Ms. Moriarty wants to save Beika Town today too.

Xiaolan thought that if Sonoko heard this, she didn't know what kind of words would come out of it, so she quickly continued with what she was doing just now and tried to change the subject.

Although Sonoko felt there was something wrong, she was still in the process of introducing it, so she continued.

When it was Ayako's turn, Sonoko smiled and said, "Next up is my older sister, who is in charge of the actors' makeup and costumes and is currently looking for someone to marry!"

"Ah really……"

Ayako blushed slightly and touched her cheek lightly.

"The last one is Chikako Ikeda, the director and screenwriter, and also the president of the Film Research Society."

"Please give me more advice."

Ikeda has neat short hair and wears earrings and a collar as decoration, giving people an impression of being both capable and fashionable.

Chikako Ikeda... When Xiaolan heard this name, she immediately thought of the movie currently being shown on TV. She had also seen the same name in the production staff list, and the person in front of her happened to be the member of the Film Research Club who was in charge of the script.

Xiaolan's eyes widened, "Ah! Could you be Chikako Ikeda, whose Blue Kingdom drama is currently airing on TV?"

"Yes, that was indeed her work when she was a student. Now, she finally has the opportunity to make it public."

Ayako explained with a smile.

"Let's not talk about the past, okay?"

Ikeda Chikako smiled with a hint of embarrassment.

"I heard that you are going to write the next movie soon, right?"

Ota Masaru asked, holding his cheek with his left hand. At the same time, Hiroki Kakutani, who was sitting next to him, stood up, raised his camera, pointed it at Chikako Ikeda, and said, "Well, Master Ikeda! Please say a few words to your fans!"

"Stop being sarcastic, okay, Kakutani?"

Ikeda Chikako still smiled awkwardly.

Ota Masaru raised his head and looked at Kadoya. "Kadotani, your love for photography remains the same. Seeing how hard you worked on that short film, I thought you would choose a related job."

"If my hobby becomes a job, I might not be able to handle it, and I'm just an unprofessional person... But I don't plan to give up this hobby." Kadaya answered while turning the camera to focus on Takahashi's face, "By the way, Takahashi. Have you gained weight again recently?"

Takahashi lowered his head and touched his full belly, "It's almost 100 kilograms."

"The camera can hardly fit you."

"Really? I'm sorry."

Takahashi rubbed the back of his head.

"Being together with everyone brings back memories of the past." Ayako showed a nostalgic expression, then frowned, "Oh, and Atsuko... If Atsuko hadn't had that incident, she would be here today too..."

After Ayako said this, the expressions of everyone in the Film Research Club changed and their eyes widened.

"Atsuko?"

Xiaolan, who didn't understand the situation, raised her doubts.

"That's enough!" Ikeda Chikako suddenly stood up, spread her five fingers and slapped the table hard, "Stop mentioning Atsuko, okay?"

"Chikako..."

Ayako was frightened by Ikeda's attitude.

Noticing her own gaffe, Ikeda Chikako quickly sat down, calmed her breath, and said with a dissatisfied look, "I finally took some time out of my busy schedule to come here to relax. I don't want to talk about someone who died two years ago!"

"sorry."

Ayako apologized.

Atsuko was the girl who finalized the script with Chikako Ikeda. She was very introverted on the boat and did not communicate much with Winnett, but she attended her funeral. According to the examination at the time, she committed suicide.

If the reaction is so sudden, could it be that Atsuko's death has something to do with her?

Winnet thought.

Ota Masaru seemed to be fed up with Ikeda's behavior and said disdainfully: "When you become famous, your tone of voice changes."

"What!?"

Chikako Ikeda responded to Masaru Ota with an angry expression.

"Alright, alright, both of you stop talking. It's my fault." Ayako came out to smooth things over. "I'm going to prepare dinner now. I think you two should just take a rest first."

Takahashi echoed Ayako's words, as if wanting to put the matter behind him, "I'm going to go fix the broken roof outside. It looks like it's going to rain soon."

"Okay. Sorry to bother you, Takahashi, you better be careful!"

"Ok."

