Chapter 27

"Ah————!!!"

In the peaceful Mihua Park, a piercing scream broke the warmth of dusk.

"There is, there is, there is a body here -!!!"

The panicked young man fell three steps in a row and sat down on the stone road. He raised one hand and pointed tremblingly at the bushes.

! ! !

? ? ?

The scream was so close that Angelica felt like her eardrums would be punctured.

So close.

She followed the sound and looked down: under the huge sycamore tree she climbed up, there was an unconscious old gentleman lying with his eyes blank.

He was dressed in sportswear, and what little hair he had was neatly styled. The corners of his clothes and trousers are all neat and clean, and his chin is neatly trimmed, leaving not a single stubble.

The poor old man fell to the ground on his back, his limbs were stiff, and the corners of his mouth were crooked. There seemed to be some unknown liquid flowing out of the corners of his mouth.

Because the climb was very high and the distance was quite far, Angelica didn't know whether the other party was really dead.

In this case, of course she can't just sit back and ignore it!

It doesn't matter even if Kujo Xu Lun discovers that he hasn't left yet. The important thing now is to get down from the tree first and check the other party's situation.

Well...get off the tree.

Angelica hugged the thick tree trunk and explored her feet: Well, let's get down the tree. How to get off the tree?

Speaking of which...how on earth did I climb such a tall tree alone?

Angelica glanced down, and the ground that was once so intimate suddenly became very far away. The soft green ground slowly turned into a strange and dangerous magic carpet, just waiting for her to open her mouth wide and swallow Angelica whole when she lost strength and accidentally fell.

...otherwise...

should we just wait and see what happens?

Angelica retracted her legs, held onto the trunk, and sat down again silently.

Under the plane trees, tranquility and harmony were quickly replaced by commotion. Crowds gathered for a while and dispersed for a while.

From a distance, Edogawa Conan ran over quickly with a group of tail-like children.

"What's going on? What happened?"

When he arrived at the scene, he took out a handkerchief from his pocket and immediately observed the man who fell to the ground: "Call an ambulance! Also! Call the police now!"

"Obviously, this is a murder."

"Murder, murder? How could it be?!" The first person to find the body was a slender man, who looked about 20 or 30 years old. He was wearing casual clothes that had been washed white, and most of the leather on a pair of sneakers had been worn away.

After Edogawa Conan arrived, he stood up from the ground tremblingly and slowly, hiding behind him nervously and fearfully, and looked forward cautiously: "How did you know it was a murder?"

Edo Conan Chuan raised his head and glanced at him. The lenses on the bridge of his nose seemed to reflect a mysterious flash of light.

Is this person the discoverer of the first scene?

"There are traces of heavy blows on the head of the deceased. Preliminary inference is that this is the main cause of death."

Before Edogawa Conan could speak, a calm male voice suddenly appeared.

? ? !

Officer Megure, who once had a chance encounter with Angelica at Tokyo Airport, led the forensic team and a police officer to stand on the side of the body and analyzed it using the same techniques and procedures.

Is it too soon to call the police?

what happened?

"Ah! Conan!" The young police officer bent down to greet Edogawa Conan while he was not paying attention. "Why are you here?"

"Officer Takagi, why did you come so fast? We probably haven't had time to call the police yet. Phone."

"Well -" the tall police officer named Takagi shook his mobile phone, "Because we have received a call from the police a long time ago..."

Officer

Takagi recalled for a few seconds. Finally the name came to mind. However, the unfamiliar name lingered in his mouth for a long time, but because he was worried about the pronunciation, he hesitated to reveal it.

"I called the police."

Angelica's voice came faintly from the top of the tree.

! ! !

"There's someone in the tree?!" Conan Edogawa was slightly surprised, but Officer Takagi was shocked and even jumped half a step back. "Who are you?"

"Angelica."

"If there is no one else at the same time, If you call the police, the police call you received should be from me."

"I see..." The young police officer scratched his hair in embarrassment, stood upright, and returned to work, " So, may I ask, why are you in the tree? "

This guy... this is such a coincidence!

Edogawa Conan looked up at Angelica: she was sitting steadily on a thick branch, holding the trunk with one hand and putting the other hand on her side, gently pressing her long skirt.

Early spring is the time of transition between old and new.

The tender green heart-shaped leaves are intertwined, and the breeze blows Angelica's forehead, and her body is covered with large and small shadows.

The mottled time swayed and blended into her plain dress.

When the sunlight shining through the cracks hit her body, bursts of light seemed to flash on her fair skin that was difficult to look at directly.

