Detective Conan: I, with my magical powers, am going to destroy the world!

"It's nothing important, let's talk about it another day."

"In that case, I'll rest a bit more and then head back."

The boy nodded uncomfortably to the crowd and walked into the infirmary next door.

"Senior," Ran asked curiously, "was that person also a classmate of Hideaki Hosaka?"

Chapter 564 The Senior from the Physical Education Department

Kazumi Tsukamoto led the two upstairs and said, "They're not in the same class, but I heard he and Hosaka grew up together."

“But it’s really rare,” Xiaolan said as she walked beside her, “that a senior from the Physical Education Department would actually go to the library.”

“I also need to study, and I need to take the college entrance exam,” Tsukamoto Kazumi said with a light laugh as she turned around. “Besides, it’s a good opportunity to investigate the ghosts with you all.”

Akazuka followed Tsukamoto Kazumi and Mouri Ran into the quiet library on the third floor, where many students were still reading.

“This is it, the Library of Hatred,” Xiaolan said, her voice tightening again.

"I heard that four books are left lying haphazardly on the floor every morning, and they are all books that Hosaka borrowed before his death. This has been happening for four days in a row. No matter how you look at it, it must be Hosaka's hatred that made it impossible for him to read these books again!"

Chi Chufeng asked, "Didn't the library committee notice those books when they locked the door?"

“That’s what’s strange!” Xiaolan said.

"Because those books were all placed in the shadows under the bookshelves or under the table, no one noticed them."

Tsukamoto Kazumi looked at Akatsuka Fu and said, "I think it's just someone using the ghost story to play a prank. Akatsuka-sama, I'd like to ask you to find out whoever is causing this trouble!"

Chi Chufeng withdrew his gaze from the bookshelves and the students reading: "Do you know which four books they are?"

"Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering, Reports on Tropical Rainforest Destruction, History of the University System, Analysis of Rock Destruction."

On the reading table, Akatsuka Kaze flipped through several obscure books that Tsukamoto Kazumi had brought.

“These are the few books we have. Almost only Hosaka has borrowed them,” Tsukamoto Kazumi explained.

"Hosaka used to aspire to become a manga artist, so in order to draw interesting manga, he needed to know a lot of things that people don't usually know. He always said that. You should have seen the signature on that desk, right? That's what Hosaka planned to use after he became famous."

"Y-really?"

Xiaolan swallowed.

"I think we should go check out one last place next."

"The last one is the cursed staircase next to the art room."

The three of them found the art studio on the second floor on the other side.

“When a student came in the morning, he found that the bottom of the stairs was flooded. I heard that Hideaki Hosaka also fell down these stairs. I’m afraid that the water was the tears of his curse.”

"Could it be that the windows weren't closed when it rained the day before?" Chi Chufeng asked.

"Of course we'll close the windows! And that's not all; apparently, the number of steps on this staircase is different every time it's counted."

Xiao Lan's words made Chi Chufeng's eyelids twitch.

I knew it was just some boring stuff. Why do Japanese high school students always like to spread rumors about paranormal events?

Fortunately, there weren't many old school buildings, otherwise there would be more legends about it than we have now.

The rumor that there is no women's restroom is really a bad thing.

However, the sudden concentration of these events in a recent period strongly suggests that someone is behind it all.

After glancing at Xiaolan, who was struggling to count the steps, Chi Chufeng looked down at the bottom of the stairs.

There was a recessed hole in the wall next to it for a fire extinguisher, and the floor in the corner seemed to be coated with a layer of wax, which felt slippery to the touch.

After a pause, Chi Chufeng moved the fire extinguisher on the wall to check it.

It's slightly damp.

Chi Chufeng turned his gaze to the art room next door, pushed open the door, and found a boy with an unusually ugly expression sitting inside.

"Are you guys ever going to stop?!" the boy suddenly yelled angrily. "I can't concentrate on my drawing anymore!"

Xiaolan happened to come downstairs and said, "About the stairs..."

