Saturday, August 24, Suzuki family villa on the outskirts of Rice Flower Town.

At night, Midaiko stayed in room 207.

Yamazaki, who was watching TV with Mei Daizi, looked at the clock and said with a smile: "It's almost eleven o'clock, Mei Daiko, I'm leaving, you can go to bed early." ”

"I see," said Mei Daiko, laughing, "I must go to bed before half past eleven." ”

Yamazaki got up and smiled: "This is not home, I'm hungry tomorrow morning, but I don't have anything to eat." ”

"I see. Mei Daiko smiled, "Good night, brother." ”

"Good night. Yamazaki said and left. ……

At night, at 0:20 a.m., Room 203 where Lan and Conan lived.

Conan, who was asleep, suddenly felt the wind blowing on his face, and he was immediately awakened, only to open his eyes to see the bandaged freak standing beside the bed, raising his axe at Ran.

Conan immediately called out to Lan, but Lan didn't react, and when he saw the strange man swing his axe and slash, Conan immediately kicked Lan under the bed.

The axe slashed on the bed, and the bandage monster glanced at Conan, and raised his axe to Ran, who was still unconscious, and prepared to chop.

Conan immediately shouted at Lan and threw himself on the bandage man's waist, trying to buy time, but was picked up by the bandage man and thrown at the head of the bed, hitting the edge of the bed with one foot. Conan tried to get up and get up again, but suddenly found that his feet hurt so much that he couldn't stand up at all.

Seeing that the bandage freak raised his axe, Conan was in a hurry, and inadvertently found that his voice-changing bow tie was next to the pillow, so he picked it up and turned up his voice to the maximum, and shouted, "Lan!"

In room 207, Mei Daizi, who was sleeping soundly, was woken up, and when she was half asleep, she closed her eyes and muttered, "It's really noisy." As he spoke, he unconsciously punched the wall behind the head of the bed, then rolled over and fell asleep.

"Smack!" The wall at the head of the bed in room 207, that is, the wall on the TV side of room 205, shattered in response, and several pieces of broken bricks shot out in all directions, smashing into room 205, and one of the large broken bricks flew directly towards the wall at the head of the bed in room 205.

Conan's loud noise startled the bandage freak, and the movement of his hands stopped. Lan was also woken up, and when she saw the bandage monster with sleepy eyes, she immediately lost her sleepiness and screamed.

At this moment, there was a "bang!" sound, and the wall of the TV cabinet in room 203 broke, and some broken bricks and stones smashed into room 203.

Lan instinctively lay down and raised his hand to protect his head, the bandage monster instinctively lifted his robe to cover himself, and Conan noticed that something had smashed at him, so instinctively lying down, the thing smashed into the bedside.

At this time, Mei Daiko in room 207 was woken up by Ran again, she opened her eyes, lay on the bed and shouted, "Lan, what are you doing?" and then heard Yamazaki's knock on the door, "Mei Daiko, can I come in?" and said, "The door is not locked, you can come in, brother." ”

In room 203, Conan glanced at the head of the bed, and a cold sweat came down, it should have been a sharp gravel, and now it pierced deeply into the head of the bed. Looking up again, Conan saw that Ran and the bandage freak were in a daze, and following their gaze, Conan was also stunned, because through the hole in the wall, he saw Yamazaki in room 207, and he was bending down to look this way.

At that moment, there was a knock at the door of the garden, and Conan, Ran, and the bandage freak came to their senses, and the bandage freak immediately turned and ran behind the curtain, leaving through the open balcony window.

"Stop. Conan wanted to get up and chase after him, but as soon as he tried hard, his feet hurt, and he covered his feet, and Conan shouted in his heart, "Yamazaki, you bastard!"

Ran got up and opened the door, Sonoko and Suzuki Ayako were standing in the doorway, and Sonoko immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

Lan said in fear, "That guy is here again." He opened the door.

Yuan Zi asked in surprise, "The bandage freak?"

"Yes. Lan said.

Suzuki Ayako found a hole in the wall and a lot of broken bricks and stones on the ground, and asked in surprise, "What's going on, it was made by a bandage weirdo?"

At this time, Yamazaki and Midaiko came in, and Midaiko smiled embarrassedly: "I was careless...... I'm sorry, Ayako-san, but I didn't mean to. ”

"You?" Yuan Zi looked through the hole and found that there was also a hole in the wall of the TV in room 205 opposite, through which room 207 could be seen, and Yuan Zi was speechless for a while.

Seeing Yamazaki come in, Conan glared at him fiercely. Yamazaki smiled at him, then went to open the curtains and walked out onto the balcony.

