Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Chapter 1162: Murders within Minutes

Three detectives immediately entered the room and began to examine the body.

Ximu was stabbed in the heart to death, but the most eye-catching thing was the two big lumps on both sides of his forehead.

Shira Masumi folded his arms across his chest, pondered for a moment, and looked at the people at the door: "Didn't you guys just say you wanted to go eat together?"

Jing Hayamori also explained: "We just went back to our rooms to prepare, and agreed to meet in Ximu's room in 10 minutes and then set off together."

A person from Mashan said: "When the time came, we gathered at the door of the room, but no one responded when we rang the doorbell. So we asked the waiter to come and open the door, and we saw that Ximu was dead..."

The three detectives were silent. In just over ten minutes, Ximu was killed. It seemed that the murderer had chosen the right time to act.

"Tick!"

Kudo Shinichi was stunned for a moment and turned his head to look at his shoulder.

Seeing this, Yuya asked, "What's wrong?"

Kudo Shinichi said: "It seems like something is dripping on me..." As he spoke, there was another dripping sound.

Everyone subconsciously looked up, and instantly revealed expressions of fear—

Just above where Ximu fell, a large pool of blood was sprayed on the ceiling, gathering towards the center, and another drop of blood was about to fall.

In addition to the bloodstain, there was a trail of bloody footprints leading all the way to the open window.

Yuya said with a serious expression: "This looks just like a blood sky well!"

Sera Masumi agreed, crossed his arms and walked to the bedside. "It all looks like the murderer hung the victim from the ceiling and killed him, then walked step by step from the ceiling to the window, and finally left through the window on the 15th floor..."

She leaned out to take a look. It was pitch black outside. "It was as if it had disappeared into the vast night."

Yuya raised his eyebrows: "You mean..."

Sera Masumi turned around and said word by word, "It's like the work of a winged monster that can control the human body with its demonic power."

The corner of Yuya's mouth twitched slightly, and Kudo Shinichi also showed a speechless expression. Does this guy like to tell such horror stories at the crime scene so much?

The two detectives naturally wouldn't believe it, but someone did.

Arachi Keiko said with horror, "You mean, Ximu was killed by Tengu?"

Ii Hayamori also scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about!" But his face was full of fear, and he was obviously frightened by Sera Masumi's words.

Kurachi Keiko bit her finger and said fearfully, "But isn't a monster that can fly in the air and has supernatural powers a Tengu?"

Agata Riki said with a grim expression: "That's just a legend. How could there be a Tengu in the real world?"

Mashan people: "Tengu is just a fictional monster. How could Ximu be killed by such a thing?"

Yuya took out his handkerchief and picked up a leaf from Ximu's arms and said, "But the murderer seems to want people to think that this crime was committed by Tengu."

He showed the leaf to everyone: "In the victim's arms was a leaf from the eight-pointed golden plate that Tengu often holds."

On the leaf, there was a piece of paper pinned with a safety pin. It was the same code paper that Ximu took out.

"And a new code paper."

Kudo Shinichi's expression turned serious: "Yuya, could this be?"

Yuya nodded slightly: "I'm afraid it's correct. Combined with the code paper Ximu received last week, this might not be a suicide note left by Ikuri, but a murder warning!"

"Kill, murder notice?!" Keiko Arachi and others were shocked.

Jing Hayabusa's expression was also extremely grim: "Hey, hey, now there's a new code. Doesn't this mean that someone is going to be killed again?!"

Sera Masumi suddenly asked, "I say, do you guys have any grudges against that Ikuri who came up with the code?"

The new code paper also had a square mark drawn on it, representing Chu Li.

When they heard this, their expressions suddenly became unnatural, and some looked away guiltily.

"How could that be? There's no such thing, right?"

"Ah, yeah."

He hesitated and avoided eye contact, and it was almost as if the problem was written all over his face.

At this time, Kudo Shinichi spoke up: "In short, the murderer should be dissatisfied with your upcoming movie, Red Shura Tengu?"

He gestured to the papers scattered on the floor of the room, which were all movie scripts.

Yuya asked, "Can someone explain what these sticky notes on the script paper are for?"

There was a sticky note on almost every piece of paper, with some words written on it.

Director Ma Shan explained, "This is the sticky note that Xi Mu used. Because it is easy to stick and tear, he often uses it to take notes."

"Also, the film was to be adapted into a novel, so Ximu brought the script to the hotel and used his free time to make revisions."

Yuya nodded slightly: "I see." He just glanced at the notes and found that they were indeed some changes to the script content.

Arachi Keiko said with a sad face: "Nishiki said that the novel adaptation must be completed before the movie is released..."

The others also showed sad expressions.

The adaptation of the novel was a small matter. What made them sad was that the person suddenly disappeared.

At this time, Mashan's cell phone rang. He apologized and went outside to answer the call.

Sera Masumi asked, "Who was the first person to arrive in the room?"

Jing Hayamori also said: "It's me and Agata."

Agata nods and says, "Yes, but when we arrived, there was no response when we rang the doorbell."

Yuya pinched his chin and analyzed, "If that's the case, it means the murderer killed Mr. Nishiki within these 10 minutes, left these bloodstains on the ceiling, and then left the room."

Kudo Shinichi glanced at the bloodstains dripping from his shoulder and agreed, "Yes, there were no bloodstains when we came into this room just now."

At that time, everyone discussed in the room for quite a while. If there was blood, there would definitely be blood dripping down.

At this moment, Yuya finally thought of something and looked at Miyano Shiho outside the door: "Mio, have you called the police?"

Before Miyano Shiho could answer, Ma Shanzhi came back and said, "Yes, yes, the waiter who opened the door for us just now has called the police," pointing to his cell phone.

"They say that Inspector Ayanokouji of the Kyoto Prefectural Police will be in charge of this case."

Kudo Shinichi: "Oh, it's Inspector Ayanokouji."

I just worked with Ayanokouji on the Achiba case, and I didn't expect to see him again so soon.

Sera Masumi asked curiously, "Kudo, do you know this inspector named Ayanokouji?"

Kudo Shinichi nodded and said with a smile: "That inspector often carries a chipmunk with him. It looks a bit strange, but don't worry, he is a very difficult person to deal with."

"Chipmunk?" Sera Masumi was a little confused. What was that?