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

After hearing this legend, Kitagawa Taki felt that most of the villagers were a bit stupid. Not only did they not worship the puppet master, but they also worshipped the monster.

But considering that Japan has a tradition of worshipping monsters, it's not surprising.

Fujimine Yukiko listened with great interest.

Kitagawa Taki looked at Takeda Ryuji and asked, "By the way, who is Mr. Negishi?"

Takeda Ryuji explained: "My eldest brother is a puppet maker, and Negishi Akio is a puppet salesman."

Kitagawa Taki nodded. Now the matter was basically clear. The next step was to go to the local area to start the investigation.

……

Not only was the country road difficult to drive on, it was also wide enough for only one car to pass through. Soon, the three people's car was blocked by a truck.

Takeda Ryuji said: "That's Yongsan's car."

Kitagawa Taki asked: "Yongsan?"

"Oh, it's my brother."

Takeda Ryuji got out of the car while muttering, "Why is he here?"

Kitagawa Taki and Fujimine Yukiko also got out of the car and went forward to check the situation.

But unexpectedly, he saw Kogoro Mouri, Ran and Conan in front of the car.

There was also a fat man and a blond foreigner.

Conan and the other two were even more surprised when they saw Kitagawa Taki and Fujimine Yukiko.

"Old..." Conan almost shouted out and quickly covered his mouth.

Fujimine Yukiko gave Conan an amused look.

Xiaolan exclaimed: "Aunt Yukiko!"

Kogoro Mouri looked at Yukiko Fujimine, then at Taki Kitagawa, and was somewhat dumbfounded.

Fujimine Yukiko's face instantly fell, and the corners of her mouth twitched as she said, "Xiaolan, call me sister, not auntie. Be obedient!"

Xiaolan remembered Fujimine Yukiko's habit and said in a dilemma: "Yukiko...sister."

Fujimine Yukiko nodded with satisfaction.

Maori Kogoro coughed and said, "Um, Yukiko, didn't you go abroad? When did you come back?"

Fujimine Yukiko said: "I just came back recently, and today I came with Taki to exorcise ghosts!"

Conan stared at Kitagawa Taki with a bad look. When did this guy become so familiar with his mother?

Neither Kogoro Mouri nor Ran was surprised why Yukiko Fujimine knew Taki Kitagawa. After all, Taki Kitagawa had once lived in Professor Agasa's house, so it was normal for them to know each other.

At this time, Takeda Ryuji asked in surprise: "Robert, why are you here?"

The foreign man named Robert smiled and said, "It's Mr. Long Er. I came back this time to thank you, but I got lost on the way, so I stopped Mr. Yong San's car."

Robert asked: "By the way, is Misa okay?"

Takeda Ryuji's expression darkened: "Misa passed away shortly after you left."

Hearing this, Robert's face turned pale and he kept muttering: "How could it be?"

Ryuji Takeda knew that Misa and Robert were interested in each other, and he couldn't bear to see Robert's current appearance.

He said: "This time I asked Mr. Beichuan to come to Kuilei Ridge specifically to investigate this series of events."

Takeda Yuzo and Robert glanced at Kitagawa Taki.

"Mr. Kitagawa is a famous exorcist in Tokyo." Takeda Ryuji explained and asked, "Yongsan, who is this gentleman?"

Takeda Yuzo introduced: "This is Detective Mori, the 'Sleeping Kogoro'. He was invited by my elder brother to investigate Mr. Negishi's case."

Takeda Ryuji suddenly realized, "That famous detective!"

Maori Kogoro smiled from ear to ear and took the initiative to shake hands and said: "Hello, my humble name is Maori Kogoro."

Takeda Ryuji and Maori Kogoro shook hands, "Hello, I am the second son of the Takeda family, Takeda Ryuji."

Beichuan Taki looked at the time and said, "It's getting late, let's continue on our journey!"

……

Because there was an extra car, Kogoro Mouri and Conan no longer had to sit in the truck bed. Instead, they sat in the back seat of Ryuji Takeda's car.

Xiaolan and Yukiko Fujimine sat in the passenger seats of the two cars respectively, and Robert could only sit in the truck bed.

Not long after, everyone finally arrived at the Takeda family after a bumpy journey.

Kitagawa Taki and others met the eldest brother Takeda Shinichi and Takeda Ryuji's wife Takeda Yoko outside the house.

"Detective Maori, it's me who's looking for you this time. I'm so sorry that you had to come all the way to Puppet Ridge to find me!"

Takeda Shinichi apologized to Mori Kogoro.

Maori Kogoro waved his hand and said, "That's not the case."

He received a deposit of 50 yen from Takeda Shinichi.

It was just a bit troublesome to take the bus. They got up early in the morning to take the Shinkansen, and then transferred to another bus. It took them five hours to reach Tottori Prefecture, where they were picked up by Takeda Yuzo and then came to Kuilei Ridge.

Takeda Shinichi suddenly put his arm around Maori Kogoro's shoulders and whispered, "Mr. Maori, I think Mr. Negishi's crime was committed by someone in our family, so if you find out who the culprit is, you must tell me first!"

Although Kogoro Mouri felt a little strange, he still agreed.

Little did they know that their conversation was heard clearly by Kitagawa Taki.

Takeda Shinichi let go of Maori Kogoro and looked at Kitagawa Taki and the others. "By the way, who are these two? I remember Maori Detective said to bring two people, right?"

Takeda Ryuji said: "These two are the exorcists I invited from Tokyo."

"Ah, it's the exorcist from Tokyo!"

Takeda Shinichi was quite polite to Kitagawa Taki.

Robert on the side interrupted: "Hello, Mr. Xinyi, long time no see."

Takeda Shinichi recognized him, "It's Robert, long time no see. I remember you came here during the summer vacation three years ago, right?"

Robert still looked unhappy and said, "I came here today to thank you for what happened three years ago."

Takeda Shinichi patted Robert on the shoulder and said, "You're welcome. Just treat this place as your home. Sae and Emi are here to get along best with you."

The Sae and Emi he mentioned are Takeda Ryuji's twin daughters.

As they spoke, the two little girls came in front of everyone.

Robert forced a smile: "Saei, Emi, you've grown so tall!"

But there was no intimate scene as imagined. The two children stared at Robert and said in unison: "Murderer!"

Everyone was shocked and didn't know why the two children said that.

Takeda Yoko stepped forward and scolded: "You two are not allowed to talk nonsense!"

As a result, the two children were so scared that they ran away.

"I'm so sorry!" Yoko Takeda apologized to Robert.

"It's okay..." Robert looked at the direction where the two children ran away in a daze.