In the world of Detective Conan, the female characters are all acting strangely!

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Natsume glanced at Noriko Okayani's retreating figure.

"And what about Miss Noriko?"

She went to take a shower.

Xia Ye heard the whistling wind through the phone, and smiled knowingly as she said:

"What are you trying to say, kid? Don't beat around the bush!"

"Ah, it's nothing. It's just that Ms. Noriko left her handkerchief at the office. I'm heading there now according to the address she left. Natsume, we'll talk later!"

As they approached Noriko Okaya's house, a speeding skateboard came hurtling towards them.

Conan's expression was serious. Although he had given Natsume the information about Ms. Noriko, he naturally memorized all the information instantly with his photographic memory, making it easy for him to find Ms. Noriko's house.

only--

Has Natsume really been staying at Ms. Noriko's house all this time?

So it wasn't him?

No, I still have to go and see for myself!

Conan stepped on the accelerator, and the skateboard's speed soared again, overtaking many cars on the road. A rough calculation showed it was at least 60 miles per hour, and Conan stood steadily on it, controlling it with ease. The world of Conan—that's how outrageous it is!

At Noriko Okaya's house.

Xia Ye also tidied herself up a bit.

Even if Conan found out, he couldn't do anything to me, but it's better not to let him know about this kind of thing.

The call came in less than five minutes later.

Conan rang the doorbell.

Xia Ye opened the door and let him in.

Upon entering the living room, Conan immediately took in the entire environment. There were two cups of tea; one cup was almost completely cooled, with the tea leaves having sunk to the bottom, while the other cup was just filled, steaming hot, with the tea leaves just unfurling—and fresh tea was being brewed in the teapot next to it.

Conan secretly deduces the truth.

It seems that Natsume and Noriko were having tea here a long time ago, and then they went to do something together.

They finished their business after the water in the teacups had cooled down. Xia Ye then came over to boil water for tea, while Miss Noriko went to take a bath.

Damn, this guy was fast!

Conan, or rather Shinichi Kudo, of course knew what was going on; he wasn't really eight years old!

"It hasn't been that long," he asked Miss Xiaozhi.

It's only been two hours since Natsume and Ms. Noriko left the Polo Cafe, and Natsume has already hooked up with her and even made it to home base!

"You're doing this so unfair to Xiaolan!"

Conan looked at Natsume with a complicated expression. This guy snatched Ran away from him, yet he didn't cherish her. The key point was—

"Xiao Lan herself doesn't mind, so don't worry about it. Go play your mystery game!"

Xia Ye glanced at Conan, but couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention.

"you!"

Conan was so angry that his face turned bright red.

However, Xia Ye was right.

Xiaolan herself doesn't care, so he, as an outsider, has no right to interfere in other people's relationship matters.

Conan quickly calmed down.

We need to quickly confirm whether Xia Ye did it. If she did—

Conan frowned.

He hasn't figured out how to handle this yet.

Forget it, let's check it out first!

"Xia Ye, I need to go to the toilet~"

Conan glanced at Xia Ye, who was calmly drinking her tea without even thinking of pouring herself a cup, and then used his special skill.

Xia Ye took a sip of tea and pointed upstairs.

"Ms. Noriko is taking a shower in the bathroom downstairs. Why don't you go to the bathroom upstairs? Go upstairs, turn left, and it's at the end of the walk."

Aren't you coming with me?

"Do you really think of yourself as a child?" Xia Ye said.

"Go by yourself, I want to have tea, I don't have time to keep you company!"

"Okay~" Conan thought to himself: Could it really not be this guy?

Watching Conan go upstairs, Xia Ye smiled mischievously. Let this kid experience what it means to have his worldview shaken!

The second floor of Noriko Okaya's house.

Conan did not go to the toilet.

Since Xia Ye didn't follow, he didn't need to pretend anymore.

After a quick look around, he found Noriko Okaya's bedroom.

He gently pushed the door open; it wasn't locked, and he easily stepped inside. A strange smell then wafted into his nose.

"This is..."

Conan's eyes widened in shock!

