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

“It’s not clear yet.” Kitagawa Taki shook his head. “He has taken Kogoro Mouri as his master.”

"But don't worry too much, I'll find out. Akemi, you don't need to go to the agency for now."

The two sisters nodded.

Since moving, Ai Haibara hasn't been to the agency; only Akemi Miyano occasionally goes to help out.

……

late at night.

Kitagawa Taki was startled awake by a text message notification on his phone.

The message was sent by Hei Yuqianying, and it was very brief: East Road parking garage, help me.

He rushed out the door, got into his car, and sped away.

Fortunately, the parking garage on East Road is not far away.

In less than ten minutes, Kitagawa Taki arrived nearby.

He didn't drive directly to the parking garage, firstly because it might expose his identity, and secondly because he didn't know the situation on the ground and was worried about alerting the enemy.

Once downstairs, Kitagawa Taki used his divine sense to survey his surroundings—

There were two badly damaged cars that had collided at the entrance to the parking garage.

Kuroba Chikage was hiding behind a pillar on the third floor, and was injured.

Meanwhile, three armed men in suits were searching the second floor.

After confirming that there were no other people around, Kitagawa Taki went straight to the second floor.

The footsteps were quite noticeable in the dead of night.

A man reacted quickly, turned around, and pointed a pistol at Kitagawa Taki.

The other two immediately followed.

"Sir, please leave..."

One of the men probably thought Kitagawa Taki was there to drive and tried to persuade him to leave, but was interrupted by the leader.

Kitagawa Taki didn't waste any time. He took out a handful of fireball talismans and activated them. Several fireballs shot out in the horrified eyes of the three.

The three of them didn't even have time to react.

With a deafening roar, debris and sparks flew everywhere.

Upon arriving on the third floor, Kitagawa Taki quickly found Kuroba Chikage.

"I...I knew it...it was you."

Kuroba Chikage clutched the wound on her shoulder with one hand, panting heavily.

She then removed her disguise hood, and without it, she could breathe much more easily.

"What did you do?"

After asking the question, Kitagawa Taki continued to say to himself, "Let's leave here first."

He picked up Hei Yu Qianying and carried her downstairs.

Kuroba Chikage did not struggle, because her leg was also injured and she could not walk fast at all. Now was not the time to be concerned about the separation of men and women.

Back on the first floor, Kitagawa Taki destroyed both cars with a single fireball.

The pained Kuroba Chikage was momentarily lost in thought.

She thought Kitagawa Taki had used a grenade or something, but it turns out that was his real method!

……

A few minutes later.

Kazami Yuya arrived at the scene with reinforcements.

Seeing the still-burning wreckage of a car at the entrance to the parking garage, he had a premonition that something terrible was about to happen.

"Quickly! Move out!"

The group rushed into the parking garage to search, but ultimately only found some debris on the second floor.

Kazami Yuya stared at the large hole in the ground, his face grim. The three police officers were clearly gone.

"Take a thorough look at the scene."

After giving his instructions, he took a deep breath and turned to leave.

At the entrance on the second floor, they ran into Amuro Tooru, who had just arrived.

"Mr. Fangtani!"

"how is the situation?"

Kazami Yuya's gaze darkened: "That person escaped, and all three police officers were killed in the line of duty."

What did that person steal?

Amuro Tooru arrived after receiving a call from Kazami Yuya.

There wasn't time to explain in detail over the phone; all he knew was that a thief had broken into the police station.

"It's personnel information from the Security Bureau." Kazami Yuya looked remorseful. "Mr. Furuya, it's my fault for neglecting my duty!"

Amuro Tooru shook his head. "The fact that the other party was able to infiltrate the police department and hack into the system to steal data shows how capable they are. The fact that you were able to discover it in time means you haven't failed in your duty."

"Moreover, given that the other side has managed to put on such a show, even if you arrive in time, it will probably be too late."

That hole in the ground couldn't have been made with a grenade.

"Weren't any traces left at the scene?"

Kazami Yuya said, "There are no obvious traces, and the search is still ongoing."

Amuro Tooru pondered for a moment and said, "Expand the search area, and don't overlook the area around the parking garage either. There is definitely more than one person among them."

The reinforcements arrived in just a few minutes, and the other side would likely have left traces of their activity.

"By the way," Amuro Tooru asked again, "Are the surveillance cameras inside the National Police Agency still working?"

"Uh... I don't know."

Kazami Yuya was in a hurry to catch up with the person and didn't have time to pay attention to the surveillance.

"I'll have someone investigate right away!"

Chapter 346 You have such a twisted sense of humor!

riverside.

Kitagawa Taki drove away from the parking garage but did not drive home.

The most important thing now is to treat Kuroba Chikage's injuries.

"Tell me the details later, I'll treat your injuries first."

Kuroba Chikage asked in surprise, "You can heal this gunshot wound too?"

She realized that she had underestimated Kitagawa Taki.

She had witnessed Kitagawa Taki's healing abilities before, but she thought he could only treat minor wounds.

Kitagawa Taki reached out and pulled open Kuroba Chikage's suit jacket, then stopped and asked, "Will you do it yourself or should I?"

Kuroba Chikage glanced at the blood-stained shirt, turned her head, and whispered, "You can do it."

Kitagawa Taki grabbed the collar of the shirt and gave it a gentle tug, causing several buttons to pop off instantly.

Kuroba Chikage quickly covered her chest, "Why did you pull it like that?"

"It's too much trouble to unravel them one by one."

Kitagawa Taki tugged at his collar again, revealing Kuroba Chikage's rounded left shoulder and a bloody wound.

He made a hand gesture resembling the character "者" and then asked, "Where is the talisman I gave you?"

"I brought them with me. Thanks to them, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to escape to the parking garage."

Kuroba Chikage endured the pain and tingling sensation coming from her shoulder.

Kitagawa Taki then asked, "Who are those three people?"

"From the police department."

Kitagawa Taki glanced sideways: "Well, you've even dared to break into the police station."

"What's there to be afraid of?" Kuroba Chikage scoffed. "But the National Police Agency's defenses are indeed stronger than the Metropolitan Police Department's."

She could come and go from the Metropolitan Police Department with ease, without any difficulty.

"So you went to investigate Kuroda Hyōe?" Kitagawa Taki guessed Kuroba Chikage's purpose.

Kuroba Chikage: "Yeah, I checked the Metropolitan Police Department first, and the information there was obviously wrong, so I thought of the National Police Agency."

Kitagawa Taki shook his head: "Why didn't you come to me?"

Kuroba Chikage turned her head away without saying a word.

If we rely on Kitagawa Taki for everything, then what's the point of having her?

Therefore, she did not intend to look for Kitagawa Taki.

But unexpectedly, in the end, they still had to rely on Kitagawa Taki to come to their rescue.

Thinking of this, Kuroba Chikage bit her lip. Now, facing Kitagawa Taki in this state, her last bit of pride vanished.

What are you thinking about?

Kitagawa Taki's voice interrupted Kuroba Chikage's thoughts.

"nothing."

“Alright.” Kitagawa Taki chuckled and asked, “Then who exactly is Kuroda Hyōe?”

Kuroba Chikage slowly said, "He was the director of the Security Planning Division of the Security Bureau of the National Police Agency. After Haneda Koji was killed, he was injured and in a coma for ten years. After waking up, he went to the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters to serve as the head of the First Investigation Division."