Kakutani watched Takahashi leave and suggested, "This kind of work can only be done by Takahashi, who is in charge of props, so the rest of us should play poker!"

"Then do it!"

Sonoko also became interested, but just as her enthusiasm was rising, Ikeda Chikako left her seat and walked towards the stairs.

Seeing this, Kakutani asked, "Where are you going, Chikako?"

"I'm going to take a walk outside."

Kadoya and Ikeda walked out of the main door of the villa one after another, leaving several people looking at each other in bewilderment.

“The atmosphere, like the weather, has become cloudy.”

Xiao Ai's comments are as accurate as ever.

Before Winnett could say anything, the yawning Ai walked towards the stairs and said, "I'll just take a rest before dinner."

……

269 ​​Bandage Monster

Winnet looked at Xiaoai's back and smiled helplessly. This moment of parting with Xiaoai made her feel a little uneasy.

She felt that her smile was a little stiff at the corners of her eyes.

After a brief afternoon tea interlude, the visitors dispersed, and the only ones left in the hall were Xiaolan, Sonoko, Conan, herself, and Ota, one of the five.

A few of them tasted the baked cookies and drank the black tea in the small cups. Due to the atmosphere just now, they did not talk about the Film Research Society anymore.

It wasn't long before the sound of rain penetrated the glass.

Xiaolan and Conan walked to the floor-to-ceiling window facing the main entrance and looked at the scenery outside. The gray clouds seemed to separate the black sky and the woods, and dense rain followed.

"It's raining again," Xiaolan looked up at the sky and said, "Now I can't enjoy the beautiful maple leaves."

Yuanzi sneaked up behind Xiaolan and called her name softly, "Xiaolan, what do you think of him?"

Sonoko raised her thumb and looked towards Masaru Ota who was standing in front of another floor-to-ceiling window looking out. He had a cigarette in his mouth, but it was not lit.

"He looks handsome but also a little cold," Sonoko clasped her arms, "I like this type of man the most."

Xiaolan muttered unmoved, "Really?"

Seeing Xiaolan's reaction, Sonoko was not surprised. He returned his gaze to Xiaolan, fanned his hands, and showed a teasing expression, "Oh, oh, you already have your Shinichi! It's a pity that he didn't come here with you."

"Who wants to hang out with a guy like that? If he were here I'd give him a good beating!"

Xiaolan made a fist-pumping gesture and her face suddenly turned red.

"Ouch, I'm so shy."

"No..."

Conan, who was listening under the skirt, couldn't help but sigh: "I'm right here..."

At this time, Winnet also came over.

"What do you think, Miss Winnet?"

Winnet was a little distressed when faced with Yuanzi's request for opinion.

She felt that she didn't look at men that way, and she didn't have any thoughts in that direction. But putting aside gender, she felt that Ota Masaru was more thoughtful and not suitable for a simple girl like Sonoko who could easily fall in love.

Winnett said pertinently, "I think there's quite a big age difference between you two."

"That's not true! My elder sister and I are only six years apart in age..."

When Sonoko was talking halfway, something that took her by surprise was that Ota Masaru suddenly appeared in front of them, slightly hunched over with his hands in the pockets of his slim-fitting trousers, a bit like the way misbehaving playboys in movies and TV shows pick up girls.

"How about we go for a walk outside together?"

Sonoko's eyes were shining, and she looked up at the other person with her fingers clasped together, full of anticipation, but Winette, as a bystander, saw through it all. She was looking at exactly what Xiaolan said, and was a little glad that she was excluded from the target, and her eyes looking at Sonoko were a little mixed.

"Okay... I'd be happy to..."

Sonoko's cautious reply was ignored - while she was talking, Ota Katsu passed her and looked straight at Xiaolan. He blocked Xiaolan's way, pressed one hand against the wall, and put the other hand in his pocket, "Anyway, you're fine."

"But...it's raining outside now."

"It's nice to take a walk in the rain."

Winette widened her eyes slightly and joined the group - Suzuki Sonoko and Kudo Shinichi had already done so.

