Chapter 394: The imminent battle...
As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Da Zheng, who was still angry, suddenly grabbed his own neck, his face turned purple, and his body fell stiffly to the ground.
"Uncle, even if you want to liven up the atmosphere, you shouldn't go to this extent, right?" Hattori Heiji put one hand in his pocket and walked over to Taisho Zhushan's seat and said, "Anyway, hurry up!"
"Wait a minute, Brother Heiji!" Edogawa Conan trotted over to the dark-skinned boy, grabbed his sleeve, and shook his head solemnly, "Mr. Taisho seems... to be really dead."
Hattori Heiji was stunned, and quickly took out his handkerchief and looked closer, and found that it was just as Edogawa Conan said, Taisho Zhushan, who was in an angry state just now, was now in a dead state.
"Let me see. Although I haven't even graduated yet..." Amuro Toru stepped forward, discreetly blocking Edogawa Conan behind him, and then said calmly, "But since becoming Mori-sensei's disciple, I've learned a lot from him, and now is the time to put it to the test."
Want to learn something from Uncle Maori? What? How to drink, bet on horses, or chase celebrities?
Edogawa Conan looked at Amuro Toru's back and his mouth twitched.
Amuro Toru ignored the burning gaze on his back. He half-knelt down and carefully examined Daisho Zhushan's current physical condition. "From the exposed skin, there's no blue or purple on his body, but..."
The blond man slowly fanned his palms and continued, "Around him, there's a faint scent of almonds."
"Could it be potassium cyanate?" The gray-haired old lady's eyes flashed. She picked up the black tea that Da Zheng Zhu Shan had last touched and examined it carefully. But after a moment, she shook her head. "No, black tea doesn't have an acid-reduction reaction. His death should have nothing to do with this cup of black tea."
"Could it be that the puzzle is on the teacup?" The high school detective with cute fangs is named Sera Masumi. She looked at the cup in the old lady's hand and came up with another idea.
"That's unlikely." The tall woman at the side raised an eyebrow. "Mr. Dazheng drank his tea more than once. If the teacup had been tampered with, he wouldn't have died of the poison at this time."
She pointedly said, "After all, it's past dinner time, and I've had to listen to this secretive guy nagging for so long."
The mysterious man, whose name was almost mentioned directly, did not respond to the detective's temptation at all, but just continued to speak his lines, such as if you want to find a way to leave here, you have to solve the current puzzle... and so on.
Until a small knife stabbed his shoulder at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye, and the huge strange force carried by it directly knocked him to the ground, turning him into a pile of parts.
Edogawa Conan's expression instantly turned into horror.
"What are you doing...Huh? Is this...a tape recorder?" Toru Amuro's angry voice gradually turned into confusion. He picked up the tape with a handkerchief. It was still connected to the power supply and was working tirelessly, making intermittent sounds.
"What else do you think it is? Am I going to take people's lives?" The player yawned, feeling a little unhappy.
Players have already started to miss Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru, and Ayatsuji Yukito!
"If there are no outsiders in this villa, then everyone here is actually a suspect." Edogawa Conan pushed his glasses and said solemnly, "And Miss Chiyo, you just had a conflict with Mr. Taisho Zhushan..."
In short, you are highly suspicious!
Edogawa Conan said with a blazing gaze, very fearlessly.
"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you, Miss Chiyo." Toru Amuro raised an apologetic smile at the right time.
"...Tsk, your kindness is truly being taken for granted. Now, can you please see clearly for me?!"
"This thing wasn't human from the start. It doesn't even have a flicker of life. All I hear is the sound of machinery!" The player, feeling down, naturally took on a more negative tone. She looked at the various detectives before her and said sarcastically, "As renowned detectives, you couldn't possibly have failed to figure this out, could you?"
Conan Edogawa and the others who did not find anything unusual: "..."
No, who would have realized that the man sitting in the main seat was actually a robot?! They thought he was just putting on an act!
"Anyway, now we can only do as he says."
Hattori Heiji took a deep breath. As a well-known detective, he had naturally seen many cases, including corpses, but that didn't mean he wasn't moved by them. At the same time, he was determined to find the murderer.
Hattori Heiji: "Let's leave the body as it is for now. Let's go to the place where the car was blown up and take a look!"
Everyone naturally nodded. The player looked at the random task flashing on her personal panel and followed silently without any objection. However, for some reason, a vacuum zone suddenly formed around her, which looked very strange.
The player didn't care. In order to obtain the mission reward, she even considerately moved herself a little further away to avoid scaring the external brains that might provide her with help.
However... after temporarily sealing off this possible first crime scene, the player curled his lips calmly, and then immediately disappeared.
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In the raging fire, all kinds of cars turned into a pile of scrap metal as expected. Except for the detective who was originally here, everyone else, namely the player, Edogawa Conan, Hattori Heiji, Sera Masumi, and Amuro Toru, all found reasons that they thought were reasonable to get away with it.
