In the world of Detective Conan, the female characters are all acting strangely!

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"I just thought it tasted really good, and I thought it was a new product from the manufacturer, so I ate a few more!"

"You're so stupid!"

Xia Ye sighed, speechless.

"You call yourself the 'Queen of the Legal World,' and you've offended countless people while fighting lawsuits. You should be more cautious than ever, yet you dare to eat things of unknown origin!"

"Fortunately, although the poison was potent, it was a slow-acting one, which allowed me to save you. If it had been an instantaneous poison, we wouldn't be talking to you in the hospital room right now, but rather viewing your remains in the morgue!"

"Xia Ye!"

Xiao Lan pouted.

I feel like Xia Ye's words were too harsh!

But then I thought about it.

A deep sense of lingering fear welled up in her heart!

Xia Ye was actually right. If the murderer had put deadly poison in the chocolate, then Mom—

"sorry......."

Eri Kisaki looked ashamed.

Seeing the sudden look of fear in her daughter's eyes, feeling Yukiko's sweaty hand gripping hers tightly, and hearing Natsume's stern yet caring words, she truly knew she had made a mistake.

In case something happens to me.

How heartbroken and desperate Xiaolan will be.

Yukiko will feel regret.

and also--

Eri looked up at Natsume.

This guy must be sad too, after all, he lost his favorite "character", so he must feel sad for a while, right?

"Never mind, I'll be more careful next time!"

The aloof queen bowed her head in apology, and Xia Ye couldn't bear to scold her any further. "You have to do this for all the people who care about you—"

"Jingle Bell--!"

All eyes turned to Xia Ye again.

Xia Ye took out her phone.

When the call came in, he frowned slightly.

"how's it going?"

"I'm sorry, Boss... I arrived too late. The old man you asked me to protect has already been shot and fallen to the ground. I just called an ambulance!"

A respectful voice came from the phone from a member of the security company. Now that the company was established, he could no longer be called "Big Brother," so the underlings now called Xia Ye "Boss."

"So fast?"

Xia Ye pondered for a moment.

He asked a few more questions about the situation at the scene, and then said:

"I understand. You can go back now. I'll handle the rest!"

"Yes!"

Xia Ye hung up the phone.

"Professor Agasa was attacked, again with crossbow bolts. The assailant even left behind a paper-folded spiral-crossed double sword, clearly indicating that the culprit is the same person who attacked Inspector Megure and Attorney Kisaki."

"A serial crime?"

Manager Matsumoto frowned, his expression turning serious:

"But what do these folded paper things mean? Is there any pattern to them?"

"That's easy~"

Xia Ye reached into her pants pocket, took out a brand new deck of cards from her inventory, and smiled, "The information the murderer deliberately left for us to see is definitely not some kind of puzzle game. These folded paper things are all in the deck of cards!"

"Poker cards?"

Manager Matsumoto looked at the three cards that Xia Ye had drawn from the deck of cards, and suddenly realized that, as Xia Ye had said, it was indeed very simple!

Xia Ye picked up the three cards in her hand and calmly said:

"Inspector Megure's name is Megure Juzo, and the straight sword the killer placed next to him is the sword held by the King in the deck of cards."

"Attorney Fei's name contains the character 'Fei,' which means Queen. She received the flower from the playing card depicting the Queen holding it."

"The character '士' in Professor Agasa's name, when broken down, is the Chinese character for 'eleven,' so the culprit placed the spiraling, crossed swords that Jack holds in the playing card after attacking him."

"K, Q, J, the killer intended to commit the crimes in this order, hmm, maybe~"

After listening to Xia Ye's analysis, Manager Matsumoto temporarily stopped dealing with the case and stared at Xia Ye in a daze.

I originally thought he was only good at fighting, but I didn't expect him to be so good at reasoning as well. Coupled with the superb medical skills he subtly revealed, there really are all-around geniuses in this world who make people feel ashamed of themselves!

Thus.

The Metropolitan Police Department no longer needs to buy trending topics.

Natsume could definitely become a prominent figure in the Metropolitan Police Department on her own.

However, he's still a temporary worker. Although he has a contract, it's not a pleasant story. Who knows when the media might use a loophole to attack him!

It seems I need to find an opportunity to have Sato ask Natsume why she doesn't want to become a full-fledged police officer. As long as she gets a permanent position, everything is negotiable!

"Xia Ye, you mean—"

"Will the killer continue killing in the order of the playing cards, killing all thirteen people?"

"I asked," said Miwako Sato.

