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

"Inspector Megure, there's a crossbow here!" Conan said, pointing to the liquor rack across the street.

"The eight of spades!" Shiratori Renzaburo picked up the playing cards next to him with a handkerchief.

Kitagawa Taki said, "Asahi Katsuyoshi has probably met with some misfortune."

"I think we should get out of here quickly!"

Nana Koyama swallowed hard, completely losing her earlier enthusiasm. After all, after eight came seven, and it would soon be her turn.

Inspector Megure waved his hand dismissively: "Let's go!"

……

Upon arriving at the entrance, they found the door sealed shut.

After inspecting the area, Shiratori Ninzaburo said, "Inspector, this place is locked with an electronic lock. We can't get out!"

Conan's eyes narrowed. There was no cell phone signal here. The murderer was trying to trap them. The murderer should also be in the restaurant, but they had just checked and found no one. Could there be a secret room?

Or is the murderer among these people?

"what--"

A scream shattered his thoughts.

Nana Koyama pointed to the glass wall in the distance, outside which was Katsuyoshi Asahi's corpse!

There was also a nine of spades tucked into his breast pocket.

Inspector Megure exclaimed in shock, "Katsuyoshi Asahi has indeed been murdered!"

Yui Uehara said urgently, "Inspector, I'll go check the escape routes!"

She returned shortly afterward.

Under the gaze of the crowd, she shook her head, "The escape route has been blocked with cement."

"What should we do?" Nana Koyama panicked.

"There's no other way, we have to go back to the restaurant first."

Kitagawa Taki had no interest in saving this woman.

Chapter 409 Is Zemu Gongping the murderer?

"I'll ask you one more time, are you sure you don't have any grudges against anyone else?" Inspector Megure's gaze swept over the group.

Nana Koyama paused, hesitating whether or not to reveal what had happened.

Yui Uehara noticed Nana Koyama's hesitation: "Nana-san, is there something you want to say?"

“I…” Nana Koyama hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.

Inspector Megure's gaze was sharp as he said in a deep voice, "Miss Nana, please tell me the truth!"

After a moment of silence, Nana Koyama finally revealed the truth: "Three months ago..."

It turns out that Nana Koyama was driving and talking on the phone at night when she had a non-contact accident with a motorcycle at an intersection. The motorcyclist fell heavily to the ground, and she drove away in fear.

Conan, thinking of the culprit who attacked Professor Agasa, quickly asked, "Was that an off-road motorcycle?"

“No, it was just a regular motorcycle.” Nana Koyama shook her head and said, “I saw him get up by himself, so he should be fine, right? I didn’t hit him; I just crossed the line when I stopped at the intersection.”

Kogoro Mouri said, "That's hard to say. It could be an internal injury."

Upon hearing this, Nana Koyama lowered her head.

"If the killer doesn't change the order of the murders, then you're next, Miss Nana!"

Shishino Eimei was rather gloating.

Nana Koyama glared angrily at Eimei Shishino: "Mr. Eimei, aren't you next?"

Inspector Megure stepped in to smooth things over: "Everyone, please don't argue. Right now, we need to figure out how to escape!"

Kogoro Mouri said, "Inspector, let's search the entire building thoroughly. We might find another exit!"

Peter Ford suggested, "Let's split up and look for it!"

"Nana-san, Uehara, and Conan, you can stay here!"

Inspector Megure instructed Yui Uehara to stay behind and protect Nana Koyama.

After leaving everyone's sight, Kitagawa Taki made a "formation" gesture and silently followed Sawaki Kohei.

Ze Mu Gongping naturally didn't look for an exit. He went straight to the power distribution room, waited for a moment, and then pulled the switch.

Then, he skillfully made his way to the restaurant in the dark, which suggests he had practiced quite a bit.

In the restaurant, Nana Koyama panicked because of the sudden power outage, but calmed down after being comforted by Yui Uehara.

She didn't even notice that her manicure was shining.

"Miss Nana, your hand..." Uehara Yui sensed something was wrong.

Just then, Sawaki Kohei picked up a wine glass and smashed it at Koyama Nana. Koyama Nana panicked and ran away alone in a panic.

Yui Uehara shouted, "Nana-san, don't run around!"

But she was met with a scream from Nana Koyama.

Having landed a successful blow, Sawaki Kohei immediately ran out of the restaurant.

