Yuu Hoshimiya didn't answer immediately.
He just turned around and walked slowly towards the door. The moment he opened the door, he stopped and said lightly: "Sometimes, justice is not measured only by law."
He looked back at Akiko Yonehara, his gaze too deep to see through.
"You still have time to make a choice."
After speaking, he walked out without looking back, leaving Akiko Yonehara standing alone in the dim room.
This was the last test Yuu Hoshimiya left for Akiko Yonehara.
If this mature beauty teacher gave up revenge, Yuu Hoshimiya wouldn't drag her completely into another path.
After collecting the reward, Akiko Yonehara would continue to be her elementary school teacher, living an ordinary but happy daily life.
As for the two beasts Shimoda and Sakai, he would arrange for them to evaporate. Akiko Yonehara sat alone in the room for a long time, Yuu Hoshimiya's last meaningful words echoing repeatedly in her mind.
Her emotions were entangled in anger, unwillingness, and regret, but gradually, those emotions receded like a tide.
Akiko Yonehara finally understood Yuu Hoshimiya's meaning—perhaps he didn't completely oppose her revenge, but hoped she wouldn't lose herself completely.
She sighed softly, a relieved smile appearing at the corner of her eyes.
At this moment, she made a decision.
Akiko Yonehara stood up, feeling much more relaxed, and her steps were much lighter.
She began to look for Yuu Hoshimiya, that little boy who seemed to see through everything was the only person she could rely on.
When Akiko Yonehara pushed the door open and entered Ran's room, Yuu Hoshimiya was sitting by the bed, whispering to Ran.
Ran had a sweet smile like a young girl on her face, a look she rarely showed, as if at this moment she had thrown away all disguise and defensiveness, immersing herself wholeheartedly in Yuu Hoshimiya's company.
"Teacher Hoshimiya, can we talk privately?"
Akiko Yonehara asked in a low voice, with a trace of carefulness.
Yuu Hoshimiya didn't answer immediately, just looking at her with a faint smile, that deep gaze seeming to ponder her intention.
Akiko Yonehara felt her cheeks slightly hot, and her heart began to accelerate. For some reason, she always had an unconcealable nervousness in front of this man.
Seeing Yuu Hoshimiya didn't refuse, she breathed a sigh of relief quietly.
Yuu Hoshimiya smiled at the puzzled Ran and said gently: "I'll talk to Teacher Yonehara properly again."
Ran nodded sensibly without asking further; she knew Brother Yuu would tell her everything afterwards. This time, Akiko Yonehara took Yuu Hoshimiya to a hidden room.
She pushed the door open, looked around, confirmed no one followed, and closed the door gently.
The atmosphere in the room instantly became somewhat oppressive; dim light shone on her face, making her expression look both nervous and determined.
She lowered her head, fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes, voice so light as if squeezed out of her throat.
"Teacher Hoshimiya... I need your help. I don't want to be caught by the police, but I... I want those bastards to pay with their lives."
Yuu Hoshimiya leaned against the wall, hands in pockets, staring at her calmly and focusedly.
He didn't speak, just watching her quietly like this; those deep eyes seemed to see through everything about her.
Akiko Yonehara felt uncomfortable being stared at by such a gaze, ears slightly red, and her body began to heat up.
Yuu Hoshimiya raised his eyebrows and said with a faint smile: "I can help you, but you have to pay the price."
Akiko Yonehara looked up at him, a trace of confusion and unease flashing in her eyes, but more of determination.
She took a deep breath, as if making a major decision: "Whatever the price is... as long as I can get rid of them."
Yuu Hoshimiya nodded gently, revealing a meaningful smile.
He took a step forward, hugged her waist with one hand, and pulled her close to him.
Akiko Yonehara's body stiffened, but she didn't push him away.
Yuu Hoshimiya whispered: "Start from here..."
He raised his chin slightly, indicating her to kiss him.
Akiko Yonehara's face turned completely red at once, and her breathing became rapid.
