“Ding~ding!”
A huge bell sound came from the bell tower outside, and countless clocks in the room also rang instantly. For a moment, the ringing of hundreds of bells seemed quite spectacular.
But the ringing of hundreds of bells at this moment made the guests in the dark a little panicked, especially Rukako Hoshina, the person involved, and the people around her.
Because from the moment she blew out the candle, the movement around her did not stop.
The sounds of scuffling, falling to the ground, screams of pain... all these sounds mixed together, and the darkness in front of the eyes made it impossible to see what was going on, which made people feel scared.
Because Tang Ze's movements were so loud, the people around her unconsciously stepped back, squeezing her space, causing her to fall to the ground in embarrassment.
And she was not an exception, because after Tang Ze knocked down the murderer, several people who retreated were tripped by the criminal, and the scene was in chaos.
It was only because Tang Ze had strong physical fitness that even when he was half-kneeling to subdue the prisoner, he could still push away the person who was approaching with his other hand. Otherwise, he would probably be hit in the face by someone's butt or even fall down.
The chaos in the center also leads to chaos in the periphery, just like a stone hitting the water, after the ripples burst out from the center, they will spread to the surrounding areas.
Especially when the bell rang, the dining cart was pulled by a huge force and accelerated towards the balcony, hitting many people and causing screams of pain.
The unknown is the most terrifying thing, especially when the chaos in the darkness intensifies.
This chaotic scene did not last long as the cake cart collided violently with the glass door of the balcony.
"Bang!"
The dull sound of wood colliding and the crisp sound of glass mixed together. Even if I didn't want the cake on it, I knew it had already been stuck to the door and rotted into a ball due to inertia.
This huge noise seemed to have pressed the pause button on the banquet hall, pausing the chaos for a moment, but it was followed by even more terrifying chaos.
"What's going on!? What on earth happened!?"
"What's going on?"
"What's that noise?"
The ringing of hundreds of bells in the chaotic hall at this moment no longer made people feel romantic, shocking or ritual.
In this panic-stricken environment, everyone only felt that the noise of the hundreds of bells ringing at the same time was making people panic.
"Turn on the light! Turn on the light quickly!!"
After Tang Ze tied the murder weapon to the cake cart, he directly held down the criminal. Seeing the chaos at the scene, he couldn't help but shout out to alert the housekeeper.
"Conan, turn on the light!"
The huge bell and the surrounding chaos masked his voice, but fortunately Conan was close and he was calm enough.
So even though he didn't hear Tang Ze's voice, Conan still took the most clear action based on the current environment.
After turning on the flashlight without hesitation, Conan did not let the flashlight shine around, but raised his wrist horizontally and pointed the flashlight directly at the ceiling.
Just like the moths that chase the candlelight recklessly, the people who are trapped in the darkness and panic at this moment are instantly attracted by the light when they see the faint light source in the darkness.
It was as if a pair of invisible hands soothed everyone's unknown fear. The guests were no longer anxious, but instead focused their eyes on the lights.
At this moment, the bell that rang at the top of the hour gradually disappeared, and the entire banquet hall gradually fell into darkness.
"Turn on the light!"
Seeing that the situation was temporarily under control, Conan immediately shouted, and then Kogoro Mouri also reacted and shouted again.
Compared to Conan, Kogoro Mouri's roar was very penetrating and quickly alerted the surrounding guests.
Obviously, after a brief period of confusion, they all calmed down and understood what they should do most now. They all started to shout in unison.
Hearing the shouts of the crowd, the butler named Qingmei who was guarding the light switch finally came to his senses from his previous panic and confusion. He started and hurried to turn on the light in the room.
After he pushed the cake over, he actually stayed in front of the switch, following the
According to the original plan, he should have turned on the lights after Hoshina Rukako blew out the candles.
But the sudden chaos made him panic, and the subsequent panic of the guests made him feel a little overwhelmed.
But in fact, this is the normal reaction of most people.
When encountering danger or sudden chaotic situations, people will become overwhelmed and stand there stupidly at first, and even forget the originally planned actions.
At that time, your brain is blank and you can't remember anything at all. Only when your brain starts working again can you start the next step.
This is also the normal reaction of normal people when encountering emergencies. It is difficult for people who have not received training to react in time at unexpected moments.
What's more, it only took a short minute from the time the bell rang to the time it stopped ringing. For someone who was panicking and whose brain had crashed, this amount of time was just a moment.
When the lights were turned on, everyone squinted their eyes to adapt to the light, and then everyone turned their heads synchronously to look around, trying to check the situation and figure out what was going on.
And because everyone still remembered the beam of light that Conan had shot out, their eyes subconsciously focused on the center.
Hoshina Rukako, the heroine of the birthday party, was still slumped on the ground. Her golden pocket watch was trampled to pieces by the chaotic crowd, and she looked very embarrassed.
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