Shizuka Hiratsuka doesn't understand love!

"This may not be so scientific." Scratching her hair, Shizuka Hiratsuka had not yet made up her mind whether to tell Conan about the monsters, so she had to hide her true discovery from Nanfa.

"Yukino was just outside the bathroom when she saw that man called Daoxie circling behind my car in a strange way, as if he was trying to pry open my trunk. Then, relying on my warrior instincts, I curiously sensed his aura and realized something was wrong."

"Aura?" Conan stared blankly with his eyes wide open. Regarding Hiratsuka Shizuka's explanation, he said that he could accept it... to some extent.

After all, although he had never practiced martial arts, many strange things had happened to Shizuka Hiratsuka.

Just because you don't understand doesn't mean it doesn't exist, especially in Conan's heart, the Shizuka Hiratsuka standing in front of him can be said to be the strongest fighter in all of Japan. If she weren't still a little young, she could be called a grandmaster.

"Yes, I hadn't noticed before, but I sensed a certain evil aura and a bloody smell from that man. I observed him carefully, and he wasn't a martial artist, nor did he have the ability to fight. So, he's a very strong suspect, especially since a murder occurred nearby, and Sonoko happens to be the girl with brown hair. These two points combined give me a bad feeling."

"Is that so? It seems that Aunt Jing, you also agree that no one would be interested in Yuanzi!" He nodded in realization, but Conan's first complaint did bother him a little.

"...That's a bit too much. Sonoko would still look good if she changed her hairstyle." Shizuka Hiratsuka was choked by Conan's words, but she couldn't just admit her thoughts like that.

"Besides, you really misjudged this point. As for Sonoko, there really is someone secretly observing you~"

"Hey, who is it! Is he from our school?" Conan widened his eyes instantly. His expression at this moment was even more shocked than when he heard Hiratsuka Shizuka identify Dokkyo as the murderer.

It's not that he didn't know the priorities of the matter, but if the man called Daoxie was really a murderer, then he, who was targeted by both himself and Hiratsuka Shizuka at the same time, would definitely not have the strength to turn the situation around!

"Now is not the time to gossip, Shinichi, you should think about how we can find evidence to prove that man is the murderer." Looking at Conan with disdain as he looked at her gossipy face, Shizuka Hiratsuka couldn't help but reach out and knock on his head.

"If you really can't think of a solution, I might try a more direct method to get him to admit it."

"Aunt Jing, you wouldn't do that. Otherwise, you wouldn't let me do the reasoning." Conan said confidently, smiling and shaking his head.

"Not necessarily. Although the dead person has nothing to do with me, he has set his sights on Sonoko, so I can't just stand by and watch." Shizuka Hiratsuka looked at Conan with disdain and shook her head in annoyance.

"If you really can't figure it out right away, I'll just take action."

"Um, Aunt Jing, although I can more or less guess the change in your current style of behavior, it's not good to be so aggressive." Conan nodded with a twitching eye, pushed his glasses, and stopped joking.

Now that the suspect has been identified, this kind of reverse reasoning is not a difficult task for Conan.

And Conan did not disappoint Shizuka Hiratsuka. After waiting for about five minutes, Conan raised his head with a flash in his eyes and gave Shizuka Hiratsuka a confident smile.

"Oh, you thought of it?" Shizuka Hiratsuka smiled and blinked, knowing Conan's expression very well.

Before he became smaller, when he was Kudo Shinichi, he would also have such a smug expression on his face once he solved a puzzle.

"Well, I have figured out the general situation." Turning his head to glance at the quiet box, Conan lowered his voice slightly.

"Except for the man's criminal psychology, which is a little uncertain, I have deduced his actions against Yuanzi. The method to capture him is also very simple. However, this method still requires Aunt Jing to put in more effort."

"What method?" Looking at Conan's smiling expression, Shizuka Hiratsuka frowned slightly.

"Let me make it clear first, your method cannot put the garden in danger!"

"Auntie Jing, are you worried about this? I'm not even worried about Yuanzi's safety." Conan shrugged innocently and gave Hiratsuka Jing a thumbs up.

