Conan wants to lie down but won't let him

"That means we are now completely isolated from the world below the mountain, and have become prey hunted in the dark by the murderer."

Doi Takeshu stated a heavy truth.

"Everyone, please go inside. Someone has already gone down the mountain to call the police. Running around alone at this time will only make it more dangerous. If you gather together, that so-called shadow mage won't stand a chance."

Fujiwara Hiroshi's suggestion is quite pertinent.

As Mr. Hamano's body was discovered, the biting cold wind and the crisis that could occur at any time made the entire atmosphere depressing, and everyone's faces were filled with solemnity.

After everyone realized that they couldn't escape, they could only accept reality. Tanaka Kikue, who had been urging everyone to act separately, also stopped for the time being.

There was no other way. If she continued to be stubborn, it would only arouse everyone's suspicion, especially that Fujiwara Hiroshi who made her feel unpredictable.

Tanaka Kikue always felt that Fujiwara Hiroshi knew something and was very afraid of him, fearing that he would catch her flaws if she was not careful.

In addition, she had not paid attention to Doi Takeshu before, but it seemed that he also knew something. Although she had successfully avenged Nishiyama Mu and Hamano Toshiya, she still did not dare to let her guard down.

Kikue Tanaka looked back again and saw the little boy called Conan. He was so calm in front of the corpse, without shouting at all, and he didn't look like an ordinary person.

Kikue Tanaka's expression became even more gloomy and terrifying. This group of people was even more complicated than she had imagined, and each one of them hid more secrets than the other.

When Kuroda Naoko and the others returned to the villa, Fujiwara Hiroshi had already come down from Hamano Toshiya's room upstairs. Kuroda Naoko instinctively moved closer to Fujiwara Hiroshi.

If you are too thin-skinned at this time, you might end up following the same path as Hamano Toshiya, so put aside your shame and stay with Fujiwara Hiroshi, so that your safety can be guaranteed.

At the same time, Sonoko and Ran also shrank beside Fujiwara Hiroshi. In such an environment, Fujiwara Hiroshi gave people a strong sense of security. After all, in the eyes of Sonoko and Ran, Fujiwara Hiroshi was already a man of both literary and martial arts.

Over such a long time, although Fujiwara Hiroshi's attacks were not so obvious each time, in the impression of Sonoko and Xiaolan, whenever Fujiwara Hiroshi attacked, the opponent would fall to the ground.

Basically, lying on the ground is the norm. There are a few stubborn ones who, in addition to being beaten down by Fujiwara Hiroshi, also have to endure Fujiwara Hiroshi's mental attacks. There are more than one or two who fainted on the spot from anger.

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At this moment, at the post station at the foot of the mountain, Inspector Megure has successfully met up with Kogoro Mori.

"Yeah!? You already know the Shadow Mage's true identity, is this true? Officer Megure!"

Kogoro Mouri asked Inspector Megure anxiously. Kogoro Mouri was indeed very anxious. There was nothing he could do. His daughter and his financial backer were both in the mountains. How could he not be anxious?

"Ah...it's hard to say whether it's his true identity or not. But we do know that he's a member of the Magic Lovers' League!"

Inspector Megure wasn't sure if the person he found was Shadow Master himself. But it was obvious that it wasn't him. Although this was very early in the game, stealing someone else's IP address was still a common practice to conceal one's true identity.

"Then we can find out who he is just by looking at his ID card?" As expected, Kogoro Mouri was still clueless as ever, thinking that he could find out by simply checking the other person's identity.

"We have checked, it is actually another person!" Inspector Megure gave the result directly. It was obvious that what Kogoro Mouri could think of, Inspector Megure had already thought of, and the result had been investigated.

"Another person?" Kogoro Mouri never expected the result to be like this!

"That's right! This person has absolutely nothing to do with magic, and he hasn't touched a computer or been online in the past two years.

In other words, someone used his ID information without authorization, went online as Shadow Mage, and chatted with members of the magic chat room.

And, there's more than just this one problem... You never expected that! There's another person, currently in that vacation villa, who's also using a mysterious identity to surf the Internet."