This kid is indeed an indecent lecherous scumbag...
The mature beauty felt both angry and shy in her heart, but also felt it was justified.
Probably influenced by the first impression, she accepted Yuu Hoshimiya's coercive behavior very quickly.
After apologizing secretly to Ran in her heart, Akiko Yonehara closed her eyes, slowly approached Yuu Hoshimiya, and planted a tentative kiss blushing.
Yuu Hoshimiya smiled with satisfaction, didn't urge, just quietly waited for her to let down all defenses herself.
Akiko Yonehara finally relaxed; with complex emotions, she deepened this kiss. Yuu Hoshimiya pulled Akiko Yonehara's delicate body over and threw her onto a bed.
"To accomplish a big thing, one always has to pay a corresponding price, right?"
Yuu Hoshimiya looked at Akiko Yonehara smilingly and said.
Akiko Yonehara showed an expression of 'it should be so' and nodded heavily.
Yuu Hoshimiya was extremely satisfied; his hand landed on Akiko Yonehara's snow mountain, pinching the two red plums on the snow mountain.
The red plums were pinched by Yuu Hoshimiya's two fingers, crushed back and forth.
Bullied by Yuu Hoshimiya like this, a blush instantly appeared on Akiko Yonehara's beautiful face.
She closed those beautiful eyes shyly, opened her mouth and said: "Teacher Hoshimiya... please be gentle..."
After speaking, Akiko Yonehara's arms hugged Yuu Hoshimiya's neck tighter.
Yuu Hoshimiya looked at Akiko Yonehara's speaking small mouth, and looked at the uncontrollable blush on her face; the delicate jade cheeks looked extremely like mature peaches, making Yuu Hoshimiya want to take a bite.
Akiko Yonehara's appearance and temperament were very close to Eri Kisaki, could be said to be a low-config version of Eri Kisaki; this aroused Yuu Hoshimiya's interest even more.
Looking at Akiko Yonehara in his arms, Yuu Hoshimiya couldn't help leaning over and kissing her crystal jade-like earlobe gently.
"Oh..."
Teased by Yuu Hoshimiya like this, Akiko Yonehara cried out softly, then bit her lip, turned her head and complained to Yuu Hoshimiya: "Teacher Hoshimiya... it's my first time... don't bully me..."
"Teacher Yonehara, you have to know, falling into my hands, you can only be bullied."
Yuu Hoshimiya hugged Akiko Yonehara tightly, smelling the fresh and elegant virgin fragrance on her body, couldn't help being pleasantly surprised.
Such a mature beauty teacher was actually a virgin; really earned it.
His big hands began to play tricks, moving randomly.
Being caressed, twisted, and picked by Yuu Hoshimiya, Akiko Yonehara's beautiful face was shy and blushing, only able to sway constantly.
Yuu Hoshimiya kissed her rosy and soft cherry small mouth; Akiko Yonehara couldn't help opening her shell teeth lightly, sticking out the small tongue in her sandalwood mouth.
Two spirit snakes entangled together fighting each other. Yuu Hoshimiya unceremoniously pulled up one of Akiko Yonehara's legs and pulled out his long spear.
The spearhead rubbed fiercely a few times, and then immediately mounted with the spear!
"So big... how can it be so big..."
"Wuu oh... so painful..."
Akiko Yonehara screamed at once, frowning in pain.
A snow plum bloomed, falling on the sheet.
Yuu Hoshimiya kissed her, relieving her pain.
Hatred supported Akiko Yonehara; after a moment of pain, she signaled Yuu Hoshimiya to continue.
The earlier the price is paid, the sooner those damned guys can be made to pay!
Realizing Akiko Yonehara's determination, Yuu Hoshimiya didn't wait any longer and thrusted quickly.
Spear like a dragon, shaking the universe, one thrust breaking the sky!
Akiko Yonehara's body moved up and down with Yuu Hoshimiya.
"...Teacher Hoshimiya... oh..."