"Don't we have Aunt Jing here? Otherwise, I wouldn't have used such a straightforward method~"

"Tsk, that's fine." Blinking, Shizuka Hiratsuka wanted to try her best to catch the man by legal means, but at this time she could only listen to Conan's arrangements.

"Tell me about it in detail."

. . .

"Sure enough, there's a strange fat guy. It's so hot, and he's wearing a stuffy hat. He's really not afraid of being exposed, right?"

After taking a look at the fat figure that was being chased away by Conan and Xiaolan, Shizuka Hiratsuka continued to hide her figure and kept moving through the woods.

The method Conan provided to Shizuka Hiratsuka can be said to be very direct and simple.

According to Conan's reasoning, the reason why Daoxie came to find Sonoko was probably because when he killed the female victim yesterday, he happened to see the flash of the camera in Sonoko's hand who was still taking pictures on the way back to the hotel from the night market.

He was afraid that his murder would be photographed by Yuanzi, so he rushed over and tried to snatch the camera from Yuanzi's hand.

This can be judged from the fact that in the previous conversation between Daoxie and Yuanzi, the topic was always brought to Yuanzi's camera from time to time.

If there weren't a lot of photos of Ran, Yukino and Hiratsuka Shizuka in swimsuits in the camera, maybe the carefree Sonoko would actually lend the camera to the Dokkyo Association to look at.

In this way, the Taoist Association, which failed to succeed, could only find a way to attack Yuanzi.

"Then things will be very simple. After dinner, I will trick Xiaolan into going after that fat man with me. He should be a detective of some kind. Then Daoxie will definitely take advantage of the chaos to take Yuanzi away. Aunt Jing, you just need to follow him secretly, take pictures of Daoxie's actions as evidence, and then rescue Yuanzi, isn't that all~"

Recalling Conan's words in her mind, Shizuka Hiratsuka narrowed her eyes and looked at Daoxie who was holding Sonoko's hand and going deeper into the woods.

"Indeed, it is quite simple."

Chapter 329: It's Not That I Can't Play With You

"Oh? Oh!~"

Squatting behind the tree trunk, Shizuka Hiratsuka suddenly missed the small shoulder bag that Sonoko used to carry with her when she went out.

Putting aside other things, there is always a need for versatile snacks in the bag~

Shizuka Hiratsuka doesn’t usually like to eat snacks when she’s at home, but the situation now is completely different!

If Shizuka Hiratsuka had a bag of potato chips in her hand while watching a play like this, she would have enjoyed it even more!

According to the previous plan, Shizuka Hiratsuka quietly followed behind Michikyo and Sonoko, and turned on the recording function of her mobile phone early.

As for whether Sonoko would be harmed by the Dokkyo Association, Shizuka Hiratsuka was not worried at all.

He just hid a small knife on his body. It was too presumptuous for him to want to hurt someone in front of him!

Shizuka Hiratsuka hesitated for a moment before deciding to use this method to catch the person. If the timing was not inappropriate, Shizuka Hiratsuka was ready to call Sonoko out and tell her alone.

But it doesn’t matter now. I have already felt a little sorry for Yuanzi, and I will never let Yuanzi get hurt again!

Thinking this, Shizuka Hiratsuka hid behind a tree. Seeing that Daoxie, who probably felt that he was safe, suddenly changed his expression, he took out the knife hidden at his waist, and walked towards Yuanzi with a grim smile on his face. At the same time, he was talking crazily about some nonsense, which could be called testimony.

'That should be enough!' The video was recorded very clearly. Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't want Sonoko to be too frightened. She was about to throw a stone she had picked up to knock the knife out of Daoxie's hand and teach this man a lesson, but a figure rushed out faster than Hiratsuka Shizuka.

Shizuka Hiratsuka didn't feel strange when she saw this figure coming out. It should be said that not long after she stood here, she felt a breath of anger and anxiety approaching rapidly from behind her.

It was this atmosphere that made Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was originally planning to leave early, hesitate and choose to wait a little longer.

After all, if my guess is correct, today might be a very important day for Yuanzi~

And the development of the matter was exactly as Shizuka Hiratsuka had imagined.

Perhaps he heard a strange sound coming from the woods behind him, so Daoxie didn't want to waste time and raised the knife in his hand high.

