Seven years ago, timeline.
Fujiwara Yu was diligently searching for the Child of Destiny named "Edogawa Conan," believing that only by finding him could he gain permanent residency in...
Seeing that Ayatsuji Marina was about to succeed, Fujiwara Yuu quickly rushed to the door of "Himuro Ikki"'s room and directly stopped her. This "Stop" also shattered Ayatsuji's idea of finding someone to scapegoat.
But she did not stop her actions, and directly placed the axe on the neck of "Ice Room One Saint", and changed her gentle face to a ferocious one:
"Don't come over here, if you come any closer I'll chop his head off!"
Hayami Reika, who ran up to the third floor with Sosuke Takashi, looked at everything in front of her in disbelief. Why did Ayatsuji Marina appear here? Why did she have an axe in her hand... Could she be the murderer who killed those three people?
No, how could that be possible.
How could such a gentle Miss Ayatsuji kill someone? She prepared a sandwich for herself when she was hungry, and even made a low-calorie version. In order to take care of herself, she didn't even add salad dressing to her own portion.
"Ms. Ayatsuji, please put down the axe quickly, it's too dangerous!" Hayami Reika shouted anxiously. She really didn't want Ayatsuji Marina to be the murderer. She really didn't want to accept this as a fact.
Fujiwara Yuu held out his hand to stop Hayami Reika from coming forward. He couldn't allow more casualties to occur at this moment. He stared closely at the frantic Ayatsuji in front of him, and asked curiously instead of using an interrogation tone:
"Ayatsuji, can you tell me why you killed them? What happened when the plane crashed in Nagano Prefecture ten years ago?"
"Heh, what's the point of telling you? You police officers didn't believe the child's testimony at all." Marina Ayatsuji curled her lips in disdain. She had revealed the truth to the police at that time, but no one believed her.
"As long as you say it, I will believe it."
"Tsk, are you trying to stall for time? You police officers love to play tricks like this. I know it all."
Fujiwara Yuu knew that Ayatsuji Marina didn't trust him, so he had to reach out and touch the back of his waist.
This action made Marina Ayatsuji nervous, but after seeing that it was a pair of handcuffs, she showed a puzzled expression. She didn't understand what Sosuke Takashi was going to do by taking out the handcuffs.
But when she saw Ying Si actually handcuffed his hands, she couldn't help but be stunned:
"What are you...doing?"
"Do you believe this? I don't have the ability to save this impostor now." Fujiwara Yu shrugged his shoulders with a smile, completely ignoring the fact that "Himuro Ikkyo" almost fainted after hearing this.
Marina Ayatsuji didn't expect that Sosuke Touji would do this. He was indeed different from the policemen she had come into contact with when she was a child. In her heart, she recognized Sosuke Touji and Gansuke Yamato. They were both good policemen.
She glanced coldly at the pale-faced "Issei Himuro" and began to recount what happened ten years ago:
"Ten years ago, I was on that plane with my parents when it crashed. The hellish experience is still seared into my mind.
The plane suddenly made a loud noise, and I fainted from the impact before I could scream. When I woke up, I found myself in an environment like a garbage dump, with plane wreckage and the more or less incomplete remains of the passengers everywhere.
When I regained consciousness, I ignored the pain in my body and desperately searched for my parents. I didn't find my father, but I did find my mother who was trapped under the wreckage of the plane.
I really wanted to pull my mother out, but I was only a ten-year-old girl at the time and didn't have the strength to drag an adult out from under the rubble. I could only stay by her side and try my best to keep her conscious.
When recalling this process, Marina Ayatsuji's face was still filled with smiles. Maybe she was thinking of her mother, so she showed such an expression.
"I was filled with worry and hope. Finally, I saw four people show up, and I felt that Mom would be saved... But this joy was fleeting. I don't know what happened to those guys, they were so distracted that they turned a blind eye to the dead and injured buried around them.
I no longer counted on them who were so cold-hearted. The wreckage of the plane gradually lost its balance at this time. I could only grit my teeth and hold on desperately, because I knew that once I let go, my mother would be crushed to death.
But in the end, I couldn't hold on any longer. My mother gave up her life so that I could live, and she pushed me out with tears in her eyes... I watched helplessly as my mother was crushed."
Fujiwara Yu couldn't help but frown when he heard this. He glanced at the panicked "Himero Ikki". It seemed that their greed caused the person who could have been saved to lose his life.
People who clearly have the ability to help but choose not to help and just watch others die are indeed hateful.
But as a police officer, no, even as an ordinary citizen, you do not have the right to deprive others of their lives.
Marina Ayatsuji clearly knew that the current "Ichisei Himuro" was an imposter. She was fully capable of obtaining his DNA to expose the scam, but she did not choose to use legal means to send them to jail.
Instead, he became a Snow Yaksha who wielded an axe to take the lives of others in a blizzard of sadness and despair.
Hayami Reika's eyes moistened upon hearing this. She had never imagined that Ayatsuji Marina, who was about the same age as her, had such a past. She rubbed her sore nose and looked at Himuro Ikki, who lowered his head and remained silent.
"Are you still human? Why don't you help someone who is dying?!"
"Because they're in a hurry to bury Himuro Issei's body. They'll do anything for money." Ayatsuji Marina sneered. She leaned over and whispered in Himuro Issei's ear: "Mizunuma Takao, I strive to live so I can kill you all with my own hands... without sparing a single one."
Mizunuma Takao knew he was doomed. He reached out and tore off the disguise on his face, smiling bitterly.
"I'm sorry... I didn't know such a thing was happening back then. I did hear the arguing and the loud noise, but Hiruda was anxious for me to move Himuro Kazusei's body, so I didn't pay attention to the changes around me. I'm really sorry, I'm sorry."
He closed his eyes in despair, at least when he died, he could be known as Takao Mizunuma.
He regretted it. If he could do it again, he would never agree to Hiruta and the others' plan.
However, the axe did not fall.
Just like that year, there was a loud noise. Mizunuma Takao opened his eyes and looked towards the source of the sound, only to see the glass window being pushed open suddenly, and Ayatsuji Marina was nowhere to be seen.
Fujiwara Yuu didn't expect that Ayatsuji Marina would give up the opportunity for revenge. He quickly shook out the handcuff key from his sleeve, asked Hayami Reika to help unlock it, and then jumped out of the window to reach the balcony of the study on the second floor.
Following the footprints in the snow, he immediately caught up.
When Fujiwara Yuya saw Marina Ayatsuji's back running towards the canyon, he realized that she was about to do something stupid. Just as the figure was about to disappear, another figure jumped out from the side.
It's Yamato who dares to help!
However, their luck seemed to be not very good. Yamato Gansuke finally grabbed Ayatsuji Marina, but the severe pain in his ankle made him lose his balance. When he fell into the canyon, he threw the climbing rope in his hand with all his strength.
"If you can't catch it, I'll kill you, Yingsi!"