Me and countless me.

Chapter 538 A Corner of the Mist Was Parted
When Shinichi Kudo entered, he saw people lying on the ground in the same pose as Yamcha. Even the person with the arrow in his forehead was in the standard Yamcha-style fall. So he couldn't help but ask a question.

"Have you arrived at the Dragon Ball theater?"

As he was speaking, he reached for the doorknob, but Li Ke grabbed his hand and, to his astonishment, pointed to a needle that had been stuck to the doorknob by someone.

Shinichi Kudo broke out in a cold sweat instantly. After realizing what had happened, he looked closely into Li Ke's room and saw many needles and other similar items, as well as spilled gasoline.

He roughly counted the people in the living room, and there were also signs of people lying down at the windows and on the stairs to the second floor. If this wasn't peaceful Tokyo, he would have thought he was on a battlefield in the Middle East.

"You're exaggerating a bit... and just how many people want to kill you?"

Li Ke released his hand, then spread her own hands and spoke helplessly.

"That's why I asked you, a genius high school detective, to come here. By the way, do you have a cell phone? Could you please call the police or something, and also have them call an ambulance?"

Li Ke leaned against the safe wall of the room, while Shinichi Kudo curiously pointed to the phone next to him, implying that he wasn't using his own phone. Li Ke glanced at him, picked up the phone receiver, and after showing him the spikes on it, he suddenly flung the entire phone away. The phone exploded in mid-air right before Shinichi Kudo's eyes!
"understand?"

Shinichi Kudo nodded blankly, then pulled out a mobile phone from his student bag and started making a call. Li Ke looked at the mobile phone with a strange expression, because if he remembered correctly, there would be scenes with Nokia phones later on, as well as scenes with smartphones.

This world is truly something else.

He quickly dialed the number, and soon, the voice of Inspector Megure, a veteran actor from the Conan world, came through the mobile phone. Shinichi Kudo quickly explained the situation to him, and then added a sentence while looking at Li Ke's face.

"And the victim is Mr. Li Ke... Although he seems to be fine, I think it would be better if you came as soon as possible."

In this era, Japan still holds writers and composers in high regard. Li Ke, in particular, is capable of writing serious literature, light novels, composing light music, and composing symphonies. He is considered a relatively approachable person and is therefore quite popular among young people.

Although this is because he remembers a lot of random things, it is undoubtedly a game-changer for people of this era.

So soon, Inspector Megure arrived with his men and, after being reminded by Shinichi Kudo, began to carefully search Li Ke's house and take control of the criminals who had been knocked unconscious by Li Ke.

Li Ke also began to give a statement wrapped in a blanket, but because the publishing house was involved, the publishing house's lawyer quickly extricated him from this mess.

There is one problem.

"More than twenty poison needles, fifty razor blades, five hundred grams of tetrodotoxin, two kilograms of cyanide, six hundred grams of various other neurotoxins, three hidden time bombs, and five kilograms of sodium hidden under the toilet floor were found in your house..."

At this point, Inspector Megure looked at Li Ke with a complicated expression.

“Brother Li Ke, this is only what we found in our initial inspection. So it’s best if you don’t stay in this house for the time being. Basically, apart from your bedroom, which has no trace of intruders, the rest of your house is full of all sorts of dangerous things.”

As he was speaking, an unfortunate police officer came running out screaming, his hand caught in a trap, looking to be in great pain.

Fortunately, the other person was wearing a full set of protective clothing, so apart from the pain, there was nothing else wrong.

Megure sighed helplessly as he watched his unfortunate subordinate pull his hand out of the bear trap with the help of his colleagues.

"So I suggest that you don't go back to live in this house until we've dealt with all the murder weapons here. After all, just figuring out how many people here want to assassinate you is a huge problem for us."

Li Ke nodded. Even without Megure, he would have left this wretched place.

But just as Li Ke was getting out of trouble, he witnessed Shinichi Kudo's performance.

"...This poisoned needle was not placed by Mr. Ono at all. There are traces of fishing line on it, so it is obvious that you set it up using this window."

As he spoke, Shinichi Kudo pulled a fishing line out of Li Ke's window and showed it to an old lady at a convenience store next to Li Ke's house. The old lady knelt down on the ground, covered her face, and cried bitterly.

"I didn't want to kill him either! But why! Why is it that even though I'm so beautiful, he never even glances at me! I even wore his fan club badge! Why won't he look at me properly!"

Li Ke: "…………"

He looked at the middle-aged woman who seemed to weigh over 300 pounds even in a place like Japan, and at the various people around Shinichi Kudo who were covering their faces and crying. He couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Li Ke wanted to wrap himself in his blanket and leave, not wanting to see this outrageous place. However, as he left, he didn't forget to take out a dozen or so Fukuzawa Yukichi banknotes from his pocket and hand them to Mouri Ran, who was fuming because she had been completely ignored by Kudo Shinichi.

