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

"Kazuha, you should call the police!" Hattori Heiji said with a serious expression.

Now that all three of them have been cut, he has a feeling that something else might happen.

Kazuha Toyama nodded and walked to the side.

Kuroba Chikage stretched his hands, his gaze sweeping over the faces of the group, and said, "According to Mr. Kitagawa, if it wasn't Kamaitachi who did it, then the one who did it is among us."

Zhong Zhongtai hesitated and said, "No, no way?"

Ai Haibara crossed her arms and said, "She's right. The incident happened very quickly, and we didn't hear any footsteps."

Kitagawa Taki said in a serious tone, "Hmm, Ai is right."

Ai Haibara rolled her eyes. She knew that Kitagawa Taki definitely knew who did it, but she didn't understand why Kitagawa Taki didn't expose that person.

"Let's wait for the police to arrive before we talk about it."

Heiji Hattori also had some thoughts in his mind.

……

Half an hour later.

Takami Ohno brought the police to the Japanese-style room, but the person who came was actually Misao Yamamura, a police officer from Gunma Prefecture.

Hattori Heiji twitched his lips when he saw this unreliable guy and retorted, "Isn't this Nagano Prefecture?"

"This is the border area between the two counties, which happens to be under our jurisdiction."

Yamamura Misao offered an explanation, then warmly stepped forward to shake hands with Kitagawa Taki, saying, "Mr. Kitagawa, I feel relieved to have you here!"

He was initially a little apprehensive when he heard it was about handling a case involving a Kamaitachi, but after meeting Kitagawa Taki, he felt much more at ease.

Every time he runs into Kitagawa Taki, he can easily reap the credit. If he does it a few more times, he might just get promoted to inspector.

Kitagawa Taki and Yamamura Misao exchanged a few pleasantries.

"Ahem." Hattori Heiji interjected, "Officer Yamamura, you must have heard about what happened, right? Please have someone check the broken light bulbs on the warehouse floor."

Yamamura asked, "Oh? You suspect that someone used a piece of shard to cut you?"

"Ah."

Yamamura Misao, however, looked at Kitagawa Taki and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Kitagawa?"

Kitagawa Taki replied, "Why don't you check it first?"

"Then I'll have the forensic team check it right now!" Yamamura Misao rubbed his hands together and turned to Ohno Takami, saying, "Boss lady, please show me the way."

Hattori Heiji pursed his lips in displeasure; this preferential treatment was far too obvious!

……

Not long after, Yamamura returned.

To check for light bulb fragments, you only need to check for a luminol reaction.

Yamamura Misao looked at Hattori Heiji and said, "No bloodstains were found on the light bulb fragments."

"Hmm?" Hattori Heiji frowned.

Kuroba Chikage suggested a possibility: "Perhaps that person cut us with a razor blade or something and then threw it in the snow?"

Kitagawa Taki nodded: "Yes, what Chikage said makes sense."

Kuroba Chikage narrowed her eyes slightly. Why did she feel that Kitagawa Taki wasn't as powerful as Kuroba Kaito had said?

Wasn't he supposed to be not only skilled in martial arts and magic, but also very intelligent?

Yamamura Misao said with a sigh, "But it's been snowing outside. If that's the case, where are we going to find it?"

It was like finding a needle in a haystack.

In the middle, Taiwu said, "Um, officer, may I go back to my room now?"

Takami Ohno also said, "I need to go and arrange the other rooms."

Yamamura Misao nodded.

The two walked out of the Japanese-style room together, and Koyanagi Midori followed them out.

After confirming that all three had left, Yamamura Misao asked, "Mr. Kitagawa, is the culprit among those three people?"

After all, everyone left in the tatami room except for Kuroba Chikage was someone they knew.

"Hmm, no problem."

Having received confirmation from Kitagawa Taki, Yamamura Misao stroked his chin and pondered, "Then why did the culprit attack this Ms. Chikage and the Osaka-accented boy?"

Hattori Heiji looked displeased. What does "Osaka dialect boy" mean?

