He's in Detective Conan, and he's the mastermind behind everything.

Inspector Megure remained silent for a few moments before responding in a deep voice.

"understand!"

The communication fell silent. Megure felt a heavy weight in his heart. He followed Shinichi Kudo closely, only a few seconds later, and rushed into the apartment building, heading straight for the rooftop.

Shinichi Kudo looked left and right on the rooftop, but couldn't find Kiyoko Yukimatsu. Finally, his gaze fell on a clothes rack.

Above, a white dress is fluttering in the wind.

Megure also witnessed that scene and thought Shinichi Kudo had misjudged it. Just as he was about to offer some words of comfort, he heard:

"She's definitely here!"

"Um?!"

Shinichi Kudo stared intently at the sleeveless dress fluttering in the wind.

“The angle and wind direction are wrong. If it were just this, I definitely wouldn’t have been able to see it from my previous position.” He walked over and lightly sniffed the neckline of the dress, then kneaded the fabric. “This definitely doesn’t look like it’s been washed!”

He turned and walked downstairs: "Are there police officers guarding downstairs? Qingzi is definitely hiding somewhere in this building right now!"

Megure Juzo was slightly taken aback, then nodded with an excited expression.

"There are guards!"

As expected of Kudo, Kiyoko Yukimatsu's attempt to outsmart him backfired spectacularly!

Police officers were stationed on each floor. Shinichi Kudo and Juzo Megure started from the top floor, knocking on doors and checking each house. When they found a house that was not home, they asked a police officer with special skills to unlock it. The situation was urgent, and they couldn't worry about anything else.

After opening the third door, they didn't find anyone, but at least they had made a gain.

There was a green sticky note folded on the balcony curtains, with words written on it in neat handwriting.

What is it that you really want, Kudo-kun?

Shinichi Kudo ripped off the note, walked to the balcony railing, and looked around, his eyes shining brightly.

"I'm always searching for one thing: the truth!"

His voice was quite loud, as if he were announcing something to someone.

Inspector Megure also came over, and seeing him looking towards the other balconies, he suddenly realized: "The one here, Kiyoko Yukimatsu, is the one in good health. Her way of moving around doesn't necessarily follow the norm?"

"We definitely won't follow that rule. Look there, there are footprints on the white railing of the balcony!"

Shinichi Kudo pointed to a balcony to the side and turned to leave. A short while later, he came downstairs and saw another note on the balcony, with messy handwriting on it.

[The sea of ​​suffering is boundless, but turning back is the shore. - Kudo.]

Shinichi Kudo's heart skipped a beat. He turned to look at Inspector Megure, who had followed him, and hurriedly asked, "Is Suigetsu still in the police hospital?"

Inspector Megure glanced at the note and quickly called the person he had left to guard the police hospital. A moment later, he received a quiet reply:

"The door has never been opened; the person is already asleep."

This made Inspector Megure frown slightly, and after hanging up the phone, he relayed the message to Shinichi Kudo.

Shinichi Kudo also found it a bit strange. Just how carefree, or how much does Suigetsu look down on him, to be sleeping so soundly at a time like this?

You've been completely exposed, you know that?!

Shinichi Kudo glanced at the note again, crumpled it into a ball, and went up to the balcony to continue observing.

"Pretend to be a ghost!"

A few seconds later, he discovered a new clue, turned around and left, his back view revealing his eagerness.

This scene transformed into a circular window, merging into a dark red pupil.

Hua Ying hoped her delicate nose would wrinkle slightly and her little mouth would pout.

It's all because she couldn't provide her older brother with enough killing intent that he chose to reveal some of his true nature.

As for Shinichi Kudo, ha, Hanae thought with a disdainful smile.

"You dare to investigate my older brother, you idiot."

Chapter 285 Ying Sheng decides to live life to the fullest and escape unscathed!

First, human ingenuity has its limits.

Secondly, the system collects "love" and "murderous intent," which have a basic requirement for authenticity, and will also give a discount based on the proportion of authenticity.

Having fully understood these two points, Ying Sheng, who had been in a state of exploration for nearly a month, finally determined the path ahead.

He needs to let loose.

In other words, he had to make everyone suspect that he was up to something, clearly directing their murderous intent towards him, but without any concrete evidence, so that no one could do anything about him.

The right balance needs to be struck, but Ying Sheng doesn't think he's so bad at it that he'll immediately fail.

Toru Amuro, Kenta Nakamichi, Shinichi Kudo.

All three of them are still alive because of this.

The same reason he gave Qingzi when he took her shopping at noon today was the same.

He had no need to hide himself. If pursuing absolute invisibility would delay the acquisition of [love] and [murderous intent], then it would truly be a loss.

