Conan’s Corpse Picker

Chapter 61

Jiang Xia would prevent "Walking in the Rain", not because she was dissatisfied with Mao Lilan hanging out with strange people.

It was because when Mao Lilan ran into the room before, she saw something she shouldn't have seen - Ryoichi Takahashi's bare back.

Ryoichi Takahashi is not as fat as he looks, he does not have a huge beer belly.

Although Mao Lilan himself, who was dazed by the three consecutive naked backs, did not realize this.

But Ryoichi Takahashi has a guilty conscience, and the true and false beer belly is related to his murder plan, so at present, he is staring at Mao Lilan, planning to kill her.

...

Although Mao Lilan is very strong in fighting, she is particularly timid. Faced with a bandage man with a terrifying appearance, his force value will plummet due to fright, which is prone to accidents.

And just now, if Mao Lilan agreed to go out for a walk, Takahashi Ryoichi would definitely wait for the opportunity to attack her, and then Jiang Xia would have to go out to rescue her in the heavy rain, which would be troublesome.

Therefore, it is better to nip the danger in the bud from the very beginning—everyone stay away and let the man in the bandage squat in the rain by himself.

...

The entrance of the villa.

Ikeda Tomokako also wanted to go for a walk, to relieve her depression after thinking of Atsuko.

But just as she walked to the door, she heard Jiang Xia's reminder to Mao Lilan.

"..." Tomokako Ikeda thought of the bugs and snakes in the woods, looked down at her short skirt, silently gave up going out, and went back to her room feeling bored.

...

At the same time, on the roof.

As an old classmate of the handsome guy with long hair, Ryoichi Takahashi is very aware of his temperament and love for flirting with girls.

There are only four girls present today, two of them are classmates, so it's hard to get started. Among the other two high school students, Mao Lilan was obviously more to his taste.

So after Takahashi Ryoichi climbed to the roof, he secretly went around to the side near the door.

He watched the door condescendingly, and prepared to put on the bandage man's clothes as soon as Mao Lilan went out, and chased after her to silence her.

As for Tomokako Ikeda... Killing her required some props, and it would take a lot of time to dismember her body. Ryoichi Takahashi didn't plan to do it right away.

...

The rain fell quickly and gradually became heavier. Ryoichi Takahashi was overjoyed: This rain will wash away the blood and footprints immediately, so that he can escape after silence.

However, Takahashi Ryoichi squatted on the roof for a long time against the increasing rain, but no one came out.

Ryoichi Takahashi: "...?"

He wrapped his raincoat tightly silently, thinking: It must be that the little sister who is a high school student with long black hair is too shy.

Just wait, she will definitely go out. Believe in the thickness of the skin and the ability to seduce girls with long hair.

Takahashi Ryoichi rubbed his goosebump-covered arm, and continued to look at it, refusing to give up.

...

Until Suzuki Ayako made dinner. The smell of the meal was fragrant, and everyone gathered at the dining table.

Takahashi Ryoichi, who was drenched in the rain, couldn't wait for the person he wanted to kill.

He mended the roof perfunctorily, returned to the villa, sneezed several times, and thought angrily, the old classmate with long hair was too weak this time.

...It seems that the extermination plan can only be postponed temporarily.

...

A group of people finished dinner in a harmonious atmosphere, chatted for a while, and went back to their respective rooms to rest.

In the middle of the night, Takahashi Ryoichi attacked again and got up quietly.

He changed into the bandage man's costume, took a heavy axe, pushed the door out first, and cut off the drawbridge at the entrance of the villa.

——In this way, everyone had to stay in the villa before dawn to facilitate his follow-up murder plan.

After cutting the suspension bridge, Takahashi Ryoichi returned to the villa and cut the telephone line. ...

Then he went straight to the second floor, stuck to the door of Tomokako Ikeda and listened for a while, and found some small movements in the room.

——Maybe because Atsuko who committed suicide was mentioned during the day, Tomokako Ikeda's thoughts were confused, and she didn't sleep yet.

Takahashi Ryoichi stuffed a threatening letter saying "If you don't want your copying of Atsuko to be exposed, come to the grove behind immediately" into the crack of the door, then knocked on the door lightly, and quickly hid.

...

Not long after, Tomokako Ikeda nervously opened the door, left the room, and went to the woods to meet the appointment according to the letter.