Edogawa Conan: "It was Brother Toru Amuro who brought me here. He said that coming here could broaden my horizons! Uncle Maori said that Brother Toru Amuro is a very reliable person!"
Hattori Heiji shouted, "Me too!"
Amuro Toru: "...Yes, that's right. I brought these two children here."
Masumi Sera said cheerfully with a handsome smile, "I came here on a motorcycle, but it got damaged along the way and I can't move on. The money spent on repairs would be enough to buy a new motorcycle!"
"So I just found a place to throw it away!"
Several older detectives looked at each other and felt that this reason was not sincere at all, but compared with the other girl's statement, Sera Masumi's words sounded particularly sincere.
Player: "I flew here."
Several people: "Huh?"
The player repeated slowly, saying calmly, "I flew here from Beika Town."
Although a shortcut was taken, there is absolutely nothing wrong with what the player said!
Everyone who thought this was simply a fantasy asked: "... Is this true or not?"
How could they believe that a person could fly without any external help?
Even the famous thief, Kaito Kidd, has to use tools such as hang gliders to fly freely in the air. How can you, a skinny and small girl, do this?
I'm afraid he just spoke nonsense after hearing about Kaito Kidd's whereabouts.
But Toru Amuro, who has a deeper understanding of her, realized that she was not talking nonsense. This mafia leader who controls mysterious powers is definitely not an ordinary person. She really has such ability and such confidence.
Even he thought so, let alone Edogawa Conan who had experienced it personally.
Following the player's words, Edogawa Conan's expression changed a lot as he recalled his experience in Yokohama. It seemed like just an ordinary trip, but the moment he met Miss Chiyo, he and Haibara Ai revealed their identities as Kudo Shinichi and Miyano Shiho.
The fear that arose at that time is still fresh in my mind now. However, although I was forced to change my worldview, fortunately they still got a good result.
It was at the moment of parting after the negotiation that the two of them were caught off guard by Miss Chiyo and jumped from a height of dozens of meters... Edogawa Conan thought that he could not forget the feeling of terror until now.
After that, he was in danger many times in order to find clues about the Black Organization, but he always kept a calm mind and turned danger into safety. Let's not talk about how much impact this dangerous and exciting "jumping off the building" had on him.
At least Edogawa Conan, oh no, it's Kudo Shinichi, feels that his ability to accept is getting better and better.
"Anyway, that's it. I didn't bring any means of transportation."
The player waved his hand at the NPCs' surprised looks, then said, "Instead of asking me here, why don't you go and see if there are any other means of transportation that have been missed?"
"Come to think of it, the car I'm driving isn't parked in the parking lot." The maid beside me bit her thumb when she heard this. "My master doesn't allow me to park here. He told me to park at the back door of this villa instead."
The player said calmly, "I see. This is quite a pleasant surprise."
The others were extremely surprised and rushed to the back door of the villa, where they saw a small yellow four-wheeled car.
"It's actually not damaged!" Hattori Heiji was a little surprised, but quickly regained his composure. "But all the cars in the parking lot were burned by the murderer. There's no reason why he would forget the car parked at the back door..."
"Maybe he forgot, or maybe there was a certain distance between the car in the parking lot and the car at the back door, so the murderer didn't have enough time to complete the actions in both places." The old lady made a seemingly convincing speculation.
"No matter what, having a means of transportation is a good thing." Amuro Toru briefly inspected the four-wheeled yellow car. After discovering that it hadn't been tampered with, he felt relieved and reassured everyone, "This way, we can at least search for clues further afield."
"Then let's go to the suspension bridge that was said to have been blown up by a mysterious man and where the car must pass." The old lady said, and she had already opened the car door, as if she was ready to get in.
Hattori Heiji raised his hand and said, "I want to go see it too!"
Sera Masumi refused to be outdone: "Me too!"
Amuro Toru also said naturally: "Then I will also..."
The man who had been silent all this time also joined in with interest.
The tall woman was unwilling to give up the clue, so she also reached out her hand.
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"There are only five seats in this little yellow car including the driver's seat, and you all want to go there..." The player blinked his eyes. The detective's curiosity is indeed a strange thing. It comes with a courage buff that can drive them to rush forward regardless of any danger.
"In that case, I think we should all toss coins." Edogawa Conan thought for a moment, took out five coins from his pocket and placed them on the car.
The old lady was the first to pick up a coin, and the others did the same. In the end, the people who went to check near the suspension bridge included the old lady, Toru Amuro, and Heiji Hattori, while the others stayed in the villa to look for other clues.
"Don't leave yet, come with me." The player picked up Conan Edogawa who was about to run to look for clues, then found a room at random, pushed it open, closed it, put the child down, then hugged his arms and raised his chin.
