After the Undercover System Went Haywire, I Switched to Grinding Suspicion Points Chapter 290

After the recording finished rambling about the castle's history, the legend of Karasuma Renya, and treasure-related puzzles, it also made a prophecy.

It stated that for the final treasure to be divided and the way to leave this place, everyone would also fall into mutual slaughter.

Everyone scoffed at this.

This was modern society, and there weren't any poor people present—how could anyone kill over such nonsense? It was completely not worth it.

"Putting on airs." Matsuda Jinpei got up in annoyance. "I'm going to see if he really blew up the cars. I've been wanting to check since earlier."

"Wait, I'll co with you too." The curly-haired woman said. "Don't forget, the suspicion on you hasn't been cleared yet."

Her face clearly read: who knows if you're going to destroy evidence or sothing.

Matsuda Jinpei scoffed, upright and unafraid: "Together it is, I..."

Before he finished speaking, the chubby Gourt Detective suddenly clutched his throat, looking like he couldn't breathe, and collapsed to the floor.

The dining room suddenly fell silent. The detectives nearby imdiately surrounded him, checking pulse, examining ti of death, determining cause of death.

There were even those directly using coins to test if there was an oxidation reaction in the tea he'd drunk, searching for the source of poisoning.

Like a panel of experts consulting, several detectives quickly reached a conclusion.

"Hmm, it looks like he was targeted from the beginning—after all, the position, tableware, and na cards were all set up in advance... And the killer might be among us."

Matsuda Jinpei, the police officer, almost couldn't get a word in: "But doesn't Phantom Thief Kid not kill people? So it really is soone borrowing Phantom Thief Kid's na?"

The curly-haired woman sighed: "Based on current information, continuing this discussion won't yield results. Let's first go check if all the vehicles have been blown up."

Most of the people present were detectives, and imdiately they all expressed wanting to go together.

After all, this concerned their safety—they preferred to see the scene themselves and make their own judgnts rather than listening to others' accounts.

Even Mouri Ran wanted to go, but only Usuha Izuki suddenly spoke up.

"You all go ahead, I'll pass."

"............"

Instantly, everyone turned to look at him, their expressions and gazes full of complex aning.

The hard-boiled detective choked for a second, then bravely spoke first: "Do you think you're not suspicious enough already?"

Old Lady Chikama also advised: "Samukawa-kun, you should co along. If you stay alone... it's easy to be suspected that you're planning to secretly do sothing."

Matsuda Jinpei wanted to say sothing, then closed his mouth, his expression looking like he wanted to go over and give Usuha Izuki, who only knew how to cause trouble, a couple of punches.

Although Matsuda Jinpei didn't speak, he still threatened Usuha Izuki with his eyes, telling him to be sensible and stop toying with others.

"Alright." This ti Usuha Izuki gave in very easily, since he still had a wave of pre-scheduled suspicion values to collect. "Together."

Matsuda Jinpei walked alongside him at the front, saying very quietly: "Rein in your mischief."

Soone died! Stop playing around!

Usuha Izuki: "I saved your car."

Matsuda Jinpei: "That's one thing, this is another. Even if you saved , don't deliberately cause trouble at a ti like this."

Usuha Izuki: "But I saved your car."

Matsuda Jinpei: "...How many tis are you going to say this?"

Usuha Izuki thought about it: "Until you change cars."

Matsuda Jinpei: "..."

Usuha Izuki complained to the system in his mind: [I walked 20 minutes in the rain for my friend's car! 20 minutes! But he won't even let ntion it a few more tis!]

System: [I was quite moved at first, you really are different with friends, but emphasizing it like this makes it sound weird...]

[What do you an? 20 minutes is because where he parked really was only 20 minutes' walk away. Even if it were 30 minutes I wouldn't complain!]

System: [You don't even dare hypothesize an hour...]

Usuha Izuki: [One must be honest. Besides, it's pouring rain—walking an hour would be too hard. Matsuda himself wouldn't want to do it. If it really ca to that, I'd rather buy him a new car and forget the suspicion values.]

System: [...]

The group quickly reached the parking lot. Forget finding any surviving cars—since the rain had stopped, when they arrived, the cars here were still burning.

However, at this crucial mont, the maid stepped forward, saying her car might be fine because her master had requested it be parked at the back door.

So everyone turned toward the back door.

Since it had rained heavily earlier, everyone walked on roads with standing water, even crossing a section of lawn. Unlike before when they got out of cars at the front door and walked just a few steps inside, their shoes and pant cuffs inevitably got dirty.

Hakuba Saguru suddenly spoke: "Did Samukawa-san already know we'd have to co out again tonight?"

Everyone's attention tilted toward this direction.

Mouri Ran was rather naive. Seeing Usuha Izuki remain silent and ignore people, she even helped smooth things over: "Why would Hakuba-kun ask that?"

"Others should have noticed too, right?" Hakuba Saguru said with a confident smile. "Both walked 20 minutes in heavy rain, but Matsuda-san changed his pants while Samukawa-san didn't—he seems to have just dried them earlier... Samukawa-san's dressing style is rather ticulous, so theoretically he should have changed pants too... The only reason not to change would be thinking it unnecessary."

Matsuda Jinpei couldn't help covering his face.

When Usuha Izuki refused to co along earlier, what Matsuda Jinpei wanted to complain about but held back due to concerns was exactly this.

