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

Kitagawa Taki looked at Ran, "Where's Ran?"

Xiaolan: "Just like the garden."

Then, Kitagawa Taki got up to go inside the store to get it, but ran into an unexpected person.

He has dark skin, wears glasses, and has a band-aid on his forehead.

Kitagawa Taki recognized him at a glance—it was none other than Makoto Kyogoku, the Saiyan from Detective Conan!

Breaking stone pillars with bare hands and dodging rifle bullets, but none of these things have anything to do with Kitagawa Taki.

He took three bottles of orange juice back to his seat and chatted with the two women.

"I took a lot of photos at yesterday's fireworks display!" Sonoko said, fiddling with her camera.

Ran nodded. Most of the photos were taken with Sonoko, and her favorite was the one of the three of them wearing yukatas.

“This one is really interesting,” Sonoko said with a smile, pointing to one of the photos.

The photo shows Kitagawa Taki scooping up goldfish. He's almost scooped all the goldfish out of the basin by himself, and the shop owner next to him looks stiff with a forced smile.

However, since they were of little use, they didn't take the goldfish with them and returned them all to the owner.

Before long, Makoto Kyogoku brought over the dishes and served them with a blank expression.

The group didn't notice and continued eating and chatting.

……

Makoto Kyogoku, sitting at the counter, watched Sonoko and Taki Kitagawa chatting and laughing, even sharing food with each other, and felt quite uneasy.

He saw Sonoko cheering for Ran at a karate competition not long ago, and it was love at first sight.

But the fact that Sonoko is so intimate with a man right now says it all.

He suppressed his emotions and thought about it carefully. He didn't even know the other person, so why was he being jealous?

……

After finishing their meal, Kitagawa Taki and his two companions spotted several police cars and a large crowd of onlookers on their way back to the hotel.

According to gossip from onlookers, a brown-haired girl was murdered.

Moreover, this is not the first case. Several similar incidents have occurred in the past, and the common feature of the deceased is that they are brown-haired women.

"That was scary." Sonoko touched her brown hair.

"But thankfully, Taki and Ran are here. Even the fiercest thugs are no match for us." Sonoko immediately banished her fear.

"Isn't this Ran?! So you've come to Izu too!"

A police officer with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a coral-shaped haircut was pulled out from the crowd.

"Oh, it's Officer Yokomizo! We're here at the beach," Ran greeted.

"Who are these two?" Officer Yokomizo asked, looking at Sonoko and Kitagawa Taki next to Ran.

Ran introduced them: "They are my good friends, Sonoko Suzuki and Taki Kitagawa."

"Hello, I am Yokomizo Sango."

The group nodded in greeting.

"Ran, isn't Mr. Mori here?" After getting to know each other, Officer Yokomizo finally asked the question that concerned him the most.

Inspector Yokomizo met Kogoro Mouri during a previous case involving a writer and has admired him ever since.

Xiaolan smiled and said, "No, only the three of us came this time."

"I see. You should also be more vigilant; a murder has just occurred here," Officer Yokomizo warned.

"We'll be careful," Xiaolan nodded.

However, the three of them would be returning to Beika Town that afternoon, so they probably wouldn't encounter any danger.

"Then I'll take my leave now. Please give my regards to Mr. Mori." Inspector Yokomizo then returned to the crime scene.

The three walked out of the crowd, and Kitagawa Taki quickly spotted the man who had approached them yesterday following them.

Kitagawa Taki sneered, told Sonoko and Ran to go back to the hotel first, and walked directly towards the man.

When the man saw Kitagawa Taki walking quickly towards him, he knew he had been discovered and ran straight into the woods.

However, he was no match for Kitagawa Taki and was caught up within minutes, only to be sent flying by a powerful kick from Kitagawa Taki.

Kitagawa Taki stepped forward, stepping on his chest, and asked, "Why are you following us?"

The man tried to argue, "I was just passing by..."

Kitagawa Taki had no patience to argue with him and broke his wrist with a single stomp.

"Ah—" the man screamed in agony, he hadn't expected Kitagawa Taki to be so ruthless.

"I'll give you one more chance. Did you commit that murder just now?"

