Conan: The Heart Thief

Hiroki Kadaya asked solemnly, "Is it true?"

"Brother Kadoya, didn't you and Ikeda Chikako see it? Weren't you two in the woods too?"

"We didn't see it, Chikako."

"What do you mean by we? Don't get close to me. I'm not with you anymore."

"I saw it was going to rain, so I came back to get an umbrella."

"I think you are afraid of thunder, so you hide."

"Chikako!"

Hearing Chikako's harsh words, Kakutani's face suddenly turned bad.

Suzuki Ayako heard the noise in the kitchen and came out to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, both of you stop talking."

"They're both almost done."

Ota on the side smiled coldly.

"Sister, have you seen that bandaged weirdo? I saw him running towards the villa." Sonoko looked at Suzuki Ayako and asked

"Ah, I didn't see that..."

Suzuki Ayako shook her head, and then asked Takahashi who was repairing the roof: "What about you? Takahashi?"

"I was repairing the roof just now, so I didn't see anyone wrapped in bandages. But on the suspension bridge leading to the villa, I did see a man with very strange clothes and strange behavior. I didn't see his face clearly, but he was wearing a black cloak and a tulip-shaped black hat on his head..."

Takahashi thought for a moment and said.

Xiaolan said excitedly: "It's him, that's right. The person who attacked me is the one you saw on the suspension bridge, right, Lin Xiao?"

"Yeah." Lin Xiao nodded.

Ota seemed to remember something and said, "I also saw it when I first came to the villa."

"Me too. At that time, I thought it was someone who lived nearby."

Kakutani echoed.

Suzuki Ayako said in disbelief: "It's absolutely impossible. There are only two or three single-family villas in this area after crossing the suspension bridge. You have to climb the mountain to find houses on this side of the valley..."

"So who is that man?"

"I think we should call the police first."

Suzuki Ayako nodded, took out her cell phone and called the police, telling them what happened and asking them to come and investigate.

"Now, there should be no problem."

Gao Qiao suddenly said in horror: "It's useless. I just saw from the roof that the suspension bridge on the cliff has broken. The police can't get over."

Ayako said in panic: "Ah, no way, are we trapped here? In this rainy and thundering weather, it's impossible for the police to send a helicopter."

Ota's face was very ugly: "Takahashi, are you telling the truth? Who on earth would do such a hateful thing? Let's go and take a look."

Everyone followed Ota and ran to the suspension bridge, only to find that the suspension bridge connecting the two sides had been cut off by someone.

Kakutani stood still and looked ahead: "The suspension bridge, the suspension bridge really fell down..."

Suzuki Ayako also came over and asked, "Could it have fallen down by itself? It's already very old."

Lin Xiao rejected Ayako's idea. He pointed at the pillar that fixed the suspension bridge and said, "Ms. Suzuki, you are wrong. This suspension bridge was cut by someone. If you don't believe me, look at the pillar where the suspension rope is tied."

Suzuki Ayako walked over to take a look and said, "How could this happen? It's all broken and tattered?"

Sonoko also stepped forward to take a look and said, "This was definitely cut by someone with a knife."

Suzuki Ayako was confused: "But who would do such a thing?"

"It must be him, he must have done this...that bandage weirdo..." Takahashi shouted in horror.

Chikako looked unhappy and scolded, "Takahashi, are you done yet? What bandage monster, it's just nonsense. Attacking Xiaolan in the woods and cutting the suspension bridge are all just to scare us. If we get scared by this, won't it play into his hands?"

After saying that, Chikako turned around and walked towards the villa. Everyone looked at each other, and in the end, there was no good idea, so they had to go back to the villa...

Ayako and Chikako went to the room to rest. When they went upstairs, Chikako said, "It's getting dark today, so we have to wait until tomorrow morning to go down the mountain. But the bandage guy you were talking about so much might come back to the house."

"Yeah." Suzuki Ayako nodded.

When Chikako returned to her room, she suddenly saw a piece of paper in front of the door. She bent down to pick it up. After opening it and reading it, her face suddenly changed and she held the note tightly in her hand.

Seeing this, Suzuki Ayako asked curiously: "Chikako, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, nothing. I'm going to rest first. I'm a little tired. I won't have dinner." After saying that, he went into the room and closed the door.

Suzuki Ayako looked at Chikako's door and whispered, "Chikako..."

.........

Suzuki Ayako and Xiaolan put dinner on the table: "Sorry, Xiaolan, I still need your help."

"No, I usually make it at home."

Xiaolan said with a smile.

"Really? This class reunion is such a bummer. It seems like everyone has a sullen face."

Suzuki Ayako looked very lost.

