And just like that, thanks to the joint efforts of Natsuki Koshi and Fujino, the detectives present, along with the thief who had been invited to play the role of an actor and ended up thinking he had become a real one, were completely fooled.
Right at that moment, Kōya Renzō, the other staff member of this "program" who had been following behind the group, arrived at the scene and suddenly spoke to everyone:
"Now, the Koshien of Detectives is an issue. The solving of this locked-room mystery officially begins. Whoever solves the riddle, please write your deduction down on paper and hand it to me."
"If the answer is correct, you will advance to the second round, and that person will also earn the chance to leave this island."
The sudden appearance of Kōya Renzō further confirmed everyone's suspicions—it was definitely just as Fujino had said!
At the same time, it confirmed Natsuki Koshi's suspicions.
In Natsuki Koshi's plan, she intended to use this exact kind of locked room to screen out and target the culprit who had driven her good friend to death.
This was also the reason why she had planned the Koshien of Detectives.
Only, she still did not know at this moment that Totsuki Junya was the real culprit who had murdered her good friend.
Convinced that the program was still being filmed, everyone couldn't help but become a bit more serious.
Totsuki Junya, who loved to show off, walked right over to the window, sized up the crime scene, and put on a deep, thoughtful expression: "The window was locked from the inside and cannot be locked from the outside. It looks like this is a locked-room murder case."
Natsuki Koshi did the same, following up to confirm: "The door is the same. Although