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

She didn't see what just happened.

Kitagawa Taki got out of the car to check on them. Both the driver and passenger in the FD had passed out, and the airbags had deployed.

"What the heck? There were two men!"

Fujimine Yukiko was a little disappointed; she thought she had encountered a screaming witch.

As she spoke, she prepared to call for an ambulance.

Kitagawa Taki stopped her and instead called Yamamura Misao, telling him to come over immediately.

After hanging up the phone, Kitagawa Taki said, "Those two guys are fine, they just fainted."

"The left turn you just saw FD make was a trick they deliberately pulled!"

"What?" Fujimine Yukiko glanced at the two of them and asked, "How did they do that?"

Kitagawa Taki explained, "They had red lights hanging from their fishing rods and extended them from the passenger seat in the thick fog, making us think they were turning left."

Yukiko Fujimine understood. "They turned off the headlights and used the handbrake to drift, thus avoiding the brake lights coming on."

"I was just about to call an ambulance for them, they deserve it!"

Enraged, Fujimine Yukiko kicked the FD car hard.

Kitagawa Taki joked, "Haha, didn't someone say before that they had no problem with the road conditions here?"

Yukiko Fujimine stomped her foot. "It's all those two's fault. They were just misled."

If Kitagawa Taki hadn't possessed such a bug-like ability as divine sense, he really wouldn't have been able to avoid being tricked.

It's likely that these two guys were responsible for the previous accident.

……

Not long after, Yamamura Misao arrived at the scene.

Upon seeing the accident scene, Yamamura Misao asked, "Mr. Kitagawa, what happened here?"

Kitagawa Taki briefly explained what had just happened.

"Is this the legendary Silver Witch?"

Yamamura Misao walked to the passenger seat of the FD and rummaged around, his eyes twitching as he looked at the "jade hands" with black manicured nails.

Kitagawa Taki laughed and said, "It's not clear whether it's the one from four years ago, but the witches who have recently made a comeback are definitely them."

"Those two bastards actually dared to deliberately cause an accident."

Yamamura Misao angrily threw away the man's hand.

He had even hoped for a wonderful encounter with the witch!

Chapter 240 Then you should just get a cat!

Kitagawa Taki glanced at the two still unconscious men and said, "Officer Yamamura, wake them up."

Yamamura Misao nodded and slapped the two men's faces hard.

The two slowly woke up. The fat man rubbed his head and, upon suddenly seeing several strangers, quickly asked, "Who are you?"

"Police." Yamamura Misao took out his badge and showed it to the two men.

The two men's expressions changed, and the fat man chuckled awkwardly, "Officer, we haven't done anything wrong, have we?"

"Really? Then what is this?"

Yamamura Misao took out the fishing rod with a red light attached.

The fat man stammered, "Well... we're fishing, so it's normal to have fishing rods, right?"

Yamamura raised his voice: "Stop making excuses. You deliberately caused the accident with this. There are witnesses and physical evidence. Why don't you confess honestly?"

After a moment of silence, the two finally confessed everything.

The fat man is named Akira Mafune, and the other skinny man, who is disguised as a witch, is named Yorito Egata.

One of their friends died while speeding, so they wanted to use this method to wipe out all the speeders on the mountain.

Yukiko Fujimine said coldly, "Because of you, someone has already been seriously injured!"

If she hadn't had the foresight to bring Kitagawa Taki along today, she would definitely have been in trouble too.

Akira Mafune said awkwardly, "We are also sorry about that."

Yamamura Misao said in a serious tone, "Sorry is useless. You must come with me to the police station today for investigation."

Upon hearing this, the two exchanged a glance, both with bitter expressions.

They had been driving on Mount Fumina for a long time, and this was the first time they had encountered such bad luck as a flat tire. Otherwise, they were confident that they would not have been caught.

Kitagawa Taki didn't believe their explanations, and no matter what, they couldn't escape their responsibility.

He just wanted to know about the so-called Silver Witch from four years ago.

Then, Kitagawa Taki asked, "So, how much do you know about the witch who appeared four years ago?"

