Chapter 1045

Conan looked at Togo Hoshikawa, who had finished the call, and his gaze fell on the door again.

He was very certain that Togo Hoshikawa had been standing beside him when the power went out.

That subtle door-closing sound must have been the magician playing some trick, just like a switch for performing magic.

It should be said that Togo Hoshikawa had been performing magic from the moment he led them upstairs—Masakage-style magic.

"Was this window open just now?" Kogoro Mouri leaned out the window to check, "If one used the bushes below as a cushion, one could jump down and escape through the back door."

"Wh... what is going on?"

Kazuha and the other found Mrs. Masakage and Riki Handan, and both were badly frightened by Tenko Himegamiya's corpse.

"Why would Tenko..."

"Let's wait until the police arrive to talk in detail, but..."

Kaze Akaso returned to the fluorescent light switch in the corridor and looked up at the light bulb on the ceiling again.

"This switch seems to have short-circuited just now," Kogoro Mouri followed, "The light bulb above was tampered with beforehand."

"Uncle Mouri, Brother Akaso," Conan shouted from the other side, "Come over and look at this room quickly."

"This is the archives."

Riki Handan explained: "Inside are all the magic materials Master Masakage collected while traveling the world."

"It's all been turned upside down."

The archives were at the end of the corridor, next to Tenko Himegamiya's corpse; Kaze Akaso hadn't been able to go in and look before.

There were several rows of bookshelves placed side by side, but at this moment, the books on them were scattered all over the floor, looking a mess.

"Is there anything important here?" Kogoro Mouri asked.

"Not really," Riki Handan said, not very sure, "They are basically books and magazine clippings available on the market, and the teacher often let us look at them."

"Speaking of which," Mrs. Masakage suddenly spoke up, "There might be a document that even I, his wife, was not allowed to see."

"Every time my husband had a new idea, he would record it promptly, so there was a notebook filled with original magic techniques, the 'Masakage Notebook'."

"In other words..."

Kogoro Mouri rubbed his chin and pondered: "Was it someone trying to steal this 'Masakage Notebook' who was caught by Miss Tenko and then committed the murder?" ===== CHAPTER 1047 =====