"Is...is there something wrong, Miss Chiyo?" asked Edogawa Conan, with a hint of urgency in his eyes.
"Don't get too caught up in this, Conan-kun." The player looked at Edogawa Conan's urgent movements and kindly reminded him, "Don't forget how we got into this."
Edogawa Conan's expression changed, as if he remembered what had happened before.
Seeing this, the player nodded in satisfaction: "Originally, I didn't want to tell you this. After all, sometimes, knowing too much is not a good thing for you."
"But the situation is special, so special circumstances require special treatment." After briefly explaining the existence of cursed energy and cursed spirits, the player continued, "Aside from this villa and those detectives, most of the items in this place are made of cursed energy. Whether it's the seemingly delicious food or the vibrant vegetation around them, they all look like a dark desolate wasteland to me."
Edogawa Conan: "..."
Conan Edogawa, who heard the information again and it was enough to reshape his view of the three aspects, had no time to be shocked before he began to question the newly discovered clues.
"Then you didn't eat just now because...?"
"Hmm~" the player nodded nonchalantly. "I don't know why the cursed spirit chose this place, but this place must have been used by the cursed spirit as a special place to lure them."
"If that's the case, then aren't the others in great danger?" The detective kid in a suit suddenly became furious and asked hastily, "Do you have any solution, Ms. Chiyo?"
"Don't worry. Rule-based spells can only act according to established rules, so they won't become a major force for the time being."
The player, wearing the same glasses as a famous detective, looked at the quest on his personal dashboard, which had already unlocked 35% of its progress, and calmly analyzed, "Although I came in late, from the clues I've gathered so far, I don't see any involvement of those things in Dazheng Zhushan's death."
Conan Edogawa: "So..."
Player: "So, I'll leave this matter to Conan-kun!"
"Wait a minute!" Edogawa Conan stretched out his claws in resistance and asked in a daze, "Why me?"
Player: "Of course it's because you and I have the best relationship among all the people who got lost together!"
Not to mention the blonde, dark-skinned onion spirit, the high school detective from Kansai and another group of female high school detectives, players have never come into contact with them before this!
"But the case must be solved." The player ignored Conan Edogawa's shocked expression and leisurely sat on the piano chair in the room. "The only way to safely leave this cursed realm, besides brute force, is to solve the cases that occurred within the realm."
I just don't know if this case includes the so-called incident that happened fifty years ago...
"One more person means more strength!" said the player with a smile.
"...Okay, I get it." Edogawa Conan sighed, "Leave this matter to me!"
"That's great!" the player said confidently, "Don't worry, I will definitely ensure your safety!"
"Then I'll leave it to Miss Chiyo." Edogawa Conan curled his lips and smiled, looking a bit like the confident look that players had seen in the information.
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While the player and Edogawa Conan were preparing to deal with the special-grade cursed spirit, the atmosphere in the Simon family became increasingly solemn.
At the moment when Rokudo Mukuro said that, with the appearance of a black hole, D. Spedo, who took control of Rokudo Mukuro's body, appeared in front of everyone with his weapon in hand. He was wearing a suit that completely wrapped his body, while retaining the distinctive pineapple leaves. His long indigo hair spread out smoothly like ink. He looked at Sawada Tsunayoshi and others who were wary of his arrival, with a smile on his face.
"D. Spedo! You bastard..." Gu Liyan said to the man with gritted teeth, "You really hurt us so badly!"
"Nufufufu..." D. Spedo casually curled his long hair, a set of playing cards appeared in his hand, and he said sincerely, "This is the result of your own stupidity. You can't blame others."
Such momentum... What a terrifying man...
Rokudo Mukuro, who was possessed by Mukuro Owl, thought so and subconsciously looked towards Sawada Tsunayoshi.
Just like that time, with the same determined eyes as always—
"You must defeat him, Sawada Tsunayoshi."
Rokudo Mukuro looked at the pair of honey-colored eyes that suddenly lifted, and his tone was so cold that it seemed as if D. Spedo was not using his true self. "You understand, if we can't defeat him here, then all the efforts from the beginning to the selection will be in vain."
"Yes, we must defeat D. Spedo here!" Sawada Tsunayoshi slowly clenched his fists, "Only in this way can everything end!"
"If you are so ambitious, then let's stop talking nonsense and get started." As he said that, D. Spedo swung the playing cards and appeared in front of Tsunayoshi Sawada and others in the same way he appeared just now.
What a fast speed!!!
The speed was almost the same as teleportation. Everyone had no time to react and was immediately hit by the bomb made of playing cards and fell into thick smoke.
Reborn nimbly jumped out of the bomb's attack range and fell into deep thought as he looked at the gold pocket watch in his hand which suddenly became extremely hot.
This reaction...
Ms. Elena... do you want to express something?
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