Akira Mafune replied, "Well... I'm not too sure either. I only know that she drives a white FD, and we bought a white FD because we admire her."

Eguchi Yorito added, "She only appeared for a period of time four years ago, and no one has seen her since."

Kitagawa Taki asked again, "Is that all?"

Neither of them provided any useful information.

Both of them shook their heads, "We really don't know."

Yamamura said, "That's settled then. I'll have someone drive your car back. As for you, you can ride in my car to the police station together."

A bead of cold sweat trickled down Akira's forehead as he said, "Uh... then at least let us get the wallet, okay?"

Yamamura Misao nodded.

Both men went back to their car to retrieve their wallets, but they weren't exactly honest guys; even with a flat tire, they were still trying to escape by car.

But as soon as the car started, Kitagawa Taki ruined the other rear wheel.

Yamamura Misao pulled the two men out of the car and shoved them into his own. "You two are really cunning!"

"Mr. Kitagawa, Ms. Yukiko, I'll be taking my leave now."

After saying goodbye to Kitagawa Taki and the other two, Yamamura Misao led them away from the scene.

Kitagawa Taki looked at Fujimine Yukiko: "What should we say?"

"Let's go back, today really scared me."

As she spoke, Yukiko Fujimine patted her chest.

……

On the way back, the car fell silent.

Fujimine Yukiko's mind was constantly on Kitagawa Taki; she really enjoyed all the "adventures" she had with him.

But Kitagawa Taki's thoughts were giving her a real headache.

She had thought a lot about it these past few days, and finally decided to talk to Kitagawa Taki directly.

"Um, Taki, there's something I want to tell you."

Kitagawa Taki, who had been looking out the window, turned his head and said, "What is it? Tell me."

"I think it's better for us to just be friends."

"Oh?"

"You must have feelings for Xiaolan, right? I can tell that Xiaolan has feelings for you too. I think it would be great for you two to be together."

Kitagawa Taki was surprised by Fujimine Yukiko's comment and deliberately asked, "What about Kudo? They're childhood friends!"

Yukiko Fujimine said irritably, "That's his own fault for being so useless. All he does all day is talk about detectives."

Even though he was right next to Xiaolan, he couldn't even sense what she was thinking.

Kitagawa Taki responded, "Okay."

Yukiko Fujimine exclaimed in surprise, "You said yes?!"

Once Kitagawa Taki and Ran are together, he definitely won't have any feelings for her anymore.

Kitagawa Taki understood Fujimine Yukiko's thoughts, but she underestimated him.

With the weight lifted from her heart, Fujimine Yukiko instantly relaxed and opened up, enthusiastically discussing various ancient Japanese legends and possible yokai (supernatural beings) with Kitagawa Taki.

……

Kitagawa Exorcism Office.

After bringing Kitagawa Taki back, Fujimine Yukiko went home herself.

"You're back?" Ai Haibara glanced at Taki Kitagawa and asked, "Did you catch that witch?"

She learned from Akemi Miyano that Taki Kitagawa and the other person had gone to Gunma Prefecture to investigate the Screaming Witch.

"No……"

Kitagawa Taki shook his head and recounted what had happened that day.

Ai Haibara retorted, "You guys are incredibly daring, doing this in such foggy weather."

Kitagawa Taki smiled and said, "I'm here, so it was a close call, a close call."

Ai Haibara rolled her eyes at Taki Kitagawa and pondered, "I do have an answer to the story you mentioned about the mountain village police officer's grandmother seeing someone standing on a cloud waving at her."

Kitagawa Taki asked, "Oh? What's the answer?"

Ai Haibara said, "If it's not magic or anything, then it must be the Broken phenomenon."

"Sunlight shining from behind is scattered by clouds or fog, forming a rainbow halo, which often includes the observer's own shadow."

"This phenomenon often occurs in the Broken Mountains of Germany, hence it is called the Broken phenomenon, and in modern times it is also known as Buddha's Light, Precious Light, etc."

Ai Haibara gave a brief explanation.

Kitagawa Taki didn't know about the Broken Phenomenon, but he had heard of the Buddha's Light, the Emei Buddha's Light.