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Chapter 15 Shall we sleep together tonight?
With Qing Shuijing's comfort, everyone in the villa quickly calmed down and went back to their rooms, waiting for the time for supper.
It was not until after ten o'clock in the evening that everyone left the room one after another and walked towards the dining table in the living room on the first floor.
"Hey, Takahashi, hurry up, it's time for dinner." Hiroki Kadoya, who sat down at the dining table and took pictures with his camera, shouted to Ryoichi Takahashi who was still on the second floor.
"Oh, okay, right away." Upon hearing this, Takahashi Ryoichi nodded and slightly quickened his pace.
However, just as he passed a window in the corridor, his expression suddenly changed and he shouted:
"1. Next to the window on the first floor! It looks like there's someone there!"
"Shadow?"
Upon hearing this, everyone subconsciously looked towards the window that Takahashi Ryoichi mentioned. At the same time, a strange man with a bandage on his face and dressed in black, holding a woman, flashed past the window at an extremely fast speed.
It's that bandage guy!
The woman being held by that weirdo was none other than Chikako Ikeda, who was supposed to be resting in the room!
"Tsk!"
Seeing this scene, Conan jumped up immediately, jumped out of the window and chased after him.
As if he had sensed something, he turned around and glanced inside the villa.
This glance just happened to allow him to see Qing Shuijing with a smile on her lips.
He is laughing? Why?
Without time to think about this, Conan ran into the woods in the direction the strange man left.
"Okay! Let's follow that little devil!"
Almost at the same time, Ota Masaru and Kadoya Hiroki also jumped out of the window. Before leaving, Ota Masaru called Takahashi Ryoichi who was on the second floor.
"Come on Takahashi! You follow too!"
"Ah? Shall I go too?"
"Is not this nonsensical?"
All the men left the villa in a rush, except Qing Shuijing.
He stood up and said to Suzuki Ayako with a smile: "Ayako, lock the doors and windows. I'll go upstairs to check."
"Ah."
There is a common balcony outside the rooms on the second floor. The rooms connected by this balcony can be walked from one room to another through this balcony even without opening the door.
Qing Shuijing stood somewhere on the balcony and raised her hand to touch the wooden railing of the balcony.
He is looking for something.
Under his fingers, there were two long and thin marks on the guardrail that seemed to have been cut by something.
"found it."
In the end, the group failed to catch the bandaged man in the woods and only found the broken body of Chikako Ikeda.
Faced with this situation, everyone was helpless. There was no phone signal, the suspension bridge had been cut off, and it was already late...
All they could do was lock all the doors and windows of the villa and wait until tomorrow morning.
"Aying, do you think that bandaged man will come and attack us tonight?"
In the room, Suzuki Sonoko, who had already changed into pajamas, huddled in the corner of the bed, hugging the quilt, shivering.
"Don't be afraid, Sonoko." Karasuma Ying, who was changing clothes, heard this and smiled and turned back to comfort her: "My strength is not weaker than Xiaolan. If that weirdo dares to come, I will definitely protect you."
"Yes, yes!"
Thinking of Karasuma Ying's skills, Suzuki Sonoko suddenly felt a surge of courage in her heart.
Yes! What is there for her to be afraid of? Ah Ying's fighting ability is very high. It would be fine if that bandage weirdo didn't come. If he dared to come, Ah Ying would definitely be able to subdue him in a few moves!
"Then Ah Ying, my life and property are all in your hands tonight!"
"Don't worry, Yuanzi, I will definitely not let anything happen to you."
After changing into pajamas, Wu Wanying turned off the lights, lifted the quilt and lay down.
Because there was only one big bed in the room, she had to sleep together with Sonoko.
Fortunately, neither she nor Sonoko were the kind of people who would care about this, so neither of them felt embarrassed about it.
"Aying, can I hold you in my arms while I sleep tonight?" In the darkness, Suzuki Sonoko came over quietly and whispered in Karasuma Ying's ear.
It seems that she is still very scared.
it is good. "
With a sigh in his heart, Karasuma Ying agreed reluctantly.
"Great!"
Listening to Sonoko's gradually calming breathing, Karasuma Ying couldn't fall asleep at all.
She was sorting out and reviewing the events that happened tonight.
