Chapter 1817-1824 [Hashimoto Maya: None of My Business]
Takako Toda: “Maybe this emotion had been accumulating for too long, and finally it exploded—it was a very important joint performance, and the script we decided on was The Phantom of the Opera.
"Everyone wanted to play the leading female role, but in the end, of course, it was Fuyuko who got the role. Seeing her shining on the stage, Koharu and Eimi... seemed to be planning to have a 'talk' with her.
"They invited people to the science lab, and then poured some sulfuric acid on Dongzi's skirt, hoping to see her panic. Dongzi was indeed frightened, and she bumped into the table and fell while dodging. The bottle of sulfuric acid on the table also fell and landed right on her face."
Toda Takako started to tremble again when she said this: "I happened to be passing by the laboratory at that time, and heard screams coming from inside. I rushed in and saw Fuyuko's face... We rushed her to the hospital, but it was too late.
"After the incident, Xiaochun and Yongmei felt very sorry and begged me not to tell anyone about it. I saw that they were really sad and scared, so I helped them keep the secret."
Conan: "..." If it was another person who said this, he would definitely suspect that this person was trying to exonerate himself by disassociating himself from his accomplices. But when he thought that Toda Takako could even forgive his sister-in-law for murdering him...
He was a little confused about what was true and false for a moment, so he turned to look at Jiang Xia.
However, the answer machine seemed to be absent-minded again, looking out the window, wondering what it was thinking.
Conan sighed, thinking Jiang Xia was distracted. But before he looked away, he suddenly realized that the neighbor's gaze was moving.
Conan was startled: "...What are you looking at?"
When Vermouth, who had caught up, heard this question, she immediately became alert, worried that Cool Guy had been exposed to something he shouldn't know, causing Uzo to feel offended and turn around to silence him.
She was about to change the subject, but at this moment, Jiang Xia pointed to the window at the end of the corridor and said, "Another island watcher is back."
Then he turned around and looked at Belmode, as if he had known that it was her who was running hurriedly behind him.
Vermouth: "..."
This all-seeing look... Was she being fooled by Uzo again?
…
Jiang Xia had no intention of playing tricks on the cadres, but he just felt a large cloud of apple-scented murderous aura approaching, so he turned around and took a look.
But when he looked at it this way, he suddenly saw a pale face - a man wearing a pure white mask and a loose suit was standing behind "Doctor Shindo" and silently raised the long sword in his hand.
Conan also saw it suddenly and was shocked: "Doctor Shinde, behind you!"
The long sword slashed down with all its might. "Doctor Shinde" instinctively dodged to the side and raised his hand to grab the attacker's wrist.
…Then, as if he didn’t have enough strength, he was thrown away by the other party, and he hit the wall next to him with a thud and slid down.
The man dressed as "Phantom" failed to hit the target at first, and when he saw Jiang Xia pulling out a baton, he turned and ran away amid Toda Takako's terrified screams.
The two detectives gave chase.
The frail Dr. Shinichi sat down on the ground. After the two passed by and he left, she quietly raised her hand and touched her sore back: "..." It was really dangerous. She almost got exposed in front of Shinichi.
Uzo's little traps are endless. If they continue like this, she doubts that her acting skills will be able to reach a higher level.
Vermouth: "..." Come to think of it, some people's ridicule is not wrong. Wuzo is like a cadre screening machine. It is hard to say what will happen to truly capable cadres when they meet him, but in short, those useless people will not survive for too long.
If the organization wasn't really short of people, this guy might be able to work as an interviewer, and the new people he screened out would definitely be of extremely high quality.
...Unfortunately, the passing rate will be shockingly low. When the peripheral members who were planning to be promoted to cadres lose contact one by one, the remaining people will probably find that this is an assessment with no return, and there will be no fresh blood who is not afraid of death in the organization.
Vermouth was bored and thinking about random things, so she passed the time.
Afterwards, when ordinary people would have recovered, she stood up, walked over like a considerate doctor to help Toda Takako up, and then walked carefully towards the direction where Jiang Xia and the others were chasing the murderer.
The roads around this kind of old building are quite complicated, with many forks.
When they finally found someone, they discovered that the others had gathered near a window.
The window was wide open, and wind and rain poured in. Jiang Xia shone a flashlight on the ground and saw a row of messy footprints covered in mud running along the corridor to the window. It seemed that the "Phantom" ran to the window and then jumped out.
When they looked out again, they fell silent: there was a sea below, and the rolling sea surface was hitting the building. Under the flashlight, a white reflective object caught their attention - it was the mask worn by the "Phantom".
"He must have been chased by people from both sides. He was so panicked when he was surrounded that he tried to escape through the window, but he slipped and fell." Matsuzaki Masahiko was shocked, but he breathed a sigh of relief. "To be honest, I am ashamed to say that..."
In fact, he just heard his fiancée's scream and ran out to see what was going on. Unexpectedly, he met the "Phantom" in stage costume at the corner.
Matsuzaki Masahiko was so frightened at the time that he seemed to see heaven. But before the revolving lantern was over, the phantom turned around and returned the same way as if it was avoiding him.
At this time, a series of footsteps were heard behind everyone.
Jiang Xia turned around and saw Kurosawa and Ma walking towards him with flashlights.
The island watcher wiped the rain off his clothes and looked at them in confusion: "What are you all doing here? Don't you want to sleep at night?"
Jiang Xia glanced at him and said, "Your little brother... um, I mean your companion, has he offended anyone recently?"
Kurosawa and Ma's heart skipped a beat: Could it be that this detective had seen through their murder plan and was giving him a subtle warning? !
He showed a puzzled expression: "No, we just came to see the island, what trouble can we cause - why are you asking this suddenly?"
While inquiring about the situation, he guessed that maybe Taro Izuka let the cat out of the bag, or that he was too hasty and revealed a flaw in his actions.
Just as I was thinking about how to make it all come together, Jiang Xia spoke with sympathy: "He's dead, in the bathtub over there."
Kurosawa Kazuma: “?!”
……impossible!
…
However, the facts before him soon dispelled his hope.
The tub of blood in the bathtub and the unfortunate colleague floating in the water were like a heavy punch, crushing the outlaw's confidence in standing at the top of the food chain.
"how so……"
Kurosawa Hema was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a figure popped up in his mind.
——Hashimoto Maya.
Both of them are members of the organization... and here, the only one who can defeat a member of the organization is another member of the organization!
(End of this chapter)
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