Conan's Exorcist Detective

Chapter 33 Takahashi Ryoichi's acting talent

The cool raindrops fell gently on Haruhiko's face, and a few raindrops hung on his eyelashes.

But this did not affect his vision. He could still clearly see how shocked the bandage monster's eyes hidden in the gaps in the bandages were at this moment.

Haruhiko exerted a little force with his hand and deflected the bandaged monster's axe.

Because he was on vacation this time, he did not bring a bamboo sword, but his kendo skills seemed to be effective only when he held a weapon similar to a bamboo sword.

So when Haruhiko came out of the villa, he took a black umbrella from the umbrella tube at the entrance. The ribs of the umbrella were made of alloy and could barely serve as a substitute for the bamboo sword.

After Haruhiko blocked the bandaged monster's attack, he slowly retreated, then turned around and disappeared into the woods.

It seems that this guy doesn't want to fight to the death here.

Haruhiko did not choose to pursue the case, as a general impression of the case emerged in his mind.

Ms. Chikako Ikeda became famous with "The Blue King", but in fact the script was not her original work. Instead, she plagiarized the idea of ​​a novel by Ms. Dunzi, who was also a member of their university club.

This also led to Dunzi's suicide by hanging two years ago.

After watching "Blue Kingdom", Takahashi Ryoichi, who had a good relationship with Dunzi, guessed why Dunzi committed suicide. In addition, Ikeda Chikako's personality was rather annoying, and she often ridiculed Takahashi's prop problem.

So Takahashi Ryoichi planned to take advantage of this gathering to kill Ikeda Chikako to avenge Dunzi.

The identity of the Bandage Man was part of his plan, the purpose of which was to put the blame on a non-existent Bandage Man and at the same time help him create an alibi.

Haruhiko watched Takahashi go deep into the woods and chose not to chase him. He felt that the time was not right yet and the experience baby still needed to grow for a while.

Just then, he felt a soft touch on his arm.

Haruhiko turned around and saw that Suzuki Sonoko was hugging his arm, her pale little face filled with fear of surviving a disaster.

Her umbrella had just been knocked away by the bandaged monster, and now her body was quite wet from the rain. The raindrops stayed on her thin shoulders, and her soft little hands became slippery.

Sonoko hugged Haruhiko's arm tightly and trembled as she said, "What on earth was that monster?"

Haruhiko pretended to think deeply for a moment and said, "I don't know, but I think it's best for us to go back quickly."

"Ah...Okay," Yuanzi agreed quickly, and then asked with a puzzled look: "By the way, how did you know I was here?"

Haruhiko thought for a second and made up a suitable excuse for himself: "I was afraid that you would be attacked by the bandaged monster, so I followed you the whole time."

"I see..." Sonoko lowered her head to hide the expression on her face, raindrops dripping down her hair onto Haruhiko's hands: "Thank you, you saved me again."

Haruhiko smiled and said, "I'm your follower, right? This is my job."

Suzuki Sonoko gives Haruhiko a sum of money every week, saying it is his salary as an assistant. The money is not much, about the same as working in a convenience store. This is also the reason why Haruhiko's office has been out of business recently and he has not yet ended up on the streets.

Haruhiko originally wanted to refuse, but then he thought, since he was chasing people with cars and fighting criminals, it would be normal for him to receive some hard work fees, right?

The most important thing is that every time something happens to Sonoko, there will be a chance to exorcise evil spirits, which is what Haruhiko needs most right now.

Suzuki Sonoko raised her head, and her star-like eyes were filled with complex emotions.

She actually knew very well that this amount of money was not enough for Haruhiko to take risks for her several times. Ever since the incident when she was kidnapped by Suwa Yuji, she felt that the relationship between her and Haruhiko seemed to have become subtle, but she couldn't tell what was different.

Yuanzi had a vague feeling in her heart, but she was not quite sure.

Even though she always wants to hook up with handsome guys, she has never succeeded once. Her appreciation for good-looking men is more like that of an adolescent girl for boy band idols.

Speaking of emotional experience, Miss Suzuki Sonoko is still as pure as a blank sheet of paper. It is normal for her to feel confused about the subtle atmosphere between the two.

Haruhiko opened the umbrella and covered Sonoko. "By the way, where's that guy with long hair?"

"Don't mention that guy. He actually touched Xiaolan. It makes me sick." Sonoko's face was full of a look of looking at trash.

The two walked towards the villa while chatting.

However, because there was only one umbrella, Sonoko could only squeeze together with Haruhiko.

Haruhiko initially thought that the young lady would be unwilling, but he didn't expect that Sonoko kept holding his arm tightly, and didn't even notice that her sizable chest muscles were being squeezed and deformed by his arm.

The space under the umbrella seemed to be a closed and narrow one. Sonoko's slightly warm breath bounced off the umbrella wall, and because they were so close, the pleasant smell of her shampoo penetrated Haruhiko's nose more clearly.

