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"!" The two police officers jumped. A moment later, they came to their senses and stopped the captain, who was about to pull open the shower curtain. "Wait, let us do it!"
They put on gloves and carefully drew back the curtain. When they saw the scene inside the shower room, both of their hearts sank, and they could not help turning to look at the High School Detective.
The College Students, meanwhile, curiously stood on tiptoe to peer inside.
When they saw who was in there, they cried out, "Tarumi?!"
Under the hot water pouring from the showerhead, the once-arrogant drunk sat slumped against the wall with his head hanging. He was drenched from head to toe, and a sharp long Knife protruded from his chest—aside from the blood having been washed away, everything was exactly the same as the scene the three Kendo club members had seen in the Sports Warehouse. It was as though, during the few short minutes they had left to call the police and an Ambulance, someone had cut and pasted the corpse over here.
Jiang Xia looked at the two stunned officers and nudged the Progress Bar forward. "Is he still alive?"
"!" Remembering how the corpse had vanished earlier, the officers snapped back to their senses and hurried over to check him. Then they regretfully shook their heads. The man was already dead.
"So... we really didn't see it wrong?" The College Students went pale.
"But how was the body transported here?" Hattori Heiji recalled the route from before and felt that something was off. "There aren't any concealed paths from the Villa's warehouse to the swimming pool. And if someone carried a body out, they would definitely be seen by all the witnesses along the way... I remember there was