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

Chapter 549 Sonoko Suzuki's Girls' Band Project

—Sera Masumi, the second-ranked transfer student.

Hondou Eisuke entered the classroom after Sera Masumi, introduced himself as usual, and then found a seat, but kept observing the transfer student out of the corner of his eye.

For some reason, he felt that this transfer student named Sera Masumi was very strange.

How should I put it? It gave him a strange sense of déjà vu.

Just like him, the purpose of transferring to Teitan High School was not actually to register her household in Beika Town (would anyone really come to Beika Town to study for that reason?), but rather she had other ideas!

Hondo Eisuke knows his own family affairs well.

The reason he transferred to Teitan High School and became friends with Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki was ultimately to get in touch with Kogoro Mouri and use him as a stepping stone to find his sister, Hidemi Hondo.

And this girl with fangs named Sera Masumi seems to have similar goals to him.

However, he was looking for his older sister, Hondo Hidemi, while Sera Masumi's purpose might be to use Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki as stepping stones to find someone else—

The teacher is giving a lesson on the platform.

Hondo Eisuke's attention was completely focused on what his teacher was teaching.

He's now completely focused on Sera Masumi, the mysterious transfer student.

With just a little thought, he could easily pinpoint Sera Masumi's target as these few people.

—Shinichi Kudo, Kogoro Mouri, and Chen En.

Based on the results obtained by Hondo Eisuke through personal contact.

Kogoro Mouri and Chen En are both top-notch detectives, and Shinichi Kudo, as the former strongest detective in Tokyo, is probably not much less skilled than Kogoro Mouri and Chen En.

Perhaps Sera Masumi used these three famous detectives as a stepping stone to find someone to transfer into her school.

"It's a Stand with the same abilities, isn't it?"

"...You may be able to fool others, but you certainly can't fool me."

Hondo Eisuke squinted his eyes.

However, Hondo Eisuke is observing Sera Masumi, and Sera Masumi's attention is also focused on Hondo Eisuke.

She only came to Beika Town a few days ago and had no idea of ​​Hondo Eisuke's existence before that.

It wasn't until she followed the homeroom teacher outside the classroom, preparing to introduce herself as a transfer student, that she discovered there was another transfer student besides her.

As a self-proclaimed detective.

Sera Masumi's keen observation skills go without saying.

She only observed Hondo Eisuke for a short while before she could tell that Hondo Eisuke's recklessness and timidity were just a deliberate facade, which was extremely suspicious.

In addition, she and someone who had ulterior motives for getting close to Ran Mouri entered Teitan High School on the same day as her, doing the same thing.

Sera Masumi has to consider what Hondou Eisuke's true identity really is.

She subtly observed Hondo Eisuke out of the corner of her eye, completely forgetting the knowledge the teacher was imparting on stage, and subconsciously made a judgment—could this person be a member of some special organization?

Since both she and her mother suspected that Shinichi Kudo might be rejuvenating after seeing Conan's appearance, it's understandable.

If other special organizations were to notice this, it wouldn't be impossible for them to use Ran Mouri as a springboard to get close to Conan Edogawa, who is currently staying at the Mouri Detective Agency.

So, does that mean Hondo Eisuke is actually her rival?

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Sera Masumi and Hondou Eisuke, the two transfer students, seem to be getting along rather poorly.

Not to mention Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki, who had previously interacted with Eisuke Hondo, even Tamanosuke Ito, who had never interacted with Eisuke Hondo before, could see that something was wrong at this moment.

And these two were inexplicably popular with their classmates. Sera Masumi mainly attracted her classmates' attention with her own stories.

Hondo Eisuke, on the other hand, used tactics like feigning a fall on flat ground to gain the attention of his classmates.

I only saw the two people's dazzling performance.

Ito Tamanosuke couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

Although he was a transfer student like Sera Masumi and Hondo Eisuke, he didn't cause any trouble when he transferred, which made him realize how big the gap was between transfer students.

"I feel something's off."

Sonoko Suzuki watched as two whirlpools vaguely formed in the classroom.

Hondou Eisuke and Sera Masumi, who looked like they were about to split Class 2-B in two and start a big battle, blinked. She looked at Ito Tamanosuke next to her and asked in a low voice,
"What are you transfer students thinking?"

Ito Tamanosuke:?

What does it mean to be a transfer student?

The transfer students aren't from the same organization or the same place, so how could I possibly know what they're thinking?
To this, Ito Tamanosuke simply shook his head and said helplessly,
"I don't know."

"All I know about these two transfer students is that one is a boy who looks like a girl and the other is a girl who looks like a boy. If they joined a traveling theater troupe as a cross-dressing duo, they would definitely be very popular."

Suzuki Sonoko:?
Oh, is that even possible?
Sonoko Suzuki touched her chin.

However, she is somewhat interested in performing.

A while ago, she saw an anime called K-On! on TV, and her appearance used to resemble a character named Ritsu Tainaka from the anime.

Now I think it would be great to have a girl band perform, especially since Ms. Enomoto Azusa from Polo Cafe is a good friend of hers.

In the future, she, Xiaolan, and Xiaozi will form a band together—but it seems like they're missing someone? Nobody knows how to play bass, right?

"What? What are you thinking about?"

Sera Masumi suddenly leaned closer.

She asked curiously, intending to use the approachable Sonoko Suzuki as a springboard to reach Ran Mouri.

Sonoko Suzuki, however, said instinctively,
"I'm thinking about forming a girl group, but no one can play bass..."

"Hey, Sera-kun, when are you coming back—"

Sonoko Suzuki didn't finish her sentence.

The girl with the tiger teeth already said with a grin,

"Bass? I can play it. My older brother's friend taught me how to play bass."

That was four years ago at the train station.

At the time, her older brother, Shuichi Akai, was waiting for the train at the station, along with two of Shuichi Akai's friends: one was a guy with a tan complexion, and the other was a man called Scotland.

It was that guy known as the Scotsman who taught her to play bass; I never expected it to come in handy here.

Sonoko Suzuki said with some surprise,
"really?"

So, her girl band project can finally take off, right?
So it's not so strange that Sera Masumi, this tomboyish transfer student, is like this!

Thinking of this, Sonoko Suzuki blinked.

She suddenly thought of Chen En.

This Night Knight could perhaps also play the role of a mascot or a fill-in-the-blank character—

So, what is Chen En doing at this time?

(End of this chapter)