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Chapter 149 Kiyoko Replaced Again! Kudo's Hospitalization Was Part of the Plan!

accident!

Big surprise!

The rapid static sound didn't seem like something that signal shielding could achieve; it sounded more like the headphones had been taken off, thrown on the ground, and slowly crushed!

"Mr. Amuro, are you still there?"

Shinichi Kudo's panic lasted only a moment before he immediately asked a question. What made his heart sink was that Amuro Tooru answered him, confirming that it was not a signal jamming!

"I'm on my way there, Kudo-kun."

Amuro Tooru's tone remained calm: "It's most likely Shirai Mitsuo. Even if he discovered Kiyoko-kun, he shouldn't impulsively kill her. I..."

"Kudo-kun, what happened? You were shouting so loudly just now."

"!!!"

"!!!"

A man's voice suddenly came from the door of the ward. Shinichi Kudo looked up and was shocked along with Tooru Amuro in the earphone.

It's Mitsuo Shirai!

He's here! Who was the attacker?!

Seeing Shinichi Kudo staring intently at him, Mitsuo Shirai felt inexplicably guilty and said:

"I was just chatting with Mr. Mori next door, so I heard what happened here. Is there anything I can help you with, Kudo-kun?"

"Have!"

Shinichi Kudo said in a deep voice, "Please give me a shot of strong painkiller!"

"what???"

Shinichi Kudo no longer cared about the potential consequences of forcibly activating his injured arm, and after Mitsuo Shirai hurriedly left, Tooru Amuro's voice sounded again in his earpiece:

“I have arrived at the warehouse where the incident occurred and found the crushed headphones, but there are no other traces.”

"Do you think this is an isolated incident, Mr. Amuro?" Shinichi Kudo asked.

“I’m inclined to think it’s not that. How could it be such a coincidence? I guess if it wasn’t Shirai Mitsuo’s companion, then it was someone else who discovered his scheme and wanted to take advantage of it, but ended up running into Kiyoko-kun.”

“I think so too. According to what Kiyoko found out in the nurses’ room this afternoon, Shirai Mitsuo’s target is likely a doctor named Eto Katsuhiro.”

"I'll go find him right away. Once Kudo-kun is free to move around, Shirai Mitsuo will be your responsibility."

"Thank you!"

After the medicine took effect, Shinichi Kudo regained his mobility; it was already 10:10 p.m.

By this time, Shinichi Kudo had completely calmed down. He poked his left arm with his right index finger. The pain was very slight and dull, as if it wasn't his own arm at all.

But it can also be manipulated, like using the soul to pull the body, like a puppet on strings.

Facing Shirai Mitsuo's slightly uneasy gaze, Kudo Shinichi smiled and shook his head:

"I'm sorry to have startled you, Dr. Shirai. I just thought that if I didn't stop the pain, it would affect my sleep, and I might accidentally roll over and crush something in the middle of the night."

As he spoke, he actually lay down.

This left Shirai Mitsuo completely stunned. He asked blankly, "But if you suppress it like this and can't feel it, won't that be even more detrimental to the recovery of your injuries?"

"Makes sense."

Shinichi Kudo readily agreed, sticking his hand out from under the covers: "That's why I sleep like this."

"???"

Mitsuo Shirai was completely baffled. Wasn't this the same position you were in before?

However, that was irrelevant. What he cared about was whether this famous high school detective would ruin his plans, so he continued to ask:

"What was that name you called out earlier, Kudo-kun?"

"Kiyoko, she's the one who's been taking care of me at my bedside all day," Shinichi Kudo sighed. "We just had a fight, it was my fault, nothing else."

"So this is ah."

Mitsuo Shirai scratched his head, his face full of speechless relief after the near miss: "That lady has a very nice personality. Kudo-kun, you must apologize to her properly later."

"Yes, Dr. Shirai, could you please turn off the light?"

"Oh, goodnight, Kudo-kun."

Once the footsteps faded away, Kudo Shinichi, who was lying down, showed the same expression as Shirai Mitsuo before.

A false alarm.

"Mr. Amuro, has Kiyoko woken up?" Shinichi Kudo asked.

Amuro Tooru didn't spend much time learning from the nurse that Eto Shori had recently gone to the underground morgue. He rushed over and, sure enough, found Yukimatsu Kiyoko lying on an emergency bed there.

This relieved both him and Shinichi Kudo, who guessed that Eto Katsumi was indeed just trying to eliminate any unexpected factors and had no other purpose.

“I couldn’t wake her up, and I suspect she was given an anesthetic,” Amuro said.

"That's it..."

