Having just finished eating, Kwangwoo patted his stomach and sat down in a chair, letting out a burp.
Just then, Ran, Conan, and Sonoko came in and told everyone that Ran had been attacked by a bandaged monster, which surprised everyone.
No one expected to have encountered someone like this before.
However, Takahashi said he had seen such a person when he came to the villa. Upon hearing this, Ota Katsu and Hiroki seemed to realize that they had also seen such a person when they came to the villa.
Feeling uncertain, the group tried to call the police, but found that the phone line was cut and could not be reached.
Takahashi's reaction caught Mitsuyu's attention. The terror on Takahashi's face and his trembling voice said, "It must have been him, it must have been that weirdo who broke it!"
After saying that, he turned and ran out. The group of people chased after Gaoqiao and ran out as well. When they got to the suspension bridge, they found that the suspension bridge was broken.
Kōyū and Conan walked up to the pillar where the rope was tied, looked at it, and found that it had been cut by a sharp weapon like an axe.
Chikako seemed a little impatient with Takahashi's reaction, so she turned around and went back to the villa to rest in her room.
Chikako noticed what appeared to be a piece of paper on the ground. She picked it up and flipped through it. After seeing the contents of the paper, her expression changed slightly.
However, she pretended not to know anything and went back to her room, saying that she wouldn't eat dinner.
At dinner time, Xiaolan helped Ayako cook dinner. After serving the dishes, Ayako was also very annoyed and said, "This class reunion was such a disappointment."
"It's all because you brought that up, sis."
Conan asked curiously, "It's that Atsuko from two years ago, um..." Ran quickly covered Conan's mouth, signaling him to stop talking.
Ayako wasn't angry. She explained Atsuko's situation, squatted down in front of Conan, patted Conan's head, and said, "We haven't seen each other since Atsuko hanged herself that day. I just felt that it had been so long, and we should meet again, so I organized this class reunion. Conan, please don't bring this up anymore, okay?"
The remaining three people, except for Chikako, sat down at the table when they saw that dinner was ready and waited for everyone to arrive before starting to eat.
However, when Takahashi came down, he said he seemed to have seen someone by the window downstairs, and everyone's attention turned to the window behind them.
Just then, a terrifying sight appeared in everyone's view: a figure wearing a tulip-shaped hat, with its head completely wrapped in bandages, only its eyes showing, floated past the window while holding something in its arms.
Part of the object in the strange man's arms was sticking out, and it was none other than Chikako's head!
Although the group was terrified by what they saw, out of concern for Chikako, they opened the window and, led by Conan, chased after her.
After searching for a while, Conan found a section of a woman's leg wearing high heels on the ground in a part of the forest, but he didn't have time to examine it carefully yet.
Takahashi, who was standing nearby, collapsed to the ground and exclaimed, "There's a hand here!"
Hiroki called out Chikako's name as he dispersed from the others. He hadn't gone far when he seemed to trip over something. When he looked back, Chikako was lying behind him in a pool of blood.
Upon seeing this, Hiroki rushed to Chikako's side to check if she was alright and to see if he could save her.
Although he knew it was unlikely, his concern for Chikako still made him want to help her up. However, when he touched Chikako's head, her head suddenly separated from her body!
Upon seeing this, Hiroki took a step or two back and let out a scream!
Everyone in the villa was shocked and saddened to learn that Chikako had been killed.
Ayako, in particular, kept blaming herself for organizing the class reunion, which led to Chikako's misfortune. After the group comforted her, they could only lock all the locks on the villa.
Conan rummaged through the shoe cabinet and found that Chikako's slippers were missing. Ran and Sonoko were also very puzzled, having no idea how the bandaged monster had killed Chikako.
At that moment, Kōyū said to the three of them, "I found Chikako-neechan's slippers at the back door!"
Upon seeing this, Conan was puzzled by Chikako's decision to use the back door instead of the main entrance.
Conan noticed a lot of mud at the back door entrance, which increased his confusion.
Having come up with no solution after much deliberation, the group decided to rest early and wait for the police to come and resolve the matter the next day.
Xiaolan carefully checked the French windows in the room, and after confirming that they were locked, Xiaolan and her group lay down on their respective beds to go to sleep.
Conan was puzzled and asked, "Why did that person attack Ran? Does someone hate Ran?"
Xiaolan didn't think anyone would hate her, and then she heard, "Yeah, like that person with the injury on their face!"
Seeing that Conan seemed indifferent but his words had a hint of jealousy, Kōyū covered his mouth and smiled.
The lights then went out.
After a while, Ran's face turned slightly red, though it couldn't be seen in the darkness. She climbed onto Conan and Kouyu's bed and said, "Nei, let's sleep together!"
Conan's face flushed slightly: "Why, why?"
Xiaolan said, "Don't worry about it," and put the pillow aside before quickly climbing up.
Conan rolled his eyes: "Is Ran-neechan scared?"
Xiaolan pulled the blanket up a little and whispered, "Don't, don't worry about it so much."
Then I said goodnight and closed my eyes to sleep.
Seeing this, Conan also lay down and continued to discuss the situation with Mitsuyu. Conan looked at the ceiling and thought about the problem.
However, he noticed Ran beside him. Seeing Ran lying next to him, Conan's attention seemed to be a little off, and he moved slightly closer to Ran.
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