Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

"Please, stop it." Chikako Ikeda looked helpless.

Ota Masaru propped his head up with his left hand, a smile in his eyes: "Kadotani is still the same, always obsessed with photography."

Hiroki Kakutani laughed and said, "Yeah, that's the thing I can never give up. Speaking of which..."

He turned his camera to Takahashi Ryoichi: "Takahashi, have you gained weight again?"

Takahashi touched his bulging belly and smiled awkwardly: "Yeah, almost 100 kilograms."

"Hahaha……"

There was laughter in the hall.

At this moment, Suzuki Ayako suddenly sighed: "It feels like I'm back in college. If Atsuko... if Atsuko hadn't had that incident, I would definitely have come too."

In an instant, the expressions of the old classmates in the film club changed.

Ikeda Chikako slammed her hands on the table and stood up, her expression extremely grim. "Stop talking about it! Can you please stop talking about Dunzi? We've all taken time out of our busy schedules to get together here. Let's not bring up that person who died two years ago. It's such a bummer."

"Sorry... I'm sorry..." Suzuki Ayako looked a little lonely.

Ota Katsu sneered at the side and said, "Humph, people become different when they become famous. Even the tone of their voice changes."

"What did you say!!" Chikako Ikeda glared at Masaru Ota.

"Alright, alright, you two." Suzuki Ayako quickly stood up to stop the two from arguing, skipping the topic: "I'll go prepare dinner right away, everyone take a break first."

"Then I'll go fix the roof." Takahashi Ryoichi also stood up and said, "According to the weather forecast, it will rain after this evening."

"Thank you so much, Takahashi. Please be careful."

Hiroki Kadani smiled and said, "This is something that only Takahashi can do. So the rest of us can just play poker."

"Okay, okay." Sonoko agreed.

However, Chikako Ikeda walked outside without saying a word.

Hiroki Kakutani called out to her, "Chikako, where are you going?"

"Let's go for a walk..."

"Wait, wait a minute." Hiroki Kakutani hurriedly followed.

The person who originally suggested playing poker was no longer around, so naturally they couldn't play. Everyone scattered around the villa hall, each doing their own thing.

After a while, it really started raining outside.

"Xiaolan." Yuanzi came to Xiaolan, who was standing outside the window admiring the rain, lowered her voice, pointed in a direction and said, "What do you think of him?"

Xiaolan turned her head and looked: "Are you talking about Mr. Ota?"

"Yeah, don't you think he's cool and handsome?" Sonoko stared at Ota Masaru with a crazy look on her face: "He's the type that makes my heart flutter."

"Yes, really?"

Sonoko glanced at Xiaolan, who was completely calm, and said jokingly, "I almost forgot, you already have Kudo. No wonder you're not interested in other boys."

"What, what do you mean I already have Shinichi?" Xiaolan's pretty face flushed slightly, and she said shyly, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Um...would you like to go for a walk with me?"

At some point, Ota Katsu came over and looked at the two women with a smile on his face.

Sonoko thought he was inviting her, and her heart suddenly blossomed. Just as she opened her mouth to utter the word "dang", she saw Ota Katsu leaning on the wall behind Xiaolan with his left hand, leaning over her and saying, "By all means, please do me a favor."

Yuanzi: "..."

"But, but, it's raining outside." Xiaolan was a little embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter. Wouldn't it be more romantic to walk in the rain?"

"I think you want to seduce my sister." Watanabe Toru's voice suddenly came from the side.

"..."

The three of them looked at Watanabe Toru.

"You said you were going for a walk, but you actually wanted to take advantage of my sister Xiaolan."

"You, what are you talking about?" Ota Masaru looked a little unnatural: "I just simply wanted to invite Miss Xiaolan to go out for a walk, nothing else."

That’s right, his real purpose in inviting Xiaolan was to strike up a conversation with her, but it’s enough for everyone to know this kind of thing. Once it’s out in the open, no one can admit it. 673.

"In that case, why not invite Sonoko-sister to join us?"

