I Am a Light Novel Master in Japan Chapter 673

But now, whenever she thinks of that face that always smiles, her heart is filled with holes.

At this moment, Mashiro Shiina finally lowered her head and couldn't help but grab her heart with her hand. She was in unbearable pain and even began to regret what happened to her. This kind of mood was about to break. Why should she understand such emotions...

Victoria on the side looked at Mashiro quietly.

On the campus, dead leaves that did not fall in winter fell from the windows on the side.

The swaying reflections in the shade of the tree finally brought Li Yan, who kept reappearing in his mind, back to the moment when he took her out from under the table.

——[Get up, Mashiro... Now is not the time to fall. Your battle to protect your friends is not over yet. You are definitely more than that. Pick yourself up and fight for it. You will definitely get the answer you can get. 】

"..."

Shiina Mashiro stood quietly in the corridor scenery of fallen leaves. She was silent for a moment and wiped the tears that had not yet fallen from her eyes with her sleeves.

"Hey, Shiina..." Victoria looked up at her, planning to remind her in a low voice.

"Yes, let's look for clues now."

Suddenly, Shiina Mashiro looked calm and her voice was slightly hoarse, but her tone returned to its original tone.

Victoria was stunned for a moment and looked at Mashiro Shiina with some surprise. This girl quickly overcame her psychological barrier.

It has to be said that Victoria feels more and more that Mashiro Shiina is really suitable for a job like a detective or a police detective, although she also knows...the price to pay to overcome such a mentality...

Mashiro Shiina and Victoria began to put on gloves, took off their shoes, and began to enter the scene.

After examining the footprints and ballistics, which the police had collected as evidence, and continuously acquiring more information, Mashiro's mind couldn't help but begin to feel as if he was witnessing this series of experiences with his own eyes.

After fighting enemies with various weapons, Li Yan's injuries seemed to be serious, so he retreated to a corner where he was not exposed to enemies from both sides.

Since the other party had a gun, he still used weapons such as metal rods and machetes to attack Li Yan, which proved that the other party had the intention to tease Li Yan.

There are two people's footprints in the corner. The size 42 shoe print is presumed to be Li Yan's, while the size 43 shoe print is someone else's. It can be seen that Li Yan succeeded in catching the hostage in the end.

However, the other party still fired, directly penetrating the two of them...

The gunshot of [pound], as if hearing it with his own ears, made Mashiro's heart suddenly feel cold, and he seemed to see the body in front of him finally falling down in the tongue of fire...

"..." Shiina Mashiro squatted on the ground to investigate, watching the hallucination scene, and finally closed her eyes.

"I...still believe in Holmes."

As if this was her determination, she mustered up a lifetime of courage to make this bet, thinking to herself.

Although Holmes does suffer from colds and fevers, and occasionally fails, Shiina Mashiro will choose to believe unconditionally no matter how many reasons there are.

Although Sherlock Holmes disappeared in the novel, he came back in the end.

He shouldn't have died like this, he should have responded to the expectations of the people and finally returned to them.

She opened her eyes and continued to look at the moment when Li Yan fell.

As a result, blood spattered on the wall, Li Yan's body hit the clock, and the clock fell down and broke to the side...

"..."

Shiina Mashiro looked at the broken clock and was stunned for a moment.

She walked over, squatted in front of the clock, and observed quietly.

Her eyes have a sharper ability to distinguish colors than ordinary people. The entire clock face fell to the ground. There was nothing unusual about it, but Zhenbai's eyes caught traces of fingerprints formed by reddish-brown spots, which seemed to be dried blood. .

11:35:15……

Shiina Mashiro's clear and calm eyes looked at the hour hand, minute hand and second hand quietly. Only the minute hand had a little trace of blood.

"What is Holmes... telling me?"

Shiina Mashiro thought silently in her heart.

7:35 minutes.

Rita, wrapped in a towel, sat in the teacher's office of the middle school, holding hot water, waiting for news among a bunch of British plainclothes and Japanese police officers coming and going.

"Rita."

At this time, Mashiro Shiina and Victoria returned to the office, and Mashiro called Rita.

"Mashiro, and...Miss Victoria."

Rita raised her head, looked at them, and responded.

"Rita, I have something to ask you about last night's experience." Mashiro Shiina stood in front of her and asked with a normal expression.

"Yes, there are many details that I need you to remember. I hope you can calm down." Victoria added.

Rita was stunned, silent for a while, nodded, and said: "Yes, I understand."

She actually wanted to ask Mashiro and Victoria about Li Yan, but it didn't seem like the right time to ask.

"Why did you suddenly disappear yesterday evening?" Mashiro looked at her and asked.

"...Yesterday, according to Li's wishes, I still didn't go to the tutoring class on Saturday. After all, the teaching at Suiming Art High School seemed too simple."

Rita said quietly.

However, yesterday afternoon, Mashiro went out to Forrest's mansion as usual. While she was taking care of Alice, she received a call from the art class teacher, asking her to go to school to supplement and sign a transfer. School documents, and in order to rush for time, the class teacher specially drove over to pick her up. The voice on the phone did belong to the head teacher, so Rita didn't think much about it.

Then, Rita followed the time agreed on the phone and went downstairs to wait. As a result, she actually saw her class teacher, a middle-aged female teacher, Kawauchi, coming to pick her up.

The voice, appearance, and even habits were exactly the same. Rita lowered her guard and got into Teacher Kawauchi's car, thinking that with the protection of an adult, she would not be attacked by that group of criminals.

However, who knew that as soon as Rita entered the school, Teacher Kawauchi covered her mouth and nose with a drugged towel, and she fell asleep quickly.

"That's it, I have been detained inside the school." Rita said.

Shiina Mashiro and Victoria understood that the so-called "Kawauchi-sensei" was probably the one in disguise. It was rumored that the leader of the "Jester Thieves" was good at the art of disguise, and could not only change his appearance, body shape, and even his voice. Imitation of perfection.

The reason why you can't do anything on the road is that on the one hand, you are worried about being noticed by passers-by; on the other hand, Rita is sitting in the co-pilot, so her actions can be easily noticed; and because Rita has a certain degree of vigilance, driving in urban areas is very difficult. It was easy for Rita to escape, so I could only really take her to the school and take advantage of it. But at that time, art students had the most intensive activities after class. Taking away any items in a hurry would cause alarm, so they could only wait until night to send out the successfully captured Rita.

Rita's words were very consistent with the clues provided by Alice, but Rita didn't tell Alice what she was going to do when she hurried out...

Mashiro and Victoria still can't figure out why Li Yan, who came back at 7:46, could so quickly conclude that Rita went to school and disappeared that night.

"Perhaps...Li (Holmes) also knows the internal situation of the police. If he calls the police, Rita will be transferred faster. So the only one who can deal with them at that time is Li Yan (Holmes) himself."

The two girls thought of this together.