖然不太滿意加籐命令的語氣，但他仍肯定地點點頭。 太田，你和森村是什麼關係？難不成你們正在交往中？ Snapped! 太田用力地打了金田一一巴掌。 那跟你沒什麼關係吧！別以為你自己多偉大！ Hello!你給我注意聽好！ 金田一立刻火冒三丈，他不由得提高音調吼了出來。 我鄭重告訴你，昨晚正十二點，我由鑰匙孔內看見森村圭一的屍體。他的脖子被繩子緊緊纏著，繩子的一端被一個身穿醫院病患服裝的傢伙拉著，他的手上還戴著開刀專用的塑膠手套。我可以很肯定地告訴你，那絕不是幻覺，而是森村的確被殺了。在這幢宿舍中，的確發生了慘絕人寰的殺人事件。 金田一一口氣說完這麼多話之後，現場的六名學生、大野及美雪，還有塚原和兩位老師全都沉默不語地呆立著。 阿一對這種事情最拿手了。 美雪抓住一個恰當的時機開口說話。 他的祖父是位鼎鼎有名的大偵探，大家應該曾經聽過金田一 金田一耕助！ 富永純矢馬上接口喊了出來。 我對他非常清楚，金田一耕助可以說是全日本數一數二的名偵探。Wow!真令人驚訝，真是太棒了。 昨天金田一初次在餐廳見到的富永，還有晚上的試膽大賽中，從頭到尾面無表情的富永，這時第一次讓人看見他眉飛色舞的樣子。 金田一，照這麼看來的話，這可以說是密室殺人事件了。你從鑰匙孔中看見的兇手及被害人屍體，竟然在短短的一分鐘內，全部消失不見喂！讓我們聽聽你的推理。 富永！You don't push yourself. 加籐用地那雙大手抓住富永的衣領，然而富永並沒有露出畏懼的樣子，只是恢復先前的靜默。 我不想聽你囉哩囉嗦講一大堆廢話！我只想知道一件事，你這傢伙在昨晚試膽大賽中途溜到哪裡去了？而且正是在金田一要看鑰匙孔前，說！你到底去了哪裡？What did you do? 我去上廁所了。 被加籐緊緊抓著的富永，吐出這麼一句話。 lie!you must 當加籐還想再說什麼時，一個尖銳的慘叫聲在餐廳裡響起。 所有人的目光全都集中在發出聲音的椎名真木男身上。 Wow 只見椎名一邊哭號，一邊歇斯底里地用手猛拍著桌面。 Hello, hello!椎名，你怎麼啦？ 大野高聲地詢問椎名。 椎名終於停止哭號，卻激動地用指甲猛抓自己的臉。 椎名，到底是怎麼一回事？ 川島用力扳開椎名的手問道。 接下來就是我了我要被殺了，一定會 椎名以求救的眼神看著川島，口中喃喃說道。 海老澤海老澤邦明要來索命了！ 當椎名從嘴巴裡吐出海老澤邦明這個名字的瞬間，除了金田一和美雪之外，所有人的表情就像突然被電到一般地凍結住了。 （海老澤當川島被太田責備時，他的口中也曾說出這個名字。） 金田一的腦中閃過太田責備川島時的畫面。 昨晚我看到鬼火在窗外飛來飛去，所以才會大叫出來那一定是海老澤！海老澤變成午夜零時的惡靈來抓我、森村，還有 椎名，你給我閉嘴！ 剎那間，加籐猛然撲向椎名。 椎名一屁股地倒在地上，但口中依然喃喃自語著：我不想死！我知道他很恨我，所以啊！海老澤，請你原諒我！是我不好，請不要殺我 what are you talking about?海老澤根本還沒有死！ 儘管川島極力安撫椎名，但是椎名仍歇斯底里地辯解：剛才金田一不是也有說過惡靈是穿著醫院病患服裝嗎？而且加籐也看到了，那惡靈附在海老澤的體內，穿著淡藍色的病患服 金田一聽到椎名這些話，記憶之門登時打開了。 （對了！海老澤邦明就是醫院裡變成植物人的那名少年！） why is this 金田一不由得自言自語。 我可以問一個問題嗎？ 