How did I become famous?

Chapter 342 The Murder at the Snowstorm Manor!

"These guys are my juniors from university. We had a 'detective club' back then, where we would design cases together and then take turns playing roles to solve them. Director Fang, please excuse my poor performance."

Yoshikage Kira smiled sheepishly and pointed at Conan: "This little boy is Shinichi's distant relative. He came to play with him this time."

Several people came over to greet Fang Bie.

Voice communication is not a problem.

In this world, Japan is a close ally of China. When they go to school, Chinese is a compulsory subject, much like English was in their previous life.

However, accent is an issue that cannot be avoided.

After everyone finished introducing themselves, Yoshikage Kira looked around and frowned, saying, "Where's Yue? Why isn't he here when we met with Director Fang?"

As is well known, Japan, like South Korea, is a country that places great importance on seniority and hierarchy.

In the workplace, not to mention superiors and subordinates, even employees who join earlier generally have a higher status than those who join later.

Fang Bie had seen the news in his previous life.

In a typical after-get off work gathering in an island nation in my previous life, the boss asked his subordinates to drink, and the subordinates could not refuse.

There was even an employee who was burned when his boss pressed his face into a hot pot, and he didn't dare to say anything.

This applies not only to the workplace but also to schools.

It's common for older students to bully younger students, and younger students are expected to greet older students.

Does this kind of thing happen in the country?

At the very least, Fang Bie had never encountered this before.

At that time, he basically never interacted with anyone from each grade.

Are older students causing trouble?

Ha ha.

Let's have the whole grade fight it out then.

And now, despite having been notified, Yoshikage Kira's junior is late!

This made him feel a little embarrassed.

"Yagami called this afternoon to say he'd arrived," Shinichi Kudo said, looking puzzled. "Could he have fallen asleep in his bedroom?"

With that, he stood up and went upstairs: "I'll go call him."

After he went upstairs, the atmosphere became a little awkward for a moment.

Liu Mang and Kira Yoshikage, who were supposed to liven up the atmosphere, remained silent.

Meanwhile, Kindaichi and his friends, who should have come over to chat, all had furrowed brows, as if something bad was about to happen.

The young lady pulled Fang Bie aside and whispered, "Is that guy named Yagami Light already dead?"

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Fang Bie paused for a few seconds, then asked casually, "Why would you say that?"

Of course, detective novels also exist in this world.

However, no one has written this kind of "locked room mystery" scenario yet.

It's not because of any unreasonable reason, but because the development of detective and mystery novels in this world is relatively slow. By the time it was written decades ago, China had already developed cameras and begun large-scale surveillance.

They also exported a large number of cameras.

Therefore, it was difficult to find a market for the "locked room mystery" model at the beginning.

Moreover, trace evidence and such techniques were quite advanced, so this type of novel did not initially develop.

But the young lady is clearly a smart girl.

Moreover, there are precedents for this kind of thing.

She explained to Fang Bie, "Didn't you tell me stories like this before? A group of people are trapped in one place, and then murders start happening. Usually, the character who mysteriously disappears is the first to die, right? When he reappears later, he'll probably be a corpse, right?"

Fang Bie: "."

This is truly a case of shooting oneself in the foot.

He did that because he wanted to give the young lady his warm and broad chest to lean on while she was scared.

As it turned out, the young lady was too perceptive and immediately discovered the logical flaws in the story, or rather, she easily deduced who the murderer was.

What's the point of playing this game?!

Never mind, that's all in the past.

Let's talk about what's happening here.

"How could such a ridiculous thing happen? Maybe Light Yagami is sleeping on the second floor, or maybe he's out on business and hasn't arrived yet."

That's quite a lot to say about Fang Bie.

It would have been fine if we already had Shinichi Kudo, Conan Edogawa, and Kindaichi as "Grim Reapers".

So, Yoshikage Kira is still the president of their detective club?

And now even a "true Shinigami" like Light Yagami has appeared.

So, you shouldn't be surprised when you see an apple disappearing from Light Yagami's side.

The young lady patted Fang Bie on the shoulder: "I'm not kidding you. I reckon that Yagami Light might really be dead, and his body is probably nearby. Anyway, that Kudo guy definitely won't find him if he goes up there."

