The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"What are you doing, Mrs. Shibata!"

Those who noticed this scene outside immediately followed Conan into the room.

Startled, Shibata Kyoko drew her sword and, feigning bravado, shouted at the group, "Don't come any closer!"

"I was forced to kill him, otherwise I would have had no way to stop him!" Shibata Kyoko said as she backed away, raising her sword to guard against the crowd.

"Mrs. Shibata! Please calm down!" Inspector Yokomizo pulled Conan, who was in the front, behind him. His duty as a police officer compelled him to spread his arms to protect the people behind him.

"I'm beyond saving. I know that murder is punishable by death!"

However, Mrs. Shibata had no intention of harming them; instead, she tearfully placed the precious sword against her own neck.

This scene only heightened the tension among everyone in the room.

"Mrs. Shibata, please don't..." Officer Yokomizo was about to speak up and persuade Kyoko Shibata.

But someone pulled him away from behind.

Just as he angrily turned around to see who was interfering with him...

"Get out of my way."

But then he saw Ikeba Shizuka walk past him with a solemn expression, her words conveying an undeniable meaning.

“Uh…” Officer Yokomizo was clearly taken aback for a moment.

Yuu Aragaki, who had just taken a step forward and wanted to stop Kyoko Shibata, withdrew his foot and looked at Shizuka, whose aura had suddenly changed, with great interest.

If the former Miss Jinghua was like an elegant and refined flower on a high mountain, then the current Miss Jinghua gives people the feeling of a sharp blade being drawn from its sheath.

The Demon Blade Princess, who was still sleeping in the Yin-Yang Domain, suddenly opened her eyes and ran out of the Yin-Yang Domain to secretly observe the woman.

"What, what are you going to do, Miss Jinghua..." Officer Yokomizo asked, bewildered.

However, Shizuka Ikenami, who had walked to the front of the group, ignored Officer Yokomizo.

Instead, he stopped a few steps away from Shibata Kyoko, and at the same time, he took out a folding fan from his waist and assumed a kendo starting stance in front of Shibata Kyoko.

At the same time, she stared intently into Shibata Kyoko's eyes, approaching her step by step, seemingly not taking the treasured sword in Shibata Kyoko's hand seriously at all.

On the other hand, Kyoko Shibata had a completely different feeling.

Facing Ikebashi Shizuka, who was closing in on him.

Although the other person was only holding a folding fan, the invisible pressure emanating from Ikeba Shizuka was almost enough to crush her completely.

"You, you don't come any closer!" Shibata Kyoko said in a panic, while backing away and taking the knife from her neck, raising it to guard against Ikenami Shizuka.

"Master, this woman, she is very strong!" Yaodao-hime suddenly whispered in Aragaki Yu's ear.

However, even without Yaodaoji saying it, he had already sensed this.

It's not that Shizuka Ikemura posed much of a threat to him.

It was the aura emanating from the confrontation between Shizuka Ikenami and Kyoko Shibata that surprised Yuu Aragaki to some extent.

This woman is also a master swordsman!

Sure enough, the next second.

With a simple parry, Ikenami Shizuka used her fan blades to catch the precious sword that Shibata Kyoko was wildly swinging in her hand.

Then, Shizuka Ikenami lunged forward and, with lightning speed, struck Kyoko Shibata's wrist with her folding fan.

With a sharp pain in her wrist, Kyoko Shibata instinctively released her grip, and the precious sword in her hand fell to the ground.

At this moment, Officer Yokomizo was still in a state of utter shock.

Left with no other choice, seeing that Shizuka Ikenami had not made any further moves after knocking away the opponent's precious sword, Yuya Aragaki, who was originally standing at the back, had no choice but to take a step forward and grab Kyoko Shibata's wrist tightly as she bent down to pick up the sword.

Upon seeing this, Shizuka Ikenami suddenly turned around and smiled at Yuu Aragaki, clearly having anticipated that Yuu Aragaki would do this.

Chapter 451 The case was clearly solved, but Mr. Mori...

"What, you want to kill someone?!"

When Shizuka Ikenami's gaze returned from Yuu Aragaki to Kyoko Shibata, her expression turned stern again.

"You killed your husband, do you really intend to kill someone else?" Shizuka Ikenami repeated her words to Kyoko Shibata.

