Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 416 Detective Asuka

In Asuka's spiritual vision, the soul of Takatori Iwana, which had just left his body and was still filled with turbid resentment, was floating above his corpse, roaring blankly and angrily.

"You...you can see me?! I'm dead? How could I be dead?!"

Upon hearing the bird's voice, the soul abruptly turned its head, carrying the jingling causal lock on its chest, and floated towards the bird.

"I ask, you answer; if you talk too much nonsense, I'll break you up."

This bad company president is no good person, and Asuka has no interest in taking care of his feelings.

He asked directly, "What did you eat and drink before you died? Who gave it to you?"

Takagi Isamu's soul, recalling his dying agony, gritted his teeth and said, "All of it... I drank the water, champagne, and dinner the flight attendants gave me... and the blood pressure medication I took every day when I first boarded the plane..."

"The water must be poisoned! Is it that little wench I insulted?! Just because I was with her mother, she's getting revenge on me?!"

"No, it must be that bastard Takeuchi! He knows I like to lick my fingers when I turn the pages, so the documents he sent me were poisoned!"

He bombarded him with angry questions one after another, but the more he spoke, the more confused he became.

Asuka stroked her chin thoughtfully, then released her subtle spiritual senses to scan the traces of toxins remaining in Takagi's body.

This commotion naturally did not escape the notice of Mole City and Machiri, who were closer by, and both of them cast curious glances over from afar.

After careful investigation, the bird's cause of death was found.

The deceased's abdomen contained partially dissolved capsules, which emitted a highly toxic odor that would take some time to manifest.

"It looks like a capsule."

Once Asuka understood the cause of death, she began to work backwards from the events leading to her death.

The only people who could have accessed Takatori Isamu's blood pressure medication were the deceased and his secretary. It's unlikely that Takatori Isamu would commit suicide and pretend to be insane.

The murderer was Yuko Morishita, the secretary who always followed Takatori Isamu with a submissive demeanor.

As for the motive, Asuka didn't know, so he simply asked Takatori Isamu's soul if there was any conflict with Yuko.

The answer was predictable: prolonged verbal abuse, relentless exploitation, and harassment.

Most importantly, the secretary's father was once the financial manager of Takatori Iwao Company. He was forced by Takatori Iwao to take the blame for embezzlement and eventually died in prison in despair.

This is practically a textbook revenge story.

Having finished dealing with the dead, Asuka wasted no more time.

He strode towards the center of the first-class cabin.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri was still there, relentlessly and ineffectively interrogating the flight attendant with spittle flying everywhere.

"Make way, don't waste time."

Asuka shoved Kogoro Mouri aside without any politeness, walked into the middle of the crowd, and spotted the secretary who was bowing her head and pretending to wipe away tears.

"Stop acting, you're the murderer, Miss Secretary."

The sound of birdsong was like a thunderclap from a clear sky, drawing everyone's attention.

"You! What nonsense are you talking about?" Yuko Morishita suddenly raised her head, her face full of shock and grievance. "How could I possibly kill the president? I've always been loyal to him!"

Kogoro Mouri glared at Asuka with some displeasure: "Hey, kid, who are you? Don't interfere with the famous detective's investigation!"

Ignoring Kogoro's anger, Asuka watched as his secretary began his first attempt at deduction.

"This case is actually very simple, and the method is not complicated. The key is misleading people."

He pointed to Ying Quyan's corpse: "The poison wasn't in the water, nor in the food, and it certainly wasn't some kind of poisoned dart."

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"The answer lies in the pocket on the deceased's chest."

Upon hearing this, Kogoro squatted down suspiciously and took out a strip of blood pressure medication from Takatori's pocket.

"Huh... this is...."

The secretary's body trembled violently, and her face turned deathly pale instantly.

Asuka continued unhurriedly, "The deceased had a habit of taking medication regularly, and only you had access to his daily medications, and you managed to mix capsules containing highly toxic substances into them."

"The outer shell of this capsule takes several hours to completely dissolve, so you keep checking your watch to confirm when the poison takes effect, right?"

"You deliberately created opportunities for him to come into contact with other people, creating the illusion that he might have been poisoned by someone else."

"Trying to use the time difference in capsule dissolution to create an alibi, but unexpectedly..."

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"The dead can talk."

Upon hearing this, everyone held their breath and looked at Yuko Morishita in disbelief.

Yuko trembled, stammering, "No! No, I didn't... I didn't kill anyone!"

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But her trembling hands and the fine beads of sweat on her forehead completely betrayed her.

"Are you still going to act?" Asuka didn't give her a chance to catch her breath and continued, "You're doing this for your father, aren't you?"

Yuko Morishita stared in Asuka's eyes in shock, finding it hard to believe how he knew.

"He took the blame for that old bastard and died in jail."

"You endured humiliation and stayed by his side, being treated like a dog and verbally abused by him, waiting for this opportunity today, right?"

"But you're too naive. Even if you manage to escape for a while, once the prosecutor performs an autopsy, you won't be able to escape either, Miss Secretary."

When Asuka uttered the word "father," her psychological defenses crumbled.

Even though Asuka had no evidence, the shock of her revealing her inner thoughts made her legs go weak, and she collapsed to the ground, covering her face with her hands and letting out a heart-wrenching cry.

"That's right... I killed him! That beast! He drove my father to his death and stole our family's property!"

"Every day I look at that disgusting face, I wish I could eat his flesh and drink his blood! Why can he sit here comfortably, while my father has to die in a cold dungeon, bearing the scorn of the world!"

"He deserves to die! He should have died a long time ago!"

The truth of the case was finally revealed in less than five minutes.

Kogoro Mouri stood there, mouth agape, for a long time before he came to his senses.

He looked at the birds, then at the secretary who had confessed and was being held by the flight attendants, and suddenly burst into an exaggerated laugh.

"Hahaha! Well done, young man!"

Kogoro Mori strode forward and patted Asuka on the shoulder forcefully: "Actually, I figured out she was the culprit a long time ago! What happened earlier was just a deception I deliberately set up to test whether the young people these days have keen observation skills!"

"Excellent, excellent! You have the potential to be a detective; you've completely grasped my intention!"

Such shameless remarks made Conan roll his eyes speechlessly from his seat, and even Shinobu Kocho couldn't help but cover the corner of her mouth with her sleeve to hide her smile.

"Oh? Is that so? Well then, thank you for testing me."

Asuka slapped Kogoro Mouri's hand away in disgust, completely unimpressed by such self-praise.

"Don't be modest! By the way, the reason I went to London this time was because of a gathering of famous detectives; many important figures like myself were attending!"

"I see you have extraordinary potential. Would you like me to invite you to broaden your horizons?" Kogoro Mouri extended a warm invitation.

"No interest, I'm very busy," Asuka declined directly.

Are you kidding me? Going to a gathering with a bunch of plague carriers who seem to bring death wherever they go...

Even if I were the Grim Reaper, I wouldn't be able to handle it all.

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