newbobooks Chapter 108 "Who Are You?"
Chapter 108 "Who Are You?"
"Come to think of it, I'm also in the top four."
Hattori Heiji held the sword and looked at the person in front of him with cold eyes: "Then - please teach me!"
Chiyoichiro was breathing heavily, not really wanting to accept this challenge. He took a step back and said, "The last round is undecided. I refuse your challenge! Now everyone, drive out the outsiders!"
Hattori Heiji sneered: "Why, you don't dare anymore?"
However, the next moment, the islanders who chose to follow Chiyoichiro stood up, drew their swords, and confronted Hattori Heiji and others.
The two sides immediately became tense.
At this moment, the melodious voice of the young man came slowly and leisurely -
"Young people want to compete, so we have to give them a chance no matter what."
The young man in white stood there with a sword in his hand, suddenly inserting himself between the two sides.
The light golden eyes were still smiling: "Or do you actually want to kill everyone to silence them?"
Chiyoichiro's face darkened: "You have no right to speak here!"
"Don't you want to know who saw you and Nanuchi Sukuya murder the island owner that night?"
The young man showed his white and sharp teeth.
Chiyoichiro's pupils shrank slightly, and he pointed his sword: "I don't know what you are talking about, shut up!"
His sword struck out quickly, and Hattori Heiji's heart skipped a beat. Just as he was about to step forward, he saw the white-haired young man raise the sword in his hand and casually deflect Chiyoichiro's sword.
"Zheng——"
The force was so great that Chiyoichiro had to grit his teeth to prevent the sword in his hand from being bounced away. He took several steps back and felt that his sword-holding hand was trembling slightly. When he looked at Baichuanqiu again, his eyes changed again and again.
——Who is this young man?
Hattori Heiji was also dumbfounded.
I almost surrendered! Mr. Baichuan is so strong!
No, Mr. Shirakawa is also a kendo master?
"Who are you? What is your purpose in coming to this island?" Chiyoichiro looked fierce but was actually weak, staring at Shirakawa Akane viciously.
"Me?" Bai Chuanqiu pointed at himself, then made a sword flower and smiled gently, "Just a passerby who doesn't like you."
"Come on! Drive out these foreigners!" Chiyoichiro roared.
Baichuan Qiu's eyes were slightly cold. He stopped several islanders and whispered, "Hattori, I'll leave that old man to you! I'm not interested."
Hattori Heiji: "Huh?"
He thought Mr. Baichuan would...
The white-haired young man turned his head and blinked: "If you beat that old man, you will be the champion!"
Hattori Heiji: "!!!"
Without hesitation, Hattori Heiji rushed directly towards Chiyoichiro.
On the other side, Lin Zhaowu and his teammates also drew their swords and started fighting with the islanders.
Conan began brainstorming under the cover of Maori Ran and others.
Who was the person who killed Kusunoki Sukuya?
Why did he do this?
Suddenly, the wind in the bamboo forest began to grow stronger, even feeling like a gale, blowing the bamboos all over the place and causing the leaves to fly.
Conan stretched out his hand, feeling the wind blowing across the back of his hand, and his mind suddenly exploded -
The murderer most likely witnessed Chiyoichiro and Kusunoki Sukuya murdering the island owner.
But there are two contradictions:
First, the murderer saw the death of the island owner, but did not tell others immediately. Instead, after Chiyoichiro forgot about the "human sword dance" incident, he helped to forge it so that others could not discover the island owner's death at the first time.
Second, the murderer killed Kusunoki Sukuya in order to let someone go to the island owner to report the situation, and thus discovered that the island owner was dead and the old island owner Chiyoichiro was back in power.
But these two points are contradictory.
On the one hand, he helped to cover up, and on the other hand, he deliberately exposed...
Neither helping the island owner Chiyo Hayato, nor helping the old island owner Chiyo Ichiro...
Is the murderer... stalling for time?
A figure suddenly flashed through Conan's mind.
——Maybe it’s because... he hates everyone equally!
He hates the old island owner and the current island owner!
Because no matter who it is, he will not live a happy life!
Could it be that person?
The wind blew stronger and stronger, and the clothes of the people in ancient robes fluttered, and their movements became much slower. Conan had an ominous premonition in his heart.
His eyes searched the crowd but he didn't see the target he wanted to see. His heart skipped a beat and he quickly took advantage of the chaos in the crowd and ran outside.
