"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 his mobile phone 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, Gao Yuan couldn't help but ask Suzuki Ayako.

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

Suzuki Ayako said and stood up.

"Can you go alone?"

Kakutani Hiroki said slightly worriedly.

"I'll go with you!"

Xiaolan volunteered at this time and said.

"I am coming too!"

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

"Okay, let Miss Xiaolan and Conan go to the kitchen with Miss Suzuki to get 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, so 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 glass in the windows upstairs, Gao Yuan decided to keep everyone present under his nose first to prevent them from taking advantage of the chaos to do anything.

After all, there are many ways to blackout the villa 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 by 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 the broken glass.

Under the weak light of the mobile phone flashlight, Gao Yuan's nerves couldn't help but become extremely tense when he saw everyone looking sad.

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.

Already.

Looking at the candlelight that was now filling the room, everyone finally felt a bit of 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 had not been opened. After opening the electric gate, under the illumination of 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 main trip switch back on, and immediately, the lights of the villa came on again——

"Probably just a common trip."

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

If the trip was caused by a line failure, the switch will still trip after the main switch is turned back on. But now that the switch 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 as the two of them walked away for a while, the lights that had been on in the villa went out again.

So, feeling a slight headache, Gao Yuan had no choice but 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.

Running away, Suzuki Ayako followed closely behind her very nervously——

"What happened!"

Returning to the hall, he saw Ota Katsu taking a lighter to relight the candle on the candlestick. Gao Yuan couldn't help asking, 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.

Everyone is 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...
Chapter completed!