He's in Detective Conan, and he's the mastermind behind everything.

The world turned pale again, and she finally saw a key detail: there was a ring of rough black stitches around Chikako Ikeda's neck!

Amidst the horrified screams of the crowd, a woman's voice was added, and the gloomy villa in the forest seemed to have transformed into some ancient castle where vampires lurked.

The ignorant have just pushed open the golden coffin.

Only one person.

Only one person remained trembling, his face deathly pale, yet he gritted his teeth and stayed put, refusing to retreat.

It was Ryoichi Takahashi, the only fat guy among them with a huge beer belly.

"Why……"

For some reason, he murmured to himself.

"Why!!!"

The next second, he let out an angry roar.

A surge of intense anger overwhelmed the fear in his heart. He braced himself on the ground and stood up with a nimbleness that belied his size, glaring at Chikako in the doorway.

"You murderer who killed Atsuko, how dare you shamelessly come back for revenge!"

"!!!!!!"

The three people huddled at the back were trembling violently, and for a moment, even their fear was temporarily suppressed.

They were all friends in the film club at university, which is why they came here for a gathering. Atsuko, who hanged herself many years ago, was also one of them.

With these words, Ryoichi Takahashi instantly revealed two truths.

Atsuko's suicide was related to Chikako;

And tonight, I know that Yoshiko's death is related to him!

"How dare you! How could you dare!"

Ryoichi Takahashi was still roaring loudly when, "thud—" Chikako slowly took a step toward him.

"!!!"

Ryoichi Takahashi trembled, but still managed to take a step back.

But he immediately stood still, gritted his teeth, and recounted what happened back then.

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

As a result, Chikako Ikeda, that shameless woman, 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 received the award, the day before Atsuko committed suicide, Atsuko called Takahashi Ryoichi to tell him the whole truth, and said:

She can no longer trust anyone.

……

There was already a vague feeling between Takahashi Ryoichi and Atsuko, and after learning about this, he developed the idea of ​​avenging Atsuko.

As he watched Chikako Ikeda go further and further down the path of being a playwright and achieve great fame, his burning hatred and murderous intent grew stronger.

Because everything that Chikako Ikeda has achieved is built upon Atsuko's life!

Finally, finally!

Two years later, he finally couldn't hold back any longer and avenged Atsuko!

Beheading, dismemberment, time tricks.

One effort, and it's flawless!

When Ayako Suzuki suggested that everyone stay together tonight to prevent the bandaged monster who killed Chikako from attacking them again, Ryoichi Takahashi outwardly agreed with nervousness, but inwardly he was filled with smug satisfaction at his successful scheme and intense joy.

He upheld justice tonight!

Immersed in this lofty sense of mission, even the deep, cold night became warm and pleasant, as if Atsuko were casting her gaze from the land of sky colors, staying with him.

However!

"Why!"

Ryoichi Takahashi roared, "Why can't the innocent Atsuko be brought back to life, while you, a sinful ghost, can return from hell!"

After his trembling body, the three members of the film club fell silent. Could such a thing have really happened back then?

pat-

Chikako's expression remained unchanged as she continued walking.

Ying Sheng, hiding in the shadows, slightly pursed her lips. There were no so many whys; it was just bad luck.

If that Atsuko were to die right in front of him, he would be happy to give her a pill A and see if she could be brought back to life.

Without needing to continue collecting corpses, several points of killing intent could be saved, making her a more suitable experimental subject than Chikako.

Unfortunately, he was still alive then...

Well, judging purely from his subjective feelings, two years ago he was still wiping out the six ancient energies on the ancient star Yinghuo.

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

Especially that Atsuko, your work was plagiarized, so why didn't you hire a lawyer to inform Yoshiko? Why did you commit suicide without saying a word?

If you have the original manuscript, isn't this a piece of cake?

It's impossible that they don't know how to find a lawyer. Once this kind of hot topic gets out, the media will definitely be eager to offer all kinds of help.

Could it be that you were out of your mind, Ms. Atsuko?

Or perhaps, Chikako has some leverage over you that you're afraid to reveal the truth to?

