Seeing Ai Li pressing Yukiko to the ground, everyone behind was stunned.

What should I do about this?

Seeing Yukiko struggling desperately, as if being bullied by a young man, Yue Yu and the others looked at each other, not knowing whether to help or not. However, before they could make up their minds, they heard Yukiko's voice start to become strange, and the girls blushed and were at a loss.

However, at this moment, suddenly, accompanied by a low groan, Yukiko, who was pressed down by Ai Li, fell softly to the ground. At the same time, a dark shadow storm suddenly erupted from Yukiko's body, quickly moved away from her, and then twisted and rotated again, condensing into a powerful shadow monster.

"Miss Ellie!"

“I saw it!!”

Almost at the same time as the shadow monster emerged, Ellie suddenly jumped high.

"You monster! Take my move! Namo the Greatly Compassionate and Merciful Gatlin Bodhisattva who saves the suffering and the distressed!!"

As Ellie roared, several Gatling guns appeared out of thin air beside her and surrounded the shadow monster from all directions.

Then, gunshots rang out. Ellie swung her hand back, and the golden hoop... no, the Gatling gun hit the shadow monster's face directly. Before it could react, the explosive bullets flew out in a rotation, and the blue fire that exploded hit the shadow monster's face.

When Ellie landed again, the head of the shadow monster that had finally revealed its true form had been blown into pieces by tens of thousands of explosive bombs, and the huge headless corpse swayed on the ground for a few times, and then fell to the ground with a bang.

As the saying goes!

Gatling gun that saves people from suffering, gods and Buddhas are invincible and can defeat anyone.

The iron pipe turns one thousand eight hundred times to liberate the souls of the dead.

Unlike the previous situation with Chie Satonaka, this time after Airi destroyed the shadow monster, Yukiko, who was lying on the ground in a princess outfit, disappeared without a trace. Then everyone continued to search forward and soon found Yukiko Amagi, who was wearing a kimono and unconscious, in the deepest part of the castle - well, this should be the real person.

By the way, in addition to Yukiko, everyone also found the stairs leading to the next floor in the deepest part of the castle. After they went up, they found that it was covered by fog again, just like the second floor. This means that unless there is another victim, their exploration of the tower can only end here.

After that, everyone did the same as before, took Yukiko Amagi out of the tower before the shadow time ended, and then sent her to the hospital. According to the doctor's diagnosis, Yukiko Amagi was in a coma mainly because of mental stimulation and physical weakness, and she needed to recuperate quietly for a while, but fortunately her life was not in danger.

As for the next questioning, we can only continue after Yukiko Amagi wakes up.

Just like that, the incident came to a temporary end, and Ai Li returned to the Iwatodai branch to rest, but she also had her own opinions about this incident.

Judging from the two consecutive encounters with Chie Satonaka and Yukiko Amagi, Ai Li has almost understood the criminal's methods. They were thrown into Tartarus in the shadow time by the criminal, and then their own subconsciousness would be eroded by some powerful shadow monster, and then gradually changed.

Then the subconscious that is eroded by the shadow will separate from the main body, and because of the erosion, the thoughts hidden deep in their hearts will become distorted and extreme. If the other party is unwilling to admit that the subconscious is also a part of themselves, then the subconscious that has lost its restraint will kill the original owner...

Hmm...so the criminal's purpose is not to kill someone, but to find the host of the shadow monster?

If that's the case, then the situation is a bit tricky.

After all, at present, the victims have basically nothing in common. Although almost everyone has one or two little secrets that are unknown to others... but who is different? Who doesn't have some thoughts deep in their heart that cannot be known to others, and who doesn't have a lot of things around them?

So how did the criminal choose his target? Satonaka Chie might be an exception, but what about Amagi Yukiko? She had no personal relationship with Yamano and Tanaka. She was just the hostess entertaining guests. If that was the reason, wouldn't other people who had contact with Yamano be unlucky? For example, Yamano's colleagues and superiors... Logically speaking, even if the female anchor really had grudges, she should have gone after the people around her. Why would she go after Amagi Yukiko?

To be honest, Ai Li felt that even if Conan were to solve this case, he would still be scratching his head. You say these victims have no connection, but if you investigate, you will find that they are more or less connected. But if you say they are connected, this connection does not seem to stand up to scrutiny.

For example, the anchor Yamano and Director Tanaka are secret lovers, Konishi Saki has been interviewed by the anchor Yamano, and Amagi Yukiko has hosted the anchor Yamano and Director Tanaka. However, Satonaka Chie is simply a friend of Amagi Yukiko and doesn't know the first two people at all...

