Chapter 63 Why haven't the police come yet?
The bloody scene that took place in the deep forest was unknown to others.
After some effort, the group not only failed to find Chikako Ikeda, but also discovered worse news.
——The suspension bridge leading to the villa was cut off.
When they panicked and wanted to call the police, they found that there was no signal and the telephone line had been cut off.
The current situation of isolation from the world made the atmosphere in the villa suddenly tense.
…
As the host, Suzuki Ayako could only cheer up.
She found a box of cards and suggested that everyone find something to do. When it was daybreak, they could go over the back mountain and borrow a phone from the residents on the other side of the mountain to ask for help.
However, Ryoichi Takahashi did not join the card playing team.
He looked upstairs nervously and picked up the toolbox: "I'm going to fix the broken window on the second floor first - if the bandaged man sneaks in from there again, it will be troublesome."
"Okay. Thank you for your help then." Suzuki Ayako breathed a sigh of relief: Fortunately, there was Takahashi Ryoichi, who was good at repairs, otherwise even if she was awake, she would not be able to rest easy tonight.
Jiang Xia turned his head and looked at Takahashi Ryoichi's back thoughtfully.
At some point, a fresh shikigami was found on the calf of the enthusiastic Takahashi.
“…”
Jiang Xia instinctively touched the baton in his pocket.
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The balcony on the second floor is a long strip made up of several rooms put together.
Ryoichi Takahashi pretended to repair the window, but in fact, he secretly set up a mechanism on the balcony.
——He first took out Chikako Ikeda’s head from his clothes and fixed it on an inflatable doll in the shape of a “bandage man”.
In this way, at first glance, it looks like Chikako Ikeda is being held in the arms of the Bandage Man.
There is a long steel wire connected to the top of the inflatable doll's head.
In Takahashi Ryoichi's script, later, as long as he holds the wire and lets the "bandaged man holding Ikeda Tomokako" pass through the first-floor window, he can create the illusion that "the bandaged man has kidnapped Ikeda Tomokako and rushed in a certain direction."
After that, he only needed to pull the "bandaged man" back with the wire, hide the head again, and go downstairs with his classmates to chase the "bandaged man who rushed out", so that he could run into the dismemberment site and throw the borrowed head back, and then "accidentally" discover the body parts of Ikeda Chikako.
In this way, he, Takahashi Ryoichi, could get away with it easily by proving his alibi since he and the bandaged man appeared at the same time.
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Takahashi stood on the balcony, checking the wires of the inflatable doll while going over the script in his mind. He felt like a genius.
He walked along the balcony and came to the middle of the second floor - here was a patio, separated from the people downstairs by only a railing.
Suzuki Ayako looked up and saw him, and called him, "Come down and have some soup. I just made it."
Takahashi Ryoichi responded.
He took a pretentious step toward the house.
Then he suddenly turned around, as if he noticed someone outside the house, and shouted into the dark woods: "Who's there?!"
The other people in the living room were startled, and they all looked up at him, wondering, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Xia pushed the chair away and put down the poker.
On the second floor, Takahashi Ryoichi continued to act with a trembling voice: "There's someone outside!"
He said while the others were looking out the window.
Ryoichi Takahashi secretly moved to the side of the railing and pushed the "man with head bandages" tied with a steel wire down.
With a gust of wind, the "bandage man" holding "Ikeda Chikako" flashed past the first-floor window, causing a burst of exclamations.
Takahashi Ryoichi turned his back to the crowd and smiled triumphantly.
He was about to pull the bandaged man back.
But at this moment, a hand suddenly stretched out from the window on the first floor.
——Jiang Xia grabbed the corner of the “bandaged man’s” robe.
The inflatable doll was forced to stop while it was swinging.
Ryoichi Takahashi pulled one end of the steel wire and looked at the scene downstairs. His head buzzed and he stood there in a daze.
...This, this is different from his script!!
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When other people in the villa saw this scene, they thought Jiang Xia had caught the real "bandage man".
After they calmed down from the panic, they rushed to the window out of loyalty, wanting to stop the "bandage man" together with Jiang Xia.