After glancing at Takahashi Ryoichi, who was all bark and no bite but dared not approach, Hotaru despised the cowardly fellow and stepped out of the shadows.

He had Chikako walk over slowly so he could see if Ryoichi Takahashi, the murderer, would have the same murderous intent towards someone he had already killed once.

Given Chikako's current strange state of being, will Takahashi Ryoichi's killing intent be transferred to him?

If this method works, in addition to indulging in his own antics, he could also become a puppeteer, bringing the dead back to life to serve as his subordinates.

Those dead people could not only help him gather killing intent, but they could also take revenge themselves, which was a win-win situation.

pity.

He had high hopes, but he failed at the very first step.

At least Takahashi Ryoichi's mental fortitude was lacking. Even though he had been brewing his murderous intent towards Chikako for two years, after killing her, most of that energy dissipated. When Chikako reappeared in front of him, he didn't even dare to lay a hand on her again.

No, buddy, you could dismember her so easily while she was still alive, so why not just do it again after she's dead?

Even if I'm no match for her and she kills me, so what?

She can return from the dead, so you can do it too. Go down there and fight her again.

Back then, you had Atsuko as your helper, so why not let her do it herself? Wouldn't that be wonderful?

Ying Sheng believes that even if spirits truly exist in the world, it should be the spirits who are afraid of people, not the other way around.

Especially when it comes to people you've killed with your own hands, you shouldn't be afraid at all.

I'll kill you if you're alive, and I'll continue killing you if you're dead.

If you still dare to haunt me, I'll scatter your ashes to the winds that very day.

Boom——! ! !

Amidst the thunder and lightning, the heavy rain finally began to fall.

Ying Sheng felt quite regretful for missing the tail end of the bonfire party. He gently waved his right hand in the air, and as his killing intent flowed, a layer of light mist enveloped his entire body.

crunch--

The door was pushed open, and he was already standing silently in the doorway.

Ryoichi Takahashi is undoubtedly a good-for-nothing, but he's probably not completely hopeless. Let's give him a little push.

Bringing Chikako back to life consumed too much of his killing intent, and now Hotaru is unwilling to let even a mosquito's leg go.

Of course, the most crucial thing is still the experiment; he really has a lot of ideas about "enlightenment".

Experimenting alone in private is naturally not as convenient as experimenting in front of others, where someone can provide real-time feedback, allowing him to apply hotfixes without shutting down the system.

"It's an honor to meet you all."

The voice, imbued with a hint of killing intent, was low and distant, as if it came from a faraway void, its source untraceable, even though it was spoken not far in front of everyone.

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

Frequency, amplitude, wavelength, and other properties can theoretically be individually enhanced.

Ying Sheng is, after all, just a natural human being. Without the assistance of super-high computing power, he cannot control things too precisely.

However, the description of the [Enlightenment] skill states, "Borrowing a thought from you, you can transcend the sea of ​​suffering." This kind of target selection essentially only requires the [thought] of a firefly, and does not require the extreme insight of an electron microscope or optical spectrum analyzer.

Ying Sheng cannot control the minute details, but she can control the overall direction.

So he made what he thought was a fitting sound for the moment, and then curiously looked at everyone, waiting for their feedback so he could improve.

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

Apart from Chikako, a creature whose categorization was unclear at this moment, the pupils of the other four people in the villa's hall had shrunk to the size of pinpoints.

After hearing the door creak, they all turned their gazes in that direction, each with their own thoughts, some even bewildered and unsure of what they were thinking.

But the main theme is the same: they desperately hope someone will come and save them.

Whether you're a policeman or a deity, whoever you are, please appear quickly.

The vengeful spirits, this is too terrifying.

Is there anything more terrifying in the world than this?

A second later, they discovered that some did.

The reason was that what appeared at the villa's entrance was neither human nor any living being, machine, or anything else they knew.

Instead, it was a flowing, profound darkness!

The surrounding air and time seemed to freeze together, and He, like a thick fog, drifted through the air!

All light and hope ceased with Him; He devoured all life in the villa.