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

Kitagawa Taki looked at the closed door, stroked his chin, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Rena Mizunashi wanted to use her beauty to seduce him, but he deliberately kept her hanging on, since he wasn't the one in a hurry.

He was looking forward to seeing what Rena Mizunashi would do next, as she was clearly not good at seducing men.

Just then, there was another knock on the door.

And then there was Hattori Heiji's shout: "Kitagawa!"

Kitagawa Taki opened the door, and Hattori Heiji peeked into the room.

"What are you looking at? Kazuha isn't here with me."

Hattori Heiji quickly replied, "What? I didn't come here to see her!"

Kitagawa Taki asked jokingly, "Then who are you looking at?"

"Ahem... It's nothing, Kitagawa. I'm here to ask you to go down and investigate."

Heiji Hattori changed the subject.

Chapter 399 was, of course, deduced.

When the two of them came downstairs, they found that the village chief was also there.

He was carrying a broom and patrolling back and forth in front of the hotel.

Hattori Heiji said speechlessly, "Village Chief, what are you doing? Didn't I tell you to go back to your rooms?"

"From here we can see everyone's rooms. If that monster comes again, we'll drive it away!" Takekuma-dono said earnestly.

Hattori Heiji couldn't help but roll his eyes: "With that broom in your hand?"

Kitagawa Taki laughed and said, "Don't say that. The village chief is quite responsible."

Takekuma Densuke gripped the broom tightly. "I'm the one who called everyone here. As the village chief, I have a duty to protect everyone's safety."

"Never mind." Hattori Heiji scratched his head and said, "I also have something to ask you."

Lord Takekuma nodded. "Go ahead and ask!"

Hattori Heiji said, "That's the reason for calling those four people over."

Takekuma Densuke explained, "Mr. Tanzawa Michiki is very knowledgeable about the geology of Shizuoka Prefecture. He has investigated this area before and excavated relics all over the country. However, his reputation was ruined after rumors of him forging unearthed artifacts spread."

Novelist Fumie Masuko specializes in supernatural novels featuring demons and monsters. She is very familiar with Japanese yokai (supernatural beings) legends and is quite famous.

Hattori Heiji remarked, "This old lady has absolutely nothing to do with treasure!"

Kitagawa Taki interjected, "Village Chief, tell us about Tsurumi Hajime!"

Takekuma replied, "He's a new reporter who travels all over the country interviewing people about yokai stories. That's all I know."

According to the village chief, Masuko Fumie and Tsurumi Hajime had absolutely no connection to the Tokugawa treasure.

Kitagawa Taki glanced at Hattori Heiji and asked, "Then why invite Hattori?"

He discovered that these murderers all seemed to have serious illnesses. To carry out their murder plans, they had to invite a famous detective, but in the end, their methods were exposed, which meant they walked right into a trap.

Takekuma-dono said apologetically, "We originally wanted to invite the famous detective Kogoro Mouri, but we didn't have enough funds, so..."

Kitagawa Taki looked at Hattori Heiji with amusement.

Hattori Heiji's lips twitched. So it was because he was cheap, huh? And he actually became that old man's substitute?

"Village chief, you can continue patrolling here! Kitagawa and I will go check on the area that was just burned."

……

The two walked in front of the hotel where the fire had burned.

Hattori Heiji asked, "Kitagawa, what method do you think the murderer used to create such a huge monster?"

“It’s just an optical illusion. The fire and this tree blocked all the reference points.” Kitagawa Taki pointed to a large tree in front of the hotel. “Then hang a curtain to make us feel the size of the monster.”

Hattori Heiji looked at Kitagawa Taki with the eyes of someone looking at a monster. "How did you know?"

“Of course it was deduced.” Kitagawa Taki grinned, walked forward, and picked up a stick from the ground. “This stick, which was burned and still has strips of cloth wrapped around it, was used to hang curtains.”

After Hattori Heiji took it and examined it carefully, he found that, just as Kitagawa Taki had said, there were still strips of cloth that hadn't been completely burned off on the stick.

He stroked his chin, pondering, "So, that monster..."

Suddenly, the window directly above them was opened, and Masuko Fumie called out to them, "Hey, you two, can you shut up for a bit? I want to get some sleep!"

