Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 290 Death! Malice! Suicide plan!

Revenge of the undead, this kind of thing is so pleasing to the ear just by listening to it.

With the blessing of [Frenzy], Chikako's strength and speed increased sharply. When she broke into the villa, her figure flashed and almost brought up a gust of cold wind.

Could it be that when the target of the berserk blessing is a dead person, the strengthening of the body will not follow the diminishing marginal returns?
Yingsheng hid in the dark and watched, seemingly thinking about something.

The people gathered in the hall of the villa couldn't help but tremble when they saw the outer door being slammed open, accompanied by the roar of thunder.

Boom——! ! !
A winding thunder dragon descended from the sky and struck Chikako behind her, adding a touch of bright color to the dark background of the night sky and illuminating her pale face.

The gazes of the crowd suddenly shrank, and an invisible chill suddenly gripped their throats.

Extreme fear was growing and spreading wildly from the bottom of their hearts, occupying their entire body and mind, making them unable to utter a single sound.

"Chi, Chi Jiazi, are you okay?"

"what--!!!"

After all, Suzuki Ayako did not see Ikeda Chikako's body with her own eyes. When she saw her reappear at the door, the thought "this is a prank" flashed through her mind subconsciously, and she hesitated to speak, but as soon as she finished speaking, the sharp screams of two men beside her were heard.

"There's a ghost! There's a ghost!!!"

"Don't kill me! I gave you clothes to wear!"

The handsome young man with long hair was the first to shrink back. The other man who was only wearing a lining saw his jacket on Chikako and couldn't even stand up. He collapsed on the ground, using his hands and feet to move backwards, his face pale.

Seeing them like this, Suzuki Ayako had a bad feeling in her heart.

Boom——! !

The world turned pale again, and she finally saw one key point clearly: there was a circle of rough black sutures on Chikako Ikeda's neck!
A female voice was heard amidst the crowd's screams of fear. The gloomy villa in the forest seemed to have turned into an ancient castle hiding vampires.

And the ignorant person just pushed open the golden coffin.

Only one person.

Only one person's body was shaking constantly, his face pale, but he gritted his teeth and stayed where he was, not retreating at all.

It was Ryoichi Takahashi, the only fat guy with a big beer belly among the group.

"Why……"

Inexplicably, he murmured something.

"Why!!!"

The next second, he let out an angry roar.

A burning rage overwhelmed the fear in his heart. He pushed his hands onto the ground and stood up with a dexterity that was inconsistent with his body size, staring at Chikako at the door.

"How dare you, the murderer who killed Atsuko, come back so shamelessly for revenge!"

"!!!!!!"

The three people hiding in the back had their hearts trembling violently, and for a moment, even their fear was temporarily suppressed.

They were all in the film club in college, so they came here to have a party. Atsuko, who committed suicide by hanging many years ago, was one of them.

When Takahashi Ryoichi said this, he undoubtedly revealed two truths in an instant.

Atsuko's suicide that year was related to Chikako;
And tonight I know that Jiazi's death is related to him!
"How dare you, how dare you!"

Takahashi Ryoichi was still roaring loudly, "Click——" Chikako slowly walked towards him.

"!!!"

Takahashi Ryoichi's body trembled, but he still moved back half a step.

But he immediately stood still, gritted his teeth, and told the story of that year.

Two years ago, Atsuko showed her novel "The Land of Sky Colors" to Takahashi Ryoichi and said that she hoped to become a novelist in the future and was full of longing for the future.

As a result, the shameless woman Chikako Ikeda stole Atsuko's work and published it under the name "Blue Kingdom", winning the Newcomer Screenplay Award that year and gradually becoming the famous playwright she is today.

On the day Chikako won the award, the day before Atsuko committed suicide, Atsuko called Takahashi Ryoichi and told him the truth. She said:

She couldn't trust anyone anymore.

……

There was already a vague feeling between Takahashi Ryoichi and Atsuko. After knowing this incident, he began to think about revenge for Atsuko.

As he watched Chikako Ikeda advance further on the path of a playwright and gain such a great reputation, his burning hatred and murderous intent grew stronger and stronger.

Because everything Chikako Ikeda has now is built on Atsuko's life!
Finally, finally!
Two years later, he finally couldn't hold back and took revenge for Atsuko!
Beheading, dismemberment, time tricks.

Do it in one go and do it perfectly!

When Suzuki Ayako suggested that everyone stay together tonight to prevent the bandaged monster who killed Chikako from attacking them again, Takahashi Ryoichi agreed nervously on the surface, but his heart was filled with complacency and intense joy at having succeeded.

He administered justice tonight!

Immersed in this lofty sense of mission, the deep cold night became warm and pleasant, as if Atsuko was looking at him from the sky-colored country and was with him.

However, however!
"Why!"

