Chapter 489 The Unknown Evil

Ran Mouri was stunned for a moment, then quickly helped her up.

She is kind-hearted, but she won't be soft-hearted, after all, it's a fact that something like this happened to Qianzhu here.

Although she had already prepared herself mentally, when she opened the door and saw that scene, she was still so angry that she wanted to drag the murderer out and beat him up a few times!

Katsura Saya was well aware of this.

After telling Ran everything she wanted to know, the two of them returned to the crowd.

While Katsumata Sayo was giving the information to Mouri Ran, Conan was also asking Katsumata Tatsuko about Kiyoki.

He had originally intended to ask Katsumata Sayo, but Ran Mouri beat him to it.

“He probably feels that I chose my father over my fiancé, so he’s always been dissatisfied with me…” Katsumata Rikako held a handkerchief in her hand, wiping her eyes from time to time; both her eyes were red. “They are both important people to me, of course I can’t just leave my father, who is blaming himself, alone…”

She started talking to herself.

Conan got the information he wanted. Seeing her heartbroken look, he didn't disturb her. He turned to go to the crime scene and saw Ran Mouri and Saya Katsumata walking towards him.

He hesitated for a moment, but didn't think about it too much, and hurriedly ran to that room.

Upon arrival, I heard a police officer report to Officer Nakai, "Officer, after inspection, we found that all the daggers had Mr. Chino Chitake's fingerprints on them, and there were no other people's fingerprints."

"Furthermore, there were no signs of struggle on either Mr. Katsura Ikuto or Mr. Chino Chitake. Katsura Ikuto's fatal wound was to his heart, a single fatal stab, and the other two wounds were also clean cuts. No anesthetic or similar drugs were detected in Mr. Katsura Ikuto's body, but they were detected in Mr. Chino Chitake's body."

Was Qianzhu anesthetized?

Could it be that the murderer had been lying in ambush in the room beforehand?

Conan thought for a moment, then slipped into the room when the others weren't looking.

He stepped directly onto the blood-stained floor, but left no footprints.

Because the blood on the ground is dry.

Conan turned his head and glanced at the spot where Chizuru had been standing before walking toward Katsuyuki's corpse.

His expression was calm, as if he had anticipated his death and knew who had killed him.

However, he still willingly died at the hands of his opponent.

After examining the deceased, Conan began to wander around the room.

While they are searching for evidence here, Qianzhu is in the hospital.

The boy lay on the hospital bed, still unconscious, perhaps due to the anesthesia.

But in his dreams, he saw another, unknown scene.

Children whose faces were not visible gathered in small groups, whispering in hushed tones, yet their voices echoed eerily throughout the space.

"Is he a monster? I heard he's a monster."

"I heard that getting close to him will bring bad luck, so let's not play with him."

"..."

"Have you heard? The kitten that went near him yesterday died. It's so pitiful. It's all his fault."

"I'm not lying, it's... I saw it with my own eyes, that kitten really died..."

"..."

A constant stream of chattering sounds filled the air, and an overwhelming sense of malice nearly dominated the entire space.

A man with a distorted face and tattered, dirty clothes pointed at him and shouted insults.