Science solves cases? No, I am an immortal cultivator!

Kitagawa Exorcism Office.

"Nothing happened in the two days I was away, right?"

As soon as Kitagawa Taki came back, he lay down on the sofa. He was the most tired person in the wedding. He worked hard the first night and was exhausted the next day.

"fine."

Miyano Akemi smiled gently, sat down next to Kitagawa Taki, put his head on her lap, and massaged it gently.

Beichuan Taki breathed a sigh of relief, closed his eyes, and sighed: "Mingmei, it's great to have you!"

Ai Huibara on the side couldn't stand it any longer, "Tsk~ Can you guys please stop pretending I don't exist?"

Miyano Akemi blushed slightly at being embarrassed by her sister and changed the subject: "By the way, Taki, the firm received a letter of commission yesterday, and I thought you might be interested."

Kitagawa Taki opened his eyes, looked at Miyano Akemi and asked, "Oh? What's the matter?"

Miyano Akemi explained, "It was sent by a man named Takeda Ryuji. A few days ago, a murder occurred in Kueikuei Ridge, Tottori Prefecture. The deceased's body was entangled in spider silk. People suspect that it was the work of the legendary spider fairy, so they would like you to exorcise the spirit."

"Spider Fairy?"

What is this stuff?

Kitagawa Taki said he had never heard of it.

Huiyuan Ai said, "I've looked up information about the Spider Fairy online. There is indeed such a legend in the local area, and it has been circulating for hundreds of years."

After a pause, Huiyuan Ai reminded: "If it really exists, you'd better be careful."

Haibara Ai knew that after hearing this commission, Kitagawa Taki would definitely choose to accept it.

Miyano is also a little worried next year: "What Xiao Ai said is right. If it really is a monster that has lived for hundreds of years, it might be dangerous."

Beichuan Taki smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry, if that's the case, I'll run away if you can't beat me!"

If it really is a monster that is hundreds of years old, then he will definitely have no choice but to run away.

……

The Kudo family.

Yukiko Fujimine has been extremely idle these past two days because Conan has been discharged from the hospital and she no longer has to go to the hospital to take care of him.

The car was also damaged and was still in the repair shop, so she couldn't even drive her favorite car.

She was a person who couldn't sit still, and was about to go out to rent a car when she received a call from Kitagawa Taki.

Fujimine Yukiko answered the phone without a second thought and asked excitedly, "Hello, Taki, do you have a request for exorcism?"

She hadn't forgotten that.

Kitagawa Taki: “Yes, there is, but it could be dangerous.”

Fujimine Yukiko didn't care at all, "I'm here with you, how could there be any danger?"

Kitagawa Taki: "Then I'll pick you up on Saturday afternoon and we'll fly to Tottori Prefecture."

As for why it was in the afternoon, it was because there were only two flights from Tokyo to Tottori Prefecture on Saturday, and the other one was too early.

Fujimine Yukiko was even more enthusiastic than Kitagawa Taki. "Taki, what kind of exorcism request is this? A ghost?"

Kitagawa Taki: "It should be a monster. Have you heard of the Spider Fairy?"

"Spider Fairy? Never heard of it!"

Yukiko Fujimine had only heard of monsters like Daitengu and Kappa.

Kitagawa Taki: "It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it, because I haven't heard of it either."

……

Yukiko Fujimine put down her phone and waved her fist excitedly. Finally, something exciting was about to happen.

Now she only hoped that the monster really existed and that Kitagawa Taki could really exorcise it, otherwise it would be meaningless.

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Saturday afternoon.

After Kitagawa Taki picked up Fujimine Yukiko, the two flew directly from Haneda Airport to Tottori Prefecture.

It turns out that with Yukiko Fujimine around, the journey is anything but boring.

Along the way, Fujimine Yukiko kept chattering, and her behavior was completely unlike that of someone whose son was already 18 years old.

More than an hour later, the two arrived in Tottori Prefecture.

Fujimine Yukiko asked, "How do we get to that place?"

"Kuilei Ridge." Beichuan Taki's eyes swept through the crowd of people waiting at the airport. "Mr. Takeda will come to pick us up."

After a while, Kitagawa Taki found the sign with his name on it.

Kitagawa Taki walked over with Fujimine Yukiko.

"Mr. Takeda?"

Ryuji Takeda has slightly curly hair and is wearing a blue casual suit.

"Yes, you must be Kitagawa Taki, Mr. Kitagawa!" Takeda Ryuji looked a little excited.

"Who is this?" Takeda Ryuji looked at the beautiful woman next to Kitagawa Taki.

Kitagawa Taki was about to introduce himself, but Fujimine Yukiko beat him to the punch: "I'm Taki's assistant, just call me Yukiko."

assistant?

His previous assistant had already... ahem...

Takeda Ryuji bowed slightly and said, "Hello, Miss Yukiko."

Then, the three of them went to the parking lot together.

On the way, Takeda Ryuji greeted him, "We are so lucky to have such a famous exorcist like Mr. Kitagawa this time. He will definitely be able to solve the strange things happening at home."

Kitagawa Taki laughed and said, "Is my reputation really that great? Even people as far away as Tottori Prefecture have heard of me?"

Tottori Prefecture is not very close to Tokyo, about 500 kilometers away.

Takeda Ryuji said: "Actually, our whole family lives in Tokyo. We just happened to go back to our hometown these few days. We didn't expect this to happen."

The smile on Kitagawa Taki's face froze instantly, and Fujimine Yukiko couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

Takeda Ryuji didn't notice anything unusual about the two men and continued, "Three years ago, two murders occurred there, but we all thought they were suicides at the time. Now it seems they might be related to the legendary Spider Fairy."

"We're here. Let's get in the car first and I'll explain it to you slowly." Takeda Ryuji said, pointing to a black car.

After getting in the car, Beichuan Taki asked: "I wonder who those two murders were?"

"It's my eldest brother, Takeda Shinichi's wife, and their daughter."

Speaking of this, a look of sadness flashed across Takeda Ryuji's face.

Kitagawa Taki just thought that he was sad about what happened to his sister-in-law and niece.

However, Fujimine Yukiko stared at Takeda Ryuji thoughtfully.

"First, Misa passed away, and then her mother followed her soon after. A few days ago, Mr. Negishi died. When Misa and her mother were found, their bodies had become spider nests, and Mr. Negishi was even entangled in spider silk."

"This must have been done by the Spider Fairy. My eldest brother took the liberty to demolish the ancestral hall to build a warehouse, which brought down the Spider Fairy's curse. That's why everyone associated with him is dead!"

When talking about this, Takeda Ryuji seemed to have some resentment towards his elder brother.

This amount of information was a bit overwhelming, and Kitagawa Taki was a bit confused, so he said: "Mr. Takeda, please tell me about the Spider Fairy first!"

Takeda Ryuji adjusted his mood and said:

"Legend has it that there once lived in Kuilei Ridge a beautiful woman who looked like a fairy. Whenever someone passed by, she would stop them and ask for directions—"Do you believe heaven exists?" or "Do you want to go?"

"A passerby will be mesmerized by a woman's beauty and answer 'yes' without thinking, then disappear."

"Years later, a puppeteer heard about this and made a life-size puppet and placed it on the roadside. The beautiful woman was fooled and revealed her true form as a spider. The puppeteer waited for an opportunity and killed the beautiful woman with fire. It is said that people later found the spider and its little spiders burned to death in their nest."

"Later, fearing a curse, the villagers built a temple there to worship the Spider Fairy. The place was renamed Puppet Ridge!"