"Consider this a deposit for Shinichi Kudo helping me find part of the culprit. I'll contact Inspector Megure later to pay the full amount. Also, I'd like to hire Mr. Mori to be in charge of my safety during this period..."

Li Ke genuinely wanted Shinichi Kudo to help him and asked Kogoro Mouri to help him find out who else wanted to harm him. However, as he said this, Li Ke felt a strange sense of unease. Moreover, he vaguely saw an abnormal star suddenly light up in the position of the Big Dipper in the sky.

Death Star?
how come? !

Is asking Kogoro Mouri for help also a death sentence?!
However, just as he was feeling surprised, a bicycle suddenly passed by. A mature woman with red hair and sunglasses on the bicycle turned her head away the moment she saw Li Ke. Then there was a screeching sound of brakes. The woman jumped off the bicycle and quickly came to Li Ke's side.

Li Ke could sense that this woman's combat power was 90, 50, and 90, and she was about nineteen years old. But most importantly, she had a huge amount of spiritual energy within her body, and she was clearly a character from the fantasy world.

This made him even more speechless than before.

"What is this? I was perfectly fine before I awakened my power, but now that I have, a whole bunch of monsters and demons have appeared? Is this some kind of map-changing setting from a cultivation novel?"

Li Ke had just finished mentally complaining when he saw this woman walk up to him in a very casual manner. Wearing sunglasses, she spoke with a mysterious expression.

"Young man, you're in for a bloody disaster lately."

Li Ke glanced at the dozen or so people who wanted to murder him, who were crying their eyes out as Shinichi Kudo recounted his story, and then at the girl who looked like a charlatan. He couldn't suppress his urge to make sarcastic remarks, so he pointed to the crime scene not far away and blurted out his comments.

"I think it's obvious to everyone, right? So can you tell me something I don't know?"

However, the red-haired girl didn't care about Li Ke's complaints at all, and instead spoke seriously.

"No, it's different. There's a reason you're so unlucky. I suspect you've encountered something evil! The real crisis is yet to come!"

She reached out her hand to Li Ke, closed her eyes, and then Li Ke felt a spiritual energy begin to work on him. Shinichi Kudo, who was standing nearby, saw this and frowned, then quickly walked over.

But just as he was curiously looking at the girl in front of Li Ke, the girl opened her eyes in terror, as if she had seen something terrifying!
"I sensed it! What you encountered wasn't some evil spirit! You saw Death before! And Death is still lingering around you!"

Li Ke: "…………"

He glanced at Shinichi Kudo, who had just walked over, craning his neck with a speechless expression, then at the red-haired girl who clearly possessed spiritual power, and covered his forehead. However, Shinichi Kudo didn't have his sensory abilities, so when the red-haired girl spoke those words, he replied with a look of disdain.

"Hey, you're still a college student at your age, right? Are you out here scamming people so early? This guy's unlucky, but it's not like he's going to run into death every time he steps outside, is it? And while he did encounter dozens of assassination attempts today, I've basically found the perpetrators for all of them. It's not bad luck at all; it's just that this guy is too popular." Shinichi Kudo pointed at Li Ke, then took the money back from Ran Mouri's hand and handed it back to Li Ke. He also took out a science fiction detective novel written by Li Ke and a pen from his bag and handed them to Li Ke.

"Besides, just showing me so many methods of committing crimes is enough for my appearance fee. All you need to do is sign this book; my dad will probably want it. Also, the most important thing is for you to be careful. I have a feeling you might encounter an assassination attempt again. After all, judging from the current situation, you have a lot of die-hard fans and competitors. Is this the price of becoming a celebrity? It's terrifying."

He was quite satisfied. Today he had learned more about the methods of committing crimes and experienced the joy of seeing through the various traps and methods carefully set up by the other party dozens of times.

This is much more important to him than making money.

Ran Mouri wanted to say something, after all, her father was not very reliable. He was an alcoholic and a horse race gambler, and he didn't run the agency properly. Although the money from renting out the first floor was enough for their family to live on, Ran Mouri still wanted to find some work for her father so that he wouldn't just stay at home all day watching model magazines, TV, and drinking.

By the way, I'll also add some household supplies.

Therefore, she was somewhat dissatisfied with Shinichi Kudo's refusal to pay her, but she didn't show it, after all—

Shinichi Kudo has never confessed his feelings to her, and they can't even be called lovers! They can only be called friends. So Ran Mouri feels that even if she's angry, she has no right to be angry, and she's angry about this, but she's still very angry because she's hinted at it to this extent, and Shinichi Kudo is still like a block of wood!