At this time, three people, Ryoichi Takahashi, Katsu Ota, and Hiroki Kakutani, came in.

Ryoichi Takahashi asked, "What happened?"

Katsu Ota asked, "What's wrong with this wall?"

Hiroki Kakutani asked, "Is it a bandage freak?"

"It's a bandage freak. Lan said.

"That, accident, this wall is an accident. Mei Daizi laughed dryly, "You don't have to care. ”

At this time, Ayako Suzuki found that Conan was covering his feet, so she stepped forward and asked, "Conan, what's wrong with you, let me see?"

"Bump, bump. Conan reluctantly said, letting go of his hand.

Seeing that Conan's swollen feet were already swollen, Ayako Suzuki immediately said, "I'll go get the first aid kit." With that, he went out.

Hiroki Kakutani asked, "But how did he get in?"

Katsu Ota asked, "Didn't you all close the doors and windows?"

When Ryoichi Takahashi went to the window, he noticed that there was a circular hole in the glass next to the latch of the window, and he could reach in and open the latch, so he said, "I see, he can open the lock from here and come in again." ”

Ota Katsu walked to the balcony and looked at it and asked, "But this is the second floor, how did he climb to such a high place?"

Hiroki Kakutani walked to the balcony and looked at it, pointed to the big tree next to the balcony of room 207 and said, "The balconies here are all connected, as long as you come up from there, you can come over." ”

Ota Katsu sighed: "It's really hard to prevent." ”

Ayako Suzuki came over with a first-aid kit and asked, "Do you think this is good?"

"That's right. Ota Katsu said, "Let's go down first." With that, he went downstairs with Ryoichi Takahashi and Hiroki Kakutani.

"Then I went back to sleep. Mei Daiko said.

Ayako Suzuki asked, "Midaiko, ...... you?"

"It's okay, let him come. Mei Daiko laughed, "This hateful guy didn't let me sleep well." ”

"Midaiko, go to my room. Yamazaki smiled, "Pack up your things and I'll call you when I leave." ”

"Okay. Mei Daiko said and left.

After a while, Ayako Suzuki gave Conan the medicine, and then saw that Lan took the initiative to take over, and Ayako Suzuki went downstairs to make coffee.

Ran helped Conan wrap up his injured foot with a bandage, and Sonoko sent the first aid kit away.

Yamazaki smiled: "Lan, you can help make coffee." I'll take Conan downstairs. ”

"Okay. Lan said.

When Lan Yi came to the door and left, Conan immediately said, "Yamazaki, you guy ......"

"I think you're dizzy, because Helan sleeps in the same bed. Interrupting Conan's words, Yamazaki asked rhetorically, "I told you it might be a prank, but there's no doubt that there's a murderer around here, and you're not vigilant at all, can you blame me?"

"You ......" Conan was ashamed and angry, and was speechless for a while. Then he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then opened his eyes and calmly asked, "What's going on on the balcony? Is it still raining?"

"Not bad. Yamazaki praised, and continued, "It rained heavily, and there was no sign of dripping rain gear from that tree to the ground between this room, and there was no mud mark on my shoes. Unless he came up with rain gear and shoes on, and then took them off. ”

"No shoes? I didn't pay attention. However, the hole in the window was obviously cut with a glass knife, did he know that we locked the doors and windows and deliberately brought the glass knife with us, or did he keep the glass knife with him? No, I didn't touch it just now, did I use it and throw it away? Or did I take it from the villa and then return it and come back again. In that case, the person who can get the glass knife in a short period of time is the one who has lived in this villa for a long time, that is to say, one of the four people of Ryoichi Takahashi, Katsu Ota, Hiroki Kakutani and Sister Ayako Suzuki. Conan touched his chin and asked, "But why did he have to attack Ran?"

"Okay, it's almost time, I'll send you down, otherwise Lan will come up to find someone. Yamazaki smiled as he picked up Conan and walked downstairs.

"Hey," Conan said, "who's the bandage freak, and how about a hint? What if he attacks Lan again?"

"Well, the hint is what he said at the time," Yamazaki said, "and then look at it, and it's easy to figure it out." ”

Sister Ayako Suzuki said she didn't know, Hiroki Kakutani, Katsu Ota and Ryoichi Takahashi all said they saw the bandage monster, wait a minute, Ryoichi Takahashi said it differently from the others at that time, tulip-shaped hats, Conan thought to himself, this description is too detailed, right?

When Yamazaki carried Conan down the stairs, Ayako Suzuki and Ran were coming out of the downstairs hallway, each with a food plate on it, all of which were a coffee pot and five coffee cups. And in the living room, Hiroki Kakutani, Katsu Ota, Ryoichi Takahashi, and Sonoko are all sitting at the dining table. Ran sat down after placing the food plate on the table, and Ayako Suzuki began to pour coffee for everyone. Yamazaki placed Conan on the chair next to Ran and sat down next to him.

