"No matter what, it's already a blessing that he's still alive." The Old Doctor tended to the painter's wounds, his face full of worry. "But while he didn't die on the spot, his injuries are severe. With the current environment and facilities, whether he can survive... I'm afraid that depends entirely on the Will Of Heaven."
Vodka muttered quietly, "Good luck to him."
As long as this guy stays alive, the murderer will keep their eyes on him. That'll make everyone else safer.
Just then, he suddenly noticed some strange marks on the floor.
"What's that?" Suzuki Sonoko spotted them as well. She switched on her flashlight and shone it at the ground, revealing a straight streak of blood on the floor beside Kobayashi the Painter's right hand.
Having experienced quite a few cases, Suzuki Sonoko snapped out of her confusion and immediately realized, "Could this be the Dying Message Mr. Kobayashi left behind?!"
After a pause, she carefully Changed Her Story. "No, he isn't dead yet. So this should be, um... a survivor's message?"
"Maybe." Jiang Xia walked over to inspect the streak of blood as well. "Come to think of it, when Hattori and I went to get Flour from the storage room earlier, we happened to run into Mr. Kobayashi. He said then that he knew who the murderer was."
Remembering it, Hattori Heiji looked full of regret. "Could he really have known? We should've pressed him for details... But that guy acted like such a Riddler that even if we'd asked, we probably wouldn't have gotten anything out of him."
Hearing that no one had died, the wealthy woman's fear eased slightly. She sighed. "That Villa Vandal doesn't go around vandalizing Villas, but comes here to kill people every day instead. He's seriously neglecting his proper