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

Hanekawa Johei cried out in pain and collapsed onto the dining table.

Hattori Heiji quickly asked, "Hey, Kitagawa, you didn't break his hand, did you?"

"Don't worry, I only dislocated his hand. It's his own fault for being so unruly."

Kitagawa Taki smiled and unfolded the paper.

The above details all the methods of murder.

"Make a pair of ice wheels from the seaweed jar in the refrigerator, strangle Torakura Sakuya, tie them to a wooden stake, attach the ice wheels to both ends of the stake, then use an explosion to attract the security guards' attention, and take the opportunity to push the stake away."

Kitagawa Taki slowly read out the method of killing Torakura Moriyo recorded above.

"It really is you, Hanekawa!" Torakura Mina felt a lingering fear when she remembered that she had wanted to drink that poisoned wine before.

Hattori Heiji said, "The reason he didn't kill you is that he wanted to be with you and inherit the estate. Anyone can drink that bottle of wine, but you can't drink it."

He probably didn't expect you, who don't usually drink, to suddenly want to drink, forcing him to step in and stop you, which is how he gave himself away.

Torakura Mina's face turned deathly pale. Hanekawa Johei had even killed his older sister for money; he might kill her after inheriting the estate.

……

The matter was over. Hanekawa Johei was tied up and left to wait for the police to come tomorrow.

Heiji Hattori called Conan aside.

"Hey, you must be Shinichi Kudo?"

Conan tried to argue, "What are you talking about? I'm just a kid."

"Stop pretending to be innocent!" Hattori Heiji suddenly squatted down, pulled up Conan's bow tie and looked at it. "You used this to impersonate Kogoro Mouri's voice, didn't you?"

"Stop making excuses. I've already checked. Shinichi Kudo's disappearance time basically coincides with the appearance time of 'Sleeping Kogoro.' Before that, Kogoro Mouri was just a small detective who was looking for cats and dogs."

Hattori Heiji stood up and said confidently.

Conan knew he couldn't keep up the act any longer, so he had to confess that he had shrunk by taking the drug, but he didn't mention the Black Organization at all.

"Wow, there are such amazing things? So that's why you hid in the house of the girl you like to investigate?"

Conan's expression froze; Hattori Heiji's words had hit a nerve.

Chapter 251 Drunk

The next afternoon.

Mouri Detective Agency.

The second floor.

Kogoro Mouri went out, while Ran was cleaning.

After hesitating for a moment, Conan finally spoke up: "Ran-neechan!"

He originally wanted to ask Ran as Shinichi Kudo, but he couldn't bring himself to press the call button on his phone.

Ran stopped what she was doing and asked, "What's wrong, Conan?"

Conan asked directly, "Are you... with Kitagawa...?"

"Huh?" Xiaolan was a little surprised, but still nodded.

When Conan saw that Ran had admitted it, he immediately panicked and blurted out, "What about Shinichi?"

"Shinichi?" Ran looked at Conan suspiciously. "Conan, why are you so concerned about this?"

Conan quickly waved his hands and said, "No, I... I just heard Shinichi talk about you guys before, and I thought you... you guys..."

Ran had long since let go of her feelings for Shinichi Kudo.

"Shinichi and I have always been friends!"

"Is that so?" Conan said in a low voice, his expression somber.

"Sister Xiaolan, I'm going out to play!"

After saying that, Conan ran away as if he were fleeing.

"Conan, be careful!"

Xiao Lan gave a loud instruction, shook her head, and continued cleaning.

……

Conan ran all the way to his house.

Sadly, he doesn't even have a key to his own house anymore.

After ringing the doorbell, Yukiko Fujimine quickly opened the door.

"Shinichi, it's you?"

Fujimine Yukiko didn't see anyone at first, but when she looked down, she saw that it was Conan.

She initially thought it was Kitagawa Taki, since she didn't have many friends.

Conan didn't say a word and walked into the house, looking dejected.

"What's wrong, Shinichi?"

Seeing that Conan wasn't quite right, Fujimine Yukiko asked with concern.

Conan was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and questioned, "Mom, did you already know that Ran had a crush on Kitagawa Taki?"

Yukiko Fujimine paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes."

"Then why didn't you tell me?"

Conan's relentless questioning ignited Fujimine Yukiko's temper. She frowned and asked, "Shinichi, what do you mean by this? Are you blaming me?"

"If you had told me earlier, I..."

"boom!"

Before Conan could finish speaking, Yukiko Fujimine slammed her hand on the table, her face frosty, and coldly said, "What? You can change Ran's mind?"

Conan choked.

"Shinichi, you've disappointed me so much. When will you ever grow up? Life isn't just about solving cases!"

"Although I also hope that you and Xiaolan will get together, think about it carefully. Do you care about Xiaolan enough? Yes, you are by her side, and you can always watch over her, but does she know that?"

Fujimine Yukiko's words struck Conan like a heavy hammer blow to the heart.

Seeing that Conan remained silent for a long time, Yukiko Fujimine simply slipped on her slippers and went upstairs.

Conan left after a long while.

With its head drooping, it looked like a stray dog.

……

In the bedroom.

Yukiko Fujimine vented her anger on the pillow.

She was genuinely angry this time. She never expected that after Conan learned about Ran and Kitagawa Taki's situation, he would forget about his own problems and instead come to question her.

They spoke as if it were her fault.

Why are this father and son so alike, both so self-centered?

Kudo Yusaku went out drinking and came back smelling of women's perfume and lipstick, but he never gave a reasonable explanation afterward.

She wanted to seek comfort from her son, but instead asked him to be more understanding, saying that a famous writer has many social obligations and so on.

It makes it seem like she's petty and narrow-minded.

The more she thought about it, the more upset she became. Fujimine Yukiko reached for her phone, but found nothing.

She went downstairs again, but Conan had already left.

Yukiko Fujimine picked up her phone from the table and called Taki Kitagawa.

beep~ beep~

After the call connected, she said directly, "Taki, can you come to my house now?"

Without waiting for Kitagawa Taki's reply, he hung up the phone.

Kitagawa Exorcism Office.

Kitagawa Taki put down his phone and glanced at it, confirming that the call had been disconnected.

He was completely bewildered and had no idea what was going on.

Somewhat worried about Yukiko Fujimine, he told Akemi Miyano and Ai Haibara before driving to the Kudo residence.

A few minutes later, he arrived at the Kudo family's door.

After waiting a short while, Fujimine Yukiko opened the door.

"Taki, you're here."

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Fujimine Yukiko, whose face was flushed and who clearly smelled of alcohol.

"Yukiko, what's wrong with you?"

Fujimine Yukiko, however, grabbed Kitagawa Taki's arm and pulled him into the house.

"Stop asking, come drink with me!"

As he entered the living room, he saw a large pile of liquor on the table, including an opened bottle of foreign liquor, which was only half full.

"sit!"

Fujimine Yukiko pressed Kitagawa Taki into his seat.

"What happened?"

Kitagawa Taki frowned. He knew that Fujimine Yukiko's alcohol tolerance was barely acceptable, but she definitely couldn't withstand being forced to drink like this.

Yukiko Fujimine said impatiently, "Ugh, why are you being so slow today? Are you the woman, or am I?"

Kitagawa Taki's lips twitched. Knowing that Fujimine Yukiko didn't want to talk about it right now, he didn't ask any more questions.