Stay away from Conan

Chapter 342 Where is Xiao Ai!

"What happened?"

Faced with the sudden lights out and the subsequent sound of glass breaking, everyone gathered around the dining table couldn't help but panic.

Then, there was a "rumbling" of thunder outside the house.

"Is there a power outage?"

Yuanzi couldn't help but said in shock.

"It's possible that the lightning just broke the line!"

Ohta Katsu said in a calm tone.

"But wasn't the window on the second floor broken just now?"

Kakutani Hiroki said in panic.

"It must be him! That person must have broken in!"

Takahashi Ryoichi shouted with a trembling tone, sounding very panicked.

"Calm down!"

Gao Yuan shouted loudly in the darkness, trying to calm everyone down:

"Everyone, stay where you are and don't move!"

With that said, Gao Yuan took out the mobile phone he carried with him and turned on the flashlight function, while Conan on the side also lit up the flashlight on his watch——

For a moment, two beams of light illuminated the surroundings. Although this light was not enough to illuminate the entire hall, it at least allowed people to see the surroundings clearly for the time being.

"Ms. Suzuki, are there any candles or anything like that in the villa?"

After looking around and confirming that everyone was still sitting at the dining table, Takato couldn't help but ask Suzuki Ayako.

"Yes! It's in the kitchen, I'll get it right now!"

Suzuki Ayako said before getting up.

"Can you go alone?"

Kakutani Hiroki said slightly worriedly.

"I'll go with you!"

Xiaolan volunteered at this time.

"I am coming too!"

Conan on the side showed his flashing watch and couldn't help but say.

"Okay, let Miss Xiaolan and Conan go to the kitchen with Miss Suzuki to get the candles. The others stay with me and don't act without authorization!"

Gao Yuanyuan, Conan and Xiaolan, wanted to accompany Suzuki Ayako to get candles. They couldn't help but nodded in approval. At the same time, they glanced at Xiaolan and specifically reminded:

"Miss Xiaolan, pay attention to safety! Don't think too much at critical moments. I believe in your intuition after practicing karate for so many years!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Yuan glanced down at Conan, and Conan nodded towards Gao Yuan. After a tacit exchange of words, Suzuki Ayako walked to the kitchen with Xiaolan and Conan.

Watching them leave, Gao Yuan once again focused his attention on the people still in front of the dining table——

To be honest, as for the "bandage weirdo" who appeared this time, rather than saying that the other person is someone hiding in the mountains nearby for some reason, Gao Yuan is more inclined to think that the other person is pretending to be someone who came to the party together.

Therefore, facing the current power outage and even the broken window glass upstairs, Gao Yuan decided to keep everyone present under his nose first to prevent them from doing anything in the chaos.

After all, there are many ways to make the villa lose power and break the window glass when no one is present.

Moreover, the broken window on the second floor is directly above the hall where everyone is now. It is a place that can be seen directly when looking up from here. It is not a window of any room.

If someone from outside really breaks this window and breaks in, then the figure of the person who broke in can be directly discovered by everyone present.

In summary, Gao Yuan came to a conclusion and made a deployment just now——

First, keep the possible suspects under your nose, then ask Suzuki Ayako and the others to get candles, completely light up the room, and then check to see what caused the power outage and broken glass.

Under the weak light of the mobile phone flashlight, Gao Yuan's nerves couldn't help but become extremely tense as he looked at everyone's gloomy expressions -

Speaking of which, Chikako Ikeda is still alone in the room. If a "bandage weirdo" really appears now, then she will be unable to get rid of the suspicion...

However, when in the woods, the "bandage weirdo" could swing the ax with one hand, which was obviously not something a woman could do.

What's more, now that I can't go upstairs to find her immediately, I can only wait for Xiaolan and the others to get the candle back...

Fortunately, Xiaolan and the others returned from the kitchen quickly, holding several candlesticks in their hands. Several candles were lit on the candlesticks. The warm orange light of the candles soon followed the return of the three of them, completely lighting up the hall. .

Looking at the candlelight that was now filling the room, everyone finally felt a little comfort in their originally slightly panicked mood.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but take a candlestick from Xiaolan's hand, guarding the burning flame with his hand to prevent it from extinguishing, and then asked Suzuki Ayako:

"Ms. Suzuki, where is the switch?"

"Right by the back door."

Suzuki Ayako replied, and then understood Gao Yuan's intention, and said: "I will take you there!"

In response, Gao Yuan nodded, and then told the people present:

"Everyone, please don't leave here before I come back. Don't worry, nothing will happen."

In such an atmosphere, Gao Yuan comforted everyone in this way. Everyone looked at each other. Now that the hall was illuminated by candlelight, everyone could not help but nod silently in agreement.

So Gao Yuan took a candlestick and followed Suzuki Ayako to the electric switch at the back door——

"The circuit breaker tripped?"

When he came to the electric gate, he found that the electric gate was not opened. After opening the electric gate, under the candlelight, Gao Yuan saw no trace of any mechanism here, so he couldn't help but say this.

Frowning slightly, Gao Yuan reached out and turned the tripped main switch back on. Then immediately, the lights of the villa came on again——

"Probably just a common trip."

Regarding the current situation, Takato couldn't help but comfort Suzuki Ayako beside him -

If the trip was caused by a line failure, the gate will still trip after the main switch is turned back on. But now that the gate can be opened successfully, it seems that the line is still normal, and the trip just now may have been an accident.

So, after hearing Gao Yuan's words, Suzuki Ayako couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and the two of them started to return to the hall——

But just when the two of them walked away for a while, the lights that had been on in the villa went out again.

So, with a slight headache, Gao Yuan had to walk back, planning to check the switch again.

But just as Gao Yuan returned to the electric gate, a scream suddenly came from the hall——

"It's Xiaolan!"

Hearing the exclamation, Gao Yuan and Suzuki Ayako immediately determined the source of the exclamation. Although they didn't know why the switch tripped again, Gao Yuan couldn't care so much. He picked up the still burning candlestick and headed towards the hall. He ran, and Suzuki Ayako followed closely behind her very nervously——

"What happened!"

Returning to the hall, he saw Ota Katsu taking a lighter to relight the candles on the candlestick. Takato couldn't help but ask, and at the same time, his eyes began to look around the people in the hall——

Ran, Sonoko, Conan, Ota Masaru, Takahashi Ryoichi, Kakutani Hiroki, Amamiya Atsuko.

They are all here...

With a sigh, Gao Yuan couldn't help feeling a little relieved. Although he didn't know what happened just now, as long as everyone is still here, at least...

"Where's Xiao Ai!"

In an instant, Gao Yuan realized that Xiao Ai was not here, and immediately asked the people present in panic, while at the same time, inexplicable anger arose in his heart...

Thanks to Little Penguin and Luo Ying Xia Shu for their tips.