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

Chapter 526 The Legend of the Dragon Head Jade

Noah's Ark represents the pinnacle of technological prowess in the field of artificial intelligence within the world of Detective Conan.

He roamed freely in the ocean of the internet, and with the Sindora Foundation and Hiroki Sawada's AI becoming relics of the past, his growth rate increased even further.

However, Noah's Ark still felt that He was living in the shadow of someone.

—Chen En.

The Dark Knight of Beika Town, the only superhero in the real world.

The Batman who invited Him to join the Bat-Family possessed unexpected electronic technology, and to this day, Noah's Ark still doesn't know exactly how Batman managed to infiltrate countless hidden doors within the Cocoon game.

The skill required to infiltrate so many secret doors right under His and Hiroki Sawada's noses is unfathomable.

Noah's Ark gazed at Chen En before him, awaiting his next words.

Chen En stroked his chin and said seriously.

"Noah's Ark and the Bat Cave are almost finished."

"In a few days, I may need to move your main database and main computer to the Batcave. I wonder if you have any other thoughts on this move?"

Noah's Ark: ?
You contacted me just to say this?
The voice of Noah's Ark revealed a hint of speechlessness.

"Of course I have no objection, Mr. Batman."

"Did you really come to see me just to say this? I thought you had something else important to say..."

Upon hearing this, Chen En snapped his fingers and said definitively,

"Of course there are other important things."

"Noah's Ark, as an artificial intelligence that only exists in the imaginations of people in this era, do you believe that other things imagined by people in this era also really exist?"

Ai Haibara, standing nearby, looked somewhat surprised.

She had previously made it clear that she wanted to make contact with some people with supernatural abilities, but she didn't expect Chen En to bring her directly to ask Noah's Ark. However, asking Noah's Ark on the scientific side about things related to the mystical side is too outrageous, isn't it?

Noah's Ark hesitated for a moment before replying.
"If you believe it exists, then I should also believe it exists."

Chen En: ?
The way you're saying it makes it sound like mystical things exist or disappear because of my thoughts.

Idealism isn't this idealistic, is it?
Chen En shook his head and said,

"Magic and superpowered individuals are real."

"Two supernatural ability users from criminal organizations have arrived in Tokyo. If I'm not mistaken, one is a supernatural ability user who can induce hallucinations, and the other is a witch who can instill fear in people."

"The surveillance system will be fully implemented in Beika Town within about three days."

"I'll need you to keep an eye on these two people with supernatural abilities for me then—"

At this point, Chen En hesitated for a moment.

Because he didn't know the witch's physical characteristics, even if he knew the spider's physical characteristics, the spider could still enter Beika Town by disguising herself, even if these two supernatural ability users appeared in Beika Town.

Without demonstrating supernatural abilities, it's unlikely that Noah's Ark would have discovered their existence.

Chen En concluded by saying,
"In short, after the surveillance system is in place, please keep an eye out for any supernatural phenomena that may exist within the system. I will then go to the site to confirm whether it is the target I am looking for."

A memo appeared on Noah's Ark's display screen, with a green checkmark next to it.

This seems to be implying that there are no problems with the task.

However, Ai Haibara, who was standing next to him, turned her head to look at Chen En with some surprise.

She frowned and asked,

"You've deployed a surveillance system throughout the entire Beika Town area?" "To be clear, it's not just Beika Town. This is just the beginning. My goal is to achieve surveillance coverage of the entire Tokyo metropolitan area. This is obviously beneficial to Beika Town, which is currently rife with chaos."

Chen En answered, and then asked,

"Noah's Ark, please search the forums and newspapers of Tokyo throughout history."

"I want to know if there were any supernatural phenomena or urban legends in the Tokyo area in the past, such as if someone saw some kind of monster or something -- Kisaragi Station is out of the question, I don't think there is Ultraman in this world."

After all, Kisaragi Station originated from the Ultraman 80 series, so Kisaragi Station is probably related to the series.

The content involving Ultraman is a special issue of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and has nothing to do with him, the Batman from the DC universe. The main reason is that if Ultraman and monsters actually appeared, he couldn't beat them, and he wouldn't get any points.

Upon receiving the instructions, a series of messages flashed rapidly across the Noah's Ark's display screen.

Finally, within Chen En's field of vision, thousands of suspected reports and legends of supernatural phenomena appeared sporadically.

The closest one to this seems to be the incident a while ago when someone tried to steal offering money from a shrine. Just as their hand touched the offering box, a slight local earthquake occurred in Tokyo, causing a shrine ornament to fall off and knock the thief unconscious.

In response, Chen En simply stroked his chin and shook his head slightly.

He found it when he was checking files at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. It was a fabricated paranormal event, the purpose of which was to use the paranormal events at the shrine to cover up the truth of his burglary.

Inspector Shiratori has already solved the case.

Of these supernatural phenomena, the vast majority are man-made or riddled with obvious flaws, leaving only less than ten reports and legends of supernatural phenomena that are barely credible.

"According to television reports, a large red magic circle once appeared in the Ekoda area, covering the ground. Everyone within the magic circle experienced a hallucination of a complete power outage. The magic circle disappeared after the spring snow fell..."

"Some people have seen black pyramids rising from the ground in the mountainous areas of Tokyo, and believe that there are subterranean people."

"...most of them have lost their timeliness, and one case was even caused by an acquaintance."

Chen En rubbed his forehead.

Just as he was pondering this, he heard the voice of Noah's Ark.

"Speaking of which, it is said that there is a treasure map called the 'Map of the Distribution of Japanese Gems' circulating in Tokyo."

—A map showing the distribution of Japanese precious stones?

Chen En looked up at the Noah's Ark's display screen, where a familiar story appeared: "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter." However, this version of "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" was not quite the same as the one he remembered.

Princess Kaguya, from the moon, possesses the body of Princess Otohime of the Dragon Palace.

She demanded that the nobles of Kyoto bring her five treasures that could represent all the wealth on earth, or she would destroy Kyoto and kill all the filthy humans on earth, giving the nobles only fifteen days.

Stone bowl before the Buddha, jade branch from Penglai, fire rat fur coat, swallow's shell, dragon head precious jade.

Fifteen days was not enough to reach India. The jade tree of Penglai was too high to climb, the fire rat's fur coat was priceless, and the swallow's cowrie shell was nonexistent. Only the dragon head jade was truly brought back by someone.

The moment Princess Kaguya happily reached for the Dragon Head Jewel, the Dragon God emerged from it.

He banished Princess Kaguya to the moon, and then the Dragon God Jewel transformed into seven divine orbs with incredible power, which were scattered throughout the country—this is the map of the distribution of Japanese jewels that we see before us.

"...What a strange story."

Ai Haibara blinked and whispered,

"It sounds like something someone made up, a product of stitching together many plot points. I think it's probably fake."

In response, Chen En simply stroked his chin and replied,

"I don't think so."

(End of this chapter)