The small space under the umbrella was filled with a strange atmosphere called youth.

At first, Sonoko was blaming Haruhiko on how disgusting the long-haired man was and her opinion of the bandaged monster, but as they walked, she spoke less and less, and finally stopped talking. Haruhiko looked down and found that her ears seemed to be a little red.

After walking out of the woods, I found everyone standing at the door of the villa.

"It's just a weirdo covered in bandages. I really saw it." Mao Lilan was trying to explain to everyone.

"How could such a thing exist? You must be too scared and have hallucinations." The long-haired man Ota Katsu stood next to her, his face looking a little ugly.

He originally thought that a simple high school student like Mouri Ran would be the easiest to fool, but he didn't expect that she would escape. If he had known, he would have chosen the short-haired young lady. Ota Katsu was wondering if it was too late to change people when he saw Haruhiko and Sonoko walking out of the woods.

His eyes immediately fell on Sonoko's squeezed and deformed pectoral muscles, and his eyes were instantly filled with jealousy and regret. Damn it, this brat got there first.

...

Haruhiko and Sonoko walked up to the group.

"Xiaolan, you are back?" Sonoko said.

Mao Lilan turned around and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Sonoko. "That's great, Sonoko. I was worried that you were captured by that bandage monster."

Sonoko's eyes widened: "You also met that bandage weirdo?"

"Eh? Did you encounter the same thing?" Mao Lilan covered her mouth.

Xiaolan and Sonoko hugged each other.

Only then did everyone become convinced that the bandaged man really existed.

Takahashi Ryoichi, who was in the crowd, suddenly trembled all over and said tremblingly, "It's just like the plot in the ghost legend. A group of people were trapped in a villa, and then one by one... were eaten by monsters!"

"Takahashi, could you be a little less timid?" Ikeda Chikako frowned. "Someone must be deliberately making fun of us. Seriously, you're such a grown-up, yet you're still scared by such a trick."

Kakutani, who was good at filming, said, "For safety's sake, let's call the police."

Suzuki Ayako also agreed: "That's right, let's go back to the villa first, it's safer this way."

A group of people entered the villa.

When entering the villa, Suzuki Ayako deliberately stayed behind. She quietly approached Haruhiko and said to him, "Come on, handsome boy. I think you have a lot of hope."

Then she gave Haruhiko an ambiguous smile.

Haruhiko felt that she might have misunderstood, but it didn't seem like she had completely misunderstood.

Forget it, never mind, we’ll talk about it later.

When Haruhiko was changing his shoes at the entrance, he heard a scream coming from the landline phone in the corridor on the first floor.

"What? The call can't be connected?!"

It was Takahashi Ryoichi's exclamation.

Haruhiko turned the corner and saw a group of people gathered around the phone.

Because there is no mobile phone signal nearby, I have to rely on this landline to communicate with the outside world.

Kakutani put the portable camera on the cabinet and picked up the phone to check. "It looks fine. Maybe the line was cut by the thunder just now."

Takahashi Ryoichi screamed in horror: "No, it must be that bandaged man who cut the phone line. He wants to trap us here and kill us one by one."

He did this to increase everyone's fear so that his subsequent plans would go more smoothly.

Sure enough, Xiaolan and Sonoko were so scared that they hugged each other tightly.

Haruhiko suddenly felt that it was a pity that Takahashi Ryoichi's acting skills were only used for props. He should have competed with Ota Masaru for the position of the male lead.

Here, Takahashi Ryoichi seemed to be addicted to acting. He continued to show off his acting skills: "No, I can't stay here and wait to die. I want to leave!"

As he said this, Takahashi Ryoichi suddenly pushed away the person blocking his way and ran outside.

The others chased after him out of fear that something might happen to him, and Haruhiko followed him as well.

Takahashi's purpose was very clear, which was to go to the suspension bridge.

When Haruhiko walked slowly to the suspension bridge with an umbrella, he saw Takahashi Ryoichi slumped on the ground, pointing in the direction of the suspension bridge.

"The bridge... the bridge is broken. It's really a curse. We can't escape!" said Ryoichi Takahashi.

Ota Katsu walked to the end of the bridge and looked down: "It's possible that it broke due to disrepair."

Takahashi got up from the ground and said, "Impossible! That bandaged man must be some kind of evil spirit who died here. He won't stop until he kills us all one by one."

Takahashi kept linking the bandaged man with legends about ghosts and gods. In addition, people who were isolated in the mountains would instinctively feel awe of ghosts and gods. Even Chikako Ikeda, who had looked so confident before, became a little hesitant.

Suzuki Sonoko looked at Haruhiko with a pale face and said tremblingly, "What...what should I do?"

Haruhiko walked over to the wooden stake at the end of the bridge and shone the flashlight beam on it.

"It must have been man-made. There are obvious marks of knife cuts here," said Haruhiko.

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