Ke Xuezhen, starting with hypnotizing Vermouth.

"This...this place..."

Hiroki Kakutani rushed over and picked up Chikako Ikeda's body.

"Gurgle~"

Chikako Ikeda's head suddenly fell off and spun around a few times on the muddy ground.

Blood and mud clung to her head, making Chikako Ikeda's head look particularly grotesque.

"Ah, it's...it's Chikako!"

Ryoichi Takahashi stared wide-eyed, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

Ota Masaru did not show any fear; he silently watched this scene.

"Damn it, he got away!"

Conan gritted his teeth and forced out a sentence.

He had guessed that Chikako Ikeda might die while they were in the villa, but he never expected her to be dismembered like this.

How did they manage to do that?

If it were Goo De, what would he do right now...? Why am I thinking about him?

Conan shook his head vigorously, trying to banish these thoughts, but in that instant, he noticed something was amiss.

It seems there are several figures in the bushes not far ahead!

"Who goes there!"

His words made the other three people tense up.

……

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Chapter 61 Yukiko: "When I go to Japan, I want to find a handsome guy to keep me company!"

"Wh...who are you?"

Ryoichi Takahashi also shouted, but he too didn't dare to move.

The excitement and sense of accomplishment I felt just now were replaced by the tense feeling of 39644.

My plan had clearly succeeded.

The three pursuers were lured to the dismemberment site, where they discovered Chikako Ikeda's head, thus completely pinning the blame on the "bandaged monster."

But what's the deal with these extra figures?

"Click~"

Gu De turned on his flashlight.

He had prepared the flashlight beforehand, but hadn't taken it out to keep it hidden.

"Ryoichi Takahashi, your act is over."

Gu De's words left Takahashi Ryoichi completely dumbfounded.

[Gain 33 units of the story character Takahashi Ryoichi's Emotion Value]

The others then realized that the dark figure was actually Gu De and his group!

"Mr. Gu De? What are you doing?"

Ryoichi Takahashi tried to hide it, his round face full of astonishment and panic.

However, the way the Suzuki sisters and Ran Mouri looked at him instantly made him realize that he had been exposed.

"Takahashi, I never expected you to do this!"

Ayako Suzuki hid behind Gu De and pointed at Ryoichi Takahashi.

At that moment, Conan and the others immediately looked at Ryoichi Takahashi.

Conan was completely bewildered.

[Gain 22 points of Conan's emotional value]

"what's the situation?"

"Judging from their reactions, was it Takahashi Ryoichi who did it?"

"But when was this discovered?"

"How is that possible!"

Conan felt his brain wasn't working properly.

Hiroki Kakutani and Masaru Ota reacted even more strongly.

"What exactly did Takahashi do?"

"What are you talking about?"

Ota Masaru pointed at Takahashi Ryoichi in a panic.

[Gain 41 units of Ota Masaru's Emotional Value from the story character]

Hiroki Kakutani also looked incredulous: "What...what are you talking about?"

[Gain 35 points of Hiroki Kakutani's emotional value] "What... is Chikako's problem?"

Ryoichi Takahashi stood there, clenching his fists, trying to make one last struggle.

However, Gu De gave him no chance at all.

"Ryoichi Takahashi, you've already taken your revenge. Can't you be a little more honest with your good friends?"

"You planned this operation from the very beginning, disguising yourself as the bandaged freak, deliberately training to lose weight, and now it's all over."

"Or do you insist that you take off your clothes, preserve the bloodstains underneath as evidence, and produce that so-called bandaged monster's head before you'll confess?"

Gu De's words struck Takahashi Ryoichi like a hammer blow.

[Gain 51 units of the story character Takahashi Ryoichi's Emotion Value]

Ryoichi Takahashi looked up and stared intently at Gu De.

I orchestrated all of this myself; it was originally flawless!

Why was this person able to see through me?

Even your every action is completely transparent to the other party!

"But……"

Knowing he had no hope, Ryoichi Takahashi lowered his head and clenched his fists.

"revenge?"

Ayako Suzuki was the first to come to her senses. She rushed out of the bushes and grabbed Ryoichi Takahashi by the collar: "Takahashi, what, what did you do?"

"Could revenge be related to Dunzi?"

Ryoichi Takahashi nodded dejectedly: "Yes, Mr. Gu De is indeed amazing."

"I killed Chikako Ikeda precisely to avenge Atsuko!"

“You may not know this, but Atsuko once wrote a script that was only read by me and Chikako Ikeda at the time.”

"But later, Chikako Ikeda's breakthrough work turned out to be exactly the same as Atsuko's script!"

"After learning about this, Atsuko couldn't bear the blow and betrayal and chose to commit suicide. That's the reason for Atsuko's suicide. But that woman, Chikako Ikeda..."

At this point, Takahashi Ryoichi glared fiercely at Ikeda Chikako's head on the ground.

Numerous system notifications flashed, but Gu De ignored them.

"This woman didn't react at all!"

"Therefore, I will avenge Atsuko, I will kill Chikako Ikeda, and then reunite with Atsuko!"

As he said this, Ryoichi Takahashi pulled out a knife from somewhere and pressed it tightly against his own neck.

"Takahashi!"

What are you doing?

"Put down the knife, Mr. Takahashi!"

……

Several people gathered around.

“Ryoichi Takahashi, if you really intended to reunite with Atsuko, you wouldn’t have gone to such lengths to do all this.”

"Besides, are you sure you're the only one who wants to avenge Dunzi?"

Gu De stepped forward and looked at Takahashi Ryoichi.

[Gain 16 units of the story character Takahashi Ryoichi's Emotion Value]

This character has contributed 100 emotion points today and cannot contribute any more.

"just me?"

"But...but..."

Before Takahashi Ryoichi could finish speaking, Gu De looked at Ota Masaru.

"Mr. Ota, if I'm not mistaken, you should have guessed the cause of Atsuko's death, right?"

[Gain 49 units of Ota Masaru's Emotional Value from the story character]

Gu De had always felt that something was off about Ota Masaru.

At first, he showed off his playboy persona to Ran Mouri, but he constantly mocked Chikako Ikeda.

Moreover, he remained calm after learning of the existence of the bandaged monster until he saw Chikako Ikeda's corpse, at which point he completely broke down.

But it was clearly stated before that the group were best friends in college.

The fact that Ayako Suzuki would organize a gathering after so many years shows that the group has an excellent relationship.

If Ota Masaru were truly just a playboy, he probably wouldn't have been invited by a meticulous and intelligent woman like Suzuki Ayako.