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

Kitagawa Taki extended his hand. "Ms. Chikage, give me your right hand."

After hesitating for a moment, Kuroba Chikage placed her right hand on Kitagawa Taki's hand.

After spending the afternoon together, she found Kitagawa Taki to be quite upright, not as despicable as Kuroba Kaito had described.

Kitagawa Taki removed the bandages from Kuroba Chikage's hand, formed a "者" (Zhe) hand seal, and then placed his hand on the back of her hand.

Kuroba Chikage watched Kitagawa Taki's movements quietly. The moment his hand touched her, she didn't feel pain, but rather a warmth followed by a tingling sensation.

She couldn't help but let out a soft "hmm," then realized what was happening and awkwardly tried to pull her hand away, but Kitagawa Taki held it firmly in his grasp.

"All right."

As soon as Kitagawa Taki finished speaking, that warm and comfortable feeling disappeared.

Kuroba Chikage looked at the back of her hand; there were no wounds on it.

To confirm, she clenched her fist, raised her hand, and looked at it carefully again.

The wound has indeed disappeared!

She looked at Kitagawa Taki, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Kaito Kuroba never said that Taki Kitagawa possessed such miraculous magic.

She couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Kitagawa, can you treat people?"

Kitagawa Taki said, "Yes, but only for injuries. Small wounds like this are fine."

Kuroba Chikage subconsciously thought that it could only heal minor wounds.

Kitagawa Taki then asked, "Did you come to me, Chikage, just to see magic?"

Upon hearing this, Kuroba Chikage did not hesitate and immediately revealed everything: "Actually, I also want to ask about the identity of the person who attacked Kaito that day."

She originally wanted to get closer to Kitagawa Taki first.

“I see.” Kitagawa Taki looked enlightened. “I might as well tell Ms. Chikage that the big guy’s code name is ‘Vodka’ and the silver-haired guy’s code name is ‘Gin’. Gin is an absolute backbone of the distillery.”

“Vodka…Gin…” Kuroba Chikage murmured, surprised that Kitagawa Taki had told her directly.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Kitagawa!"

Kitagawa Taki didn't show it on his face, but he felt a little strange inside.

She should thank us!

"Is there anything else you'd like to ask, Miss Chiying?"

"Hmm... Mr. Kitagawa, how much do you know about that organization?"

"I don't know much either. I heard that the identities of the organization's top two leaders are a mystery, and even their core members don't know them."

Kuroba Chikage's expression darkened. The more mysterious such an organization is, the more difficult it is to deal with.

Seeing Kuroba Chikage's expression, Kitagawa Taki felt that his words had achieved their effect, so he said, "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

Kuroba Chikage came to his senses and smiled, "Thank you for your frankness, Mr. Kitagawa."

Then, he saw Kitagawa Taki out the door.

Chapter 266 Chianti: Who's really brainless?

Seeing Kitagawa Taki return, Haibara Ai asked seemingly casually, "What did that woman want with you?"

Kitagawa Taki did not answer Haibara Ai's question, but said, "I know who she is."

Ai Haibara's attention was immediately drawn: "Oh? Who is she?"

“Kid’s mother.” Kitagawa Taki took off his outer clothes and crawled into bed.

Ai Haibara turned her head to the side and guessed, "Because of Kid?"

"Yes."

Ai Haibara didn't ask any more questions. Since that woman was Kid's mother, the developments she had worried about were unlikely to happen.

……

The next day.

Ekota.

The Kuroba family.

"Mom, where did you go yesterday?"

Kaito Kuroba texted Chikage Kuroba last night, but Chikage said she'd talk to her when she got back.

"Of course I'm going to solve your problem!"

"My question?" Kuroba Kaito thought for a moment, then realized what was happening and exclaimed in surprise, "You went to find Kitagawa Taki?"

"Hmm." Kuroba Chikage smiled slightly and said, "That's why I said Kaito, you're no good. As soon as I step in, the problem is solved."

Ignoring his mother's disdain, Kaito Kuroba asked in surprise, "Huh? He told you?"

Getting down to business, Kuroba Chikage's smile vanished, and she said seriously, "The big guy's code name is 'Vodka,' and the other one with long silver hair is 'Gin.' According to him, this Gin is a ruthless character."

