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

Chapter 144 Chen En is probably no match for the murderer!
"What, what's wrong?"

"What happened?"

The two special effects actors who were originally at the front desk, as well as Kogoro Mouri and Kenzo Tajima, also rushed to the scene. Their eyes were immediately focused on Tamanosuke Ito, who had been punched out of the dressing room.

Then, they turned to look at Conan, who was running towards them, dragging his skirt.

Maori Kogoro:?

This looks like a courtesan's outfit, right? But why isn't the belt in the middle tied?

Running with your back swinging back, what kind of performance art are you doing?

Kogoro Mouri quietly approached Conan and delivered a powerful punch to Conan's head.

The next moment, Conan let out a cry of pain and crouched down to protect himself.

Tears welled up in her eyes without her even realizing it.

Immediately, Kogoro Mouri received disapproving glances from Sonoko Suzuki, Ran Mouri, and Megumi Ito, who arrived shortly afterward.

Seriously, why does this kid get so many girls wherever he goes?

Kogoro Mouri twitched the corner of his mouth, somewhat speechless.

Is it because elementary school students look so endearing?
It wasn't until Ito Megumi came to Conan's side that he noticed it was his own brother who had been knocked away.

Immediately, she squatted down and asked her brother with concern.

"Brother, are you alright? What happened?"

Ito Tamanosuke was still feeling a little dizzy.

Hearing his sister's voice, he gradually returned to normal, raised his head, and was about to say something.

However, at this moment, Chikashi Tetsuo peeked out from inside the room.

He laughed mockingly.
"It's nothing, I just had a friendly chat with him about the script."

"We're all men, what's a little pain? Alright, don't bother me, I only have four thousand words left to write, come pick up the script in an hour!"

Without any hesitation, Chikashi Tetsuo slammed the door shut.

It made a huge noise; if you didn't know better, you would think that the owner of the theater troupe was Chikashi Tetsuo, and the person who was knocked away was the troupe's scriptwriter.

Ito Tamanosuke felt somewhat disappointed that he had failed to persuade Chikaishi Tetsuo to change the script.

He sighed, patted Xiaohui's head beside him, and then said in a forced cheerful tone,

"It's almost lunchtime, shall I invite everyone to eat at the restaurant next door?"

"After dinner, the script will be almost finished, and then everyone can start rehearsing the new script. Well, the time might be a bit tight from now on, so I hope everyone can cooperate!"

The other members of the troupe mostly frowned, clearly dissatisfied with Chikashi Tetsuo's attitude.

If the traveling theater troupe weren't already in dire need of disruption and couldn't find a suitable scriptwriter, they would probably all have unanimously demanded that Ito Tamanosuke replace the scriptwriter.

—For now, we can only make do for a little longer.

Let's wait until the first performance in Tokyo is over and we have the funds to replace Chikaishi Tetsuo.

Looking at Ito Megumi, who was following Ito Tamanosuke with tears in her eyes.

Conan frowned, turned to look at the scriptwriter's room, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

—This scriptwriter has an unusually bad temper; he's quick to resort to physical violence.

I have a feeling that someone might be killed this time.

Chikashi Tetsuo is most likely the deceased.

He is a loner, has a bad temper, and doesn't get along well with those around him, perfectly fitting his victim mentality.

"Should we..."

Conan just muttered to himself.

Suddenly, he felt his clothes were in the way, so he looked down and realized that he seemed to have worn a courtesan's outfit directly out on him.

Fortunately, Ran and Sonoko did not take any photos together.

Otherwise, it would be a shame if he were to revert to his identity as Shinichi Kudo.

Conan had just had this thought.

The next moment, he saw that Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri, the two best friends, had already raised their phones.

Conan:?
Do you really enjoy persecuting me that much?
Conan screamed and ran back to the room he had been in before, finally escaping unscathed. He only breathed a sigh of relief after the makeup on his face was washed off and he changed back into his original clothes.

—He almost left behind the most disastrous photo of a famous detective in history.

However, just as Conan breathed a sigh of relief...

He seemed a little strange.

Chen En has definitely already entered the theater.

But why didn't he see Chen En after running around the entire backstage area of ​​the theater?

Could it be that... Chen En didn't actually come?

Conan was puzzled.

Just then, Sonoko Suzuki's phone rang, as she entered the room with him.

Suzuki Sonoko took her phone out of her bag with a puzzled look. Seeing the caller ID showed Chen En, she immediately raised an eyebrow.
“Ah-en, where have you been? I called you a lot this morning.”

"I was originally planning to invite you to come and watch the script rehearsal here..."

"Huh? Are you outside?"

Sonoko Suzuki was somewhat surprised.

She glanced at the front desk.

Sure enough, Chen En's figure had already appeared there.

—It seems he really did come along.

However, Sonoko Suzuki felt that something was slightly off.

It seems she didn't text Chen En to tell him where she was.

How did Chen En know she was here?

I noticed that Chen En was in the foreground, not in the background.

Conan inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

At least there's no need to worry about Chen En filming him wearing women's clothing.

Moreover, if Chen En is here, there shouldn't be any major problems, since everyone in the theater except the scriptwriter will be there for the dinner later.

Just observe who pretends to leave the table at that time.

Then the true identity of the murderer can be determined.

Even without using his super-powered soccer ball or tranquilizer darts, Chen En could easily eliminate his target.

—No, thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem like that will work…

Conan suddenly remembered the name of the program on the flyer.

The program mentioned the Phantom Thief Edo Kid. Perhaps Edo Kid is hiding in the theater troupe. He is a historical figure who can scale walls and roofs, and he is different from Phantom Thief Kid.

Edo boys don't care about killing or hurting people.

To ensure Chen En is not in danger, if Chen En tries to leave under some pretext, he should go with him.

Multiple people, multiple insurance policies!

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The time for the meal arrived quickly.

Chen En's gaze did not only fall on Kenzo Tajima, but also glanced at Itoe Ogiwara.

The troupe's financial manager is also quite unique.

When he first entered Ogiwara Itoe's room, he noticed that the female manager seemed to have a habit of keeping two sets of accounts: one for public records and one for private records.

However, Ogiwara Itoe's black ledger was different from ordinary black ledgers.

Ogiwara Itoe's black ledger was purely a record of how much she had embezzled, and no one knows what her motives were in keeping such a ledger—no wonder the theater troupe's finances were so tight.

There were huge rats there.

When we deal with Kenzo Tajima, we can bring Ito Ogiwara and Tetsuo Chikaishi along with him.

(End of this chapter)