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

The quantity was considerable, completely filling up the space on his wristband.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Kitagawa Taki met up with the two at the cave entrance.

"You're back." Fujimine Yukiko knew her place and didn't ask Kitagawa Taki what he was going back for.

"Oh right, I forgot to ask earlier, what is this?" Fujimine Yukiko took out the talisman that Kitagawa Taki had given her earlier.

Kitagawa Taki casually said, "Keep this; it can protect your safety."

Fujimine Yukiko had no doubts; she now completely believed that Kitagawa Taki was a true exorcist, after all, what normal person could possibly defeat such a large spider?

"Let's go down."

……

A few minutes later, Kitagawa Taki led the two to Takeda Ryuji, who was waiting on the road.

Ryuji Takeda breathed a sigh of relief. "Mr. Kitagawa, you're finally back."

Upon seeing Robert in Kitagawa Taki's hand, Takeda Ryuji's expression changed, and he asked, "What happened to Robert?"

Kitagawa Taki said, "Don't worry, she's just dizzy."

Ryuji Takeda was relieved. "Mr. Kitagawa, what exactly happened?"

Kitagawa Taki was too lazy to explain, and even if he told Ryuji Takeda, he might not believe it. "You can wait until Robert wakes up and ask him. As the person involved, he definitely knows the truth."

It would be more convincing to have Robert tell Ryuji Takeda himself.

The group then drove back to the Takeda residence.

Conan has already solved the case. He waited for Kitagawa Taki and the others to return before coming out to "falsely convey an imperial edict," saying that Kogoro Mouri wanted everyone to gather on the second floor of the warehouse.

Besides the two little girls, even the elderly woman, Takeda Tomoya, was called over.

Robert, who had just woken up, was still a little groggy.

On the second floor of the warehouse, Shinichi Takeda's body had been taken down, and even the cobwebs had been removed.

"Everyone's here. Now, I'll explain the truth behind these cases!"

Conan crouched behind Kogoro Mouri and spoke using the voice changer on his bow tie.

Conan continued, "The murderer used a few things—strings, thumbtacks, and ropes—to commit this locked-room murder."

"First, make a loop in the rope that will tighten when pulled, tie the rope to the beam in the room, then use the loop to frame the vent, and secure it with thumbtacks at the four corners."

"Finally, the puppet's string is threaded through the rope loop connection point, wrapped around the crossbeam, and then pulled out through the air vent. This technique is then complete."

"If we can find a way to get Mr. Shinichi to look out the window, and pull the line from the outside to tighten the rope loop by the window, Mr. Shinichi will be suspended in the air."

Shioya Miyuki asked doubtfully, "But how did the murderer make Mr. Shinichi look outside?"

Conan said, "It's simple. The murderer used an air gun to fire BBs at the transom window from outside, and Mr. Shinichi would naturally go to the window to check the situation."

"The murderer's motive was to avenge Miss Misa, who committed suicide here three years ago!"

Ryuji Takeda already knew from Taki Kitagawa that Robert was the murderer, and upon hearing this, he couldn't help but glance at Robert beside him.

"The murderer probably believed that Mr. Shinichi had been abusing Ms. Misa after he learned that she was not his biological daughter, which eventually drove her to suicide."

Conan slowly reveals the hidden family scandal.

Chapter 163 Mom...Are you hallucinating?

"Am I right, Mr. Ryuji?" Conan pointed his finger directly at Ryuji Takeda.

"Husband?!" Yoko Takeda asked Ryuji Takeda in an incredulous tone.

Ryuji Takeda closed his eyes in anguish. "I'm sorry, Yoko."

"Actually, Misa is my sister-in-law's daughter."

"How could this be?" Yoko Takeda covered her mouth, still unable to believe it.

"That happened before I met you. Back then, after the hospital told Kinuyo that her body couldn't have children, she came to me in tears, begging me... We only had that one time..."

Kitagawa Taki was taken aback; he hadn't expected things to turn out this way.

"It's all because that doctor let slip three years ago that my older brother couldn't have children, which led to this tragedy."

"No, I shouldn't have agreed to that absurd request back then!"

Ryuji Takeda looked extremely distressed.

Kitagawa Taki didn't pity him, but only pitied Takeda Misa, who had no choice in her birth.

"Detective Mori, how did you find out about this?" Ryuji Takeda asked again.

Conan explained, "Because you hid a connection in your daughter's name: Misa, Sae, and Emi, which together form a cycle."

“But my mother named them all!” Takeda Ryuji looked at Takeda Tomoyuki.

“Because I know,” Takeda Tomoya said. “Do you think you can fool me? When Kinuyo brought the child back from the hospital, I saw your actions and I knew what was going on.”

Sure enough, experience is the best teacher.

