Shizuka Hiratsuka doesn't understand love!

"I don't know. I haven't seen her since I saw Chikako enter the room." Holding her chin with her hand, Ayako carefully recalled the last time she saw Chikako.

"However, at that time, it seemed that Chikako picked up a piece of paper from the crack of the door when she entered the room, but I don't know what was on it."

"A note?" The chopsticks in her hand paused slightly, and Shizuka Hiratsuka blinked in surprise.

"So, it's very likely that Miss Ikeda went out of the villa because of the note." Yukino, who was sitting next to Shizuka Hiratsuka, nodded slightly and analyzed.

"So what exactly is written on that note?"

"How would we know? We've searched her room thoroughly, and there's no note or anything like that. If that doesn't work, I'll go to the small storage room outside tomorrow morning and look through her clothes to see if they're there."

Shaking her head helplessly, Shizuka Hiratsuka felt that such an aimless discussion should not be carried out. Not only did she not continue the discussion, but she discovered more problems.

"Anyway, lock the door of the room and the balcony window when you go to bed. Believe me, if the other party makes a loud noise, I will react immediately." Clapping her hands and looking at everyone with a calm expression, Shizuka Hiratsuka didn't say too many words of comfort, but just asked everyone to go to bed early.

. . .

"What's wrong? Can't sleep, Yukino?"

In order to get ready at night, Shizuka Hiratsuka simply washed up and didn't even change out of the pajamas she brought with her.

Leaning on the bed, Shizuka Hiratsuka fiddled with the mobile phone in her hand, but her attention was on Yukino on the other bed.

After walking out of the bathroom, Yukino sat on the bed with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"I'm just thinking about something." Shaking her head slightly, Yukino looked up at Hiratsuka Shizuka.

"Sister Jing, I remember you told me before that you didn't see the bandaged man when you chased him out, right? And when you got to the forest, you found Miss Ikeda... In short, you didn't encounter anyone the whole time, right?"

"Yes, this is what I'm curious about." Shizuka Hiratsuka nodded slightly. When she talked about this, her face was full of confusion.

"Actually, Sister Jing." Licking her lips gently, Yukino's eyes flickered slightly in the room.

"I think there's more to it than that."

Chapter 196 He must fall to the ground

"Oh, Yukino, what else did you find?"

Her eyes lit up slightly, and Shizuka Hiratsuka raised her body with some curiosity.

"Sister Jing, do you remember what I said at the dinner table?" Instead of answering Hiratsuka Jing's question immediately, Yukino asked a seemingly unrelated question.

"What we talked about at the dinner table?" Shizuka Hiratsuka said as she recalled the past with her eyebrows trembling slightly.

"Are you talking about the note that called Ikeda Chikako out?"

"Yes, that's it." Yukino nodded slightly, and there was a hint of fluctuation in her cold tone.

"There was actually something I didn't say at the dinner table. It was that if the note was left on Ms. Ikeda's door, then the person who wrote it must be someone in our villa."

"Ms. Ikeda decided to go out even though she knew there was danger outside after seeing the note. So, the content of the note must have concerned her so much that she dared to take the risk and go outside the villa." With her fingers lightly tapping on her thigh, Yukino kept thinking about the information she already knew in her mind.

"And it was because Ms. Ikeda went outside that she encountered what happened next."

"Then I wonder if we can connect the note Ms. Ikeda received with her murder."

"You mean, someone wants to kill her on purpose?" His expression became serious. What Yukino said was clear enough, and Shizuka Hiratsuka was not a fool who couldn't understand this.

"I initially suspected that the strange bandaged figure might be someone from our villa, one of Miss Suzuki's classmates. But when we were in the living room preparing to eat and saw the bandaged figure holding Miss Ikeda hostage and passing by the window, everyone was already inside the villa."

Everything happened so suddenly. Even though Xueno began to doubt it later, she couldn't remember the specific expressions of everyone at that time, let alone find any clues to prove her guess.

"So I have another idea. Could that bandaged weirdo have accomplices in our villa, and their goal is to kill Miss Ikeda?"

"As for the reason." Gently stroking the hair at her ears, Yukino spoke with certainty.

"It should be about the student named Atsuko who died in Miss Suzuki's club two years ago, and that novel."

"You know a lot, Yukino." Shizuka Hiratsuka nodded in realization. Looking at Yukino who was analyzing the matter logically in front of him, she smiled and touched her head.

"After all, I've heard a lot of news today, but it doesn't matter. I feel like Edogawa-kun has also discovered this. I only learned a lot of news after he asked Miss Suzuki. If he didn't have doubts, he wouldn't have asked these questions."

