Chapter 93 You fell down on your own

Jiang Xia drove the puppet, looked at Xichuan Suimei's back calmly, and followed her unhurriedly.

 …

Xikawa Suimei ran along the secret passage and ran into the hall.

 Fortunately, there was no one in the hall at this time.

She rushed to the huge portrait of the great master, and according to what the anonymous person said, she pushed it to the left with all her strength.

 The portrait creaked and turned, and a vertical upward passage gradually emerged on the rear wall.

Xi Chuan Suimei looked at this secret passage that she had never seen before and suddenly smiled.

 —The "treasure" must be here!

 She has visited the whole castle, but this is the only place she has not been to yet!

 …

On the wall of the passage, there is a row of iron ladders nailed upward.

Xikawa Suimei got into the passage and climbed up quickly.

After climbing for an unknown amount of time, I finally saw a door ajar at the top.

She was immediately ecstatic, slammed the door open, and threw herself in.

 …then landed in a small, empty room.

 —Here is the top of a tower, which looks to be less than ten square meters. An old light bulb hung on the roof, and a small window opened opposite the door. Far from the window, there is a box of old books.

 Other than that, there is nothing.

 …

Xikawa Suimei was stunned when she saw this barren place.

　　　…”Where’s the treasure?

 …where is her treasure! ?

Behind him, there was suddenly the rustling sound of clothing material rubbing against each other.

—Anonymous skillfully held the layered black gauze skirt and climbed up slowly.

She stepped onto the rooftop and bent down to pat the folds on her long skirt.

Just as she regained her elegant image, Nishikawa Suimei suddenly rushed towards her like crazy and grabbed her neck: "Where is the treasure?! Did you take it away? Give it back to me! Give me back my treasure !”

"The treasure is right behind you." Anonymous spoke, still slowly and calmly. Nishikawa Suimei's grasp with all her strength seemed to be completely unable to hinder her steady airflow.

Like an enthusiastic tourist who was asked for directions, she raised her hand and tapped the window with her long fingers: "Isn't it engraved on the wall there - 'I want to give the scenery at the top of this castle to the first ones. People who arrive here'."

　　　…”

Nishikawa Suimi subconsciously followed her direction and looked at the wall.

There is indeed a faded sign hanging there.

Xikawa Suimei left her nameless and ran over in disbelief. She was trembling all over, and after looking intently for a long time, she could barely make out the line of dated inscriptions on the bronze medal.

 … It is exactly as Anonymous said, word for word.

　　　…"Is this the "treasure" that she gave up everything to pursue?

 …

Xikawa Suimei slowly turned her eyes away and looked out at the dark, eerie and quiet woods, and was stunned.

After a while, she trembled and raised her hand, stroking her old and deformed face: "I...I just for this kind of thing, just for this kind of thing...I turned myself into this inhuman and ghostly appearance... "Teardrops rolled down her orange peel-like folds in big drops.

—The treasure she had been chasing for so long turned out to be just a joke. Her original youthful appearance and more than ten years of her precious youth were all lost in this meaningless thing.

Thinking of this, Suimi Nishikawa almost had the urge to jump off the top of the tower and end this absurd life.

 But in the end, she looked at the bottomless depths, collapsed in front of the window, and did not move.

“…” At this point, Xi Chuan Suimei realized very clearly that she didn’t want to die yet.

Thinking about it carefully, although there is no treasure left, the Madam still has many valuable things.

She was able to look like an old lady through plastic surgery, and now she can have a normal face again.

 …It’s time to give up the obsession with treasure hunting, leave this gloomy castle that traps you, and start a new life.

 …

Xikawa Suimei stood up slowly while holding on to the wall, looking at Anonymous with complicated eyes.

Although I don’t know why this woman knows so much and why she tells her everything, but...

Xikawa Suimei smiled sarcastically: "Thank you very much."

 “You’re welcome.” Anonymous smiled. Nishikawa Suimei looked at that beautiful face and thought of herself again, with mixed emotions.