Baichuan Qiu kicked the man away, and the sword in his hand turned flexibly, nimbly knocking down the swords in the hands of several people.
System: "Host, Conan ran away."
Shirakawa Qiu turned his head and saw Conan disappearing.
The young man raised his eyebrows slightly.
As expected, the abnormality was discovered so quickly?
He quickly scanned the scene and saw Hattori Heiji and Chiyoichiro fighting fiercely.
I can only say that he is worthy of being a member of the protagonist group. Even though he is very young and has not gone as far as Chiyo Ichiro in the way of kendo, at this critical moment, his potential explodes, and it is no problem for him to fight against the weakened Chiyo Ichiro.
This puts him at ease.
Bai Chuanqiu waved the sword in his hand and shouted to Lin Zhaowu, "Xiaowu, I leave this to you!"
Lin Zhaowu turned around, his face stained with blood, and nodded to Bai Chuanqiu: "Okay, leave this to us."
Baichuan Qiu put away his sword and chased in the direction Conan left.
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On this side, Conan finally saw the boy's figure, and he quickened his pace to catch up with him.
The young man walked all the way to the back of the bamboo forest with steady steps and a calm posture. Conan followed him carefully and came with him to the depths of the deserted bamboo forest.
This bamboo forest was unattended, the islanders letting it grow wildly. The wind blew the fallen leaves, making the entire mountain sway in the wind. The rugged road continued until it reached an open space, and the boy finally stopped moving forward.
He turned around and looked at Conan in front of him with a cold expression: "Don't follow me anymore."
At this moment, his tone was steady and coherent, without any sign of stuttering.
Conan's face darkened: "It's you."
Makino Xiaoyou!
During these days, Conan also met many people on the island. They all got along well and formed a deep relationship.
After their first encounter, they met Makino Xiaoyou several more times. They even invited the boy to dinner once, which gave them a deeper understanding of his situation on the island.
They all felt sympathy for the young man.
However, after these things happened, Conan kept recalling in his mind, and gradually associated the murderer's shadow with this poor man.
This boy, Makino Xiaoyou, has been bullied on the island, has a cold heart and a miserable life!
Nanauchi Sukuye is also an adult man with some swordsmanship skills. If Makino Xiaoyou wants to kill Nanauchi Sukuye, he can only use that tricky method.
Moreover, this method is simple and effective, and there is no evidence to identify the murderer.
Even to this day, Conan is unable to produce any evidence.
However, Makino Xiaoyou's method of using light and shadow to disguise himself as the island owner exposed himself.
From the distance of the light source, the height of the island owner, the size of the shadow, Conan can roughly calculate the murderer's height and body shape.
There are really not many people on this island. Among all the people Conan has seen, only Makino Xiaoyou meets all the characteristics.
Moreover, Makino Xiaoyou was ostracized because of his appearance and has always lived alone in a remote location. The islanders would not know what he wanted to do, and there would be no witnesses.
Makino Xiaoyou tilted his head slightly: "I don't know what you are talking about."
Conan looked at him steadily, his voice calm: "Okay, if you don't know, then I'll tell you--"
The child stood in the bamboo forest. Although he was so short, his aura as a famous detective did not diminish at all.
Conan recounted his reasoning and the circumstances of the crime one by one, his tone full of conviction, which left Makino Xiaoyou silent.
"You noticed the old island master as soon as he returned to the island, right? Mr. Shirakawa noticed your gaze that day, so he suddenly stopped."
Makino Koyou had been secretly observing the tourist group and recognized Chiyo Ichiro hiding in the crowd, so he planned on the first night on the island, pushing the female tourist down and using her body to measure the size of the cave entrance.
I'm afraid Makino Xiaoyou has long known that it is difficult to kill the old island owner, but killing Nanauchi Sukuya would be much easier.
However, what Conan didn't quite understand was why Makino Xiaoyou was secretly observing the tourist group and helping the old island owner to disguise the illusion of "human figure dancing with swords", greatly delaying the time for the old island owner to be discovered.
Judging from the situation that the female tourist fell into the dry toilet that day, Makino Xiaoyou was planning all this on impulse.
What is the reason behind this?
"who are you?"
Makino Xiaoyou spoke in a hoarse voice and looked at Conan with a complicated expression.
This kid's reasoning is actually basically consistent!
Conan raised his head, his eyes determined, and said his name skillfully -
"My name is Edogawa Conan, and I am a detective."