There are five forest villas located on the north side of Yindou Forest. On the way to the villa area, Fujiwara You did not forget to contact the villa manager. After several confirmations, he learned that there were two villas rented out that day.
The former was rented by a young couple in their early twenties, and the latter was rented by a man in his forties.
According to conventional thinking, people tend to think that the latter is more likely to be a copycat. After all, it is not expected that a murderer would bring his target with him when he comes here to do bad things, which often increases the risk of crime.
But when they saw the man, who was about 40 years old, Fujiwara Yuu and Edogawa Conan knew they were wrong. Not only was he in a wheelchair, he was also right-handed, which did not fit the characteristics of a copycat at all.
I was wondering if the other party was deliberately disguising himself like this, but he could smell the unmistakable scent of bruise ointment on his body, and the action of getting up with the help of the wall was not acted - besides, Fujiwara Yuben was very knowledgeable in medical knowledge, and he could determine whether he was really injured by just a quick examination of his leg.
"Officer, is there anything else I can help you with?" Although the man didn't know what the police wanted to confirm, he still tried to cooperate, fearing that the other party would misunderstand him and arrest him as a criminal.
Fujiwara Yuu wanted to leave immediately, but then he realized that he lived alone here and might have met the copycat. He pointed to another villa in the woods and asked:
"Sir, have you seen the young couple living in that villa?"
"Oh, you mean Mr. Yoshikawa? He and Ms. Sakamoto aren't a couple. I saw him bring a beautiful girl home today." The man in the wheelchair thought of what he had seen and shook his head. "And that girl looked drunk and unconscious. She must have been picked up by Mr. Yoshikawa."
Edogawa Conan reacted quickly and asked loudly:
"What time, what time did you see it?!"
"Huh? About two hours ago? I can't remember clearly." The man in the wheelchair didn't expect that the little boy in front of him, who was only one meter tall, would be so emotional. He was even a little shocked and answered subconsciously.
"hateful!"
Conan Edogawa gritted his teeth and ran to the villa next door that was rented to a young couple. He reached out and turned the door handle. After finding that it was locked, he squatted down and prepared to use his foot-strengthening shoes to try to kick the door handle open.
"Kudo, calm down!" Fujiwara Yu hurriedly stopped Conan's reckless behavior. He frowned, pulled him up, walked to a relatively safe place, and comforted him: "The murderer has a gun in his hand. You are not strong enough to hit him with your small body, okay?"
"But Xiaolan!" Conan Edogawa knew that his behavior was wrong, but when he thought that Xiaolan had been kidnapped by such a cruel guy for two hours, how could he stay calm? He really couldn't stay calm.
Fujiwara Yuu knew how important Mao Lilan was to Kudo Shinichi. If the person kidnapped this time was Miyano Akemi, he would also lose his mind. He leaned over and patted Conan's shoulder, smiling slightly.
"This kind of dangerous matter should be left to the adults. You go guard the back door. If you hear any gunshots, hide. I have already told Officer Terabinj our location."
"But Brother Yingsi, you didn't bring a gun with you. How can you fight the criminals with?"
"Well, I can't let a minor get into danger. I'm a police officer, and it's my job to protect the public. Go ahead."
Conan Edogawa hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to follow Sosuke Takagi's advice. He quickly ran to the back door and stared closely at the locked wooden door and the glass window on the second floor. In order to ensure that he could subdue the criminals, he specially found a brick so that he could provide help to Takagi when necessary.
After watching Conan leave, Fujiwara Yu took a few steps back and suddenly ran towards the wall. He jumped up and climbed onto the railing of the second-floor balcony. Using the strength of his waist and abdomen, he successfully reached the second-floor balcony.
When he came to the balcony, he didn't squat there, but rolled to the side cautiously in case he came face to face with the gunman.
However, when he looked up, he found that the view behind the glass door was blocked by the floor-length curtains, and he could not see what was going on inside the house at all.
Fujiwara Yu tiptoed and tried to slow down his movements as much as possible. He skillfully pried the lock of the balcony door, and while pushing the door open, he ran to the side and pulled open the curtains that blocked his view.
The sudden brightness made Mao Lilan unable to open her eyes. She squinted her eyes to see who was coming and shouted:
"Mr. Takashi? Is it Mr. Takashi...?!"
Fujiwara Yuu stared at Ran Mori, who was hanging in the air with chains, with his eyes wide open in disbelief. He stepped forward and asked:
"Ms. Maori, where are the criminals who kidnapped you?"
"I don't know. I've been here since I woke up and haven't seen anyone else."
Strange, isn’t the criminal’s target Ran Maori?
As Fujiwara Yu opened the chain, he frowned and thought. He suddenly remembered that the person who booked the villa was a young couple, but the man in the wheelchair said that they were not a couple.
Wait, the man in the wheelchair seemed to have mentioned the kidnapper's last name... Mr. Yoshikawa? Yoshikawa?
——"He's Yoshikawa Takatoshi. Do you remember the Ueno Cat Cafe we went to earlier? He runs it, and the girl next to you is an employee."
Only then did Fujiwara Yu realize that the person who rented the villa was none other than Yoshikawa Takatoshi, whom he had met once before. After untying Xiaolan, he hurriedly searched the entire villa, even opening the wardrobe, but he still couldn't find the female employee of the coffee shop.
Oh no, I was completely fooled by the murderer!
Yoshikawa Takatoshi kidnapped Mao Li Ran not to hurt her, but to deliberately let them fall into this trap in order to kill the female employee of the coffee shop!
Edogawa Conan couldn't hold back his temper when he heard the noise, so he crouched on the windowsill to watch. As a result, he saw Mao Lilan coming down from the second floor. He opened the window and shouted:
"Xiaolan!"
"Conan? Why are you here too?"
"I'm here to save Xiaolan...my sister, hehe!" Conan Edogawa realized the problem with his tone, and quickly changed his words without forgetting to act cute at the end, returning to the tone of a child.
Fujiwara Yuu ran out of the last room, looked down at Conan, and said:
"Conan, I'll leave Miss Maori to you. Wait for the police to arrive before leaving. I'll go find Yoshikawa first."
"Well, I will protect Sister Xiaolan."
Fujiwara Yu got back into the business car and started the car while turning on the navigation on his mobile phone. There were no cars parked around the villa, which meant that Yoshikawa Takatoshi had most likely driven away. The copycat would not change the terrain, so the one that best met his conditions for committing the crime was the Aokigahara Forest bordering the Yindou Forest.
He kept increasing his speed and rushed towards Aokigahara Forest, hoping that he could still stop Yoshikawa's crime in time.
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