Chapter 109

"Next..."

Kudo Yukiko twisted her body uneasily, but didn't break free.

She breathed heavily and said with forced composure:

"Actually, if it's a copycat crime based on a novel, we just need to keep a close eye on Izumo Keitaro when the train enters the Seikan Tunnel and make sure nothing happens to him."

"However, the Seikan Tunnel is over fifty kilometers long, and I'm just a weak woman. Can, can you help me?"

"Help you? No problem."

Akaso Kaze smiled, "My commission fee is very expensive."

Kudo Yukiko suddenly turned back, seemingly having made a decision.

She looked at Akaso Kaze, her eyes flashing with fire.

"What do you want? I... can give you anything..."

[Ding, Yukiko has developed a favorable impression of you; current favorability is 5.]

[Women with a favorability of 5 can become lovers; do you want to become lovers with Yukiko?]

Success!

Akaso Kaze's mouth curled up slightly.

Little Conan, that "Dad" of yours really wasn't called in vain.

Outside Akaso Kaze's compartment, Conan was still waiting like a fool.

He had no idea that the target he was supposed to be monitoring had long since gone to another room.

And in that room, there was also his mother...

Time passed bit by bit, and soon it was early morning. The train, amidst a rumbling sound, sped into the tunnel.

At this time, it was pitch black outside the train window.

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out from afar.

"Oh no, this is bad!"

Kudo Yukiko suddenly sat up from the bed.

"It's all your fault, it's over, I'm afraid something has already happened."

The woman coquettishly pounded Akaso Kaze's chest with her small fists.

"This can't be blamed on me; who told Madam Yukiko to be so seductive?"

Akaso Kaze winked at her.

"You, you know who I am!"

Kudo Yukiko was greatly shocked.

"No, I don't know. I only know that from now on, you are my woman."

"Don't worry, leave the case to me. You get a good sleep, and everything will be solved tomorrow."

Akaso Kaze smiled slightly, got up, got dressed, and went out.

Leaving only Yukiko covering her blushing face.

He knew everything...

At this moment, Conan was also awakened, and he ran to the corridor vigilantly.

Just then, Mouri Kogoro also walked out of his compartment.

"What happened?"

The sleeping detective looked confused.

Just then, someone ran over from the carriage door.

Wrapped up tightly.

Behind him, a train attendant was in hot pursuit, shouting to Mouri Kogoro: "Careful! He's a murderer; he just shot and killed someone in the front carriage."

What! Mouri Kogoro and Conan were shocked and hurriedly looked at the man who had already run past.

At this time, the man had already opened the door of the adjacent compartment and fired a few shots inside.

Then he looked at Mouri Kogoro and Conan in the corridor and turned the muzzle toward them.

The two were so scared they hurriedly dodged.

Thud.

The man froze.

He slowly leaned forward and crashed to the ground with a bang.

Behind him, a figure was revealed.

Akaso Kaze's mouth curled up slightly.

"Murderer, caught."

Hand of Intent.

Poof, poof.

Two souls were plucked from the head of the man who had fallen to the ground.

This trip is really nice; a full harvest.

The train attendant stepped forward to grab the criminal who had already fainted.

Mouri Kogoro and Conan looked at Akaso Kaze in confusion.

When did this guy appear?

How did he happen to be right behind the criminal?

The door next to them opened, and Ran walked out, rubbing her eyes.

"It's so noisy, what happened?"

Conan's eyes suddenly lit up.

He turned to look at Akaso Kaze's room behind him, then looked at Akaso Kaze's current position, and asked naively:

"Akaso-niisan, why did you walk over from that carriage?"

"Isn't your room behind me?"

"It's so late, what were you doing?"

Ran's gaze immediately looked over.

Akaso Kaze smiled slightly.

This little Conan, it seems he's been watching me.

But it doesn't matter; he was well-prepared for how to deal with him.

"Do you guys know who this criminal is?"

Akaso Kaze kicked the man who had fainted on the ground.

Conan looked down and thought, his little brain turning rapidly.

"The person he killed in the front carriage is Izumo Keitaro, the president of the Izumo Jewelry Company we met during the day."

Akaso Kaze reminded him.

