Conan wants to lie down but won't let him

Chapter 161: Stop talking, isn’t it enough for me to plead guilty?

Kikue Tanaka herself is also very clear that these are not people deliberately using her actions to target her.

It is true that after careful consideration and analysis, the results were surprisingly consistent with her line of action. Previously, people even suspected that Fujiwara Hiroshi had installed a surveillance camera on her.

Now, after listening to it all, the clown turned out to be herself! As long as you follow Fujiwara Hiroshi's logic and direction of thinking, everyone can deduce that she is the murderer.

"It's so scary! Fujiwara Hiroshi, it's really so scary!" Tanaka Kikue was trembling all over and roaring wildly in her heart.

Kikue Tanaka thought about surrendering, but her instinct to survive forced her to bite the bullet and continue to be stubborn.

"This is the same as before. It's all just analysis and reasoning. There is no conclusive evidence! Besides, I was boiling bath water when Mr. Hamano was murdered!" Tanaka Kikue insisted stubbornly.

"Ms. Tanaka..." Xiaolan called softly. Xiaolan really wanted to persuade her, but it was already this time, so why bother?

"Well, since you won't cry until you see the coffin, then let me help you. If you don't want to be decent, let me be decent for you.

Wow! Yuanzi, you guys came just in time. You performed that trick perfectly. Now I have a new task for you.

The core technique of this case—the secret of the impossible crime—is also up to you to complete and restore this magic trick."

Fujiwara Hiroshi continued to make arrangements to Sonoko and Doi Takeki who had just returned downstairs.

"Ah!!" Sonoko just got downstairs and heard Fujiwara Hiroshi asking her to go upstairs again. She almost fell to the ground. But then she heard that she could restore the core magic technique, and suddenly she became excited.

My waist and legs weren't sore anymore, and I felt full of energy and enthusiasm. I immediately agreed to Fujiwara Hiroshi's request and turned around to go back upstairs. "Okay, brother-in-law!"

"Wait a minute, Sonoko! Take this crossbow and these arrows. They'll be needed when you recreate the magic trick."

Fujiwara Hiroshi called out to Sonoko, but it was Sonoko who was called out. However, it was Doi Takeki who actually picked up the crossbow and arrows, as if he had already anticipated that Fujiwara Hiroshi would need these props.

Doi Takeshu was also very happy, and the previous gloom and discomfort he had just felt when he was called back downstairs by Yuanzi were all gone.

Unexpectedly, happiness came so suddenly. As soon as they returned downstairs, Fujiwara Hiroshi arranged for them to go back upstairs to perform magic and restore the techniques.

This was exactly what he had imagined and met all his expectations. Doi Takeshu wanted to hum a little song to express his joy at the moment.

Next, Fujiwara Hiroshi analyzed the entire technique word by word. (If you are interested, please watch the original anime on your own. The technique will not be explained.)

It might not be possible for Yuanzi to achieve such perfection by himself. There is a Doi Takeshu tree next to him. When Yuanzi was not very good at shooting, Doi Takeshu taught him how to shoot a crossbow.

Make each arrow land accurately at the designated location, and finally shoot all the remaining lines from the machine gun shooting into the direction of the woods.

All the lines were instantly carried away, flying into the air and disappearing deep into the woods. Only the technique was left behind, and the blanket that had stood in for the corpse lay empty beside Hamano Toshiya.

The impossible criminal method that everyone thought was possible was perfectly carried out, exactly the same. Even Yuanzi, who was in charge of the whole process, was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped!

"Doi Tower, we did it! It's truly magical! All those lines covering the backyard disappeared along with the crossbow arrows!"

Sonoko excitedly shook Doi Takeshu's arm and cheered over there. At this moment, Sonoko, who already loved magic, gained the greatest satisfaction.

Isn't it all thanks to her having a good brother-in-law? If Conan were to do the deduction, Sonoko, as a tool, would not only not see a thing the whole time, but would also be shot with an anesthetic needle.

"Hehehe~Yeah!" Doi Takeshu was not as excited as Sonoko about this kind of magic. After all, it was Kaito Kidd who could perform air steps and was known as the magician under the moonlight.

"Because this technique is also performed using a crossbow, Ms. Tanaka has never dared to directly mention this technique that she is so proud of, but it's not that she has forgotten it.