Upstairs, Tsurumi Hajime, holding a can of cola, appeared at the window. "I don't care. Who knows when that monster will reappear!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the piercing cry rang out again.

Hattori Heiji exclaimed in surprise, "That voice again!"

Just then, the lawn behind the two men caught fire again.

A ball of flame appeared out of thin air, and then more and more flames surrounded the two of them.

Not far away, Takekuma-dono was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

Others also peeked out to check the situation.

Tsurumi Hajime cried out in terror, "It's Nue! That monster is back again!"

Then came a scream.

Hattori Heiji suddenly turned around: "Whose shout was that just now?"

Masuko Fumie looked up and said, "It sounds like Mr. Tanzawa's."

Danzawa Michiki lived directly above her, in the leftmost room on the third floor.

Hattori Heiji ran straight to the third floor, while Kitagawa Taki went to the second floor.

boom!

He kicked open the locked door.

Masuko Fumie, who was hiding things inside the house, was startled and angrily asked, "What are you doing?"

Kitagawa Taki smirked. "What are you doing now?"

He had clearly witnessed Masuko Fumie's act of violence.

She assumed the two men were distracted by the fire and had their backs to her.

In fact, Kitagawa Taki had been observing their every move with his divine sense.

Masuko Fumie sensed something was wrong. "What I'm doing is none of your business!"

She pointed at him and said, "Leave now! Otherwise, I'll sue you for harassment!"

Kitagawa Taki said irritably, "Why would I bother an old lady like you?"

He walked directly into the room and approached Masuko Fumie step by step.

Masuko Fumie's face darkened, and she actually screamed, shouting "Help!"

Kitagawa Taki was speechless for a moment, then choked the old lady down with a karate chop.

He glanced at the plastic bottle with a wine cork on the desk next to him, and then found the double-headed poison needle tied with thread in the place where Masuko Fumie had just hidden things.

Since there are no monsters, this matter can be resolved sooner.

That's why he rushed into Masuko Fumie's room to prevent her from destroying the evidence.

At this moment, others who heard the cries for help rushed over.

"what happened?"

"What are you doing here, Kitagawa?"

"How is this going?"

Kitagawa Taki interrupted, "Stop shouting. She's the murderer. Find a rope and tie her up."

Takekuma-dono nodded and ran to get the rope.

Tsurumi Hajime exclaimed in surprise, "Ms. Masuko is the murderer?"

"Beichuan, this..."

Hattori Heiji was also stunned. Danzawa Michiki had just been killed. How did Kitagawa Taki know who the murderer was?

Does that mean he knew from the beginning?

Kitagawa Taki tapped the table: "The evidence is here."

Hattori Heiji hurriedly entered the room. He saw the double-headed poison needle on the table and was shocked. He had just checked upstairs on Danzawa Michiki and found two blood holes in his jaw.

He glanced at the sparkling water and wine cork beside him, and a sudden realization dawned on him; he probably knew the method of murder.

Kitagawa Takimichi explained: "Drill a hole in the cork of a red wine bottle, insert a blank pen refill, and then insert a double-ended poison needle into the top of the refill."

After sealing it, shake the bottle vigorously. When Danzawa Michiki sticks his head out, fire the poison needle, and then retrieve it with the rope.

He glanced at the unconscious Masuko Fumie and said, "When I came in, she was hiding poison needles!"

Chapter 400 Stop talking!

After hearing Kitagawa Taki's "reasoning," Hattori Heiji was somewhat taken aback.

He didn't do anything this time, and Kitagawa Taki had already solved the case.

He asked suspiciously, "Kitagawa, you didn't already know that the murderer was Masuko Fumie, did you?"

Kitagawa Taki shrugged: "How could that be? I just found out myself."

Tsurumi Hajime stepped forward and asked, "Wait a minute, what's with those fires?"

He was the person here, besides Kitagawa Taki, who most hoped that yokai (supernatural beings) really existed.

Kitagawa Taki opened the drawer and said, "This is it."

"What's this?" Hattori Heiji looked at the round balls wrapped in paper in the drawer and reached out to take them.

Kitagawa Taki warned, "Be careful, it contains sodium."