"So that's it, then this criminal must be the jewelry robber Asama Anji; he came to take revenge on President Izumo."

Mouri Kogoro said confidently.

Conan, however, frowned and didn't speak.

The scene in front of him gave him a sense of déjà vu.

Although he didn't know the truth, a voice in his heart told him.

The criminal who fainted on the ground is definitely not Asama Anji.

Akaso Kaze smiled slightly but didn't answer.

He turned to the train attendants and said: "Excuse me, there is a corpse hanging outside the window of this compartment; please bring it in."

"What? There's another corpse?"

Everyone present was stunned.

Several train attendants hurriedly ran into the compartment and sure enough, found a hanging corpse outside the broken window.

They moved the corpse to the corridor, and it was eerily dressed exactly the same as the fainted criminal.

"You guys guess who this guy is?" Akaso Kaze asked.

"This, this..."

Looking at the two people who looked almost the same, Mouri Kogoro was completely confused.

Conan's eyes lit up, he squatted down, and lifted the mask and beard of the corpse's disguise.

"The corpse is Asama Anji? Then this criminal disguised as him is..."

"The real murderer is Kaetsu Toshinori."

Akaso Kaze said while tearing off the disguise of the fainted criminal.

A light flashed in Conan's eyes.

Akaso Kaze looked at him and said with a smile: "This guy's criminal method imitated an unfinished novel by Mr. Kudo Yusaku."

"Mr. Kudo Yusaku had long discovered the possible crime, so he and his wife took two different trains where the case might occur. Madam Kudo Yukiko is on this train."

"I wasn't in my room so late because I was discussing the possible crime with Madam Kudo Yukiko."

"What? Mom is here?"

Conan's eyes widened.

The woman dating Akaso Kaze is his mother?

"Akaso-san is right."

Kudo Yukiko walked over gracefully from behind Akaso Kaze.

"I asked Akaso-san to help me find the criminal, which is why we were able to catch him on the spot."

"So it's Madam Yukiko." Mouri Kogoro and Ran greeted Yukiko.

Kudo Yukiko explained the reason for this trip, and the Mouri father and daughter immediately accepted her explanation.

Conan, however, looked at his radiant mother, his eyes full of suspicion.

A man and a woman alone discussing a case late at night—who are you trying to fool?

Akaso Kaze and the Mouri father and daughter helped the train attendants take the criminal away.

Conan came to Kudo Yukiko's side and looked up: "Mom, why did you come back to Japan?"

"Haha! Shin-chan, it's great that you're okay!"

Kudo Yukiko didn't answer; she pulled Conan over and looked him up and down.

Conan rolled his eyes, didn't resist, but his expression was very unhappy.

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"I'm asking, Mom, what are you and Akaso-san up to? It's one thing that you didn't tell me you were here, but why are you with this guy?"

"What? You dare to doubt your mother?"

Kudo Yukiko's acting skills were off the charts; she glared and twisted Conan's ear.

"Ouch, Mom, I was wrong, I shouldn't have doubted you."

Conan's tears fell from the pain.

He felt relieved in his heart.

Mom's reaction is normal; it seems nothing should have happened.

"Oh, Conan, what's wrong with you?"

The returning Akaso Kaze asked with a smile.

"No, nothing, my ear is a bit itchy."

Conan touched his red little ear and said with a mournful face.

Akaso Kaze smiled knowingly and said to Kudo Yukiko: "By the way, Madam, there is still time before we arrive; why don't we discuss the case again, so we don't miss anything."

"This... okay."

Kudo Yukiko nodded with feigned composure.

"Oh? The criminal has been caught, and you still want to discuss it?"

Conan's eyes widened again.

He watched the two walk into the compartment.

Conan followed them stealthily.

As soon as the door closed, Akaso Kaze immediately held Kudo Yukiko.

"Don't, don't, Conan is still outside..."

"Don't worry, I did it on purpose."

Akaso Kaze raised an eyebrow and used sound-transmission magic to give Yukiko some instructions in her ear.

Conan pressed his ear against the compartment door.

However, the soundproofing of this train was very good, and he couldn't hear the conversation inside at all.

Conan's eyes moved; he took off his glasses, twisted off the bug on the temple, and secretly pushed it in from under the door.