Originally, Akiko Yonehara thought this was a big price, but now, she felt that even a hundred times more of this price would not be too much for her!
"Hit it... Teacher Hoshimiya is so amazing..."
Under Yuu Hoshimiya's powerful bombardment, Akiko Yonehara's consciousness began to blur; her arms hugged Yuu Hoshimiya's head tightly, pressing against her chest.
Yuu Hoshimiya hugged Akiko Yonehara's waist with one hand, and hugged her fragrant shoulder with the other, kissing her small mouth heavily. Until Akiko Yonehara was defeated and unable to withstand, Yuu Hoshimiya let her lie on the floor, and then lifted her up.
Doing it twice!
Akiko Yonehara frowned, beautiful eyes closed, pink face and peach cheeks completely red, shy red clouds blooming one by one, beautiful and intoxicating, delicate and charming. At this time, she was like a small boat on the sea, rising and falling with the wind, waves throwing her into the high sky.
Akiko Yonehara spasmed all over; Yuu Hoshimiya felt he was almost there too, roared low, igniting and blooming white fireworks.
Stimulated by Yuu Hoshimiya, Akiko Yonehara throbbed once again... Afterwards, Akiko Yonehara leaned in Yuu Hoshimiya's arms, breath unsettled, but still looking at Yuu Hoshimiya.
Yuu Hoshimiya looked down at Akiko Yonehara, corners of his mouth rising slightly, revealing a meaningful smile: "Next, just do as I say. I will help you make those two guys pay together."
He had planned long ago; now it was not only to help Akiko Yonehara escape guilt and fulfill her wish for revenge, but also to make his own thoughts clear.
Akiko Yonehara listened to his calm words, inexplicably feeling a sense of steadfastness she had never felt before.
She clutched Yuu Hoshimiya's sleeve tightly and nodded solemnly.
Yuu Hoshimiya's expression gradually became serious, gaze deep and cold.
"Scum who bully elementary school girls deserve ten thousand deaths!"
This sentence pierced into her heart like a sharp blade, making her eyes slightly red; she knew she didn't misjudge the person.
After tidying up clothes, Yuu Hoshimiya took Akiko Yonehara back to the living room.
Because Yuu Hoshimiya treated her condition beforehand, Akiko Yonehara's expression looked normal, showing no trace of emotional fluctuation just now.
Everyone didn't notice anything unusual, only Ran vaguely felt something was wrong.
She tilted her head looking at Akiko Yonehara, then at Yuu Hoshimiya, inexplicably feeling the atmosphere between them seemed more intimate than before, but couldn't say exactly what was strange for a while.
At this time, Yuu Hoshimiya found an appropriate time and deliberately brought up a topic.
"Speaking of which, did something bad happen three years ago?"
This sentence was like a fuse, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
Atsushi Mori cooperated very well, revealing a sarcastic smile.
"Oh, right, it's that matter three years ago—the suicide of elementary school girl Minako Mochizuki."
His tone was disdainful and deliberate, as if igniting an unfinished old grudge.
As soon as this sentence came out, Kohei Shimoda and Ryuichi Sakai's faces turned iron blue immediately, while Minori Nakamura's face showed a complex expression, like regret, and like guilt.
Seeing things going in a bad direction, Kohei Shimoda and Ryuichi Sakai hurriedly interrupted Atsushi Mori, sternly saying: "Enough! Don't mention those old past events anymore!"
A trace of panic flashed in their eyes, obviously feeling extremely uneasy about the mention of this matter.
Just then, the doorbell rang suddenly; the crisp ringtone seemed particularly harsh in the quiet living room.
Kohei Shimoda stood up as if relieved, taking this opportunity to get rid of the current deadlock.
"I'll open the door."
He walked quickly to the door, muttering in a low voice while walking, "Just in time..."
When Kohei Shimoda opened the door, he saw a figure leaning crookedly on the doorbell; that person was Teacher Sugiyama who had been absent.
