Stay away from Conan

Chapter 586: Killing on a Rainy Night

Twenty years ago, Hokkaido, Muroran City, Muroran Port——

It was night, stormy and stormy.

Due to the sudden attack of a typhoon at sea, the passenger ship originally scheduled to depart from Muroran Port tonight and bound for the United States had to postpone its departure time.

Therefore, Junya Nakagawa, who originally came here after a long journey and was waiting at the port, was about to take this cruise ship to go abroad. Faced with the current situation, he had no choice but to find a temporary place to stay nearby and hope that This typhoon will pass quickly.

However, with the arrival of the typhoon, it has begun to affect the normal traffic operations in Muroran City——

Public transportation was almost suspended, and no vehicles were seen driving on the road amid the violent wind and rain.

Moreover, what is even more terrible is that there are many people who are still stranded at the port after what happened to Junya Nakagawa——

Since the weather forecast clearly deviated from the warning of this typhoon, and the cruise ship did not notify in advance of the postponement of sailing, passengers like Junya Nakagawa who arrived at the port on time are now trapped. Here it is.

In this regard, the passengers stranded here can only gather in hotels near the port, but after all, the rooms are limited and cannot accommodate everyone.

However, fortunately, the nearby hotels absorbed most of the passengers stranded at the port. In the end, there were only a dozen or so passengers who had no place to stay and were still at the port.

Faced with this situation, the port came forward to discuss with everyone, and everyone chose to stay in the waiting hall of the port, hoping to wait until the typhoon passed as soon as possible.

Moreover, although the facilities in the waiting hall are not as good as those in a hotel, it has a shelter from wind and rain, water and electricity, and a lot of emergency food, so it is still a good choice.

In response, the passengers stranded here received some water and food in the waiting hall under the arrangement of a staff member at the port, and rested in different locations in the waiting hall——

Naturally, Jun Nakagawa was also among the passengers stranded in the waiting hall, and could only wait silently for the storm outside to end as soon as possible.

However, as the night gets darker and I hear the strong wind outside gradually getting stronger, I don’t know if the typhoon will pass by tomorrow——

In response, everyone present looked a little depressed.

Faced with the current situation, Junya Nakagawa was a little depressed. He took the radio he carried with him, connected his headphones, and tried to listen to the latest broadcast about the typhoon.

However, I don’t know whether it was because the radio was damaged by water when running in the rain, or because the signal was extremely unstable due to the typhoon. No matter how Junya Nakagawa adjusted the frequency, only "hissing" noise could be heard from the headphones. , nothing can be heard.

——"Did you say when the typhoon will pass?"

At this moment, Jun Nakagawa was a little unwilling. He was still trying to tune in, thinking that it would be good to hear some radio broadcasts. A man in his forties, holding a briefcase, had a look on his face. He came up curiously and asked.

"No."

Regarding the situation like this, Junya Nakagawa, who was not in a good mood to start a conversation at this time, seemed a little impatient, so he simply replied and didn't want to pay attention to the other party.

Faced with Junya Nakagawa's attitude, the man didn't show any disgust on his face. Instead, he continued to come up and spoke out:

"Hey... you said, this weather forecast is too outrageous. Normally, the forecasts of whether and when it will rain are almost inaccurate, but this time the typhoon forecast is so different! I thought This typhoon really has to wait until tomorrow to make landfall..."

As if he was complaining, the man explained the reason why everyone was facing this dilemma.

In this regard, Junya Nakagawa, who was indeed surprised that there was such a big difference in the typhoon forecast this time, finally sighed, took off the earphones of the radio, and sighed lightly:

"Yeah... I had planned my time well, but it was a bit troublesome to be delayed like this..."

"oh?"

However, after Nakagawa Jun also said this, the man couldn't help but be a little surprised, showed a curious expression, and couldn't help but ask:

"I remember that this trip would have taken a month at sea... Although this typhoon will have some impact on time, relatively speaking, if you are in a hurry, you shouldn't choose to take a cruise, right?"

"Because I also want to take a trip..."

Jun Nakagawa couldn't help but sigh.