突然間，一個女人的聲音高高揚起。 原來是廚師新谷百合，她似乎已在廚房聽到剛才談話的內容。 你是椎名吧！你剛才提到被惡靈相中的目標有三個人，那三個人是指你、森村，還有另一個人是誰？ it's me! 加籐馬上大聲地承認。 椎名這個笨蛋是想把我說出來吧！我和森村、椎名曾經捉弄過海老澤邦明，不久之後，他就上吊自殺了。可是他的自殺和我們沒有任何關係，我們只是和他開玩笑嘛！海老澤這傢伙在班上是很隨便的一個人，所以我們也肆無忌憚地開他玩笑，只是這樣而已，真的！當時他的自殺新聞鬧得很大，連警察也來調查，還問了班上同學一些關於他的事情。因為他沒有留下遺書，所以自殺原因不詳。也由於海老澤自殺的事件，害我根本無法專心準備考試。現在在這裡的人，大家都是和海老澤同一個班級，所以應該還記得當時的情況。 加籐面無表情，淡淡地敘述著，聲音的頻率較平時稍微低沉些。 至於其他人彷彿都在隱忍些什麼，各個低著頭沉默不語。 加籐對著新谷百合，宛如辯解似地繼續說道：海老澤那傢伙後來並沒有死，卻成了植物人，現在住在不動綜合醫院裡。But ah!他對我及森村會懷恨在心，是件很奇怪的事。老實說，我覺得椎名根本是在胡思亂想，不是嗎？海老澤的醫療住院費用以及其他雜費，全部都是由醫院負擔的呢！由於海老澤和森村是同班同學，所以森村的父親慷慨解囊，替他負擔這筆款項，海老澤應該心存感謝，椎名，是吧？其他人應該也會這麼想吧！富永、太田、白石川島，你們應該都這麼認為吧？ 奇怪的是，沒有任何人回答加籐的話。 但是被點名的這些人，每個人都流露出嫌惡的神情。 金田一見到這一幕，直覺事有蹊蹺。 大家還站在這裡幹嘛？再過十分鐘就要開始上課了。 川崎洋三打破尷尬的氣氛，邊拍著手邊說道。 上課？川崎老師在這種時候還要上課？有一名學生下落不明呢！ 金田一非常驚訝地問著川崎。 當然要上課啊！森村的父親創立了不動綜合醫院及FHS，他是一位非常受人尊崇的人，然而他的兒子卻是一個問題學生我們不能因為森村一個人逃走，而剝奪其他學生的上課權益吧！森村是因為無法順利通過考試而逃走，為了這種人而妨礙其他認真的學生們的學習機會，那不是因小失大了嗎？所以還是要照常上課。 金田一雖然不以為然，卻頓時語塞。 還有，大野！ 川崎轉頭叫喚正在低頭沉思的大野。 yes 大野猛然回過神，抬起頭來應道。 你應該以學長的身份來指導這些學弟、妹，然而你非但沒有這樣做，反而還在三更半夜聚集這些學生，舉辦什麼試膽大賽，真是亂來！ Yes, sorry. 如果被你在城南醫科大學裡當校長的祖父知道了，他一定會搖頭嘆息的。 （什麼？原來大野是醫科大學的學生！不！這還不打緊，他竟然還是城南醫大校長的孫子！） 金田一聽到這個消息，才終於恍然大悟。 （所以說嘛！難怪這些學生會對他如此服從。因為他們再過半年後，也許將會參加城南醫科大學的考試，不！應該說已經打算這麼做，所以他們聽從大野的話也是人之常情了。） alright!再過五分鐘就是我的數學課，大家快點回房去拿教科書和筆記本，現在開始動作！ 川崎用非常強硬的語氣說完後，眼睛望向窗外。 風愈來愈強了，天氣預報說下午颱風可能會登陸，如此一來，行蹤不明的森村不可能會回來了。 金田一也隨之看著窗外。 不知何時，天空已經完全被灰色的雲層覆蓋住，而老舊的玻璃窗也被逐漸增強的風吹得好像要破裂一般。 金田一忽然有個不祥預感：這裡將會陸續發生重大事故。 （如果真如天氣預報所言，颱風逐漸接近的話對了！） 