Now Ai Li just hopes to get some clues from Yukiko Amagi.

At noon the next day, Ai Li received the news that Yukiko Amagi had woken up, so she hurried to the hospital and saw Yukiko Amagi leaning on the bed in the ward. Ai Li chatted with the attending doctor for a few words and after confirming that Yukiko Amagi had not suffered any serious injuries, she knocked on the door and walked into the ward.

Originally, Yukiko Amagi was watching TV. When she heard the knock on the door, she turned around and looked at the door. The moment she saw Ai Li walk in, Yukiko Amagi suddenly stood up and looked at Ai Li with wide eyes in surprise.

"Master... Master?!"

"……Um?"

“Ah…ah…”

Hearing Yukiko's address, Ai Li was stunned for a moment, and Yukiko was also stunned. She seemed to wonder why she inexplicably called the girl in front of her "master", so she quickly coughed awkwardly, and then greeted Ai Li again.

"Hello, Miss Magician."

"Just call me Ellie."

Of course, Ai Li understood why Yukiko had such a strange expression. The previous clones were actually their own subconsciousness. However, it takes a lot of effort to deal with a subconscious mind that wants to be independent. Chie Satonaka chose to face and accept her subconscious mind, so her subconscious mind reconciled with herself.

But on Amagi Yukiko's side, Ai Li used thunderous means to make her kneel on the ground and sing "Conquer"...

Finally, the subconscious mind returned to Yukiko Amagi's body. Although Yukiko Amagi, as the main personality, didn't know the situation, the imprint left by Airi on her subconscious mind was still very obvious. Although it was not obvious on weekdays, in fact, when Yukiko saw Airi, she felt that she should immediately kneel down in front of her and obey all her orders... Well, fortunately, Yukiko was currently working as a waitress, so she didn't think that these sudden thoughts were so strange.

Because of her subconscious obedience, Yukiko answered Ai Li's questions honestly. However... her answer did not solve Ai Li's doubts, because according to Yukiko, after she finished her work that night, she went straight back to her room to sleep, and then she knew nothing. When she woke up again, she appeared in that strange castle.

As for how she got there, Yukiko had no recollection of it at all. She also confirmed Chie Satonaka's statement, saying that there was no TV in her bedroom.

This is strange...

After getting Yukiko's answer, Ai Li's doubts did not decrease, but increased. In fact, Yukiko's statement also verified the police's search results. The police also said that according to the on-site search, no outsiders entered Yukiko's room at the time, and no fingerprints, footprints, hair, DNA, etc. were left.

But it’s impossible for Yukiko to get lost on her own, unless she sleepwalked into the TV?

etc……!!

Thinking of this, Ai Li suddenly thought of a question!

They have been ignoring the problem!!

After saying goodbye to Yukiko, Ai Li hurried back to the Iwatodai branch, and then found Mitsuru Kirijo, Yukari Takeha and others, and then asked them a question.

"In Shadow Time, ordinary people without adaptability will be locked in a coffin, right?"

"Yeah... that's right."

Hearing Ellie's question, everyone nodded, and then Ellie asked another question.

"So what would happen if, during Shadow Time, we opened the coffin and took the person out?"

"this……"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Kirijo Mitsuru and Sanada Akihiko looked at each other and then shook their heads.

"We don't know... We have never done this... Do you think that the other party used this method to take the victim away?"

"I think it's very likely."

Ellie tapped the table with her fingers.

"Look, the police have already investigated, but there are no clues, no witnesses, no physical evidence, and no traces left. It's okay once or twice, it's impossible that there are no clues every time. But shadow time is different. You all know that it is actually another world. No matter how we fight over there, it has no impact on the real world. So if someone opens the coffin in shadow time and takes the person inside away, we will never be able to find any clues. Moreover, ordinary people in shadow time have no self-awareness at all... um..."

Ai Li didn't say anything else. Fortunately, the man seemed to be just a perverted murderer. If it was some pervert with ill intentions, he could sneak over during the shadow time and do this and that to those beautiful girls without self-awareness... everyone knows.

"So what do we do now?"

Hearing this, Kirijo Mitsuru also became nervous, but Ai Li quickly made a decision.

"Starting today, we will conduct a comprehensive search and patrol of the entire city during Shadow Time, and arrest anyone who can move around in Shadow Time except us!"

I would rather kill everyone by mistake than let anyone go!