The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"Where is it? Where exactly is it?!"

The gunshots and cries of agony were drowned out by the deafening roar from inside the tunnel...

For some reason, at that moment, Conan suddenly heard a voice that sounded strangely familiar.

"Ah, whose voice is that!?" Conan, who was deep in thought, was startled by the sudden voice in his mind.

Just as Conan was trying to recall the owner of the voice, a woman's terrified scream suddenly came from outside the carriage.

The people in the room were clearly startled by the sound.

"what!?"

Kogoro Mouri even jumped right out of bed.

"Why is there a scream?" Xiaolan looked towards the carriage door with some concern.

Chapter 262 A Case That Seems Familiar

The group hurriedly opened the door to the private room and leaned out to look in the direction from which the sound came.

Kogoro Mori peered out, only to find it pitch black ahead; clearly, the incident had occurred in another carriage.

He asked with some confusion, "Hey, did you guys hear a strange sound just now?"

"Strange sound?" Xiaolan shook her head.

Only Conan seemed to realize something, and confidently said to Kogoro Mouri, "That must have been a gunshot. Someone must have been shot dead by a pistol!"

"Nonsense, don't speculate." Kogoro Mouri clearly didn't believe Conan at all. "How will you know if you don't go and see for yourself?"

"That's true!" Conan scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

The man, like a hungry wild beast, swiftly traversed the dark passage...

However, at that moment, that extremely familiar voice rang in Conan's ears once again.

"Damn it, why does this voice keep popping into my head?!" Conan scratched his head in frustration, unable to recall whose familiar voice it was.

Just as Kogoro Mouri was about to step out of the private room, a figure wrapped up tightly suddenly ran past them.

"Sir?"

Just as the group was startled by the sudden appearance of the figure and filled with doubt, a train staff member suddenly ran out of the front carriage and shouted, "He's a murderer! He just killed someone with a gun!"

"What……!?"

Kogoro Mouri was almost speechless with shock; he simply couldn't believe that Conan, that brat, had actually been right.

Someone actually shot and killed some guy!

"Uncle, hurry and chase them!"

Reminded by Conan, Kogoro Mouri immediately snapped out of his daze.

However, just as Kogoro Mouri and Conan were about to chase after the culprit...

They discovered that after firing several shots into the next room, the prisoner suddenly turned around and pointed his gun at the two men.

"!!!"

The next second, two or three gunshots rang out, and a flash of light instantly shot out from the muzzle.

Kogoro Mouri instinctively grabbed Conan, who was still trying to rush forward, and retreated back into his private room.

It's unclear whether it was because Kogoro Mouri's dodge was fast enough, or because the criminal's marksmanship was significantly inferior.

Neither of them showed any signs of being hit.

Even so, Kogoro Mouri and Conan were still quite frightened.

Ran was so frightened by the gunshots that were right next to her that her face turned pale, but she still mustered up her courage and went to Conan and Kogoro Mouri's side, patting their bodies.

They only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that both of them were unharmed.

When Kogoro Mouri and Conan leaned out of the door again, they found that the culprit was no longer in the aisle of the train car.

Just then, the door to the next private room was completely closed right before their eyes.

"Damn it, you can't escape!" Startled by the prisoner's gunshot, Kogoro Mouri angrily ran towards the private room where the man had disappeared, ready to rush in and teach that guy a lesson.

Conan stood there dumbfounded, and seeing the scene before him, the voice that had been constantly in his ears rang out again.

But within minutes, the man disappeared...

Without time to think, Conan hurriedly followed Kogoro Mouri as he rushed to the door of the private room.

However, just as Kogoro Mouri cautiously opened the door to the private room, he was shocked to find that the room was empty.

There was only one window, which appeared to have been broken by a gunshot, and the curtains in the compartment were being blown high by the airflow caused by the high speed of the train.

Looking at the scene in the private room, Kogoro Mouri, realizing he was too late, thought to himself, "Damn it, he got away again!"

Conan stared in disbelief at the scene before him, muttering to himself a phrase that had suddenly popped into his head: "The sound of the wind and the sound of the train, at this moment, create a noisy melody..."

At that moment, Kogoro Mouri didn't care what Conan was saying. He anxiously ordered the train staff who were running towards him, "Stop the train immediately and contact the police!"

"Yes!" the train staff member hurriedly replied before running away.

