Conan wants to lie down but won't let him

Saturday, Maori Detective Agency.

Fujiwara Hiroshi came to the office, picked up Mao Lilan and Conan, and then Ozaki took them to the mountain. Further inside was a forest, and the car could not drive in, so Fujiwara Hiroshi took the two of them and started walking with a map.

After walking for a while, Fujiwara Hiroshi found the Suzuki family's mountain villa with the help of the map. There was a wooden suspension bridge in front of the villa.

Xiaolan looked carefully and saw a man in a cloak walking on the suspension bridge. Hearing the noise made by the crowd, the cloaked man turned his head. Xiaolan saw that the man's head was wrapped in bandages, with only a pair of eyes exposed, which looked particularly eerie and terrifying.

"Ah!" Xiaolan screamed and took half a step back. The bandaged man saw everyone's reaction, took a quick step, and ran away. When he arrived in front of the villa, he bypassed the villa and ran towards the grove next to the villa.

Seeing this bandaged monster quickly disappear from everyone's sight, Edogawa Conan's face became heavy, while Fujiwara Hiroshi seemed to be thinking about something.

The group crossed the suspension bridge and arrived at the door of the villa. It looked like it was about to rain and the sky became particularly dark.

Xiaolan went forward and rang the doorbell. Suzuki Sonoko, who was inside the house, guessed that it was Xiaolan and the others who had arrived, so she quickly jumped to the entrance and opened the door for Xiaolan.

As soon as the door was opened, Sonoko came up and gave Xiaolan a big hug, "Brother Fujiwara, welcome! Xiaolan, why are you so slow? You're finally here. Let me tell you a secret, a handsome guy will be coming down soon, you'd better seize the opportunity. That idiot in reasoning just left without saying goodbye, so just kick him out and get a new one." Conan cursed in his heart when he heard Sonoko's words. She was trying to match his Xiaolan with another boy in front of him. It seems that he made the right decision to follow her. With a friend like Sonoko, how could he not keep an eye on Xiaolan!

"Sonoko, stop saying such weird things. By the way, is there a strange person wrapped in bandages around here? I was just shocked when I saw him on the suspension bridge."

"Come on, Xiaolan! What horror and thriller are you talking about! How could there be such a person around here? Okay, your room is on the second floor, go upstairs and put your luggage first. I'm going to the kitchen to help my sister!" Sonoko said as she pushed Xiaolan up the stairs.

"But..." Before Xiaolan could finish her words, Sonoko turned and left for the kitchen. When they reached the second floor, they saw two identical rooms on either side, all closed. Xiaolan was completely confused. Not knowing which room it was, she could only open them one by one, scaring everyone who was changing in the room. Xiaolan blushed and apologized as she left the room. Finally, after trying everything wrong, they found an empty room and put their luggage there. Fujiwara Hiroshi then checked into the empty room next door.

Conan couldn't help but grumble. Ran's actions were incredible. She opened the wrong room first, and then kept opening the wrong room. Didn't she knock on the door to confirm if anyone was inside before opening it? In that respect, her reckless behavior was indeed similar to Uncle Maori's. Conan, sweat dripping from his forehead, grumbled silently.

After everyone put their luggage away and took a short rest, they heard a call from downstairs that dinner was ready, and then everyone gathered in the restaurant downstairs.

Suzuki Ayako, the host, began introducing the people on her left. "These are my classmates from the university film club. Ota is in charge of the production, Kakugo is in charge of photography, Takahashi is in charge of props, and finally, this is Chikako, the renowned novelist who has risen to fame in the past two years."

He raised his hand and introduced the people on his right: "This is my sister Sonoko. Next to her is Sonoko's best friend Ran, and Conan who lives in Ran's house. The last one is Ran and Sonoko's friend, Fujiwara Hiroshi."

After a brief introduction, everyone started chatting and getting to know each other. Jiaogu held up a camera and filmed everyone. When he filmed Takahashi, he said, "Hey! Takahashi, you've gained so much weight in the past two years. You can't even fit in the camera."

"Hehe! Yes! I've been getting fatter and fatter without realizing it." Takahashi touched his head and answered with a silly smile.

"It would be nice if Dunzi was here too." Ayako sighed as she looked at the people talking and laughing.

"Don't mention that person anymore! Didn't we agree not to mention her anymore? Your good mood has been ruined." Chikako suddenly went berserk.

Everyone was stunned, and Ayako looked at each other in confusion. The atmosphere in the second half of the dinner seemed a little dull.

After dinner, Chikako said she wanted to go out for a walk, and then Ota asked Ran Mouri out for a walk. Ran, not good at saying no, was dragged along to the nearby woods, and the two of them went out together, sharing an umbrella. Conan and Sonoko saw Ota taking Ran out, and jealously followed him out. Takahashi and Kakuko also left one after the other. Suzuki Ayako and Fujiwara Hiroshi were the only ones left in the room.

After Ota took Mao Lilan out, they chatted casually. After a while, Ota couldn't hold back any longer and held Mao Lilan's hand, ready to show his love. At this time, even Mao Lilan, who was slow to react, reacted and broke free from Ota's hand with her backhand, saying sorry. At this time, there was a loud thunder in the sky. When everyone came to their senses, Mao Lilan had already run away to who knows where.

When Ota made a move, Conan was about to draw his sword. But Sonoko saw Xiaolan trying to break free and held Conan down. Then there was a thunder. Conan and Sonoko were stunned by the thunder. When they turned around, Xiaolan was gone. They started to look for Xiaolan separately.

Xiaolan ran for a distance and then stopped. She was so lost in her tracks that she didn't know which direction the villa was. Just when Xiaolan was confused and didn't know where to go, the bandaged man came out of the woods in front of Xiaolan, holding an axe in his hand, ready to chop Xiaolan.

Ran was frightened by the bandage monster's appearance. Her scream attracted the crowd who were looking for him in the forest. Conan and Sonoko were the first to find him. They saw the bandage monster chopping at Ran with an axe. Conan shouted: "Ran! Be careful!"

Xiaolan was stunned and unable to move, watching the axe fall. Conan roared and kicked a branch towards the bandaged man. The bandaged man was blocked by this and his axe hit Xiaolan's side. Seeing that everyone had surrounded him, the bandaged man dodged and fled directly into the woods, disappearing in a moment.

The other people also heard the sound and came over one after another. Ota, Kakuko, Chikako, and of course Takahashi (after quickly changing clothes) appeared in front of Xiaolan, Sonoko and Conan together.

"What happened? We just heard shouting." Several people asked.

"Just now, a bandaged monster suddenly appeared and attacked Xiaolan with an axe." Sonoko said. Xiaolan was still in the process of calming down and did not respond.

"What!? Is there such a violent person in this woods? Why don't we call the police first and let them handle it." Jiaogu suggested.

"Well, let's go back to the villa first. It's dark outside and it's definitely not safe." Yuanzi also nodded in agreement.

Everyone walked back to the villa together. When they were near the villa, they found that the only drawbridge leading to the outside had been cut off. Now everyone couldn't wait to get back to the villa and call the police for help.

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On the other side, after everyone else had left, Suzuki Ayako and Fujiwara Hiroshi, who were the only ones left in the room, started chatting.