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Chapter 209 Don’t Open the Door Casually

The three men crossed the bridge and came to the villa door and rang the doorbell. The woman who came to open the door was someone they had never seen before. Neither side spoke, but Suzuki Sonoko who came out immediately rescued them.

Suzuki Sonoko: "Ah, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time. This is my sister."

"Sister, this is the Xiaolan and Mr. Zero Time I told you about, and his little brat Conan."

"Ran, Mr. Lingshi, this is my sister Suzuki Lingzi."

After the two sides introduced themselves, everyone walked into the villa, and Ran Mouri suddenly asked about the strange man with a bandage and mask.

"Ha, how could you possibly invite someone like that? Lan, did you really see that person coming over here?"

"Except for two or three villas, no one lives here until you cross the valley."

Suzuki Lingzi said this with a worried look on her face. Nothing would happen, right? There was actually such a strange person wandering around.

Yuanzi was worried for a moment, but then she regained her composure and hugged Xiaolan, saying:

"It doesn't matter. If there is such a person here, with your karate skills, Xiaolan, you will definitely be able to beat him to a pulp."

Mao Lilan: "Sonoko..."

Mao Lilan felt a little embarrassed to be relied upon like this, but she nodded in agreement after accepting her friend's trust.

"If it's not a ghost, then I'm fine."

Midnight: So I thought that guy was a ghost just now. That’s right, in broad daylight, he was covered up so tightly with bandages and a cloak, and was acting so sneaky, how could he be a good person?

Knowing that the man would become the murderer, Ling Shi thought nonchalantly and went upstairs with Mao Lilan to find a room.

According to Sonoko's instructions, Mao Lilan walked to the door of a room and was about to turn the doorknob and go in, but Lingshi reached out to stop her and knocked on the door himself.

Mao Lilan was confused by his behavior until she heard a man's voice asking questions from inside and realized that she had found the wrong room.

Lingshi: "It's okay, we were afraid we'd go to the wrong room, so we knocked on the door in advance."

"Oh, it's okay. There are people in the next few rooms. I'm changing clothes. You can go to the next few rooms and take a look!"

After thinking it over, the people inside showed Lingshi and the others the way, and kindly reminded them that there were people in the rooms next to them.

Zero Hour: “Okay, thank you.”

After saying that, Lingshi took Mao Lilan to two empty rooms according to the system's instructions. This time, Xiaolan also knocked on the door, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she heard no response from inside.

"Fortunately, Mr. Zero Hour is here, otherwise I would have made a fool of myself."

Xiaolan patted her chest, looking relieved. She felt embarrassed when she thought about how she almost opened someone else's door. If Lingshi hadn't stopped her...

It's so embarrassing to break into someone's room and see them changing clothes.

I just felt that my toes had dug a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment in my shoes. Ran Mouri went into one room by herself, and Lingshi pulled Conan into the next room to put their luggage.

Lingshi observed the room for a while and waited until he heard Ran Mouri's questioning outside before going out. When he went downstairs, he saw a lot of people in the living room downstairs.

It seemed that she was waiting for them. Xiaolan felt embarrassed and quickly apologized. Lingshi went downstairs and greeted them in a very relaxed manner.

System: Host, you really think this is your own home.

Zero Hour: Well, what else? I’m just here to join in the fun. I also want to meet the legendary midnight bandage monster.

Then Lingshi's eyes swept over several people and stopped at a fat man. This should be the murderer, the one they just saw.

It's quite impressive, this can be considered a disguise, right? When I just saw it, the face was wrapped tightly, and he was obviously very thin, so is there something stuck on his face?

I looked at it for a while and then quickly moved it away to avoid being noticed.

"Sorry, it took us so long to clean up."

"It's okay. It was you who knocked on my door just now. I was changing clothes at that time and you scared me."

One of the men took over and Lingshi nodded in agreement. Xiaolan then remembered that she almost opened the door and felt embarrassed before returning to her original expression.

Lingshi and Xiaolan walked to the empty seats at the dining table and sat down. Yuanzi stood up and introduced everyone.

The guy with long hair is called Masaru Ota, the one next to him, who responded to Zero Hour, is called Hiroki Kadotani, and the fat one is Ryoichi Takahashi.

Finally, there is the last woman, a capable and intellectual-looking woman with short hair, Chikako Ikeda.

After introducing everyone, Lingzi suddenly mentioned that there was a person named Dunzi in the past. Miss Ikeda slammed the table and stood up, looking angry.

Lingshi noticed that the woman's eyes were filled with fear. Was she afraid of that name because she felt guilty?

Facing the gazes of a group of people, Ikeda seemed to realize that something was wrong with his emotions, and immediately covered it up and sat down to explain his abnormality, but Ling Shi could only say that explanation is a cover-up, and a cover-up is a fact.

On this point, Ota Masaru's behavior made Zero Hour feel more relieved. He added a sarcastic remark after Ikeda's explanation.

"Humph, when people become famous, their tone of voice changes."

This immediately caused Ikeda's dissatisfaction. Seeing that the two were about to have a conflict, Lingzi stood up and stepped forward to stop them, thus calming down a war that had not yet broken out.

Zero Hour: What a pity...

System: Host, you really enjoy watching the fun and making trouble.

Midnight: Although I don’t remember the plot, we are all in the same club, and the others might know something. If they get into an argument, they might let it slip.

System: Host, do you want to stop this case? Why?

Zero Hour: Don’t overthink it. I’m just watching the fun.

The quarrel did not escalate. Lingzi said she had gone to cook, and the Takahashi man also slipped away under the pretext of repairing the roof, but Lingshi knew that he must have gone to cut the telephone lines or dismantle the bridge.

Fortunately, he brought communication tools in advance. It would be no good to trap him here. He can take revenge or do whatever he wants. As long as he doesn't get into trouble, it's fine. He just came here to enjoy the villa in the mountains.

Midnight: If you feel good, it would be a good idea to choose a place like this for vacation next time.

System: Hello... Host, why did you still think of this? We are not travel experts!

Zero Hour: So what?

At this time, Kakutani suggested that everyone play poker, but some people did not give him face. Ikeda Chikako said she was taking a walk, but in fact she left with a sullen look on her face. Kakutani hurriedly chased after her.

Ota, who was watching a show, said,

"It looks like they're going to be finished too."

Zero Hour: Oh, what? These two are actually a couple. I hope Kakutani won’t cry to death later.

At midnight, we were eating melons. The two men ran out and the poker game ended. When I looked out the window, it was already dark.

The layers of clouds all mean that heavy rain is about to come, and no one knows whether it will be very heavy, but what I thought of at zero o'clock was.

Midnight: If it rains, it will definitely be a good time to sleep.