The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

To his surprise, just as the knife tip touched the glass and was about to apply force,

"Squeak..."

The glass window was actually opened a crack.

Ryoichi Takahashi: ...

The window was open, and the latch was not locked.

He cautiously peeked into the room to check the situation. The room was pitch black, but he could vaguely see a figure lying on the bed.

Based on his build, Takahashi Ryoichi could roughly tell that this must be Aragaki Yu.

Everything is going according to his plan.

Once we kill him, we can deal with that little girl.

He tiptoed into the room. The figure on the bed was breathing steadily and seemed unaware of anything unusual.

Ryoichi Takahashi easily found his way to the bedside and raised the blood-stained axe high in the air.

Just when he thought everything was going well.

Unexpectedly, Aragaki Yuu on the bed suddenly opened his eyes and stared intently at Takahashi Ryoichi, who was still holding the axe.

It turned out that Aragaki Yu, who had noticed Takahashi Ryo's gaze towards him in the lobby, had not been able to sleep. He knew that Takahashi was very likely to attack him under the cover of night.

Therefore, he had been pretending to sleep while waiting for his arrival. Even the Snow Maiden, who had been lazing around in the Yin-Yang Domain, was pulled out by him to help keep watch in case of any trouble.

He even thoughtfully left a window open for Ryoichi Takahashi to prevent unnecessary property damage.

Startled, Takahashi Ryoichi frantically tried to chop down with his axe.

With a push of his hand, Aragaki Yu nimbly flipped himself up.

The axe cleaved through the air and struck the bed, embedding itself deeply into the bed frame.

Aragaki Yu squinted at the bandaged man in front of him, and knowingly asked in a sharp voice, "Who is it!"

When Takahashi Ryoichi realized that he had failed to kill Aragaki Yu and that his whereabouts had been exposed, he knew things were going badly.

He struggled to pull the axe from the bed board, and while Aragaki Yu was still in front of him, he swung the axe again, trying to kill the boy in front of him.

Seeing this, Aragaki Yu remained calm and kicked him in the shoulder.

Ryoichi Takahashi was kicked and staggered, causing his axe to veer off course and strike the edge of the bed with a loud thud.

"hateful!"

……

Just then, the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

It turned out that the people in the other rooms had been awakened by Aragaki Yu's earlier shout and had all rushed to Aragaki Yu's room door.

The first one to be affected is naturally Conan.

Then he heard him banging on Aragaki Yu's door and shouting worriedly, "Aragaki-nii! Are you alright? What happened!"

After trying to turn the doorknob, I discovered that the door was not locked.

Ryoichi Takahashi, disguised as a bandaged man: ...

Conan: ...

Have you forgotten what Xiaolan did? You didn't even lock the door!

Seeing the others running over, Takahashi couldn't care less about killing anyone to cover his tracks. He grabbed the axe from the bed, turned around, and rushed to the balcony, preparing to make his escape.

Upon seeing this, Conan rushed towards the bandaged man without thinking, but twisted his ankle halfway there.

Aragaki Yu could have caught the bandaged man, but seeing Conan's sprained ankle blocking his way, he hesitated for a moment and chose to stay in bed and lie down instead.

Ugh, what a terrible teammate.

Let them run away, it won't make a difference if they run away a little longer.

Conan wanted to continue the chase, but when he stood up, he realized that he couldn't put any weight on his legs for the time being. He had no choice but to turn around and look at Aragaki Yu: "Aragaki-nii! You should go after them!"

However, as soon as he finished shouting, he saw Aragaki Yu stare at him blankly, and then sway as he got up from the bed.

Conan was taken aback: Uh, is he scared out of his wits?

At this moment, Ran, Sonoko, and the others also ran into Aragaki Yu's room.

Looking at Aragaki Yu and Conan staring at each other in the room, he was completely bewildered and had no idea what had happened.

After Conan recounted to everyone the incident of Aragaki Yu being attacked by the bandaged man, the group couldn't help but feel a wave of fear.

"That must be the bandaged man in the black cloak we saw on the bridge!" Xiaolan seemed a little nervous and scared.

“I also saw a person wearing a black cloak on my way here!” said Ota Masaru at the door.

"Yes, me too! I saw the silhouette of a mysterious black figure on the bridge!" At this moment, Takahashi Ryoichi, who had escaped back to his room to change his clothes, walked over with a sleepy look on his face.

Because of the commotion caused so late at night, no one dared to go back to their rooms to sleep and instead gathered in the lobby.

Everyone sat around the dining table. Ayako Suzuki brewed black tea for everyone, and looking at the empty chair next to her, she asked in surprise, "Didn't Chikako come out?"

"Huh? I didn't see her leave the room either?"

"Is she still sleeping?"

Several people were discussing it.

"Oh no!" Suddenly, Conan had a bad feeling. He endured the pain in his foot, jumped off the chair, and ran upstairs to Chika's room.

"Conan! Where are you going?" Ran followed him with great concern.

Seeing this, the others followed Conan and ran up to the second floor.

Why did they chase after each other in Chapter 45?

Sure enough, Chika's door was unlocked, and the room was empty.

However, there were no signs of a struggle or fighting in the room, and the luggage was still in its original place.

After searching the villa to no avail, the group was forced to come to this conclusion—

Chikako, she's gone missing!

Everyone decided to call the police first, but found that the phone in the villa couldn't make any calls, as if the phone line had been cut.

And perhaps because of the heavy rain, the phone couldn't receive any signal.

Even after Ran and Sonoko went to the open square outside the gate to look for a cell phone signal without success, they brought back another unfortunate incident.

The suspension bridge leading to the other side of the villa had somehow broken down.

After the group, who didn't believe it, went out to investigate, Conan pointed out obvious chopping marks on the wooden stake.

The suspension bridge was cut down!

"It must have been the bandaged man who did it!" Xiaolan immediately thought of the bandaged man she had seen.

……

The group split into several smaller groups and searched for Chika's whereabouts in the woods near the villa. However, because the bandaged man might be nearby, no one dared to go too far.

Yuu Aragaki, Conan, Sonoko, and Ran are searching in one direction.

Ayako and the other club members set off in the other direction to search.

Within minutes, Takahashi Ryoichi appeared to be panting heavily, deliberately running slowly and gradually falling behind the others.

After successfully severing himself, he turned around and headed straight for the place where he had previously dismembered Ikeda Chikako.

Takahashi Ryo scattered Chikako's body parts and threw them away. Then he took out the stuffing he had put in his clothes, made room, wrapped Chikako's head up, and hid it inside.

In this way, he still looks the same as before.

However, no one would have guessed that a human head was actually hidden inside his beer belly.

……

Visibility was very low on rainy nights, so despite their efforts, the group was unable to find any clues.

The appearance of dangerous individuals, coupled with the current state of isolation, has suddenly put everyone on edge.

Everyone had no choice but to gather in the hall.

As the host, Ayako Suzuki naturally had to first cheer herself up and ease the current atmosphere.

She took out a deck of cards and suggested that everyone find something to do.

They waited until the rain stopped and the signal was restored before calling the police, or they climbed over the mountain after daybreak to borrow a phone from a resident there for help.

During the card game, Ryoichi Takahashi suddenly became tense, stood up and explained that his room window was not closed properly, and if the bandaged man slipped in through, things would get complicated.

Then he hurriedly ran up to the second floor.

As Aragaki Yu watched Takahashi Ryoichi's retreating figure as he went upstairs, he naturally knew what he was going to do.

While going upstairs to close the windows, Ryoichi Takahashi secretly set up a trap on the balcony.

He planned to use this system to create an alibi for himself and the bandaged man appearing at the same time.