Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

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"can."

So, everyone followed Shioya Miyuki to the studio.

On the way, Fujimine Yukiko quietly told Kitagawa Taki her guess: "Takeda Misa is very likely Takeda Ryuji's daughter."

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Fujimine Yukiko and smiled slightly, "I know."

Fujimine Yukiko glanced at Kitagawa Taki with surprise. She thought she could provide a valuable clue, but unexpectedly, Kitagawa Taki had also figured it out.

Fujimine Yukiko muttered, "After drinking so much, your mind is still so clear. Are you even human?"

Kitagawa Taki's face darkened: "Hey, hey, I heard you!"

Fujimine Yukiko switched expressions in an instant, smiling broadly, and said, "Ah, what? What are you talking about?"

Kitagawa Taki shook his head. This woman's acting skills are really good.

Looking at the dark, gloomy sky, Kogoro Mouri exclaimed, "What a heavy rain!"

Shioya Miyuki distributed several umbrellas from the warehouse to a few people.

To get to the studio, you have to cross the courtyard.

"Hey hey!" Conan bent down and picked up a small ball. "What's this?"

His voice successfully attracted everyone's attention.

"Let me see." Kogoro Mouri took it and looked at it, saying, "This is a BB gun."

Conan pointed to the ground: "There are still many more on the ground!"

“There are quite a few, but it has nothing to do with the case.” With that, Kogoro Mouri threw away the BB gun in his hand. “Hurry up and get to the studio.”

Conan rolled his eyes. All this trouble he went through was just to draw everyone's attention to this clue, wasn't it?

Never mind, I can't rely on my uncle after all.

Thinking of this, Conan looked up at the second-floor window of the warehouse above him, and then followed the others.

The group quickly arrived at the studio entrance, where the lights were still on.

“It might be Mr. Yuzo.” With that, Shioya Miyuki knocked on the door.

"Please come in," came Takeda Yuzo's voice from inside.

Shioya Miyuki pushed open the door.

Yuzo Takeda put down the puppet in his hand. "It's you, Mr. Mori."

Kogoro Mouri asked, "Mr. Yuzo, aren't you going to rest yet?"

Yuzo Takeda explained, "There's no other way. The client is in a hurry. My brother originally said he wanted to finish this puppet by tomorrow, but now I have to do it myself."

"Mr. Yongsan, you can make puppets too?"

"I can manage, though. My older brother taught me a lot, but he hasn't authorized me to do it yet." After saying that, Takeda Yuzo added another point:

“My older brother makes puppets that cost 100 million yen each, and the repair fees alone amount to 70 yen.”

Kogoro Mouri was dumbfounded, only to realize that his 50 yen commission fee was nothing at all.

"A puppet like this costs 100 million yen? And just repairing it costs 70 yen?"

“Yes.” Takeda Yuzo fiddled with the puppet in front of him.

Not only Kogoro Mouri, but everyone else was also shocked by the exorbitant price.

Kitagawa Taki examined the puppet closely but couldn't see anything particularly special about it.

Conan pointed behind Yuzo Takeda and asked, "Uncle, what are those boxes in the back?"

Yuzo Takeda looked back and said, "Oh, those are the puppets that Mr. Negishi was going to take away a few days ago."

Kitagawa Taki scanned it directly with his divine sense, and he actually discovered the secret of the puppet.

No wonder it can sell for such a high price, even the repair costs are so expensive, it turns out there's something hidden inside the puppet.

So, Kitagawa Taki tentatively asked, "Mr. Yuzo, could I see the puppet?"

Without saying a word, Takeda Yuzo handed the puppet to Kitagawa Taki.

Kitagawa Taki observed Takeda Yuzo's expression but found nothing unusual. It seemed that Takeda Yuzo was unaware of what was going on.

He directly removed the puppet's mask, revealing what was inside.

Kitagawa Taki questioned, "Mr. Yuzo, what is this? Do you know what it is?"

"Brother Kitagawa, let me see!"

Kogoro Mouri took out the object wrapped in white plastic, opened it, and exclaimed in shock, "It's an anesthetic!"

He used to be a criminal investigator, so of course he recognizes this thing.

Kogoro Mouri looked at Yuzo Takeda, "Mr. Yuzo??"