Hearing the screams, Kogoro Mouri and the others rushed back in the darkness, relying on the light from their cell phones.

Kitagawa Taki didn't wait any longer. He knocked Sawaki Kohei unconscious and went to the escape exit, where Hojo Hitomi was already waiting.

After handing the person over to Hitomi Hojo, Taki Kitagawa returned to the restaurant.

Kogoro Mouri had already arrived at the power distribution room and turned on the power switch.

The others also returned one after another.

"Miss Nana!"

Nana Koyama lay on the ground with a dagger stuck in her back, and a seven of spades next to her body.

"No, she's dead!" Inspector Megure shook his head after examining her.

"It's my fault for not protecting her." Uehara Yui bit her lip, feeling somewhat guilty.

Conan said, "This has nothing to do with Uehara... my sister. The culprit is very cunning; there was fluorescent material in that bottle of nail polish."

Everything happened so fast, in the blink of an eye, that there was no time to react.

At that moment, Nishina suddenly exclaimed, "Mr. Sawaki is gone!"

Only then did everyone notice that one person was missing.

"Oh no!" Kogoro Mori exclaimed in alarm, "Could Mr. Sawaki have been murdered?"

Inspector Megure said, "Mouri, Shiratori, you two go and look for him. Everyone else, don't move around, lest the culprit take advantage of the situation!"

Kogoro Mouri and Ninzaburo Shiratori split up to search for the person.

Sawaki Kohei has disappeared and Koyama Nana has been murdered, but Shishino Eimei, the next target, is not flustered at all.

Upon seeing the murder scene, he instead took out his camera and started taking pictures.

Hearing the clicking sound, Inspector Megure said in a deep voice, "Mr. Nagaaki, could you please stop filming?"

Shishino Eimei laughed and said, "Officer, since we can't get out now, you'll have to do the autopsy, right? In that case, wouldn't it be necessary for me to take pictures of the scene?"

Inspector Megure stared at Shishino Eimei: "Alright, you'll have to hand over the photos to us later!"

“Okay!” Shishino Eimei readily agreed.

Not long after, Shiratori Ninzaburo and Mori Kogoro returned one after the other.

Shiratori Ninzaburo said, "Inspector, we've checked everything, but we haven't found any trace of Mr. Sawaki."

Shishino Eimei laughed and said, "Could he have been thrown into the sea like Mr. Asahi?"

He seemed completely indifferent to the dead.

Kogoro Mouri said in a deep voice, "No, I found that the cement at the escape exit has been moved. Now it's wide enough for one person to pass through."

"What?!" Inspector Megure exclaimed in surprise, "Has he been kidnapped by the murderer?"

Kogoro Mouri said, "That possibility cannot be ruled out."

“There’s another possibility,” Kitagawa Taki interjected. “When we were looking for the exit just now, I saw him walk toward the power distribution room. I didn’t think much of it at the time, but now it seems that he might have done it.”

"The murderer is Mr. Sawaki?" Kogoro Mori exclaimed in surprise. "That can't be! He was almost killed!"

Kitagawa Taki shook his head and said, "Anyone can set up that mechanism, and I think he's a bit too calm. We came here because he mentioned Asahi Katsuyoshi."

However, we can investigate these things after we get out. Let's go out first and talk about it then.

Conan frowned; what Kitagawa Taki said wasn't impossible.

Inspector Megure agreed, "Brother Kitagawa is right. Let's leave here first and call for backup to thoroughly search this place!"

The group arrived at the emergency exit, and just as Kogoro Mouri had said, the exit door was large enough for one person to pass through.

Kitagawa Taki went out first and completely removed the cement blocking the doorway.

Inspector Megure, along with Shiratori Ninzaburo and Uehara Yui, carefully inspected the escape route but found no trace of it.

Upon arriving above the restaurant, Inspector Megure immediately called the Metropolitan Police Department to request backup.

Kitagawa Taki took out his phone and looked at it, then said, "Inspector Megure, I have something to do, so I have to go now."

Hitomi Hojo and Kohei Sawaki are still waiting for him.

Chapter 410 Death is the only relief

It's still that abandoned warehouse.

It's still that same chair.

Sawaki Kohei, like Murakami Takeru, was tied to a chair.

The difference was that his mouth was gagged.