At Mihana Hospital, the group of people who had rushed over finally arrived.

"mom!"

"Eri, are you alright?"

Ran and Mori were the first to speak. As Eri's family, they were the ones most worried about her.

"Oh, so you're here too."

"Are you alright, Auntie?" Conan asked, leaning over the hospital bed.

"So Conan is here too."

While everyone was visiting Eri, in another ward, Asakawa Yu, Miyano Akemi, and two others were sitting inside.

"Okay, that's all right now. It's best to avoid overexertion recently to prevent the wound from reopening."

"Excuse me."

Boom!

After bandaging Asakawa Yu's wound, the nurse left, leaving only Asakawa Yu and the other two.

"This was really close, it almost scratched my face."

Miyano Akemi was somewhat dissatisfied, seemingly feeling uncomfortable about Asakawa Yu's carelessness.

"But the fact that someone would risk their life to save someone at a crucial moment has changed my opinion of you."

Ai Haibara, who was standing quietly watching the two of them, said this.

"Should I thank you?"

Asakawa Yu retorted somewhat helplessly.

"Now that I'm all better, let's go visit Miss Eri together. I heard she's out of danger now."

Asakawa Yu suggested that although she had only met Eri Kisaki once, she was still Ran's mother, so it was necessary to visit her.

"Okay, let's go then."

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Upon arriving at the ward door, Asakawa Yu and the others saw Kogoro Mouri standing there, along with Officer Shiratori and others.

"Mr. Mori, how is the situation?" Asakawa Yu asked as she stepped forward.

"Oh, it's Asakawa. The doctor said she's out of danger now, but she still needs to stay in the hospital for observation for a few days. Ran is taking care of her there right now."

Mori told Asakawa Yu directly about the current situation.

"By the way, I heard you were also injured by thugs. How are you?" Mori asked about Asakawa Yu's injuries.

"Oh, you mean this? It's nothing serious, don't worry."

Touching the bandage on her hand, Asakawa Yu answered with a smile.

"That's good, but things might not be as optimistic as we thought now," Kogoro Mouri said seriously, seemingly provoked by Eri Kisaki's betrayal.

“That’s right. First it was Inspector Megure, then Eri Kisaki, and then Professor Agasa. It doesn’t seem like an accident at all.”

Asakawa Yu did not deny it, but began to think about the murderer and motive of this case. He vaguely felt that this case was very familiar, but he still couldn't remember which case it was.

"Did she collapse after eating the chocolate?" Officer Shiratori asked the officer standing nearby.

"Yes, I heard that this thing was kept in her office mailbox." After saying that, the officer took out a transparent bag.

"This is! Jicoba chocolate! And there's a paper flower on it!"

Upon seeing what was inside the bag, Kogoro Mouri was taken aback; it was none other than Eri Kisaki's favorite chocolate.

"So, could it really be the same criminal?" Officer Shiratori was also somewhat surprised.

I remember now! I finally remember which case it was!

No doubt about it, there's also the round sword that the thugs threw down in front of Professor Agasa's house. Isn't that the plot of the 14th Target movie in Detective Conan?

"Well, I think I now understand the message that these things left behind by the criminals represent, everyone."

???

"This...you mean you already know? What exactly is going on, Asakawa?" Kogoro Mouri seemed a little anxious because this case involved his family, and he couldn't keep thinking about it slowly.

[Here it comes! Asakawa Yu's signature mystery show!]

It's been a long time since we've seen Asakawa Yu do a mystery; the last time was several months ago with Sonoko.

【Yeah, my husband is so handsome, but he only shows up once every few months! That damn old scoundrel, Aoyama!】

Looking at the reactions of the comments in front of him, Asakawa Yu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed...

Wait, has it really been months since I last appeared? Why does it feel like only a few days have passed?

After intuitively filtering out the comments, Asakawa Yu continued his reasoning, and even Conan put down what he was doing to listen attentively.

"Please look, everyone. These are the things left behind at the scene after the thugs attacked Professor Agasa."

After speaking, Asakawa Yu presented the plastic sword in her hand to everyone.

“This is…” Kogoro Mouri frowned as he looked at it, but gave up after a while because he couldn’t see any connection between the things.

"Don't you all find these things familiar?" Asakawa Yu reminded him again.

"Alright, alright, Asakawa, stop keeping me in suspense." Kogoro Mori was clearly getting impatient and started urging him on.

"I know, Asakawa-nii! It's a playing card, right?!"

With Asakawa Yu's reminder, Conan finally remembered where he had seen these things before.

"Poker cards?"

Ran and Professor Agasa, who had just arrived in the room, were somewhat confused, as were Akemi Miyano and the others.

"Yes, that's exactly what's depicted on a playing card."

"Think about it, everyone. In the first case, the person attacked was Inspector Megure, and Inspector Megure's name is Megure Juzo. Since it's 13, it corresponds to the King of Spades. In this playing card, the sword that the King is holding corresponds exactly to the sword that was dropped at the scene, doesn't it?"

"Next up is Ran's mother, Eri Kisaki. And the English word for 'Ki' is 'queen,' which is the 12 of spades. The flower that the queen is holding just happens to correspond to the flower on that box of chocolates."

"Yes, it really is exactly the same." Xiaolan thought for a moment and realized that it was true.

"But what is the relationship between Professor Agasa and Eleven?" Officer Shiratori asked, puzzled, after pondering for a while.

"Because Professor Agasa's name is Professor Agasa, and if you break down the character '士' (shi) into '十' (shi) and '一' (yi), it becomes 11, which corresponds to the 11 of spades in playing cards."

“This…it’s definitely the same, there’s no mistake.” After listening to Asakawa Yu’s reasoning, Mouri Kogoro also began to think that it was true.

"But why would a criminal use playing cards to kill someone?" Xiaolan asked, puzzled.

“I think it’s because spades have the connotation of death,” Officer Shiratori suddenly said.

“That’s right, I think so too.” Conan, who had been listening to Asakawa Yu’s reasoning the whole time, also agreed with the reasoning.

"Conan..."

"So this criminal was using playing cards as a hint, secretly planning to kill people whose names contained the numbers 13 to 1 one by one."

"There is something else I need to explain to everyone here, which is that these people who were killed may all be more or less related to Mr. Mori..."

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