Chapter 78 Of course we have to stop it
It’s related to the Chunjing rumor…

“You suspect that it was Tanaka Kikue who did it?” Kuroba Kaito said with a thoughtful expression, “Then what was her reason for doing this?”

“To avenge her dead relatives.” Xia He replied.

“What do you mean? Could it be that Mr. Harui didn’t die from underwater escape magic, but was murdered?”

“No.” Xia He shook his head. “I also learned about it from Yuanzi. Since you were in the chat room, you should have seen it too. Someone once said something rude about Harui Fuden’s death.”

“But based on this alone, to conclude that she was the one who set the fire… isn’t that a bit far-fetched?”

“No, it’s not far-fetched at all.”

As Xia He spoke, he took out his mobile phone and handed the news picture that he had searched and saved before going up the mountain to Kuroba Kaito.

Just look at the news content: This morning, the body of 41-year-old Nishiyama Mu, who lived in an apartment in Haido Town, was found in the bedroom. According to the eyewitness, the biological mother who went to Nishiyama Mu’s house to clean the house that day, there were words like “Solved one, Shadow Master” left on the computer screen in the room, so the police concluded that this was most likely a revenge killing…

“So you already knew that something like this would happen before you came here?” Kuroba Kaito handed the phone back to Xia He.

“That’s about right.” Xia He took it. “I came here for only two reasons. One is to protect Sonoko and Xiaolan and the others. The second is to find out who the murderer is.”

“I haven’t seen you for three years. I never thought that you’ve also become addicted to the ‘detective game’?” The little brat who had given him a hard time a few months ago on the Sally Beth popped up in Kuroba Kaito’s mind.

The next second…

“Xia He, please help me get the antipyretic medicine and towels from upstairs.”

Xiaolan and Sonoko rushed into the living room, holding the unconscious Conan.

“Ok?”

Kuroba Kaito stared at Conan lying on the sofa, rubbed his eyes first, and then the corners of his mouth began to twitch involuntarily.

It’s true that when you mention Cao Cao, he will appear.

“Okay.” Xia He turned around and went upstairs.

After a while, after handing the medicine and towel to Xiaolan, while everyone’s attention was drawn to Conan, he moved behind Kuroba Kaito and continued, “So, are we going to stop Tanaka Kikue? Or should we let her carry out her revenge plan…”

The words have not yet fallen.

“Of course we have to stop him!” Kuroba Kaito interrupted him immediately and said, “That’s a life. Even if he is a bit outspoken, it’s not anyone’s turn to use ‘lynching’ on him. What’s more… Miss Tanaka shouldn’t let such a person stain her hands with blood.”

There was a hint of regret in his tone when he said this.

I wondered to myself, why didn’t I anticipate this in advance?

If we had noticed it earlier, maybe we could have prevented the tragedy from happening.

“I think Mr. Harui would not want to see his granddaughter being thrown into jail because of something like this.” Kuroba Kaito murmured.

Xia He smiled slightly.

Just as he had guessed, the kind-hearted Dou Zi absolutely did not want to see a murder happen in front of him.

But how to stop it?
Xia He thought for a moment and said, “How about I just take action to subdue her later?”

However, Kuroba Kaito objected, “Perhaps, instead of arresting her, we should let her surrender voluntarily…”

……

Nine p.m.

They thought that the fire on the suspension bridge was caused by a spontaneous combustion of a vehicle parked on the opposite side and did not consider it to be man-made. After settling Conan down, the crowd gathered again in the living room on the first floor.

“I’ve just called the outside world on the landline. Don’t worry, there should be a rescue team going up the mountain early tomorrow morning.” Huang Yize clapped his hands and said.

The chat room members, who were not very panicked to begin with, seemed to feel much more at ease after hearing what Ara Yize said.

As the murderer of this murder case, Tanaka Kikue naturally took this opportunity to start her own criminal process. “Since the head of the chat room cannot be contacted for the time being, why don’t we just choose an acting head first?”

“Wait, there’s no point in just making a random decision. Since we’re all magic enthusiasts, we should use magic to decide.”

Hamano Toshiya, who was completely unaware of the relationship between Tanaka Kikue and Harui Fuden, and had already “colluded” with them this morning, stood up at this moment with great interest, intending to perform a magic trick for everyone.