Takahashi Ryoichi roared loudly: "Why can't the innocent Atsuko who died be resurrected, but you, a sinful ghost, can come back from hell!"

After seeing his trembling body, the three people in the film club fell silent. Could such a thing have happened back then?

pat-

Chikako's expression remained calm as she continued walking.

Yingsheng in the dark curled his lips slightly and said, "Why bother asking so many questions? It's just bad luck."

If that Atsuko died in front of him, he would be happy to feed her a pill and see if she could come back to life.

Without having to continue connecting to corpses, he could save a lot of murderous intent, so he was naturally a more suitable experimental subject than Chikako.

Unfortunately, at that time he was still...

Well, purely based on his subjective feelings, two years ago he was still on the ancient star Mars to wipe out the six ancient qi of the sky.

Moreover, there are many doubts in what Takahashi Ryoichi said.

Especially Atsuko, your work was plagiarized, so you should hire a lawyer to inform Yoshiko. Why did you commit suicide without saying a word?
You have the original manuscript, so isn't this an easy thing to do?
It's impossible that they don't know how to find a lawyer. As long as such a hot topic is exposed, the media will definitely be eager to provide all kinds of help.

Could it be that, Miss Atsuko, you were crazy at that time?

Or maybe Chikako has some leverage over you and you don't dare to reveal the truth?
Taking a look from afar at Takahashi Ryoichi, who spoke sternly but did not dare to step forward, Yingsheng despised this timid guy and simply walked out of the darkness.

He asked Chikako to walk over slowly just to see if the murderer Takahashi Ryoichi would have the intention to kill again towards someone he had already killed once?
And knowing Kako's current strange state of existence, would Takahashi Ryoichi's murderous intent be transferred to him as a secondary form?

If this method is feasible, in addition to wandering around on his own, he can also transform into a puppet master and resurrect the dead to serve as his subordinates.

Not only can those dead people help him collect murderous intent, but they can also seek revenge themselves. It is a win-win situation.

pity.

He had beautiful ideas, but he failed at the first step.

At least Takahashi Ryoichi's psychological quality is not up to standard. Even though he had been planning to kill Chikako for two years, after the murder, most of his determination had dissipated. When Chikako appeared in front of him again, he didn't even dare to make another move.

No, man, you could have dismembered her so easily when she was alive, so why not just do it again after she's dead?

So what if I can't defeat her and get killed by her?

If she can come back from the dead, so can you. When the time comes, go down and continue fighting her.

At that time, you will have Atsuko as your helper, and you can let her do it herself, wouldn’t that be great?

Yingsheng felt that even if there really were such things as ghosts in the world, it should be the ghosts that were afraid of humans, not humans that were afraid of the ghosts.

Especially if it is someone you killed with your own hands, you should not be afraid.

I will kill you if you are alive, and I will continue to kill you if you die.

If you dare to haunt me, I will scatter your ashes that day.

Boom——! ! !
Amid the thunder, heavy rain finally fell.

Yingsheng felt quite regretful for not being able to catch the end of the bonfire party. He gently waved his right hand in the air, and as the murderous intent flowed, a layer of light mist enveloped his whole body.

crunch--

The door opened and he was standing at the door silently.

Takahashi Ryoichi is undoubtedly a waste, but he should not be completely hopeless, so give him a little stimulation.

Bringing Chikako back to life had consumed too much of his murderous intent, and now Yingsheng was unwilling to let go of even a mosquito leg.

Of course, the most important thing is experimentation. He has many ideas about "enlightenment".

Experimenting alone in private is naturally not as convenient as experimenting in front of others, so that someone can provide feedback in real time and allow him to apply hot fixes at any time without shutting down the system.

"Everyone, it's an honor to meet you."

The sound that came out of Yingsheng's mouth was continuously blessed with a bit of murderous intent. Although these words were spoken not far away from everyone's eyes, they were low and distant, as if they came from the distant nothingness and could not be traced back to the source.

Sound waves are a type of mechanical waves, and unlike the speed of light, they are not subject to the physical limitation of the constant speed of light.

Frequency, amplitude, wavelength, etc., these characteristics can theoretically be enhanced individually.

After all, Yingsheng is just a natural human being. Without the assistance of ultra-high computing power, he cannot control it too finely.

However, the skill description of [Enlightenment] says, [I will lend you a thought to help you escape from the sea of ​​suffering]. This kind of target selection essentially only requires [thought], and does not require the extreme insight of an electron microscope or optical spectrometer.

Fireflies cannot be controlled in minute detail, but the general direction can be controlled.

So, he made a sound that he thought was quite suitable for the moment, and then looked at everyone curiously, waiting for their feedback so that he could make improvements.

As a result, no feedback came for a long time.

Except for Chikako, who didn't know how to classify herself at this moment, the pupils of the other four people in the villa hall had shrunk to the size of a needle tip.

