Ke Xue World: The Confrontation between Black and Red

Compared with Conan and others' step-by-step exploration after entering Haruwa Residence, Karasuma Sonobu already knew the general root cause when he entered this murderous Tulip Manor.

The seed of revenge in Hatoyama Eri's heart was deliberately planted from the beginning.

The blood feud between Hiroko Muto and the Hatoyama family has long been known and exploited.

The mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole stalks behind. The person who really does everything behind the scenes without showing off the truth is never Muto Hiroyuki who thinks he has a chance to win.

It was Ichihara Yoshi, the top chief of the Cabinet Secretariat who had nothing to do with the matter from beginning to end, and now acted as the Prime Minister to handle national affairs.

As the person behind the scenes who secretly uncovered the trafficking case of the century, completely pulling down the once-unparalleled Kenya Hatoyama from a position just one step away from the position of Prime Minister, and helping Miyazawa Yoshito become the Prime Minister.

Karasuma Sonobu was not only aware of the activities behind the trafficking case of the century, but he had also seen with his own eyes the list of sacrifices soaked in countless blood and composed of countless dead souls.

Although many people were secretly involved behind the scenes, Karasuma Sonobu was not able to take away the list of sacrifices.

But he memorized every word in the roster.

So when he found out that Nagasawa Yuta was relying on Muto Hiroshi, Karasuma Sonobu quickly found the name of the three-year-old child with the same surname Muto from his memory, and compared it with Muto Hiroshi's information. Check in with the grandson who has been missing for many years.

It's just that the time when Hiroko Muto got the list of sacrifices was too coincidental.

It just so happened that when Kenya Hatoyama regained his strength and stepped into the threshold of being elected as prime minister, Hiroyuki Muto's confidant who had sent out to find his grandson's whereabouts for many years without results suddenly obtained this heavyweight evidence.

Father, like son.

Hiroko Muto thought it was God's mercy that allowed him to learn the culprit that caused his family to be destroyed. Little did he know that the list of sacrifices was specially sent to him.

As for Ichihara Yoshi’s purpose?

Hearing the familiar footsteps, Karasuma Sonobu turned to look at Kuyamaho.

Kuyamaho nodded slightly and said softly under the cover of the rain:

"It has been handed over to the person who responded under the water."

"Fire! It's on fire!"

Just as Kuyamabo finished speaking, an exclamation caught everyone's attention.

Everyone looked out and saw a raging fire suddenly bursting out from the top of the attic. Along with the billowing smoke, it quickly spread to the entire attic.

At night, the particularly conspicuous scene of the burning attic made many guests feel scared.

Ichihara Yoshi looked at the attic that had burned into a sea of ​​flames in the blink of an eye. Even though it was raining heavily at the moment, it was still full of flames. A trace of regret and regret could not be suppressed in his eyes.

Fortunately, the viewing verandah built around the loft is still a little away from the loft, so apart from the sweltering heat caused by the burning loft, the waiting experience for the guests was good.

I just occasionally complain about why the rescue outside the lake has not come for so long.

However, after hearing the explosions one after another in the distance, these guests stopped complaining.

However, the moods of Conan, Hattori Heiji and others were like being on a rotating and jumping roller coaster because of the explosions that occurred from time to time in the distance, and they experienced what it meant to be frightened.

At this time, the four Maolilan people who were hiding in one place and in the house also saw the firelight from the burning attic in the middle of the lake through the window glass.

The place where the fire broke out at the beginning was indeed the residence where Maori Lan and others were, but before that, Maori Kogoro happened to rush over and took them away from that place quickly.

Therefore, when the fire broke out, several people were lucky enough to escape.

The flames flying in the sky were clearly visible in the pouring rain. At this moment, everyone outside the lake knew that something happened in the middle of the lake.

Mao Lilan and others were worried, while the police and public security officers patrolling outside the lake rushed there.

At the same time, the burning of the flames in the center of the lake was like a signal, and the sound of continuous explosions suddenly sounded in every corner of Chunheju.

On the edge of a dark lake, a dark figure hugged a brown wooden box. After quietly emerging from the water, he quickly disappeared into the depths of the night.

On summer nights, even if it rains heavily, it is still hard to feel cool.

The corridor was ventilated everywhere, and the rain swept in by the wind soon completely wet the hem of Karasuma Sonobu's kimono, which was already a little wet.

Even his face was inevitably stained by a little rainwater.

"Excuse me, is this... Karasuma-kun?"

