I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 119 Dracula VS Batman

During the day, at the entrance of Chen En's rented apartment.

Conan stood on tiptoe and tried his best to hook the doorbell of Chen En's apartment.

However, just before Conan pressed the doorbell...

Having already noticed Conan outside, Chen En opened the door ahead of time.

He looked down at Conan, who seemed to be performing art, and gave him a question mark.

Chen En;?
Conan:?
The atmosphere instantly became awkward.

Immediately, Conan steadied himself, put his hands back in his pockets, and changed the subject.

"The weather is really nice today!"

Chen En followed Conan's gaze and turned to look at the cloudy sky over Beika Town.

Seeing this, Conan quickly got to the point and asked curiously,

"Um, I'd like to ask what exactly happened last night?"

"The Phantom Thief Kid failed to steal the world's largest pink sapphire, then blew up the ceiling of the Suzuki Foundation's exhibition hall, using the opportunity to escape... What else? What are the specifics?"

Hearing Conan's question.

Chen En shrugged and turned to sit back on his sofa.

Conan then closed the door behind him, jogged over to the sofa opposite Chen En, sat down, and asked,

"I heard that Phantom Thief Kid used a hypnotic smoke bomb to put everyone at the scene to sleep."

"The only three people who weren't asleep were that detective named Hakuba Saguru, you, and Sonoko, is that true? Is it because you knew in advance that Kaito Kid would use smoke bombs, so you prepared gas masks for you and Sonoko?"

Chen En: ?
He shook his head, correcting Conan's statement.

"Sonoko didn't use a gas mask, and she was indeed asleep; she just woke up the earliest."

"As for why... you should know the answer in your heart."

Conan:?
Why do I say I should have a clear idea in my mind?
I've only used anesthetic injections on Sonoko a few times. That amount of anesthetic dosage shouldn't be enough to cause resistance to anesthetics, unless Kaito Kid uses the same type of anesthetic.

However, how could Phantom Thief Kid possibly use the same anesthetic as him?
He got his anesthetic from Professor Agasa, so it's impossible that Kaito Kid's hypnotic smoke bombs were also obtained from Professor Agasa, right? That's impossible, absolutely impossible!
Conan has known Professor Agasa for so long that he believes no one understands Professor Agasa better than him.

He didn't think Professor Agasa would provide gadgets to a thief like Kaito Kid!
Without delving into the topic, Chen En simply answered Conan's earlier question.

"Don't you want to know what exactly happened last night?"

"Okay, I'll tell you. A magician disguised himself as Kaito Kid and fell from the sky. After being caught by a trap, he used magic to destroy the trap and blow up the ceiling, thus using the ceiling to escape."

Conan:?
"Then, the magician didn't expect there to be a scarecrow lying in wait for him on the rooftop. He was immediately knocked down by the scarecrow's fear gas, and then used to assassinate the Riddler."

Conan: ? ?

"Fortunately, I saw through the Scarecrow's plan to assassinate the Riddler, so the Riddler and I joined forces to put on a show of good versus evil, successfully rescuing the magician who was being controlled by the Scarecrow, and getting the Scarecrow out of the exhibition hall!"

Conan:? ? ?
"Afterwards, I tried to chase after the scarecrow, but unfortunately the scarecrow had accomplices who shot down my plane with a sniper rifle. I had no choice but to return to the exhibition hall with regret, and then you saw the live broadcast on the news."

Chen En answered Conan's questions earnestly.

However, Conan narrowed his eyes, revealing a look of considerable disapproval.

I finally thought you were reliable, so I came to ask you for help, and you made me lose so completely!
You mentioned the scarecrow and the riddle man, and I took that as just names you used for someone, but how did you manage to bring up a magician? And the magician used magic to blow up the ceiling? The scarecrow controlled the magician with fear gas?
You can't just spout nonsense like that! What era are we living in? We should believe in science, otherwise we'll just spout this weird and superstitious stuff!
Conan sighed and said,
"If you don't want to tell me, fine, but don't lie to me. I won't believe you!" You might as well tell me that the real identity of Phantom Thief Kid is actually Clark Kent, who punched the ceiling into outer space and then flew straight into the sky, escaping from the scene.

I might even think it's normal for you to let Superman escape, since you call yourself Batman.

He saw Conan and didn't believe it at all.

Chen En couldn't help but sigh.

He is an honest man.

He always tells the truth to others, but very few people are willing to believe him. Even his youngest son, Robin, doesn't believe him. It's truly lamentable.

Chen En stopped mentioning the matter and instead asked,
"Did you come to me just to ask about this?"

"If that's the case, then I've told you everything. If you have no further questions, you can leave and close the door behind you. I'm going to continue my daily workout."

Conan:?
Exercise? You?

Conan looked Chen En up and down suspiciously, and suddenly noticed that Chen En seemed to have developed streamlined muscles.

He seemed to recall that this hadn't happened before?

However, it's only been less than two weeks since he met Chen En. It's impossible for him to go from one abs to eight abs in less than two weeks, right? He must have misremembered... No, that's not important.

Conan shook his head, forcefully banishing those unimportant thoughts from his mind.

Her little face turned serious.
"Chen En, Uncle Mori has received a new commission. I suspect another vicious murder is about to occur!"

"The location for this mission is the [Dracula's Villa], far from the city!"

"Based on past experience, the remote location, sparse guests, distance from the city, and the presence of Uncle Mori perfectly fit the 'locked room in a snowstorm' scenario!"

"Let's join forces to change Uncle Mori's bad luck!"

—Hakkinan, what are you talking about?

Aren't you the one who's really unlucky?

Chen En stared at Conan for a while.

He discovered that Hakimnan seemed genuinely to think that the case had nothing to do with him, and he couldn't help but acknowledge in his heart just how powerful Hakimnan's insensitivity was.

However, according to Conan's description, this request really has all the elements of a crime.

It's hard to imagine that a heinous murder wouldn't occur in such a place.

Therefore, Chen En nodded.

"Okay, I got it. What time?"

Conan immediately replied,
"We're leaving at 5 PM today! Oh, and who knows, maybe Dracula will show up this time?"

Although the elementary school student who is the Grim Reaper does not believe in such supernatural beliefs.

But he still said it jokingly.

"This time, it might turn into a 'bat against bat' situation."

"Dracula vs. Batman!"

(End of this chapter)