The next day dawned quietly. After not seeing Kanetani all day, everyone finished dinner and began waiting for his appearance.
"Why hasn't Kanetani appeared yet?" Fujisawa Toshiaki wiped his mouth with a handkerchief after finishing his meal, seeing the time on the wall display was already past 9:30.
"Exactly! Hurry up and call Kanetani out to grade the test papers!" Oki Ayako said to Iwai Hitomi, who was pouring tea for everyone, holding her self-made test paper.
Iwai Hitomi said with a troubled expression, "But... my boss wants me to entertain everyone until he comes in after dinner."
"He must be planning to suddenly appear and give us a big scare," Tsugawa Ikuo said with a smile.
"How terrifying!" Toda Maria said, somewhat excited. Hattori, propping his head with his hand, sat silently in a chair, watching the lively group. "Sigh! Kudo isn't here again. I really shouldn't have come on this trip."
Tick-tock! Tick-tock! Time passed by, minute by minute. In the blink of an eye, it was past midnight. Everyone was growing very impatient. Fujisawa Toshiaki slammed the table and stood up, fuming. "Damn it! I can't take it! I'm going back to my room to sleep! He made me spend a whole day writing this rotten test paper!" Fujisawa Toshiaki took out his test paper and tore it to shreds.
"Ah! Mr. Fujisawa!" Iwai Hitomi was shocked to see Fujisawa Toshiaki tear up the test paper.
"It seems the rumors are true. They all said that giving away that first edition book was a scam. Every time, they make the questions so difficult that no one can get them all right. The real purpose is just to gather Sherlock Holmes fans to show off his books. I just didn't expect him to sneak away this time without even setting the questions. Sorry, I need to sleep too." With that, Toda Maria also left with Fujisawa Toshiaki.
"Me too."
"..." Tsugawa Ikuo and Shimizu Nanako, who had been silent from beginning to end, also left.
Only Conan and the others were left in the restaurant. And, of course, the university student couple, Hotogi Kenji and Oki Ayako, whom You had dealt with yesterday.
"How ridiculous! I'm going to sleep too!" Mouri also couldn't hold on much longer.
"You're right, Uncle Mouri. It's too boring here. Might as well go back to sleep!" You stood up, preparing to leave.
"Conan, what about you?" Ran asked Conan.
"I want to stay," Conan said, not looking sleepy at all. Hattori yawned and looked at Conan. "How obsessed are you with Sherlock Holmes?"
Oki Ayako leaned on Hotogi Kenji and said, "Kenji, let's go back to our room."
"Wait, the first person to leave at this time loses... huh?" Hotogi Kenji spotted a car outside the window. "Isn't that the car we came in? Uh, the person inside the car is Kanetani!"
"Hey, isn't the car heading towards the cliff?" Oki Ayako said in surprise.
Conan, You, and Hattori quickly jumped out of the window and ran towards the car.
"Uncle, what are you doing?" Conan looked inside the car, holding onto the rearview mirror, and saw a blanket covering the dashboard.
"Stop quickly! Or you'll fall!" Hattori desperately pounded on the car window, but Kanetani showed no reaction. Seeing the car about to drive off the cliff, You said, "Get out of the way! Let me do it!" With that, You punched the car window, breaking it. You then reached into the car, trying to pull Kanetani out.
But when You's hand touched Kanetani, he found that Kanetani's body was cold and stiff. There was nothing he could do. In this critical situation, You couldn't risk himself for a dead person, so You decisively let go.
"The person is dead. Although the temperature inside the car is very high, Kanetani's body is icy cold, and his body has been stiff for a long time," You said to Conan and Hattori.
Watching the car plunge off the cliff and explode, Conan and Hattori's expressions were grim. They hadn't expected Kanetani to die right before their eyes.
Hearing the loud explosion, everyone still in the hotel rushed out.
"What? You mean Kanetani is dead?" Tsugawa Ikuo couldn't believe it.
"Yes! Kanetani, dressed as Sherlock Holmes, just plunged into the sea with the car right before my eyes!" Hattori said, looking down at the cliff.
"How could this be! The owner, he..." Iwai Hitomi was somewhat scared.
"He must have committed suicide!" Mouri said sleepily behind everyone, yawning. "Kanetani must have been unwilling to let you get the first edition book, so he jumped in with the person and the book."
"No, he was murdered," Hotogi Kenji pushed up his glasses and said to everyone. "The murderer must have killed him beforehand, then put him in the driver's seat, and then put the car in drive. These actions were probably all completed in this garage." With that, Hotogi Kenji pointed to the garage behind everyone.
"So the murderer is among us?" Toda Maria asked.
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