Chapter 975: Figure Outside the Window
She has long hair and is holding a kitchen knife. At first glance, her features are indeed very similar to those of the woman in red.
But Uehara Yui said that the woman in red had died three years ago and her body had turned into bones.
Shinjiro Nida and Tamae Minegishi heard the scream and ran over to check what was going on.
Several people helped to carry Kazuaki Sumika to the living room. Mao Lilan found the medicine box. Uehara Yui checked the wound and found that it was not deep. It seemed that Kazuaki Sumika ran fast and the "woman in red" standing outside the window did not have time to cause a deeper wound.
Miyano Shiho and another police officer also came to the living room. The latter received a call that a nearby substation had been struck by lightning, causing a power outage in the entire area. It would probably take a long time to restore power.
Now we can only rely on candles for lighting.
Conan walked up to Yuya and asked in a low voice: "Have you seen the criminal?"
Yuya shook his head: "No, when I rushed to Miss Chengxiang's room, the criminal had already escaped, but..."
"But what?" Conan asked quickly.
Yuya pinched his chin and pondered, "The power outage must be a coincidence. Why did the other party come to attack by such a coincidence?"
Minegishi Tamami asked fearfully, "Sumika, was it really the woman in red who attacked you?"
Ren Tianshenfu still couldn't believe it: "But didn't the police officer say that the woman in red had died a long time ago?"
Kazuaki Sumika was a little irritated and said impatiently, "Do you think I'm lying? Then how do you explain the scars on my back?"
Yuya said, "It's true that Miss Sumika was attacked. I just checked outside the window and found footprints that went all the way to the forest. Now all of us are here, and everyone is dry, and no one has changed clothes, which means that the person who attacked Miss Sumika must be an outsider."
"However, whether that is the woman in red is still debatable."
Uehara Yui couldn't help but ask: "Detective Kamiya, do you know anything?"
Yu did not answer, but asked: "Officer Uehara, is that umbilical cord confirmed to belong to the murderer fifteen years ago, the woman in red?"
Uehara Yui nodded. "That's right. The umbilical cord came from the mother of the woman in red. She couldn't accept what happened to her daughter, so she kept the important evidence hidden from the police. This was also confirmed by relatives."
“But actually, there are still some weird things.”
"What do you mean?"
"It started more than ten years ago. Every time around this time, we would receive reports of villas nearby being broken into. However, unlike the strange incidents you guys encountered, it was actually someone who broke into the villa and lived inside for a while."
"Because we occasionally receive testimonies about scary figures seen in the forest, the Nagano Prefectural Police have been unable to determine whether the skeleton in the swamp is the woman in red."
These things happened before Bai Gu confirmed that she was the woman in red, but now that Bai Gu has confirmed her identity, these things seem weird.
At this point, Suzuki Sonoko's face was suddenly filled with horror: "So, the figure I just saw outside the window, could it be..."
Mao Lilan also showed a frightened expression and looked at her best friend with a pale face.
Sera Masumi asked anxiously: "A figure? When and where did you see it?"
Yuya also looked at Suzuki Sonoko, and he felt that the case was beginning to become confusing.
He has already identified the murderer who killed Bo Guchang's family, but the person who attacked Ming Chengxiang and the one seen by Suzuki Sonoko should be the same person. So who is that "woman in red"?
Suzuki Sonoko pointed at the living room window with fear on her face, her voice almost crying as she spoke: "Before the power outage, I saw through that window a woman with long, long hair, looking at this side with her eyes wide open from under a tree..."
Just as he finished speaking, a gust of cold wind blew past, and the candles in the living room went out.
Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran were stunned for a moment, and the next second they hugged each other and screamed in fear.
Just as Youya was about to go forward to light the candle, he felt someone hugging his arm, and then a body crawled into his arms.
"It must be that person who attacked me!" Kazuaki Sumika shouted with a trembling voice.
"Really, is it really the woman in red?" Ren Tian Shenfu was terrified.
Minegishi Tamae trembled all over and shouted, "No, no, we have to leave here immediately, otherwise we will all be killed by her!"
Just as Yuya was about to say something, the match lit with a pop.
Sera Masumi lit the candles and said calmly, "There is no such thing as a woman in red. Whether it is a ghost or a monster, they are all made up by people's imagination to scare themselves. They only exist in the world of fantasy."
After saying that, she winked at Conan: "Am I right, Conan?"
Conan was stunned, then hummed.
Sera Masumi smiled and said to everyone, "So don't worry, even if there is something, it is a living human being. With my Jeet Kune Do and Xiaolan and Kamiya's karate, we can easily subdue it."
Mao Lilan looked at Yuya for confirmation, and the latter nodded affirmatively. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, clenched his fists and said "hmm".
If it was a human, she wouldn't be afraid.
At this time, Uehara Yui looked at Sera Masumi with an inquiring look: "Come to think of it, who are you? From the beginning, I felt that..."
Masumi Sera smiled and said, "My name is Masumi Sera, and I can be considered a female high school detective."
"Detective?" Uehara Yui's expression was a little subtle. Another detective?
Ren Tian Shenfu explained: "She is the sister of our classmate Shiliang. A few of us specially invited her to come to solve the strange incidents in the villa, but Shiliang said that he was too busy and had no time, so he introduced his sister who just came back from the United States to help."
"Really? You came back from America?" Uehara Yui suddenly realized.
"Yes, I have been living in America since three years ago, but I still miss Japan very much, so I came back." While saying this, Masumi Sera looked at Conan meaningfully.
Conan was stunned. He had been living in the United States for three years? But he always felt something was wrong...
Uehara Yui didn't think much about this topic. She took a candlestick and lit it, then said to another police officer: "Anyway, I'm going to investigate in other rooms now. Please stay in the living room and don't walk around. I'll ask you to protect everyone."
The police officer nodded, looked at Yuya and the others who were following Uehara Yui, and asked in confusion: "What about these children?"
Uehara Yui said, "Just have them follow me. I just happen to have some questions I want to ask these detectives."
He added silently in his mind: Besides, if something really happens, maybe it will be Detective Kamiya who will protect me. She has witnessed Yuya's karate skills with her own eyes.