Chapter 228: The Strange Man Outside the Window

On Saturday, August 24th, Suzuki's villa in the suburb of Mihua Town.

The suspension bridge was cut off and fell into the valley. The weather was bad and the helicopter couldn't get through. Mei Daizi and Yamazaki decided to stay, and everyone in the living room reported their room numbers. Seeing that there were only two left, Mei Daizi chose Room 207, where she was watching TV just now. Her and Yamazaki's things are also there.

The room has been confirmed. Hiroki Kakutani lives in No. 201, Lan and Conan live in No. 203, Chikako Ikeda lives in No. 205, and Mei Daiko lives in No. 207. The people who lived opposite them were Ryoichi Takahashi in No. 202, Masaru Ota in No. 204, Ayako Suzuki and Sonoko in No. 206, and Yamazaki in No. 208.

After sitting for a while, Chikako Ikeda said she was tired and went upstairs to her room, followed by Ayako Suzuki.

Ryoichi Takahashi went up to repair the roof again, Masaru Ota, Hiroki Kakutani, Sonoko, Mei Daiko, Ran and Conan played poker, Yamazaki went to the kitchen to continue cleaning up the cow leg, and after a while, Ayako Suzuki also went He went to the kitchen, brought tea for the card players, and then added it.

At half past four, Mei Daizi went upstairs and went back to her room to watch TV. Not long after, Suzuki Ayako and Ran went to the kitchen to start preparing dinner, and Conan followed. Sonoko went upstairs to find Mei Daiko, and Masaru Ota and Hiroki Kakutani also went back to their rooms.

Conan walked a few steps, and suddenly asked, "Sister Ayako, what happened to Sister Atsuko?"

After stopping, Suzuki Ayako said reminiscently: "Atsuko is also a member of our film club, but one day she suddenly hanged herself, it has been a year and a half, this class reunion should have been held long ago, so I called I gave them the phone." Then, looking at the room next to it that had been turned into a utility room, he said sadly, "It turns out that everyone's relationship is very good, and now it's like this, it's really..."

"Conan." Lan said unhappily.

"I'm sorry." Conan immediately said to Suzuki Ayako.

"It's okay." Wiping the corners of her eyes, Suzuki Ayako smiled.

In the kitchen, when Yamazaki saw Conan, he immediately smiled and said, "You came just in time, come with me." Then, without waiting for Conan's consent, he took him outside, to the leeward side of the villa, where a fire had already been set up, The beef shank was roasting on the fire, and there was a pile of pine branches on the ground.

Yamazaki said with a smile: "I entrust you with a difficult task."

"It's too difficult, I can't do it." Conan said immediately.

"Or you can find pine branches," Yamazaki said with a smile, "I'll add firewood."

"I'd better enjoy the fire here," Conan said, "First of all, I don't know how to watch the fire. If you can't cook well, don't come to me."

"It's too early to talk about baking." Yamazaki said with a smile, rubbed Conan's head and left.

Sending Yamazaki a pair of blank eyes, Conan said helplessly: "Really, it's a hot day, let's warm up here." Then he looked up at the sky and sighed, "Why isn't it raining yet?"

At 6:30, dinner was served. The main courses were fried chicken legs, grilled whole fish, steamed egg custard, and tempura. There is also Mei Daizi's dinner, roasted beef hind legs. Conan's wish came true, but the heavy rain didn't come until after the beef leg was roasted after six o'clock.

Except for Chikako Ikeda and Mei Daiko, everyone else was already in the living room. Seeing that they were not there, Yuanzi and Lan had already gone upstairs to invite them.

Suzuki Ayako smiled at Ryoichi Takahashi, who was checking the window on the second floor of the living room, and said, "Takahashi, is the roof okay?"

"There is still no leak,

It's almost fixed. " Takahashi Ryo said with a smile.

"Then come down quickly." Ota Katsuki said.

"I'll come right away." Ryo Takahashi smiled, and then shouted out the window, "Who is it?"