There are many suspicious points in the entire process of Chikako Ikeda's death.
First, how did the murderer manage to take Chikako Ikeda with him, avoid the boys’ pursuit, and dismember her in the woods?
Secondly, Chikako Ikeda's room was at the front of the villa, but the window that the murderer took Chikako Ikeda through was at the back of the villa. Why did the murderer go around in such a big circle and deliberately let the people in the villa see him?
Thirdly, Conan discovered before that the shoes that Chikako Ikeda had placed in the shoe cabinet were missing, but her pair of indoor slippers appeared at the back door of the villa, which seems to indicate that Chikako was outside the villa when she was killed?
Why did she go out? And she went out quietly through the back door? Was she really killed outside?
Fourthly, when Chikako Ikeda returned to her room, Karasuma Ying noticed something: there seemed to be a note stuck under the door of Chikako's room.
Chikako's face changed drastically when she saw the note. What was written on the note? Was it the note that asked her to leave the villa quietly?
"what--"
Suddenly, a scream in the silent night interrupted Karasuma Ying's thoughts.
[Is this Xiaolan's voice?! ]
At the same time, in another room on the first floor, Shizuo Shizuka suddenly opened his eyes. He glanced at Suzuki Ayako who was still sleeping quietly beside him, then gently got up and lifted the quilt.
"Jing-kun?"
However, when he was about to open the door, Suzuki Ayako woke up. She rubbed her eyes and looked at Shizuka Shizuka in confusion.
"There seems to be some movement upstairs. I'll go up and take a look."
"Wait! Shizuka-kun, I want to go too."
Her mind suddenly became clear, and Suzuki Ayako quickly stood up and followed Shizuka Shizuka.
When the two of them left the room, they saw Karasuma Ying who happened to be coming out of the room.
"Mr. Shimizu? Sister Ayako?"
"Karasuma-sister?"
"Did you hear it too?" Qingshui Jing asked directly.
"Ah."
Karasuma Ying immediately understood what Shizuo Jing was asking, and nodded immediately. Then she turned around and walked quickly upstairs, rushed to Xiaolan's room, and knocked on the door.
"Xiao Lan! Are you in there? Open the door!"
Before going to bed at night, everyone locked the doors of their rooms. They originally wanted to prevent the bandage weirdo, but unexpectedly it became an obstacle to them.
"what!"
In the room, Xiaolan's scream was heard again, and Karasuma Ying's heart skipped a beat.
no solution anymore.
She first took a deep breath to steady her breathing, then took two steps back to create some distance, then suddenly exerted force with her feet, turned around and kicked the door with a roundhouse kick.
"boom!"
With a loud bang, the door lock broke instantly and the door opened.
[Ah, it’s the superwoman Sister Xiaoying…]
In the room, Conan, who was about to open the door, was stunned again.
Tomorrow, the Bandage Monster case will be concluded. In addition to the murderer, Conan will find a more terrifying truth...
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Chapter 16: Solved the case, Qingshui Jing, who are you?
"Were you attacked again?"
In Xiaolan's room, everyone who arrived late looked in shock at Maori Ran, who was sitting on the bed, looking a little embarrassed.
Although the bandage monster attacked her again, she was not injured this time thanks to Conan and Karasuma Ying who arrived in time. Instead, Conan, who tried his best to stop the bandage monster, accidentally sprained his foot.
"Really? Where on earth did that guy come from?" Ota Katsu curled his lips.
"window."
Squatting by the window of the room, looking at a circular gap in the floor-to-ceiling window glass, Wu Wanying frowned slightly.
"The bandaged man must have used some tool that can cut glass to block the window of Xiaolan's room from the balcony, and then opened the window from the outside and came in to attack Xiaolan."
"Balcony? How did that guy get to the balcony?" Upon hearing this, Ota Katsu opened the French window and walked to the balcony.
Wu Wanying did not answer, but looked down at the floor of the room in thought.
This is also what she was curious about, how did the bandaged monster get on the balcony?
No, the question should be, how did the bandaged monster get into Xiaolan's room from outside without leaving any trace of dirt on the floor?
You know, it's still raining outside...
Could it be that... the bandaged monster didn't actually come in from outside?