There was a slight pause in the familiar voice in his memory. Karasuma Sonobu turned around and saw Taku Yokoyama, who was wearing a black suit and was stopped not far away by the Karasuma family, looking at him with complicated eyes.

finally come.

Karasuma Sonobu raised his left hand lightly, signaling the Karasuma family members to step back, then turned back and focused his gaze on the darkness in the distance.

Yokoyama Taku walked up to Karasuma Sonobu and looked at his appearance and expression carefully. He originally had a lot of questions that he wanted to ask, but in the end he just said:

"You must have had a hard time these past few years."

Karasuma Sonobu's eyes flashed slightly:

"Inspector Hengshan Police came here specially just to tell me this?"

The standard job title made Taku Yokoyama slightly stunned.

In his memory, even during the rebellious period when he was racing cars, fighting and hanging out in nightclubs, that unruly young man still called him "Uncle Hengshan" every time he saw him in the police station.

At this moment, Yokoyama Taku finally had a clear understanding of the eleven years that the two had not seen each other.

Not to mention the changes in the world, but things have changed and people have changed.

Although he didn't know what Karasuma Sonobu had gone through in the past eleven years to appear here as the heir to the Karasuma Consortium, and even join the top inner circle of Neon.

But Taku Yokoyama, who has been in the police surveillance position for several years, knows very well that there must be many important people and things involved.

So until he left, Yokoyama Taku didn't ask any questions about why Karasuma Sonobu ran away from home, what he was doing these years, why he suddenly became the heir of the Karasuma Consortium and appeared here with a different name. .

He just talked about his past eleven years of life as if in casual conversation, and by the way mentioned his retired teacher and the head of the department.

Karasuma Sonobu listened quietly without making any response, even his eyes were always focused on the darkness in the distance.

It wasn't until the words ended that Karasuma Sonobu turned around and looked into Yokoyama Taku's eyes, and said coldly:

"Don't tell her you've seen me."

Although they clearly said who she was, both of them knew it clearly.

"She misses you."

Yokoyama Taku replied.

Karasuma Sonobu withdrew his gaze, turned away, paused as he passed by, and spoke indifferently:

“But even if she knew, we wouldn’t meet.

So there is no need to raise her hopes only to have them dashed. "

For Karasuma Sonobu, his mother Yuki Sanada already knew that he was still alive in this world through the bouquet of cherry blossoms he hired someone to place on his brother's grave every month. This was enough.

As for the pain of being so close but not being able to see each other, there is no need for the already worried mother to bear it.

Yokoyama Taku stopped persuading him and kept his posture as he watched Karasuma Sonobu go away. He looked away after a long time.

As the wooden clogs made a clear "ta-ta-ta" sound on the floor, Karasuma Sonobu walked forward slowly, and not long after, he met several acquaintances.

"Master Karasuma."

"Secretary Sanada."

After greeting each other in an extremely distant manner, Karasuma Sonobuchao continued to walk forward. When he passed Hattori Heizou and Hattori Heiji, it was Hattori Heizou who spoke first:

"Karasuma...kun."

The slight pause in Hattori Heizo's words that was exactly the same as Yokoyama Taku's made Karasuma Sonobu stop:

"Police Inspector Hattori."

Hattori Heiji was slightly startled. He raised his eyes and looked at Karasuma Sonobu, feeling a sense of familiarity inexplicably.

Have I seen him somewhere?

With this question in mind, Hattori Heiji asked after Karasuma Sonobu finished the conversation with his father.

Hattori Heizang nodded slightly, but did not elaborate.

With such a striking appearance, it was indeed him.

However, his surname should be Sanada, why is his surname Karasuma now?

The fire that roared into the sky did not hide the situation from those who stayed on the tarmac, waiting to learn about the situation in the center of the lake from the police.

Several helicopters took advantage of the fact that the thunder stopped but the rain was still strong, and they landed in the open space in the center of the lake in the pouring rain.

The emergency outsourcing of life-saving equipment finally arrived belatedly.

The fire in the attic was still burning, but Karasuma Sonobu was already on the Karasuma family's helicopter.

Apart from him, the rest of the people also took various means of transportation and left the Tulip Manor that made them terrified that night.

The helicopter rose high into the sky, and heavy raindrops slapped on the portholes. Looking out the window, the burning attic became smaller and smaller in the night sky until it disappeared.

When the rain subsided, Karasuma Sonobu had already changed out of his complicated clothes. After a simple wash and shower, he sat in a black bathrobe in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of the penthouse suite of an international hotel in the center of Kyoto.

