Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

Seimei Suzuki and Conan exchanged a glance, sensing the deep helplessness in each other's eyes.

Can't you guys just wish others well?

"No, it's our Akira. It suddenly disappeared last night, and I'd like to ask you for help in finding it." Faced with the unusually enthusiastic three little ones, Hiroki subconsciously took a half step back.

"A missing person case!" The three children were startled at first, then asked with great enthusiasm, "What does that child look like?"

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Conan is corrupting the kids again.

"The photos are here, you can see them."

Under the expectant gazes of the three children, Hiroki took out a picture of a cat with a painted face and handed it to them.

boom!!!

Like a bolt from the blue, the three boys' enthusiasm vanished instantly.

︿(￣︶￣)︿

Suzuki Haruaki almost burst out laughing, but things didn't turn out exactly as he expected.

The cases that elementary school students are asked to handle are basically things like catching cats and walking dogs; real kidnapping cases would certainly not be entrusted to a group of children.

"Don't joke around, we're very busy, how could we possibly have time to help you find a cat?"

Genta and Mitsuhiko instantly lost their motivation. Instead of wasting time looking for the cat, they figured they might as well eat a few more pieces of chocolate.

"You don't need to worry too much. Maybe in a few days, the cat will come back on its own." Ayumi casually comforted Hiroki, her earlier enthusiasm fading.

"How can that be? If you help me find Akira, I'll give you my treasured Pokémon Gold Card."

Hiroki pulled a stack of glittering Pokémon cards from his pocket and said in a tempting tone, "Look, these are my treasured cards. I collected them with great difficulty~"

"A Pokémon card? And a super rare Mega Gold card at that! We'll take this request!"

Seeing the golden card Hiroki took out, the three kids instantly regained their energy and, along with the speechless Suzuki Seimei and Conan, began to help search for the cat with the painted face.

Since Akira only disappeared last night, she certainly couldn't have gone too far, so the group began searching the alleys around Hiroki's house.

After searching diligently for over an hour, the group found many strangely shaped wild cats, but still couldn't find any trace of Akira.

On the contrary, when Suzuki Seimei was searching for Akira with the others, he actually found dozens of coins of different denominations thanks to the passive effect of the Golden Rule.

Not only were the three little ones envious, but even Conan was somewhat envious of Suzuki Seimei's good fortune.

According to Conan's observation, Suzuki Seimei had no intention of picking up the money; it was as if the money had simply appeared in front of him on its own.

For example, Suzuki Seimei simply kicked a small pebble, and right where the pebble landed, there happened to be a coin lying there.

(〃＞ dishes＜)

"Why don't I have Seimei's good luck? If this continues, we won't even find Akira yet, and Seimei will already be a tycoon."

When Genta saw that Suzuki Seimei had found another 500 yen coin, he couldn't help but complain with envy.

"Yuanta, you're exaggerating. This amount of money is far from what a tycoon has!"

Mitsuhiko couldn't help but show a look of envy halfway through his sentence: "But if Seimei could find this much money every day, he would really become a tycoon in no time."

Conan thought to himself, "Those two naive brats. Even if Seimei doesn't find the money, he'll still become a tycoon someday."

Conan is well aware of how terrifying Suzuki Seimei's background is; he's the heir to the Suzuki Group, a born winner.

"Alright, alright~ stop looking at me like that." Suzuki Haruaki shrugged and said, "You've all been searching for the cat for so long, you must be thirsty. How about I use this money to treat you all to drinks?"

"Great!"

Upon hearing Suzuki Haruaki's words, the children cheered and ran to the nearby vending machine, happily choosing their drinks.

"Hiroki, here's a bottle of milk for you." Suzuki Haruaki handed Hiroki a bottle of milk, asking with some curiosity, "Does your Akira have any special characteristics? Like, what kind of food does it like, or what kind of name does it like?"

Hiroki thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, Akira is a bit different from other cats. Its meow is very special, not the ordinary meow, but a 'giegie' sound."

"giegie~~"

No sooner had Hiroki finished speaking than a strange meow suddenly came from not far away.

"That's right! That's the sound."

"...The sound seems to be coming from over there."

Upon hearing this, everyone was slightly taken aback at first, and then hurriedly followed the direction from which the sound came, arriving in front of a villa.

"Akira, Akira..."

"giegie~~"

Upon hearing Hiroki's shouts, a cat with a smeared face quickly jumped out of the villa's window, but it was covered in blood.

Fortunately, the sun hadn't set yet; otherwise, seeing such a thing late at night would have left the children with psychological trauma.

"How can there be so much blood?" the three little ones asked with worried expressions.

With lightning speed, Suzuki Haruaki caught the cat with the smeared face that had run over, held it up and looked it over: "Don't worry, this cat has no wounds, and this blood isn't its."