"Oh right, it's a novel!"

Conan, who was still standing there in a daze, finally realized where he had seen these words before, and he finally realized who the familiar voice belonged to.

Conan could not believe what he was seeing.

Because all of this is exactly the same as the content of that novel!

It's exactly the same as the novel written by his father, Yusaku Kudo!

……

"Based on the driver's license and business card found on the victim, the person shot was Keitaro Izumo, a 56-year-old resident of Koya City, Tokyo. He also appears to be the owner of a large jewelry store!"

When Kogoro Mouri arrived at the scene of the crime, the police had already begun their investigation.

Several forensic personnel are currently busy collecting various information inside the train carriage.

"Was he shot?" the lead officer asked his subordinate.

“That’s right.” The subordinate nodded and continued to report, “According to the eyewitness testimony, the perpetrator suddenly pulled out a gun and shot the victim from behind.”

“Yes, that’s quite obvious.” After a moment’s thought, the lead officer asked the witnesses nearby, “So where did the criminal go?”

Several witnesses were sitting in a corner of the carriage receiving psychological counseling from the police, clearly terrified by the sight of someone being shot dead right in front of them.

However, two of them looked quite different from the other witnesses who were terrified.

One of the young women, though pale-faced, stood to the side, seemingly shocked, as she was questioned by the police.

Meanwhile, another handsome young man stood calmly beside the victim's body with the police, observing his surroundings with interest.

If it weren't for the forensic personnel stopping him, the lead officer would have suspected he was about to run over to the body and thoroughly examine it.

Upon hearing the officer's question, the boy immediately turned his gaze away from his surroundings and answered, "After shooting the victim, the perpetrator hurriedly fled towards the back of the carriage. The train staff quickly gave chase, and all the passengers in that carriage at the time can attest to that."

Chapter 263 Curse

Ran and Kogoro Mouri, who were initially kept at a distance by the police, squeezed forward with some confusion after hearing the familiar voice, and finally saw the boy recounting the incident to the police.

"Aragaki?"

Upon seeing the boy's familiar face, Xiaolan couldn't help but call out his name in surprise.

"Huh...!? Isn't that Ran? And Mr. Mori too?"

When he suddenly heard someone calling his name, Yuu Aragaki looked up at the crowd in surprise and finally spotted Ran and Kogoro Mouri who had squeezed to the front of the crowd.

"Who are you? How dare you just walk in like this!" The police officer in charge looked angrily at the two people who had entered the cordon, and was about to order his subordinates to kick them out.

However, he was stopped by the police officer who led Kogoro Mouri and Ran to this carriage. He hurriedly leaned down and whispered something in the ear of the officer in charge.

At this point, Kogoro Mouri continued from what Yu Aragaki had just said: "However, the criminal quickly escaped the pursuit of the train staff. After passing in front of my carriage, he used the gun he used to commit the crime to smash the window of his own carriage. Not long after, he escaped through the window."

"Who exactly are you?" A police officer at the scene asked with some doubt, looking at Kogoro Mouri, who was talking eloquently about the case.

"What, you don't even recognize me?" Kogoro Mouri looked at the policeman who asked the question with surprise, somewhat astonished that this guy wouldn't recognize his face.

"Oh, it's you!" The lead policeman, after hearing his subordinate's report, looked at Kogoro Mouri with some surprise and said, "I feel like I've seen you somewhere before. It turns out you're the sleeping detective, Mr. Kogoro Mouri!"

"Ahem." Kogoro Mouri narrowed his eyes with a hint of pride as the officer in charge recognized him.

The policeman who had asked the question now had a look of sudden realization on his face: "So he's the cursed detective who brings misfortune wherever he goes!"

Just as Kogoro Mouri excitedly raised his head, ready to hear the praise from others, the comments from the policeman made his expression change instantly.

Kogoro Mouri, with a long face and droopy eyes, muttered somewhat unhappily, "Who on earth spread this rumor...?"

"Pfft~"

Akemi Miyano, who had been standing to the side, witnessed Kogoro Mouri's dramatic change in expression after hearing the police officer's evaluation. She couldn't help but burst out laughing.

She found that everyone's eyes were fixed on her, and startled, she could only wave her hands awkwardly and apologize repeatedly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mr. Mori, I didn't mean to laugh..."

As a result, Kogoro Mouri's expression became even more unpleasant.