Ke Xue: I was raised by them in Mihua.

She wasn't entirely sure if she could defeat him, since she was more skilled in karate and wasn't used to fighting with a sword.

But a master is a master. Through this one clash alone, she gained a clear understanding of the situation and launched an even more ferocious attack.

When Kogoro Mori arrived, he saw two medieval knights in armor, wielding greatswords, fighting back and forth in the corridor of the exhibition hall.

The cold glint of swords flashed in the dim light; this battle had even shattered the very foundations of the Dao!

Chapter 23 Children don't lie.

As the director of an art museum, Ochiai can be said to have dedicated his entire life to art.

Not only did he remain unmarried throughout his life, but even at his advanced age, he was always thinking about how to improve the art museum.

Unfortunately, he encountered a shameless scoundrel like President Manaka.

Upon learning that the other party intended to convert the art museum into a hotel, and after failing to dissuade them, Director Ochiai couldn't help but have a bold idea.

Murder is also the habitual way of thinking of the Beika people when they encounter problems.

Once the person who caused the problem is dealt with, the problem will naturally be solved.

Therefore, under the pretext of finding the thief who stole the exhibits, he brought in a detective, who became a witness.

He then deliberately wore armor and damaged the bronze statue that was exposed to surveillance footage. When the detective discovered this, he would naturally request to view the surveillance footage.

Even if a detective is not skilled enough to discover this, he will deliberately lure the other party into finding it.

Then, once they arrived at the monitoring room, they played the pre-recorded footage of the armor moving as live footage, luring the detectives to act as eyewitnesses.

Taking advantage of this time, he took a shortcut, disguised himself in armor, and killed President Manaka, who had come to the exhibition hall as agreed, in front of the detective.

All that's needed now is to knock the detective unconscious and leave, and the plan can be completed without anyone noticing.

With employees like Iijima colluding to give false testimonies, no one would have noticed that he had left the monitoring room.

Even if the police investigate, they will only find one person he framed, namely Kubota, an employee who had stolen exhibits multiple times.

Even if something goes wrong and the plan fails, he decided to take full responsibility himself.

Director Ochiai considered many possibilities, but he never imagined that this scene would occur.

Why? How could a high school girl wearing armor fight me to a standstill?

This doesn't make sense! Am I really getting old?!

Noticing Kogoro Mouri's appearance, he glanced resentfully at President Manaka, who had collapsed to the ground.

He was willing to die with this villain, but reality didn't give him that opportunity.

Exhausted, Director Ochiai unconsciously loosened his grip on the sword.

"good chance!"

Ran Mouri seized the opportunity and threw away her knight's sword.

She realized! There's no point in using your weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths!

She assumed her familiar karate starting stance and ended the fight with a familiar flying kick.

Even though he was wearing armor, Director Ochiai was kicked several meters away, and his helmet fell to the ground, revealing his aged face.

Meanwhile, Iijima, an employee who witnessed this scene in the monitoring room, rushed over and called out urgently.

"curator!"

"Director Ochiai?!"

The father and daughter were both shocked when they saw the armored man's identity.

"How could it be you?"

Kogoro Mouri asked, looking completely bewildered.

"You were still there when I left the monitoring room, how could you have arrived here before me?"

The scene just now is a bit long to describe, but it only took a few minutes, which Kogoro Mouri couldn't understand.

Why was Director Ochiai faster than me? And why did he do such a thing?

"Hehe, I know this art museum much better than you do... cough cough cough..."

The old curator forced himself to stand up, intending to show off in style, but he couldn't catch his breath and coughed for a long time while clutching his chest.

This made Ran Mouri feel a little embarrassed, as if she was bullying the old lady.

"Um, are you okay?"

The girl took off her helmet, intending to show concern for the elderly man, but unknowingly startled her father.

"Xiao Lan! You!"

Kogoro Mouri hadn't recovered from the shock he'd just experienced when he was startled by the appearance of his daughter.

Seeing the complicated look in her father's eyes, the girl chuckled awkwardly.

"Dad, if I said I was just playing games with Xiao Luo, would you believe me?"

"Stop talking! I understand! You've truly surpassed your teacher!"

Taking a deep breath, Kogoro Mouri had adjusted his mindset.

As expected of her daughter, she had already guessed what would happen and had been waiting here in advance!

Well done! If the client had died, or turned out to be the murderer, then this commission would have been lost!

"No! I really..."

As Ran Mouri took a few steps forward, just as she was about to explain, her armored foot accidentally stepped on an unidentified object.

"what--"

Then came the screams of President Manaka as he slaughtered a pig, filling the entire corridor.

……

Half an hour later, the previously deserted art museum suddenly became bustling with activity.

Inspector Megure and his men arrived at the scene in a flash, and the person who called the police was none other than President Manaka, who had been awakened from unconsciousness after the girl stepped on his hand.