"I……"

Watanabe Toru looked at him with disdain: "You say one thing and mean another. You don't even have the responsibility of a man. If you want to pursue my sister, you have to be at least the president of the company or a senior executive. Where does this big brother work?"

"I……"

He is just an ordinary car salesman.

Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more and more awkward, Xiaolan quickly pulled Watanabe Toru and apologized to Ota Katsu: "Mr. Ota, please don't mind it. Xiao Toru... he just said nonsense."

"It's okay." Ota Katsu smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "In that case, I'll go for a walk alone."

"Xiao Tetsu." After Ota Katsu left, Xiaolan bent down and touched Watanabe Tetsu's head with a smile in her eyes: "You said that on purpose just now, didn't you?"

Watanabe Toru chuckled and said, "Since Sister Xiaolan can't say no, let me do it."

Yuanzi on the side said sourly: "He could have invited me."

Watanabe Toru said seriously, "Sonoko-sister, those guys who are attracted by beauty are not good people. Sonoko-sister is so beautiful and outstanding, she will definitely be able to find a man who is a hundred times or a thousand times better."

Sonoko was stunned for a moment, then she also bent down, rubbed Watanabe Toru's head, and said with a smile: "Xiao Toru, you are very good at talking."

112. The murderer is unprofessional

The rain was falling steadily, with no sign of stopping.

"Xiaolan, I'm so sorry to ask you for help." Suzuki Ayako said to Xiaolan embarrassedly while tidying up the table.

Xiaolan smiled and said, "It's nothing. I often do things at home."

"This party was such a failure. I didn't expect it to turn out like this." Suzuki Ayako sighed, her expression revealing disappointment and sadness.

Seeing this, Yuanzi was also helpless: "It's all your fault, sister, for bringing up that matter."

"I don't think this is Sister Ayako's fault." Watanabe Toru defended Suzuki Ayako. "That Sister Atsuko was probably also a member of the film club and a good friend of everyone. Logically, when talking about a deceased friend, everyone should have the same nostalgic attitude as Sister Ayako. They shouldn't be angry, right?"

"Maybe Chikako has other reasons that she doesn't like to say." Suzuki Ayako said softly.

At this time, Takahashi Ryoichi appeared on the second floor. He had just come down from the roof and was about to take off his raincoat.

Suzuki Ayako saw him and called out, "Takahashi, dinner is ready."

"Okay, I got it." Takahashi Ryoichi responded.

“Is the roof fixed?”

"Well, it's almost there."

"Wow! What a sumptuous dinner!" Hiroki Kakutani walked over and looked around: "Where's Chikako? Why don't I see her?"

"She said she was tired and wanted to rest, so she didn't eat dinner," Suzuki Ayako explained.

"I see. She's really willful. Takahashi, come down quickly."

"I'm coming." Takahashi Ryoichi was about to go downstairs when he suddenly seemed to sense something and turned around abruptly: "Who? Who's there?"

A dark shadow flashed past behind him.

"Ah——" Xiaolan exclaimed: "That's...that's Miss Ikeda."

"Someone took Chikako away."

"Damn it, what does that guy want to do?"

Hiroki Kadoya was the first to rush out of the villa, followed by Katsuya Ota. When he reached the door, he turned back and shouted at Ryoichi Takahashi, "Takahashi, what are you still standing there for? Get out of here!"

The boys went out to look for Chikako Ikeda, while the girls and Toru Watanabe stayed at home and locked the doors and windows to prevent any further accidents.

On the second-floor corridor, Watanabe Toru was locking the French window when he suddenly seemed to see something and pointed to the balcony outside and said, "Sister Xiaolan, look what that is?"

Xiaolan looked in the direction Watanabe Toru pointed, and saw a figure wrapped in black cloth lying in the corner of the balcony outside. The size of the figure was very similar to a human body.

Xiaolan's expression changed slightly, and she exclaimed, "Could it be that someone else has been attacked by the bandage monster again?"

"I gonna go see."