 Emotions of jealousy were about to surge up, but at this moment, she stared straight ahead and suddenly froze.

Opposite her, Anonymous's body suddenly became charred black, her skin cracked inch by inch, and tar and fire rolled in the cracks... She seemed to suddenly change from a person to a corpse that was being submerged in the fire and roasted into charcoal.

 Under the horrified gaze of Nishikawa Suimei.

 Anonymous opened his dry mouth, and his voice became hoarse and eerie, like countless resentful souls struggling in the fire.

She used a familiar tone of voice, and continued the "you're welcome" sentence just now: "...After all, we also want to know what you burned so many people to death for."

“!” For a moment, Nishikawa Suimei felt as if a basin of ice water had been poured into her collar, and her whole body felt chilly.

 Legends of revenge of evil spirits have existed since ancient times.

Facing that charred and terrifying face, Nishikawa Suimei suddenly remembered the countless twisted figures she had locked in the tower on the night of the fire, screaming and smashing the door. She suddenly let out a scream of terror and ducked back uncontrollably, trying to distance herself.

She was standing at the window, but now she stepped back and stepped out of the window.

 Out the window is the extremely steep top of the tower.

Xikawa Suimei's body suddenly lost its balance.

When she rolled down in a panic, in her blood-filled vision, the "burnt" woman on the roof seemed to be broken up and reunited, and she instantly returned to her previous clean appearance.

The woman in black lowered her head and quietly watched her fall into the abyss. There was no resentment in her expression, just like a passerby watching a play, her long skirt floating in the wind.

"ah-!!"

 …

 The moment Nishikawa Suimi fell.

 At the top of the tower.

Jiang Xia drove Miyano Akemi's puppet and raised the stack of shikigami in his arms so that they could occupy a good viewing position. Then he quickly gave up his obsession and was picked up by the hard-working psychic.

Jiang Xia: "…" Speaking of which, Wutian Dog's "death reappearance" skill seems very useless at first glance. But now it seems that it can be used in some strange places...

 …

　　Amburo followed the passage, climbed all the way to the top of the tower, and rushed into the small room. Just in time to catch up with the scene where Nishikawa Suimi struggled frantically, but still couldn't hold on to the edge of the tower, and finally fell in horror.

Anonymous finished his work and noticed someone behind him. She turned back from the window, looked at Toru Amuro, and raised her hand to gently hold the brim of her hat.

 In the passage, Mao Lilan, Suzuki Sonoko and Conan are still climbing.

 They saw nothing but heard a scream getting farther and farther away.

The three of them were startled and asked anxiously like the onlookers who couldn't find melons: "What's wrong? What's wrong?!"

Toru Amuro said in a deep voice: "Don't come up yet."

“…” Although Anonymous was not seen pushing the person with his own hands, judging from Nishikawa Suimei’s reluctant look, her fall from the tower must have something to do with Anonymous.

 Before he came up, there were only two of them in the tower. If Anonymous hadn't tampered with it, it couldn't have been a ghost that pushed the fake old lady down.

 …

Toru Amuro estimated the height of the tower and his heart sank slightly.

 If a person falls from here, he will definitely be turned into a meat pie.

The fake old lady is full of secrets and is suspected to be related to the fire a few years ago. She doesn’t look like a good person.

 But now, for them, this represents an ominous sign.

Even though Anonymous can save people, she doesn’t mind taking lives.

If she adheres to the philosophy of "try to save good people and send bad people to death"... Putting aside the conflict of three views, Jiang Xia's situation now may be very dangerous.

  After all, Jiang Xia appears to be a righteous high school detective, but in fact, as a peripheral member of the organization, he must have done a lot of illegal things.

Since Anonymous can accurately intercept the bomb sent by Ginjiu, then if she wants to know Jiang Xia's secret identity, there is no reason why she can't find out.

Toru Amuro: “…”

If Jiang Xia is a "bad guy" in Anonymous's eyes, then he hasn't shown up for so long...shouldn't he really be killed by Anonymous?

 (End of this chapter)