Angelica was like an elf lost in the forest, or in other words, like a dangerous creature that would cause travelers to get lost. She sat quietly, looking down at everyone with her expressionless face.

"Well, I am indeed in a tree."

This is certainly true, an irrefutable fact.

but!

Angelica didn't want to look at the ground for a long time. Her face was stiff and her expression was dull: "Because, I am trying a new way of health care."

"Health way?"

"Is it the natural health system that has become popular recently?" Angelica was still there She racked her brains to find excuses, but Officer Takagi was very cooperative and found the corresponding lie for her, "I remember that the kind of people who advocate natural health care, their favorite thing to do is to have close contact with nature -"

said As he spoke, he nodded his chin and said seriously:

"For example, hugging trees, skiing on the grass, and basking in the afternoon... and so on."

"Well, that's it!" Angelica nodded, not thinking about herself. The problem was solved so smoothly, "This sycamore tree grows very well, so I want..."

"Takagi——! What are you doing!"

Before Angelica could complete her bad excuse, Officer Megure A loud voice shouted from the other side: "The murder weapon that caused the victim's death has been found! Why are you still in a daze?!"

"Yes!!!"

Officer Takagi hurriedly returned to Shangfeng and saw a bloody man. The thick trunk of the tree was found from the bush.

"This is……?"

Because of the special nature of the "murder weapon", he immediately looked up at Angelica, who was motionless on the sycamore tree: Could it be... Judging from the bark and branches, it was obviously from the sycamore tree... Could it be the murderer? Is that the man in the tree?

"How is that possible-!!!"

Officer Takagi unconsciously said his guess aloud, but was immediately retorted loudly by the panting children: "Aunt Angelica! It is absolutely impossible to be the murderer. !!!"

ah……?

Takagi didn't understand why he suddenly became the target of public criticism, and the anger of all the children was focused on himself.

"Why, why can't it be her?"

"Because——" Yoshida Ayumi, Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko and Kojima Motota spoke almost at the same time, and the content of what they said was very different, "Because——Angelica Auntie, it’s so beautiful

!

Officer Takagi mentally gave himself a slap in the face to wake up: Why would I expect a group of primary school students to tell reliable reasons and truths? It seems that I am still naive!

"I think she is indeed not the murderer."

This voice...

Takagi Wataru turned around and looked: It turned out to be Conan.

Um--?

Conan, you——? You can't give me the same reason, can you? !

What kind of look is that...?

Edogawa Conan crossed his hands coolly: "Because if you look carefully, there are actually sporadic red spots on the victim's wrists, cheeks and neck."

"This is obviously an allergic phenomenon. Perhaps, this is The real cause of death."

"Indeed, it seems that we need to examine the victim's body more carefully."

Officer Megu held his hat, cleared his throat, raised his head and shouted: "But - please this lady. ——Can you please come down and be interrogated by our police? "

Anaphylactic shock is only one of the possibilities, and falling objects of unknown origin must also be taken into consideration.

"Of course, no problem."

Angelica showed a forced smile, her hands trembling slightly: "But..."

"Huh? Is there any problem?" Officer Megure's expression was quite serious. For the sake of politeness, he did not stand. Under the tree, but his doubts could be heard just from his tone, "Excuse me?"

"But..." Angelica sighed helplessly, "I seem...can't get down."

"Oops! Mommy ——! "Kongtiao Xu Lun was dancing anxiously, "Hold the tree trunk with both hands first, and then move down slowly bit by bit - just take your time!"

"I think she probably doesn't ! Please come down!" The first man who found the body vowed, "It must be because she sneaked up on the teacher!"

"Teacher?"

"In other words, you know the deceased?"

While instructing the police officers to help Angelica, he looked directly at the other party with sharp eyes:

"Are you two acquaintances?"

"...That's right..." The man flinched, and his aura disappeared in an instant. "Actually, I am a student of Teacher Hamaguchi..."

"I went to the teacher's house this morning to submit my paper as usual, but I found that he was not at home."

"Following the teacher's habit, I found Mihua Park, but I didn't expect... Such a thing actually happened..."

As he spoke, the man cried out in pain, fell to his knees sadly, and covered his eyes with his hands.

That voice and appearance can be said to make those who hear it sad and those who listen to it cry.

But.

Edogawa Conan, who was standing next to him, sneered in his heart: The face full of sneer hidden behind his hands undoubtedly showed that the murderer was actually this man!

How did he do it?