Hiroki Kakutani, holding a camcorder, asked, "What's wrong?"

Takahashi Ryoichi said with some fear: "There seems to be someone by the window below."

Several people in the living room immediately looked out of the window on the first floor, and saw a man covered in a black robe with bandages on his head, holding Ikeda Chikako under his arm and flashing past under the window.

Masaru Ota, Hiroki Kakutani and Ayako Suzuki exclaimed, "Chikako!"

At this time, Yuanzi, Lan and Mei Daizi appeared on the stairs on the second floor together, and she interjected, "Sister Zhijiazi is not in the room."

Conan immediately stepped forward and pushed open the window on the first floor of the living room, jumped out, looked around, and said, "Damn it, it's too dark, I don't know where I went." Then he found a random direction and chased him out .

Seeing that Takao Ota and Kakutani Hiroki also jumped out of the window, and called Takahashi Ryoichi away, and asked them to lock the doors and windows before leaving, Mei Daizi asked: "What's wrong, brother, do you want my help? "

"Mei Daizi, help me to eat dinner first," Yamazaki said with a smile, "I'll go and have a look."

"Just bring them flashlights." Suzuki Ayako came out of the utility room and handed five flashlights to Yamazaki.

"Wait a minute, brother, it's raining heavily outside." Mei Daizi said, "I'll get you an umbrella." As she spoke, she went to the utility room next to her to get a big umbrella for Yamazaki.

When Yamazaki left, Mei Daizi went to the dining car next to the dining table and picked it up with her right hand, no, she held up her dinner, and asked Lan, Sonoko and Suzuki Ayako excitedly, "Do you want some?"

Looking at the one-meter-long whole roasted beef leg, the three of them shook their heads and rejected it in a very tacit understanding.

"Then I'll eat it." Mei Daizi smiled and tore off a piece of meat with her left hand, stuffed it into her mouth, and started chewing, "Well, the heat is a bit off."...

Holding an umbrella, Yamazaki found them and Conan in the dark woods following the voices of Ota Katsu and the three shouting at each other, and then gave them the flashlight.

After the light came on, a discovery was made immediately, but it was a very bad discovery. They found a human foot. Looking at the shoes on it, Kakutani Hiroki said in horror: "This, this is Chikako's..."

"Ah!" Ryoichi Takahashi shone a flashlight on the side and said in fear, "This, this is a hand!"

"Chikako..." Looking at the purple nail polish on the fingernails of that hand, Hiroki Kadotani shouted, and then saw Chikako Ikeda lying in the grass next to her, so he went forward to help her up, but this time Fu directly picked up the head of Chikako Ikeda, Hiroki Kakutani screamed instinctively and let go, Chikako Ikeda's head fell to the ground, rolled a few times and stopped moving, regained consciousness, Hiroki Kakuya He cried out in pain, "Zhijiazi!"

A moment later, Kakutani Hiroki put together the torn body of Chikako Ikeda, then took off his clothes and covered it.

On the way back to the villa, at the end, Conan asked Yamazaki, "Is there the villa's ax? Did you use it this afternoon?"

Yamazaki asked, "Are you sure it was the axe?"

"Uh," Conan said after being taken aback for a moment, "I'm just asking, I'm not sure if it's true."

"If it's an ax," Yamazaki said, "I can only say it's not the villa's ax for chopping wood."

"What do you think?" Conan asked, "Did these people in the villa do it?"

"If it's the Bandage Guy," Yamazaki said, "it's someone from the villa."

"What!" Conan asked in surprise, "Do you know who it is?" Then he asked angrily, "Since you know who it is, why didn't you tell me?"

"I only found out after Lan was attacked," Yamazaki asked back. "It's nothing, why should I say it? Maybe someone did a prank?"

"A prank?" Conan said angrily, "Is it a prank to attack Lanna with an axe? It's all right now, even killing people. And the method is so cruel that Ikeda Chikako's limbs and head were chopped off."

