Conan: Ran, I really am Shinichi, you have to believe me!

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At the time, a patient's family member wanted to kill Dr. Ogawa's kindergarten son, but thanks to Conan's intervention, the murder did not occur. The murderer's attempt to kill was thwarted, and he was stopped and caught by Conan when he was about to make the move.

The result was that they knelt down and cried, and in the end, Dr. Xiaochuan did not call the police or send the murderer to the police station. The patient's family also gave up the idea of ​​killing Dr. Xiaochuan's son. They moved each other and it was a perfect ending.

Conan remembers many similar examples. For instance, one of his high school classmates was kidnapped. After catching the culprit, he resolved the conflict between them, which led the kidnapper to abandon his murderous intent and the victim to forgive the kidnapper.

Not only could Conan himself give many such examples, but even Jiang Chengbei, who was standing next to him, could help Conan recall many more. For example, a boyfriend might die in a car accident because of someone else's malicious driving or cutting him off, or a woman might seek revenge on a couple of racers but be moved by Conan and let go of her hatred.

Anyway, if you think about it carefully, you can always come up with a lot of attempted murder cases. Under Conan's influence, the murderer gives up the murder, the victim forgives the murderer, and in the end, everyone has a happy ending.

Because of the successful precedent, Conan is very confident in resolving the conflict between Yotsuba Reika and Nikaido Yuuji, especially since they are engaged.

There's no such thing as a grudge that lasts overnight between husband and wife. Even matters of life and death that can't be resolved are eventually settled out of bed.

Therefore, Conan was very confident. He believed that as long as he could save Nikaido Yuuji's life and stop Yotsuba Reika from taking action herself or from the assassin she hired, and then appeal to her emotions and reason with her, he would definitely be able to resolve the conflict between them and make them reconcile.

With such a plan in mind, Conan, who was very confident in his abilities, after all, was a superhuman with chakra energy. Dealing with Yotsuba Reika or the ordinary assassins she hired would be a piece of cake for him.

Chapter 223 Resurrection from the Dead

Conan, who was very confident in his abilities, did very well for the next period of time.

In short, with Conan in charge, the target, Nikaido Yuuji, was well protected, and Yotsuba Reika, who wanted to kill him, was not given any chance.

Of course, in the process of protecting Yuuji Nikaido, Conan had more and more contact with him, and he became very disgusted with this person's character. This person was a heartless, low-class, despicable villain who liked to step on his companions, became arrogant when he got what he wanted, always repaid kindness with enmity, and was selfish and self-serving.

Even if he was a bad person, Conan still did his best to protect him, so it was still a human life.

Even if he is bad, even if his life would hurt other innocent and kind people, cause them pain and harm, he is still a human being at heart. As long as he is a human being, no matter how bad he is, Conan believes that he has the right to live. No one can take away his right to life. Abolishing death is inhumane.

Under Conan's protection, he often mocks the other number brothers and boasts about how he will soon marry Yotsuba Reika, living a very happy life.

All of Yotsuki Reika's suitors, all the digital human brothers, Jiang Chengbei Conan, and the maid Nanao Mi, who were chatting in the lobby on the first floor, were safe and nothing happened.

However, Yotsuki Reika, who killed Nikaido Yuuji, disappeared for a long time after saying she was going back to her room to change her clothes.

Conan only thinks about protecting Yuuji Nikaido. He pays close attention to people who get close to him, or the food and drinks he needs, or the things he comes into contact with. Apart from focusing his attention on these aspects, Conan almost forgets everything else.

Conan's concern for Yuuji Nikaido and his wholehearted protection of him are not without reason. Besides knowing that Reika Yotsuki was going to kill him and puncturing everyone's car tires, he also broke the light bulbs in the toilet.

Anyway, this large villa, with a building area of ​​several hundred or even thousands of square meters, revealed something unusual in every way, and there were signs that a storm was about to break, which raised Conan's vigilance to the highest level.

Conan was focused entirely on protecting Nikaido Yuuji, so he noticed that Yotsuba Reika had been changing clothes for a long time, much longer than usual. It was the other Digital Man brothers who discovered it.

Since she hadn't shown up for so long, everyone went upstairs to look for Yotsuki Reika.

To Conan's astonishment, Yotsubi Reika was nowhere to be found!

After everyone searched the entire huge villa separately, they finally confirmed that Yoshii Reika was missing!

Meanwhile, when everyone went back to the parking lot, they found that the last car, the one that Jiang Chengbei had driven, had been fine before, but now it had suffered the same fate as the other sports cars. Its tires had been punctured and it was no longer drivable.

Seeing that his car had met the same fate, Jiang Chengbei rubbed Conan's head:

"Conan, my car tires have been punctured. It was clearly done by one of your big clients, or she got involved. You'll have to take responsibility."

After saying that, Jiang Chengbei reached out and searched Conan, taking out the check for the commission money that Yotsuki Reika had given Conan earlier from his pocket, and put it into his own pocket without any hesitation.

"Conan, consider this payment for my car."

Of course, the check is worth much more than the car, but every time I drive you out, my car gets damaged and always ends up being totaled.