"I don't know anything!" The boy slammed the door shut, blocking the three of them outside.

"Chichu-san!" Xiaolan suddenly looked out the window in fright, pointing to the courtyard downstairs and saying in a trembling voice, "There, there... there are tables and chairs."

"Tables and chairs?"

Chi Chufeng looked around and indeed there was a set of tables and chairs lying on the playground below.

Chi Chufeng went downstairs to change his shoes and tried to follow, but Xiao Lan, who was trembling, clung tightly to his arm. Tsukamoto Kazumi also followed behind, somewhat nervously.

"Could it be the table from the sports storage room?"

The two girls asked nervously.

"What are you afraid of? Weren't you just in a hurry to investigate?" Chi Chufeng laughed.

The sky was darkening, and the rain had stopped.

The desks and chairs were placed on the muddy open space in the middle of the C-shaped teaching building, with a piece of paper weighed down by a stone on it, rustling in the cold wind.

Xiao Lan and the other two dared not approach, so Chi Chufeng came over to check.

"My hatred has not been eliminated."

Chi Chufeng looked at the message on the paper and said:

"The paper wasn't wet, so it must have been placed here after the rain stopped, but there's nothing on the muddy ground that should have been there, not even the footprints of the person who moved the tables and chairs here."

Chi Chufeng looked at the signature on the corner of the table.

It was indeed the table in the sports storage room; they left the storage room just as it started to rain.

Someone moved the table over here for some purpose afterward.

Chapter 565 My senior, Math Girl, seems to treat you differently.

"Why do you want to do this?" Xiaolan asked fearfully.

"Perhaps it's to create panic."

Chi Chufeng looked up at the teaching building and saw the art student from earlier standing by the window. After being discovered, the student hurriedly walked away.

Although I thought it was just a prank, it seemed necessary to resolve the issue.

It seems that the so-called ghost incident is likely related to the deceased high school student, Hideaki Takarasaka. If it is not dealt with quickly, a real murder may occur.

Art room.

When Chi Chufeng came looking for her again, the art student became even more agitated, clutching her head in fear.

"It's Hosaka. That guy is still holding a grudge after all."

"Do you know Hosaka?" Akatsuka asked.

“He was a member of the art department just like me. I know that he fell down the stairs two years ago.” The art student was breathing heavily. “Could you please leave? Please stop bothering me.”

“There’s another question,” Chi Chufeng stopped at the door, “who was the first to discover the water under the stairs?”

"That's me! I'll be here very early because I need to prepare for the competition."

"I see. You can come to me if you need anything."

Chi Chufeng left the art room with his hands in his pockets.

Kazumi Tsukamoto was Hideaki Hosaka's classmate in the past, the short-haired boy named Seko was his childhood friend, and then there was this art student.

Surprisingly, so many people involved remained at the school.

Chi Chufeng looked down at the courtyard through the corridor window once again.

The table wasn't wet from the rain, which suggests it was moved to the yard after the rain stopped, but there were only footprints on the muddy ground.

The contradictory phenomena here are undoubtedly a paranormal event deliberately misled by someone, and some kind of method must have been used.

"Chichu-san, how is it?" Xiaolan suddenly asked, "Did you find anything?"

Chi Chufeng said, "It should be a man-made incident, there's no need to be afraid."

"Why would I be scared?!"

Ran turned around and looked at Tsukamoto Kazumi, who was lagging behind, and asked, "I feel like Kazumi-senpai treats you differently."

"What's different?" Chi Chufeng turned around and looked.

The girl exchanged a glance with Kazumi Tsukamoto, and blushed slightly.

Kazumi Tsukamoto quickened her pace and caught up, saying, "Should we go ask the principal?"

"Huh? Why should we ask the principal?" Xiaolan asked, bewildered.

"Actually, I saw the principal in the courtyard just now."

Kazumi Tsukamoto explained, "I saw it from the corridor window. The principal was standing in the yard, looking worried, probably wondering what tree to plant."

"Principal?" Chi Chufeng asked curiously, "Did you really see your principal?"