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

Chapter 179 Trucks Enter Ordinary People's Homes

[A serious incident threatening Gotham City's safety has been detected nearby!]

As Batman, you have a duty to maintain order in Gotham City. Please arrive at the scene immediately and apprehend the criminal before they flee, or stop them from committing further crimes during their commission!

[Difficulty level: Medium. Completing this task will reward you with 50 points!]

The system light screen appeared in front of Chen En's eyes.

At this moment, he was secretly observing Murakami Jo's situation, to see if Sawaki Kohei would try to contact Murakami Jo through other means, since Sawaki Kohei needed to find a reasonable opportunity to escape.

Murakami Takeshi was always the best alternative target for Sawaki Kohei.

If it were any other murderer or ex-convict, there would be no reason for them to target Kogoro Mouri or those around him, and they would have no way to frame others for the murder.

Looking at the system light screen in front of me.

Chen En frowned slightly, because there was definitely no serious incident happening nearby.

So, the reason why the system triggered the malicious event should be the same as the situation where Sonoko encountered the mysterious baseball man at Beika Department Store before, that one of her friends came into contact with the malicious event.

Let's confirm it now.

Chen En flashed into the alley, pulled open the hidden compartment of the bat belt, and took out the locator.

The light spot representing Conan and his friends is still moving steadily toward the East Capital Valley, showing no signs of stopping. Therefore, it seems that Conan's group has not come into contact with any serious incident.

Next up are Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri; they are both at Teitan High School, roughly in the school building.

Finally, there's Uncle Mori.

Kogoro Mouri is now in a place that Chen En has never been before, and his location is quite unusual.

Without hesitation, Chen En dialed Kogoro Mouri's number and asked,
"Uncle Mori, I am Chen En."

"A heinous murder may be about to occur near you. Have you noticed anything unusual around you? If so, please tell me."

As he spoke, he rode his bicycle toward where Kogoro Mouri was.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the phone, Kogoro Mouri was still happily enjoying his excessively sweet dinner. He glanced cautiously at the distracted wealthy woman across from him before speaking.

"No, I didn't see anything unusual."

He glanced around the coffee shop and immediately spoke.

—This coffee shop is simply furnished and has very few customers.

Kogoro Mouri can easily check the situation in the entire cafe.

However, although everything seemed normal, he noticed something strange: General Manager Ohara, who had just left to discuss business with Aida, had returned.

Moreover, General Manager Ohara switched from writing with his right hand to writing with his left.

Most importantly, Kogoro Mouri saw bloodstains on General Manager Ohara's fingers. Although they looked small and there was no blood, they were definitely there.

Furthermore, General Manager Ohara would occasionally put his injured finger in his mouth, seemingly sucking on it to ensure that the wound wouldn't bleed.

If it weren't for the lack of money to buy band-aids.

So the wound must have appeared after he entered the store, and General Manager Ohara didn't want others to see the wound on his hand, which does seem very suspicious.

However, Kogoro Mouri didn't think this had anything to do with the serious incident.

Therefore, just as he was about to reply to Chen En, saying that everything was normal on Peach Sunday.

General Manager Ohara suddenly stood up, rummaged around in his body, and said that he had left his lighter in the restroom and would go back to get it. However, when General Manager Ohara returned, he was already on his way back.

Tragedy has struck. The blue truck that Mori Kogo had noticed earlier when he passed the top of the slope is now speeding toward the living room!
Moreover, it was only a few minutes after General Manager Ohara left.

The blue van crashed into the wall and glass of Peach Sunday Cafe in an instant. Even the designer Aida, who was sitting by the window, was run over by the car and died on the spot, with only one hand still in place!
Aida is dead! A terrible incident has occurred!

Seeing this scene before him, Kogoro Mouri was stunned.

This is outrageous. A truck crashing into a coffee shop and killing someone is the first case he's ever encountered since he left his job as a criminal investigator to become a detective. And what's even more outrageous is the driver's seat of the truck.

There wasn't a single person there!
How exactly did this car come down and crash into the coffee shop under these circumstances?

Be puzzled.

Kogoro Mouri remembers it very clearly.

When he first arrived at the coffee shop, he glanced at the cab of the blue truck. Although the cab door wasn't locked, the handbrake was definitely engaged.

Someone must have gotten into the truck's cab, turned off the handbrake, and then let the truck crash into the coffee shop!
"what!!!"

Looking at this cruel scene before my eyes.

Ms. Chiyo, who had just been discussing the commission with Kogoro Mouri, suddenly screamed in agony.

Not only did Ms. Chiyo scream, but everyone else in the shop panicked. Seeing this, Kogoro Mouri frowned, immediately stood up, and shouted,
"I am the famous detective Kogoro Mouri, a former detective of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department."

"Please stay here and do not leave. Do not touch anything at the scene. I have called the police, and officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department will be here soon. Please remain calm!"

Kogoro Mouri did not answer the question that Chen En had just asked on the phone.

He simply spoke into the phone.

"A blue van crashed into the coffee shop and killed a customer who was leaning against the wall."

—A blue van? Crashed into the coffee shop? Killed someone?

A hint of surprise appeared in Chen En's eyes.

To be honest, why do trucks in various Japanese anime worlds seem to be driving around randomly?
More than once, Japanese citizens have been transported to another world by trucks and reincarnated.

He didn't ask many questions, only one.

"Where is the location?"

Kogoro Mouri can answer this question.

He immediately replied,

"Peach Sunday Cafe"

This place name was also somewhat unfamiliar to Chen En.

The store's name isn't even on the map.

Therefore, Chen En simply sighed.

He then took out the tracker and prepared to leave.

—As expected, asking Uncle Mori these questions was pointless.

Ultimately, he still has to use the tracker to go to the site and check the situation himself.

But did the truck kill him?

No wonder the system rated it as medium; this thing is indeed very lethal. Otherwise, a case with only one death would usually be rated as a low-difficulty security mission by the system.

(End of this chapter)