But she was afraid of reminding me that if I tried to reconstruct her methods one by one, I would notice that she still had irrefutable evidence on her body that had not been dealt with.

She was afraid of this, so she selectively downplayed these things, because the evidence was exactly what was left over from this set of tactics.

Also, regarding the time when Mr. Hamano was murdered, you said you were boiling bath water. That is absolutely impossible. You must have boiled the bath water in advance.

Mr. Hamano's magic was actually performed in collaboration with you two, so as the person in charge of props, you knew in advance that you would be responsible for boiling the bath water and you boiled it in advance.

The key point of the magic trick is that Mr. Hamano never saw or touched the note, but he was able to know the name written on it.

That's because of Miss Tanaka's cooperation. The notes and pens were prepared by Miss Tanaka, so Miss Tanaka prepared another set of notes with everyone's names on them and a pen without oil in advance.

So on the surface it seems that the three people were randomly selected by Yuanzi, but in fact they were props prepared in advance. The blindfolded Yuanzi was just a tool and he really thought he chose them himself.

Of course, in order to make the magic more realistic, Miss Tanaka, who was chosen to boil the bath water, pretended to be angry and disappeared from everyone's sight.

In fact, after going out, he climbed to the second floor through the water boiler room, waited in Mr. Hamano's room for Mr. Hamano to come back and killed him.

Because Ms. Tanaka, who was preparing the props, deliberately replaced the entertainment program that Mr. Hamano originally planned for Doi Tower to perform with Mr. Hamano himself.

So in the end, Mr. Hamano was scratching his head. On the one hand, he was lamenting Tanaka's unreliability and that he even prepared the props incorrectly. On the other hand, he was still worried about what to perform next.

You know, the magic trick of reading mind with a note was actually the show he was going to perform tonight. What he didn't expect was that it was his death knell.

He did appear in another magic show, as a magic prop in Ms. Tanaka's magic.

Is there anything else you want to quibble about, Ms. Tanaka?

Fujiwara Hiroshi continued to put pressure on Tanaka Kikue.

"But Mr. Fujiwara, with the reconstruction you just performed, didn't all the evidence disappear into the woods with that final arrow? What evidence could possibly be left on Ms. Tanaka?"

Naoko Kuroda asked this question following Fujiwara Hiroshi's line of thought.

"It must be an arrow! With that magic trick just now, even though the evidence was easily noticeable to the naked eye, it was all shot out and disappeared.

However, the special circled arrows on the crossbow that complete this technique cannot be removed. I just checked and there is only one arrow left on a tree root.

The other one should be hidden on Miss Tanaka's body..."

As one of the few who spoke, Sukama also gave his own opinion. No one expected that Sukama, who looked the least conspicuous, was the one who was most in line with Fujiwara Hiroshi's thinking.

The less they talk and the more low-key they are, the stronger they are. Fujiwara Hiroshi actually thinks highly of Sukama, and with his cold poker face, he is very suitable to be trained as an agent or bodyguard!

Fujiwara Hiroshi silently noticed him and planned to investigate his identity and background after returning to Tokyo so that he could be recruited into the Dragon Group.

At this time, everyone was looking at Tanaka Kikue from head to toe, as if trying to find out where the arrow was hidden. Tanaka Kikue felt uncomfortable all over because of everyone's gazes.

"No need to look, it's hidden in Miss Tanaka's leather boots. Also, Miss Tanaka just fell in the snow. It must be because the reaction force when she pulled out the arrow was too strong, and she couldn't keep her balance, so she fell backwards to the ground!"

Fujiwara Hiroshi directly told the exact location where the arrow was hidden.

"Enough! Stop talking! Isn't it enough for me to plead guilty?" Tanaka Kikue's mentality completely collapsed and she became furious. She had originally had a lucky mentality, but now she found that it was all a joke in the end.

Tanaka Kikue was completely defeated by Fujiwara Hiroshi's step-by-step reasoning and analysis! Now thinking about her previous behavior, it was so crude in Fujiwara Hiroshi's eyes.

In other words, Fujiwara Hiroshi had already locked onto me, and the reason he didn't expose me right away was that he was waiting for me to bring the evidence with me.

He was as fierce as a tiger in his operations, but his performance was nothing but a fool! This was exactly what he was facing now. Before he pulled out this arrow, the sky was bright and the future was bright.