Hiroki Kakutani asked, "What about Miss Midaiko?"

"Won't she come down?" asked Ryoichi Takahashi.

Katsu Ota said, "It's too dangerous to be alone. ”

"Don't worry," Yamazaki smiled, "Midaiko can take care of herself." ”

"It's the people who are looking for her. Yuan Zi said angrily, and then asked, "By the way, Lan, why don't you use karate to clean him up? ”

"Well, isn't he the ghost of the villa next door?" Lan said embarrassedly, "You know, I can't do anything about it. ”

Ota Katsu got up and walked towards Lan, and said with a smile: "Actually, you don't need to worry at all, now we have seven people here, and he only has one person, no matter how powerful he is, he can't deal with us." As he spoke, he walked behind Lan and wanted to put his hand on Lan's shoulder.

Seeing this, Conan jumped on the toes of Katsu Ota, making him jump on one leg in pain and hold his feet and scream, and Conan's injured foot landed on the ground and sat on the ground and screamed in pain.

Katsu Ota asked, "What are you doing with this little ghost?"

"And Sister Mei Daiko and me," Conan said earnestly, "so we're not seven, we're nine." ”

"That Miss Mei Daiko isn't here, and you can't count if you're a little ghost. Katsu Ota said.

"It's not like this, when I was attacked just now, it was Conan who desperately protected me. Lan smiled, "Thank you, Conan." ”

"Hmph!" Conan snorted with a smug shake of his head after glancing at Ota Katsu.

Ayako Suzuki asked, "Ran, did you see the face of the bandage freak at that time?"

"His face was covered in bandages, so he couldn't see it," Lan said. ”

"I know his size. "Because I just hugged the weird man's body, and I guess it's not a very fat or thin person." ”

Ota Katsu said angrily: "How can you believe what the little ghost said." ”

Wait a minute, someone who is neither fat nor skinny is not Ryoichi Takahashi. If so, what would he do to get Chikako Ikeda, who had already returned to the room, outside? Thinking of this, Conan asked, "Sister Ayako, were you the last person to see Sister Chikako, and was there anything wrong with her at that time?"

"Well," said Ayako Suzuki after a moment's thought, "by the way, when Chikako opened the door, she picked up a letter from the ground behind the door, and her face immediately changed after reading it. ”

The letter that could call Chikako Ikeda out should have been written by someone who knew her, and the letter could be placed in her room without being known accurately, so it was one of her four classmates who now lived in the villa. And Chikako Ikeda was killed later, that is, the murderer who killed her was one of her four classmates who asked her to meet. Conan thought to himself, excluding Sister Ayako Suzuki who provided this clue, the murderer is one of the three people: Katsu Ota, Hiroki Kakutani, and Ryoichi Takahashi.

Then there's the bandage freak, who attacked Lan twice, and that time was clearly beyond the scope of a prank, he was going to kill Lan. If you are a murderer, you can find Lan in the past, but it is obvious that he is not killing people at will, and his goal is very clear, that is, Lan. Ran and I had been walking around the woods for so long this morning, if it had been someone on the bus, or someone who was following us, we would have done it a long time ago. Also, the bandage freak just glanced at us in the morning and ran away, that is, it was because after that Lan found out about something, and the bandage freak killed Lan. And then we only saw these people in the villa, and only Lan found out alone, then only Lan found it when he entered the room without knocking. It must be because Lan saw something he shouldn't have seen that provoked the bandage freak. And Ran and them met for the first time, and this shouldn't be seen can only be related to the killing of Chikako Ikeda. In this way, it can be determined that the murderer and the bandage freak are the same person. So just figure out what Lan saw......

Thinking of this, Conan asked, "Sister Lan, I remember when we first came here, you opened everyone's room on the second floor, right? Did you see anything at that time?"

Lan asked suspiciously, "What do you see?"

Conan asked, "Like a cloak or a bandage or something?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, little," Katsu Ota asked angrily, "Are you suspicious of us?"

"Please don't take it personally," Lan smiled, "he usually likes to play detective games the most." ”

Conan asked again, "Do you really not see anything?"

"How could I have seen something, at that time everyone was changing their clothes and I immediately closed the door. Lan said, "Then again, I think of what you said, and it seems that something was hanging on my heart at that time. Then he laughed, "It shouldn't be an important matter, I can't remember it." ”

Conan urged, "Come to mind, Sister Lan. ”

At this time, after a thunderclap, all the lights in the villa went out. ……