Seeing this, he breathed a sigh of relief first, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth, reaching out to pat Sugiyama's shoulder.
"Why are you so late? We thought you..."
Before he finished speaking, as soon as his hand touched Teacher Sugiyama's body, the cold and stiff touch instantly transmitted along his fingertips.
Shimoda was stunned for a moment, withdrawing his hand like an electric shock.
At this moment, Teacher Sugiyama's body seemed to lose the last support, falling straight to the ground.
"Bang!"
The corpse fell heavily on the floor at the door; Shimoda was scared back a step fiercely, face turning white instantly.
His breathing became rapid, eyes full of fear and disbelief.
"This... how is this possible?"
Teacher Sugiyama's face was livid, eyes slightly open, lips purple, whole body completely soaked by cold air, obviously frozen to death outside.
Yuu Hoshimiya stood in the center of the living room, gaze cold and calm.
He didn't panic, just glanced lightly at the fallen corpse; everything was proceeding according to arrangement.
Without Conan making trouble, Yuu Hoshimiya, as the only person present somewhat related to the police, was naturally the only one who actively stepped forward to check the corpse.
Not to mention the plan achieved through magic was flawless; he was both the executor and the arbitrator, it was impossible for this plan to fail even if he wanted to.
Pretending to check the corpse and expressing no discovery to others, Yuu Hoshimiya exchanged a glance with Akiko Yonehara standing aside.
Akiko Yonehara nodded slightly, revealing a trace of complex emotion in her eyes.
She nodded gently, indicating everything went smoothly according to his plan.
The corpse had long been prepared by her, and she cleverly used a mechanism to make the corpse ring the doorbell.
Kohei Shimoda and Ryuichi Sakai looked at Sugiyama's corpse, faces becoming paler.
They walked forward tremblingly to examine the corpse, looking extremely nervous.
The two checked the corpse back and forth, finally helpless, looking at Yuu Hoshimiya for help with panic.
"Teacher Hoshimiya, what exactly is going on? How did he die here?"
Yuu Hoshimiya put away his indifferent expression and began to act pretentiously.
He turned Teacher Sugiyama's stiff arm, and deliberately touched the corpse's face, pretending to be professional and serious.
"Because the corpse was exposed to a cold environment for a long time, his time of death cannot be judged accurately. In this case, everyone could become a suspect."
He paused, gaze sweeping over everyone present one by one, tone becoming more solemn.
"That is to say, Kohei Shimoda, Ryuichi Sakai, Minori Nakamura, Akiko Yonehara, Atsushi Mori—you five, everyone could have committed the crime."
Speaking of this, he paused deliberately, as if exerting invisible pressure on everyone.
Then, Yuu Hoshimiya continued: "Teacher Yonehara was attacked before, and journalist Atsushi Mori had an alibi when the attack happened, so the suspicion of the two is relatively low."
"And the remaining three—Kohei Shimoda, Ryuichi Sakai, Minori Nakamura, your suspicion is undoubtedly the biggest, especially since we just mentioned that matter three years ago."
Yuu Hoshimiya's eyes were like sharp blades, piercing straight at the three, forcing them to face this problem.
Yuu Hoshimiya didn't give them much room to think; he stared at the three coldly, tone sharp and unquestionable.
"Anyway, it's time to clarify what exactly happened three years ago."
His gaze was torch-like, locking tightly on Shimoda, Sakai, and Nakamura.
The three were breathless under Yuu Hoshimiya's pressure, looking at each other.
Minori Nakamura looked somewhat hesitant, eyes flickering with uneasiness and guilt.
She opened her mouth, seeming ready to say something.
However, just as she was about to speak, Kohei Shimoda and Ryuichi Sakai suddenly exchanged a meaningful look, as if reaching some tacit understanding.
"Nothing to say."
Kohei Shimoda interrupted her coldly, standing up with displeasure.
Ryuichi Sakai followed closely, also showing an impatient look, "It's been so long; what's the point of bringing up old scores?"
