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

"Kitagawa Taki!"

"Kitagawa?" Kuroba Chikage's expression changed slightly.

“That’s right.” Black Feather Thief nodded.

The spider, which had always been invincible, was actually defeated by a so-called exorcist.

This sparked his intense interest in Kitagawa Taki.

After conducting an in-depth investigation into Kitagawa Taki, Kuroba Toichi discovered that Kitagawa Taki had been living an ordinary life before returning from studying in New York.

But after that point, Kitagawa Taki suddenly became an exorcist, and he couldn't stop himself from doing so.

He strongly suspected that Kitagawa Taki had also obtained some kind of mysterious gem and mastered its power.

"Chikage, you should know something about the power that Kitagawa Taki possesses, right?"

Kuroba Chikage didn't answer Kuroba Toichi's question, but instead asked, "What can I do?"

"I want to figure out what his power is and where he got it from."

Before Kuroba Chikage could speak, Kuroba Toichi continued, "I know you and Kaito have a good relationship with Kitagawa Taki, so I don't want to become his enemy. I just need some information."

"So you want me to extract these secrets from him?"

Kuroba Chikage's expression remained unchanged, but her heart sank.

These past few days, she had fantasized countless times about reuniting with Kuroba Toichi.

But I never expected it to turn out like this.

She would absolutely not comply with Kuroba Toichi's "request".

Kitagawa Taki saved her and Kaito several times, how could she turn around and scheme against him?

Kuroba Touichi nodded slightly. "That's right."

Kuroba Chikage countered, "But even if we have a good relationship, he wouldn't tell me such a secret, would he?"

"Chikage, I believe you can definitely do it. As far as I know, Kitagawa Taki is a womanizer..."

Kuroba Toichi did not continue speaking.

Upon hearing this, Kuroba Chikage's expression changed drastically. "Kuroba Touichi, do you know what you're saying?"

She never expected that Kuroba Toichi would say such a thing!

Kuroba Chikage's chest heaved as she felt furious; Kuroba Touichi's meaning was crystal clear.

Besides anger, there was also pain.

All these years, she has never let go of Kuroba Toichi, but this is the result she got.

Kuroba Toichi explained, "Chikage, don't misunderstand. I certainly don't want you to do that kind of thing. It's just that we can use this to dig out information."

At their very first meeting, he easily captured the heart of Kuroba Chikage.

Kuroba Toichi believed he knew Kuroba Chikage well enough, and after observing her secretly for the past few days, he was quite certain that Kuroba Chikage still had feelings for him.

"Kitagawa Taki's power likely also comes from the mysterious gem. If we can figure this out, we might be able to find clues about Pandora!"

"Immortality! Thousand Shadows, as long as we find Pandora, we can be together forever!"

Kuroba Toichi looked at Kuroba Chikage with deep affection.

If Kuroba Chikage were a love-struck person, she would very likely have agreed to Kuroba Toichi's proposal.

However, for so many years, Kuroba Chikage has single-handedly supported the family.

She's no longer the girl who could be easily charmed with just a few words.

Kuroba Chikage was very disappointed. In her opinion, Kuroba Touya only had Pandora in his eyes now, and didn't care about her or Kaito at all.

"Alright, I agree." Kuroba Chikage nodded indifferently.

The greatest sorrow is a broken heart; this saying perfectly captures Hei Yu Qianying's current state of mind.

Kuroba Toichi seemed oblivious. He opened the box, took out a delicate little box containing a dazzling purple gem.

“Qianying, this gem is called Purple Star, and it suits you very well.”

He handed the box to Kuroba Chikage.

Kuroba Chikage looked down at the dazzling gem in the box, her heart unmoved.

She accepted it.

"Chikage, I'm waiting for your good news." Kuroba Toichi said with a smile, "I won't tell Kaito for now. You don't need to worry about his safety; I'll take good care of him."

He believed that Kuroba Chikage would figure out what was truly important.

Of course, if Kuroba Chikage can't figure it out, there are ways he can help.

……

Kuroba Toichi is gone.

They left a contact number.

Kuroba Chikage curled up on the sofa, her expression blank.

The scene from just now kept replaying in my mind.

She then laughed, but it looked very bitter.

Wasn't Kuroba Toichi tasking her with deliberately getting close to Kitagawa Taki to uncover his secrets?

So she went along with his wishes.

