PFC Chapter 17, the main feature begins.
Chapter 17, the main feature begins.
Exhausted from a nearly full day's work, Bai Yexiu collapsed onto the bed as soon as he saw it. He was simply too tired. He had been following that member at Mihua since the afternoon, but the member seemed to have noticed and drove away.
Left with no other option, Bai Yexiu snatched a skateboard from the child and left him a banknote. He then followed the member's car on the skateboard all the way to this desolate wilderness.
Seeing that no one was around, Bai Yexiu pulled out his gun and fired several shots at the car, blowing out the tires. The target was forced to abandon the car and flee, and Bai Yexiu gave chase, eventually engaging in a sniper duel with the target in the woods.
After subduing the target, Bai Yexiu chose a cave to conduct the interrogation... By the time he finished, it was nearly eight o'clock.
Despite his night vision, Bai Yexiu still got lost, as it was his first time in this forest. He walked through the woods for quite a while before finally spotting an inn.
This is the specific reason why Bai Yexiu is here. But encountering a fake child here was something he never expected.
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"By the way, what brings Brother Longze here?"
Conan looked at Bai Yexiu sitting next to him. He wasn't part of a tour group, so what was he doing here?
"Even though I'm not with a tour group, is it wrong for me to watch over things? The hotel owner isn't losing money," Bai Yexiu said nonchalantly.
It was mainly because he was so bored... He even set an alarm specifically to watch this show, otherwise he could have slept for two days.
"Why haven't we seen the hotel owner yet?"
"We've been waiting here for the hotel owner for ages," one of the restaurant staff complained.
"Hey, Ryuzawa, you're here to participate in the mystery show, right?" Hattori Heiji asked tentatively, deliberately sitting next to Byakuya Osamu.
The hotel owner didn't send him any of the 1000 Sherlock Holmes questions.
Bai Yexiu spread his hands and spoke truthfully: "I handed in my phone to cooperate with the boss, and I was too bored staying in my room. Now my guardian can't come to pick me up. I heard there would be a mystery show here, so I came to sit in."
Bai Yexiu's tone was full of helplessness, and he didn't seem to be lying.
Yes, he wasn't lying; he was telling the truth—the truth that is exactly how others perceive him.
Before this, Bai Yexiu had also contacted Gin to ask him to pick him up, but Gin said he was busy. There weren't many members he knew in Kyoto, and he couldn't ask an outsider to pick him up either—his appearance couldn't be known by the outsiders.
However, Bai Yexiu knew that once the inn matter was resolved, a car would take them back. —His precognitive abilities had worked again. So Bai Yexiu decided to watch the commotion, and then hitch a ride back.
perfect!
"guardian?"
Conan sensed something was off. Why did Ryuzawa Iruya not refer to her as "father," "mother," or other relatives, but instead as "guardian"?
Upon hearing Conan repeat, Byakuya added, "Ah, it's my father..."
Even Bai Yexiu himself didn't believe this, since the boss was still far away overseas. The reason he said "guardian" was because he didn't know what to call Gin; the boss definitely couldn't come, so only Gin could.
But he didn't want to call Gin "father" either; it felt really strange, especially if the boss found out...
(Boss: So what am I to you?)
Bai Yexiu banished the images from his mind. This was truly too painful.
"—And my mother," Bai Yexiu added at the opportune moment.
He felt that it would be alright if it were his mother, after all, he still remembered Gin's masculine nature a few days ago, he was just short of recording a video to save it.
"That's the main point, it's more convenient to say it that way, since 'guardian' covers all my blood relatives." Bai Yexiu continued to ramble.
"I see!" Conan seemed to suddenly understand and actually believed it.
Hattori Heiji, resting his chin on his hand, looked at him and said, "But you seem quite interested in mystery shows, and you just had to get lost near the hotel where the Sherlock Holmes tour group is staying..."
Hattori Heiji still suspected that this person was Kudo Shinichi. How could it be such a coincidence? He knew of Kudo's fondness for Sherlock Holmes. Since Kudo hadn't come this time, but a lost person had instead, how could this Ryuzawa Iruya be so conveniently nearby...?
If this person really is Kudo, then why would Kudo be able to disguise himself?
The more Hattori Heiji looked at Byakuya, the more he felt that he was Shinichi Kudo.
Before they knew it, most of the people in the restaurant had left because the wait had been too long.
Sensing Hattori Heiji's gaze, Shiroya looked directly at him with his deep, pure black eyes: "Do you think it's a coincidence that I'm here?"
But there was no reply. The man in the beige suit glanced out the window and said, "It's the hotel owner driving."
Aside from Bai Yexiu, everyone else's attention was drawn to the window. Bai Yexiu finally stood up quietly and found a spot towards the back to enjoy the view.
When someone noticed something was wrong, Conan and Hattori simultaneously opened the window and jumped out, but Hakuyasu stood there without moving.
He carefully recalled the premonition, and if there were no mistakes, today's episode should be Conan's moment of being exposed.
When the tour group heard that the hotel owner had died, they were all shocked and began discussing his death outdoors.
When Byakuya heard Kogoro Mouri's speculation that the innkeeper committed suicide because he didn't want anyone to get his first edition, he couldn't help but laugh.
Kogoro Mouri's thought process is indeed unique; he successfully eliminated a wrong answer.
"Hey, what are you laughing at, kid!" Kogoro Mouri said to him when he heard him laughing, as if he was about to give Hakuya Xiu a flick on the forehead any second later.
Bai Yexiu took a step back and said with a grin, "Uncle Mori is quite capable; he successfully eliminated a wrong answer!"
"That is..." Kogoro Mouri suddenly realized something was wrong halfway through his sentence. Was this brat praising me or insulting me?
At that moment, Hattori Heiji bumped into Conan, who was also searching for something on the ground, and the loud "thud" was audible to Byakuya.
Ran's words successfully cleared Byakuya Osamu, who had been suspected by Hattori Heiji for a long time, of suspicion for the time being.
The things Hattori Heiji said in the dining room had already made Byakuya realize that Hattori Heiji suspected him of being Shinichi Kudo. Byakuya said that there was nothing he could do, but since Conan would eventually be exposed, it didn't matter how much Hattori Heiji suspected him.
When the group arrived at the hotel owner's room, Bai Yexiu saw his broken phone and felt a pang of heartache for no apparent reason.
Although he doesn't usually use this phone, it's been with him for so long, and he's a little heartbroken to lose it suddenly.
At this moment, Hattori Heiji brought more bad news: the transportation was unusable.
While everyone else was pondering the murderer, Bai Yexiu was thinking about what he would do to get back since he had no means of transportation.
Seeing the man's panicked attempt to return home, Bai Yexiu felt a sudden surge of pleasure for some reason.
Bai Yexiu quite enjoyed the feeling of being a bystander in a case, because seeing the panicked look on the crowd would inexplicably give him a sense of pleasure.
Maybe I really do have a problem!
Especially since he killed Takeshita Yuya in front of the police at the video game company. If he didn't have to leave immediately, he would have liked to stay there a little longer and watch the police scramble around.
When I came to my senses, a woman in a red dress was laughing in the same way as Koizumi Akako.
Bai Yexiu looked at the woman and understood what was going on.
Okay, I got it. You're next.