At the same time, she slowly knelt down and picked up the precious sword that had fallen to the floor.

"I...I didn't." Kyoko Shibata hesitated for a moment, then said with a mix of regret, "I just wanted to commit suicide."

"Fool!"

Unexpectedly, Shizuka Ikenami became even more furious after hearing Kyoko Shibata's words.

She stood up, her eyes sharp, staring intently at Shibata Kyoko, and said, "Your own life or someone else's life is life! Neither of them are things that can be taken away at will! You fool who takes your own life, how is that any different from murder!"

Kyoko Shibata turned to the side and sheathed her sword. "What could be more important than your own life? Remember that!"

"me……"

After stammering for a moment, Shibata Kyoko collapsed to her knees, tears streaming down her face.

Looking at the spirited Shizuka Ikenami, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but give her a thumbs-up when she turned to look at him.

Aragaki Yu thought only someone with a strong sense of justice like Kudo Shinichi would say something like that.

When Shizuka Ikenami noticed Yuu Aragaki's subtle movements, she was clearly taken aback.

However, she quickly rolled her eyes at Aragaki Yu, gave a soft snort, and then elegantly turned her head away.

Conan, however, looked at Shizuka Ikenami with some curiosity after hearing her words.

Although he still had some doubts about her identity, Conan felt that she was at least not a bad person based on the two sentences she said.

only……

He still had immense doubts about the true identity of this woman named Shizuka Ikenami, and at the same time, he suspected her motives for deliberately getting close to Kogoro Mouri.

"Alright, can we go now, officer?" Ikeba Shizuka took two steps, handed the treasured sword in her hand as evidence to Inspector Yokomizo, and asked casually.

"Uh... okay, of course no problem!"

Now that everything has come to light and the real culprit has been apprehended, and given that it's getting late, Officer Yokomizo naturally has no intention of keeping everyone here any longer.

As for taking statements, with Mr. Mori and Aragaki present, Inspector Yokomizo wasn't worried at all about them skipping out on the bill.

"Ms. Ikenami, please wait a moment."

However, just as everyone turned and walked towards the corridor...

A familiar voice rang out from behind everyone.

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, Shizuka Ikenami frowned and turned around to look behind her, only to see that Kogoro Mouri had somehow ended up sitting in a chair next to the dining table.

He had his head down, as if he was deep in thought.

That's right, that was Kogoro Mouri's voice just now.

Shizuka Ikenami stared at Kogoro Mouri, who was sitting in a chair, with some confusion, clearly wondering why he had suddenly called out to her.

Aragaki Yu: "..."

Upon seeing Kogoro Mouri's state, Yuu Aragaki was clearly stunned for a moment.

After looking around the room, he found that Conan had indeed disappeared.

Behind the chair where Kogoro Mouri was sitting, one could vaguely see the corner of Conan's jacket.

It seems that even though the case has been solved, Kogoro Mouri still couldn't escape the fate of getting a shot.

Aragaki Yu couldn't help but silently mourn for Kogoro Mouri's neck for a minute.

Of course, Yuu Aragaki could also understand why Conan would do that—

After all, the sudden appearance of a mysterious woman of unknown origin and purpose by his side would naturally cause Conan, who had suffered persecution from the organization, to react more strongly.

Therefore, using Kogoro Mouri's identity to find out Shizuka Ikenami's identity is naturally the best way for Conan.

Upon seeing this scene, Inspector Yokomizo became excited. "This, this is the legendary Sleeping Kogoro! Wait... wait a minute, but hasn't the whole truth come to light now? Could there be another hidden story?"

"No, it's not that there's anything hidden in this case."

Kogoro Mouri—no, it should be said that Conan spoke up.

Yuu Aragaki has always been puzzled by Kogoro Mouri's "reasoning" ability, which he can do without even moving his lips, as to why no one around him seems to doubt it.

"Ms. Chibo, I think you can now explain the purpose behind those lies you told, right?"

"Dad!?" Xiao Lan exclaimed in surprise.

Shizuka Ikenami turned around completely and stared quietly at Kogoro Mouri without making any further moves.

If I had to describe an expression, I might say it carried a hint of confusion.

It was as if she was wondering why this man had just been so affectionately calling her Miss Jinghua.

But "afterwards," she became Ms. Ikebab.

Ah, men...