Shaking her head slightly, Yukino was not very happy with her own analysis. Rather, she felt that the answers she had obtained were just the result of her analysis after following Conan's actions.

"That kid is exactly like Shinichi when he was a child. It turns out that there are indeed a lot of smart people in this world." Shizuka Hiratsuka nodded in understanding. She didn't find Conan's behavior strange. After all, he seemed to have always behaved like this since Conan moved into the Mori family.

"But if what you said is similar to what Yukino said, then it means that the murderer might also be in the villa?" Scratching his hair, Shizuka Hiratsuka said thoughtfully.

"That's not right. Both the front and back doors are locked. The bandaged man shouldn't be in the villa now, but his accomplice is. Damn it, we can't even find him."

"This is just my inference, it may not be correct, but it's better to pay attention to it." Seeing that Shizuka Hiratsuka started to get worried, Yukino felt helpless.

"Besides, if that's what I said, I have no way of explaining why Maori-san was attacked. After all, she's completely unrelated."

"Forget it, let's not think about it for now. I just need to make sure you are all okay. As for the case, let's talk about it when the police come tomorrow." Slowly exhaling, Shizuka Hiratsuka smiled, stretched out her hand, pressed Yukino's head, and pushed her onto the bed.

"Okay, Yukino, you've been tired all day, get some good sleep."

"Well, Sister Jing, you should also take a rest. Anyway, if there is any big noise at night, you will be able to react immediately." Looking at Shizuka Hiratsuka who had not even changed into pajamas, Yukino already knew her plan.

"Yeah, I know." Shizuka Hiratsuka nodded with a smile and pulled the cup over her legs.

She has decided to rest her eyes and not sleep tonight.

. . .

"Hmm~"

Gently twisting her neck and listening to Yukino's even breathing, Shizuka Hiratsuka opened her eyes and moved her body slightly.

I turned on my phone and checked the time. It had been two hours since Yukino fell asleep.

"So nothing will happen tonight..." Before she could finish her complaint, Shizuka Hiratsuka's eyes suddenly became sharp.

Although she could still hear the noise of falling rain outside the house, she seemed to have heard the shouts of Conan who lived in the next room.

Without any hesitation, even changing her shoes, Shizuka Hiratsuka jumped out of bed, ran to the door in two steps and opened it.

"Xiaolan!" Just as Shizuka Hiratsuka opened the door of her room, a violent scream clearly reached Shizuka Hiratsuka's ears.

Her expression suddenly became fierce, and Shizuka Hiratsuka rushed to the door of Conan and Xiaolan's house without saying a word.

"Bang!" Not wanting to waste even the time knocking on the door, Shizuka Hiratsuka kicked the door directly, and then her body flew out of the door and rushed into the house.

"Ran, Conan?" After immediately confirming the comfort of Conan and Ran on the bed, Shizuka Hiratsuka's eyes swept like a magnet towards the back that had run to the balcony.

"Still want to run?!" With anger surging in her heart, Shizuka Hiratsuka didn't know why this person kept pestering Xiaolan, but she didn't ask what the other person thought now.

Without stopping, Shizuka Hiratsuka, who had been left behind once, suddenly burst out at her maximum speed, and even the energy in her body surged instantly.

"Tram!" Accompanied by the sound of loud stomping, Shizuka Hiratsuka rushed to the balcony in an instant, then climbed over the balcony fence without looking back and jumped down.

Her eyes were fixed on the cloaked figure running in front of her, and Shizuka Hiratsuka's eyes were full of ferocity.

That person must fall to the ground today!

Chapter 197 Chapter 194 Do you know me?

The speed continued to increase, and the anger in Shizuka Hiratsuka's eyes gradually turned into surprise.

She was now moving at her fastest speed, but she still couldn't close the distance with the person in front of her.

If that was my initial judgment, it now seems to be completely wrong.

"No!"

Shizuka Hiratsuka gritted her teeth and took a deep breath.

Although the visibility at night was extremely poor, Shizuka Hiratsuka's eyes were always fixed on the figure in front of her, and she also had her own latest judgment.

The person I am chasing now is definitely not the same person I saw on the suspension bridge before!

A person's walking and running will be fixed in habits over the years. If you can imitate them a little when walking, the difference will be more obvious when running vigorously.

and.

The pace slowed down slightly, and Shizuka Hiratsuka's eyes twitched.

Sure enough, after I slowed down my pace, the person in front of me also deliberately slowed down his pace.

It's like hanging yourself, neither letting yourself catch up nor letting yourself leave.

The sense of urgency that emanated from the other party was something that Shizuka Hiratsuka had never encountered before on the suspension bridge.

