Conan Rick's Investigator

……

As he walked, he got closer and closer to the villa where the bandage monster incident happened, and the memories of the death gradually revived in Qin Zhibo's mind.

The last time I went to the Suzuki family villa, I didn’t receive a formal invitation, but was doing a survival mission - a night in the cemetery.

The location of this survival mission is in a cemetery not far from the Suzuki family villa.

Qin Zhibo was surveying the forest near the villa and accidentally saved Mao Lilan who was attacked by a bandaged monster.

Later, guided by the light at the investigation point, they found a human head hidden under the murderer's belly and caught the murderer.

However, the murderer had escaped at that time. Qin Zhibo was worried that the mission location was nearby, so he didn't dare to chase him...

"come on!"

"If you're tired, why don't you just wait until we get to my Suzuki family's villa and have a good rest?"

As expected of a capitalist's daughter, Suzuki Sonoko walked ahead with a smile, painting a rosy picture for the breathless Hondou Eiu.

When Mao Lilan next to her heard this, her face changed immediately.

"Your villa?"

"Sonoko, didn't you say you were going to your sister's friend's cabin?"

"Eh?" Yuanzi tapped her chin with her fingertips and pretended to be silly. "Did I say that?"

Sonoko's attitude made Mao Li Ran more certain of her guess.

The horned girl was so frightened that she clasped her hands together nervously in front of her chest, her voice trembling.

"Could it be that the villa you're talking about... is it the one where that bandage-covered monster murder happened?"

Knowing she was in the wrong, Yuanzi couldn't face her innocent friend. She could only glance away and said guiltily, "It seems like something like this has happened before..."

"Ha ha……"

Two sinister laughs made Mao Lilan even more frightened, "Hate it! I want to go back!"

"Impossible, Xiaolan, you are a big directionally challenged person, you will definitely get lost..."

Sonoko put one hand on her waist and waved it, looking like she had already defeated Ran Mouri.

In fact, the Suzuki Group did not really need this villa. Sonoko had other difficulties, so she had to design a plan to "frame" her friend.

Ever since the bandage monster incident, Sonoko's elder sister Suzuki Ayako has suffered from serious mental illness. She has nightmares every night and always dreams that the bandage monster is chasing her in the villa.

There was also the murdered Chikako Ikeda, who held her own head in her hands and questioned why this class reunion was held.

Despite the strength of the Suzuki Group, Suzuki Ayako had received the best treatment, but it was of no avail.

Suzuki Ayako, who was constantly tormented by nightmares, became increasingly mentally and physically ill, forcing the originally planned engagement to be put on hold.

However, the fiancé himself was involved in the murder of his biological father on his birthday and was unable to extricate himself for a while. This was a typical case of being destined to be apart.

After several failed treatments, the doctor suggested that there was one last way, which was to recreate the scene of the class reunion that day to help Suzuki Ayako overcome her inner demons.

The two surviving classmates have agreed to help due to the financial support of the Suzuki family.

As for Chikako Ikeda, the Suzuki family found a third-rate actress who looked 70% similar after putting on makeup.

There is also a bandage monster, played by Suzuki's men. Anyway, no one can recognize him after he puts on that costume.

The only ones left are Ran Mouri and Conan, and Sonoko tricked them into coming over in this way.

In fact, if you tell the truth directly, with her kind heart, Ran Mouri will agree to help.

However, Sonoko didn't want the timid Mouri Ran to be scared first, which would affect the treatment effect, so she thought of explaining it later.

Qin Zhibo was not originally included in the entire plan because he was not among the invited guests at the last class reunion.

But when she saw Ran Mouri calling Qin Zhibo, Sonoko had a better plan in mind.

……

"Well, the incident you mentioned should have been resolved, right?"

Hondou Eiu, who followed from behind, asked out of curiosity.

Yuanzi gave a thumbs-up, "Of course! It was thanks to Mr. Qin's reasoning that we were able to find the murderer~"

"It's a pity that the murderer has not been caught yet..."

"Huh?" Hondou Eiu was stunned for a moment.

"Nothing~" Yuanzi smiled and waved her hand, "Let's talk about it when we get to the villa..."

Qin Zhibo looked at Sonoko's reaction and knew that it was the true identity of the bandage monster and Takahashi Ryoichi had not been caught yet.

Under pressure from the Suzuki Group, the police did not give up the search for Takahashi Ryoichi for a long time.

However, this geographical location is quite special, being located on the border between Tokyo and Gunma, and the search requires joint efforts of police from both places.

However, even so, Takahashi Ryoichi's whereabouts are still unknown, and wanted posters are posted in police stations in Tokyo and Gunma.

But Qin Zhibo guessed that he should have been captured by the "dog-headed" zombie.

As for where to catch it or whether to eat it directly, Qin Zhibo had no idea.

Qin Zhibo put aside his thoughts and continued to move forward with the team.

Not long after, they arrived at a familiar cliff and saw the villa where the murder had taken place across the cliff.

But the suspension bridge leading there had been destroyed, with loose ropes and wooden planks hanging over the cliff opposite.

"what!"

Suzuki Sonoko was horrified. "No way! Why is the bridge like this?"

Although this suspension bridge was cut down by the bandaged monster last time, it was repaired soon.

