Conan: Life between Green Plum and Skyfall

Chapter 142 The truth of the past

At the request of Conan and Xiaolan, Ayako finally nodded and agreed to their request.

Next, she found the medicine box in the villa and gave Takahashi a simple way to stop the bleeding. Then, she found two thick ropes from somewhere and tied up Takahashi and Ota.

I don’t know whether the anesthetic needle made by the doctor was strengthened for Maori and Sonoko, or because Xiaolan’s destructive power far exceeds that of the anesthetic needle, or for some other reason.

Anyway, when Ota, who was kicked unconscious by Xiaolan, had not yet woken up, Takahashi, who was knocked unconscious by Conan, had already opened his eyes in confusion.

When he saw himself being tied up, he recalled what had happened before, and a hint of helplessness appeared in his eyes:

"I see, wasn't all this a dream? As expected, I still couldn't kill those two damn guys and avenge Atsuko?"

"Takahashi, what exactly do you mean by revenge for Atsuko? And what about Chikako and Kakutani?"

Seeing that Takahashi seemed to be calmer now, Ayako also frowned, with a serious look on her face, looking at him and asked in confusion.

Although her eyes were still narrowed, Ayako's aura no longer had the gentleness it had before, but instead carried a hint of oppression.

How could Takahashi, who had returned to normal, withstand Ayako's scrutiny? Under Ayako's questioning, he lowered his head and told her everything.

Upon hearing that Chikako's masterpiece was a plagiarism of Atsuko's, a flicker of understanding crossed Ayako's face. No wonder, the wording and writing style of Blue Kingdom differed from Chikako's.

When Takahashi explained the motivation in the original novel, Ayako frowned:

"But what does all this have to do with Kadoya? And what about Kadoya and Chikako?"

"Kakutani... He's unworthy of Atsuko's trust in him! He's not worthy of being a human being!"

When Takahashi heard Ayako mention Kakutani, the fire of anger in his eyes flared up again. However, when he looked at his own situation, the fire quickly subsided.

At this point, he also knew that it was impossible for him to avenge Atsuko, so he told everything:

"When I learned that the police would be here soon, I left her a letter, telling her, 'If you don't want the secret of the Cyan Kingdom to be exposed, go to the woods behind.' In this way, I tricked her into the woods.

To make her die of fear, I chopped her legs directly, intending to dismember her alive.

However, at that time, she told me that she wasn't the only one who had plagiarized the Cyan Kingdom! She could help me lure the other murderer into the trap I had set!

"The other murderer you mentioned is Kakutani?"

Ayako seemed to have guessed something and asked with a somewhat grim expression.

"Correct!"

Takahashi's eyes flashed with anger:

"Chikako told me that although she had seen Atsuko's work, she couldn't steal it by herself. So, she found Kakutani!

At that time, Kadoya had been pursuing her, and Atsuko had a slight crush on Kadoya. Therefore, she chose Kadoya to help her get Atsuko's work published.

Being betrayed by both her friend and the person she loves, that’s why Atsuko finally…”

At this point, Takahashi couldn't help but let tears flow down his face.

"Takahashi..."

After hearing Takahashi's words, Ayako's expression became a little ugly, and a trace of sympathy appeared on Xiaolan's face.

"Backstabbed by both her friend and the person she loves, it's no wonder that girl named Atsuko committed suicide. If it had been me..."

Just thinking about it made Xiaolan feel extremely uncomfortable.

Conan didn't pay attention to these. Although Takahashi didn't do anything unnecessary in this world, he was not a good person in the original work.

When he chooses to hurt Xiaolan in order to escape his guilt, he is not a so-called righteous person!

Now the key is:

"So, what role did Mr. Ota play in this? Don't say he knew nothing.

Since he helped you spread the word that 'there is a bandaged monster attacking people here', it shows that he played a certain role in this.

Moreover, you were both in Chikako's room at the time, but why didn't you kidnap him?"

After thinking about it, Conan changed into Xiaolan's voice, stood next to Xiaolan and questioned.

Xiaolan looked at him with some confusion when she heard that, but still cooperated by lip-syncing.

"Ota..."

Hearing this, Takahashi fell silent, as if he didn't want to tell anyone about Ota's situation.

"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me. After all, as an accomplice, once the police arrive, they'll know what role he played. Besides, Chikako and Kakutani should still be alive. Even if we don't know where they are, we'll definitely find them if we look for them."

In fact, in Conan's opinion, there was a high probability that these two unlucky guys were caught on the roof by Takahashi, but he didn't say it.

Anyway, they are not good people and they will not die. Let them feel the cold wind, get rained on, and suffer a little, as a way to atone for the mistakes they made.

Hearing this, Takahashi's expression changed several times. Finally, he gave up resistance, with a hint of weakness in his voice:

“Actually, I didn’t know anything about the Soraro Kingdom or Atsuko’s regretful phone call. Ota told me all of this.

He told me that Chikako's work was plagiarized, and he told me that Atsuko's death was caused by betrayal by a friend.

He told me that he could work with me to make Chikako, the culprit who had always been complacent, feel some pain.

"Haha, no wonder he doesn't want to speak out. It would be the same no matter who it is! He's just a bootlicker like Kakutani. He likes her, but can't get the goddess's approval. He even heard the truth about the goddess' death from others."

Looking at Takahashi in front of him with a trace of pain on his face, Conan complained in his heart.