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

Chapter 73 I'm going to confront Death directly!
Terai Kinosuke eventually explained the situation.

Kaito Kuroba's mother, Chikage Kuroba.

The famous Phantom Thief Lady debuted even earlier than the first Phantom Thief Kid, Kuroba Toichi. In fact, if we disregard magical abilities and focus solely on her skills as a phantom thief, Kuroba Chikage was even superior to Kuroba Toichi!

However, Terai Kinosuke was unaware that Kuroba Toichi was still alive.

The reason why Kaito Kuroba became the second-generation Phantom Thief Kid.

The reason is that Terai Kinosuke did not know the whereabouts of Kuroba Toichi, so he planned to disguise himself as Kaito Kid to lure Kuroba Toichi out. However, the flaws were too great, and Kuroba Kaito saw through him.

So, Kaito Kuroba put on the Phantom Thief Kid's uniform and cornered Jiroki Terai on the rooftop.

Later, in order to cover for Terai Kinosuke, he continued to operate under the name of Kaito Kid, continuing to do what Kuroba Toichi had not finished, and then searching for the Pandora Stone that the mysterious organization had been looking for.

"...Are you sure Dad and Mom are both in Las Vegas, United States?"

"Okay, when I have a holiday, I'll fly to Las Vegas. I'll know for sure whether they're there or not."

Kaito Kuroba leaned back on the sofa and sighed.

He didn't bother to ask why Chen En knew these secrets.

Everyone has their own secrets, and it's best not to pry into other people's secrets unless absolutely necessary.

Otherwise, it could lead to very bad situations.

Kaito Kuroba sat up straight and said seriously,
"You want to learn the art of disguise and clothing change from me?"

"I can see you have a knack for magic, but whether you can learn it is another matter. Anyway... come on, I'll teach you. However, I hope you won't use the magic I teach you to hurt other people."

"Otherwise, I'll come and take back all the magic tricks I taught you!"

Are you a magician who can erase memories?
Chen En thought to himself that he was grumbling, but he didn't say it out loud.

He simply nodded and said earnestly.
"Of course, as everyone knows, I, Batman, am a great guy who absolutely trusts my friends and would never harm the innocent!"

"I have two hours before I leave, so teach me some basics first."

Kuroba Kaito:?
After a moment's hesitation, Kaito Kuroba still asked,
"Where are you going?"

Chen En answered seriously and earnestly.
"I'm going to confront Death head-on!"

Kaito Kuroba: !
Is it that heavy?

Kaito Kuroba couldn't help but feel a deep sense of respect.

As expected of Batman, although I don't know who the Grim Reaper he's talking about is, he must be a very dangerous opponent, right?

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Five o'clock in the afternoon, Honghua Seaside Hotel.

"What are you doing! Why are you touching my hair!"

"You're just like Heiji Hattori!"

Death Elementary School was furious.

However, Chen En simply withdrew his hand nonchalantly and asked,
"Why are you here? I remember you said the conference wouldn't start until 7 p.m., right?"

"Then you should come with Kogoro Mouri and the others at 6:30."

"Why are you here so early?"

Conan briefly lost his train of thought upon hearing this.

Then, he adjusted his non-prescription glasses and answered seriously.

"Of course, it's because I also feel that there are usually bad things happening at the gatherings that Uncle Mori attends."

"To avoid this situation, you should come early, right?"

—What do you mean, "You also think so"?

When did I ever tell you that I felt something bad happened wherever Uncle Mori went?
Chen En's lips twitched slightly.

Well, to be honest, Conan really lacks self-awareness.

Doesn't Conan himself realize that wherever he goes, trouble follows?

Without saying a word, Chen En immediately walked into the restaurant. It was already set up, with restaurant staff everywhere.

Chen En could see the banner hanging there, which read "World Art Award Ceremony," simply by looking up.

His eyes narrowed slightly as he recalled the people who had attended the celebration.

—The art that won this world art award is flower arrangement.

Although Chen En felt this was a bit too outrageous.

However, in Beika Town, anything is possible. Therefore, Chen En did not focus on why the art that won the world award was flower arrangement, but rather on the person who won the award with flower arrangement.

Rika Okano.

Known as the founder of "avant-garde flower arranging," his outstanding work involves making closed flowers bloom immediately after the arrangement is completed.

In Chen En's view, this cannot be considered art.

It's more like magic than art.

"strangeness……"

Chen En said in a low voice.

Hearing Chen En's voice, Conan turned to look at Chen En and asked in confusion,

"Strange? What's strange?"

Chen En did not answer.

This thing is very strange.

The strange thing is that Chen En hasn't triggered any security missions yet.

In other words, if a heinous murder is indeed occurring here, then the murder has not even reached the point where it can be prevented.

This is strange.

Chen En could have identified the murderer beforehand, regardless of the weapon used, but the system determined that he couldn't.

Either the murderer hadn't brought the weapon into the restaurant, or they hadn't yet decided to kill, or the murderer was carrying a weapon that Chen En couldn't identify.

"So it seems we can only wait until the celebration begins?"

Chen En muttered to himself.

His gaze swept across every corner of the restaurant, his eyes narrowing slightly.

There is no such thing as a Batman who would back down when faced with a challenge.

Since there was still some time before the celebration started, he decided to look around the hotel first, at least by all means, before waiting for things to happen.
The pairing of Chen En and Conan seems rather odd here.

Soon, the hotel staff noticed Chen En and his companion's presence. They pointed and whispered among themselves, and immediately security personnel approached, seemingly intending to ask Chen En and his companion to leave.

Conan's heart tightened upon seeing this.

Uncle Mori had an invitation, but they didn't.

If they were found by security personnel, he and Chen En would definitely be asked to leave. But if they were asked to leave now, wouldn't that mean they had returned empty-handed?

Just as Conan was pondering how to handle the situation...

Chen En acted as if she didn't see the staff coming over, and simply walked towards another room.

I only hesitated for a moment.

Conan missed his chance to catch up and was dragged away by security personnel.

Another security guard walked toward the room where Chen En was.

However, just as he turned the corner, as if timed perfectly, another person in a security uniform pulled down his baseball cap and walked out from the other side, just out of his line of sight.

Chen En turned his baseball cap around and glanced at the hotel's decor.

Let's start the investigation now.

(End of this chapter)