Gao Qiaoliang watched helplessly as more and more people gathered and panicked. His mind went blank and he subconsciously pulled the wire back, trying to pull back the puppet and the head that could not be exposed.
As soon as he stretched, Takahashi Ryoichi realized that he had done something stupid.
——Just at this moment, Jiang Xia let go. As Takahashi Ryoichi tightened the wire, the "bandage man" jumped up unnaturally.
The others were startled and looked up, and happened to meet Takahashi Ryoichi who was playing with a doll.
“…”
In the dead silence, Jiang Xia reached out, touched the leg of the inflatable doll, and pulled it down again.
Then he reached out his hand to the top of the puppet's head and plucked it lightly like strumming a string.
The taut steel wire made a low buzzing sound.
In an instant, everyone understood the movement principle of the "Bandage Man".
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Takahashi Ryoichi's face turned pale as he heard Jiang Xia ask him softly, "Mr. Takahashi, what is this?"
The younger generation's voice was polite and non-aggressive, but strangely friendly.
But when it landed on Takahashi Ryoichi, it was like a bomb exploding, shattering all the luck in his heart.
——In the middle of the night, the inflatable people and human heads passing by can be mistaken for real people.
But when surrounded by a group of people and scrutinized closely, the difference between the "bandage man" and the real person became immediately apparent.
Takahashi Ryoichi: "..."...It's over.
He suddenly became agile, turned around, and rushed out of the house, trying to escape.
However, just as he ran to the door, he was knocked down by Jiang Xia from behind with a stick.
Jiang Xia took a look at the soul clinging to Takahashi Ryoichi's legs, as well as the remaining murderous intent he had towards Mao Li Ran, and touched his baton in a good mood.
Although the remaining murderous aura was average in quality and quantity, but now that I was here...
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The next morning.
After an indescribable night.
Several boys in the villa went over the mountain and borrowed a phone from the villagers.
The police quickly sent a helicopter to the scene.
At noon, Ryoichi Takahashi, who had lost his glory, was carried onto a police helicopter.
When the police officers heard that the victim had been brutally dismembered, they were mentally prepared to "capture the vicious criminals" on their way.
However, after actually meeting Takahashi Ryoichi, they found that their preparations seemed to be in vain.
——For some reason, this heartless dismemberment criminal burst into tears of excitement when he saw the police. Not only did he not run away, but he took the initiative to come forward, as if he had seen his relatives.
This time, Jiang Xia did not slap him in the face considering the social impact.
So the police officers were confused and could only temporarily attribute it to the murderer having a change of heart.
They happily escorted Takahashi Ryoichi onto the plane, and then comforted the frightened victims in the villa.
It must have been very hard to be forced to share a room with such a brutal criminal for a whole night.
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The others also quickly took the police's vehicles and left the terrifying villa.
On the way, except Jiang Xia and Conan, everyone else looked tired.
Suzuki Ayako even started to have a fever on the way, and seemed to be very frightened.
Seeing her haggard appearance, Jiang Xia reflected on his behavior. He should have warned her last night before taking the head off the inflatable doll.
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Compared to Suzuki Ayako, Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran are in much better condition.
Maybe it’s because they and Kudo Shinichi have been childhood friends and classmates all the way, and they often encounter similar scenes, so they have developed some immunity to bloody scenes.
But they were also very listless.
And he looked at Jiang Xia apologetically from time to time.
Finally, she said in a gentle voice: "I'm sorry, I wanted to ask you out to relax, but I didn't expect..."
I didn't expect that I would meet Jiang Xia twice and encounter two murders. Although one was an attempt, the other was dismemberment, which perfectly made up for the shortcomings of the attempted case...
Jiang Xia looked at them and realized something, and suddenly became alert.
——If this goes on, what will happen if Suzuki Sonoko and Mouri Ran don’t want to take him with them to the crime scene next time?
…We can’t let this happen.
"Don't blame yourself." Jiang Xia tried his best to recall the chicken soup he had been fed before and organized his words. "Although the loss of life is regrettable, I can personally crack the trick and help the victim find out the truth. This makes me feel the value of my existence."
...In layman's terms, he will not suffer any psychological trauma from the murder.
Please take him out more often in the future.
(End of this chapter)
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