Chapter 236

However, things often develop in the worst possible way that people can imagine. When Xingchuan and Ming walked out of the cubicle, before they could raise their heads, a strong and pungent smell of blood directly hit their faces, which immediately made them cough repeatedly.

Xingchuan and Minggu couldn't help coughing, and immediately took a few quick steps, turned around the screen outside the cubicle and looked outside, only to see a dead body lying on the ground near the corridor near the bathroom door.

The face of the corpse was very familiar; it was his half-brother, Yuta Kamimura, who had grabbed the collars of Hoshikawa and Akira not long ago.

There was a dagger stuck in Yuta Uemura's chest, but there was not much blood on his clothes. His face was purple, his expression was distorted, there was blood on his lips, and his arms were stretched out to his sides, but his fists were tightly clenched, as if he was going to punch hard.

Yuta Uemura died of poisoning, as evidenced by his abnormal face and blood on his lips. The dagger was stabbed into his chest after his death, so the amount of bleeding was so small. His body language was full of anger, and it was obvious that he learned some truth that made him angry just before his death. If he could leave any clues, it would probably be evidence directly pointing to the murderer.

The first time they saw the corpse, Xingchuan and Ming had already come up with these answers in their minds. However, the next second, new doubts arose.

When I entered the bathroom just now, I looked around. There was no body here at that time, and no one passed by in the corridor. So the murder should have happened after I entered the bathroom. But the strange thing is that I was in the bathroom cubicle next door just now, but I didn't hear any sound of struggle.

If it was really poisoning, and the deceased was in a state of anger before being killed, how could there be no sound? In the period before death, the angry deceased would definitely try to create some movement, or directly leave a death message in a place where it can be reached.

However, before Xingchuan and Ming could think further, the bathroom door was suddenly opened. The protagonist of this banquet, Uemura Shouta, walked in. When he saw Xingchuan and Ming, he was stunned for a moment and greeted them subconsciously:

"Hishikawa? You're here too, you...wait, that's, Yuta? How come this is happening?"

At this time, Shota Kamimura finally saw the body of Yuta Kamimura lying on the ground. His expression was blank for a moment, and then he walked forward involuntarily, wanting to carefully check Yuta Kamimura's condition.

Hoshikawa and Ming subconsciously reached out to stop him, so that his actions would not destroy the scene. At the same time, Maori Kogoro, who followed Shota Uemura into the bathroom, also caught up and grabbed Shota Uemura's shoulders, and shouted at the same time: "Wait! Mr. Uemura, please don't destroy the crime scene!"

Hoshikawa and Akira looked at the two men and saw that Kogoro Mori looked at Yuta Uemura's body with an extremely serious expression, while Shota Uemura looked sad and worried, and he looked like he was going crazy. Hoshikawa and Akira also heard him muttering in a low voice, almost collapsed:

"What should we do? Is there some curse on the Kamimura family's banquet? Why can't they get rid of the scandal of someone being killed twice in a row? If this continues, the media will soon be unable to suppress it, and the Kamimura family will definitely become a laughing stock in the eyes of all the major families!"

Xingchuan and Ming just felt a little disgusted. The deceased, Yuta Kamimura, was obviously the younger brother of Shota Kamimura. And unlike themselves, who grew up outside, they were real brothers who grew up together. Now that the younger brother is dead, the older brother is just worried about the impact on the family's reputation?

Is there any family affection and humanity left in the Kamimura family?

While Xingchuan and Ming were observing, more and more people noticed the situation here, and many people gathered in the corridor outside the bathroom. Maori Kogoro directed to maintain the scene and asked Maori Ran to call the police. At this time, Conan came out from nowhere and was already checking around the bathroom.

Xingchuan and Ming's heart skipped a beat, and they immediately bent down and hugged Conan's small body, while shouting, "Wait a minute, Conan, children should not play detective games at this time. Now is the time for adults to deal with things."

Seeing Conan looking back at him with a puzzled look, Xingchuan Heming whispered in his ear: "You must be more restrained today, otherwise once the people in the organization notice your abnormality, I'm afraid that even Mr. Maori will be implicated."

Conan's face changed drastically, and he immediately asked in a low voice: "Wait, Xingchuan, are you saying that there are indeed people from the organization here? Who is it?"

Hoshikawa Kazuaki felt helpless, knowing that Conan must want to take the risk to investigate on his own again. But even so, he couldn't keep it a secret from Conan forever, as that would be even more dangerous for him.

"I don't know exactly how many people there are. Anyway, the situation at today's banquet is too complicated. It's totally different from your previous little fights. You should take care of yourself first and don't cause trouble for others. Understand?"

Conan really relaxed after hearing that, and let Xingchuan and Ming pick him up and walk away from the body. However, in a place where no one else noticed, Conan crawled into Xingchuan and Ming's ears and whispered: "So, Senior Xingchuan actually knows which forces came to this banquet, and also knows what will happen here today, right? Is this all your plan?"

Xingchuan and Ming rolled their eyes and whispered, "You think too highly of me. I would never do such a thing. If I had known that there would be members of the organization present, I would have been in a hurry to hide, so how could I..."

At this point, Hoshikawa Kazuaki suddenly paused. He and Edogawa Conan in his arms looked at each other for a while, and suddenly realized that since he had already decided to hide from the organization, why did he insist on coming to the banquet after receiving a reminder call from Amuro Toru in the morning?

Doing so was totally inconsistent with my previous plan to prioritize the Red and Black War, and it was also inconsistent with my personality of saving my life first and then thinking about other things. So, why didn't I think of this at the time? Later, I clearly felt that something was wrong, so why didn't I realize that my thinking was biased?

Hoshikawa and Akira looked at Conan, who seemed to have calmed down in his arms but was actually still secretly observing and looking for clues. He also looked at the guests who had gathered outside and were afraid but curious about the murder that was happening in front of them, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

So, I must go to this banquet, right?

I had the chance and the ability to avoid the party, but I just ran into it headfirst as if my mind was disconnected. I am so familiar with this kind of action!

This is not a momentary impulse, nor is it arrogance or carelessness, but rather the thinking and choices are controlled by the comic book!

No wonder I couldn't use comic books anymore, and couldn't even read the real-time serialized comics on the forum. It turned out that the comic books were interfering with the plot of the story I was in. But why?

Hoshikawa Kazuaki used his mind to ask about the comic book, but the answer he got made him laugh and cry.

It turned out that he had once wanted to be recruited by the organization and thus sneak in to influence the plot, but later he kept suppressing the idea because of the thoughts of other vests. The comic book sensed this emotion and regarded it as the real purpose of Hoshikawa and Akira, so it led the plot to develop like this.

Xingchuan and Ming were helpless. Could it be that I have ruined myself again this time?

However, just as Hoshikawa and Akira were reflecting and wondering whether to laugh or cry, Uemura Shota suddenly pointed in their direction and shouted:

"It must be him! Hoshikawa Kazuaki! He must have killed my brother Yuta! When I just entered the bathroom, Hoshikawa Kazuaki was already here. And he was looking at the direction where Yuta fell. He must have killed Yuta!"

Xingchuan and Ming thought, this is even worse. They are being treated as suspects again.

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