The two refused to cooperate with a tough attitude, then walked back to their rooms without looking back, as if unwilling to mention those unbearable past events again.
Minori Nakamura looked at their retreating backs, face full of helplessness and pain; she stood in place with her head down, hands clenching into fists tightly, seeming to struggle with inner conflict.
Seeing the two leave, the corners of Yuu Hoshimiya's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a meaningful smile.
He quietly mobilized the increasingly huge magical power in his body; powerful mental power and soul power launched simultaneously, invisible mental fluctuations quietly attacking Ryuichi Sakai and Kohei Shimoda.
Mental magic carrying suggestion and catalysis penetrated quickly into their minds; their pupils gradually were dyed with an imperceptible dark red.
Mist-like emotions entangled in their minds; past accumulated resentment and dissatisfaction seemed to be magnified to the extreme.
Ryuichi Sakai and Kohei Shimoda suddenly felt a strong anger burning in their chests, and the source of this anger pointed directly at each other.
Returning upstairs, the calmness they barely maintained collapsed instantly.
Ryuichi Sakai's emotions were completely out of control; he gritted his teeth and started shouting at Kohei Shimoda.
Shimoda was also ignited by this sudden anger, retorting sarcastically, showing no weakness.
The two accused each other fiercely; contradictions erupted instantly like dry wood and raging fire.
With a bang, heavy footsteps and wrestling sounds came from upstairs; the two soon wrestled together.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the living room was tense and oppressive.
Yuu Hoshimiya and his group cast their eyes on the hesitant Minori Nakamura standing aside.
Yuu Hoshimiya looked at her indifferently, as if everything was under control.
Minori Nakamura clenched her fists, struggled in her heart for a long time, and finally sighed helplessly, whispering: "I know some things..."
Her voice trembled slightly, but she still told the truth she knew bit by bit.
Minori Nakamura admitted frankly that although she didn't witness Minako Mochizuki's death process, she indeed saw Minako's corpse in the ballet classroom, and at that time only Kohei Shimoda and Ryuichi Sakai were in the classroom.
She couldn't be sure if the two directly participated in Minako's death, but their suspicious whereabouts couldn't be ignored.
With Minori Nakamura's testimony exposed, Shimoda and Sakai's suspicion became more serious instantly.
Just then, a fierce quarrel came from upstairs, accompanied by the sound of things falling, seeming to have escalated from quarrel to physical conflict.
Yuu Hoshimiya raised his eyebrows slightly, immediately leading everyone upstairs.
When Yuu Hoshimiya and everyone walked into the room, they saw Ryuichi Sakai and Kohei Shimoda completely out of control.
The two wrestled together like beasts losing their reason, scolding each other, blaming each other for killing Minako Mochizuki.
Anger made them completely lose their calm; the quarrel became sharper and harsher.
As a physical education teacher, Ryuichi Sakai was tall and physically far superior to Kohei Shimoda.
He pressed Shimoda to the ground fiercely, pressing the other party under him mercilessly, punching and kicking.
Shimoda struggled to resist but was no match at all.
Sakai's eyes were full of anger and madness; he roared, "It's all your fault! All because of you!"
Under everyone's dumbfounded gaze, Ryuichi Sakai suddenly grabbed a heavy statue, eyes revealing complete despair and twisted pleasure.
The statue was held high in his hand; the next second, he smashed it down fiercely towards Kohei Shimoda's head without hesitation!
"Bang!"
A dull sound echoed in the room; the statue smashed heavily on Kohei Shimoda's head.
Blood instantly spurted from the cracked scalp; Shimoda's body twitched violently, and then stopped moving.
The air in the room seemed to freeze; everyone was shocked speechless by this sudden tragedy.
Ryuichi Sakai still maintained the posture of holding the statue, eyes red, breathing heavy and crazy.
His face wore an indescribable satisfaction and despair, while Kohei Shimoda lay quietly in a pool of blood, motionless.