川崎老師。 金田一走到正欲跨出餐廳的川崎面前。 我想打個電話，聯絡一些事情。 Who are you calling? 打給研究中心。對了，還有警察。 Don't be kidding me!只不過是一名學生失蹤而已，到時候鬧得人盡皆知的話，我可是要負起責任來呀！ 現在不是討論責任歸屬的時候，我真的親眼看見森村被殺死了。 你別胡說！ 川崎怒瞪著金田一。 那一定是有人在惡作劇！總而言之，我不准你打電話，我是這裡的負責人，一切都得聽我的！ 川崎拋下這句話後，就氣憤地走出餐廳。 美雪和大野一起收拾、整理餐桌，金田一則陷入沉思中。 （不知道在害怕什麼的椎名真木男。 急於為自己辯解、脫罪，強調沒有理由成為兇手目標的加籐賢太郎。 消失無蹤的森村圭一 還有那位變成植物人的海老澤邦明。 森村、加籐和椎名三人是如何欺負海老澤這件事，從加籐的話裡根本無法得知。 但是如果海老澤真是因為這樣而自殺的話，那就不可能如加籐所言，他們只是開玩笑那麼單純了。 如果昨晚那樁怪事是由真人實際演出的殺人事件，那麼兇手的犯罪動機可能和海老澤的自殺未遂有連帶關係。 也許森村的失蹤只是序幕！ ) 金田一心中的不安感油然而生。 風真的愈來愈強了。 美雪十分不安地說著。 船要到後天才會來，這期間會不會又發生什麼奇怪的事？ 不知道，所以還是先打個電話通知一下劍持老兄比較保險。百合，你知道哪裡有電話嗎？ 金田一對著廚房大叫。 電話在塚原舍監的房裡，不過，我想他是不會讓你打的。 百合正在廚房裡準備晚餐，她邊煮馬鈴薯邊回答。 我會編個適當的理由，例如：我忘了要去補習，一定要打個電話給補習班等等 你還真會編呢！ 百合說著便咯咯笑了起來。 看你那副緊張的樣子，你說昨晚看到森村的屍體這件事，似乎並不是胡說的囉？ 我沒有必要去騙人嘛！而且又不只我一個人看見，加籐那傢伙也看到了，百日紅隔壁房的椎名也說看見鬼火，所以這其中絕對有問題。 你先冷靜一下，我去想想辦法借電話，你們就先在這裡喝杯咖啡等我回來。 百合關掉爐子上的人，之後便匆匆離開。 金田一、美雪和大野三人就在餐廳裡喝咖啡等待。 沒多久，下課鈴聲由擴音器中傳了出來。 登時，走廊上腳步聲雜沓，接著，白石美穗開門走進餐廳。 白石看了看金田一及其他兩人，自己也走到沖泡台拿了個紙杯倒咖啡，然後坐在他們旁邊。 現在怎麼樣了？找到森村了嗎？ 白石刻意壓低聲音問金田一。 not yet! 喂，你昨天看到的那個惡靈，真的穿著病患服裝嗎？ yes!雖然房間裡面很暗，我看得不是非常清楚，但還是可以認得出來。我在來這裡之前，曾經去過不動綜合醫院檢查胃部。那時候我不小心真的是不小心才走進那個叫海老澤所住的病房，那時他穿的衣服和昨天我看到的非常類似 嗯，這麼說來，愈來愈符合靈魂出竅這種說法了。 白石喝了一口咖啡。 靈魂出竅？ 美雪聽不太懂白石的意思。 是的，我對這方面還略有研究。我從小到大曾有好幾次親眼目睹過鬼魂，高中時還籌組超自然研究社，也出版了幾本相關刊物。 Really!看不出你對這些還挺有興趣的嘛！ 金田一雖然語帶嘲諷意味，但白石仍興致勃勃地說道：靈魂可以分成兩種，一種是死者的魂魄無法返回靈界，稱為死靈；另一種是因為活著的人憑著一股執念而產生靈魂出竅的現象，也就是所謂的生靈。我想這次的事件是因為海老澤的靈魂，從已成植物人而無法自由行動的軀殼內脫逃而出，為的是向讓自己遭遇此下場的三名兇手復仇 白石！不是只有三名兇手吧？ 