Conan's grammatical investigator

Chapter 53 The Danger Outside the Villa
"What did you say?"

"You've been attacked again!"

In Xiaolan's room, people in other bedrooms came to express their condolences to Xiaolan.

And Conan, who sprained his ankle because of kicking Xiaolan's body just now, is also being bandaged by Xiaolan.

Conan, who was sitting on the bed, received the bandage while looking around at the people who entered the room after him.

Without a doubt, Bandage Geek is among the group!
The evidence is that there are no dirty footprints on the balcony or in the room, which shows that the Bandage Monster broke in from a clean place.

At this time, the long-haired man and the little fat man are still judging that the bandaged man came in by climbing a tree on the premise that the bandaged man invaded from the outside.

But even if he knew the correct answer this time, Conan didn't remind everyone with an "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" tone.

Because Conan knew that there was a person inside who had already judged that the bandage monster was an insider, and would commit crimes again.

That is Qin Zhibo.

The reason is that Qin Zhibo quickly grabbed a crowbar and came to the rescue just after he had only yelled twice.

This shows that Qin Zhibo didn't sleep at all, and the crowbar was at hand, ready to support each room at any time.

Qin Zhibo once again saw through the truth of the insider's crime earlier than himself, and made preparations in advance.

Terrible reasoning ability
At this moment, Suzuki Ayako finally discovered that there was a person who hadn't been there yet.

"Where's Chikako? Why hasn't she come out yet?"

Logically speaking, Xiao Lan's two screams and Qin Zhibo's knocking on the door just now should wake him up no matter what.

So everyone gathered in front of Chikako Ikeda's bedroom and knocked on the door, but no one answered.

Pushing the door open and entering, the quilt on the bed was no longer warm, and Chikako Ikeda's coat was gone, but the suitcase she brought was still there, and there was no sign of a fight in the room.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Chikako Ikeda left by herself.

"Could it be that Ikeda is the bandage weirdo?"

The long-haired man who had a bad relationship with Chikako Ikeda immediately put forward a bold hypothesis.

But this assumption was immediately opposed by Hiroki Kadotani who seemed to have had a relationship with Chikako Ikeda next to him.

"Impossible! Chikako is not that kind of person!"

Kakutani Hiroki, who had never had a strong sense of presence before, was very serious this time, like a bitter man who still misses after breaking up.

Facing the suddenly serious man in distress, the long-haired man's attitude softened immediately.

"I'm just talking casually"

At this time, "Little Fatty" Takahashi made a suggestion that more people recognized, that is to go out and find Chikako Ikeda.

Maybe people are still nearby?
Everyone decided to act separately. The women and children all stayed in the villa, and the man took a flashlight and went out to find someone.

However, in order to prevent those who stayed in the villa from being attacked, Qin Zhibo took the initiative to ask Ying to stay in the villa.

For Qin Zhibo, the location of the main task is near here, which means that there is indeed some kind of danger in the vicinity, and he doesn't want to go out so late to encounter this bad luck.

On the other hand, the appearance of the Bandage Man finally triggered the side mission for some reason.

Side Quest: Find out the true identity of the Bandage Man

Task requirements: time limit 1 hour
Task reward: 400 general skill proficiency, 150 social credit
After triggering the mission mode, Qin Zhibo can also see the investigation point.

Now there might be an investigation point waiting for Qin Zhibo to investigate in the villa.

In the woods, Takahashi Ryoichi pretended to be out of breath, and gradually fell to the end of the search team.

Seeing that the time was right, Takahashi turned off the flashlight, and ran towards a remote corner of the woods following the direction he remembered.

On a certain clearing in the woods, it was Chikako Ikeda that everyone was looking for.

It's just not Chikako Ikeda in the full sense.

【Chikako Ikeda's head】, 【Chikako Ikeda's left calf】, 【Chikako Ikeda's right calf】, 【Chikako Ikeda's left hand】.
These body parts are randomly piled up like props dropped on the ground after fighting monsters, and they are like summoning various parts of a dark archmage.

Ryoichi Takahashi walked slowly in front of these corpses, with a sinister smile on his face.

In fact, long before Takahashi Ryoichi turned into a bandage monster and attacked Xiaolan, he had already lured Ikeda Chikako into the woods with a threat letter and successfully decomposed it.

Although Mao Lilan was not killed due to various accidents, Takahashi Ryoichi still planned to perform a "trapeze" in front of the people in the villa later to create an alibi for himself.

For this, Takahashi only needs [Tomoko Ikeda's head].

As for the remaining limbs, Ryoichi Takahashi also has a magical effect.

As long as these limbs are thrown away from the villa along a line, both the people in the villa and the police will naturally think that the bandage weirdo is someone from outside.

Takahashi first took off the stuffing in his stomach and hid it in a nearby bush, and then put all the body parts, including the head, into the big bag he brought.

After that, Takahashi randomly found a direction away from the woods and started running.

Every time he ran a distance, he took out a stump from the bag and threw it on the ground.

Soon, only [Chikako Ikeda's right calf] and [Chikako Ikeda's head] remained in the bag.

Ryoichi Takahashi grabbed his blood-stained ankle and threw it to the farthest grass with all his strength.

窸窣
The last body part was thrown out, Takahashi Ryoichi wrapped the remaining head in a bag, and put it under his stomach.

This method is very likely to be the inspiration that Takahashi got from Xiaolan Fatty when watching "Doraemon".

"It's almost time, it's time to go back"

Takahashi Ryoichi murmured coldly, his eyes were also full of indifference.

At this moment, Takahashi Ryoichi's eyes and facial expressions are completely different from the simple and chubby one he looked before.

Although until now, Takahashi Ryoichi still thinks that he is a messenger of justice who avenges the girl he loves.

But in fact, his insanity has exceeded his own imagination.

After throwing the body away, Takahashi Ryoichi quickly ran back towards the villa, his short and fat figure gradually drifting away.

And the right calf of Chikako Ikeda, who was thrown away by Ryoichi Takahashi, lay quietly on the grass.

Suddenly, there was a rustle in the bushes that should have been silent.

The rustling came closer and closer.

Until an ugly hand stretched out from the darkness between the branches of the bushes, dragging Chikako Ikeda's right calf quickly back into the darkness.

(End of this chapter)