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

this day.

Kitagawa Taki drove Xiaolan, Maori Kogoro and Conan to a countryside in Nagano Prefecture.

The reason was that Kogoro Mouri received a letter of commission, so he called Kitagawa Takiya.

Maori Kogoro held up a photo and stated his conclusion: "He suffered a severe head injury, multiple fractures throughout his body, and died from excessive blood loss. Did he die from falling from a height?"

The head of the Torada family, Torada Naoki, said in a deep voice: "My son Yoshiro was killed by an evil spirit who holds a grudge against our Torada family!"

"Uh..." Maori Kogoro glanced at Kitagawa Taki and then asked, "Is it possible that he was pushed down from a high place?"

Let's just use "evil ghost" as an adjective for now! After all, he's the detective they hired.

"No." Torada Naoki shook his head, "It's a tornado!"

Kitagawa Taki and Mori Kogoro looked at each other.

Torada Naoko explained: "My son was caught in a tornado, was swept into the air, and then fell on a rock."

Kitagawa Taki asked: "Mr. Torada, if you put it that way, shouldn't it be an accident?"

Torada Naoki said seriously, "No, Mr. Kitagawa, Mr. Mori, look carefully, is there something in the blood in the photo?"

Mouri Kogoro moved the photo closer, and Conan couldn't see it at all while sitting, so he had to stand up and lie behind Mouri Kogoro to look at it.

"Centipede!" Kogoro Mouri was shocked after seeing it clearly.

Xiaolan was also a little scared and held Kitagawa Taki's hand tightly. She felt that people without legs and people with many legs were both creepy.

Torada Naoki continued: "Yes, it was a dead centipede, as if it had been stepped on and thrown into a pool of Yoshiro's blood..."

Just then, the door opened.

An old woman in a kimono walked in. "That means that person probably watched my poor son slowly die!"

The old woman was none other than Torada Tatsuei, the wife of Torada Naonobu.

Maori Kogoro suggested another possibility: "Could it be that a centipede was stepped on and blown there by a tornado?"

"But the person who first discovered the body, Fanci, said that there were no centipedes in that area!" Torada Naoki denied it.

Conan asked: "Any clues about the murderer?"

Torada Tatsuei said: "Yes, it was the Longwei family who have had a grudge against the Torada family for many years. It must have been someone in their family who did it!"

Torada Naobu made a shocking statement: "The eldest son of the Ryuo family, Ryuo Koji, is also dead."

Maori Kogoro quickly asked: "What's going on?"

"I heard they tied him up, buried him in the ground, and then beat him to death with a blunt object," Torada Naoshi said. "You can ask their youngest son, Ryuo Kei, for details. He was the first person to discover the body."

Torada Tatsuyoshi snorted coldly: "They must think it was our family who did it!"

……

The group first found Shigeji Torada, who discovered Yoshiro Torada's body.

Maori Kogoro asked: "Mr. Hanji, when you found the body, was there a centipede there?"

Torada Shigeji nodded: "Yes."

Maori Kogoro pinched his chin and asked, "Could it be that your family has a connection with centipedes?"

Torada Shigeji thought for a moment and said, "No, but I did see centipede patterns during sacrifices."

"Sacrifice?"

"It's a festival held in the village to commemorate famous generals from the Warring States period. The men in the village simulate battle scenes and have horseback archery competitions and so on."

Shigeji Torada pointed to the armor in the room behind him and said, "I still wear armor like that, but it's just plastic, distributed by the village, and it's very light."

It looked like an ancient Japanese armor.

……

forest.

Kitagawa Taki and his group found Ryuo Kei who had finished his horseback archery practice, and with him was his wife Ryuo Ayaka.

Kogoro Mori explained his purpose to the two of them.

Kitagawa Taki noticed that Longwei Jing looked a little unnatural, so he asked.

Ryuo Jing explained: "Actually, someone just asked me the same question. It was a young detective with an Osaka accent."

Conan's mouth twitched, it must be that guy Hattori Heiji who didn't run away.

Kitagawa Taki and the other two had the same thought, but Kitagawa Taki was thinking of the energetic girl Toyama Kazuha.

Maori Kogoro put Hattori Heiji out of his mind and asked carefully: "Mr. Jing, did you find any traces at the scene of Mr. Koji's death?"

Long Weijing said: "There are no traces, but there is one strange thing, there is a dead centipede in big brother's blood."

Conan's eyes were shocked, and the nature of the two cases suddenly became different.

……

The four of them did not get any more information from Ryuo Jing, so they had to return to the Hutian family first.

But he saw Hattori Heiji and Toyama Kazuha interrogating Torada Shigeji.

Shigeji Torada pointed at the four people and said, "They're back!"

The two of them looked back and immediately greeted each other warmly.

"Work..." Hattori Heiji waved his hand.

Conan was so frightened that he quickly made a gesture to shut his mouth.

Hattori Heiji changed his tone and said, "Uncle Mori, Kitagawa, I knew it was you!"

Yuanshan Heye took Xiaolan's hand and reminisced about the past. Compared to solving cases, she still preferred playing with Xiaolan.

Maori Kogoro asked: "So, Hattori boy, have you found anything?"

"I'm asking that question!" Hattori Heiji turned to Torada Shigeji and said, "Where were we just now?"

"The accident six years ago," Torada Shigeji replied, "The person who died in that accident was Gento Kai, who had been serving as a yabusa archer at the festival until that year.

I heard he accidentally fell off a cliff during practice."

Hattori Heiji asked: "Does anyone know the details of what happened?"

"My sister-in-law, Yui Torada, should be in the stables right now. You can go ask her. She's right there."

Shigeji Torada pointed a direction to several people.

……

As soon as they arrived in front of the stable, they heard a heated argument coming from inside.

"My husband passed away only a few days ago..."

The owner of the voice was obviously Torada Yui mentioned by Torada Shigeji.

Hattori Heiji was the first to open the stable door. "I've already said so, so stop pestering me!"

"Are you okay, kid?"

A one-eyed man with a ferocious face, a pigtail and a cane turned his head and looked at Hattori Heiji with a bad expression.

"No, no, it's okay..." Hattori Heiji's face twitched.

Kitagawa Taki recognized the man, Yamato dared to help!

However, his eyes stayed on Torada Yui who was standing behind Yamato Gansuke.

Isn’t this girl with a bun Uehara Yui?

Just looking a little melancholy.

Maori Kogoro looked at Yamato Gansuke, who didn't look like a good person, and asked: "Who are you?"

Yamato Gansuke took out his police ID: "I am the detective in charge of this case, Yamato Gansuke!"

"Who are you guys?"