Consider this extra money as compensation for the past and future losses caused by you, including the total loss of my car.

Conan was furious that the check he had taken to appease Yoshii Reika, intending to return it to her after resolving their conflict, had now been taken by Jiang Chengbei. He jumped up, ready to snatch it back.

"Jiang Cheng, give it back to me! I need to return it to Sijing Lihua later, so give it back to me!"

Unfortunately, Conan is too short; even when he jumps, he can only hit Jiang Chengbei's knee and cannot retrieve the bank check that Jiang Chengbei confiscated.

After Conan realized he couldn't get the check back, and with Yotsuba Reika missing, finding her was now the most important thing. In the end, Conan had no choice but to give up and continue searching for the missing Yotsuba Reika with the other Digital Man brothers.

All the vehicles used to descend the mountain had their tires punctured, and the area had temporarily become an isolated, snow-covered mountain village, losing its ability to receive outside help. Everyone had to rely on themselves to search for the missing Yotsuji Reika.

During the investigation, although Conan forgot to take out his chakra phone earring to call the police and seek help, he hadn't forgotten that Yotsuki Reika wanted to kill Nikaido Yuuji.

Therefore, when searching for Yotsuba Reika, Conan always followed Nikaido Yuuji, searching for Yotsuba Reika while protecting her closely.

The search for Yotsuba Reika is not as urgent as the crises they have faced before, because Conan knows that Yotsuba Reika wants to kill Nikaido Yuuji, and this disappearance may be a staged event by Yotsuba Reika herself.

Having a bad preconceived notion, Conan also had doubts about the disappearance of Yotsuba Reika. He was skeptical and tried his best to find her, but in the process, he had to do his best to protect Nikaido Yuuji.

The search for the suddenly disappeared Shijing Lihua took a lot of time. They first searched the entire huge villa. With such a large house and so many rooms, searching every area of ​​each room took them a lot of time, and that was even with them searching separately.

After spending a lot of time but still not finding the person, they could only grit their teeth and persevere, taking flashlights and heading out into the vast woods surrounding the villa to search a larger area.

Previously, Conan had been following Yuji Nikaido, so Takashi Ichie couldn't find an opportunity to make a move.

However, after wandering around the woods outside and losing sight of Nikaido Yuuji, Takashi Ichie was overjoyed to finally encounter a Nikaido Yuuji alone.

They are all good friends, fellow members of the yacht club, and also admirers of Yotsuki Reika. Although they are rivals both openly and secretly, hasn't Nikaido Yuuji now taken a commanding lead and widened the gap with the other number brothers?

So when they met, they made up and greeted each other.

Just like the Yuji Nikaido in his memory, after meeting Takashi Ichie, Takashi heard Yuji Nikaido start complaining.

"What is Lihua up to now? Maybe she's deliberately messing with us, and she's actually hiding to watch us make a fool of ourselves."

"I'm not looking anymore, I'm going back to rest for a bit."

Hearing the selfish complaints of Yuuji Nikaido, the honest and simple-minded Takashi Ichie weakly said:

"That might not be a good idea. What if she really has been kidnapped? I'd better keep looking. Maybe she's still waiting for me to rescue her."

"Hmph, Ichiro, no matter how much you try to please her, you've missed your chance. Rika has already accepted my proposal, she wouldn't dare to go back on her word, hehe."

"Since you're still not giving up, then keep looking. I'm going back to rest for a bit. Once you find her, I'll trouble you to bring her back. I'll give her a good spanking for daring to harass us like that, defying the Heavenly Gang!"

With that, Nikaido Yuji turned and walked back towards the villa.

After Nikaido Yuuji took a few steps, his figure disappeared into the dark forest. Only the beam of a flashlight from the direction of the villa could be seen, swaying forward.

Once he felt he was far enough away, Ichiro turned off his flashlight, blending himself into the pitch-black night. Then, following the beam of a flashlight not far ahead, he quietly followed.

When Nikaido Yuji returned to the villa, especially when he passed by the pool in front of the villa, Ichigo Takashi quietly approached Nikaido Yuji, suddenly exerted his strength, and taking advantage of Nikaido Yuji's lack of vigilance, he relied on the hatred in his heart and his cosmos exploded, and he shoved Nikaido Yuji's head into the pool.

Although it was his first time killing someone, Ichiji Takashi thought it was incredibly easy. Before he even exerted any force, Nikaido Yuuji, whom he had pushed into the water, lost the ability to resist after struggling for a few dozen seconds at first and drowned in the pool.

Even though Ichiji Takashi let go and waited for several minutes, Nikaido Yuuji, who was lying on the edge of the pool with his head half-submerged and half-floating in the water, didn't make a move.

Taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down, and once his adrenaline levels had stabilized, Ichiji Ryu checked Nikaido Yuuji's carotid artery. Finding no pulse, he left reassured and re-entered the forest outside.

After Ichiji Takashi left, it started to rain a while later. Since none of them had brought umbrellas when they came out, although they went their separate ways to look for the person, they all took the same action and ran back.

