Chapter 13
Villa
Edogawa Conan didn't speak. Instead, he and Okiya Subaru looked aside.
Although Ms. Saotome Aiho's attention was temporarily chatting with Dr. Agasa, her eyes were always on Subaru Okiya and a group of children.
"..."
When Edogawa Conan raised his head, the expressions of the four strangers seemed to be calm.
[Come on, let’s guess who is the victim in this episode. I guess it’s you, Saotome who took the initiative to talk. ]
[Okay, choose one of the three extremes. ]
[Actually... there are not necessarily only three suspects. ]
"It's like this. Except for a few of us who travel and camp here every year, only occasionally people come here to stay for a day or two during the off-season. It's just that a few of us started coming here in the past few months." No one else will come again,"
Saotome Aiho said feeling a little regretful. "Originally, today we planned to follow the river from the villa to see if there was any place where we could fish and find edible mushrooms as trophies. Then we made an agreement with the other two people to go back before dinner, but I I saw all of you when I came over, but I didn’t expect that there were actually people by the river.”
Because of the episode just now, after learning about the difficulties encountered by Dr. Agasa and others, Saotome Aiho won over the three friends. After agreeing, Dr. Ali’s car was sent for maintenance and a few people were invited to play in the villa.
Saotome Aiho felt that more people would make it more lively.
Because of this, Idarui and others learned from Saotome Aiho's description that there were other people in the villa.
Along the way, everyone learned a lot from Saotome Aiho.
It's just that her friends seemed a little impatient, especially Tajima Ling, who had an anxious look on his face. I heard Tajima Rei walking at the front and said a little impatiently: "I mean Aiho, you talk a little too much. I heard your voice alone along the way. Can you focus a little more and speed up?" Go faster, otherwise we will definitely be disliked and be the last one. I don't want to be punished after being dragged down."
Rei Tajima put his hands in his pants pockets, wondering if he was irritated because he felt that Saotome talked too much. .
"Well, Tajima, what's wrong with you? Just now..."
After Kurokawa Ryōyu saw Tajima Rei's behavior, she felt puzzled, but before she finished the next words, she felt Toda Eihei on the side grabbed Kurokawa Yoshiyu who wanted to say something.
Toda Eihei shook his head and tried to smooth things over and said: "Stop talking... We all came out to get some air. That's what Ling is like. I hope you don't mind."
"This man is so mean..."
"Yuan Too."
Because Tajima Rei's words made the atmosphere among the people present a bit delicate, Kojima Mota complained in a low voice but was stopped by Mitsuhiko and Ayumi.
"But I feel so strange..." Idarui didn't speak during this period. He said silently after seeing Tajima Rei and the others were some distance away from him.
Her words were also heard by Haibara Ai and Edogawa Conan standing in the back row. After hearing this, Conan said casually: "Is there anything strange?"
"Ah..."
Edogawa Conan said what he was thinking and then realized that he had just done it. What, so his attention had to be completely focused on the other party.
And Daterui didn't expect that Conan would hear her words and take advantage of the situation. When she saw that only Edogawa Conan's fiery gaze and Haibara Ai who was quietly sizing her up, no one else was paying attention. He breathed a sigh of relief when he reached himself.
Then Idarui told the other party the questions in his heart.
"The villa on the road when we came was far away from the river where we were. If we chose the nearest one, it would be on the opposite bank of the river from us." Ida Liuyi said. "But why did they come here, and they don't have any fishing tools..."
Although Tajima Rei led the way and some people took Okiya Subaru's vehicle to go to the villa first, and then prepared to return. It's a plan to pick up the people behind, but it's not a very short distance from the villa.
Why didn't the four of them choose the nearest river that only took five minutes to walk, but instead walked more than 20 minutes to the farthest place?
That's why Idarui was confused.
Daterui's words are not unreasonable. Edogawa Conan has also considered some reasons, but he has not figured out the purpose of the four people in front of him for the time being. Although Saotome Aiho herself said that more people will make the excitement more exciting. .
But is it really that simple?
Edogawa Conan obviously didn't believe what Saotome Aiho said, but when he saw Saotome Aiho talking to Dr. Agasa, it seemed that the other party didn't show anything that could make people feel inconsistent. But that's also the problem.
"Aiho, you are finally back. Tajima and the others arrived first, and there are also new guests who have just arrived."
At Idarui, he followed Edogawa Conan and others to what Saotome Aiho mentioned. At the villa, two other friends who seemed to have been mentioned by Saotome Aiho were coming to the table with food in their hands.
