Yoshida Ayumi suddenly noticed something. She jumped off her stool and trotted over to another table. After looking down, her heart suddenly skipped a beat. "Several Ragdoll Cats are missing."
As she spoke, she carefully recalled the people corresponding to the Ragdoll Cats. "The missing ones all belong to those classmates from the Third Town District!... Teacher Kaibe's Ragdoll Cat is missing too!"
Conan froze, vaguely sensing a familiar feeling. People and Ragdoll Cats disappearing at the same time—why did this resemble the scenes in And Then There Were None so much?
...Had a horror mystery story entered reality?
No. Even if it had really come true, it had to be because someone was imitating the crime from behind the scenes.
Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko and Yoshida Ayumi had clearly thought of this as well, and their little faces went pale. "Could it be..."
"Could it be that they abandoned us and secretly went home with their Ragdoll Cats?" Kojima Genta waved his fist in dissatisfaction. "How sly, actually being lazy! I didn't want to rehearse either. If they'd told me earlier, I would've left with them!"
Conan: "..." That optimism was truly enviable.
Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko no longer had time to act as a supervisor. He gave a dry laugh as he looked toward the doorway, where visibility was growing worse and worse. "They went home on their own at a time like this without telling us? Do you really think that's possib—"
Before he could finish, all sound came to an abrupt halt, like a chicken being strangled. Beyond the glass door, amid the dim light, a blurry figure flashed from left to right.
"Someone!!" Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko sprang to his feet. Remembering that eerie shape, he added rigorously, "Or maybe a Ghost!!"
Conan naturally did not believe in ghosts. The brave