Inspector Megure didn't expect this. He didn't know until he checked. He was shocked to find that there were so many people in this small villa chatting online with mysterious identities.

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In the other villa, the time had already reached 10:10 pm. The excitement of the previous celebration and drinking had long since disappeared, and the food and red wine had been removed from the table without anyone noticing.

"It's all my fault, because I was the one who asked Mr. Hamano to perform the entertainment in the first place. If Mr. Hamano hadn't been locked in the room alone, the following things wouldn't have happened. He only did it because I chose him..."

At this point, Sonoko began to feel that it was because of her that Hamano Toshiya was murdered.

"Yuanzi!" Xiaolan didn't know how to comfort Yuanzi at this time.

“Actually, you don’t have to take it to heart. When you were blindfolded, you randomly selected three cards and marked them.

It's just like the dart game, the same principle applies to you. Today you are just helping Hamano complete the magic and acting as an assistant!

So, you have no reason to blame yourself, right?"

Of course, Doi Takeshu knew what this crude method was, but knowing some things was one thing, but he couldn't say them out loud, otherwise his own identity would be in jeopardy.

"Yes!" After being enlightened by Doi Takeshu, Sonoko obviously cheered up again.

"Is Sonoko helping him as a magician's assistant?" Conan had unknowingly gotten another piece of important information. This news was completely unknown to him because he was previously in a coma with a high fever.

"What should we do next? Are we just going to stay in the living room?" Naoko Kuroda looked at the people sitting around the dining table and said.

It is obvious that Naoko Kuroda is fed up with this kind of time that can only be waited and wasted. It is really a torture. How to describe it? It feels like being in prison. The whole space is full of depression and makes people depressed.

"In this situation, we should all listen to Mr. Fujiwara and stick together. It's best not to wander around alone, as you're vulnerable to attack."

Doi Takeshu replied that he agreed with Fujiwara Hiroshi's idea. The more people there were at this time, the safer it would be. Moreover, everyone was keeping an eye on each other, making it difficult for the murderer to continue attacking.

All we can say is that Doi Takeshu has a very high IQ, but he underestimated human nature. He forgot that the murderer would not sit there stupidly without taking action.

Since the murderer had previously used magic to set up the seemingly impossible crime scene for Hamano Toshiya, he then took some time to launch a sneak attack on everyone, making it more likely that the murderer was in the jungle outside.

Look, Ms. Kikue Tanaka started her performance right away, hugging her shoulders with her hands and pretending to be cold.

"Huh... the temperature seems to have dropped! I think I should go into my room and get something more suitable to wear!"

Kikue Tanaka chose the right time very cleverly. It was past 10 o'clock in the evening, which was indeed the time when the temperature dropped rapidly.

"A-choo!" Conan also sneezed in cooperation at this time! This made Tanaka Kikue's originally abrupt behavior suddenly become reasonable.

Conan, as expected, has not yet started to reason, and the effect is the opposite. However, Fujiwara Hiroshi has already started to think about it. This time, he might as well go ahead and testify against the murderer himself.

There's no need to waste time waiting for Conan to slowly unravel the mystery and deduce the answer step by step.

Fujiwara Hiroshi's plan was to wait for the opportunity for Tanaka Kikue to take action and catch her red-handed, so that the case could be settled directly.

After the case is confirmed, Sonoko and Ran no longer have to worry and need his care. In addition, he can spend more time communicating with Kuroda Naoko.

He has already exerted great attraction on Kuroda Naoko just now. Solving this case cleanly and neatly will definitely attract Kuroda Naoko even more.

In fact, the situation has become very clear to Fujiwara Hiroshi now. There are only a few people involved.

Apart from the taciturn Sukama who was busy in the kitchen, and Kuroda Naoko who was setting the dishes in the living room with him the whole time, there was definitely no problem with Xiaolan and Sonoko.

He has already guessed that the identity of Doi Takeki is Kaito Kid, so the only ones with unknown identities are Tanaka Kikue and Ara Yoshinori.

Both of them have a timeline for independent action. In addition, Arayoshi proposed to go to the wine cellar to get red wine on a temporary basis. If the kind-hearted Sukama offered to help get the red wine in the middle of the process, it would affect his plan.