霎時，椎名真木男出現在餐廳門口，他氣憤地插話進來。 你老實說，當時是不是全班一起取笑海老澤的？是吧！我們三人的確是直接兇手，但是你們也是共犯啊！是我們大家一起害他的！ 白石的情緒變得不太穩定，她揚起眉毛回道：是嗎？即使如此，但他最恨的人絕對是你！am I right?you 金田一、大野，不好了！ 百合的聲音打斷了白石的話，她邊叫邊跑進餐廳裡。 不好了，電話不通了！ 金田一聽到這個消息，差點就打翻手中的咖啡。 What?電話不通 大野也激動地站起來。 每支電話都沒有聲音，不知道是電話壞了，還是線路被風吹斷了。 百合說著便指向窗外。 窗外的天色宛如傍晚晦暗不明的天空，剎那間，閃過一道白色的閃電，接著響起震耳欲聾的霹靂巨響，連窗戶玻璃也被震得卡卡作響。 在餐廳裡面的六個人，全都屏氣凝神。 雷鳴聲由近而遠，慢慢地漸趨小聲。 此刻，屋內每個人都面露驚恐的表情，彷彿身邊躲著不該存在的東西，而它正以那對惡霸般冰冷邪惡的雙眼，在某處緊盯著自己。 風勢已強到讓人的眼睛無法睜開，但不可思議的是竟然沒有下雨！ 金田一等人朝著山頂上走去，才一會兒工夫，風勢已經變得更加強勁，花草樹木都被強風吹得東倒西歪。 眼見四周被強風破壞的慘狀，一行人心中的不安更加高漲。 待他們到達山頂上後，正如金田一所猜想的一樣，電信通訊設備被攔腰折斷，另外還有好幾處受損。 （很明顯是人為的蓄意破壞。） 金田一的心中非常肯定。 well!究竟是誰會做出這種事？ 塚原一邊嘆氣，一邊喃喃說道。 不能修好嗎？ 事實上，金田一也不抱太大的希望，只是試探性地詢問。 也不是不能修好啦！只是我對這些東西不太熟悉，再說也沒有工具可以修理。Really bad!明天以前若無法跟外界取得聯絡，我們根本就出不去。 從塚原這番話中可以聽得出來，他對昨晚金田一所看到的景象，已經不再完全否定，態度有一點改變的跡象。 現在每個人的心中都有預感，一定還會有怪事接二連三地發生。 沒有小艇之類的東西嗎？ 大野立刻對金田一搖頭。 只有簡單的小竹筏，再不就是塑膠船而已。可是這些東西一旦下水，頃刻間就不知道會被海浪沖到什麼地方去了。 阿一，你看那邊！ 美雪的叫喊聲比風嘯聲遠大，她一手按著頭髮，另一手指著前方。 在場的所有人都朝美雪所指的方向望去，然後不約而同地驚呼起來。 只見遠方有一團顏色濃暗的風從地面朝空中捲起，它彷彿有生命一般，一面慢慢地搖晃，一面朝金田一等人的方向前進。 tornado! 大野以近乎哀號的聲音叫道。 一旁的塚原則安慰大家說：別擔心，鬼火島上常常會有類似的情形發生，大家可以放心，它不會接近宿舍的，頂多只是到這裡而已。 既然這樣，大家還是快點回宿舍去吧！ 大野逃難似地往來時的方向狂奔。 其他人也跟著大野拔腿就跑，只有金田一還站在原地，一動也不動。 他並非因為腳軟而無法舉步，而是好像有一股強大的力量從頭頂壓下來，讓金田一的全身都無法動彈。 金田一可以感覺得到冥冥之中，命運的波濤似乎硬將他捲入殺人事件裡，他除了奮力和那個恐怖的兇手一搏之外，已經別無他法了。 頃刻間，龍捲風扭動得更厲害了，它橫掃的範圍愈來愈大。 call! call 淒厲的狂風傳來一陣陣怒吼，好像要把大樹連根拔起似的。 金田一的臉頰忽然被風中夾雜的細沙掠過，他也因此才回過神來。 阿一，快走啦！ 美雪邊跑邊催促道。 ah!good! 金田一嚥了一口口水，好不容易才跨出腳步。 惡靈抬頭看著教堂高聳的天花板，隨即輕輕地嘆