Then he found a handkerchief and tied Suzuki Sonoko’s eyes, and asked Kikue Tanaka to tear off several pieces of paper and write each person’s name on them.

“Well, now all you need to do is draw the symbols of ‘circle’, ‘triangle’, and ‘cross’ on the back of the papers with the names on them, and that’s it.”

○Is the acting director.

× is the person who needs to prepare the entertainment program for tonight.

△ is the laborer who helps to boil hot water so that everyone can take a bath later.

Hamano Toshiya stepped aside confidently. He only needed to wait for Suzuki Sonoko to finish drawing the symbols, and then accurately guess the corresponding person to complete the performance.

In fact, the trick was quite simple – just draw the symbols on the back of the paper in advance. And the ballpoint pen that he asked Tanaka Kikue to pass to Sonoko couldn’t write anything at all.

Kuroba Kaito saw through this trick at a glance.

Not to mention Xia He, who is familiar with the plot.

But even though the entire magic process was so simple, mistakes still occurred in the end.

It had been decided in advance that Doi Takeki would be in charge of the entertainment program, but when Hamano Riya opened the paper with an “×” mark, he found that his name was written on it…

He scratched the back of his head in confusion, looking a little depressed.

At the same time, Tanaka Kikue, who had “drawn” the triangle symbol, turned around without saying a word and walked straight to the woodshed.

……

Throw the firewood into the stove.

While the water was boiling, Kikue Tanaka climbed up the ceiling of the woodshed to the second-floor balcony, opened the French window, and quickly sneaked into Hamano Toshiya’s room.

Then, he pulled out a thin rope from his clothes, held it in his hand, stood quietly behind the door, and waited quietly for the “prey” to take the bait.

She had it all figured out in her mind.

After strangling Hamano Toshiya to death, she would use the rope and crossbow arrows, using the method she had simulated countless times before, to transport the body to the center of the snow without leaving any trace…

In this way, a perfect “impossible crime” can be created.

“No one will know how I did it…”

“Even if the Maori Kogoro who left during the day was here, he still wouldn’t be able to uncover my tricks.”

She said to herself with great confidence.

About five minutes later.

A figure came in from the door.

Without any hesitation, Kikue Tanaka picked up the rope and put it directly around the other person’s neck.

But who knew that the man seemed to have expected it. Not only did he grab the thin rope, he also used the rope to tie her wrists together.

Snapped!
The lights in the room were turned on.

Tanaka Kikue looked up at the other person, “You are… Suzuki Sonoko’s fiancé?!”

Kuroba Kaito also entered the room at this time.

“And the Doitake tree? How could you…”

“Of course I came to stop you from committing a crime.” Kuroba Kaito replied in the voice of Doi Takeki: “You deliberately replaced the name on the convenient paper with ‘X’ with Hamano Toshiya, with the intention of killing him while he was preparing for the entertainment program in his room, right?”

“I don’t understand what you are talking about.” Tanaka Kikue replied stubbornly.

“No need to act anymore. We both already know that you killed Mr. Xishan and left a murder notice on his computer using your other ID, Shadow Mage.” Xia He said sincerely, “Go and turn yourself in. Don’t waste your life on that kind of scum. It’s not worth it.”

There was a hint of hesitation in Tanaka Kikue’s eyes.

But it was only for a moment. Realizing that she could not turn back, she rolled backwards to the other side of the bed, then took out the crossbow she had prepared long ago from under the bed and aimed it at Xia He and Kuroba Kaito.

“Don’t come over here!” Tanaka Kikue shouted loudly.

There was only one jerk left who had insulted her grandfather.

She hadn’t had time to exact her revenge.

If I get caught by the police like this…

Wouldn’t all her previous efforts be in vain?
Thinking of this, Kikue Tanaka slowly retreated to the balcony.

But just as she was about to turn over and return to the roof of the woodshed…

Almost at the same time, two playing cards flew over.

One was thrown out by hand.

One was shot from a gun.

But unsurprisingly, they all hit their targets.

A card knocked the crossbow that Tanaka Kikue was holding tightly in her hand away.

Another card scratched her ankle, causing her to fall onto the roof, and then she stumbled downstairs like she was on a slide.

(End of this chapter)