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

“I guess it’s because of Yamato Kansuke.” Kitagawa Taki paused for a moment, then continued, “Not only did you marry someone else, but you also killed someone. You don’t know how you’re going to face him like this…”

"Enough! Stop talking!"

Uehara Yui could no longer hold back; her body went limp to the ground, and she began to sob softly.

"I thought he was dead..." Uehara Yui couldn't contain her emotions, and her sobs grew louder and louder.

Kitagawa Taki did not stop him. If a person suppresses their emotions for too long without releasing them, problems can easily arise.

……

Uehara Yui's crying still attracted other people.

Kitagawa Taki could hear faint footsteps; the person approaching was Torada Tatsuei.

She walked to the door, knocked, and asked softly, "Yui, are you alright?"

Uehara Yui stopped crying, wiped her tears, and said, "I'm fine."

Torada Tatsuei sighed: "I know you're saddened by Yoshiro's death, but we living people still have to look forward."

"Ok, I know."

Torada Tatsuei's words reminded her that she had not yet completed her plan.

Those four people are the culprits behind all of this!

Even if their original intention was only to injure Kai-senpai, they didn't know that Kai-senpai hadn't died after falling off the cliff.

But when mobilizing the whole village to search for him, they didn't even need to tell them anything; they could simply pretend they had found Senior Kai.

In that case, Kai-senpai wouldn't have died, and Yamato Kansuke wouldn't have been crippled because of investigating the case.

Therefore, they must die!

"Yui, get some rest..." Torada Tatsuei sighed again.

Uehara Yui sat on the ground, staring blankly at Kitagawa Taki.

Several minutes later, when silence returned outside.

She finally spoke, "Mr. Kitagawa, can I ask you for a favor?"

Kitagawa Taki gestured for her to speak directly.

Yui Uehara pleaded, "You just need to pretend you don't know anything, and it will all be over tomorrow!"

Chapter 358 Once this matter is over, I will conduct the final inspection.

Kitagawa Taki frowned but remained silent.

Seeing that Kitagawa Taki remained silent, Uehara Yui's eyes dimmed, and she said in a low voice, "If you don't mind..."

As she spoke, she began to take off her clothes one by one.

Kitagawa Taki didn't stop her, and just watched her quietly.

Despite her discomfort, Uehara Yui stripped herself down to only her underwear.

Perhaps because it had rained that night, her body was trembling slightly.

She looked up at Kitagawa Taki, but couldn't see what she hoped for in his eyes.

Yui Uehara's heart sank, and she reached out to unhook her bra.

"Alright, I can agree to your request," Kitagawa Taki finally said.

Yui Uehara's hand froze in mid-air.

Kitagawa Taki changed the subject: "However, you have to grant me one request."

Uehara Yui quickly asked, "What are the conditions?"

Kitagawa Taki said slowly, "You must do as I say."

"Okay, I promise you!" Uehara Yui agreed without hesitation.

"I haven't said it yet."

Kitagawa Taki beckoned with his finger, signaling Uehara Yui to come over.

Uehara Yui leaned forward.

Kitagawa Taki whispered in her ear, "Just like that..."

After hearing Kitagawa Taki's plan, Uehara Yui fell silent.

After a long pause, she pleaded, "Can't you just let me go?"

Kitagawa Taki shook his head: "It's not that I won't let you go, it's that you won't let yourself go."

His words struck Uehara Yui's heart like a heavy hammer.

She was stunned.

"You just need to move to a different place and start a new life. Why should you be buried with those four people?"

After glancing at Uehara Yui, Kitagawa Taki placed the photos and notebook on the table.

Then, he picked up the clothes from the ground and draped them over Uehara Yui.

Yui Uehara trembled.

"I'll come back to inspect it after this is all over."

Kitagawa Taki pinched Uehara Yui's chin, making her look up at him, and continued, "Do you understand?"

Yui Uehara met Kitagawa Taki's gaze and finally gave a soft "hmm".

"Alright, I'm leaving."

Kitagawa Taki released Uehara Yui and left the room without looking back.

……

Early the next morning.

Ran, Toyama, and Ye were recounting their experiences from the previous night to Naonobu Torada and his wife.

Uehara Yui was also there, her expression was normal, and she seemed unaffected by what happened last night.

Kogoro Mouri and his two companions returned with Ayaka Ryūo, the wife of Kei Ryūo.

"Dad, you're back!" Xiaolan saw the group.

Kogoro Mouri asked, "What are you doing?"

Xiaolan explained, "We saw a person wearing armor standing outside the paper door last night!"

Hattori Heiji quickly asked, "Is it the armor that was placed in Mr. Hanji's room yesterday?"

“No,” Xiaolan shook her head and said, “This helmet has thick hair on it.”

Hattori Heiji pondered, "That should be Takeda Shingen's Suwa Hōshō helmet."

Kogoro Mouri asked, "Is that armor red?"

Yuanshan and Ye said, "I don't know. We didn't dare to go out at all. We only saw shadows."

Hattori Heiji's lips twitched. "Why didn't you use Aikido and Karate to subdue that person?"

Kogoro Mouri echoed this sentiment.

As Torada Shigeji has also said, the armor they are using is not real armor.

Kitagawa Taki interjected, "I went out to check, but by the time I went out, the person had already disappeared."

Just then, Ryūki Ayaka, who was standing nearby, seemed to have heard something terrifying. Her face showed a look of horror, and she screamed and ran away.

The group looked at each other, bewildered and confused.

"What...what's wrong with her?" Kogoro Mouri looked at the Torada family members.

"How do we know?" Naonobu Torada asked, equally puzzled.

"Let's go take a look."

Hattori Heiji chased after Ryūo Ayaka in the direction she had run off to.

……

Ryūki Ayaka locked herself in the toilet.

No matter what the people outside said, she refused to open the door or speak to them.

All that could be heard was her terrified voice.

Naonobu Torada called the Ryūo family and told them to come and take the person back immediately.

While waiting for the Ryuo family to arrive, Ryuo Ayaka suddenly spoke up, saying she needed to be alone.

So everyone had to stay away from the toilet for the time being.

Until the Dragon Tail family arrived.

The group went to the restroom, but the door was open and the restroom was empty.

The old lady of the Ryuo family, Ryuo Moriyo, questioned, "Where is our Ayaka? Wasn't she supposed to be here?"

Torada Tatsuei also had a headache: "I don't know either, we were just here a moment ago."

“Ayaka…” Ryuuji Kei was a little worried.

Kogoro Mouri said to the group, "She should still be nearby!"

Hattori Heiji said, "Let's split up and search."

Torada Tatsuei said, "I'll go with Kei and Yui on horseback to find them."

Naonobu Torada said in a deep voice, "Then I'll go find it on my motorcycle."

The head of the Longwei family, Longwei Weishi, drove his own car to find someone.

……

Several tens of minutes later.