When they heard the door creak, they all looked over there, with different thoughts in their minds, some even at a loss as to what they were thinking.

But the main point is basically the same: I really hope someone will come and save them.

Whether it's the police, God, or whoever it is, please show up quickly.

Revenge of the Undead, this is too scary.

Is there anything more terrifying in the world than this?
A second later, they discovered that there was.

It was because the thing that appeared at the door of the villa was not a human, nor was it any living creature, machine, or anything they knew. Instead, it was a mass of flowing deep darkness!

The air around him condensed with time, and He was floating in the air like thick fog!
All light and hope ended with Him, and He devoured all life in the villa.

He is the endless abyss!
"Hoo-ho..."

The long-haired handsome boy who was hiding behind Suzuki Ayako made a hoarse sound from his mouth, but he seemed to be possessed by something and could not make any sound.

Yingsheng was quite puzzled by this man's behavior. He was just covering himself with a layer of optical camouflage. Was it that scary?

Even though it was dark outside, he was probably dressed in black as well, but it shouldn't be like this.

Ok……

Maybe it's because of preconceived notions that I think of him as some kind of strange existence.

By the way, he didn’t show his facial features, perhaps because this made him less friendly to strangers.

Yingsheng thought so and controlled himself to reveal two gaps in front of him.

"Well--!!!"

The long-haired handsome boy twitched all over, his eyes turned white, and he fainted.

Okay, that's confirmed, but this guy is just a coward.

Yingsheng was too lazy to make any further adjustments. Seeing that the experimental results were pretty good, he turned to the main topic and looked at Takahashi Ryoichi.

Being stared at by those two flowing dark whirlpools, Takahashi Ryoichi's heart skipped a beat, and his knees went weak and he fell to the ground.

His eyes were filled with despair. Why...

Why would the Grim Reaper help Chikako, a sinner, but not Atsuko?
He was so unwilling.

But in front of such an unimaginably great being, he dared not utter a single word of dissatisfaction.

Seeing his look, Yingsheng gave him a thumbs up in his heart, you are such a lame murderer, can't you burn your life and provide me with the killing intent?

"Mr. Takahashi, let me ask you, are you sure that the novel "The Land of Sky Color" that Miss Atsuko showed you two years ago was her original work?"

Yingsheng still used the same tone as before, which made people shudder.

But perhaps it was because Hotaru was too polite that he gave Takahashi Ryoichi courage, or perhaps it was because he loved Atsuko so deeply that his concern for her reputation surpassed his own life.

Takahashi Ryoichi suddenly looked up at the door, his hands clenched into fists, his eyes full of anger.

"what do you mean?"

"That's what you mean. It's not certain who copied whom between Chikako and Atsuko, isn't it? Atsuko wrote a novel, and Chikako won a script award. You were both members of the film club in the past. Can't you recognize the difference?
That is not something that can be solved by simply copying. Many adaptations of the drama can basically be considered as secondary creations.

Besides, Chikako has more than just one work, "Blue Kingdom". Didn't you say that she is already a famous playwright?

Why, she has been plagiarizing all along?

But the Atsuko you liked is already dead, so who did Chikako plagiarize?

Is it possible that Chikako has actually been making progress relying on her own talents?

And that Atsuko, who dreamed of becoming a novelist, hanged herself just because one of her immature works was plagiarized. Could it be that it was because she had no confidence in creating better works, or even that she had no talent for writing novels at all?
Takahashi-san, that despicable plagiarist is not Chikako at all, but Atsuko, whom you deeply love!"

"!!!!!!"

After Yingsheng finished speaking, it was like an invisible storm that quickly swept through the hearts of the listeners.

This...this...this!

"asshole!!!"

Ryoichi Takahashi stared at the flowing darkness, blood seeping out from between his clenched teeth.

"Atsuko committed suicide!!!"

As soon as he said this, the emotions of the three people behind him were all determined. Yes, Atsuko committed suicide, so how could she be a plagiarist?

But what the God of Death just said also makes sense. Could it be...

Alas, maybe Atsuko was impulsive at the moment and didn't consider that there was still a long time in the future and she still had a chance to start over.

"Ah…"

A sneer of contempt interrupted everyone's complicated thoughts. They cast their eyes cautiously towards the darkness, and heard:
"Can suicide prove anything? Maybe she just liked hanging herself? Or maybe she just hung herself for fun and died accidentally?"

hiss--!
Although they knew it was wrong to complain about the gods in their hearts, after hearing these words, the three onlookers couldn't help but criticize in their hearts. Such words were too shameless!
Even they had such thoughts. As the person involved, Takahashi Ryoichi could no longer bear it. His eyes were bloodshot as he spoke word by word:

"What did you say!"

[Killing Intent +1]

what?
That's it?