Takahashi Ryoichi hid in the shadows. It was found that Tomokako Ikeda had changed into long trousers and long sleeves, and even wore a scarf and a hat... The bandage man scratched his head in doubt, but quickly thought, forget it, it doesn't matter, as long as he is willing to go out.

As soon as Tomokako Ikeda left, her room was vacated.

...

And this room happened to be on the same side as Mao Lilan's room, connected by a long balcony.

Tomokako Ikeda did not have a key to a single room, and left without locking the door.

Ryoichi Takahashi passed through her room smoothly and came to the balcony.

He walked outside Mao Lilan's room, pushed the floor-to-ceiling windows, and found that the windows were locked from the inside.

Pretty cautious, but...

Takahashi Ryoichi sneered, took out the tools prepared in advance, cut a hole in the glass, then reached in and gently pulled the plug.

Everything is going according to his plan.

Tonight, he will achieve a double kill without leaving a trace.

...

Jiang Xia was half asleep when she was woken up by Miyano Akemi and Xiaobai.

This is what he ordered in advance so as not to be late for important things.

Jiang Xia sat up and woke up: "Gao Qiao started to silence?"

Miyano Akemi nodded again and again, she half-floated, half-run to the door, and then floated back, a little anxious.

Although Akemi Miyano is a criminal who robbed a bank and participated in silence, she was very kind when she treated innocent people. She didn't want Mao Lilan to be silenced suddenly for no reason because she glanced at a man's naked back.

Wrapped in pajamas, Jiang Xia got out of bed, picked up the pillow, touched a thick book like a brick, and stuffed it into the pillow.

...

When he walked to the door of Mao Lilan's room, Jiang Xia heard anxious voices coming from inside.

Conan was yelling: "Xiaolan! Wake up!"

——Tonight, Mao Lilan and Conan are sleeping in the same room.

Mao Lilan had no distractions and slept soundly. Conan was so excited that he lost sleep.

Because of this, Conan was the first to discover the bandage man who broke into the room and was trying to wake Mao Lilan up.

...

The situation seems a little critical.

Jiang Xia turned the doorknob and found that the door was locked.

So he changed the way of opening the door, stepped back half a step, and raised his leg.

The door burst open.

In the open door, the bandaged man stood by the bed, holding up the axe, and the blade of the ax slipped a cold light. He waved his hand violently and slammed down on the sleeping Mao Lilan.

Jiang Xia clicked to turn on the light.

In the suddenly bright light, he casually threw the pillow containing the book forward.

With a muffled bang, the spine of the book hit the bandaged man's head through a layer of thin cloth, as vicious as a snowball hiding a stone.

Ryoichi Takahashi staggered from being hit, his mind was buzzing. The ax also deflected and fell on the edge of the bed.

...

The huge movement finally woke up Mao Lilan.

She rubbed her eyes and sat up in a daze. When he looked up and saw the ghost-like man in bandages, he let out a horrified scream.

Takahashi panicked at being called out by her, and couldn't care to silence him for a moment, he rushed back to the balcony with his head covered, and fled in embarrassment.

...

Conan wanted to chase, but when he stood up, he realized that he had sprained his foot when he blocked the bandage just now.

Mao Lilan looked stunned and couldn't count on it for the time being.

But fortunately, there is Jiang Xia next to her.

Conan looked at this reliable classmate, and reminded expectantly: "That's the bandaged man we saw this afternoon! Hurry up!"

However, as soon as he finished shouting, Jiang Xia glanced at him sluggishly, yawned slowly, turned his head and went back to the room.

Conan froze.

...is this sleepwalking?

Or is it just like Xiaolan, who just fell asleep?

...

Originally, at this moment when all three of them lost their chains and let the dangerous person go, Conan thought he would regret it very much.

However, in fact, it may be that he has been rescued too many times. At this time, Conan's first reaction is-Jiang Xia is in this half-dream and half-awake state. Hearing the abnormal movement, he still knows to come to save people... It's so touching.

"..." However, a dangerous man in bandages suddenly broke into the villa. This is definitely not a good time for sleepwalking.

People need to be woken up as soon as possible.

Conan looked at Mao Lilan first, and found that she was frightened by what happened just now, sitting upright, and had no intention of going back to sleep at all.

So he dragged his sprained foot again, and limped after Jiang Xia.