Although he was a novice, he still had some relevant knowledge. Looking at the strange damp stains and blooming red plum blossoms on the messy sheets on the bed, even if he were an idiot, he would understand what had happened here!

hateful!

That bastard Xia Ye actually did it!

only--

Ms. Noriko is actually...

At this age, he still hasn't... well, you know.

This is quite rare in Japan!

wrong!

Now is not the time to think about such things.

Judging from the mess at the scene, it's clear that quite a bit of time had been spent there, so Natsume and Ms. Noriko can almost certainly be ruled out as suspects.

Even if Xia Ye had managed to win over Ms. Noriko at the Polo Cafe, and the two of them immediately returned and got straight to the point, it would still be a struggle to achieve that in just two hours. In that case, how would they have time to kill someone?

Conan breathed a sigh of relief.

We need to get out of here as soon as possible.

He sneaked into a girl's bedroom and witnessed such a shocking scene. If she finds out, he's doomed!

but--

He glanced back at the sheets on the bed.

An overwhelming sense of bitterness welled up in my heart!

what happened?

Conan asked himself a question.

It's none of my business if Ms. Noriko gets involved with Natsume.

Why do I feel a little sad?

Is it just because Xia Ye has won over so many beautiful women that he's jealous?

Conan was puzzled.

I could only suppress my emotions and return to the living room.

"Here, have a cup of tea~"

"Thank you!"

Conan was flattered; it was quite rare for Natsume to actually pour him a cup of tea!

Xia Ye's eyes held a half-smile.

This kid must have seen what Noriko was in.

He must have thought it was left by him and Noriko.

however--

That was actually left behind by Ran and Sonoko that night in Izu!

Those were the spoils of war I had acquired!

Xia Ye admitted—

It was indeed somewhat malicious to let Conan see these things.

However, this is because I didn't let him know the truth; I'm still kind at heart!

"Tell me, what exactly happened?" Xia Ye asked directly. "Also, what clues did you find up there?"

"I knew I couldn't hide anything from you!" Conan said with a wry smile.

However, this was to be expected. Xia Ye is a man who would be harder to keep secret from than to climb to the sky. He just didn't care about his actions earlier. Otherwise, he would have had countless ways to stop him!

"Kitagawa Fumio and his girlfriend were killed by a sniper rifle two hours ago!"

"Kitagawa Fumio?" Xia Ye frowned. "Is that the person Miss Noriko is looking for? You're saying he was killed by a sniper?"

“That’s right!” Conan stared into Natsume’s eyes. “Didn’t you ask a traffic officer to help you look up his information?”

Not yet~

Xia Ye shrugged and chuckled, "As you know, after leaving the Polo Cafe with Miss Noriko, I went straight to her house, and then some things happened that a kid like you shouldn't hear about. I didn't have time to investigate!"

"you're right!"

Although Conan was quite disgusted (and jealous) of this guy's speed in picking up girls, this conveniently cleared Natsume of suspicion once again.

The time is calculated to be 3.6.

He and Ms. Noriko left the Polo Cafe, and about fifteen to thirty minutes later, Kitagawa Fumio and his girlfriend were murdered.

Put it this way.

Unless Xia Ye immediately knew Kitagawa Shigeo's location and instantly prepared a sniper rifle and sniping spot, wasting no time in rushing to Shinagawa Ward, she would barely be able to kill those two people.

But how could that be?

Yoko Okino was there at the time.

As Miss Azusa said, they were together the whole time they were chatting, and no one left. It's impossible that Natsume and Miss Noriko were discussing murder in front of Miss Yoko, right? That would be too absurd!

Conan lacks a lot of information.

Therefore, the conclusion was ultimately incorrect.

"Conan?"

Noriko Okaya, wearing a yukata, walked over from the direction of the bathroom and asked Conan with a smile, "I heard from Natsume that you were coming to see me. Is there something you need?"

"It's this one—"

Conan explained and lowered the handkerchief back to its original position.

"Thank you so much, you even helped me bring it back!"

Noriko Okaya patted Conan's head and said gently, "I have some delicious snacks here. Come with me, it's my treat!"

"Good~"

Conan answered obediently in his childish voice.

"Come on~"