Conan followed behind and observed, but for a moment he couldn't tell whether Jiang Xia was awake or sleepwalking.
However, it doesn't matter, it can be called anyway - the widely spread "you will go crazy if you are awakened while sleepwalking" is actually a rumor. On the contrary, if sleepwalkers are allowed to wander around, it will easily cause greater harm.
Of course, you also need to pay attention to methods when awakening.
Try to avoid operations such as "shaking hard" because physical contact while unconscious can easily be judged as an "attack" by the sleepwalker, which will trigger a counterattack.
No matter what others do, they can be suppressed if they fight back.
But Jiang Xia...
Conan thought of those criminal suspects with bruised noses and swollen faces, who looked like they were relatives after seeing the police, and silently retracted his outstretched hand.
He cautiously took a few steps back and started making noise next to Jiang Xia.
Making a relatively sharp, sudden sound is a safe way to wake up.
…
Jiang Xia braved the harsh noise and walked firmly to her room.
He felt that Ryoichi Takahashi was almost gone, and then he tapped Conan's head with his finger, silencing the noise source that had started howling inexplicably.
Then turned around and returned to Mao Lilan's room.
…
There was such a commotion late at night.
Other people in the villa also woke up and gathered in Mao Lilan's room.
Takahashi Ryoichi has also changed his clothes and blended into the crowd.
He caught a glimpse of Jiang Xia approaching from the corner of his eye, and touched his thick hair with lingering fear. He was secretly glad that Jiang Xia didn't hit his forehead, but hit the side of his head, so the bruises would not be visible.
…
After learning that dangerous elements had sneaked into the villa, everyone lost sleep.
Some people went to the balcony to check, looking for traces of the bandage man. Others discussed the origin of the bandage man in low voices, but the discussion could not produce any results.
In the living room.
Conan looked at everyone in the room, leaned next to Jiang Xia and whispered:
"It's raining outside. If the bandaged man had climbed onto the balcony from outside and sneaked into our room just now, he would have left mud marks. But in fact, the room was very clean, with only a little trace of rainwater...
…”
Conan did not say the remaining half of the sentence clearly. But he believed that Jiang Xia must understand what he meant.
——The bandaged man who attacked Mao Lilan was not an intruder from the outside world, but a member of this villa.
…
The enemies within are the most terrifying and difficult to guard against.
Of course, Conan thought, Jiang Xia must be eliminated as a suspect first.
Putting aside everything else, the fact that Jiang Xia and the bandaged man appeared at the same time just now is enough to prove his innocence - Jiang Xia cannot possibly know the clone technique.
Jiang Xia said perfunctorily: "Yeah."
He glanced at Conan and felt that since that KTV incident, Conan had always treated him with an attitude of "You must know that I am Kudo Shinichi!"
Jiang Xia: "..." Why do you have to take off your vest?
…
Just as she was thinking about it, Suzuki Ayako suddenly realized something.
She hesitated and asked: "Why didn't you see Chikako?"
The others were startled, and after looking at each other for a moment, they ran to Chikako Ikeda's room in a flurry, wanting to see where she was.
The door opened with a bang, and there was no one in the room.
At the same time, there were no signs of fighting such as blood stains. There was a set of worn pajamas thrown on the bed, and the luggage was also there - it seemed that Chikako Ikeda changed her clothes and left peacefully.
…
The long-haired handsome guy looked at this scene and suddenly thought: "Could the person with the bandage be Chikako!? She is usually weird. I heard that many novelists have weird quirks. Maybe she was crazy and substituted some kind of bandage.
murderer……"
Conan interrupted his reasonable association: "The figure of the bandaged man is much thicker than Sister Chikako."
As he said that, Conan raised his hand and gestured: "When I stopped him, I hugged his waist and it felt about this thick."
Not many people take what a child says seriously.
Of course, no one paid any attention to the speculation about Chikako Ikeda = Bandage Man.
The only thing we reached consensus on was that someone disappeared on a rainy night and we couldn't ignore it.
Gotta find her.
…
A few minutes later.
A group of people took flashlights and umbrellas and went into the woods to look for Chikako Ikeda.
Jiang Xia is in a group with Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko.
On the one hand, it is to become more familiar with them, and on the other hand, it can also effectively prevent Takahashi Ryoichi from casually coming over to chop Mao Lilan with an axe.
…
Takahashi Ryoichi did have similar thoughts, and he was anxious to keep silent.
However, when they separated, he saw Jiang Xia walking next to Mao Lilan. He immediately paused and thought silently.
He felt a little scared - the pillow Jiang Xia threw over just now might have given him a concussion, and his head still hurts from time to time...
Finally, Takahashi went to live with his old classmates.
…
The woods at night are very dark, and the visibility is almost only the range of a flashlight.
Ryoichi Takahashi was out of breath, deliberately ran slowly, and gradually separated from his classmates.
After successfully being alone, he turned around and went straight to the place where he had made an appointment with Chikako Ikeda.
He picked up the ax that had been thrown outside the house before and found Chikako Ikeda waiting in the woods far away. Without saying a word, he chopped off her head with the axe. Then he chopped the person into several pieces.
Cutting up the body is not just for venting anger.
This is an important part of Takahashi's alibi.
Takahashi Ryo scattered the body parts. Then he opened his shirt and took out the stuffing stuffed in the front of his belly. After making room, he wrapped Chikako Ikeda's head and hid it inside.
In this way, from the outside, he is still the same Takahashi classmate with the beer belly. No one would have thought that his "big belly" is actually a human head.