Shioya Miyuki interjected, "Detective Mouri, could the culprit be Mr. Ryuji?"

Conan said, "No, the murderer is Robert! The method just now would have required a lot of force to pull the line. The only person who could have done that without arousing suspicion is Robert, who drove the truck away under the pretext of paying respects to Miss Misa."

“You tie the line to the back of the truck, and after you use the truck to perform this operation, you can take care of the air gun and the broken line from the outside.”

Robert argued, "Maybe someone else tied it to the car, and I just didn't notice."

Conan asked, "You really didn't notice? Should we go down and check the back of the truck for any wires?"

Robert was pale. "That thread... I only noticed it after I got to the cemetery, and then I took it off and threw it away."

"Stop making excuses!" Conan suddenly raised his voice. "Robert, do you even know why Miss Misa...?"

Before Conan could finish speaking, Kitagawa Taki interrupted him, "Ahem, Robert, don't put up a fight anymore. Those spider silks were brought out of the cave by you, weren't they?"

Robert indirectly helped Kitagawa Taki obtain those clues. He didn't want Conan to reveal the cruel truth, and Robert might even commit suicide because of it, after all, he was willing to kill two people for Takeda Misa.

Robert paused for a moment after hearing Kitagawa Taki's words; he now understood how he had managed to get out of that cave.

“That’s right, I killed Shinichi Takeda, and Akio Negishi as well.” After a moment of silence, Robert admitted everything.

Seeing that Robert had confessed to being the murderer, Conan stopped bringing it up.

Besides this bombshell, he also planned to use the spider silk incident to trick Robert.

Therefore, he specifically persuaded Kogoro Mouri to put Shinichi Takeda down, and the spider silk was also cleared away. He also deliberately avoided mentioning the spider silk in the reasoning just now.

"I have another question: why did you kill Akihiro Negishi?"

Conan asked the only question he didn't understand.

"Because he insulted Misa with his words, a few days ago when I came here, right in front of me..."

Robert recounted what had happened a few days earlier when he first arrived here.

"I came back full of joy, thinking that Misa would welcome me with a smile, but I never expected it to turn out like this..."

……

the next day.

Kitagawa Taki and his group returned to Beika Town by plane.

The Kudo family.

Conan used the excuse of going to Professor Agasa's house, but actually returned with Yukiko Fujimine.

"Mom, where did you, Mr. Ryuji, and Kitagawa Taki go last night?"

Conan finally asked the question that had been on his mind.

“Shinichi, I need to talk to you about this seriously,” Yukiko Fujimine said solemnly. “Taki Kitagawa is a truly skilled exorcist, not some charlatan.”

Conan's lips twitched. He had no idea what kind of spell Kitagawa Taki had cast on his mother to make her so certain.

Seeing Conan's reaction, Yukiko Fujimine knew he didn't believe her, so she said:

“Last night, we went to look for Robert, but he was missing. We finally found him in a cave.”

"He was wrapped in a cocoon of spider silk. Do you know how big that spider was? It was as big as an adult!"

Conan was speechless. "Mom... are you hallucinating?"

"The world's largest spider is the Amazonian giant birdeater, which is only 30 centimeters long at most."

Without saying a word, Fujimine Yukiko gave Conan a sharp rap on the head. "You think your mother's an idiot? I can still tell the difference between illusion and reality!"

Last night, she was being held and dodged by Kitagawa Taki... well, how could she have misremembered?

Conan covered his head, no longer wanting to argue with Fujimine Yukiko; he simply wouldn't believe her.

Yukiko Fujimine said irritably, "Fine, you'll understand when you see it for yourself."

"There's one more thing. Were you planning to tell Robert the truth about Misa Takeda's suicide last night?"

Conan exclaimed in surprise, "So you knew about this too, Mom!"

Yukiko Fujimine said smugly, "Who do you think your mother is?"

"No, that's not what I meant! Shinichi, haven't you thought about the consequences of doing this?" Fujimine Yukiko suddenly became serious again.

Conan paused, not seeing anything wrong with revealing the truth. "Is there a problem?"

Without the influence of a certain cross-dressing master, Conan has no concept of considering the feelings of the culprit; he only sees the truth.

Yukiko Fujimine stared at Conan and asked, "What if Robert commits suicide because of this?"

Conan weakly replied, "No way... Besides, I was just stating the truth; that's just how it is!"

“Some truths don’t need to be said.” Fujimine Yukiko shook her head. “In this respect, you are not as good as Kitagawa Taki. He also knew that Robert was the murderer a long time ago, but he chose to interrupt you.”

"Did he already know that Robert was the murderer?"

Conan, however, focused on something else entirely.

He originally thought he was far ahead of Kitagawa Taki this time, but he didn't expect it to be like this.

Now it was Fujimine Yukiko's turn to be speechless.