Fang Bie: "That's unlikely."

But he was soon proven wrong.

Shinichi Kudo came down from the second floor with a grim expression.

Faced with everyone's questioning gazes, he shook his head and remained silent.

The young lady gave Fang Bie a look that said, "I knew it."

His smug look made Fang Bie almost want to risk driving himself, even if it meant getting a 404 error.

Unfortunately, that's not possible for the time being.

The interaction between the two did not affect anyone else.

Liu Mang suggested to Yoshikage Kira, "Make a phone call. He might have been busy earlier, but he might be able to answer the phone now."

Yoshikage Kira nodded, took out his phone, and dialed a number.

then

Outside, a telephone rang.

Several people looked at each other.

They are currently in the living room on the first floor.

Stepping out from the living room, there is a corridor that is neither too long nor too short.

At the end of the corridor is the villa's main gate.

And now.

The sound came from outside the gate.

Without further hesitation, everyone rushed to the door.

Yoshikage Kira opened the door, and a person completely wrapped in a down jacket, hat, scarf, and mask fell straight down.

The phone rang, and it was from this person.

Yoshikage Kira rushed over and crouched down to examine the situation.

Then, he turned around and gently shook his head, his expression grim: "It's Yue, he's already...dead."

Silence. The villa was completely silent at this moment.

Outside, there was heavy snow and a fierce wind.

Inside, the fireplace provided warmth.

But at this moment, everyone's heart is cold.

perhaps.

Shinichi Kudo and the others stayed behind to examine the body, while Fang Bie and the others returned to the living room.

Everyone sat quietly, without saying a word.

Su Mulin scratched Fang Bie's palm and gave him a wink.

Fang Bie remained calm, stood up, and followed her to the kitchen.

"What's wrong?"

Faced with Fang Bie's question, the young lady seemed uncertain: "I might know who the murderer is."

Fang Bie: "???"

The young lady said confidently, "In a moment, call everyone to the living room. There's only one truth, and I already know who the murderer is!"

Fang Bie: "."

He rolled his eyes and obediently did as he was told.

Ten minutes later, everyone appeared in the living room on the first floor.

Yoshikage Kira asked疑惑地, "Director Fang, what do you want to do by calling us all here?"

Fang Bie didn't speak, but just stared intently at Su Mulin beside him.

Miss Su coughed twice, clenching her fist to her lips. Once everyone's attention was focused, she smiled confidently and said, "I already know who the murderer is."

"!!!"

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.

Liu Mang, Yoshikage Kira, and Wu Kai subconsciously looked at Fang Bie.

Fang Bie remained expressionless.

The young lady, however, didn't see their interaction and continued explaining:

"There was a blizzard today. Everyone checked beforehand, and the internet and phone lines were all snapped by the wind. This means none of us can contact the outside world, and we can't leave until the blizzard stops. So... the culprit is among us."

She paused, then uttered Fang Bie's favorite phrase: "So here's the question: Did that Yagami Light really just arrive from outside?"

Fang Bie muttered under his breath, "What else can we do?"

The young lady smiled slightly, gave Fang Bie, her "straight man," an approving look, and then said confidently, "Of course not! The truth is that Yagami Light has already arrived at the villa! Didn't you say that when you called this afternoon, he said he had already arrived?"

At this point, Liu Mang, the second straight man, began: "But Shinichi Kudo just went upstairs to check, and he wasn't in his bedroom."

"Because he lied." The young lady pointed at Shinichi Kudo. "That's his biggest flaw. When he went upstairs, Light Yagami was indeed still in the room, but he was already dead by then."

"Shinichi Kudo went up there to dispose of the body, which was his attempt to create an alibi. But unfortunately, this was also his biggest flaw."

"Because of the weather, and because we didn't have a professional forensic doctor, Light Yagami looked like he had been frozen for a long time, but in reality, he was frozen like this in a short time due to the extremely low temperature."

Therefore, there is only one truth.

She said calmly, "Shinichi Kudo, he is the murderer."

Fang Bie: "."

Shinichi Kudo: "."

Others: "."

P.S.: Ever since I developed cervical spine problems, I feel like there's a hole in my brain.

(End of this chapter)