"Did you see the bandage man kill Chikako Ikeda?" Yamazaki asked, "How do you know if the bandage man knew Lan and attacked her because he knew she would be able to escape? Didn't you say that he saw you and Did Yuanzi run away as soon as he arrived? If you really want to kill, you will be killed together, you are just a child."

"You..." Conan was speechless angrily.

"I'm telling the truth," Yamazaki said, "Let me remind you that although I didn't touch the body, I can see that the blood has dried up, and there is no blood on the ground."

"I know," Conan said, "I can see this too. The blood has been washed away by the heavy rain. Chikako Ikeda was not killed just now. Wait a minute, so the bandage monster held her head just now. So, maybe it wasn’t the bandage man who killed him? He just led us there.”

"I don't know about that. I only know that we don't have any evidence that the bandage monster killed Chikako Ikeda." Yamazaki said, "And since you finished playing cards, between four o'clock and six o'clock, in the villa Chikako Ikeda, Ryoichi Takahashi, Masaru Ota, and Hiroki Kakutani are all alone together, and they are all suspects, including you and me."

Conan asked, "So, who is that bandaged man?"

"You can check it yourself, or you can use the identity of Kudo Shinichi for your next assignment to our Mori Detective Agency, how about that?" Yamazaki said with a smile, "Of course, Uncle Mori and I will keep it a secret for you." Saying that, he put away the umbrella and entered the villa.

"Damn it." Conan said and followed into the villa.

In the villa, Ota Katsuo and the others were wiping the water with the towels brought by Lan and Yuanzi, and the slippers they had just worn out were also sent to the bathroom by Lan and Yuanzi.

Suzuki Ayako, who just found out about Chikako Ikeda's death, was crying bitterly: "How could this happen to Chikako? It's all my fault. It's all my fault for planning this class reunion. It's all my fault. "

Mei Daizi, who was gnawing on the beef leg, saw Yamazaki coming in, put down the beef leg immediately, wiped the oil from her mouth and hands with a paper towel, then went to help Yamazaki put away the umbrella, and then went back to eat.

Seeing Conan coming in, Lan wiped his body with a bath towel, and Sonoko sent the slippers he had worn out to the bathroom.

"Don't say that, Ayako." Kakutani Hiroki said, "It's not your fault, it's the bandaged weirdo who took Chikako away from our eyes. He is a murderer."

"The one who took away was Zhijiazi's sister's head. Zhijiazi's sister was killed a long time ago." Conan said, "Brother Kakuya, weren't you taking pictures at that time?"

"What!" Kakutani Hiroki shouted after watching the video played back in the camera, "It's really only the head."

Takahashi Ryoichi was very frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "So, after the bandage man killed Chikako, he took her head to demonstrate to us."

Lan and Yuanzi's faces turned pale with fright, and Yuanzi asked in great fear, "What should I do? What if he attacks again?"

"As long as the doors and windows are closed, there will be no problem. Who told Chikako to hang out at such a late hour." Ota Katsuki said with a smile, "In short, everyone forget about it, wash up and go to bed early." Just go to the bathroom.

"That's right, in this situation, it's better for us all to go back to the room early. Kakutani, go take a shower. I'll check the doors and windows with Sonoko and Ran. I'll deliver dinner to you later." Suzuki Ayako said , "We will go down the mountain at dawn tomorrow and tell the police exactly what happened."

"Then I'll trouble you, Ayako." After Kadotani Hiroki finished speaking, he went to the bathroom, and Takahashi Ryoichi followed.

Conan asked, "Sister Lan, can you bring me my pajamas?"

"You go first," Yamazaki said with a smile, "I'll send it to you later."

Conan, who was still a little angry with Yamazaki, said, "Thank you, Yamazaki, brother, brother." After finishing speaking, he went to the bathroom.