If Kiyoko replaces Vermouth, the plan can certainly continue.

But if she's still completely hidden in the shadows, looking pitiful and unhappy, then let's just forget about it.

Once this thought arose, Ying Sheng began to ponder what might happen next.

What will happen between the three parties—Soupocho, Amuro Tooru, and Vermouth—is something Hotaru certainly cannot control.

However, both Kiyoko and Vermouth had undergone medical examinations at Beika Central Hospital; after Vermouth disguised herself as Aoyagi Chiso, she made a phone call to Nakamichi Kenta without fully understanding the situation; Nakamichi Kenta knew about "what should have happened" that Wednesday afternoon.

Ying Sheng was fully aware of all these things.

Speculation 1: When Shinichi Kudo is unable to find Kiyoko Yukimatsu, he will ask Chiso Aoyagi for help.

"I'll leave the rest to you to keep an eye on things over there. I hope so."

When Hotaru said this, it was 4 p.m. today. There were already dead bodies outside the stadium and fighting had broken out in Sopocho, but the karate competition was not yet over.

After he appeared alongside Kiyoko, and after the significant connections Kiyoko was involved in were exposed, it was obvious that he would be taken away by the police for investigation.

Of course, he would arrange everything in advance.

"I'm sorry, big brother, I really, really want to kill you right now, is it too late?"

Hua Ying's tone was quite disappointed.

Ying Sheng chuckled: "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm very greedy. If I have one, I'll pursue two, and if I have two, I'll pursue three. It's endless. Alright, listen to me again. If Kudo Shinichi went to Aoyagi Chisato's side, what are the possible developments?"

Time passes.

After all, Hotaru wasn't omniscient. He couldn't have predicted that Vermouth would disguise herself as Sato Miwako and then be forcibly kidnapped by Amuro Tooru.

But as far as his target—which is highly suspected by all parties but cannot be completely identified—is concerned, this matter is irrelevant.

The side he exposes to the brewery and Shinichi Kudo is completely different. As long as the two sides cannot complete the information exchange, then he will be fine.

In the long run, to achieve this goal, Shinichi Kudo has to die.

Although it's a bit of a pity, since the detective never gave him any "killing intent," there's no loss in dying.

Of course, it absolutely cannot be him doing it personally, or even having any clear relationship with him.

After all, Xiaolan will be paying attention to this area.

If this farce is to come to an end, the only way is to sever the other most likely link, the one between Shinichi Kudo and the Black Organization.

Belmode.

This guy seems to genuinely have feelings for Shinichi Kudo, which is strange, but it doesn't really matter.

Since she's probably dead in the eyes of the distillery right now, it wouldn't be a big deal if she actually died.

Ying Sheng was very envious of her disguise skills, but such skills cannot be passed down or learned solely from her; the traditional master-disciple relationship is outdated.

Technology is always the primary productive force.

Hotaru had already sent the half-skin mask from Itakura Takumi's face to a professional institution for testing. Combined with the first mask he obtained in Kabukicho, the two material composition reports revealed the approximate composition of the skin mask.

Ying Sheng has now commissioned a biochemical materials research lab to try to reproduce that material.

With the help of supercomputing in the future, it will be a piece of cake.

Once this most crucial piece of the puzzle is solved, the rest are just minor details.

Honestly, Ying Sheng felt that even without Vermouth pointing him in a clear direction, if he had such ideas, he could develop them on his own sooner or later.

That's all for now.

Following Ying Sheng's will, Hua Ying began to act in secret.

The dark alley behind the Tai'an apartment was actually under the watchful eye of a pair of dark red eyes.

She planted a locator on the suspicious white Mazda, and after watching the whole thing unfold, following the directions on her phone, Hanae drove to Tsuburaya Town.

She is nineteen years old and has a valid driver's license.

Shortly after arriving near the suspicious villa, another locator signal came online on my phone.

Hanae glanced at the locator's starting point and route, confirming that this step was exactly as Hotaru had predicted: Shinichi Kudo had gone to Beika Central Hospital in a police car, where the locator had been placed by someone who was waiting there.

After glancing at the weather forecast, Hua Ying raised her palm and carefully felt the weather.

The weather forecast was quite accurate; it indicated a southerly wind.

If you want Shinichi Kudo to survive and witness everyone's deaths, and see if he can provide his older brother with the killing intent, then the direction to choose is south.

Hua Ying turned her head and saw that there were several low-rise residential buildings that met her needs.

Taking a stack of notes from her red and black dress, Huaying headed toward her chosen target.

What is it that you really want, Kudo-kun?

The first note had neat handwriting, but Huaying pouted unhappily when she saw it.

Kiyoko Yukimatsu is unhappy that her older brother kept her existence a secret for so long.