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

Chapter 54 What? Conan was kidnapped by Kogoro Mouri?
"Yes... Mr. Shiina has disappeared. We haven't seen him since last night."

"...What other characteristics does it have?"

Conan looked up at Minami Takayama and handed her his phone.

"Sister Gaoshan, could you please explain the situation more clearly?"

“Hey, this…”

Although I felt it was making a mountain out of a molehill, I took the opportunity to accept that the call had already been answered.

Takayama Minami still chose to take the phone and talk about the special situation she and her partner had encountered.

— Originally, the life and career of the TWO-MIX duo could be described as smooth sailing.

Until recently, this was to promote the concert at the Tokyo Budokan.

The TWO-MIX duo participated in a television program where they revealed some lyrics to a new song that will be released at a future concert.

Then, the TWO-MIX group began to encounter some inexplicable harassment.

Takayama Minami sighed.
"The apartment where Shiina and I lived had signs of being pried open, and the drawers had been ransacked; it was very messy."

"But nothing was stolen. After I called the police, the officers investigated and found nothing serious, so they dropped the investigation. But I think those people were probably after my song, right?"

"Just two days ago, someone made a threatening phone call, telling us not to sing."

Did you come for the song?
Even Inspector Megure, who was sitting at his desk at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, was stunned.

Although I know that the gods of Beika Town are all-encompassing.

But this is truly the first time I've heard of someone breathing out because of an idol group's new song.

If it weren't for the fact that Minami Takayama's partner, Shiina Nagano, is currently missing.

Inspector Megure probably thought this was some kind of fan prank rather than a case.

He rubbed his temples and then asked,

"I understand. So, may I ask, do you really have no way to contact Mr. Nagano Shiina right now?"

"If so, please leave your current location here, and I will bring some people over to check the situation."

"Please do not leave the current building before we arrive at the scene to avoid any other accidents."

"If you manage to contact Mr. Nagano along the way, please inform the police to avoid wasting police resources."

The call ended quickly.

After reporting his current location, Takayama Minami leaned back on the sofa and said with a hint of helplessness,
"Honestly, the concert is about to start, but they're making such a fuss."

"Hopefully the police investigation will conclude soon..."

"Otherwise, the concert will definitely have to be postponed."

At this point, let's forget about performances and concerts, shall we?

Conan twitched the corner of his mouth, somewhat speechless.

But the members of the Junior Detective League asked curiously,

"Is it because of the new song that you're being threatened? What's the new song like?"

Looking at the expectant eyes of Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko.

With a hint of helplessness, Gao Shannan opened her handbag, rummaged through it, and then pulled out a strap with a grin.

She handed the tape to the members of the Junior Detective Club, smiling as she spoke.

"Why don't you listen to it yourselves and you'll see?"

"This is a one-of-a-kind original soundtrack, isn't it?"

The members of the Junior Detective League gave a small cheer and immediately took out their earphones from their pockets to listen.

Seeing this, Conan also plugged his headphones into the soundtrack and listened to the new song by the TWO-MIX group.

As a detective with perfect pitch, he could easily hear the lyrics clearly.

However, Conan's attention was not on the lyrics.

He sensed something was amiss in the restaurant, that someone was watching what was happening there.

Before Conan could even look around and search...

The waiter in the store asked loudly,

"Excuse me, is Ms. Takayama in the shop? A Mr. Nagano is looking for you!" Nagano? Isn't that Nagano Shiina?

Gao Shannan stood up, somewhat angrily taking the phone and asking,
"Hey, why are you disappearing at a time like this?"

"Where are you now? If you don't get to the concert soon, it'll be too late! We haven't even done the harmonies before the concert!"

On the other end of the phone, Shiina Nagano's voice sounded somewhat unsteady as she spoke.
“I’m in the car right outside. Come over with your bag now, and let’s hurry back to the martial arts gym for rehearsal.”

"So... don't come any closer, wait a minute, Nan, don't come any closer!"

Shiina Nagano hung up the phone.

His words had a feeling of the left brain attacking the right brain.

Takayama Minami turned his head and saw the car parked in front of the restaurant.

If she wasn't mistaken, Shiina Nagano must have made the call from that car.

She muttered to herself.

"Nothing should happen at such a close distance..."

Minami Takayama returned to her previous seat and greeted the members of the Junior Detective League.

He hastily tidied his handbag and immediately picked it up and walked towards the car across the street.

Seeing this, Conan slowly typed a question mark.

Conan:?
When I put a question mark, it's not that I have a problem, but that I think you have a problem.

Inspector Megure told you to wait at the restaurant, so why are you leaving now?
Seeing that Takayama Minami was about to push open the door and leave, Conan immediately jumped off the chair and followed her.

However, at the very same moment Conan got up...

Inside the restaurant, a mysterious figure, completely covered up, also stood up in a corner.

He followed Conan out of the restaurant.

At that very moment, in the rear window of the car across from the restaurant, Shiina Nagano sat in a seat with her eyes closed.

He looked like he was sleeping very peacefully.

Seeing this, Takayama Minami became even angrier.

She flung open the back door, about to lash out, when she saw a pistol pointed at her.

"Miss Takayama, please get in the car."

The gunman inside said in a low voice.

Upon seeing this, Takayama Minami felt a chill run down her spine.

I initially thought the situation wasn't that serious, and that the children were just making a fuss over nothing.

But now it seems... it's even more serious than what that child with the same voice said!
Conan, who was right behind him, immediately spotted the thugs pointing guns at Takayama Minami from the back door of the car.

A flash of cold light streaked across the lenses of his non-prescription glasses.

—Arresting someone right in front of him? Does he think the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era is a fake?

Conan immediately placed his hand on the hypnosis watch and aimed the scope at the criminal inside.

The next moment, everything went black before his eyes, and he lost all sense of what the world was like.

"drive."

A somewhat familiar voice rang out.

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"You mean, you saw someone who looked exactly like Mori knock Conan unconscious, and then push his idol Minami Takayama into a car and drive away?"

Inspector Megure stood in the restaurant, listening to the Junior Detective League's description, somewhat bewildered.

He doesn't understand.

Inspector Megure then called the Mori Detective Agency to confirm the situation.

This caused Kogoro Mouri, who had been drinking and had lost contact, to answer the phone in a daze, only to be jolted awake the next moment.

"Huh? I kidnapped Conan and Minami Takayama?"

"How come I didn't know about this?"

I was just sitting at home when trouble came out of nowhere!
I was sleeping peacefully at home, how did I become a kidnapper?
Oh no, there are no eyewitnesses who can serve as alibis this time. Now we're really criminal suspects!
(End of this chapter)