The person who spoke was the girl with short and medium orange hair who noticed Saotome and others coming back first. She looked like a teacher teaching at school, with a kind face. Saotome Aiho introduced her name to Hitomi Tenkadera.
The person who followed Hitomi Tenkaji who had been silent but looked at a few people straightly was a boy named Yuuki Yamauchi.
After the mutual introduction, Tenkaji Hitomi did not feel uncomfortable with Saotome Aiho's sudden invitation to Dr. Agasa and others. On the contrary, she quickly accepted it after being surprised.
"Well, since it was Aiho who brought it up, it's okay. If there are more people, it will be more lively." Tenkaji Hitomi said, "But you still have to go find Tajima. I don't know what happened to him. When he went out to find food Everything was fine, but when I came back, I saw him angrily going back to the room and still not showing up. "Did
something happen between you?" Tianhuaji Hitomi asked.
Saotome Aiho shook her head after hearing her words. After she explained what Tajima Rei said before returning, she was met with a sigh from Tenkaji Hitomi. Hitomi Tenkaji said helplessly: "Tajima is too serious, isn't he, Yuuki."
"Yeah."
Yamauchi Yuuki, who was silent on the side, nodded silently after hearing Hitomi Tenkaji's words. After finishing speaking, he added himself His attention was on the table in front of him.
"Well, Yuuki has always had this kind of character, I hope you don't mind." Hitomi Tenkaji waved her hand and said, and then she saw Yuuki Yamauchi nodding towards her as if to win her approval, before Hitomi Tenkaji nodded. After that, Yamauchi Yuuki went to the kitchen mechanically.
Out of curiosity, Yoshida Ayumi asked, "Are Mr. Yamauchi and Miss Tenkaji a couple?"
Unexpectedly, Yoshida Ayumi's words made Tenkaji Hitomi blush, and she could see her within a few seconds. His face turned from white to very red.
"It's not like we are...it's just..." Tianhuaji Hitomi stuttered, and then quickly waved her hands to deny it.
Kurokawa Yōyu came over with a bouquet, and Saotome Aiho took the bouquet from Yōyu's hand, but they laughed and teased Hitomi Tenkadera. All I heard was Kurokawa Yoshiu smiling and saying: "Obviously Yamauchi only listens to you, Hitomi."
"It doesn't make any difference if we negotiate. We have already acquiesced that you are already together." Saotome Aiho said after putting down the bouquet. Ridicule to Hitomi Tenkaji.
Under the blush of Hitomi Tenkadera, Aiho Saotome focused on the children and Subaru Okiya.
"Would you like to go to the balcony on the second floor with us? I happen to be going to the second floor to chat with Tajima, but Liangyou and I have also prepared refreshments. Some sweet desserts may suit the tastes of you children. So what does Okiya-san like to drink?" Saotome Aiho's target was the squinting man wearing glasses.
So asking children is just a matter of course.
However, Haibara Ai silently moved away from Okiya Subaru. When Kurokawa Yoshiu and the excited Ayumi were waiting for the children, she glanced at Saotome Aiho who was talking and Okiya Subaru who was answering. Finally, Haibara Ai stood there After seeing Edogawa Conan secretly observing from the side, he followed Kurokawa Yoshiu and others and left.
Before finally leaving, she even picked up Idarui, who was in a daze, as if he had no interest in snacks. Haiyuan cried out to Liu Yi and said, "We should go to the second floor, Date."
"Huh? Okay." Date Liu Yi could not figure out what everyone present was thinking, but this was not what she should do. As far as he could manage, before going to the second floor, Liu Yi was also looking at the layout of the villa and the surrounding environment.
She felt that they were a bit novel. They were all decorations that she had never seen before, and they seemed to be quite old.
"Hi, this belongs to the little girl."
Just as Idarui sat on the chair and focused on the surrounding environment, Kurokawa Yoshiyu handed the divided cake to him and called him back. Liu Yi's thoughts.
Everyone is doing different things at this time.
For example, the young detective team is eating desserts, Dr. Agasa and Subaru Okiya are chatting with Toda Eihei, Kurokawa Yoshiyu and Tenkadera Hitomi are still teasing Tajima Rei for being punished for being the last one, and there is also a scene with Toda. After Shima Rei talked with Yamauchi Yuuki, she met Saotome Aiho in the corridor.
In this room, except for the Young Detective Team, Dr. Agasa and Subaru Okiya on the second floor, almost everyone who originally lived here had been to Tajima Rei's room.
Nearly half an hour later, before lunch, Tajima Rei was seen trembling from the room on the second floor to the restaurant on the first floor, rubbing his eyes.
It looked like he had taken a short nap.