Chapter 7 7. The Dark Knight

"Miss Sanae, are you sleeping well?" Mrs. Lvchuan closed the door, sat down in front of Zhizhi, looked into the bedroom and asked in a low voice. "Yeah." Wisely answered thoughtfully, indifferently. "Miss Sanae's father has gone to bed?" "Ok." As described above, Iwase Shohei who swallowed sleeping pills was so sleepy that he couldn't bear it. After asking Akechi to stay, he immediately fell asleep on the bed next to Sanae. "Hey, look at you being so perfunctory." Mrs. Luchuan smiled sweetly, "What are you thinking? Are you still worried about sitting in charge yourself?"

"Oh, do you still remember the bet we made just now?" Akechi finally looked up at his wife, "You must be secretly praying in your heart that Ms. Sanae is kidnapped, then I will lose this bet!" He sarcastically countered the beauty's words ridicule. "Oh, I hate it. How could I wish for misfortune to Mr. Iwase? I was just worried. What was in that telegram?" "Warning Mr. Iwase, be extra careful at twelve o'clock tonight." Akechi felt amused, and when he answered, he glanced at the clock on the mantelpiece from the corner of his eye, and it was exactly ten fifty.

"There's still more than an hour left, will you stay here all the time? Aren't you bored?" "I don't feel bored at all, I really enjoy it. If I hadn't been a detective, how many times would I have encountered such a dramatic moment in my life? Madam is, I must be exhausted after a day, please go back and rest .” "Oh, you still want to have it all to yourself, so selfish. I look forward to the next evolution of the situation more than you do. Women love to gamble more than men, and they are almost defenseless. You may not be very happy if I stay here. It's convenient, but please allow me to stay."

"You still mention the bet? If you want to stay, then stay." For a while, the man and woman who had their own concerns just sat silently facing each other.Madam inadvertently caught a glimpse of a pack of playing cards on the desk, and proposed to play a game to refresh herself, Zhizhi readily agreed.So, while the villain showed up to do evil, the two played cards inappropriately. The hour dragged like a snail under the weight of fear, but the two people who were having fun didn't notice the passage of time at all.Of course, the wise, high-spirited stare unrelentingly at the open bedroom door.And the bedroom windows (the only way in, if the thieves were planning to force their way in) were undisturbed.

"Let's call it a day. It will be twelve o'clock in five minutes." Mrs. Luchuan looked anxious, as if she was not in the mood to continue playing. "Well, there are still five minutes, enough time to play another game. In this way, twelve o'clock midnight will pass peacefully." Zhizhi shuffled the cards and did not forget to keep the guests. "Don't underestimate the thief. As I mentioned earlier in the living room, I don't think the thief will fail to keep his promise this time. Wait a minute, wait a minute..." Madam was extremely nervous.

"Hahaha... Ma'am, why are you so nervous. Why don't you just say, how did the thief get into this room, how did he sneak into the room?" Madam raised her hand without thinking, pointing to the door. "Oh, come in through that door? In order to reassure Madam, I will lock it now." Akechi got up and locked the door with the key Shohei gave him. "Okay, now unless the door is forcibly broken open, no one can get close to Ms. Sanae. As you can see, if you want to enter the dormitory, you must first pass through the living room." Unexpectedly, like a child frightened by a ghost story, the lady raised her hand again and pointed to the faintly visible window of the bedroom.

"Oh, the window. Do you think the burglar would have set up a ladder in the atrium to climb up? But the window is securely locked from the inside. Even if the burglar cut the pane, he would be able to see it from here. In case of emergency, I have no choice but to show my wife my shooting skills." Akechi patted his right pocket, which contained a small pistol. "Miss Sanae didn't know about it, she was really sound asleep. But why hasn't Mr. Iwase woke up? Is he too careless at the critical moment?" Madam poked her head at the door of the dormitory, full of doubts.

"Probably because they were harassed by the horrific warning letter and had a nervous breakdown, they would take sleeping pills every night before going to bed." "Oh, there's only one minute left. Mr. Wise, is it really all right?" The lady spoke eagerly and stood up suddenly. "Of course, nothing happened?" Akechi couldn't help getting up, and looked at the excited wife in confusion. "But there are still thirty seconds." Mrs. Luchuan looked back at Zhizhi with piercing eyes.Ah, the female thief is obviously intoxicated with the thrill of victory.The battle with the famous detective Kogoro Akechi finally came to her moment of triumph.

"Ma'am, do you trust the skill of the thief so much?" A cold light flashed in Zhizhi's eyes.He thought hard, trying to solve the enigmatic expression of his wife, but it was really hard to understand.What did I miss? Why is this mysterious beauty in front of me so excited? "Well, that's right. Maybe my vision was too dramatic, but my eyes seem to be seeing the scene where the dark knight sneaks in and snatches the beautiful woman." "Ahahaha..." Mingzhi couldn't hold back his smile anymore, "Ma'am, look, just as you are indulging in medieval fairy tales, the hour hand has passed twelve o'clock, and I won this bet. Your jewelry is about to change hands, hahaha..."

"Mr. Wise, do you really think so?" Madam was so angry that her lips were crooked, and she slowly uttered these words one by one from her voluptuous red lips as if on purpose.The instant pleasure made her forget about maintaining the demeanor of a noble lady. "Hey, what do you mean..." Keen and wise sensed that there was something in the words, and an inexplicable fear made him change color. "You haven't confirmed whether Ms. Sanae is still there?" Madam reminded Zhizhi coldly. "But, Miss Sanae does..." Even the famous detective couldn't help being speechless at this moment.What was even more unbearable was that cold sweat kept dripping down his broad forehead.

"You said just now that Sanae-san is resting on the bed. But is that really Sanae-san? Could it be someone else at all?" "Absurd, how, how is it possible..." Zhizhi refused to admit defeat, but he was clearly terrified inside.He rushed into the bedroom desperately, waking up the sleeping Zhuang Bingwei. "What, what? What happened?" Iwase, who was fighting against the Sandman, finally regained most of his consciousness. Under the urgent call of Akechi, he suddenly raised his upper body and asked in panic. "Please check it out. Is it really Miss who is resting there?" Such stupid words are really not wise. "What nonsense are you talking about? That is indeed the little girl. If it's not her, who could it be..." Iwase was startled, and suddenly stopped talking, as if realizing something, staring at Sanae whose back was turned to him. "Sanae! Sanae!" Iwase called her daughter anxiously, but got no response.He hurriedly left the bed, approached Sanae anxiously, grabbed her shoulders, and tried to shake her awake. However, ah, what kind of incredible situation is this?The blanket that originally covered Sanae's shoulders was empty, and Iwase grabbed only the blanket. "Mr. Wise, we've been fooled, something serious happened!" Old Iwase let out an indescribable roar. "Who is that? Isn't the lady lying on the bed?" "Come and see for yourself, this is not human at all. We have fallen into a big trap!" Akechi and Mrs. Midorikawa hurried to Sanae's bedside.It really wasn't a person, and the "object" they thought was Sanae was actually a lifeless puppet head.The thieves found a common doll head placed in the window of an exotic shop, put on glasses and a wig the same as Sanae's, and the body was a long pile of quilts rolled up with a quilt, and covered with a blanket.