But now the suspension bridge is broken again.

Mao Lilan was a little panicked and said in surprise: "Could it be that someone has some bad intentions again?"

Qin Zhibo glanced at the edge of the cliff and found that the wooden stakes that tied this section of the bridge, along with a piece of the ground, were missing.

"It must have been raining, causing the ground beneath the wooden piles that held the bridge in place to collapse."

With Qin Zhibo pointing his finger, Sonoko and Mao Lilan's emotions were finally comforted a little.

"This is bad. When my sister and the others come over and find that there is no road, it will be troublesome..."

Yuanzi was in a dilemma. He had to call the other group of people in advance and ask them to take a detour up the mountain.

At this time, Hondou Eiji suggested that they could contact each other by mobile phone, but this young idea was immediately rejected by Sonoko.

"Unfortunately, there's no cell phone signal here."

When Conan heard this, he looked around.

It didn't matter that he took a look, he actually discovered a corner of a white villa, standing like a welcoming pine tree in the forest high in the east.

"Should we go to the villa over there and borrow a phone?"

"Maybe there's someone there?"

Conan's casual pointing gave everyone hope.

However, Sonoko narrowed her eyes and gave up hope for that place because the Suzuki family heard from the police search report that no one lived in the villas nearby.

But Qin Zhibo caressed Conan's head affectionately and said with a smile: "Since Conan said it might be possible, then it must be possible."

"Let's go and take a look..."

……

Conan decided on the target, and everyone headed towards the taller villa.

After half an hour's trek, we finally stood in front of the villa.

The style of this villa is the same as that of the Suzuki family's villa, both are Western-style villas, but it is more magnificent and has one more floor than the Suzuki family's villa, a total of three floors.

Building a three-story villa on the top of a mountain like this shows that the owner is quite wealthy.

But it is still several levels lower than Karasuma Renya's Golden Villa and Yin Shichuan Gozo's Angel's Mansion, and they are not even from the same world.

Mao Lilan went up and knocked on the door twice, but no one inside the villa responded.

"It seems like no one is here..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a car drove up from the road behind him and stopped in front of them as if it was arranged in a script.

There were three people sitting in the car. The woman with a wavy ponytail and wearing pink clothes was sitting in the driver's seat. The people sitting in the passenger seat and the back seat were a man with glasses and a man with a flat head respectively.

Qin Zhibo glanced at the heads of several people and found that they were all musicians.

"What's up with you guys?"

When asked by the ponytail girl, Mao Lilan expressed her idea of borrowing the landline phone.

The girl with ponytail and the other two people in the car did not refuse. After parking the car, they took out the key and opened the door of the villa.

Yuanzi went in first to make a phone call, and the others waited at the entrance.

While waiting, the two sides chatted.

Qin Zhibo told them that he originally wanted to go to the villa below, but the bridge was broken, so he could only make a phone call to inform the people behind him.

"By the way, if I'm not mistaken, there should be more than three of you, right?"

After finally encountering a suspected traditional case, Qin Zhibo started to play "Science".

The ponytailed girl and her two companions were shocked when they heard this. "How did you know? Have you already met Lunzi?"

"Renko?"

The man with medium-length hair and glasses standing at the back explained, "Actually, we're in a band. We just went down the mountain to buy some things, but one of us stayed in the villa."

The girl with the wavy ponytail continued, "Renzi should be working on her creation right now. She's so focused on her creations that she didn't hear you knocking on the door..."

After hearing this, Qin Zhibo could probably confirm who the deceased was.

As we all know, among the four relationships designated by Conan, the least sociable person is most likely to become one of the "four choices".

But it was still early, and Qin Zhibo was not in a hurry to identify the body.

……

After Yuanzi finished the call, he came back and told a few people that someone would come to pick them up later.

"Very good……"

Ran Mao Li breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she would not have to go to the Suzuki villa again.

But in fact, Sonoko had someone pick them up and take them to Suzuki Villa from another direction.

After all, this treatment plan has been prepared for a long time and it is impossible to abandon it halfway.

When the three members of the band heard that they would have to wait for a while, they allowed a few people to wait here, and the situation suddenly opened up.

“But this villa is really beautiful!”

Hondou Eiu looked around and praised.

The man with glasses just smiled faintly when he heard this. "Say this to the rich people who built this place... After all, we are just ordinary people who took the opportunity to buy this place cheaply."

"Ok?"

Amidst everyone's confusion, the man with glasses explained the origin of the house.

It turns out that this place belonged to a pair of super rich brothers, who built it as a summer resort.

But on a rainy day, the brother suddenly said that an unknown monster flew in from the window of the villa.

In order to stop the monster, he frantically nailed the window shut.

But this was not enough. He felt that the monster had already taken up residence in the villa, so he renovated the entire place from beginning to end.

But in the second year after the renovation was completed, the brother's wife was tending to the garden in the backyard when she saw the nailed-up window open, and something was staring at her from inside.

A few days later, the wife hanged herself in her room.

His brother followed suit and committed suicide by jumping from the third floor.

In this way, the only surviving brother and his wife did not want to stay here anymore, so they had to sell the villa at a super low price.

The people who took over were the four members of the band.