Anyway, Kitagawa Taki never gave up on his feelings for her.

Chapter 465 Invitation

Kitagawa Taki was unaware of what had happened to Kuroba Chikage these past few days.

He has been invited to attend a special investigation meeting of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Kogoro Mouri was also with them.

"Mr. Kitagawa, Mr. Mori!"

Takagi Wataru greeted the two of them warmly.

“Oh, Officer Takagi, I heard this is a large-scale serial murder case?” Kogoro Mouri asked.

“That’s right!” Takagi Wataru nodded and explained, “We found a mahjong tile at the scene of the murder that happened at the tollbooth in Odawara City the day before yesterday.”

Several other cases involving mahjong tiles occurred in various locations including Tokyo, Kanagawa, Nagano, Shizuoka, and Saitama.

Kogoro Mouri gasped. The scope was indeed vast, and the nature of the case was extremely heinous.

"In short, the relevant details of the case will be explained in detail in the meeting. Please follow me!"

With that, Takagi Wataru led the two to the conference room.

The conference room was already filled with police officers from various counties, many of whom were acquaintances.

Yamato Kansuke, Yokomizo Sango, Yamamura Misao...

"Mr. Kitagawa!"

Yamamura Misao spotted his benefactor, Kitagawa Taki, at a glance and quickly came to stand before them.

Kitagawa Taki nodded slightly. "Officer Yamamura."

Yamamura Misao smiled and took out his police ID, pointing to the rank on his name with his left hand to show the others.

"Inspector!?" Kogoro Mouri's eyes widened. This eccentric policeman had just been promoted to inspector so spectacularly?

"Thanks to Mr. Kitagawa, I got promoted!"

Yamamura Misao, with a broad smile on his face, even gave a British-style military salute.

"Gunma Prefectural Police..." Kogoro Mouri's lips twitched. Was Gunma Prefecture really out of options?

Kitagawa Taki smiled and said, "Congratulations."

"By the way, Mr. Kitagawa, what are you doing here?" After showing off, Yamamura Misao finally remembered the important matter.

Takagi Wataru explained, "Mr. Kitagawa and Mr. Mori were invited by Manager Matsumoto to serve as special advisors for this joint investigation."

Just then, Inspector Megure coughed at the conference room door.

The group turned around and saw Inspector Megure, who was wearing a suit for the first time, followed by Shiratori Ninzaburo and Matsumoto Kiyonaga, who had a fierce look and a face full of scars.

"Can we begin?"

The group returned to their seats, while Kitagawa Taki and Mouri Kogoro sat on the advisor's table.

On the whiteboard, photos of the victims of six murder cases have been posted, and Shiratori Ninzaburo is narrating them.

“Apart from the sixth case, the previous five cases were all stabbings with knives, and all five victims were suspected of being first stunned with a stun gun, taken to other places, killed and their bodies dumped.”

Kogoro Mouri nodded slightly; these cases were undoubtedly serial murders.

Shiratori Ninzaburo paused for a moment, "There's a question here—why would the murderer take the victim to another location before committing the crime?"

"Secondly, mahjong tiles with red circles, English letters on the back, and vertical black lines were found next to these bodies."

Shiratori Ninzaburo gestured for everyone to look at the documents on the table.

Kitagawa Taki opened it and looked at it. The mahjong tiles were one 1 of bamboo and five 7 of bamboo, and there were two English letters, A, E, H, Z and an upside-down L.

Shiratori Ninzaburo continued, "In addition, the murderer took one personal item from each of the six victims: a necklace, amulet, drawstring bag, motorcycle keychain, makeup mirror, and a doll."

"Could it be that the perverted killer took it back as a souvenir?" Kogoro Mouri muttered to Taki Kitagawa beside him.

Shiratori Ninzaburo: "Finally, there is the death message left by the victim of the sixth case, Ryuzaki—Tanabata, kyo (Romanized)."

As soon as he finished speaking, the police officers below began to whisper among themselves. There was too much information about these six serial murder cases, making them difficult to analyze.

Kogoro Mouri glanced at everyone, stood up confidently, and walked to the whiteboard.

"Aren't you all overthinking this? Since it's mahjong tiles, doesn't that mean mahjong? The motive for murder is obviously a mahjong dispute!"

Kogoro Mouri's words immediately sparked a discussion among the police officers.