Seeing the reminder in his heart, Yingsheng felt that he was wasting his time. If his main purpose was not to do experiments, he would have lost so much that he would have gone to the Mariana Trench.

"I said that the plagiarist committed suicide out of her own free will, she just thought it was fun."

Yingsheng decided to try again.

"!!!!!!"

This is too much. The three onlookers couldn't help but complain in their hearts, could the Grim Reaper have such a bad taste?
dong dong dong-

"Slag!!!"

Takahashi Ryoichi was a practical man. His burning anger had completely overwhelmed his rationality. He stood up and rushed towards Yingsheng, his speed was totally inconsistent with his body size.

He was a thin man to begin with.

"don't want!!!"

The three people who were eating melons suddenly changed their expressions and hurried to dissuade them.

Although they found that the Grim Reaper did not seem too scary, even the long-haired handsome boy woke up quietly.

But you are definitely seeking death by taking the initiative to provoke me!

Literally, looking for death!

The two men only dared to shout verbally but did not dare to move their bodies at all. However, Suzuki Ayako, who was always weak in character, gritted her teeth, stood up, grabbed the hem of Takahashi Ryoichi's clothes, and used the self-defense skills that someone had taught her in the past, taking advantage of Takahashi Ryoichi's strength to swing him.

Bang-!
Boom boom boom——……

Ryoichi Takahashi fell heavily to the ground, rolling continuously, and finally landed in front of a pair of long legs covered with dried blood.

Chikako Ikeda, who had been on hold, took a step back silently. Her blank consciousness actually had no idea of ​​the current situation.

Instinct drove her to kill the man in front of her, but Yingsheng's command level was far above instinct.

Therefore,
stay……

She really didn't think about anything now.

He glanced at her, then shifted his gaze to Suzuki Ayako who was withdrawing her hand, and was quite surprised.

Is this woman so brave?

The two men behind Suzuki Ayako were also stunned. Hiss! How violent!
But they changed their minds and felt that Suzuki Ayako was clear-headed and super handsome, and this action might have saved them.

After all, no matter how good-tempered the Grim Reaper is, he might get angry if provoked, and they might also be affected.

Seeing Suzuki Ayako taking a deep breath and bowing deeply to the God of Death, the two of them did not hesitate and took the opportunity to kneel down and beg for mercy loudly, saying something like "Please forgive me, God of Death", which made Yingsheng speechless.

Come on, everyone, take courage. Isn't there anyone who wants to kill me?
What a disappointment.

[Killing Intent +1]

Huh?
Yingsheng turned his head to look at Takahashi Ryoichi who was getting up from the ground. His eyes were full of anger and murderous intent, but after this fall, he seemed to have finally figured out the situation. He did not get up completely, but knelt down and hid his eyes deeply.

Not bad.

Yingsheng was quite satisfied with his performance. He was able to stimulate him a little bit, showing that he was a promising talent.

Then try again, you have to squeeze him dry.

Well, let’s just say…

"Mr. Death, you actually have solid evidence, right? We were just having fun just now."

Before Hotaroo could speak, Suzuki Ayako whispered.

This made the two people behind her couldn't help but cast hidden glances at her, and they were full of admiration in their hearts. She was worthy of being the eldest daughter of the Suzuki Group. It turned out that her weakness was just her appearance, and she was truly a heroine inside!
I just don't know if this will anger the god of death...

"Oh, that's interesting. Tell me about it."

The interested voice of the Grim Reaper floated over, making the two of them feel relieved. It seemed that would not happen.

I always feel that if the Grim Reaper had a human form, he would be a gentleman in a suit.

"Yes."

Suzuki Ayako straightened her body and looked at Takahashi Ryoichi who was kneeling on the ground. A cold light flashed in her half-closed eyes.

"Takahashi, what was Atsuko's physical condition at the time?"

Takahashi Ryoichi remained silent.

Suzuki Ayako did not ask further questions and continued, "I guess the truth is this: Atsuko wanted to become a famous novelist, but she didn't have the talent. After careful consideration, she targeted Senior Chikako, peeped at the script of "The Blue Kingdom", and created "The Sky-Colored Kingdom".

She is the plagiarist, but she told you, Takahashi, that she is the original author.

She did this to take advantage of you, she knew your love for her and her death would detonate your emotions.

I reasoned that she had imagined that after her death, you would take the fake manuscript she left behind and sue Chikako to make the 'truth come to light'.

And with Atsuko's life as a bargaining chip, most people would think that Chikako is the shameful plagiarist.

All the achievements of "Blue Kingdom" should be attributed to Atsuko.

This was what she wanted to achieve with her death, and she faked the motive for suicide.

In fact, she was already suffering from a terminal illness and was dying!"

The words have been spoken.

On the ground, Takahashi Ryoichi felt dizzy!
(End of this chapter)