Detective Conan: I, with my magical powers, am going to destroy the world!

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“I…” a middle-aged woman said tremblingly, “When I was backing up, this person suddenly fell off.”

"Isn't this...this person Shangzhu?" another plump middle-aged woman exclaimed in surprise upon recognizing the man's appearance.

"Wow, it really is Shangzhu!"

Conan immediately crouched down next to the body to check the condition.

It smells strongly of alcohol; they must have drunk quite a bit.

The cause of death was a fall from a building; the person died instantly. The impact at the scene was considerable, and the loud noise indicated a fall from a great height.

"Hey? Who's that?" the middle-aged woman suddenly pointed to the rooftop and said, "There was a strange figure on the roof just now!"

"There's someone on the roof?" Conan looked up and asked, "Did you get a good look at the person's face?"

"Well, all I see are the clothes..."

"In that case, take us to the rooftop to have a look,"

Chi Chufeng glanced at the roof of the villa and said to the guards who had rushed over, "It could be a murder. Keep the scene still until the police arrive."

"Okay, okay." The guard nodded subconsciously. When he came to his senses, Conan and Akaso Kaze had already gone to the annex with several middle-aged men and women, while Ran and Sonoko stayed behind to call the police.

Only one elevator in the annex was working properly. Conan and the others went up, but Akaso Kaze stayed downstairs.

"Will Conan be okay going up there alone? What if the culprit is really up there...?"

Sera Masumi suddenly walked over, looked at Akatsukaze's composed demeanor, and asked curiously.

Chi Chufeng smiled and said, "It's alright. The murderer has already achieved her goal, and she's not a bad person. She wouldn't harm a child."

"You...you know who the murderer is?"

Sera Masumi looked at Akatsuki Kaze in surprise.

"What's so surprising about that? I'm an Onmyoji, I can do divination."

"Really? Oh, I see."

Sera Masumi's face was full of disbelief.

Isn't Onmyoji a synonym for charlatan?

Chi Chufeng didn't care. She had just returned from abroad and was naturally unaware of her fame.

He looked at the elevator and said quietly:

"This elevator will take you to the top floor. Conan will see a pair of shoes pressing down on the coat. That's a suicide hoax staged by the murderer."

"Then the elevator will come down and stop on the sixth floor and the second floor, and finally open again in front of us."

Sera Masumi glanced at Akatsuki, then stared wide-eyed at the elevator.

Chapter 425 I Must Preserve My Innocence

The elevator reached the top floor and began to descend.

It did indeed stop briefly on the sixth floor and the second floor.

Sera Masumi looked at Akatsuki Kaze again in surprise and took a deep breath.

As soon as the elevator doors opened, I ran inside.

Looking at Chi Chufeng standing outside with a calm expression, she felt a sense of unfathomable mystery.

She pressed the button for the top floor.

A few dozen seconds later, Sera Masumi stood on the rooftop platform, her mouth agape in surprise, unable to close it.

On the wall not far away, a coat weighed down by shoes was being blown about by the wind.

"This is... exactly as he said!"

The middle-aged woman, wiping away tears, said, "It's all my fault. I kept questioning him, which is why he committed suicide..."

“No, that’s not right,” Sera Masumi interrupted her from behind, “This is murder, absolutely murder!”

The middle-aged man standing next to him asked, puzzled, "Why wasn't it suicide? The shoes are all neatly arranged here."

Sera Masumi said with bright eyes, "I've seen several suicide scenes where people jumped off buildings, and none of them were barefoot."

"The idea that neatly arranged shoes on the roof can make you think of suicide is a fictional plot in movies and television."

Sera Masumi walked to the edge of the rooftop and looked down at the scene of the body in the parking lot below, then continued:

"That man seemed to have drunk quite a bit. Isn't it strange that he would take off his coat, fold it neatly, and then arrange his shoes in that situation?"

"Most importantly, it's right above the body of the deceased, and it's absolutely impossible that they didn't make a mess when they jumped down."

"So, it's very likely that the culprit deliberately staged the scene to make it look like a suicide by jumping off a building, right, Conan?"

Sera Masumi, hands in her pockets, turned back to look at Conan with a smile.

"Ah huh."

Conan nodded blankly.

I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I always feel like this girl's attention is mostly on me.

Is she a boy-lover?

Judging from her appearance, it's very likely.

Conan silently buttoned up his collar.

The police arrived at the scene very quickly and immediately began their investigation, with Inspector Megure leading the team as always.

"The victim was the son of the owner of the Beika Hotel, Teigo Kamijou. He was the only one living in the annex."

Downstairs at the hotel, Takagi described the deceased's circumstances.

"It seems to be to avoid the media, because he was once arrested as the mastermind of a bank transfer fraud, but was released due to insufficient evidence. Now the gossip magazines are all about him."

“He was caught by the media last week, which caused a great sensation. Mr. Zhenwu attacked the media and smashed the window in the 6th floor corridor with a fire extinguisher. He also blocked the camera in the elevator with paint.”

"As a result, fewer and fewer guests were willing to stay in the annex, and the hotel also felt that it could not let him stay there any longer. It is said that they planned to move him to live abroad while the annex was being renovated."

“Yes,” the middle-aged man and woman chimed in, “We victims heard the news and that’s why we came here to see him.”

"Before he fled abroad, I think he should at least apologize to us or something."

After listening for a while and seeing the electric wheelchair found on the second floor, Sera Masumi had already come to a general conclusion.

The only thing missing now is evidence.

However, she couldn't shake the image of Chi Chufeng's faint smile from earlier, as if everything was under his control.

That powerful aura left a deep impression on her.

Sera Masumi returned to Japan from London with her mother mainly because of Conan.

They saw Conan on TV who looked exactly like Shinichi Kudo when he was a child, so they came back to find out the truth.

As for Chi Chufeng, the Onmyoji, he had never heard of him before.

...

Are there any other people this amazing in Tokyo?

Conan deduced the answer at this point and smiled smugly.

Looking around, it seems there's no one I can knock out. It looks like I'll have to use the name of an Onmyoji to solve the case.

He feigned innocence and said, "Inspector Megure, I just heard from Akashi-nii-san that the case is like this..."

"What? The Onmyoji is here? Then what's the point of deduction?"

Upon hearing Conan's words, Inspector Megure's eyes suddenly lit up. He glanced around and spotted Akatsuki Kaze in the hotel, then strode over to him.

All that's left is a bewildered Conan.

Conan was stunned for a moment, then raised his little hand and slapped himself.

Am I stupid? Why did I say something about Chi Chu Feng?

Well, that's it, the fun of solving the case is gone again.

puff.

Sera Masumi, who was watching him from the side, couldn't help but laugh.

Conan quickly glanced at her warily, then hurriedly chased after Inspector Megure.

Damn it, I must preserve my innocence.

Sera Masumi, unaware of what was going on, also followed them into the hotel lobby.

Chapter 426 Stay at my house, we can play together

Inspector Megure greeted Akaso Kaze warmly as soon as he saw him.

Then he asked eagerly, "Lord Chichu, you must already know the murderer and the method of the crime, right?"