"Wait a minute, Xiao Che." Xiaolan held Watanabe Toru and said, "Let your sister go."

Standing in front of the body, Xiaolan took a deep breath, then mustered up the courage to push it.

however……

"So light."

The body turned to the front, and now both of them could see clearly that it was an inflatable dummy dressed as a bandaged monster.

"This...what's going on?" Xiaolan opened her mouth slightly: "Is this a prank?"

"No." Watanabe Toru shook his head and pointed at the bloodstains on the dummy: "This should be Sister Chikako's blood. Sister Chikako, I'm afraid she's in great danger."

"Why, how could this happen..."

Ten minutes later, Ota Katsu and the other two returned to the villa.

"How is it? Have you found Chikako?" Suzuki Ayako walked up to her and asked nervously.

Even though Xiaolan and the others had just found the dummy, with blood that looked like Chikako's on it, she still held on to a glimmer of hope, thinking that perhaps the situation wasn't that bad.

Hiroki Kakutani's face was pale, and his lips moved slightly. After a while, he finally said with all his strength, "Chikako, she was killed, and...her body was brutally dismembered."

"How could this happen..." Her last hope was shattered. Suzuki Ayako closed her eyes in pain and took all the responsibility on herself: "It's all my fault. If I didn't hold this party, Chikako would..."

"Ayako, this isn't your fault. No one expected something like this to happen," Ota Masaru consoled her. "Ultimately, the culprit behind this is the man wrapped in bandages. He's a murderer."

"But does the Bandage Monster really exist?" Sonoko asked. "Just now, Xiaolan and Xiaotuo found a mannequin dressed as the Bandage Monster on the second-floor balcony. So, in fact, there is no such thing as a Bandage Monster, right?"

"No, the bandage monster does exist, Sonoko-san." Watanabe Toru said with certainty: "When Xiaolan and I were crossing the suspension bridge in front of the villa, we saw the bandage monster in front of us, right, Xiaolan-san?"

"Yeah." Xiaolan nodded: "At first I thought it was a guest who came to the party, but Yuanzi said there was no such person, so I thought maybe it was a nearby resident."

"It's obvious that this dummy is just a trick used by the bandaged man to confuse us and achieve his ulterior motives."

Watanabe Toru's words made everyone fall into deep thought.

No one noticed that when he heard that the dummy had been found, a trace of panic flashed in Takahashi Ryoichi's eyes.

Due to time constraints, he didn't have time to deal with the dummy. He thought everyone would ignore some details out of panic, and he would secretly deal with the dummy after everyone returned to the room. Who would have thought that it would be discovered so quickly.

After a brief silence, Xiaolan said, "I think we should call the police first."

"Yes, yes, I will contact the police immediately." Suzuki Ayako came to her senses.

however……

"Strange, why can't I get through on the phone?" Suzuki Ayako held the receiver of the landline phone, looking puzzled. "It was working fine at noon."

"Could it be that the rain caused the line to be blocked?" Ota Masaru guessed.

"I...it must be that bandage weirdo who broke the line." Takahashi Ryoichi suddenly collapsed and shouted: "It must be like this, he (Wang Zhaohao) wants to kill us all! I don't want to stay here anymore, I want to leave!"

He shouted loudly and ran out of the villa regardless of anything.

"Takahashi—"

The group was afraid that something might happen to Takahashi Ryoichi, so they hurriedly followed him.

When they ran all the way to the suspension bridge, they discovered that the cable supporting the bridge had broken.

"The bridge...the bridge is broken?"

"The suspension bridge is so dilapidated, it might have collapsed naturally."

Everyone speculated.

Watanabe Toru shook his head and pointed out bluntly: "No, this was vandalized intentionally. Look at the pillars where the ropes are tied, there are knife marks all over them."

"It's true." Xiaolan shrank back. The accidents that happened one after another made her feel a little scared.

"It must be him, that bandaged weirdo." Takahashi Ryoichi said in horror, "He's trying to trap us all here."