Chapter 1826-1833 [You have also retired from the underworld]
Jiang Xia continued, "The murderer had placed a rope over a thick branch at a high place, and tied a stone slightly heavier than the victim to the top of the slope behind the tree. After the noose was successfully put around the victim's neck, he only needed to pry open the fixing point above the window and then let go. The victim would be strangled by the noose and dragged out. While struggling with the stone, he would be dragged to the bottom of the tree and eventually hung on the tree. After that, the murderer only needed to retract the excess rope and cover the top of the slope with grass leaves and soil to disguise a 'suicide' scene."
Hashimoto Maya suddenly realized: No wonder Jiang Xia paid attention to the slope at that time, it turned out that this was a clue to the murder. And according to the detective's keenness in clues, even if there was no accident like "Izuka Taro's sudden death", Kurosawa Kazuma's little trick of murder would never have succeeded.
As he was thinking, he looked down and saw that the unlucky colleague in the organization had a pale face. Hashimoto Maya was silent for a while, took the napkin, rolled up two paper rolls, and silently blocked his ears: Don't listen, just concentrate on surviving.
Although there was one less listener, Jiang Xia's progress in solving the case was not affected.
"And because the 'Phantom' 'jumped into the sea and died' last night, everyone inevitably let down their guard. So early this morning, the murderer stole the crossbow used as a decoration on the wall, hid it on the cabinet with a timing device, and aimed the arrow at a specific position. Then he disguised himself as an enthusiastic temporary chef and guided his target to sit in the position where he would be shot."
When the enthusiastic temporary chef this morning was mentioned, everyone turned their heads and looked at Kariya Yuto who had remained silent the entire time.
Perhaps the series of reasoning was carried out too quickly, and everything that needed to be said had been said, so Kariya Yuto didn't know what to say for a moment.
In the end, he could only sneer, took out a knife from somewhere, and looked at Toda Takako.
However, under everyone's vigilant gaze, Kariya Yuto did not immediately rush over and stab her a few times, but was concentrating on recalling something: "My parents were busy with their own things since I was a child and were too lazy to take care of me. During my junior high school years, I was a gangster with all the bad habits, smoking, racing, fighting, and doing everything... Hmm? What are you looking at that detective for?"
When Kariya Yuto was halfway through recalling, he suddenly noticed that the gazes of several guys from Teitan High School were somewhat strange. He immediately became alert, was forced to stop recalling, and followed them to look over.
"..." Jiang Xia maintained a kind smile, "We just suddenly remembered that a friend of ours had a similar experience to yours. It's nothing, just continue."
Kariya Yuto still felt that something was strange.
But the atmosphere was already here, so it was hard to stop. After hesitating for a moment, he continued, "But later in a fight, I almost beat one of the opponents to death. Looking at that dying face covered in blood, I felt scared for the first time. So later I stopped, decided to study hard, and stay away from these messy things.
"But it's not that easy to quit. Not only did the people who had grudges against me in the past, but even my former companions became my enemies. During that period, they came to cause trouble every day, and I was always beaten up."
Conan felt sympathy and touched his chin thoughtfully: "..." No wonder Jiang Xia found a part-time job as a cat finder for his gang of younger brothers before he got on the right track. Every day, that group of guys could be seen chasing cats and dogs everywhere, busy as hell.
It seems that if he wants to retire from the underworld, he has to find things for the people around him to do to kill time, so that they are too tired to pursue other things... Hmm? Speaking of which, has Jiang Xia really retired from the underworld?
Kudo, who had never been a delinquent, thought of the speeding car that he could still often see at night, and the cigarette box that Jiang Xia always carried with him. He felt that he had touched upon a completely unknown territory and fell into deep thought.
Meanwhile, Kariya Yuto didn't notice the child's complicated gaze. He was still immersed in his sweet and sour memories: "Just when I was about to give up, Fuyuko showed up. She suddenly sat behind me on the riverbank at sunset and said that she had noticed me for a long time. She told me not to worry about it alone anymore and that she would be my companion."
"That's how we met. Although we didn't have much interaction on the surface, we were each other's support in our hearts. After a few months, the group of people who harassed me finally forgot about my existence. I shaved off the hair that blocked my eyes, changed the words I used to describe gangsters, started to have a normal hairstyle, wear normal clothes, and do what normal students would do... Before I knew it, many people confessed their love to me, but there was only one heroine in my heart."
"But...those women actually dared to do that to her!" Kariya Yuto's tone suddenly became gloomy: "Fuyuko was depressed in the hospital for a long time, and finally decided to forgive them, but they didn't know how to be grateful at all!
"When they came to the hospital to visit Dongzi that day, they were in tears and looked like they were sincerely repenting.
"But after they left, when I was helping Dongzi walk around the hospital for rehabilitation, I heard two people chatting happily in the corridor. They were talking about..."
—I can’t believe that Tsukishima-san actually promised not to tell on us.
——Luckily, she is the type of person who likes to swallow her anger, otherwise we would be in trouble this time.
——I made a lot of money. Did you see her face just now? That face is so scary. She definitely can’t play Christine anymore. So the heroine role is mine. I was shocked when sulfuric acid was accidentally spilled on her face. I didn’t expect... I’m so lucky. Is this the legendary blessing in disguise?
"The next day, Dongzi jumped off the building."
Kariya Yuto clenched his fists: "'Sadness, pain, burning in the raging fire of hell'... what she said before jumping off the building made me determined to avenge her. I first sent an anonymous letter, ordering those women to withdraw from the drama and not to touch the role of Fuyuko. But they were so guilty that they quit the company directly.
"After that, they gradually lost contact, and two of them graduated very quickly. I could never find an opportunity to deal with them all at once, so I had to force myself to calm down, day after day.
"Originally I thought I could endure it for a long time, but not long ago, I actually received a love letter from one of them! Konda Eimi, she actually dared to treat me as her 'Romeo' without permission!"
Suzuki Sonoko remembered this and couldn't help asking, "So you pretended to agree to her, then stood her up, and even made a bet with others on how long she would wait for you as revenge?"
"Revenge?" Kariya Yuto laughed, "I did intend to take revenge on her, but not in such a childish way. I should have killed her that night, but..."
He suddenly turned his head and his eyes fell on Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia: “……?”
(End of this chapter)
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