Chapter 220 Crossroads in the Snow

Fujino quickly scanned the man's body.

His eyes stayed on the stainless steel kitchen knife.

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

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

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

"Crack!"

The bone of the man's wrist holding the knife broke.

There was no time for the other party to react.

Fujino quickly raised his right hand, bent his arm and quickly hit the man's face with his elbow, and then took advantage of the situation to hit the other party's chest with a knee.

"Puff!"

The man spitted out saliva, was knocked back by the knee, and then was thrown to the ground by Fujino's shoulder.

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

But in a state of extreme excitement, he still tirelessly made 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 the thing to that person!"

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

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

"Crack!"

The man's arm was forcibly removed by Fujino.

But due to the effect of the drug, the man still held the kitchen knife tightly in his hand.

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.

"Drug addict."

Fujino stood up with an extremely cold look.

At first, he thought the murderer should be the enemy of the deceased. The murderer began to attack indiscriminately after opening the door and entering. The wounds on the body were also messy. Compared with robbers breaking into the house and killing people, it was more like intentional killing, or revenge.

However, he overlooked one point.

That is, the murderer is a drug addict... The reason why he killed people is purely because he wanted to kill people.

…………

Soon after, the support called by Takagi Shigeru arrived at the scene.

When the murderer was sent to the hospital, he had been beaten to the point of only having one breath left.

Multiple fractures of the lower jaw ribs, dislocated shoulder blade, severe contusion of the back...

At the same time, the police also detected the components of banned drugs in his blood.

Fortunately, Fujino's counterattack was a legitimate defense and he did not need to bear any legal responsibility.

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

According to the police investigation, the murderer is the boyfriend of the victim. He is idle all day long and is an unemployed vagrant. He often commits violence against his family after drinking.

The victim moved out alone because he could not bear the torture and worked alone to raise two children.

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

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

…………

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

"Mom..."

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

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

"………"

Fujino stood outside the alley.

He stared at the scene in front of him, silent.

"You have done a good job."

At this time, Shizuka Hiratsuka came from behind.

She raised a smile and comforted him: "If you hadn't found her brother, she would have been alone in this world."

"But you are wrong about one thing."

Fujian shook his head and turned around with a calm expression, "It should be his mother who saved him."

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

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

"I'll treat you this time."

"Hmm?"

Hiratsuka Shizuka was stunned for a moment, and smiled: "You said it, you can't regret it!"

Fujian 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 it back."

Snowflakes fell from the sky, and cumulus clouds blocked the sun.

Fujian's figure was covered by the darkness, half black and half white.

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The intersection of 4-chome.

A layer of white snow piled up on the street.

The three kids were walking in front and playing snowballs happily, while Haibara Ai and Conan followed silently behind.

On the way, Haibara Ai was absent-mindedly recalling the nightmare of last night.

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

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

"…………"

Haibara Ai narrowed her eyes slightly, turned her head and looked at Conan speechlessly.

Although she did think so in her heart.

"Don't worry, no one would believe that someone would shrink you down by taking drugs. If you don't want to be exposed, just pretend to be a child."

Conan stood on his tiptoes and said, "Besides, there's Fujino. He's very strong and seems to have some friendship with Kaito Kid. If it's necessary, just tell him about our situation and he should help."

Habara Ai suddenly said, "You must not tell him."

"Huh?"

Conan was a little surprised, "Why not?"

Habara Ai said coldly, "No means no."

Conan took out the handful of melon seeds that Fujino had given him some time ago and started eating them, "You don't have feelings for him, do you?"

Habara Ai looked back coldly and glared, "…………"

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

Habara Ai didn't answer.

She just squinted her eyes and continued to walk forward thoughtfully.

Until a street corner.

The little ones left and walked towards their own directions to go home.

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

Huihara Ai turned around, looked back, raised her head, and suddenly saw a black retro car.

She stared at the black car in front of her.

She felt the snowflakes around her gradually stop.

Time seemed to stop at this moment.

Her breathing became more and more rapid, and the whole person seemed to be frozen in place.

"Hey, what are you looking at?"

Conan noticed the strangeness of Huihara Ai, followed her gaze to the black car, and sighed: "It turned out to be a Porsche 356a. This kind of car is antique. I didn't expect that there are still people driving it now."

"This is..."

Huihara Ai opened her mouth and barely squeezed out a weak sound from her throat: "This is... Gin's car."