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

Chapter 186 The Pursuer with a Crowbar

Night deepened, and the blue castle appeared.

After dinner, Professor Agasa and Mitsuru Mamiya talked about Conan's disappearance.

Immediately, Mamiya Mitsuru made up his mind to mobilize everyone except for the First Wife, Mamiya Masuyo, to help with the search. After all, he was just a child, and it would be too troublesome if he disappeared in the castle.

You should know that the master had installed many traps inside the castle.

If the police came and searched the place, the entire castle would have to be demolished to find out what happened.

No...it's not anywhere.

Is there a phone signal?

Ayumi looked up at Professor Agasa, but Professor Agasa shook his head.

There is no cell phone signal here.

However, you could try using the landline phone inside the castle.

"They're nowhere to be found. Could they have gone to Beta?"

After searching for a long time without finding anyone, the somewhat impatient Nobleman Mamiya said.

Gardener Tabata shook his head at this.

"Impossible. The tower has always been locked. How could a child possibly get in?"

"However, we still need to find them as soon as possible. There have been cases of people disappearing in castles before, and their bodies were only found long afterward, having starved to death. If such a curse were to fall on a child, it would be troublesome."

The atmosphere suddenly became oppressive.

After a light drizzle began to fall outside, the group reluctantly returned to the castle.

This interrupted their exploration of the forest.

Just as Professor Agasa said before.

He planned to contact the outside world using a landline phone, but after just turning a corner, Dr. Agasa disappeared.

Ai Haibara frowned slightly and contacted Inspector Megure by landline.

Just as he was about to call Chen Enye again, Miyako Mamiya appeared right behind him at that exact moment.

The old man of the castle inquired,
"What's wrong? Are you on the phone with a friend?"

Ai Haibara, who was wary of everyone in the castle, simply brushed them off with a few perfunctory words.

She hung the receiver back on the landline phone handle.

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The night grew deeper, and the rain intensified.

Ai Haibara stood by the window, looking at the road outside, and decided to go check the room where Conan disappeared. That guy still hadn't shown up. Knowing his personality, he was either caught or dead inside.

Live to see people, die to see corpses.

She had just pushed open the door when the members of the Junior Detective Club followed her.

The group exchanged glances and ultimately decided to head towards the room where Conan had disappeared. Ai Haibara used a chair and a book to replicate Conan's actions and open the hidden door.

The Junior Detective League then headed straight in, searching for Conan's whereabouts.

However, all they could find were bloodstains on the ground and corpses.

"What...what's going on here?"

Yuan Tai said in a somewhat panicked manner.

However, Ai Haibara merely gestured for everyone to turn on the light mode of their watches and made a shushing gesture.

They continued forward along the secret passage.

However, just as the Junior Detective League turned the corner, something happened.

Darkness instantly engulfed everyone.

Tick, tick, tick.

A woman disguised as Masaki Mamiya walks through the secret passage.

She took her weapon, ready to teach these little devils who had stumbled into the secret passage and learned her secret a lesson.

However, to the woman's surprise,
—Nobody.

She clearly saw someone enter the secret passage with her own eyes.

However, she didn't see a single person or hear a single sound!

Mutsumi Nishikawa's heart sank to the bottom.

She believed she was fast enough.

But why can't we catch up with those kids? Where did they go?
No, it doesn't matter where they went...

She has been exploring the secret passages for so many years.

She is invincible in the secret passage; no one can escape her hunt!

However, the next moment, she heard footsteps approaching.

Tick, tick, tick.

Mutsumi Nishikawa turned her head to look in that direction.

But she saw nothing.

All I could see was darkness.

Do you like playing games?

A hoarse voice rang in Mutsumi Nishikawa's ears.

In horror, she flung the stick in her hand to the side, but it was easily caught, and the next moment, the stick split in two and fell to the ground with a thud.

Fear is spreading.

Mutsumi Nishikawa instinctively stepped back.

She finally saw what the attacker looked like.

Is that a person?

No, perhaps not. She only saw a pair of ears and an incredibly cold gaze.

"Play it the way you like."

the man said.

We've come this far step by step.

Mutsumi Nishikawa could vaguely see what the other person was holding in their hand.

Until the other party picked it up in the dim light.

—A crowbar.

A rusty, blood-stained crowbar.

A real madman has infiltrated the Mamiya family's secret passage.

Just by looking at the other person's body shape.

She already realized that she could not possibly be a match for her opponent, not to mention the opponent's weapon and the inhuman strength and speed he had just displayed!

Every nerve in Mutsumi Nishikawa's body was telling her the meaning of fear.

Her mind was filled with one thought.

escape!
Tick, tick, tick.

Disregarding her own safety, Mutsumi Nishikawa began to flee frantically, relying on her familiarity with the secret passages. However, no matter where she fled or how many secret passages she passed through, she was completely lost.

The footsteps still lingered behind, neither too close nor too far.

It's like toying with your prey.

—Where did this madman come from?

This thought flashed through Mutsumi Nishikawa's mind.

But she didn't know.

No one ever mentioned that a madman with a crowbar had entered the castle.

She is still on the run.

She was certain that the man would attack her.

No.

That person has already made a move against her.

The crowbar that had just flown out of the darkness struck her right leg, almost making her a cripple!
"No, no, no..."

Mutsumi Nishikawa walked through a series of secret passages.

She fled into the tower, entered the secret passage of the forest, circled back to the tower, and entered the castle again.

However, the footsteps were always behind them.

Even the distance remained unchanged.

It was as if all her efforts were in vain.

It wasn't until Mutsumi Nishikawa lifted the floor tiles in the first-floor hall of the castle that things changed.

She scrambled and stumbled towards another secret passage.

—She was stunned.

This is the secret passage after the portrait of the patriarch was moved.

She's never been here before.

However, I felt the pressure closing in from behind.

She gritted her teeth, rushed into the secret passage, climbed up, and pulled the portrait behind her.

The next moment, she saw a sea of ​​fire.

The figures she had schemed to burn to death appeared one by one in this endless, upward-reaching passageway, baring their fangs and claws, demanding her life, almost causing her heart to stop.

Overwhelmed by fear, she could only futilely cling to the ladder and climb upwards.

Like a pitiful creature clinging to the spider's web in hell.

Death, darkness, hell—fearful illusions lingered around her, leaving only obsession and resentment. Finally, she reached the top of the passageway, where she saw the old master standing there, seemingly looking at something.

Mutsumi Nishikawa opened her eyes wide.

She rushed forward like a madwoman, pushed open the secret passage, and a dazzling treasure appeared before her eyes.

—That was just a scene, nothing more.

The madwoman leaped from the top of the tower, but her clothes were locked, leaving her hanging on the tower, gazing at the beautiful scenery.

All that remained was a frantic struggle, but ultimately it failed to disappear as it had hoped.

Batman has a no-kill policy.

Even when facing a madman who has killed many people.

　63 + 18 - 8 = 73 chapters still owed!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)