But what was even faster than his falling knife was the strong arm that was raised along with the rapidly approaching figure.

"Swish~" The knife penetrated deeply into a dark and strong arm. Before Daoxie could react, he was knocked out by a heavy elbow.

"Are you okay?" A steady voice sounded in Sonoko's ears. Looking at the man who was not a stranger standing in front of her, Sonoko shifted her gaze to his arm in a daze.

"It should be you who is in trouble!"

"Poof~" Shizuka Hiratsuka quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, suppressing her laughter.

Amazing, the conversation between these two people is amazing!

"Sure enough, this guy likes Sonoko. I was wondering why he kept appearing around Sonoko, it turns out he's worried about her." Looking at Kyogoku Makoto who casually exchanged a few words with Sonoko and then raised his hand to pull the dagger from his arm, Hiratsuka Shizuka nodded in satisfaction.

It's funny, but in that situation, the first sentence he said was to ask if Sonoko was okay, which was enough to win points for Kyogoku Makoto in Hiratsuka Shizuka's heart.

"But they did it so quickly and efficiently. I can't hide here any longer." Shaking her head slightly, Shizuka Hiratsuka, once assured that everything was settled, stepped forward and walked out with a faint smile on her face.

"I really got something good today! That naughty girl Sonoko is always joking with me!" Shizuka Hiratsuka smiled even happier as she squeezed the phone in her pocket.

. . .

"What? Aunt Jing, you're hiding nearby and not coming out. I'm really scared to death!" Sonoko, who had already heard the news from Hiratsuka Shizuka, looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka who came close to her angrily and vented her dissatisfaction.

"I do want to apologize for not having the time to tell you, but I will definitely not put you in danger." Shizuka Hiratsuka shrugged with a smile and took over Sonoko's complaint.

But, she is not that easy to deal with.

"But, Sonoko, shouldn't you thank me for coming out a little later? Otherwise, you would have missed the scene of a hero saving a beauty and the confession that would make people blush and heartbeat~" Looking at Sonoko jokingly, Shizuka Hiratsuka didn't act like an elder at all, and teased Sonoko in front of her to her heart's content.

"Auntie Jing!" The blush that had just disappeared instantly surged onto her face again. Unlike the number of people just now, Xiaolan, Conan, Yukino and Ai, who were originally called by Hiratsuka Shizuka to wait on the spot, had all rushed over.

Looking at the group of people who seemed to be there and not there, with smiles that made people shy but not mocking, even the always carefree Sonoko couldn't stand it and buried her head in the arms of Xiaolan beside her.

"You're pretty good, boy." Looking at Kyogoku Makoto who was simply using his clothes to treat the knife wound on his arm, Hiratsuka Shizuka did not hide her optimism.

"I know you, Miss Hiratsuka Shizuka!" In response to Hiratsuka Shizuka's praise, Kyogoku Makoto did not show an embarrassed smile. Instead, his expression became more serious, and his whole aura became different.

"Oh, you know me?" Shizuka Hiratsuka raised her eyebrows slightly and suddenly became interested.

"Yes, I also went to watch the high school kendo competition that shocked the whole of Japan as a spectator!" Kyogoku Makoto nodded seriously and looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka with bright eyes.

"Your subordinate, Busujima Saeko, is truly impressive! In my opinion, she's probably as good as the top-ranked male competitor that year!"

"That's a compliment. Although Saeko is quite capable, she was still a little worse than that kid back then." Shaking her head slightly, Shizuka Hiratsuka did not praise Busujima Saeko because Busujima Saeko did not need Shizuka Hiratsuka's praise.

"But what interests me more is you, Miss Hiratsuka Shizuka!" Kyogoku Makoto's momentum grew stronger as he slowly clenched his hands.

"Hiratsuka Shizuka, the 'Iron Fist Invincible' who is unrivaled in the Japanese martial arts world, praised as the youngest and most powerful martial arts master of our time, and known as the Valkyrie in the Japanese martial arts world, I really want to know how far I am from you, who stands at the pinnacle of martial arts!"

The momentum reached its peak, Kyogoku Makoto clenched his fists and stared at Hiratsuka Shizuka with full fighting spirit!