In response, the man nodded in agreement and couldn't help but say:

"really……"

After saying that, the man turned around and asked:

"By the way, did the radio say when the typhoon will pass?"

It seemed that because of the exchange just now, Jun Nakagawa let down his guard, so he replied helplessly:

"Hey... maybe the weather has affected the signal too much. I actually didn't hear anything here."

Hearing this, the man obviously began to feel slightly unhappy and replied:

"This kind of weather forecast broadcast...is unreliable at critical moments..."

"Huh? Can't you hear the radio?"

At this moment, another man in his twenties asked slightly surprised, seemingly because he heard the man complaining.

"Yes……"

Although it felt a bit abrupt to face this young man's question, Junya Nakagawa felt it was a little strange, but he still responded aloud.

However, after receiving Junya Nakagawa's affirmative answer, the young man's expression became a little nervous, as if he was afraid of something. He began to look around in a panic, and saw the port man in the waiting hall. The staff then hurried forward and started asking if there was a phone in the waiting hall, as if they were anxious to confirm something.

After hearing the man's request, the staff member responded politely, and then led the man to the office in the waiting hall.

In this regard, it seemed that the man's move caused a bit of a stir, and other passengers present glanced in the man's direction intentionally or unintentionally.

Among them, a young woman who seemed to be pregnant, with a slightly serious expression, glanced a few more times in the direction of the man's departure, her eyebrows slightly furrowed as if she was thinking about something——

This is a very beautiful woman with long black hair shawl. Even though she was hit by the heavy rain just now, her long black hair was not disturbed, but she looked even more attractive.

When such a woman appears here, she will naturally attract attention, especially when she sees that she is still pregnant.

Moreover, as if aware of the identity of this woman, the man next to Junya Nakagawa whispered to Junya Nakagawa in surprise:

"Hey! You didn't even notice, does that woman... look like the one who announced her retirement before... what is her name... what is she?"

As he was thinking about it, it seemed that he didn't remember the other person's name for a while, but this did not affect the man's continued interest and continued:

"According to rumors, she seems to have chosen to retire because of some emotional entanglement...Look at her current appearance..."

As he said that, the man shook his head with regret.

In this regard, Jun Nakagawa said with a little regret after listening to the man's words:

"Sorry, I don't understand this very well...I don't pay attention..."

Saying this, Jun Nakagawa glanced at the woman, but couldn't help but said with regret:

"But... it is really not good for a pregnant woman to stay here alone, and there is no one to accompany her..."

"Yes, that's why I say it's a pity..."

The man next to him continued to echo:

"No matter what the reason is, it would be too pitiful to leave a pregnant woman here alone..."

In this regard, Jun Nakagawa nodded, but he had no intention of pursuing it further. After all, everyone present was affected by this sudden typhoon, disrupted their position, and had to wait here for the typhoon to pass. .

Just like that, not long after, the man who had been taken to the office by the staff to make a phone call had already come out of the office with the staff.

But his expression did not seem to be happy because of the experience of entering the office just now. He was even more frightened and uneasy. He sat back down and seemed to be a little nervous. He started to hold his suitcase and dozed off a little - —

"Sorry, it seems that the phone line is unable to contact the situation outside due to the typhoon. Everyone should have a good rest here!"

The port staff mentioned the actual situation to everyone present, causing several other passengers who originally wanted to borrow a phone to give up the idea.

However, this is just a small episode. For the passengers trapped here, except when the typhoon outside the house will end, it seems that other things do not arouse their interest, and they are just silent at this moment. They waited silently in the cabin.

Junya Nakagawa was no exception. After seeing that he couldn't hear any news on the radio, Junya Nakagawa finally gave up. He didn't want to try anymore and was going to rest first——

"I can't hear the radio, I can't make calls... In addition, the weather forecast is inexplicably wrong with the time of the typhoon landing by such a long time difference... Such a handwriting..."

At this time, the woman who seemed to be pregnant was leaning alone against the window of the waiting hall. Listening to the increasingly louder sounds of wind and rain outside, she thought in a daze, but in the current situation, besides staying here, she , and there is no other choice...

"Hopefully, he will find a way..."

