Chapter 21: Terror on a Rainy Night
After looking for Xiaolan's exclamation and jumping out of the kitchen, Youyi found that he didn't know when it started, and it was already raining lightly outside the villa, and with Xiaolan's exclamation, the heavens suddenly hit a thunderbolt as if they couldn't bear to let this angel fall and completely transformed the light rain into a torrential rain.
Ignoring the sudden downpour, Yuichi, who had been running wildly, finally ran to the place where Xiaolan exclaimed, but by the time he arrived, the garden was already by Xiaolan's side with Conan.
"Xiaolan! Are you okay? Conan! What's going on? After cautiously observing left and right, Yuichi retracted his gaze and looked at Xiaolan and Conan eagerly asked.
"Brother Youyi! It's the mysterious bandage man we saw when we came! I don't know why, he suddenly appeared in this forest and attacked Sister Xiaolan with an axe! While taking care of the frightened Xiaolan, after organizing the language in his mind, Conan explained in an orderly manner.
"The bandage freak? He attacked Xiaolan? Thinking of his speculation about this case, Yuichi couldn't help but frown. According to his reasoning, if someone is killed, it should be one of the people in this group of people from the Electric Research Society, why is Xiaolan the first to be attacked? Is the other party trying to cover up or did he think wrong from the beginning, this bandaged man has nothing to do with the dead Atsuko of the Electric Research Society?
Just when Yuichi was thinking about the variables that appeared because of the bandage man's attack on Xiaolan, Ayako and others, who also heard Xiaolan's exclamation, also ran over with flashlights.
"What's wrong? Xiaolan? You okay! Seeing Xiaolan sitting on the ground still palpitating, Ayako, who didn't know what was going on, hurriedly asked.
"Ayako! Nothing! It's just that the man with the cloak and bandage we met at the drawbridge when we came to the villa appeared in the woods and attacked Xiaolan! ”
"What? That bandage man attacked Xiaolan? He can't be some kind of murderer who escaped into the mountains or some kind of perverted murderer, right? No, we have to call the police! Otherwise, a second person will be attacked! The faces of everyone who heard Yuichi's explanation changed, and Takahashi, who was standing behind him, turned around and ran towards the villa as if he was stimulated by something.
"It's useless! Now that the other party has already made a move, it won't let this matter end so easily! Let Takahashi make the call! Let's go to the suspension bridge and have a look! Hopefully it won't turn out as bad as I thought! Looking at Kakutani and the others, who were about to run back after Takahashi like headless flies, Yuichi stopped them and walked towards the drawbridge.
Sure enough, by the time everyone reached the suspension bridge, the original suspension bridge had been completely destroyed, and the only way for everyone to leave the villa had been cut off.
"How so? How did a good party end up like this? I don't want to die yet! That's right! Brother Youyi! You're a cop, you're going to protect us, catch that terrible bandage man! Ota, who was still dragging his face, saw the messy cutting marks on the wooden stakes hanging from the suspension bridge, and finally realized that the danger was around him, and he could no longer maintain the sense of superiority that he didn't know where it came from, and he begged like grabbing a life-saving straw when he grabbed Yuichi.
"Don't worry! I'm not going to leave you alone! Now that the drawbridge has been cut down, it is raining so heavily. Then even if we call the police, the police will not be able to save us before dawn! Now we can only save ourselves, let's all go back to the villa! Let's close the doors and windows, and if the bandage man dares to show up, I'll be able to arrest him!" After quietly pulling his clothes out of Ota's hand, Yuichi carefully observed the surroundings and made sure that there were no clues, then turned around and led everyone towards the villa.
"Did you find anything?" Conan, who deliberately walked behind everyone slowly, took Yuichi's hand and pretended to be afraid, may have been completely angry after Xiaolan was attacked, and actually chose to cooperate with Yuichi first.
"Yes! No suspicious footprints were seen around the drawbridge! That is, when the bandage man destroyed the suspension bridge, it had not rained yet! If my judgment is correct, and the bandage man is one of the few people we are here today, then there is no evidence to prove that he is not a lone person at that time, it is suspicious! ”
"Huh? Do you suspect an insider? Why? ”
"Because of Atsuko! The member of the Denkensha who didn't appear here today! I just asked Ayako in the kitchen, and she said that Atsuko committed suicide at the time! However, according to her, this Atsuko did not encounter any difficulties at that time, so she said......"
"You suspect that there was something wrong with Atsuko's death at that time! And this bandaged man took this opportunity to avenge Atsuko this time? ”
"Hmmm! Originally, I was so suspicious, but because of Xiaolan's attack, my inference could not continue, so I had to figure out why the murderer attacked Xiaolan! ”
"I see? I understand! Brother Youyi! No matter what the murderer's thoughts are, I will never let Xiaolan get hurt again! ”
"Really? Then I'll leave it to you to protect Xiaolan, as for the reason behind this attack and the bandage man? Just leave it to me, the policeman, who dares to do things right under my nose, I hope he is not someone in the villa! Otherwise, I'll make him regret it! ”
After worshipping Conan with a righteous face, Yuichi, who was handsome for only three seconds, subconsciously pressed on Conan's head with his unscrupulous hand.
"Huh! I almost believed it! Your sister! Feeling the ravaged hair on the top of his head and the strength of his hands, Conan, who knew that he could not escape the clutches, rolled his dead fish eyes and roared in despair in his heart.
By the time the strange brothers returned to the villa, Ayako and the others had already closed all the doors and windows, and just as Yuichi expected, Takahashi, who was sitting in the living room, also brought everyone a bad message, the villa phone line may have been cut, and he had just called the police for a long time but unfortunately there was no response.
Takahashi's words cast a shadow on everyone's hearts, and the original thoughts of the party completely dissipated, and among the few people who didn't dare to go out, Ota and Kakutani stayed in the living room to play poker with Yuichi, and Sonoko, Xiaolan and Conan went to the kitchen, and Takahashi said that the roof had not been repaired yet, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier, so he had to hurry up and repair the roof. As for the woman Zhijiazi, maybe because of the previous conflict with Ota, she turned around and went back to the bedroom under the pretext that she couldn't get used to the smell of smoke, and Yuichi, who was already a little confused in her heart, immediately proposed that the bandage man still let Ayako accompany her back to the bedroom to sit in the bedroom for safety.
Thinking that Yuichi was a policeman after all, even if he didn't think so, but anyway, his life was his own after all, and after jumping his eyebrows, Chikako didn't say anything, and took Ayako to the second floor.