After taking this arrow, he can only go to jail and live a life without prisoners. He was happy to receive a set of exquisite silver bracelets, but his future is bleak.

Now I think I was really out of my mind. I threw away the crossbow that saved my life and pulled out the hot arrow and kept it with me.

Now Tanaka Kikue had given up hope and took out the arrow hidden in her leather boots and threw it on the snow.

"Mr. Fujiwara, you guessed I was the murderer a long time ago, so you've been waiting for me to show a flaw, or even for me to pull out the arrow and hide it. You saw it all and only acted when you were sure the time was right?"

Kikue Tanaka tried her best to calm herself down, but in the end she wanted to ask Fujiwara Hiroshi for help so that she could give up completely.

"The word 'guessed' isn't quite accurate. I used reasoning, analysis, and simulation to determine the candidate who best fits the time, space, and behavioral logic.

Without exception, they all point to you, so this isn't just guessing; it relies on wisdom!" Fujiwara Hiroshi finally said pretentiously, nodding his head with his finger.

Fujiwara Hiroshi finally felt Conan's happiness. It turns out that this kind of pretending to be cool feels pretty good. No wonder Conan never gets tired of pretending to be cool every day.

Thinking of Conan, Fujiwara Hiroshi looked around, but Conan was nowhere to be found. He looked again and found that Conan had sneaked up to the gate alone.

As soon as Fujiwara Hiroshi saw Conan's sneaky look, he knew what he was going to do. As long as Conan raised his butt, Fujiwara Hiroshi could guess what kind of fart he was going to let out.

It is obvious that Conan has discovered the identity of Takeshi Doi as Kaito Kid and is thinking of catching him himself. After all, Conan's main suspects before were either Takeshi Doi or Kikue Tanaka.

Now that Kikue Tanaka has been confirmed by Fujiwara Hiroshi as the real murderer, the remaining person, Takeki Doi, is the person he has been thinking about.

Conan thought about it for a long time, until he saw that Doi Takeshu could perfectly reproduce the magic trick without any rehearsal, Conan began to guess his identity.

What a joke, Kikue Tanaka spent so much time researching it and tried many times before she became proficient in it.

When it came to Doi Takeshu, it was a one-time success. Although on the surface it was done with the help of Sonoko, Conan could actually see that it was all Doi Takeshu's credit.

Fujiwara Hiroshi did not try to stop Conan. It was basically harmless anyway, and Kaito Kid would not kill Conan. They were cousins after all.

Fujiwara Hiroshi's evaluation of Conan is that Conan is really incorrigible. It all started when Gin awakened his dormant soul.

Later, in the case of Miyano Akemi, he was attacked by Miyano Akemi and Ryuichi successively. Until now, it has happened so many times that he rushed forward with passion without evaluating his own strength.

Fortunately, the person above is Kaito Kidd. If it were any other vicious criminal, Conan would really only be able to rely on his identity as the son of luck to save his life!

Not to mention the numerous equipment and props on Kaito Kid's body, even if he had nothing at all, wouldn't Conan be just a bunch of food if he went up there with his small arms and legs?

In Conan's mind, he wouldn't think of Kaito Kid as one of those petty thieves in his usual cases, who could be solved by just getting some strength-enhancing shoes, kicking something, or using an anesthetic needle, right?

If they could be caught like this, Kaito Kidd wouldn't have been caught for so many years. Fujiwara Hiroshi didn't bother to care. No one would die, so he let the two of them do whatever they wanted.

"Fukuma... why? Why did you kill Mr. Nishiyama and Mr. Hamano?"

Naoko Kuroda couldn't understand why everyone was just chatting online and why did they have to pursue any grudges or hatreds offline?

"Why?! It was for my grandfather!" Since Tanaka Kikue admitted it, she directly stated the reason why she killed people.

"Grandpa!?" Araki asked in confusion. He couldn't understand why there was something about Tanaka Kikue's grandfather in this.

"That's right! My grandfather is the Harui Fuden who suffered misfortune because of you!" Tanaka Kikue directly revealed her true identity.

"Are you the granddaughter of Harui Fuden?" Kuroda Naoko and Araki Yoshinobu exclaimed.

"Could it be that…"

"That's right! My grandfather used to be the deceptive boy who used my identity to communicate with you!"

This was indeed the identity of Kikue Tanaka, but her grandfather had been using her identity to surf the Internet.

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