Thinking about the world she was in at this time, the woman could only comfort herself and act as normal as possible. She leaned on her suitcase in a remote corner and closed her eyes to rest...

…

Late at night, the rain continued unabated and the wind roared——

Although there was a lot of noise caused by the typhoon outside, most of the people who had become accustomed to it were resting peacefully in the waiting hall. Even the occasional snoring from someone would be covered up by the noise of the typhoon, and instead showed another side. A relatively peaceful atmosphere——

However, it was in this environment, when everyone had taken a rest, that a figure, using the dim light in the waiting hall, was slowly walking towards the man who had gone to the office to borrow a phone.

Although such movement did not immediately arouse the man's alert, the pregnant woman in the corner on one side woke up sharply and noticed the only person in the cabin at this time. Figure in action——

However, after noticing that the target of the moving figure did not seem to be herself, the woman closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep, pretending as if nothing had happened and did not make any movement——

After all, that figure was a port worker in uniform.

Thinking of the scene where the man had asked the staff to make a phone call before, perhaps at this time, because the office telephone line has been restored, he came to confirm with the man whether he still needs to use the phone.

Therefore, the woman just waited for the development of the situation - if the phone can be used now, then maybe she can also make a phone call to confirm the situation with him...

And then, the situation seemed to be as the woman thought. After the staff gently woke the man up with his hand, the man first seemed to be frightened, woke up in panic, and subconsciously protected the suitcase in his hand.

However, when he noticed that the person who came to wake him up was a port staff, the man couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and asked in a low voice:

"What's the matter?"

"Hello, sir. The telephone line is already available. See if it's..."

When the staff saw the man asking this, he also answered in a low voice.

In response, the man hurriedly nodded, seemed to be very anxious, and said to the staff:

"Okay... okay..."

Still a little flustered, but there was a rare trace of relaxation on his face. He stood up and was about to follow the staff.

However, the man seemed to be a little worried. Before leaving, he still looked at the suitcase in front of him. It seemed that if it wasn't for the fact that the suitcase was really big, he might have planned to drag the suitcase to the office to make a phone call. But after all, this was too strange. After looking around and finding that everyone around was sleeping, the man felt relieved and followed the staff to the office. The woman who was dozing off had already started to think about it. When the man came back from the phone call, she was also going to ask the staff to make a phone call. As time passed, the wind outside was still roaring, blowing the windows of the waiting hall creaking. However, after a long time, the man who went to make a phone call did not return from the office. In the woman's slightly squinting eyes, she only saw the staff member, who walked back to the lobby of the waiting hall from the office alone, and looked around. After confirming that no one was awake, he came to the suitcase of the previous man, squatted down, and began to search for the items in his suitcase. "What's the situation? What happened?" Noticing this situation, the woman was very puzzled and didn't know what happened. But as the staff member took out a pure black disc, which looked like a mirror, from the man's suitcase, the corner of the staff member's mouth suddenly showed an extremely surprised expression.

Then, when the staff member was about to put away the disc and get up to leave——

Suddenly, the staff member twitched all over, and his face was distorted and terrified. He covered his throat with both hands, fell to the ground in pain, struggled, and whimpered in pain——

But just as the snoring would be covered by the typhoon outside, the staff member's painful voice was also drowned out by the whistling wind and the creaking of the window outside!

Moreover, soon, the staff member lay on the ground and there was no movement!

Noticing this situation, the woman was shocked, but she pretended not to wake up and did not move——

Something is wrong...

Before the situation is clear, let's observe it again...

But just after the staff member was completely silent, a figure in the lobby of the waiting hall slowly got up at this time.

The figure didn't seem to notice the staff's situation. He walked towards the office first and did something inside. After staying there for a while, he took out a long knife from somewhere and slowly walked to the dead staff - bent down, wrapped the black disc with a handkerchief, and put it in his arms. Then he raised the knife with both hands and chopped it down with force, directly cutting off the neck of another passenger who was still sleeping not far away - This is it! Realizing what the figure was going to do, the woman was stunned - it was killing... In the waiting room on this rainy night, something inexplicably unfolded...