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

Chapter 507 Why is this four-eyed guy everywhere?

"Ugh, this is so annoying!"

"Damn it, I didn't sleep another night. Honestly, why does Chen En always stop halfway through his sentences? It feels like he's torturing me like he's training a hawk!"

Conan, sporting dark circles under his eyes, sat up from the tatami mat.

He spent half the night pondering it, feeling that Chen En's attitude was problematic. He suspected that Gamo Ryozo might not be entirely innocent, and there was a sense that Chen En was trying to emulate the old Dracula villa incident.

Yes, the old story of Dracula's villa.

Conan felt that given Chen En's personality, since he entered Torakura Daisuke's locked room with Mouri Kogoro, there was no reason not to put a listening device or other gadgets inside.

Chen En couldn't possibly be unaware of the attack on Torakura Daisuke, yet he still entered the secret room only after Torakura Daisuke was killed.

However, he had no reason to blame Chen En. Although life is of utmost importance, he only had the right to save people, not the right to accuse others of failing to help those in distress. That would be moral blackmail.

"Could it be that Gamo Ryozo really was murdered, and the person who killed him was someone who had a grudge against Gamo Ryozo...?"

Conan frowned and pondered.

He slowly got up and went to the bathroom to wash up, sporting dark circles under his eyes.

It wasn't until the cold water hit his face that Conan's thoughts finally came to a full focus. He quickly finished washing up, jumped off the stool, placed the stool he was using as a step stool aside, and walked towards the living room.

He was still pondering what Chen En's intentions were this time.

Since Chen En used the word "if," it means that Chen En was probably unsure whether Gamo Ryozo was dead or alive, but Gamo Ryozo was probably guilty in Chen En's eyes, but this crime could not be resolved privately.

That's why Chen En said he would send Gamo Ryozo to prison again tomorrow, which means that this is the only way to deal with Gamo Ryozo.

—Is Chen En planning to use bait, just like he did with Thomas Sindora?

Conan quickly came to a conclusion.

He stroked his chin, thinking as he walked, and soon arrived at the dining table. Kogoro Mouri, who was already sitting at the table, suddenly sharpened his eyes and delivered a powerful punch!
"Kid, what have you been thinking about?"

"When it's time to eat, just eat properly and don't do any unnecessary or irrelevant things!"

Conan:?
Conan, who had been punched for no apparent reason, crouched down with tears in his eyes, covering his head in defense.

Upon seeing this, Ran Mouri, who had just brought the miso soup from the kitchen, thought: ?

Sometimes, a food chain exists within the Mori Detective Agency.

Kogoro Mouri → Conan → Ran Mouri → Kogoro Mouri

Such as now.

After being lectured by Ran Mouri, Kogoro Mouri had no choice but to bury his head in his rice.

Ran Mouri sat next to Conan, gently rubbing his head with a pained expression, and tenderly asked if he was still in pain. Conan answered her in a soft, appreciative voice.

This kind of thing has become second nature to us.

Putting everything else aside, if he were to actually revert from Conan Edogawa to Shinichi Kudo, he would probably need a few days to adjust to his new identity before he could interact with Ran Mouri as before.

Otherwise, Conan wouldn't even dare to imagine himself turning back into Shinichi Kudo.

Imagine the explosive effect of him unconsciously blurting out "Ah-leh-leh" or "How strange!" while chatting with Ran Mouri—he felt his head was probably not as hard as the telephone poles outside.

After quickly finishing breakfast.

Conan left quickly from the third floor of the Mouri Detective Agency after saying, "I'm going to find Chen En."

Ran Mouri, who didn't have class today, started clearing the dishes and preparing to clean the utensils. Kogoro Mouri muttered that the kid seemed to be spending more and more time with Chen En lately, and then went upstairs to open the agency.

It's true that there are still commissions from Gamo Ryozo.

However, Gamo Ryozo's request isn't urgent; it's a long-term one. He'll need to take on other new requests to keep things in order, won't he? If only there were deals like before where you could easily find cats and dogs and get a million yen in commission. Kogoro Mouri leaned back in his chair, his feet propped up on the computer desk, muttering to himself.

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Conan quickly walked out through the internal staircase.

He glanced at the signboard girl in the Polo Cafe and, noticing that Chen En and Ai Haibara were not there, immediately concluded that they must have had breakfast at home that day.

However, just as Conan was about to rush straight to Chen En's apartment.

Two familiar figures appeared in his line of sight, causing Conan to instinctively stop in his tracks.

He said with some surprise,

"Officer Takagi, Officer Chiba, what are you doing here?"

Still seemingly reeling from the incident with Sato Miwako and somewhat dejected, Takagi Wataru glanced around before realizing the voice was coming from below. He quickly looked down at Conan and replied,

"Of course it's because of a heinous murder!"

A heinous murder case?
Conan looked up at Wataru Takagi.

He seemed to already know who the victim in that heinous murder was.

Although the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department often asks for Mori's help, they only contact him when a serious incident is confirmed to be related to him.

In other words, the deceased this time is most likely the same person, Gamo Ryozo, whom Uncle Mori and Ran couldn't find yesterday.

"Um, was it Grandpa Gamo who was murdered?"

Conan asked directly.

Hearing this, Takagi Wataru and Chiba Kazunobu were startled. They both took a half step back, glanced around, and, finding no one else paying attention, Takagi Wataru crouched down and asked in a low voice,
"How did you know, Conan?"

"Has someone else contacted you?"

Conan:?
Upon hearing this, Conan's face darkened, and he replied,
"Officer Takagi, have you forgotten? Wasn't it Uncle Mori who reported Grandpa Gamo missing?"

“I live with Uncle Mori, how could I not know about Grandpa Gamo?”

Wataru Takagi: ?

Oh, is that so?
Takagi Wataru stood up, scratched the back of his head somewhat embarrassedly, and said with a smile,

"Haha, that's true."

“I’ve been in a daze these past few days and haven’t even noticed this. Just like you said, it was only after Mr. Mori called the police that we investigated at night and discovered that Mr. Gamo had been murdered.”

"This time, we specifically invited Mr. Mori to investigate the situation. Inspector Megure said he needs to send Mr. Mori over as soon as possible."

Conan nodded slightly.

In that case, we can put finding Chen En on hold for now and deal with Mao Li first...

"Ah, are you here to ask Mr. Mori to solve a case?"

"Mr. Mori truly lives up to his reputation as the world's greatest detective; he has cases to solve every single day!"

Someone exclaimed in surprise.

Conan:?
He turned his head to look behind him.

Hondo Eisuke ran upstairs with a look of surprise on his face, ready to call Kogoro Mouri down.

—Damn it, why is there this four-eyed guy everywhere?

(End of this chapter)