Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Chapter 1308 Let the murderer reveal himself

Fujita Yorito's phone, which was standing at the back, suddenly vibrated. He glanced around and saw that no one else was paying attention to him, so he quietly took out his phone and glanced at it. He saw that it was an email from Nishino Sumiya and subconsciously turned around to look in the direction of the study.

The message read: I know who the murderer is. He came alone and secretly climbed into the study through the ceiling partition. I will tell you the truth.

Fujita Yorito's heart skipped a beat. Why would he tell him this in secret? Could it be...?

He glanced uneasily at Gu Puyu Hui's retreating figure...

Yuya waved the coded form in his hand, his tone calm but the contents shocking: "This is not the truth about Yasuo Nichihara's suicide, but a murderer's premonition."

"Kill, a murder threat?" Fujita Yorito froze on the spot, his voice trembling. "That person lured us here... just to kill us?"

Yuya said calmly, "That's right. So I'm very curious, what grudge do you have against Yasuo Nihara that would make him go to such lengths to plan this?"

The killer wasn't just killing these people for revenge; he went to great lengths to stage this elaborate scheme—the coded form, the vandalized parking lot, the trapping of people in the abandoned church—every step was designed to drag them into an abyss of fear.

Fujita Yorito was sweating profusely, and he stammered, "No, no! We didn't do anything to wrong Ari... Why is that?"

Gu Puyu asked anxiously, "Then who is the murderer?"

Yu also looked up towards the study.

He said slowly, "No rush. If I'm not mistaken, the murderer will appear on his own after a while."

Fujita Yorito and Kobo Tamaki exchanged a puzzled look, their faces blank—what did this mean? Was there another murderer who would come forward on his own?

Amuro Tooru and the other two looked thoughtful, but didn't say anything more.

Yu rubbed his arms, pretending to be shivering from the cold: "Let's go back to the chapel and warm up by the fire, it's too cold."

Although Fujita Yorito and Kosuke Tamaki were puzzled and anxious, they didn't know what the code meant, so they could only do as Yuya said.

The group walked toward the chapel.

Midway through, Fujita Yorito suddenly said he needed to go to the restroom.

Amuro Tooru offered to accompany him, but was refused, saying he wasn't comfortable having someone next to him when he went to the toilet.

Yu narrowed her eyes: "Then we'll wait for you here. If anything happens, just shout loudly."

"Yes, I understand." Fujita Yorito hurriedly left.

Yuya's gaze deepened, and he whispered, "Let's follow them."

"Huh?" Gu Puyu Hui looked surprised.

"Shh, don't talk." Yu also made a shushing gesture and tiptoed after them.

There was a light in the darkness ahead; it was the light from Fujita Yorito's cell phone.

The light and shadows flickered, and instead of heading towards the toilet, he turned back to his study.

They used to play in the church often when they were young, so they knew the layout of the place very well. Fujita Yorito quickly found the secret passage, crawled through the partition, and came to the top of the study.

When the phone shone the light, Nishino Sumiya was standing below, looking up at him.

"Wait a moment, I'll go get a chair so you can sit down."

Nishino Sumire also brought over a chair, and Fujita Yorito stretched out his legs and laboriously climbed down.

He dusted himself off and asked anxiously, "So, who is the murderer?"

Nishino Sumi didn't answer, but simply handed him a piece of paper.

Fujita Yorito took it and glanced at it, finding it to be yet another cipher sheet. "You've discovered a new cipher?"

He scratched his head somewhat awkwardly: "But even if you give it to me, I won't understand it. Just tell me who the murderer is, won't you?"

Before he could finish speaking, Nishino Sumire suddenly grabbed the water bottle and took a gulp, then coughed violently, spraying water all over his mouth and clothes, and screamed, "What are you doing! No! What are you feeding me?!"

Fujita Yorito looked bewildered: "Nishino, what are you talking about?"

"No, no, I don't want to die here!" Nishino Sumi continued to shout, a capsule suddenly appearing in her hand. "Don't kill me! Please don't kill me!"

"Then, why don't you just not swallow it?" Suddenly, a voice rang out from above.

"Huh?" Nishino Sumire was shocked and froze on the spot.

Fujita Yorito turned around in surprise. Yuya was jumping down from the ceiling, followed by Amuro Tooru, Conan, Wakita Kanenori, and Kobo Tamaki.

"What, what's wrong with you all?"

"Wh-what?" Nishino Sumiya was also stunned. How did they get here?

Yuya said calmly, "I remember that bottle of water you're holding was taken from Mr. Fujita's bag, right? So there must be Mr. Fujita's fingerprints on it."

“If we also testify that we heard your screams outside, then the police who arrive at the scene will assume that Mr. Fujita killed you.”

"Even if he says you texted him to come over, it won't work. You just need to quietly throw your phone in a corner of the room, and the police will think it's a staged act."

"Actually, all of this was your plan."

“No, no,” Nishino Sumi’s face visibly darkened as he hurriedly explained, “I was just startled to see so many people coming down from the ceiling.”

"Besides, the deaths of Wada and Kawasaki were purely coincidental!"

“No,” Yu interrupted him, one hand in his pocket, speaking calmly, “You had already set a trap in the toilet, and then lured Mr. Wada there, didn’t you?”

Nishino Sumiya's expression stiffened, but he still stubbornly said, "I don't understand what you mean by setting a trap."

Yuya said calmly, "Without scissors, you can only tear a piece of paper into nine equal parts by hand. As a result, only the small piece of paper in the middle will have rough edges on all four sides. You deliberately gave that piece of paper to Mr. Wada and had him write his name on it."

"During the lottery, as long as Mr. Wada's name matches the toilet, we can successfully send him to the toilet."

Gu Puyu Hui was somewhat puzzled: "But I saw him draw the cards quite quickly at the time, so he probably didn't have time to tell which one it was, right?"

Yu said calmly, "It's very simple. As long as the lot you draw isn't rough on all four sides, just don't send that person to the toilet. Anyway, which room they go to is decided by the person who drew the lot. If no one knows the reason, no one will suspect anything."

Nishino Sumire's heart skipped a beat, and she asked somewhat unwillingly, "Then how do you explain the lottery? I chose the box last because there happened to be mints inside, which is why Kawasaki and I went to check. You can't say I cheated, can you?"

With a flick of his wrist, three boxes of mints appeared in Yuya's hand.

"This is even easier; it's just a very simple magic trick."