Yuanzi said helplessly: "Isn't it all your fault for bringing up that matter, elder sister?"

Lin Xiao, who was sitting on a chair, propped up his chin and asked, "The thing you are talking about, is it about Atsuko?"

"Atsuko, she committed suicide two years ago. She was also a member of our film club, but one day she suddenly hanged herself. It turned out that we all had a good relationship. I just felt that it had been so long, and we should meet each other, so I took the initiative to call everyone, alas..."

"I'm sorry to bring up sad memories for you."

At this time, Ohta and Kakutani came over one after the other. Ohta yawned and shouted, "I'm starving."

Kadoya looked around and asked, "Where's Chikako?"

"She's tired, so she went back to her room to rest. Takahashi, dinner is ready."

Suzuki Ayako shouted to Takahashi who was getting down the ladder.

"Yeah, I'll be right there."

Takahashi responded.

After Takahashi came down, Suzuki Ayako looked at Takahashi and asked, "Is the roof repaired?"

"Well, it's basically fixed." Takahashi replied.

Kakutani held up the camera and said to Xiaolan and Sonoko: "Come on, smile."

Xiaolan and Sonoko smiled at the camera and made a scissors hand gesture.

Ota shouted to Takahashi from below: "Takahashi, please come down quickly, the food is getting cold."

"Yeah, I'll be right there."

As Takahashi spoke, he walked downstairs. As he reached the window at the stairs, he suddenly shouted, "You, who are you?"

"What's wrong?" Ota asked.

"There seems to be someone next to the window below!" Takahashi shouted in horror.

Kakutani held up the camera and asked in confusion, "Next to the window?"

Everyone looked towards the window, and at this moment the bandaged man suddenly passed by the window with Chikako in his arms. Everyone was shocked.

Lin Xiao was also stunned. Chikako, with only her head left outside the window, passed by him. That feeling was indeed not good and made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Ah?!" The group was shocked to see Chikako Ikeda being kidnapped by this unknown person. ...

"Chikako!"

Hiroki Kadotani, who came down from upstairs with a flashlight, saw Chikako Ikeda who was kidnapped, and quickly ran to the window. Then, he opened the window and looked in the direction where the bandaged monster was running.

Ota Katsu walked to the window, looked at the dark night, and said angrily: "Damn it! It's so dark, I don't even know where I'm going."

Lin Xiao suggested: "Let's go out and look for Chikako together, guys."

Ota Katsu nodded, and then said to the three girls, "You three girls should not go out. Lock the windows and other places that need to be locked, and wait for us to come back in the villa."

Hiroki Kadaya and Masaru Ota had already run out. Lin Xiao was about to leave when he saw Takahashi Ryoichi still standing there. Lin Xiao certainly didn't dare to let this murderer stay here with the three girls, so he shouted, "Takahashi, hurry up, what are you doing standing there?"

Takahashi Ryoichi replied in confusion: "Ah? I'm going too?"

"Is that even a question? Except for a few girls, everyone else has to go out. Hurry up and follow!"

"I understand!" Takahashi Ryoichi responded unwillingly, went downstairs, and ran behind to follow.

The four of them braved the heavy rain and searched for Chikako in the dark.

Hiroki Kadotani was holding a flashlight, shouting Chikako while looking for Chikako's whereabouts. Suddenly, Hiroki Kadotani's foot was hit by something. He shone the flashlight downwards and saw that it was a severed limb.

"It's a foot. Could it be that this is Chikako's?"

"what……"

Takahashi, who was following behind, suddenly shouted. The three of them looked in Takahashi's direction. Takahashi said in panic: "Here, there is a hand here..."

Ota shouted with a serious expression: "How could this happen? Let's spread out and look for him."

"Chikako, Chikako..."

Kakutani still held on to hope and was still looking for Chikako. But he didn't run far before he stopped and looked at the foreign object under his feet with horror. The foreign object turned out to be the broken body of Chikako, stained with blood.

"Cheer up, Chikako..."

Before he could finish his words, Kakutani froze, and Chikako's head fell off her body...

……

Suzuki Ayako slowly pushed open the door, her eyes fell on the four companions who were soaked by the rain, and she couldn't help but ask with concern: "How is Chikako? Haven't you found any trace of her yet?"

"No, we've found her." Ota Katsu's answer was somewhat heavy, and his face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water could be squeezed out of it.

"I will never let that bandaged monster go unpunished!" Hiroki Kadoya clenched his teeth, his eyes burning with anger, and he looked extremely excited.

Takahashi Ryoichi remained silent, just following them with fear and anxiety written all over his face.

"Let's go in first and talk about it in detail." Lin Xiao's voice was calm and flat, with no emotion on his face.