In the world of Detective Conan, however, he was bound to the Naruto System.

Chapter 51: The Legendary Acupressure

Takahashi Ryoichi moved quickly, suggesting he had trained for quite some time for today's murder plan, as he pulled a short knife from his "belly".

His wild, wielding blade was extremely intimidating, and Hiroki Kakutani was so frightened that he retreated repeatedly. This was a deranged serial killer who dismembered people, and now he showed no trace of his usual honest and kind appearance.

Now that their true colors have been exposed, I dare not even imagine what they might do in their rage.

"It's all that woman, Chikako Ikeda's, fault!!"

Having completely shed his disguise, Takahashi Ryoichi's face was repulsive, his eyes filled with a chilling resentment: "If it weren't for this woman, Atsuko wouldn't be dead!"

Hiroki Kakutani angrily tried to retort, but then shrank back when he saw the short sword in Ryoichi Takahashi's hand: "What nonsense are you talking about? Atsuko committed suicide!"

At that moment, Ota Katsumi and Takahashi Ryoichi were closest to him. To avoid being accidentally injured, they quickly reassured him, "Put the knife down! Don't we all know that Atsuko committed suicide?"

Unexpectedly, Ryoichi Takahashi let out a sarcastic laugh: "I thought so too. Even when Atsuko called me before she committed suicide and said that she no longer trusted anyone, I didn't doubt anything."

"Don't you guys find it strange that someone as cheerful as Dunzi would suddenly become so suicidal without any warning..."

Not at all. Akutagawa Hiko didn't find it strange at all. In his past life, there were many people who used a cheerful exterior to cover up their inner depression. No one could enter the hearts of these people, so naturally they couldn't detect anything.

Not to mention the world, where there are many murders for strange reasons, especially among artists and writers who are inherently somewhat paranoid.

The fact that a writer committed suicide because of plagiarism is not particularly remarkable in the world of science fiction.

However, Akutagawa Hiko did not interrupt Takahashi Ryoichi's monologue. Although plagiarism is not a capital offense, it is still gratifying to see it come to this point.

As he spoke, Takahashi Ryoichi looked at the cloth wrapped around Ikeda Chikako's body parts: "It wasn't until this woman published 'The Blue Kingdom' that I understood what was going on. This so-called 'Blue Kingdom' is almost identical in plot to 'Azure Kingdom,' which Atsuko showed me!"

Hiroki Kakutani attempted to defend the deceased Chikako Ikeda: "Even so, Atsuko's death wasn't necessarily because of this incident..."

Akutagawa Hiko noticed something else, which was what Takahashi Ryoichi had said: these two books had very similar titles, but their plots were almost identical...

Given Ryoichi Takahashi's hatred for Chikako Ikeda, if their writing style, details, characters, and overall style were similar, he would definitely say it too.

If we're just talking about the plot, then there's a lot to discuss...

Before he could think any further, Takahashi Ryoichi once again swung his sword, forcing back the two who tried to approach. Then, he actually held the sword to his own neck: "It's all over now. I am the righteous messenger who avenged Atsuko. I'm going to another world to be with Atsuko..."

"How ridiculous."

Takahashi Ryoichi glared angrily at Akutagawa Hiko, who had suddenly spoken up with a mocking expression. The knife in his hand was no longer pointed at him, but directly at Akutagawa Hiko: "What did you say?!"

Undeterred by the danger, Akutagawa Hiko once again provoked him, saying, "I say you've been a joke from beginning to end, a complete self-deceiving clown. If you're going to die, just go die already. Why bother putting on this act here?"

Ryoichi Takahashi's hand holding the knife was trembling, and he looked like he really wanted to stab Hiko Akutagawa.

Conan opened his mouth: ...

They weren't worried about Akutagawa's safety, but if he really committed suicide in front of them, and someone investigated, Akutagawa's words could very well cause him trouble...

However, Conan strongly agrees with what Akutagawa Hiko said.

Seeking revenge is one thing, but dragging innocent people into it and then claiming to be righteous is utterly shameless and an insult to true heroes and justice.

"Putting aside the cruel act of dismembering your body in an attempt to escape punishment, because Xiaolan may have seen your real body and it could affect your ability to escape legal sanctions, you attacked Xiaolan twice in an attempt to silence her. You are no longer the righteous messenger you claim to be."

Akutagawa Hiko finally shattered Takahashi Ryoichi's psychological defenses with a single sentence: "You're no different from any other serial killer. If you still want to see Atsuko, you only deserve to go to hell."

"No, stop talking!"

Once his defenses were broken, Takahashi Ryoichi could no longer hold back and charged at Akutagawa Hiko with his sword raised, seemingly having been completely overwhelmed by a few words.

Ran Mouri's gaze sharpened, and she was about to make a move when a dark figure darted out from the side. Akutagawa Hiko was seen tapping Takahashi Ryoichi a few times.

"this……"

Everyone was stunned, because at this moment, only Takahashi Ryoichi's eyes could move; if you didn't know better, you would think he was a lifelike wax figure.

Akutagawa Hiko was very satisfied with his acupoint striking technique, which he had improved upon from Baguazhang.

It was originally just a sudden idea. Since it is possible to block the flow of chakra through acupoints, it would be reasonable to use acupoints, meridians, and a little chakra to block the transmission of nerve signals.

In this way, the magical acupoint striking effect found in martial arts novels can be achieved.

However, Akutagawa Hiko had not yet learned how to release pressure points, and it was not appropriate to use people around him to test it. Now, a test subject just happened to jump out on his own.

Conan was still worried that his neighbor would get him into trouble with the Metropolitan Police Department, so he pretended to be a child and said in a high-pitched voice, "Akutagawa-nii is so amazing, how did he do that? He stopped moving all of a sudden!"

Akutagawa Yan:......

Conan is getting better and better at pretending to be young; now it doesn't even seem out of place.

"It's acupressure. He'll be able to move again in eight hours."

Akutagawa Hiko didn't use much chakra. Once the chakra dissipated on its own, he could naturally escape this state. But being motionless for eight hours was definitely torture.

"Acupressure?"

The others didn't seem to have heard of this, but Conan, with his wide range of reading, was familiar with it. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether the author had actually read it or if it was just a coincidence.

"To prevent him from hurting himself or others in a fit of anger, let him stay there."

After saying that, Akutagawa Hiko stopped caring about what was going on there, yawned, and went back to his room.

The remaining people exchanged glances, found some ropes and strips of cloth, and tied the person up tightly before they dared to go back to sleep.

……

The next day, around noon, Takahashi Ryoichi, who finally felt his body again, got into the police car with tears streaming down his face.

The police were bewildered when they heard about the dismemberment case, thinking they were about to encounter a vicious criminal.