The man's pupils contracted, and he hurriedly shook his head, saying, "It wasn't me, it wasn't me!"

Kitagawa Taki stepped on his neck again, gradually increasing the pressure.

The man struggled in agony, pulled a dagger from his pocket, and stabbed Kitagawa Taki in the leg.

Kitagawa Taki dodged with his leg, and the man seized the opportunity to get up, brandishing a dagger and roaring, "So what if I did it? Those women deserve to die, who told them to have brown hair?"

"I knew it!"

As he spoke, Kitagawa Taki stepped forward, kicked the dagger away, and then kicked the man in the chest.

The man was completely caught off guard and lay on the ground groaning in pain.

Kitagawa Taki picked up the dagger with a handkerchief and, to the man's horrified gaze, stabbed it into his heart.

After resolving everything, Kitagawa Taki looked around; he hadn't left any trace.

Whether the Shizuoka Prefectural Police can uncover the truth behind the brown-haired woman's victimization depends on their abilities.

Chapter 39 Gin, stop now, there are police everywhere outside.

Four o'clock in the afternoon.

Downstairs from the Kitagawa Exorcism Office.

The group had already returned from Izu. After saying goodbye to each other, Sonoko drove away.

"I'm back!" Xiaolan opened the door, but the office was empty.

It wasn't until more than an hour later that Conan and Kogoro Mouri returned from outside.

"Lan, you're back!"

Upon seeing Ran, Kogoro Mouri was overjoyed; life without Ran at home was truly unbearable.

Seeing their exhausted appearance, Xiaolan asked, "Dad, what happened to you?"

"Don't even mention it. I went to 4M Bank this morning to change my passbook and ran into a robbery. The total amount was 1 billion yen."

As he spoke, Kogoro Mouri loosened his tie and slumped into his chair.

"One billion yen!!" Ran exclaimed in surprise.

Kogoro Mouri said, "Yes, the police are currently doing everything they can to catch the robber."

Xiao Lan asked with concern, "You weren't in any danger, were you?"

Kogoro Mouri explained, "No, the robbers robbed an armored truck."

Ran nodded. "By the way, Conan, are you feeling better? Why are you running around everywhere like that!"

Ran suddenly remembered that Conan was sick.

Conan, who was pondering the case, was caught off guard by the question: "Ah..."

Kogoro Mouri glanced at Conan and said, "That kid's all better now, he's lively and energetic, and he even chased after the robbers' car on a skateboard."

"Chasing robbers? Conan, why do you always do such dangerous things? If you do this again, your mother warned me that I'm really going to beat you up!"

Xiaolan brandished her fist.

Conan hurriedly waved his hands and said, "No, no..."

Are you kidding me? With his physique, he probably couldn't withstand a punch from Xiaolan.

"I hope you really don't know how anymore. I'm going to cook."

Ran stared at Conan for a few moments, then turned and went to the kitchen.

……

at night.

Kishida Eiichi walked out of the bathhouse, took a hot spring bath, and felt refreshed. He was thrilled at the thought of receiving a portion of the 1 billion yen tomorrow.

Just then, a black Porsche drove up from behind, moving slowly in sync with his pace. He turned his head to look at it in confusion.

The car window rolled down, Vodka revealed a cruel smile, and a few shots ended Yamagishi Eiichi's life.

"Brother, is it necessary to kill that woman's accomplice?"

Vodka asked Gin as he drove.

Gin said dismissively, "Anyone with connections to the organization who knows anything about it should not be let go. Kill those two guys and we can frame that woman."

Another person who acted as the driver in the robbery, named Shiro Kaizuka, was killed at home by Gin and his companion.

Gin also left behind a Miyano Akemi lipstick.

……

the next day.

Kitagawa Taki got up early. He had seen the news yesterday afternoon about the 1 billion yen robbery of Yotsubishi Bank. He thought Miyano Akemi would come to him for help, but she didn't.

Therefore, he plans to stake out Miyano Akemi's house today.

As Kitagawa Taki descended from his third-floor apartment and passed the exorcism office, he discovered an extra letter in his mailbox.

He emptied the mailbox when he came back yesterday, which means someone left the letter there last night.