"These are things that 'we' should be doing, right?"

Out of caution, he didn't use the word "police," but Yoruichi Toyama understood.

But how can I explain this to you?

So you're saying I used to be a policeman, and now I've traveled through time and ended up here? ...

Just as she was thinking this, Yoruichi Toyama's eyes flashed.

I just happened to see a scar nearly 20 centimeters long on Mingzhi's right rib.

The scar was dark red and looked to have been there for some time, but not too long.

It doesn't look like a superficial injury; it's been neatly stitched up.

It's probably because they cut it open right after the injury.

For this location...

Yoichi Toyama remembered what had happened.

In the Hong Kong case orchestrated by the "Puppet Master of Hell," he was used as a "sacrifice" to frame Kindaichi.

While the stab was indeed delivered by the murderous puppet "King of the Caves," the blame still falls on Takato Yoichi.

I heard he almost died...

Yoruichi Toyama knew about that part of the story beforehand, but seeing the scars left by that case up close still moved her.

Mingzhi also chuckled after seeing his gaze.

"Don't mention the dark history of failures; there's nothing to be proud of."

"If you really want to know, you can go and look at the gunshot wound on Kenchi's body. It should have been there before I joined the company..."

“Unlike you, for us in this line of work, it’s unavoidable.”

"Being able to live to retirement is already a great achievement..."

"Hey!" Yoruichi Toyama interrupted him, unable to bear it any longer, then turned her head away and took a breath.

"Stop talking about those things all the time, it's bad luck..."

"I said, let's wait until we successfully resolve this..."

Yoruichi Toyama turned around and stared intently into Akechi's eyes, who gave a somewhat questioning smile.

"Let me tell you all about my 'cousin'."

...

Nourished by the hot springs, everyone who emerged from the bath looked radiant, and all fatigue vanished.

It was only Kindaichi who suffered, as Miyuki only released him when she saw the women coming out of the bathhouse. But by then, it was already close to 5 p.m. for dinner.

By the time Kindaichi, as if his pants were on fire, had only soaked in the bathroom for 10 minutes before rushing out again, most of the others had already arrived at the restaurant.

On her way from the men's bathroom to the restaurant, Yoruichi Toyama paid special attention to the fact that she often encountered places marked as dangerous on the floor plan while walking along the corridor, and had to use the adjacent classrooms to get through.

At the two doors leading from the classroom to the corridor, there are indeed half-steps on the ground that are easily overlooked.

These steps should, in theory, have opposite elevation differences when entering and exiting the classroom; that is, entering up and exiting down, or entering down and exiting up.

But at this moment, without exception, every classroom is a step up and down, which means that by passing through the classroom once, you have invisibly climbed a whole step, about 15 centimeters high.

There are six times on this path leading to the restaurant that you have to pass through classrooms next to the corridor, which means the ground level rises by about 90 centimeters.

In addition, the corridor itself is designed with a slight slope of about 5%. After walking around the building, it is equivalent to walking up 2.5 meters, which is close to the height of a floor.

It would be easily noticed in an ordinary school building, but in this vast ruin filled with collapsed structures and dead ends, no one would pay attention to it.

It is precisely the technique used in magic that breaks down a whole into parts and hides the mechanism in a "natural" location.

Using such an ingenious building to carry out a murder plot—truly befitting the work of that "puppet master of hell."

Yoruichi Toyama thought for a moment, then fixed her gaze on Moegi Toma, who was chatting and laughing with her friends.