However, compared to Kyogoku Makoto's own strong fighting spirit, except for the somewhat puzzled Ai, the rest of the people on the side all looked at Kyogoku Makoto in surprise. Even the shy Sonoko raised her head from Xiaolan's arms and looked at Kyogoku Makoto with disbelief.

"Oh, is that what you think? Interesting." A slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and Shizuka Hiratsuka narrowed her eyes slightly.

"If that's what you want, I can play with you!"

Chapter 330: Shizuka Hiratsuka doesn't like teasing her juniors~

"That person, there should be no problem, right?"

Sitting in Hiratsuka Shizuka's SUV, Conan still turned his head with some reluctance and looked at the closed door of the hotel.

"Conan, you are so rude. You should call me brother!" Xiaolan looked at Conan with dissatisfaction and taught him seriously.

"Yes~" He stretched out his voice reluctantly, but Conan knew that he had no other choice. If he made Xiaolan angry here, he would face even harsher teachings.

"Sister Xiaolan, do you think Kyogoku-san should be okay?" Pretending to be innocent, Conan asked out of his curiosity.

"Well, there shouldn't be any problem." Xiaolan's expression became a little awkward, and she became a little weak and lacking in confidence.

After all, as someone who is also on the path of fighting, Xiaolan knows very well what it feels like to be easily taught a lesson by an opponent whom she thinks will give his all.

Not to mention, Hiratsuka Shizuka only used one hand and smashed Kyogoku Makoto to the ground within three moves.

That scene was so tragic that not only Kyogoku Makoto, who was lying on the ground with a dazed look on his face and unable to react, but even Ran, who was watching from the sidelines, felt it was too tragic.

"Aunt Jing, why did you use such harsh hands on Kyogoku?" Looking at Shizuka Hiratsuka who was driving in front, Xiaolan hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help but speak.

Her meaning was actually very clear. From the beginning to the end, Xiaolan had never thought that it was possible that Kyogoku had defeated Hiratsuka Shizuka, but Hiratsuka Shizuka's behavior of fighting with one hand was indeed not appropriate.

Such an action may be too much of a blow to Kyogoku Makoto!

"Don't worry, Xiaolan, I will do this because I have my own thoughts." Seeing the worry and confusion on Xiaolan's face through the rearview mirror, Shizuka Hiratsuka smiled and shook her head.

Sure enough, Xiaolan is still so kind.

What should I do if I feel more and more that this brat Shinichi is not worthy of Xiaolan?

"Hmm!" His body trembled inexplicably, and he felt a sense of nausea enveloping him. Conan blinked worriedly.

"That boy is not the kind of person who would be hit like this. What I want him to know is that the fighting circle in this world is deeper than you think." Holding the steering wheel with one hand, Shizuka Hiratsuka recalled the hairy and dazed black boy who challenged her even though his arm was injured.

"He challenged me, and dared to do it even though he was injured. I have to teach him a lesson. Otherwise, if the news gets out, I will be laughed at by those unscrupulous guys~"

"I think that kid will figure it out soon. I'm really looking forward to him continuing on the path of becoming a martial artist."

"Is that so?" Xiaolan can be said to have complete trust in Shizuka Hiratsuka. Since Shizuka Hiratsuka said that she has her own decision, Xiaolan is not going to ask any more questions.

only.

"Aunt Jing, I'm a little curious. How strong is Kyogoku-kun?" Xiaolan asked with her eyes shining, staring at Hiratsuka Shizuka's back.

This question has been lingering in Xiaolan's mind since she learned that Shizuka Hiratsuka was interested in Kyogoku Makoto.

"That kid? He can be said to be gifted." Her fingers tapped lightly on the steering wheel. Shizuka Hiratsuka recalled the levels of qi and blood in Kyogoku Makoto's body, and how when he fought with her, although he was injured, he still had agile and direct movements. She smiled and nodded.

"Not to mention the average high school student, compared to the younger generation of the same age in the Japanese fighting circle, he can be considered one of the best."

"Is that so?" Although Shizuka Hiratsuka didn't say it more directly, Xiaolan already knew clearly that Kyogoku Makoto's strength was definitely stronger than hers now.

She felt somewhat unwilling, but in a flash, Xiaolan's curiosity was replaced by another question.