Therefore, the uncertainty of Ara Yoshinori's arrangement was too great. On the contrary, Tanaka Kikue was assigned to boil water, which was the arrangement made by Hamano Toshiya during his last magic performance.

Since it is a magic trick, there must be corresponding techniques. There is no such thing as relying on guesswork, so it is likely that it has been tampered with in advance.

Therefore, the most likely candidate to cooperate with Mr. Hamano Toshiya's magic is actually Tanaka Kikue, regardless of her level of participation in previous magic performances.

Or maybe Hamano Toshiya guessed the correct answer directly, which means that the answers were all arranged in advance. Then, as an assistant, Tanaka Kikue had time to know the answer in advance and make corresponding preparations.

Even the final extravaganza that Hamano Toshiya had arranged in advance was changed from Doi Takeki to Hamano Toshiya, and this was something that only Tanaka Kikue, who was in charge of props, could do.

Finally, she deliberately pretended to be angry and left the room early, but in fact she was preparing to carry out her murder plan.

In this case, since Kikue Tanaka was not present, Hamano Toshiya certainly could not have an outburst on the spot and let everyone know his magic tricks.

On the other hand, with such an excuse, Kikue Tanaka could naturally appear in front of Toshiya Hamano, and then kill him unintentionally and set up the scene with magic.

Since Kikue Tanaka knew that she would definitely be chosen to boil the bath water, she could prepare it in advance and she had the most time.

Therefore, Fujiwara Hiroshi has completely identified the true murderer of Tanaka Kikue. The only question Fujiwara Hiroshi is thinking about now is when is the appropriate time to expose her identity as the murderer.

"Conan..." Xiaolan saw Conan sneezing, then turned to Tanaka Kikue and said.

"In that case, I'll go with you. I also want to get him some clothes or a sweater or something."

"In that case, I'll go with you. It's safer with more people!" Doi Takeshu also took the opportunity to offer to go together. He didn't want to see anyone else get hurt.

And he has no evidence yet, but he thinks the possible candidate is Kikue Tanaka. It is always a good thing to keep her in his sight.

"Really? Why do I get so scared just by entering a room?"

Kikue Tanaka looked at Xiaolan, who carefully opened the door and made sure there was no danger before going out, and complained about the current bad situation.

"No! This dress is too big!" Conan, who had already come into the room on the other side, started to act coquettishly and cutely towards Xiaolan after Xiaolan forced him to put on the sweater!

It’s true, Conan is now becoming more and more like an elementary school student. In a while, he will probably forget that he was a high school student.

"Don't move!" Then Xiaolan began to help Conan curl up the extra long part.

I seriously suspect that Conan did it on purpose. He was wearing Xiaolan's clothes and was secretly happy about it. He was taking advantage of her and acting like a good boy. He looked like he deserved a beating!

Conan also started his own actions. While enjoying Xiaolan helping him put on his clothes, he asked Xiaolan some things he didn't know during his coma.

At this time, Kikue Tanaka who was outside the door had already started to urge them, after all, time was slowly approaching the time point of the mechanism she had set.

"Xiaolan, please hurry up! The Shadow Mage might be waiting somewhere!"

I can only say that Kikue Tanaka's answers to every question are very clever and reasonable. She was obviously in a hurry to go to the room to activate the mechanism, but she said it out of consideration for Xiaolan.

"I'm sorry, it's fine now!" Xiaolan replied while pulling Conan out the door, and Conan's opportunity to collect clues was interrupted.

Conan's judgment on Shadow Master at this time was that the other party should not only trap everyone here for Mr. Hamano Toshiya, but also for other purposes.

With a "bang", the sound of glass breaking was heard, followed by an arrow being shot at the wall.

Obviously, no one expected such a situation to happen. They were all stunned, including Doi Takeshu, who even doubted whether his judgment was wrong.

"How could there be an arrow?" Xiaolan was obviously frightened and asked subconsciously.

"No way? Who are you? Come out here!" Tanaka Kikue pushed open the window and started yelling with a fierce look.