Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

Ryusuke Soma complained impatiently, "Last time we asked the police for help, and we ended up getting a scolding from them. That's why we're asking you to help us find him this time."

"Oh, I see!"

Kogoro Mouri nodded, then thought for a moment and said, "Besides this photo, do you have any other clues? For example, when Mr. Itakura last contacted you, where or when exactly?"

"some!"

After Naito Sadahira finished speaking, he took out his laptop, opened an email, and said via video: "A week ago, all three of us received an email from Mr. Itakura."

It was because of this email that we learned Mr. Itakura had actually taken on work from three companies simultaneously, which is why we were so eager to find him and get to the bottom of things!

“Taking on three cases at once is really too much for me. I feel my heart has been doing pretty well lately, so I've decided to temporarily put aside my work and find a place to take a few days off. As for your cases…”

"So it was him!"

Watching Itakura Taku speak eloquently in the video, Ran Mouri suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Mr. Itakura in that photo was wearing glasses, and I didn't recognize him at first. Isn't he the famous Itakura Taku in the CG production industry?"

Subek said, "That's right! Mr. Itakura usually wears contact lenses when he's in public."

Conan asked curiously, "Ran-neechan, do you know this person?"

"Yes! His name is often seen on lists of popular movies; his CG effects are really impressive."

Ran Mouri nodded excitedly at first, then said with some regret, "However, it seems that Mr. Itakura has retired from the CG special effects production industry since his eyesight was damaged three years ago."

Kogoro Mouri said in a serious tone, "Since this Mr. Itakura is so famous, is it possible that he has been kidnapped?"

"Shouldn't...shouldn't be?"

Upon hearing this, Subekro and Naito Teihei seemed somewhat uncertain.

"No! It's not impossible."

Ryusuke Soma shook his head and stroked his chin, saying, "About two years ago, when I went to Mr. Itakura's company, I saw a burly man with a beard and a strong Kansai accent talking to him, saying something like, 'You are no longer of any use to me.'"

"what?!"

Upon hearing this, Conan's expression changed drastically, and the image of agave instantly flashed into his mind.

Chapter 477 Who writes a diary if they're a decent person?

Ryusuke Soma said to Subek and the others, "You guys should have seen that man before, right? He's the man who got blown up at the Manten Game Conference last time!"

"It really was those guys!"

Conan's pupils dilated in shock, and he couldn't help but clench his fists.

"But that burly man has already been blown up. Mr. Itakura's disappearance this time should have nothing to do with him!"

Kogoro Mouri was speaking when he turned his gaze back to the video screen on the computer, stroking his chin as he said, "The most important thing now is to find out where Mr. Itakura is. Judging from the background of the room in the video, he should be staying at some hotel."

Naito Sadahira said somewhat helplessly, "But in order to protect the privacy of its customers, the hotel will never tell us our accommodation information."

Conan suddenly asked Ran, "Ran-neechan, is Uncle Itakura really good at chess?"

"Conan, why would you say that?"

Conan feigned innocence and said, "Because this uncle's room has chess, Go, and chess sets all at the same time, he must really like playing chess!"

"Idiot! He keeps all this stuff in his room just to develop game software, wait a minute..."

Upon hearing Conan's words, Kogoro Mouri instinctively made a sarcastic remark, then suddenly realized something and quickly asked Ryusuke Soma and the others, "By the way! Mr. Itakura, what kind of things do you usually bring on vacation?"

"When he goes on vacation, he usually only brings his usual laptop and a few floppy disks."

"If that's the case, I think we should be able to find Mr. Itakura very soon."

Kogoro Mouri smiled confidently and took out his phone to call the customer service of several restaurants in Beika Town.

As soon as the call connected, Kogoro Mouri pinched his nose and exclaimed in a very dissatisfied tone, "What's wrong with your restaurant?"

"May I ask who you are?"

Upon hearing this, the customer service representative on the other end of the phone was slightly taken aback, and then asked in a respectful tone.

"I was the customer who borrowed chess, Go, and chess from the counter."

Kogoro Mouri feigned annoyance and said, "The phone in this room suddenly stopped working, so I had to use my cell phone to call you!"

The hotel guest asked with some surprise, "But our front desk hasn't lent any of these things to guests these past few days."

"Oh—I'm sorry! I think I dialed the wrong number."

After finishing his sentence, Kogoro Mouri hung up the phone and started making calls to the next Beika restaurant.

"You must be Mr. Itakura from room 2004!"

When Kogoro Mouri questioned the customer service representative on the other end of the phone again with the same reason, the representative responded quickly.

"That's right! I live in room 2004."

Upon hearing this, Kogoro Mouri quickly picked up the notebook on the table and wrote down the relevant information.

"Mr. Itakura, please don't worry. I'll have the employee in charge of that area handle it right away, okay?"