However, Shinichi Kudo was completely unaware of this, and was even still savoring the various methods of committing crimes he had seen before, as well as the pleasure of exposing others.

However, seeing the red-haired girl still with her eyes closed, trying to use her spiritual abilities to find her in danger, and Conan with a look of 'this is a desecration of science,' Li Ke still spoke up honestly.

"I do think that at this point I could find someone to perform an exorcism or something..."

While in theory he should worship himself to exorcise evil spirits, since he has related identities to the Heavenly Emperor, the Underworld Emperor, and Tang Sanzang, this is not Li Ke's world, but his own. Heaven knows which local pantheon is more effective.

Therefore, Li Ke thought it best to find some locals to learn about the rules of the local gods, Buddhas, demons, and monsters.

If they follow the rules and are polite, then he will also follow the rules and be polite; if they don't...

Say.

Seeing Ran Mouri's subtle expression, he still signed the book that Shinichi Kudo handed him and then spoke to Ran Mouri.

"However, even so, I still want to ask Detective Mouri to come over..."

However, the moment he opened his mouth, the red-haired girl gasped in surprise.

"Misfortune! Terrible misfortune! Death! I saw your death! No! Why am I also dying?!"

She opened her eyes wide in horror, and then saw Ran Mouri raise her fist and smile at her!

"Even if you're trying to steal business, is it really necessary to use such tactics?"

Ran Mouri was a little annoyed. She could understand why these paranormal people wanted to find clients, but to slander her father by saying that he would die if he came to her was going too far.
Although her father is a bit confused, he's not a jinx who brings bad luck to others, is he?

Although one is a detective and the other is a medium, detectives sometimes need to find ghosts, and mediums sometimes act as detectives, so they can be considered colleagues to some extent, and she can understand the competition.

But personal attacks are just too much! It made her want to punch the other person!
However, Shinichi Kudo had no interest in the red-haired beauty. He took Li Ke's autograph and left. The little bit of curiosity and goodwill he had for Li Ke disappeared because Li Ke chose to believe in Detective Mouri and the medium.

After all, the two are technically the same age, and now, Shinichi Kudo feels that he has defeated Li Ke in terms of reason and science.

"I have no interest in arguing with these superstitious guys. Let's go, Xiaolan, there's a new case over there."

He strode away. Although Ran Mouri didn't want to leave like this, she had no choice but to leave because Shinichi Kudo had left.

However, right after the two left, the red-haired girl suddenly felt a sense of relief, and when she looked at Li Ke again, she couldn't help but tilt her head.

"Is it just my imagination? Why do I feel like your bad luck and death omen have disappeared?"

She felt a bit doubtful about life. Before, when she looked at Li Ke, she felt that he was going to die no matter what, because whether it was the misfortune that surrounded him or the predetermined fate in the divination, this man was marked by the Grim Reaper. Even if he escaped one accident, there would be another. But now, she saw that nothing had happened to him. In fact, his luck was better than most people. Even if she cursed him, the effect would be reduced due to various absurd factors.

So she closed her eyes and began to sense again.

"really."

However, after hearing the girl's words, Li Ke rubbed his temples, confirming his guess.

The reason he suffered these bizarre situations was entirely because of Shinichi Kudo, the walking Grim Reaper!
We have to find a way to get our revenge!

However, sensing that the misfortune on Li Ke had disappeared, although she didn't understand what had happened, the girl was clear about one thing.

She might be mistaken!

After all, she was somewhat of a self-taught practitioner. Although she could do things that even professional people couldn't with her high spiritual power, there were some areas where she was lacking. It was normal for her to make a mistake, so she immediately became embarrassed and even awkwardly took out a black business card.

"No more money to be made, no more money to be made. I need to go back and study some more about your situation... Anyway, if you encounter something like this again, feel free to come find me! I'm currently working here, and the coffee here is really good! Just come here if you want to contact me!"

After saying that, she stuffed the business card in her hand into Li Ke's hand, then fled back to her bicycle as if she were running away. She rode off like a rocket, as if she would die of embarrassment here the next moment.

Li Ke looked at the business card in her hand and couldn't help but read it aloud.

"Cat's eye?"

Li Ke nodded, thinking it was normal for a phantom thief to appear in the detective world, but when he turned it over, he saw that the girl had written her own name in watercolor on the back of the business card.

"Reiko Mikami? A professional exorcist?"

Does this exist in the Detective Conan universe?

What else is left in this world?

Li Ke looked up in confusion, only to see two adorable high school girls. But what was most striking was that, when the girl with long, straight black hair looked at him, Li Ke saw a deep—

fear.

(End of this chapter)