After finishing her bath, Yukiko spent half an hour disguising herself as Shinichi before coming out of the bathroom.
As soon as she came out, she saw Conan chatting with Baishi Hui on the bed in the room.
This startled her!
If Conan found out that she had showered with Baishi Hui, her image as a mother would be completely ruined!!
However, she found that Conan didn't ask at all; he just got off the bed and said, "Okay... it's my turn to take a bath!"
"Ah... um. Go ahead," Yukiko said calmly.
After Conan went into the bathroom, she quickly walked over to Baishi Hui and asked, "You didn't tell Conan... about you coming in and showering with me just now?"
"Didn't say... What is there to say about something like this?" Baishi Hui looked at Yukiko, pretending to be confused.
He wasn't stupid!
If he had said that, Conan probably wouldn't let Yukiko come over in the future... How would he take advantage then?
"Phew..." Yukiko breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, then she found a plausible reason and pleaded, "You must keep this a secret, don't tell anyone."
"If they find out I secretly used a facial mask, they'll definitely laugh at me!"
"No problem," Baishi Hui readily agreed.
Because they had cleaned in the afternoon, everyone was tired and went to bed early.
The next morning.
Not long after everyone had breakfast, guests arrived.
Ayako went to open the door and welcomed the guests in.
She introduced the guests to the others, saying, "This is my university classmate, Takahashi Ryouichi."
"This is my younger sister Suzuki Sonoko, this is Ran..."
Ayako introduced everyone one by one.
"Hello everyone!" Takahashi Ryouichi smiled genuinely and simply greeted them.
Then he said to Ayako, "When I came, I saw that the roof seemed to be leaking... I'll go up and fix it later."
"Really? That would be a great help... I'll show you to the guest room," Ayako motioned for him to follow her upstairs.
Baishi Hui watched Takahashi Ryouichi walk away, knowing that he was beginning to prepare for the murder.
He had no intention of exposing him.
As he said before, even if he exposed him, what then?
He could stop Takahashi Ryouichi from murdering this time, but could he stop him forever?
Besides... he was also very unhappy with Ikeda Chikako's behavior.
To actually plagiarize someone else's work!
He hated plagiarism the most!!
Was it easy for someone to write a novel??!
And you shamelessly plagiarized their work!
Shameless!!
Afterward, Ayako's other classmates, Ota Katsu, Hiroki Kadotani, and Ikeda Chikako, also arrived at the resort villa one after another.
Seeing this, Ayako also started preparing lunch.
Ran and Sonoko naturally went to help.
But what surprised Baishi Hui was that Ikeda Chikako actually went into the kitchen as well.
This made Suzuki Ayako very surprised, saying, "Chikako, you can go back to your room to rest, we'll handle things here."
"No need... Living alone, I learned how to cook. Let me show you a few dishes," Ikeda Chikako said in a cool tone.
Seeing this, Suzuki Ayako couldn't stop her.
This actually surprised Baishi Hui a little.
Her performance in the anime was quite poor, with a very arrogant demeanor, seemingly difficult to get along with.
But he didn't expect her to voluntarily choose to help.
However... these small virtues couldn't offset the sin of her plagiarism!
"Hmm... I'm a bit bored," Baishi Hui suddenly realized he was quite bored.
In the kitchen, the girls wouldn't let the men help, saying that kitchen work was for girls, and boys didn't need to touch it.
Regarding this kind of stereotype, as a beneficiary, he could only say... Great!!
Baishi Hui planned to find some fun to pass the boring time.
Looking at Conan, who was also bored, he had an idea and mysteriously said to "Shinichi," "Kudo, I suddenly have a bad feeling, I always feel like something is going to happen!"
"A feeling? I don't believe it," Yukiko naturally wouldn't believe such unfounded words.
But Conan, who was nearby, believed it!
Last time at the art museum, he had said the curator would kill someone... and the curator really did!
As soon as he heard that a murder might occur, his eyes lit up, and he eagerly asked, "Shirashi, where will something happen?"
"I don't know that," Baishi Hui shrugged, not planning to give too much information... It would be less interesting if he said too much.
"But, last time at the art museum, didn't you sense the curator's killing intent? Why not this time?" After saying this, Conan realized his slip of the tongue.
He quickly corrected himself, saying, "Shinichi told me this."
Looking at Conan's pleading eyes towards her, what could Yukiko say? She could only nod to indicate that it was correct.
"Although that's true... I really don't know," Baishi Hui spread his hands, still indicating he didn't know, "I can't control intuition."
"If I could control it, why would I go to school? I'd run off and become a fortune teller!"
Hearing this, Conan also thought it made sense. So he started investigating the surroundings himself, to see if he could find any useful clues.
Yukiko saw that Conan believed it so easily, and couldn't help but follow him, asking, "Shinichi, do you believe what he says so much?"
"Yes," Conan nodded, then talked about the art museum murder case.
This made Yukiko very surprised, "No way? He really has that ability? Could it be a coincidence?"
"Whether it's a coincidence or not, it's better to be cautious," Conan continued his investigation with the mindset of "better safe than sorry."