Just as he was about to say something, he heard Ai Haibara slowly say, "I'm afraid it's because of the light in their hands."

His expression changed, and he looked at the luminous watch on his wrist, suddenly realizing, "That's right, my watch, and the light from Miss Qianying's phone!"

Kazuha asked doubtfully, "What about Miss Koyanagi?"

Yamamura Misao shook his finger and said, "I know, it must be the reflection from her glasses that caused you to hurt your hands, while she hurt her face."

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Yamamura Misao in surprise; at first glance, his statement seemed to make some sense.

Just then, a sound of shattering glass was heard, followed by a series of crackling explosions.

Everyone hurriedly followed the sound to look for it.

In front of a room, Takami Ohno is holding Kohei Ohno, with Satoru Tai and Midori Koyanagi standing in the middle.

The room was pitch black.

Yamamura asked, "What happened?"

While comforting Kohei Ohno, Takami Ohno said, "Kohei said that he was decorating the room when suddenly the fluorescent light exploded, and then the balloons burst one after another."

Just as everyone was about to go in to check the situation, a scream rang out.

Takami Ohno's expression changed. "That was... the old man's voice."

Tai Wu asked in surprise, "He wasn't killed, was he?"

Yamamura asked, "Where is that person?"

"At this time, they should be outside the house."

As she spoke, Takami Ohno took the lead and jogged out. Because she was wearing a kimono, it wasn't very convenient for her to run.

On the way, Little Willow asked, "Isn't there a shortcut?"

"The fastest way is from the open-air bath, but there should still be water at this time."

Takami Ohno led the group directly to the open-air bath.

As she said, the bathtub was still full of water.

"Is that the house behind the fence?" Kitagawa Taki pointed to the house behind the fence not far away.

"Yes."

After receiving a positive reply from Ohno Takami, Kitagawa Taki scanned the area with his divine sense, but because the distance was somewhat far, it could not cover the entire house.

But it led him to discover the trickery in the bathtub in front of him.

Ohno Takami said, "We'll have to take a detour. Let's go outside first and then go in through the back door."

So, everyone had no choice but to follow her around in a circle before finally arriving at the house.

Chapter 264 Ah Cao, humans are much scarier than monsters!

Takami Ohno unlocked the door with her key and went inside first.

The others followed closely behind.

Ai Haibara pulled Kitagawa Taki back and whispered, "That female writer didn't follow."

Kitagawa Taki pointed in the direction of the open-air bath, "She took a shortcut."

"So you knew all along."

"Know what?"

Seeing that Kitagawa Taki was still pretending, Haibara Ai snorted and walked into the room with her hands behind her back.

Kitagawa Taki followed.

The others, preoccupied with checking on the old man, didn't notice that someone was missing.

Takami Ohno tried to turn on the light, but found that it wouldn't turn on at all.

"That door!"

Shan Cun Cao pointed his flashlight at a paper door in front of him that had been hacked to pieces, covered with crisscrossing knife marks.

"Mr. Kitagawa, could it really be a Kamaitachi?"

Shan Cuncao was trembling with fear. Although he could talk eloquently about monsters, he was actually quite timid.

"Cao, humans are far more terrifying than monsters!" Kitagawa Taki patted Yamamura Misao on the shoulder and said in a wise and experienced tone.

While Yamamura Misao was still pondering Kitagawa Taki's words, Hattori Heiji had already rushed into the room.

The old man lay stiffly on the ground, his chest pierced by the sickle that everyone had seen in the warehouse.

"what--"

What followed was a woman's scream.

It wasn't until then that Xiao Liulu arrived, panting heavily, clearly exhausted.

Seeing this, Kitagawa Taki teased, "Miss Koyanagi, where were you just now?"

"I accidentally... tripped and fell just now."

When faced with the mysterious Kitagawa Taki, Koyanagi Midori's eyes darted away.

"It's really easy to slip and fall in heavy snow."

Kitagawa Taki casually remarked, then pulled Yamamura Misao into the room.