Conan: Ran, don't turn around, I'm a washing machine.

Chapter 32 Villa (5)

At this moment, Ota Masaru stood up, put his hands in his pockets, slowly walked behind Ran, and snorted, "Hmph, you don't need to worry at all. There are seven of us, and he's only one. No matter how strong he is, he can't deal with us."

Just as he was about to bend down to make his move, a sharp pain shot through him.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

It turned out that Conan had been sitting nearby the whole time. Seeing that Ota Masaru had ill intentions, he kicked him hard in the shin, making Ota Masaru's eyes water.

"I'm still here."

"What are you doing, you little brat?"

Conan replied speechlessly, "There aren't seven of us, there are eight."

"You're just a kid, you don't count at all." Ota Katsu bent down and squatted down, quickly stroking the place where he had just been injured.

"That's enough. Come back and sit down. Save your energy for rest."

He couldn't stand this good-for-nothing anymore, so he took Sonoko and lay down on the sofa.

He didn't care what the people here thought, and just left everything to Conan, giving Conan plenty of opportunities to shine.

Knowing in advance that there would be a power outage, he even took out a portable desk lamp from his storage space and put it in his pocket.

Sure enough, as soon as he and Sonoko left, the sounds of chatting and discussing abounded over there, and Conan's questions could be heard from time to time.

After a moment of silence, Ayako said she was going to make coffee, and suddenly the power went out throughout the villa.

Su Xingbai immediately turned on a small desk lamp. Although it was small, it was very bright in the dark villa.

He handed the small lamp to Sonoko, intending to end the matter.

"You follow me, let's go find Xiaolan and the others."

"Okay," Sonoko readily agreed.

"Phew, thank goodness there are candles here. Let's each take one and go find them." Ayako patted her chest, finally relieved.

Just as the three of them stepped out of the kitchen and into the hallway, they suddenly heard the sound of running behind them.

"Boom."

Su Xingbo arrived just in time and sent him flying with a stylish Leo kick.

"Why are you running so fast? I've been chasing you so hard from behind the house." Sonoko ran over at this moment, picked up the lamp in her hand, and saw a person lying on the ground against the wall.

Seeing Sonoko's puzzled look, he explained, "Actually, the bandaged man is him, Ryoichi Takahashi."

"It couldn't be Takahashi, he has no chance at all."

The commotion was so loud that it attracted the attention of the remaining people at the table, while Conan rested his chin on his hand, deep in thought.

"If I hadn't arrived in time, Ran would have been attacked for the third time. So, Mr. Takahashi Ryoichi, why did you attack Ran? Look, the axe is not far away."

Su Xingbo looked at him with a smile, putting more pressure on him than anyone else. At this moment, he finally realized who was behind the feeling of being watched by a hunter at the dinner table.

It was this little brat in front of him. He managed a weak smile, a bitter one.

"I don't know why you suddenly hit me. I was just saying hello to Ayako and the others. I don't know why the axe is here either. It has nothing to do with me."

"See, I told you Takahashi couldn't be the murderer," Hiroki Kakutani said confidently.

What a brilliant man! He didn't want to waste any more time and was ready to get straight to the point. He stared at him with a half-smile.

"Oh, so what's that in your stomach? Did that bandage monster force it in there too?"

Upon hearing this, Takahashi Ryoichi was completely deflated. He knew that no matter what he said, it would be of no use. He just didn't know how Takahashi had found out.

"What?!" Everyone was very surprised, wondering how something could be stuffed into their stomachs.

But looking at Takahashi Ryoichi's ashen face, could it be that he was right? How could that be?

"How did you know I was the bandaged monster? I was hiding it so well?"

"Heh." Su Xingbo chuckled disdainfully. If I didn't want to bother with you, I would have made you a special product while you were killing people.

Chikako deserved it; she angered Sonoko for no reason. If you're afraid and don't take action, she'll be the one to do it herself.

"Why? Chikako didn't offend you, did she? Why did you kill her so cruelly?" Ayako cried bitterly beside her, while Sonoko and Ran comforted her softly.

"It was because of her that Atsuko committed suicide!" Takahashi Ryoichi suddenly became very agitated and shouted.

No one questioned him further; instead, they waited for him to calm down and let him explain himself.

"Back then, she secretly showed me the story she had written, saying that she hoped to become a novelist in the future, and her eyes were still shining. I never expected that she would suddenly hang herself, but I completely understood the real reason after watching the Blue Kingdom that Chikako is currently showing."

"The Cyan Kingdom?" came the exclamation from the crowd.

"That's right, Chikako's Virgo novel, The Blue Kingdom, is exactly the same as the Sky-Colored Kingdom that Atsuko showed me back then. Chikako became a famous playwright because of this."

"How did you know that Atsuko committed suicide because of this?" Ota Katsu pressed on.

“On the day Chikako won the award, which was the day before Atsuko committed suicide, she called me and told me everything. She also told me that she could no longer trust anyone.”

"Then after the meal, I wrote to Chikako, telling her that if she didn't want things to be exposed, she should go into the woods, lure him there, and then I would cut off her head! Who told that despicable woman to trample on Atsuko's ideals like that?"

"It's all over, it's all over." He muttered to himself as he ripped off the bandaged monster's clothes hidden inside his garments, and pulled out the dagger he had prepared beforehand, facing everyone.

At this point, everyone finally understood why there was a bandaged monster's clothes inside his stomach. It turned out that he was deliberately pretending to be a big fat man so as not to arouse suspicion from others.

"I'm going to go keep Dunzi company too."

"Wait a minute, Takahashi!" Hiroki Kakutani quickly stopped him upon seeing this.

"Don't come any closer!"

Ryoichi Takahashi brandished his dagger at the crowd that surrounded him, preventing them from getting close.

After forcing everyone to retreat, he held the dagger to his chin.

"I've decided to go to another world and live with Dunzi as a righteous hero who killed the enemy!!!"