She was very familiar with Ota Masaru's movements, which were a common pick-up move in movies. As the leading actor of the Film Research Society, he had mastered it to perfection. To be honest, she was a little disgusted by his familiarity.

Winnet had rejected him before, and now that she thought about it, she felt that it was very likely that he was a playboy...

While thinking, Winnett felt the temperature around her suddenly rise - as if they were calm in the rising murderous intent, but also different - she saw that flames seemed to be coming out of Sonoko and Conan, their pupils were round like those of a cat with its fur standing on end, while the corners of their eyes were squeezed and drooped, and their whole bodies exuded the aura of a "protagonist in a revenge drama".

Winnet, who was standing between the two men, thought it was quite exaggerated, but it was understandable if she put herself in their shoes. Suddenly, she was glared at by the two men. Winnet showed a somewhat awkward smile and watched the two men rush out with big strides like patients running out of a mental hospital, while muttering words like "unforgivable".

Winette, who was sent to the door, also took an umbrella. If she didn't follow, she would be the only one left in the villa hall. Even if she found Ayako, she would probably be called a "guest" in the end and be pushed out of the kitchen. She would just follow Sonoko and Conan.

Seeing Winnet following, Yuanzi pulled her under the cover of the bushes. Although the color of the umbrella was a bit inconsistent, the sound of rain became a natural shelter.

Sonoko stared at the backs of the two people walking, still looking angry, and muttered: "Xiaolan, really, she already has Shinichi!"

Conan, who remained silent, nodded in his heart: "That's right!"

"In this case, I will kidnap Shinichi!"

Conan was dumbfounded by Sonoko's angry words.

No way?

Winnett felt a little embarrassed after hearing this, which reminded her of some KTV Golden Leopard MVs - the ex-girlfriend cheated on the protagonist by cheating on her partner. And this experience in life made her feel that reality was even more bizarre.

But for Winnet, this still lacked a sense of reality. When emotions were strong, she would hardly have any thoughts of "betrayal", and she was actively killing these thoughts in the cradle. Looking at the tracking duo who continued to advance, she suddenly felt relieved. Just as she looked back at the villa, a dark shadow appeared on the windowsill.

Although it is not clear enough, the white stripes are very eye-catching.

A strange guy in a black robe and bandages appeared on the circular windowsill belt connecting all the rooms.

"That direction..."

A bad premonition filled Winnet's heart, and she immediately dropped her umbrella and rushed towards the villa.

The two people who were watching Xiaolan and Ota's interaction noticed Winnet's dropped umbrella, which splashed water in the mud. Conan and Sonoko looked back quickly, but only saw Winnet's bean-sized back.

"So fast……"

Sonoko was stunned. The moment she opened her mouth, Winnet had already arrived at the door of the villa, much faster than the sprinters she had seen at the school sports meet.

Conan was also shocked, but when he looked towards the villa, he also noticed a sneaky figure appearing on the windowsill - the strange man with his entire head tied in bandages that he and Xiaolan saw in front of the suspension bridge.

"Sister Sonoko, look over there!"

When Yuanzi heard the sound, he looked and saw the bandaged man, and opened his mouth wide.

"Whose room is that?"

Conan asked anxiously.

It seemed that he didn't realize that his actions had been discovered. The bandaged man standing on the balcony was cutting the glass.

Conan soon realized that this was because they were hiding in the bushes with umbrellas. In order to follow Xiaolan and the others, Sonoko and Winnett both took umbrellas of inconspicuous colors, which were not noticeable under the cover of the cloudy woods.

Who is he?

"That seems to be the room of Miss Winnet and the girl named Huiyuan."

The target is Haibara! ?

Conan immediately thought of the connection between this incident and the Black Organization. Could this person be sent by the Black Organization? No, this villa is in such a remote place, and the roads are all underdeveloped areas. Even if the Black Organization has discovered that Huiyuan's body has shrunk, it is unlikely that they will dress up as Halloween...

He rushed out while thinking.

At this time, Winnett had already rushed to the door of the room. She pushed the door twice and found that it was locked from the inside. After knocking hard three times in a row, she heard Xiao Ai ask "Who is it?", followed by a terrified scream.