Kaito Kuroba nodded silently, deeply understanding the sentiment.

Kuroba Chikage added, "Moreover, the identities of the organization's top two leaders are unknown, and even those within the organization are unaware of them."

Upon hearing this, Kaito Kuroba felt a headache coming on; this kind of mysterious organization was a big problem.

"I think Kitagawa Taki must know someone inside the brewery, otherwise he wouldn't know these things. Maybe he even has a conflict with the brewery."

Kuroba Chikage stroked her chin and voiced her guess.

Kaito Kuroba agreed: "Mom, your guess makes a lot of sense! Last time, Taki Kitagawa even asked me to exchange information with him."

"So I think we should work with him; he is indeed very capable."

Although she hadn't witnessed Kitagawa Taki's fighting prowess firsthand, based on Kuroba Kaito's description and what she had seen with her own eyes yesterday, she was certain that Kitagawa Taki was indeed very strong.

"A collaboration?" Kaito Kuroba was quite interested, but the key question was Taki Kitagawa's attitude. "Would he agree?"

Looking at the troubled-looking Kaito Kuroba, Chikage Kuroba found it somewhat amusing. "I'll talk to him. I don't think he's a difficult person to get along with."

Kaito Kuroba twitched his lips. He seriously suspected that Chikage Kuroba was not the same person as the Kitagawa Taki he had met.

"Speaking of which, Mom, what methods did you use to get him to talk?"

Kuroba Chikage casually replied, "I just asked directly."

"what?"

Kaito Kuroba was completely baffled. Why couldn't he just ask directly?

"Alright, Kaito, what do you want for lunch?" Kuroba Chikage opened the refrigerator, looked inside, and muttered, "How about fish?"

Kaito Kuroba shuddered, sensing a strong sense of malice. "Ms. Chikage, you're really like my own mother!!"

"Hahahaha!"

……

at the same time.

An underground bar.

There were no other customers in the bar at that moment.

Gin and Vodka sat at the same table, Chianti and Cohen sat on one side, and Rena Mizunashi sat alone on the other side.

Chianti glanced at the time and said with displeasure, "That woman Vermouth is really never punctual!"

She had always disliked Vermouth.

Qin, smoking a cigarette, made no comment.

The group waited for about five more minutes before Vermouth finally appeared in the bar.

"Oh dear, everyone's here!"

Vermouth's gaze swept over the group.

Gin said calmly, "Vermouth, you're late."

"I'm so sorry, there was some traffic on the way."

Although Vermouth said she was sorry, her tone didn't convey any apology. As she spoke, she sat down next to Rena Mizunashi.

Chianti hated Vermouth's attitude the most and scoffed in annoyance.

Vermouth glanced at Chianti without saying anything, but instead asked Gin, "So, Gin, why did you call us all here?"

"The escaped mouse has appeared!"

As Gin spoke, he took out a photograph and placed it on the table.

The person in the photo is Shuichi Akai!

"That FBI henchman?" Chianti narrowed his eyes.

“The other side is a silver bullet!” Vermouth was not surprised by this.

She already knew from someone that Shuichi Akai had come to Japan, and that he wasn't the only one there.

But now it seems that person didn't report the information to the organization beforehand!

"How can a silver bullet stand against a cannon?" Gin's lips curled into a cruel smile. "His whereabouts are still unknown, but once we find him, we can eliminate him."

"Make sure I'm the one who does the work then!"

Chianti licked his lips, his eyes filled with fanaticism.

Vermouth interjected, "Compared to that, it seems your attempts to capture Kid have already failed twice, haven't they?"

Chianti snorted coldly, dissatisfied, "I should have just shot him dead last time!"

Vodka frowned upon hearing this and said, "Hey Chianti, can you stop thinking about fighting all the time and use your brain? We can only get anything of value out of a living Kidd."

Kidd was the one who suggested that the mysterious man might be him, so he took the matter very seriously.

Chianti was furious when Vodka, who was known for his simple-mindedness, tried to reason with him. He immediately wanted to argue with Vodka to see who was truly brainless.