Kobayashi, the boy detective, is at Sugimoto’s house. The shining man was coming to steal Sugimoto’s treasure that night. And the night has come.
I think this is what he wants, Kobayashi kun.
Sugimoto takes a fifteen centimeter tall Buddhist statue from a shelf full of art pieces. Then, he places it on a table.
This statue was made more than one thousand four hundred years ago and is an important art piece. If it had a price, it would be more than thirty million yen.
Thirty million yen?
A little bird calls from a cuckoo clock nine times.
We only have one hour until ten o’clock. Are you sure you want to leave the statue out on your table?
Don’t worry. Look out the window.
Kobayashi looks down at the garden from one of the three windows in the room.
It's too dark. I don’t see anything.
Look closely. Do you see the small lights moving around?
I do. I see them everywhere.
Those are policemen with flashlights. Also, these windows are very strong. Even if the shining man appears, he will not be able to get in. we are here with the statue, too. I have thought of everything,
The clock says nine thirty. The time is near. Fifteen more minutes, ten, five, then finally it is one minute before ten. The only sound is the ticking of the clock.
It's ten.
Just then, Kobayashi notices something moving outside one of the windows. He turns to look.
The shining man.
They both see a shiny white face with red eyes and a mouth floating in the air.
He is here.
Kobayashi becomes excited. He must protect the statue. But listeners, where are the police? Kobayashi walks to the window to call the police. But then, the white face suddenly disappears.
What? Where did he go? Kobayashi kun. He is over there at that window now.
Kobayashi runs to the other window, but as soon as he gets close, the face disappears again. This chase between the white face and kobayashi continues for a while until he hears Sugimoto’s scream.
It's gone.
The statue has disappeared. It is only then that the police notice the Shining Man. They come rushing to the house. But the shining man has disappeared too. The police run toward the gate.
Kobayashi kun, how did he take the statue without coming into the room? How? Oh, no.
Please calm down. I promise you I will solve this mystery. But first, we have to catch the shining man.
With that, the boy detective runs out of the room. But he runs in a different direction from the police. Where is he going?