When Takashi Ichigo ran back to the villa entrance, he saw that the pool in front of the villa was empty, with no corpses except for some water. Then he saw Conan and Yuji Nikaido returning together, and he was completely dumbfounded.

Soon, all the people who went out to find Yotsuji Reika arrived. Ichigo Takashi was so shocked that his heart was beating faster than when he had just killed someone.

If it weren't for Nikaido Yuuji's normal expression and his failure to step forward and accuse him of being the murderer who had just killed someone, Ichiji Takashi would have almost collapsed, knelt down and confessed, and told the story of what Nikaido Yuuji and Yotsui Reika did on the sea reef three years ago on that stormy day.

Because Nikaido Yuuji behaved normally and didn't say anything, Ichigo Takashi, who was distracted and confused, escaped unscathed and followed everyone into the villa in a daze to tidy up his wet hair and clothes.

Conan, unaware that Yuuji Nikaido had already been murdered once, was very satisfied that he was able to perfectly protect Yuuji Nikaido and prevent him from encountering any danger.

Conan was quite satisfied with his ability to protect Yuuji Nikaido in such a dark, complex, and harsh forest.

Conan is indeed a powerful superhuman; he can protect whomever he wants.

After everyone dried their hair and clothes, they all gathered in the living room. Then, Nanao Mi, the maid, prepared to make coffee for everyone to warm them up. So she started working in the kitchen.

After drying his hair and taking a break, Ichiji Takashi had recovered. He secretly went to check on Yotsuki Reika, who was being held captive in the bathroom. Finding everything normal, his lost confidence returned.

Afterwards, he returned to the hall and, mustering his courage, began to gather intelligence.

"Conan, do you really like Nikaido? I think I've seen you following him around the whole time, and you've even forgotten about Jiangcheng where you came. Are you fickle?"

After hearing his explanation, Conan thought about it and realized it made sense. In order to avoid arousing suspicion and to find out if there were any other assassins bribed by Yotsubi Reika, Conan had no choice but to nod reluctantly.

"That's right, I really like Nikaido-nii ...

"Really? Conan is so brave. When you went into the forest, you followed him the whole time. Were you together the whole time?"

"That's right, I love Nikaido-nii ...

If you find out from Conan that they've been together all along, then was the Nikaido Yuuji you killed earlier someone else in disguise, or did you just meet someone who looked exactly like him?

Or perhaps I've actually encountered demons or monsters and been tricked?

Anyway, Reika Yotsuki is quietly staying in the bathtub, and everything is normal over there. Should we kill that bastard Yuuji Nikaido one more time?

This time, I'm going to kill the two scoundrels who killed Yaeko. I've long been prepared to sacrifice myself for them. No matter what difficulties I encounter, I'll do whatever it takes to kill them!

After learning some information from Conan that the person he had killed, Yuuji Nikaido, was not the real one, Takashi Ichie, after mentally preparing himself, regained the courage to kill and seek revenge.

So, when no one was paying much attention to him, he left the hall for a short while and then quickly returned.

Without Ran's help, it took Nanao Mi quite a while to finish making the coffee. She then brought it in on a small tray.

One cup of hot coffee for everyone, no rush, everyone gets one.

After everyone finished their coffee, they all seemed much more energetic, except for Nikaido, who was acting strangely, yawning and looking drowsy.

Seeing this, Conan, who had just relaxed his guard and become slightly careless, immediately became alert and began to search around for Nanao Mi, who had just delivered the coffee.

Nanao Mi is Yotsuki Reika's personal maid and the old lady who has taken care of her for decades. She is in her seventies or eighties and doesn't have many years left to live. In addition, Nanao Mi made the coffee and distributed it to everyone, so she is the most suspicious.

After Conan asked Jiang Chengbei to help protect Nikaido Yuuji, he jumped off the sofa and rushed to the kitchen to find Nanao Mi and investigate the situation.

As soon as Conan ran away, Yuji Nikaido, unable to hold on any longer, immediately collapsed into a deep sleep, unconscious.

Chapter 224 A Mysterious Person

After Conan left the living room on the first floor and went to the kitchen to investigate Granny Nanao who was making coffee, several faint buzzing noises suddenly came from every room in the entire villa. Then the power suddenly tripped, and all the lights in the entire villa went out instantly, plunging the villa into darkness.

"not good!"

After seeing the lights go out, Conan belatedly realized his mistake, shouted "Oh no!" and ran desperately towards the living room.

Since it was Conan's first time visiting the villa and he wasn't familiar with the place, he ran too fast in the pitch-black darkness and bumped into the wall, causing a large bump to appear on his forehead beneath his few tufts of hair.

The accidental close contact with the wall finally brought Conan to his senses, and he quickly transformed the children's watch on his wrist into a chakra watch integrating various advanced technologies.

The tranquilizer dart in the chakra watch isn't needed right now, but the flashlight function is useful, so Conan turns on the watch's illumination function and runs to the living room he just came out of, as if he were carrying a flashlight.

Unfamiliar with the layout, when Conan ran back to the living room, he saw a heavily armed soldier or mercenary in camouflage break open a window, jump out, and run into the grove outside.