Chapter 220 Crossroads in the Snow

Fujino quickly glanced at the man's body.

His eyes stayed on the stainless steel kitchen knife.

The sunlight shining through the narrow window made the tip of the knife flash with dazzling silver light.

Fujino's eagle eye could clearly capture the man's movements of swinging the knife, and his combat insight was also triggered at the same time, predicting the man's next move.

He quickly raised his left hand, grabbed the man's knife-holding wrist with his backhand, and turned it over forcefully.

"Crack!"

The bones in the man's wrist holding the knife broke.

There was no time left for the other party to react.

Fujino quickly raised his right hand, bent his arm and used his elbow to quickly hit the man in the face, and then followed the trend with a knee to hit the man's chest.

"puff!"

The man spat out and was knocked backwards by his knee. Then Fujino threw him over his shoulder and hit him hard on the ground.

According to common sense, the man should have fainted long ago after this series of attacks.

But in a state of extreme excitement, he still tirelessly let out a sound in his throat, shouting excitedly like a wild animal:

"Butterfly! I want a butterfly! My butterfly, how can I live without a butterfly... I have to deliver things to that person's hands!"

The man seemed unaware of the pain and wanted to continue to get up and struggle.

Fujino stepped hard on the man's shoulder with his right foot and pulled it out with his left hand.

"Crack!"

The man's arm was forcibly removed by Fujino.

But due to the effect of the drug, the man's hand was still holding the kitchen knife tightly.

Seeing this, Fujino kicked the man in the chest again.

After this heavy blow, the man gradually lost consciousness and the knife slipped from his hand.

"Addict."

Fujino stood up, his eyes extremely cold.

At first, he thought that the murderer should be the enemy of the deceased. After the murderer opened the door and entered, he began to attack indiscriminately. The wounds on the body were also messy. Compared with a robber breaking into the house and killing someone, it looked more like intentional murder, or revenge.

However, he ignored one thing.

That is, the murderer is a drug addict... The reason why he kills people is simply because he wants to kill people.

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Soon after, Takagi Wataru called for backup and arrived at the scene.

When the murderer was sent to the hospital, he had been beaten until he was only breathing.

Multiple rib fractures in the mandible, dislocated shoulder blades, severe contusions on the back...

At the same time, the police also detected the contents of illegal drugs in his blood.

Fortunately, Fujino's counterattack was self-defense and did not require any legal responsibility.

Soon, the police investigated the identity of the deceased and the murderer.

According to the police investigation, the murderer was the victim's boyfriend. He was idle all day long and was an unemployed vagrant who often committed violence against his family members while drunk.

Because the victim could not bear the torture, she moved out to live alone and worked alone to raise her two children.

But even so, he would still come to ask for money...

Just last night, the murderer came again and asked for money, but this time, the two had an argument. After taking drugs, the mentally disturbed murderer picked up a kitchen knife and killed the victim.

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The heavy snow was gradually falling, and a cordon was pulled up near the crime scene, surrounded by people living nearby.

"Mother……"

Xiao Yi stood in front of the window outside the kitchen, holding a panda backpack in her arms, and her bloody handprints were particularly conspicuous.

Her clear eyes blinked, staring at the narrow window, confused and at a loss.

"..."

Fujino stood outside the alley.

He stared at the scene in front of him and remained silent.

"You've done a great job."

At this time, Shizuka Hiratsuka came over from behind.

A smile appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she comforted: "If you hadn't discovered her brother, I'm afraid she would have been alone in this world from now on."

"But you are wrong about one thing."

Fujino shook his head and turned around, his face still calm, "The one who saved him should be his mother."

"Okay, don't think so much, I know a very good ramen shop..."

She lit a cigarette, patted Fujino on the shoulder, and said boldly: "Although you still owe me so many ramen, this time I'll treat you!"

"I'll invite you this time."

"Um?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka was stunned and smiled: "This is what you said, you can't go back on it!"

Fujino took a deep breath and looked up at the sky, "Of course not. After all, I owed you a lot of favors in the past... It's time to pay them back."

Snowflakes were falling from high in the sky, and cumulus clouds blocked the sunlight.

Fujino's figure was obscured by darkness, half black and half white.

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4-chome intersection.

A layer of white snow piled up on the streets.

The three little ones walked in front and had a happy snowball fight, while Haihara Ai and Conan followed silently.

On the way, Hui Yuan Ai kept recalling the nightmare from last night absentmindedly.

"This is not the place for me to stay."

Conan imitated Haibara Ai's tone, "If you don't want to involve innocent people, you have to leave here quickly... or something, that's what you think, right?"

"…………"

Haiyuan Ai narrowed his eyes slightly and turned his head to look at Conan speechlessly.

Although that's what she really thought in her heart.

"Don't worry, normal people won't believe things like being given drugs to shrink your body. If you don't want to be exposed, just pretend to be a kid."

Conan tiptoed the football and spoke again, "And isn't there that guy Fujino? That guy is very strong, and he seems to have some friendship with Kaitou Kidd. If you have to, just tell him about our affairs, and he should Will help too."

Hui Yuan Ai suddenly said: "You must not tell him."

"well?"

Conan was a little surprised, "Why not?"

Hui Yuan Ai said coldly: "If you can't, you can't."

Conan took out the handful of melon seeds that Fujino gave him a while ago and began to eat: "Don't you have feelings for him?"

Hui Yuan Ai looked back coldly and glared: "..."

Conan took another melon seed and said, "By the way, how old were you before you became smaller?"

Huihara Ai did not reply.

He just squinted his eyes slightly and continued walking thoughtfully.

Until a street corner.

Several little ones left separately and headed in the direction of their own homes.

The black crow flapped its wings across the snow, fluttered and landed on a telephone pole, and dropped a few black feathers in the snow.

Hui Yuan Ai turned around, looked back, raised his head, and suddenly saw a black retro car.

She stared at the black car in front of her.

I feel the snowflakes around me gradually stop.

Time seems to have stopped at this moment.

Her breathing became faster and faster, and her whole body seemed to be frozen in place.

"Hey, what are you looking at?"

Conan noticed the strangeness of Haiyuan Ai, followed her gaze to the black car, and said with emotion: "It turns out to be a Porsche 356a. This kind of car is an antique. I didn't expect that people are still driving it now."

"This is……"

Hui Yuan Ai opened his mouth and managed to squeeze out a weak sound from his throat: "This is... Gin's car."