Late at night, Kyoto outside the window is not as colorful as Tokyo at night, with thousands of lights.

The rain was pattering outside the window, but it was quiet inside.

The night light at hand emitted a warm yellow shimmer. Karasuma Sonobu reached for the brown wooden box next to the night light, opened it and took out the Chitose Jade inside.

It still looks that gray. Although it is the color of amber, it does not have the luster of amber.

However, if you look closely, you can see some blood streaks faintly showing under the turbid surface of Qiantai Jade.

And the whole body of the Thousand Years Jade still exudes a very faint smell of blood.

Although the smell is very light, it is very long-lasting.

However, what is so important about this thousand-year-old jade? Not only Karasuma Renya, but also Ichihara Yoshi so carefully calculated to get it?

Playing with the Thousand-year-old Jade, a trace of doubt arose in Karasuma Cang's confidence.

Before going to Kyoto, Karasuma Sonobu had already learned about the three auction items from the people left by the Karasuma family at Gogo Co., Ltd.

And this time Karasuma Renye asked Karasuma Sonobu to attend this party, one of the purposes was Chitose Jade.

As a heirloom treasure of the Hatoyama family, the Thousand-year-old Jade suddenly disappeared without a trace after the death of Hatoyama Kenzai.

There was no trace of him for two whole years.

It wasn't until the tulip invitation appeared and Haruwaju opened its garden again after two years that Karasuma Renye received the news that the Chitose Jade Club would be the third item to be auctioned.

So, Karasuma Sonobu, who received the mission of getting the Chitose Jade, finally came to Kyoto.

And on the first day when he came to Chunhe Residence, he asked Kuyamaho to send people to keep an eye on the three lots.

But this is not to do anything, but to prevent others from doing anything.

If Kuyamabo hadn't sent someone to keep an eye on it, tonight's third auction item would have been anything, but it wouldn't have been a thousand-year-old jade.

Hiroko Muto will not let the Chitose Jade soaked in the blood of his grandson fall into the hands of others, and Ichihara Yoshi is also eyeing the Chitose Jade for other reasons.

While others were busy solving the case and socializing, Hiroko Muto and Ichihara Yoshi's men made several moves on the Chitose Jade stored in the vault.

The previous discussion between the two people about the second lot of parchment actually alluded to the thousand-year-old jade.

Therefore, when Chitose Tama appeared tonight, the person who breathed a beat faster was not only Muto Hiroko, but also Ichihara Yoshi.

After Hiroko Muto sent people to kill Hatoyama Kenya, he later attacked the rest of the Hatoyama family and Ueno Shotaro. In addition to avenging his grandson, he also wanted to find the Chitose Jade.

On the second day of Haruwa Residence, Karasuma Sonobu met Muto Hiroyuki on his only way after knowing that Muto Hiroyuki was going out alone with someone through the mechanical bee.

Although that conversation was just a few chats, it made Karasuma Sonobu confirm more than one thing.

Hiroyuki Muto, who claimed to be ill and relinquished his powers as acting prime minister, was not only in good health, he was also an insider who used him as a bargaining chip in exchange for Kenjiro Sanada's promotion to the top leaders of the organization and Neon politics.

And when Chitose Tama appeared tonight, Ichihara Yoshi's faster breathing also made Karasuma Sonobu understand that Ichihara Yoshi was deliberately plotting Muto Hiroko's second purpose.

That is the thousand-year-old jade that has a beautiful legend but is stained with countless blood.

At the same time, this person was also an insider back then.

Therefore, in order to prevent Hiroko Muto from taking the Chitose Jade, Karasuma Sonobu controlled the mechanical bee to temporarily cut off the electric switch on the third floor of the attic, creating a momentary power outage.

In order to prevent the Chitose Jade from falling into the hands of the police and eventually ending up in the hands of Ichihara Yoshi, Karasuma Sonobu asked Kuyamaho to secretly send someone to take the Chitose Jade out during the chaos before evacuating the attic, and then burn the entire attic.

In this way, everyone will think that Chitose Jade was buried in the sea of ​​​​fire along with the pavilion.

Who would have thought that this thing would end up in his hands.

Putting the Chitose Jade into the box, Karasuma Sonobu thought for a while, took out his mobile phone and quickly wrote an email, and then pressed the send button.

In less than two seconds,

In an ordinary house in Kyoto, the already dark and quiet bedroom suddenly turned on.

A slender hand clicked on the email sent in the middle of the night, and then quickly replied "received."