It wasn't impossible for a surgeon to get his hands on anesthetic drugs; this thought flashed through Shinichi Kudo's mind, and he immediately returned to the case:

"Kiyoko was knocked down without uttering a single cry for help, so Eto Katsumi must have been lying in ambush in the room with the dummy. But we suspect that Shirai Mitsuo will commit the crime tonight in the room where Uncle Mori had his hallucinations, and he will definitely call Eto Katsumi over then."

Since Eto Katsuki already knows Shirai Mitsuo's purpose, a direct conflict may break out.

"Mr. Amuro, can you handle this alone?"

"It should be possible, but it would be better if you could get the police to come without sirens. After all, with Kiyoko being attacked, their trip wasn't in vain."

Now that the first unexpected event has occurred, who knows if a second one will happen? Amuro Tooru is quite cautious and never complains about having too much strength on his side.

Shinichi Kudo had the same idea: "I'll have Inspector Megure and the others come over, and judging from Mitsuo Shirai's previous behavior, something is bound to happen tonight!"

"Okay, I've placed Qingzi in room 13 on the first floor of a building. There's no one else there."

"Thank you."

Shinichi Kudo spoke solemnly, but his detective-like mind involuntarily conjured up other thoughts.

Thirteen, The Last Supper, Judas...

The fleeting thought vanished in an instant; Shinichi Kudo's last thought was:

Is Kiyoko alright?

Kiyoko was fine, of course. Lying in ward number 13, she felt that her head was a little uncomfortable, so she even got up to rub the pillow, and then lay back down comfortably, letting out a satisfied moan like a cat.

A whooshing sound and a soft laugh came from the invisible earpiece in her right ear canal:

"Qingzi, you're incredibly audacious! Can't you even stay put while pretending to faint?"

"After all, it was Yingsheng-kun who made the arrangement, so I'm sure I'll be fine," Kiyoko replied with a light laugh.

"Thank you for your trust, but if you go too far astray, there's nothing I can do."

"Hey~~ I'll sew my mouth back on right away, but there's one last question: was all of this part of Hotaru-kun's plan?"

"You really think too highly of me. Who could have predicted the coincidence at the milk tea shop at noon?"

"I understand."

Kiyoko smiled gently: "Mr. Amuro's appearance was a coincidence, but even without him, there were other people prepared by Hotaru-kun. The reasons might be different, but Kudo-kun will inevitably go to the hospital as soon as he leaves the school."

"Haha, clever!"

Chapter 150 Vermouth's feelings are also part of her scheme!

"I want to take action against the Six-Eared Macaque, but I don't want her companions or even herself to find out, lest I end up getting nothing and alerting her instead."

Ying Sheng laughed and said, "The method is obvious. Put her in a coma and switch places with you. Then switch back. She can only hear about her previous state from other people and will think that you, who is in a coma in the hospital, are herself."

As for why it was a hospital?

We need to find someone to take the blame, otherwise if we just confuse her for no reason, she'll definitely overthink things and might come up with some clues.

The plan started in the morning. After learning that someone at Mihana Central Hospital was plotting something, I decided to use this opportunity to my advantage.

The main reason for choosing Kudo instead of her being admitted to the hospital was to avoid arousing her suspicion. Another reason was that if she were injured, wouldn't you also need to create an injury when you were impersonating her, which would be too inconvenient.

"So that's it..."

Kiyoko pondered for two seconds and asked doubtfully, "But the Six-Eared Macaque would come to the hospital with Kudo-kun and eventually help him investigate the case, putting himself in danger. Could Hotaru-kun have foreseen this beforehand?"

"This story begins yesterday and even the night before last."

Ying Sheng explained, "At that time, I certainly didn't have any follow-up plans, but I had already decided not to directly target her, but to target the people around her, so as to indirectly affect her."

The primary target, naturally, is Kudo, who has always paid close attention to her and saved her innocence.

But their relationship alone wasn't enough; at the time, I only considered Kudo as a potential candidate.

However, they went to school together yesterday morning, and after meeting Xiaolan, they didn't meet up together, but just smiled and nodded to each other, which gave me an idea.

I need to help them get closer.

So close they're inseparable, always together!

I can't control what Kudo and the Six-Eared Macaque are thinking, but I can control the environment.

There was already talk in the class that the two of them were very close, and starting yesterday morning, I gave them a little push from behind, and the talk spread even further. I'm sure that they heard it quite a lot.

Do you know, Qingzi?

Human emotions are a very ethereal thing; they are like clouds and smoke, and are easily influenced by external factors.

In short:

When two people who were originally getting along normally start to believe that they are a couple, they themselves will become uncertain and even wonder if they really have different feelings for each other.