"Murder! This is murder! This old man wants to kill me!"

"Sir, please calm down."

"Calm down? How can I calm down? I almost died! Arrest this murderer right now!"

Facing the police, President Manaka seemed to have regained his courage, no longer looking terrified by the armor, and started shouting orders.

Inspector Megure was quite helpless about this, letting his men argue with the guy for a while, and then turned to look at Luo Tian.

"Little one, is everything you just said true?"

"Yup!"

Luo Tian nodded vigorously and repeated his statement.

"Grandpa Curator was just sparring with Sister Xiaolan when this uncle suddenly fainted from fright!"

This was his final step in protecting Director Ochiai: to give false testimony!

No, it's not accurate to call it perjury, since he was simply telling the police what he saw.

It's true! It's all true!

"You brat! Don't talk nonsense! That old guy wanted to kill me!"

Upon hearing these words, President Manaka was furious and immediately roared.

"But you're perfectly fine, right, Inspector Megure?"

Luo Tian used half of his cuteness-acting skills, blinking his big, watery eyes as he looked at Megure beside him.

They captured the other party in no time!

"Hmm, judging from your energetic appearance, President Manaka, you're indeed not injured. If it's murder, what evidence do you have?"

He pretended to be in a dilemma, but in reality, Inspector Megure had already sided with Luo Tian.

Children certainly don't lie!

Chapter 24 Sonoko: I'll give you anything you want!

　"Who said I wasn't injured! Look at my hand!"

Waving his slightly red and swollen right hand, President Manaka persisted relentlessly.

This scene drew Ran Mouri, who had just taken off her armor, over, looking slightly apologetic.

"I'm so sorry, I accidentally stepped on your hand just now."

"That's right, it was because you were lying on the ground that Sister Xiaolan accidentally stepped on you. Quickly apologize to Sister Xiaolan!"

"I apologize?! (??益??)"

President Zhenzhong was so enraged by Luo Tian's words that he almost fainted from anger.

"Fine! You're all in cahoots! Just wait! I'm going to sue you!"

After saying that, he strode to the side and made a phone call, seemingly to call for backup.

Meanwhile, Luo Tian and his group quickly gathered together to discuss their story—no, I mean, to devise a countermeasure.

"Actually, you don't need to do this."

As the person involved, Director Ochiai has reached the point where he is indifferent to life and death.

Since he hadn't managed to kill anyone and the art museum was going to be converted into a restaurant anyway, he had no more desires and just wanted it to end as soon as possible.

After learning the whole story from Director Ochiai, both Ran Mouri and her father chose to accept the boy's suggestion.

A unified statement is needed to exonerate the former curator!

However, none of the people involved had any will to live, and no matter what they did, it seemed to be in vain.

Luo Tian also noticed this and took out his phone.

The phone was brand new, and it only had the contact information of a few people on it. One of them was saved as "Little Rich Woman".

[Sister Sonoko, are you there? Want to get some coins?]

[Xiao Luo! How much do you want? Is ten million enough?]

In the Suzuki family's luxurious villa, a young girl is facing her holiday homework with a pained expression.

Sonoko Suzuki's high school grades were not ideal, not because of a lack of ability, but because her restless nature made it impossible for her to concentrate on studying.

If it weren't for the fact that her family frequently hired tutors and that she had a top student friend like Ran Mouri who could ask her questions from time to time, she might not even have been able to pass her exams.

Upon receiving Luo Tian's message, she immediately put down her pen, or rather, she had long wanted to give up but couldn't find a suitable reason.

But right now, my adorable little boy, who is also my future boyfriend (I think), has something to do, so of course I have to deal with this first!

Miss Suzuki felt like ants were crawling all over her body after not seeing the little boy for the past few days, and she couldn't sleep well at night.

I want to go to my best friend's house, but I'm afraid that being too forward will upset the little boy.

Ultimately, the two had only met once.

In addition, she had been severely reprimanded by Attorney Fei before, which temporarily curbed her audacious ideas.

Fortunately, chatting on their phones helped them get to know each other better.

Your friend, the wealthy young woman, has initiated a video call with you—accept or decline.

Once the video call connected, Suzuki Sonoko's pretty face immediately appeared on Luo Tian's phone.

Perhaps because she was at home, she wasn't wearing a headband, and a few strands of bangs fell across her forehead, adding to her delicate and fragile appearance.

"Sister Sonoko, can you see me?"

Luo Tian waved and tested the smoothness of the video call.

"Mmm, it's so clear! No wonder it's the phone I chose, the picture quality is amazing! *slurp*"

Miss Suzuki nodded hurriedly, making some unintelligible sounds.

Luo Tian thought he might have misheard. This girl shouldn't be so perverted as to drool over him just by looking at him through a screen, right?

"I'm here to ask Sonoko-neechan for a favor. Ran-neechan is here too!"