Time reached after lunch.
After finishing lunch, Conan began observing the others, trying to find some clues through observation.
When his gaze fell on Sonoko, a flash of inspiration suddenly went through his mind!
Conan came to Sonoko's side and quietly asked, "Sister Sonoko, why did Sister Ayako invite us to her class reunion? Shinichi asked me to ask you."
When Sonoko heard that Shinichi was asking, she also whispered, "At the previous class reunion, there was another girl. But she committed suicide a few years ago."
"This class reunion is the first time they've held one in several years... Sister was worried about it being awkward, so she asked a few friends to come and liven things up."
Upon hearing this, Conan excitedly clenched his fists.
As an experienced Detective, upon hearing the details of the matter, he knew that someone might seek revenge for the lost Atsuko!
Very good, the motive for murder has been found!
Next are the suspects.
Who would have been on particularly good terms with Atsuko?
With this question in mind, Conan found Ayako again.
Similarly, he asked under Shinichi's name.
Ayako shook her head at this, saying, "I'm not sure either... Atsuko was quite introverted."
This greatly disappointed Conan.
After thinking for a moment, he simply pulled "Shinichi" along, found Baishi Hui, and shared all the information he had gathered, to see if he had any leads.
"Oh? Found the motive for murder?" Baishi Hui looked at Conan in surprise upon hearing this.
This kid is indeed a born Detective.
Just based on his one hint, he had already sensed the impending murder.
Impressive!
"Then keep up the good work!" Baishi Hui encouraged him, without giving any more information.
"Aren't you going to do something?" Seeing Baishi Hui's indifferent appearance, Conan couldn't help but feel a little angry.
This is a human life!
How can you be indifferent... Okay, this guy is indeed indifferent to human life.
"Put down the urge to help, respect others' fate! Everyone must be responsible for their own actions," Baishi Hui patted Conan's shoulder and then ignored him.
Just then, Ran and the others brought out the afternoon tea from the kitchen, so he went over to help.
While helping, he heard Ran and the others talking.
Ran said happily, "Miss Ikeda Chikako is really nice! She even said she would teach me how to write novels!"
"Mhm mhm~~~ She looks cold, but she's surprisingly easy to get along with," Sonoko also nodded in agreement.
Ayako sighed, "It seems she's changed a lot."
Ikeda Chikako's attitude had improved, but Baishi Hui felt it was already too late.
.........
It was time for dinner in the evening.
People came down to eat one after another.
Just as Baishi Hui was about to drink a glass of water to moisten his throat, he suddenly saw Ikeda Chikako coming downstairs.
He paused, his eyes filled with surprise - How is she still alive? Shouldn't she have been dismembered by Takahashi Ryouichi by now?
Did Conan really save Ikeda Chikako's life and prevent the murder based on these clues?
Thinking of this, Baishi Hui subconsciously glanced at Conan.
However, he found that the other person was still frowning, with a serious expression.
This didn't look like he had found the killer.
Based on his understanding of Conan, if he had really found the killer, he would definitely come over to show off to him, displaying his deduction skills!
At this moment, Ota Katsu suddenly said, "Why hasn't Takahashi come down yet? Is he still asleep?"
To this, Ayako said, "I knocked on the door, but there was no response... He's probably still sleeping, tired from fixing the roof."
Upon hearing this, Conan suddenly had a bad feeling.
He immediately said, "I'll go upstairs and call him!!"
Saying that, Conan didn't wait for anyone else's reply and immediately went upstairs to check the situation.
However, the room was empty, and the attic was empty too!!
"Damn it, something's wrong!!" Conan's heart sank, and he hurried back to the living room downstairs.
He said with a serious expression, "I just went to Mr. Takahashi's room, and there's no one there! There's no one in the attic either!"
"Huh? That's strange... Where did he go?" Hiroki Kadotani was surprised.
However, just then, there was thunder outside.
Boom.
Everyone subconsciously looked at the lightning outside the window.
And at this moment, a bandaged figure suddenly flashed past the window.
"Ah!!!" Ran and Sonoko were more timid and screamed in fright.
Ota Katsu jumped up, surprised, "Ah... It's the bandaged figure I saw when I arrived!"
"I saw him too!" Hiroki Kadotani swallowed nervously and said, "I thought he was a resident nearby!"
"No... impossible. The mountains nearby are all ours, there can't be other residents here!!" Ayako said in a panic.
"Could this bandaged figure be related to Mr. Takahashi's disappearance?" Yukiko, disguised as Shinichi, immediately proposed a bold hypothesis.
While everyone was discussing, Conan had already rushed out!!
"Hey, Conan!!" Yukiko was startled, somewhat hesitant.
Because she was afraid, if that bandaged figure was a murderer, then following him would be walking to her death!
But Shinichi had already gone, so she could only brace herself and follow.
But thankfully, Baishi Hui stopped her at this time, saying, "Shinichi, you stay here, I'll go and check the situation."
Saying that, he followed them out.
This situation was already different from the anime plot.
This piqued his curiosity!
What was the reason for this?
After revising and revising, it finally came out......