Xia Ye knew the plot was certain, but because she couldn't reveal his identity as a time traveler, she couldn't let him say it directly. However, she could cooperate with him and ask him more questions about the case!

"Of course it's impossible!"

Xia Ye put the playing cards away and chuckled softly:

"This is most likely a variant of the ABC murder case. The killer really wanted to kill one or more of the people represented by the playing cards, and the others were just there to mislead people!"

"The ABC Murder Case..."

Manager Matsumoto naturally understood what this meant, but after pondering for a moment without any clue, he looked at Natsume again and said in a deep voice:

"Inspector Megure, Attorney Kisaki, Professor Agasa, what is the connection between them?"

"It's related~"

Xia Ye glanced at Fei Yingli, only to find that the other woman was also looking at her with a strange expression.

She winked at her, earning a dismissive eye roll in return. Xia Ye didn't mind and smiled, saying:

"Originally, the attack on Inspector Megure and Attorney Kisaki could be attributed to a problem with a case they were involved in. However, the subsequent incident involving Professor Agasa seems unrelated to the case. Therefore, there is only one person who can be connected to all three of them: Kogoro Mouri!"

"gross profit?!"

The Matsumoto manager was taken aback.

How did this get involved with Kogoro Mouri again?

"Manager!"

Inspector Megure, sitting in his wheelchair, seemed to have thought of something and said with a serious expression:

"Speaking of the Mori, there's someone who's very suspicious!"

"Say!"

"Murakami!"

Inspector Megure glanced at Eri Kisaki on the hospital bed, noticing her frosty expression upon hearing the name, clearly indicating her displeasure. He sighed inwardly and continued:

“He was a criminal suspect that Maoli and I arrested ten years ago. During the interrogation, he tried to escape and took hostages, but he was eventually caught and sentenced to ten years!”

“Yesterday, the prison informed me that Murakami Takeshi has been released. Before he went to prison, he kept saying he wanted revenge, so I suspect he is the culprit behind these attacks!”

Although Inspector Megure glossed over the hostage situation with a few words, there were actually two people involved at the scene.

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Xiaolan had already remembered who Murakami Takeshi was—the culprit who caused her parents to separate and her father to quit his job. She cautiously looked at her mother, and sure enough, her mother's expression was not good!

Eri Kisaki felt something was off.

She actually didn't feel anything about that matter anymore. The reason for her strange expression now had nothing to do with that matter. It was just that she subconsciously glanced at Xia Ye when she thought about that matter just now, and felt unhappy!

Why should I look at him?

What does it have to do with him?

"Uncle Murakami..."

Matsumoto, the manager, nodded slowly:

"I'll have someone investigate right away!"

"Inspector Megure—"

Xia Ye knew, of course, that Murakami Takeshi was not the murderer.

After ten years of imprisonment, this unfortunate kid has truly reformed. Upon his release, he only wants to thank Kogoro Mouri and explain that he has turned over a new leaf and is no longer a bad guy!

however--

The real killer has already set his sights on his identity.

Shortly after his release from prison, the murderer seized an opportunity to kill him, intending to pin all the murder charges on him.

It's a complete tragedy!

"What's wrong, Xia Ye?"

Inspector Megure looked at Natsume with curiosity.

The feeling I get from this Xia Ye guy is just like when Shinichi Kudo was first born – a sense of security having a famous detective by my side!

........ ..... .......

"Is that Murakami Takeshi very powerful?"

Xia Ye asked.

"power?"

Inspector Megure smiled and shook his head:

"How could that be? When Mori and I arrested him, he was just the owner of a small poker casino. Given his crimes, he would only get a year or two in prison. The ten-year sentence was only given after he took hostages. So he was just a small fry and didn't have any power!"

"In that case, he can't be the murderer!"

Xia Ye said decisively:

"He spent ten years in prison and had no idea what was going on outside. It's impossible for him to have found out about so many people around Kogoro Mouri overnight and match the numbers on the playing cards to them one by one!"

"Someone is definitely trying to use his identity. As for him, he's either imprisoned somewhere or—he's dead!"

"what!"

Inspector Megure exclaimed in surprise and couldn't help but ask:

"Xia Ye, are you sure about this conclusion?"

"pretty close!"

Xia Ye, brimming with confidence, then added:

"However, just to be on the safe side, let's investigate Murakami Takeshi first. We must find him, whether he's alive or dead!"

"I will give the order."

Manager Matsumoto had basically come to believe Natsume's reasoning, but as Natsume said, what needed to be done still needed to be done.

"that--"

Miwako Sato slightly raised her hand as a reminder: