"Can you tell me now?"
Conan skillfully lied to Uncle Kogoro and Ran, saying he was going to Dr. Agasa's house to play video games. He jumped into the repairman's car, buckled his seatbelt, and then finally spoke.
The great detective's heart was itching like a cat's, but Tsuneo kept ignoring him and even told him to shut up. With so many people in the apartment, he couldn't ask directly.
First, you said Takenoshita Yuki wanted to kill someone, so what was her motive? And what kind of weapon did you find in her bag?
"So, are you still playing video games?" Tsuneo started the car, glancing at him sideways.
Your curiosity is a little too strong...
"You, hurry up and tell me." Conan weakly kicked his little legs; he really couldn't argue with him. The events in that apartment tonight were too chaotic, and he didn't know how many brain cells he'd lost.
"You've solved so many cases; you should know how terrifying a woman's jealousy can be when it flares up, right?" Tsuneo smiled.
It might burn so intensely that she doesn't even recognize herself.
"You mean, Takenoshita Yuki was jealous of Kusano Kaoru? Why?" Conan tilted his head.
None of these four people had a bad career, so it shouldn't have reached this point. Moreover, after she realized that the engagement party was fake, she clearly...
"Ken... Kenzaki Shu?!" The great detective was slightly stunned. It was obvious he had finally understood.
There wasn't much difference in their careers, so was it love?
"I'm afraid it's more than just that." Tsuneo said, gripping the steering wheel.
Kenzaki alone wouldn't have made that fire burn so fiercely.
"Speaking of which, I remember Takenoshita Yuki was also a regular in the Detective Samonji drama, right?" Conan placed a finger on his chin, entering thought mode.
"I've watched that show. She used to play the female reporter by Samonji's side, which is Kusano Kaoru's current role." Tsuneo nodded.
Although he didn't know the exact reason, being the female reporter by Samonji's side...
Being able to act with the person you like is definitely one of the reasons.
"Was the role stolen?"
"No, looking at how she finally let go, it shouldn't be that." Director Ko, sitting in the passenger seat, began a self-question-and-answer session.
"That question isn't that important." Tsuneo slowly pulled the car over to the side of the road, rolled down the window, and looked at a few young people on the roadside.
Now that the role had changed, she couldn't go back to the drama crew and had lost her beloved. She would only feel more pain the more she thought about it.
"Those threatening letters and the man stalking Kusano Kaoru, were they all her too?" The great detective's mood was a bit complicated.
No matter what Takenoshita Yuki was thinking, whether this person was good or bad, if a tragedy occurred due to such a misunderstanding, it would truly be unbearable to witness.
"It seems we should congratulate Uncle for getting a good job. From now on, stalkers and threatening letters won't appear." Tsuneo honked the horn twice.
A few young men who were surrounding a student on the roadside immediately swaggered over, yelling.
The great detective calmly watched the entire process of the repairman's heroic act. After the car started again, he asked, "How did you figure it out?"
He was referring to Takenoshita Yuki's feelings for Kenzaki Shu.
"Although she disguised it very well, the way that woman looked at him seemed to say..." Tsuneo suddenly smiled.
"Say what?"
"Take me back to your cave!"
"Is it that exaggerated..." Conan rolled his eyes.
After knowing the truth, reasoning indeed had fewer twists and turns, but you really observe carefully...
"My eyesight is good," Tsuneo nodded.
I can't very well tell you that I knew what would happen the moment I saw the four of them, can I?
"Alright, I still don't know why you suspected she would kill someone tonight." Conan sighed.
That you secretly went through her bag, I believe that much; you're capable of it!
"Heh, just assume I'm scared by you, the God of Death." Tsuneo, just by looking at the crossed-out names in the phonebook, knew he had a bit of a buff.
Coupled with the Mouri family of three, there's no need to say more about being cautious. After all, she's Yoko's friend; if he can help, he should.
Conan glanced at him sideways.
You're clearly the one who's super strange, yet you always bring me into it.
"What exactly was in that bag?"
"A one-piece raincoat and gloves." Tsuneo didn't lie about this; he really did look.
He had also previously admired that green, swimsuit-like performance outfit.
"The weapon?" Conan frowned.
The gloves were to avoid leaving traces of the crime, and the one-piece raincoat was probably to prevent blood splattering?
"You'll understand as soon as I tell you." As they spoke, Tsuneo had already parked the car in Dr. Agasa's yard.
"Stop being mysterious!" Conan had no intention of getting out of the car, staring at him as he asked.
The repairman extended his hand, smiling as he said, "On those gloves, the right thumb had a hole cut in it."
Scenes from the party tonight immediately began replaying in the great detective's mind like a slideshow.
"Why did you put on such dazzling nails again, Yuki?"
Kenzaki Shu said this when Takenoshita Yuki first entered.
Her red nails, adorned with flowers, left a deep impression.
"Fake nails?" Conan reached out to look at his own nails, then turned to confirm.
"Your eyesight isn't good enough. When she was eating, it was clear that the nail on her thumb was very thin." Tsuneo waved at Dr. Agasa in the French window.
Drinking coffee from a cup in the middle of the night again, with only a few strands of hair left...
"This weapon is indeed very clever." Conan nodded.
A very thin and sharp fake nail?
It would indeed not be difficult to dispose of it afterward.
"I saw her go to the restroom to change, and I hurried after her, but judging by the situation at the time, she should have already given up," Tsuneo said with a smile.
When he opened the door, she took out not the raincoat but that sexy performance outfit from her bag.
"I'm quite surprised. When did you become so responsible?" Conan suddenly felt that the repairman had changed.
At the time, he had been instigating Mr. Mankuma to confess. One reason was to bring the two lovers together, and the second was probably to intentionally say it for Takenoshita Yuki to hear.
That's right, looking at Kenzaki Shu not even turning his head, you could guess it anyway.
"Oh, Mankuma's cooking is delicious. Before I left, he even said he'd treat me to dinner next week." Tsuneo chuckled.
Jealous, aren't you?
You, the great detective, won't get to eat it this time!
"Is, is that so..." Conan was momentarily speechless.
"However, one person did surprise me a bit." Tsuneo glanced at the savior of the Japanese police beside him.
"Who?" Conan was a bit bewildered.
"Hoshino Terumi. That woman's mind is very sharp, or perhaps her sixth sense is very accurate." Tsuneo shook his head.
The way he said it suggested he had probably already guessed who the other person in the elevator was at the time.
"What do you mean?" Conan also felt that woman was strange. Her gaze was somewhat keen, and she seemed to have some story with the repairman.
"I wish she were dumber and hadn't seen the whole truth." Tsuneo was pointed at sternly by Ai in the house before realizing the car lights had been on the whole time, so he quickly turned them off.
He had praised Takenoshita Yuki's nails at the restroom door, and she must have heard it. As for whether there was any conversation between the two sisters, he didn't know.
"So you two?" Conan nodded after hearing this, then became curious about what secret these two had.
"You should get out of the car!"
Tsuneo's tone suddenly changed. For some reason, he seemed a little annoyed.
"..." Conan watched as the other person walked towards the apartment, completely unaware of what he had said wrong...
The repairman kicked a discarded can on the roadside, muttering softly:
"Why don't I have such a smart and beautiful fan..."
(End of Chapter)
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