"Oh! Oh! It turns out I accidentally loosened the phone line. I'm so sorry to bother you."

After hanging up the phone, Kogoro Mouri smiled at Ryusuke Soma and the other two and said, "You should have heard it too, Mr. Itakura is currently staying at the Beika Hotel."

"As expected of a famous detective, he found Mr. Itakura's whereabouts so quickly."

"No~ No~"

Kogoro Mouri smiled and waved his hand, then took Ryusuke Soma and the other two in a car and headed to the Beika Restaurant.

Because Itakura Suguru had connections with the Black Organization, Conan naturally followed him along, shamelessly.

Just as Conan was doing his best to track down the Black Organization, Suzuki Haruaki also arrived at the headquarters of the "Grim Reaper" organization, called Miyano Akemi to his side, and gave her a new mission.

Since Suzuki Seimei returned to the main world, he gave Tachibana Maya a list of medicinal herbs, asking her to collect some of them that could be used to refine the [Three Corpse Brain God Pill] and the [Leopard Fetus Tendon-Changing Pill].

Now, Suzuki Seimei has refined enough [Leopard Fetus Tendon-Changing Pill] and [Three Corpse Brain God Pill] for hundreds of people. In addition, with Pu Siqinglan secretly recruiting hundreds of transvestite subordinates, the "Evil-Repelling Legion" plan can be officially launched.

According to Suzuki Harumi's original plan, he intended to personally go to Hong Kong Island to take charge of matters related to the formation of the "Evil-Repelling Legion".

However, Suzuki Seimei was simply unable to get away and had no suitable reason to go to Hong Kong Island, so he had no choice but to send Miyano Akemi to Hong Kong Island in his place.

In addition to sending Pu Siqinglan the [Leopard Fetus Tendon-Changing Pill] and the [Three Corpse Brain God Pill], Suzuki Seimei also specially asked Miyano Akemi to bring a perfect-level [Whirlwind Swift Sword] skill book and a master-level [Frost Palm] skill book.

As for imparting the [Pure Internal Energy] to Pu Siqinglan, we can only wait until she finishes establishing the "Evil-Repelling Legion" and then has time to return to Japan. At that time, Suzuki Seimei will personally impart the [Pure Internal Energy] to her.

……

Night slowly fell

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

After receiving the emergency call from Kogoro Mouri, Inspector Megure immediately led Inspector Takagi and the others to the Beika Restaurant.

That's right!

When Kogoro Mouri and his friends arrived at the Beika Restaurant and found room 2004, itakura Takuya had already become a corpse.

This incident teaches us a lesson!

That means you should never ask Kogoro Mouri to help you find someone, especially if you bring Conan along, otherwise you might easily find a corpse.

Conan was startled when he saw Itakura Suguru's body, thinking that Itakura Suguru had been silenced by the Black Organization.

However, after Conan carefully examined the scene and discovered the death message left by Itakura Taku, he quickly dismissed the idea.

Judging from the death message left by Itakura Taku, the real culprit in this case is actually Soma Ryusuke.

The reason why Ryusuke Soma killed Taku Itakura was because of a conflict of interest between them.

Ryusuke Soma wanted to ask Taku Itakura for help in designing a professional-level chess software. Soma not only provided him with a large sum of money, but also devoted a lot of effort to it.

As a result, Itakura Taku kept delaying the matter and even asked Soma Ryusuke to continue to increase investment, which made him want to kill him.

Although Conan was very disappointed by Itakura Suguru's sudden death, he did not come away empty-handed.

Because Itakura Suguru had a habit of writing a diary on his computer, Conan secretly copied the contents of the diary while Inspector Megure and the others weren't looking, intending to review it later to see if there were any clues related to the Black Organization.

Chapter 478 The Black Organization's Trail

In order to get back to Itakura Suguru's diary as quickly as possible and find clues about the Black Organization, Conan solved the case as fast as he could.

Back at the Mouri Detective Agency, Conan, under the pretext of going to Professor Agasa's house, took the copy of the diary and headed there.

Professor Agasa asked in surprise, "What? You said you've got clues about those guys? Is that true?"

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be clues about those guys in the diaries left behind by Itakura Taku."

After inserting the floppy disk, Conan eagerly opened the electronic diary and quickly flipped to the diary from two years ago.

"I've got it, this is it!"

Conan quickly found what he wanted and began to examine it carefully.

"May 3

A burly man with a Kansai accent suddenly came to find me, seemingly very interested in a piece of software I had previously developed.

However, when he learned that I no longer wanted to continue the development because of my deteriorating eyesight, he simply left...

A man dressed entirely in black...

I hope I'll never see him again..."

"May 3

The pen on the table was moved another 5cm...

Sure enough, someone broke into my office…

"May 4

This time, someone broke into the house without permission. The police don't handle these kinds of cases because there were no signs of trespassing and nothing was stolen..."

"May 6