"How could this happen? I...I don't know anything!"

Takeda Yuzo was pale and sweating profusely, completely terrified.

Kitagawa Taki interjected, "Brother Mori, he probably really doesn't know, otherwise he wouldn't have shown it to me so casually."

Kogoro Mouri thought for a moment and said, "Brother Kitagawa is right, but let's hand these over to the police for investigation tomorrow."

Conan then stepped forward, opened a box, took out a puppet, and upon opening it, found that it was indeed another packet of anesthetic, but with a larger quantity.

Since Shinichi Takeda was engaged in illegal business, then at least Akio Negishi was involved in it.

Kitagawa Taki suddenly asked, "By the way, Mr. Yuzo, where do you usually keep the puppet strings?"

Yuzo Takeda pointed to the table next to him.

Kitagawa Taki stepped forward and opened the drawer, which contained many identical threads. It seemed that anyone could indeed obtain this thread.

Conan was racking his brains. He had already ruled out Yuzo Takeda as a suspect, leaving only Robert!

"By the way, why hasn't Mr. Robert come back yet?" Conan asked.

Kogoro Mouri then remembered this person. "It's raining so hard outside, could something have happened? Mr. Yuzo, do you have Robert's phone number?"

Yuzo Takeda was still in a daze, shaking his head blankly.

Just then, Yoko Takeda's voice came from outside the room: "Sae, Emi..."

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Kogoro Mouri came out of the room and asked, "Mrs. Yoko, what's wrong?"

Yoko Takeda said, "I took my daughters to the toilet, but they disappeared."

As soon as she finished speaking, two little girls came over, "Mommy!"

Yoko Takeda crouched down and hugged the two children, saying, "Mom was so worried."

“Mr. Mori, we’ll head back now,” Yoko Takeda said, turning to Kogoro Mori.

"Wait a minute!" Conan quickly called out to the three of them, "Sae, Emi, why are you saying Robert is a murderer?"

Emi said, "The day Robert came back, Misa asked us to ask him how he felt."

Sae said, "We asked Robert what he felt about Misa, but he wrote some really hurtful things on a piece of paper."

Conan pressed, "What did you say?"

Sae and Emi said in unison, "He said, 'Go to hell!'"

Yoko Takeda interrupted, "Don't take it to heart, they must have made a mistake."

Conan asked eagerly, "Aunt Yoko, how is Misa Takeda's English?"

Yoko Takeda said, "This... I don't know."

Shioya Miyuki, who was standing nearby, said, "Sae's English wasn't good, so she had difficulty communicating with Robert at first. Robert's Japanese wasn't as good as it is now either, so they communicated by writing Romanized characters."

Conan's idea was validated, and not only Conan, but also Kitagawa Taki and Fujimine Yukiko, who were both fluent in English, understood it.

Misa definitely misunderstood what Robert wrote, and the twins misunderstood it too—

The Romanized form of "go to die" is "shi ne", while "shine" in English means to shine or glow.

The entire sequence of events gradually became clear in Conan's mind, leaving only the method!

Conan touched the thumbtack in his pocket; now he was going to test his deduction.

Conan immediately grabbed an umbrella and ran towards the warehouse.

Kogoro Mouri was still concerned about Conan's safety, and when he saw Conan run away, he grabbed his umbrella and chased after him.

Kitagawa Taki withdrew his gaze and looked at Takeda Yoko: "Mrs. Yoko, could you please call Mr. Ryuji for me? I would like to ask him to drive me to Robert; there is something very important."

Yoko Takeda asked in surprise, "Hasn't Mr. Robert returned yet?"

"Ah."

"Then I'll go call Long Er now."

After saying that, Yoko Takeda left with the twins.

Only Fujimine Yukiko and Kitagawa Taki remained in the corridor.

Yukiko Fujimine sighed, "Poor Misa!"

Kitagawa Taki nodded silently; this misunderstanding was too much...

A short while later, Ryuji Takeda arrived.

"Mr. Kitagawa, let's go!"

As soon as the two got into the car, Fujimine Yukiko opened the back seat and sat down.

Have you forgotten about me?

Kitagawa Taki turned his head and smiled. "No, didn't you come along by yourself?"