Chapter 16: The Bandage Monster of the Lodge
The weather looked bad on this day, with clouds and mist surging in the gray sky, and a cool breeze blowing from time to time in the deep valley where the towering trees stood below, and the branches of the trees swayed.
In the strange silence, a figure appeared on the edge of the valley cliff, a black cloak, a black hat in the shape of a tulip, and a terrifying face wrapped in bandages, revealing only a pair of fierce eyes that glistened with cold light.
"Quack ——!"
In the deep mountains and dense forests, Gao Cheng was looking for the way with a bag on his back, the sky was getting darker and darker, gloomy and gloomy, and there was a feeling that it was about to rain, and there were desolate strange sounds that made people chill from time to time in the forest.
This time, he suddenly received the "Mountain Bandage Monster Murder Incident", because the location is deep in the mountains, he originally thought that he might be able to find Conan to come over, but when he arrived at the Maori detective agency this morning, he found that the kid had left with Maorilan.
Mori Kogoro angrily told him that he was invited to the Suzuki family's villa to play.
"Where the hell is it?"
Gao Cheng stood at the intersection, looked left and right, and had to admit that he was lost.
finally received a case, and he was ready for a bumper harvest of prestige, and if he missed the opportunity because of this, he couldn't accept it.
"Damn, such a big mountain, where can I find it?"
Gao Cheng looked at the sky, changed directions and continued to find his way.
Not far from Gao Cheng's search for directions, there was a villa in a valley on the other side of the dense forest, directly in front of the villa was a cliff moat connected by a suspension bridge, and behind it was a deep mountain forest without people.
At this time, a lot of people gathered in the villa, and when Gao Cheng was looking for his way with a black face, this group of people was having dinner lively.
This was supposed to be a gathering of members of Suzuki's college film club, Ayako Suzuki, the daughter of Suzuki's parents, and the reason why Conan and Moriran came was of course because of the invitation of Suzuki Sonoko, a classmate and best friend of Moriran.
That's right, it's the second lady of the Suzuki Foundation who is a nymphomaniac and an eight-woman attribute in "Conan".
"Boom!"
In the evening, with a thunderclap, heavy rain fell in the cloudy sky.
"It's still raining," said Maolilan, standing by the window, lamentingly, "and I can't even enjoy the pretty maple leaves now." ”
"Hey, Xiaolan," Suzuki Sonoko patted Mao Lilan, secretly looked at the handsome guy in the villa, Katsu Ota, and said heartily, "What do you think he looks like?" It looks handsome with a bit of coldness, and I like this type of man the most! ”
Conan followed and glanced at Ota Katsu, but he really couldn't see what Ota Katsu said about Sonoko: "This guy in the garden is still the same." ”
Turning his head to look at the rumbling sky, Conan couldn't help but think of Gao Cheng again.
"That guy doesn't know what he's doing now, could it be over here?"
……
"I knew I brought an umbrella here, it's really unlucky."
In the mountains and forests, after the lightning, the thunder rolled and spread, Gao Cheng kept running in the forest under the heavy rain, and finally saw the villa behind the suspension bridge, and there were lights in the villa.
"I don't know if it's here."
Gao Cheng crossed the suspended suspension bridge in horror and was about to find a place to shelter from the rain, when suddenly a scream came from the valley forest, which sounded like Maolilan's voice.
Before I had time to think about it, the door of the villa suddenly opened, and a woman in her 20s was surprised: "Are you?" ”
"I'm lost here," Gao Cheng reacted, embarrassed, "Well, can you let me stay here for one night?" ”
"Come in, come in," the woman had a pair of crescent-shaped crooked squinting eyes, and seemed to be a rather gentle and beautiful person, not embarrassed Gao Cheng, "I seem to have read you in the newspaper, I remember ......"
Gao Cheng felt good: "Have you read my report?" It's so nice......"
"By the way, you're that classmate of the garden, high school student detective Kudo Shinichi, right?" The woman gently handed Gao Cheng a towel, "The garden and Xiaolan happen to be there too." ”
"Uh," Gao Cheng took the towel awkwardly, "I'm Detective Shiro Gao Cheng." ”
"Huh?! Sorry, I thought ......"
"It's okay, get used to it, haha...... Thank you for the towels. ”
Gao Cheng dried his hair and smiled as he returned the towel to the woman.
"However, I've seen you in the newspaper, but it's true, it seems to be the Rice Flower Art Museum incident, right?" The woman was still a little embarrassed, and after explaining, she greeted Gao Chengdao, "There is still a room on the second floor, I'll go clean up for you." ”
"Excuse me, thank you."
Following the woman upstairs, Gao Cheng's face was slightly red, and the woman in front of him didn't know if she was still single, she was really a gentle person.
He always can't resist the charm of a gentle woman.
After a while, the people of the villa also came back from outside one after another.
After the woman helped clean up the room, she went downstairs and listened to the voice, and Conan and Maorilan were indeed there.
Gao Cheng changed into wet clothes, faintly heard what was being talked about the bandage weirdo downstairs, and hurriedly walked out of the room out of curiosity.
The "Mountain Bandage Monster Murder Incident" released by the system did not mention a specific time, it seems that it has already begun, I don't know who the victim will be, don't be a woman just now.
"Sister," Sonoko Suzuki asked at the squinting woman, "did you see that weirdo?" I saw him running towards the villa! ”
"I don't know," the squinting woman Ayako Suzuki shook her head and asked a fat man with glasses next to her, "What about you, Takahashi?" ”
"I've been repairing the roof just now, but I haven't seen any bandaged man," the fat man replied, "but when I came to the villa, I did see a strange man, although I didn't see his appearance clearly, but he was wearing a cloak and a tulip-like hat on his head, and he was strangely ......"
"That's him!"
"I saw this guy when I first arrived at the villa."
"Me too, at the time I thought it was someone who lived nearby."
While everyone was talking and describing, Suzuki Ayako shook her head and interrupted: "It can't be people nearby, people near here, only on the other side of the suspension bridge can there be two or three villas, and on this side of the valley, there are people who have to climb over a mountain." ”
"Who the hell is that guy?"
The atmosphere in the living room of the villa was depressed and silent, and at this time, someone noticed Gao Cheng eavesdropping on the stairs on the second floor, and was shocked: "Who is this person?!" Why are you ...... here?"
"Hello," Gao Cheng smiled awkwardly, "That, because I heard what you guys were talking about bandage weirdos, I ......"
"Who are you?!" The fierce short-haired woman in the crowd, Tomokako, scolded, "Did you sneak in?!" ”
"Tomoko, I forgot to say it," Ayako Suzuki quickly explained, "He's the Joto-kun who came to stay at the villa when you weren't there just now. ”
"Joto?" Conan's eyelids jumped, and he looked to the second floor, revealing an expression that was indeed so.
"Where is this guy really going on, something strange happened...... Conan thought speechlessly, and when he turned around, he suddenly saw that someone in the crowd had an unnatural face after seeing Gao Cheng.
Hey?
"Wait a minute!" Ayako's classmates looked at Gao Cheng with a suspicious look on their faces, "How can it be such a coincidence?" This guy can't be some kind of bandage weirdo, right? ”
"Yes, Ayako, how can you casually let outsiders into the villa? Hurry up and call the police! ”
"No," Mao Lilan explained, "Gao Chengjun is not a strange person! ”
"Don't, don't get me wrong," Gao Cheng also walked downstairs with a sweat, and hurriedly explained, "I'm just lost nearby, my name is Chenghu Gao Cheng, and I'm a detective!" ”
"Detective, detective?"