After Lan brought Conan's pajamas to Yamazaki, he went to check the doors and windows with Suzuki Ayako and Sonoko. After Yamazaki ate a portion of the grilled meat shared by Mei Daiko, he went to the bathroom to take a shower and gave Conan his pajamas. After Mei Daizi had eaten, she began to send the food on the table back to the kitchen so that it could be sent to other people's rooms after it was heated up.

Not long after, Suzuki Ayako, Sonoko, and Ran returned to the living room to reunite after checking, and then went to the kitchen to start cooking. At this time, the men had finished taking a shower, Ota Katsuo and the others went upstairs, Yamazaki took over the work of the kitchen, Suzuki Ayako, Sonoko, Ran, and Mei Daiko went to take a bath, and then Conan started serving dishes again. ...

At night, No. 203, Lan and Conan's room. There are two beds in each room, and Lan and Conan are sitting on one bed, watching TV programs.

Not long after, the TV show ended, Lan got up and turned off the TV, and then checked the French windows, and then when she was about to go to sleep, she suddenly found Conan holding his chin in thought, so he asked with a smile: "What's the matter, thinking about it?" What is it, Conan?"

Conan said: "It's strange, Zhijiazi sister is wearing shoes."

Lan asked, "What's so strange about that?"

"Aren't the shoes all in the entrance? Brother Takahashi has been on the roof of the living room, he can see the front," Conan said, "If sister Zhijiazi goes out, he will definitely see it."

Lan said, "By the way, Yuanzi found a pair of slippers at the back door. Sister Zhijiazi might have walked through the back door."

"From the back door?" Conan asked, "Sister Lan, aren't you in the kitchen? Didn't you see it?"

"For a while, we closed the kitchen door to prevent oily smoke from entering the room." Lan said, "Sister Zhijiazi probably went out at that time."

Conan thought to himself, but why didn't Tomokako Ikeda go out through the entrance, but especially through the back door? It also happened to be when the kitchen door was closed, as if deliberately trying to avoid people's eyes and ears.

Seeing that Conan was still deep in thought, Lan smiled and said, "Okay, don't worry, if that weird bandage man comes again, you sister Lan and I can deal with him with one hand."

Put one hand on the ground and call for help, Conan thought to himself, didn't you get frightened when you were attacked in the woods? Then I thought of what Yamazaki said about the prank, and asked, "By the way, why did that person attack Sister Lan?"

Lan thought for a while and said, "Maybe he will attack anyone he sees."

Conan asked again: "Sister Lan, do you think that person is going to kill you? Will he know that you will be able to dodge that?"

"Well," Lan said after thinking carefully, "I don't know either."

"Sister Lan," Conan asked again, "is there someone who hates you, for example, someone who was seriously injured in a karate competition, and then covered his face to scare you?"

"How can there be such a person." Lan said, "Okay, go to bed soon." After saying that, she went to turn off the light and went to bed.

Conan was lying on the bed thinking about what happened today, it was so strange, how did that guy Yamazaki find out who the bandage weirdo was? If it was made by the bandage monster, since he will attack Chikako from the back door tonight, why did he go around to the window and let us see his appearance? Is he just trying to scare us? If not... Huh? Conan noticed that Lan came over with a pillow in his arms.

"Let's sleep together." Lan said as he lifted Conan's quilt and fell asleep on the bed.

Conan asked, "Why?"

Lan smiled and said, "Don't ask so many questions."

"Could it be that you are afraid?" Conan asked.

"Don't ask me any more." Lan smiled, then pulled up the quilt and said, "Good night, Conan." Then she closed her eyes.

"I really can't stand women." Conan muttered in a low voice, then thought to himself, by the way, where did I think, um...

No, Conan looked at Lan who was close at hand with the faint light, Conan cried in his heart, he couldn't think anymore. Then he said, forget it, did the bandage weirdo do it, the police need to search it, and I don’t need to appear on the scene now, I’m going to sleep. Then, looking at Lan's face, he fell asleep unknowingly. ...