"What?! Could it be..."

Conan's expression changed drastically. He jumped onto the gate railing and nimbly vaulted into the yard.

"Conan, what happened? Wait for us..." Upon seeing this, Genta and the others quickly climbed over the gate and jumped into the yard.

Oh my god (‵o′)凸

Suzuki Seimei couldn't help but swear.

When watching anime before, Suzuki Seimei always felt that Genta and the others were dragging Conan down, but now it seems like Conan is the one leading the three kids astray.

"Hiroki, you wait here, I'm going to take a look too." Suzuki Seimei put the painted-face cat into Hiroki's hands, then suddenly pushed off with his feet, grabbed the top of the gate, and jumped into the yard.

(O_O)?

Seeing Suzuki Harumi and the others jump over the gate and into the yard, Hiroki scratched his head in bewilderment and couldn't help but exclaim, "As expected of the Junior Detective League, everyone is so amazing!"

"Ah ah ah..."

When Genta and the others stepped over the trash can and saw the blood-soaked corpse lying in the bathtub through the window, they were so terrified that they screamed and ran out.

At this time, the Junior Detective League had not yet experienced many battles, and seeing such a blood-soaked corpse was still very exciting for them.

"Mr. Ryuichi, it seems the young master and the others have run into some trouble? I'll go check on them." Seeing the children's panicked state, Kurosaki Tamaka quickly opened the car door and ran over.

Seeing this, Inoue Ryuichi slowly started the van and moved towards the direction where the children were.

Under normal circumstances, Kurosaki Tamaka and Inoue Ryuichi would not interfere with Suzuki Seimei's daily activities, but if he encountered danger, then his safety must be ensured first.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: You're the Prisoner (Please vote and add to your favorites)

"Young Master, what happened?"

Upon seeing Kurosaki Tamaka, Suzuki Haruaki immediately exclaimed, "Tamaka-neechan, you've come at the right time! Quickly call the police! We just saw a body; someone has been murdered in this house."

"Ah? Oh, I see."

Upon hearing this, Kurosaki Tamaka was taken aback at first, but then she came to her senses and immediately dialed the police.

"Those damn brats!"

Upon witnessing what was happening outside, the prisoner hidden inside the house couldn't help but curse under his breath and began racking his brains for a solution.

If it weren't for those children who suddenly barged in, he could have waited until dark to deal with the body at his leisure. Now that the police are about to arrive, he has no choice but to risk disposing of the body.

Beep~woo~~Beep~woo~~Beep~woo~~

About fifteen minutes later, a piercing siren sounded, and two police cars slowly pulled up in front of Suzuki Haruaki and his group.

Inspector Megure led Wataru Takagi out of the police car and asked with a serious expression, "Ms. Tamakawa, you were the one who called the police just now, weren't you?"

Because it was Kurosaki Tamaka who called the police last time, leading to the arrest of the Italian robbery gang, the police took her report very seriously.

"That's right, I was the one who called the police."

Kurosaki Tamaka nodded and pointed to a house not far away, saying, "Young Master Seimei and the others said that they just found a body covered in blood lying in the bathroom of that house."

"Young Master Seimei?"

Suzuki Haruaki tugged at Inspector Megure's sleeve and said, "Inspector Megure, it's me!"

Huh?

When Inspector Megure saw Haruaki Suzuki, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Little brother, what are you doing here?"

"We were asked by Hiroki to help him find this cat named Akira. We accidentally saw that it was covered in blood, and then we found a corpse in the house," Suzuki Seimei explained, pointing to the spotted cat Hiroki was holding.

"I see."

Inspector Megure's expression instantly turned serious as he looked at the dried bloodstains on the cat with the painted face. He then led Wataru Takagi and the others toward the villa not far away.

If the blood on that spotted cat was indeed human blood, then the enormous amount of bleeding must mean that someone had already been murdered.

"Ding dong..."

"Hello, is anyone home? We're the police, open the door!"

"What is it? It's so noisy!" Not long after Inspector Megure rang the doorbell, a middle-aged man in a bathrobe with a beard opened the door with an impatient look on his face.

"Hello, I'm Inspector Megure."

Inspector Megure first showed his police badge to the middle-aged man, then said with a serious expression, "These kids say they found a body in this room just now. Please cooperate with our investigation."

"A corpse?"

Conan said, "That's right! We just saw it with our own eyes. There was a body covered in blood lying in the bathtub of this house."

"Nonsense! I was using the bathroom alone just now, how could there be a corpse there?"

"In that case, please cooperate with our investigation!" Inspector Megure said, shoving the middle-aged man aside and walking towards the bathroom at the end of the corridor.

"It's gone!"

The moment Inspector Megure opened the door, Conan and the others rushed over, only to find the bathroom empty.