"Damn it!" Shizuka Hiratsuka began to feel annoyed and slowed down as she was sure it would be difficult for her to catch up with the other party.

She would rather have a head-on fight with the other party, but unfortunately, the other party did not give her this opportunity at all.

Rather than running for his life, the other party looked more like he was trying to get him out of the villa.

"Is it to protect the accomplices in the villa?"

Yukino's words emerged in Shizuka Hiratsuka's mind. Although she was annoyed, Shizuka Hiratsuka did not lose her temper and decided to give up chasing the guy not far away.

After taking a vicious look at the figure not far away, Shizuka Hiratsuka gritted her teeth and turned around to return to the villa.

Compared to fighting here, the safety of Xiaolan, Yukino and the others in the villa is more important.

"Are you ready to leave now?" What Shizuka Hiratsuka didn't expect was that when she turned around, the figure who had been silent all the time suddenly started talking to her.

"What? Aren't you going to run away?" Shizuka Hiratsuka paused slightly, looked at the figure not far away with cold eyes, and spoke with disdain.

"Run? Well, I kind of ran, but I just wanted to see what's so special about you. But now it seems that I'm a little disappointed." I couldn't see the other person's figure clearly, but from the other party's frivolous and mocking tone, I can see that he is definitely not a good person.

"Do you know me?" Shizuka Hiratsuka frowned. The other party's words made her very concerned. If the other party was really an accomplice of another murderer in the villa as Yukino guessed, then he should not show such an attitude towards her.

"This is the first time we meet, but I have heard about you from other people." The other party seemed to be very satisfied with Hiratsuka Shizuka's doubtful attitude, and his tone became even more cheerful.

"Heh." His eyes gradually became serious. His social circle was only that big, so it was not difficult to guess the other person's identity.

No, it should be said that the other party's weird talk and the vague feeling of considerable pressure on Shizuka Hiratsuka were enough for Shizuka Hiratsuka to make her own judgment.

After taking a deep look at the blurry figure not far away, Shizuka Hiratsuka had no intention of continuing to communicate with the other party.

If my judgment is correct, then I should rush back to the villa as quickly as possible.

Unfortunately, this is not the last time something like this has happened.

"Let me ask you this, was it you who did the dismemberment?"

"I wouldn't do something so tasteless. In fact, if I didn't feel the timing was right to lure you out for a good look, I wouldn't even appear in front of you~"

"Really?" Nodding slowly, Shizuka Hiratsuka turned around without any hesitation.

"Hee hee~"

Seeing Hiratsuka Shizuka turn around, the figure in the forest showed no intention of moving forward.

It was not until Shizuka Hiratsuka's figure gradually moved away that a faint laughter echoed in the forest.

However, what the figure did not notice was that on a tree trunk not far from him, a cherry-colored butterfly that he had not noticed gently flapped its wings.

. . .

"Sister Jing, are you okay?"

When Shizuka Hiratsuka returned to the villa, everyone in the villa had already gotten up and gathered in the living room.

Reaching out and taking a clean towel from Sonoko's hand, Shizuka Hiratsuka wiped her hair and shook her head slightly.

"I'm fine." After comforting the anxious Yukino, Shizuka Hiratsuka turned her gaze towards the direction of Xiaolan and Conan.

"How about you two, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Conan just sprained his ankle." Shaking her head slightly, Xiaolan looked at Conan who was sitting next to her with heartache.

"When the bandaged monster entered the room, Conan was the first to notice it and then interfered with the other party's movements, allowing Xiaolan to wake up." Yukino had already found out the reason for the incident when Shizuka Hiratsuka was out, and she quickly explained to Shizuka Hiratsuka.

"Is that so? Good, little guy, you're a bit manly." Shizuka Hiratsuka finally felt better as she rubbed Conan's head with a smile.

"Didn't Aunt Jing catch up with that guy?" He carefully freed his head from Hiratsuka Shizuka's hands. Although Conan was somewhat happy about Hiratsuka Shizuka's praise, he was more concerned about Hiratsuka Shizuka who came back alone.

"No, maybe I saw it wrongly. It was raining and things were not very clear." Her expression was a little embarrassed, but Shizuka Hiratsuka had no intention of telling anyone else about the figure.

"Did I see it wrong?" The eyes behind the lenses were full of disbelief, but Conan, who wanted to say something, closed his mouth.

He knew very well that if it was something Shizuka Hiratsuka didn't want him to know, then no matter how hard he tried, he would get no results.

"So, what are you discussing?" While wiping her hair, Shizuka Hiratsuka walked to the sofa and sat down, turning her head to look at the people gathered around the dining table who seemed to be discussing something.