Weren't you prepared for your pant cuffs to get wet again when going out! Why be fussy about it now!—he had originally wanted to complain like this.

But considering that saying it out loud would easily make others suspect Samukawa Shinryu, Matsuda Jinpei endured it.

But now they still couldn't avoid it...

Thinking carefully, this developnt was probably sothing Samukawa Shinryu deliberately allowed to happen, making Matsuda Jinpei even more annoyed.

What kind of weird hobby did this guy have! Was being constantly suspected by people so enjoyable?! Should he go see a psychologist?!

Matsuda Jinpei was very dissatisfied with this developnt, but Usuha Izuki was quite happy.

The reason he agreed so easily earlier was for the suspicion values he was receiving now!

Look, walking 20 minutes in the rain—first he fleeced Matsuda Jinpei, then got a wave of suspicion values upon entering, another wave after the cars were blown up, and now another wave... One fish, several als—he was winning big.

Just as he was about to speak and add fuel to the fire, Matsuda Jinpei, who had taken a deep breath to adjust his mood, spoke first.

"Samukawa probably just considered that we might need to leave the castle to investigate."

Everyone's faces were written with disbelief.

Usuha Izuki felt he didn't need to add fuel to the fire.

He had underestimated detectives! Even if he said nothing, the detectives would still wildly suspect!

Moreover, the detectives were all very rational—while finding him particularly suspicious, they also felt being too suspicious made him less like the mastermind. This back-and-forth tug provided a steady stream of suspicion values.

The detectives didn't fall into a stalemate due to Usuha Izuki's non-cooperation. They quickly found the maid's intact vehicle and began discussing who should drive to the bridge to see if it had really collapsed.

In the end, they decided by coin toss.

Matsuda Jinpei was left behind, while Usuha Izuki, Phantom Thief Kid disguised as Mouri Kogorou, and Old Lady Chikama were selected to drive over.

"I have no objections." Usuha Izuki sowed discord against himself. "But do you trust enough to let co along?"

The hard-boiled detective complained: "It's just driving to look at a bridge. How could anything happen with that..."

Usuha Izuki: "Who knows."

Everyone: "............"

Phantom Thief Kid sighed: "Alright, alright, let's get going. It's so late already—the sooner we confirm, the sooner we can return."

Old Lady Chikama was already in the driver's seat, also sticking her head out to urge: "Exactly!"

So the three left by car, while the others returned to the castle to await their investigation results.

Matsuda Jinpei paced back and forth, seemingly thinking about sothing. Edogawa Conan glanced over and went to strike up conversation.

"Officer Matsuda, are you worried about Samukawa-san?"

Matsuda Jinpei instinctively: "No, I'm worried about the others... uh."

Everyone: "............"

"...That's not what I ant." Matsuda Jinpei irritably scratched his hair. "Samukawa just has rather mischievous tendencies and a bad habit of toying with people, but there's actually nothing wrong with him as a person. I think you all can see that too..."

Everyone: "............"

—This is called nothing wrong with him as a person?! Isn't your standard for "nothing wrong" a bit off sowhere?

Just as everyone was speechless, the small team that went to check the bridge returned.

Phantom Thief Kid, using Mouri Kogorou's face, told everyone with a grief-stricken expression:

"Ms. Chikama... probably fell off the cliff. Soone must have tampered with the car. We were checking ahead while she was inside turning on the low beams, when it suddenly exploded, and then being on a slope, it fell down..."

Everyone: ".................."

The hard-boiled detective finally stood up, mustering the courage he'd used to confront the Chicago mafia, and questioned Samukawa Shinryu: "Does this have anything to do with you?!"

"...Are we starting the act now?" Matsuda Jinpei couldn't help saying. "Actually, everyone's already guessed the culprit is that old lady, right? The way she obviously rigged the coin toss... How about we wait until she cos back to start acting?"

This was indeed true. The detectives present had already solved most of the puzzles, including how Old Lady Chikama killed the Gourt Detective, how she faked the coin toss results, and even hearing the news of her falling to her death only gave everyone one more puzzle piece—clearly, this was escaping by feigning death. Old Lady Chikama thought this way everyone would stop suspecting a dead person.

There were many surveillance caras in this castle. When she returned, she could monitor their progress based on the surveillance footage. She could wait for everyone to kill each other, then erge to steal the final results.

Everyone hadn't even discussed it—just exchanged glances and understood that they'd all seen through Old Lady Chikama's suspicious points. They were prepared to act together in front of the surveillance caras, even thinking about what poses to make when feigning their own deaths.

It's just that Matsuda Jinpei felt that Old Lady Chikama was already in her sixties. Hiding in the grass before the car exploded and not coming out, then walking toward the castle after Samukawa Shinryu and Mouri Kogorou left... she'd definitely be slower than them! There was no need to start acting now!

The key point was that he felt that guy was getting a bit too into character... Matsuda Jinpei even suspected his own judgnt—this detective couldn't be so incompetent that he didn't notice Old Lady Chikama's problems, could he?

However, the curly-haired woman said: "I don't know about others, but I'm actually sowhat suspicious—Samukawa-san seems to know too much, and too early. Isn't he really an accomplice who just took advantage of Ms. Chikama's plan to silence her? What if Ms. Chikama didn't manage to escape the car in ti and really fell down with the exploding car? Speaking of which, what's in your coat pocket?"

The dark-haired, red-eyed young man tilted his head and pulled a gun from his trench coat: "Are you asking about this?"