Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

Nezuko, her eyes slightly glazed, nodded obediently upon hearing this. Her curvaceous body quickly shrank, and she crawled into the wooden box using both her hands and feet.

Suzuki Seimei slung the wooden box containing Nezuko over his shoulder, slowly opened the door, and said expressionlessly, "Lead the way!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing Suzuki Haruaki's words, the two intelligence agents nodded quickly and led him toward Mugen Station.

Although Suzuki Seimei was just a child, the people responsible for gathering intelligence already knew about his feat of instantly killing the "Sound Pillar," so they naturally dared not show him the slightest disrespect.

On the other side, in front of a restaurant that is still open inside the Mugen Station.

A girl wearing round, black-rimmed glasses looked at the red bean bun in her hand with a troubled expression, and sighed, "It seems like there aren't many customers today."

After more than forty passengers went missing on the Mugen Train, the train was temporarily suspended, resulting in a sharp decrease in passenger traffic at Mugen Station, and naturally, the restaurants in the station had no business.

"Xiao Fu, stop sighing and eat your red bean paste bread!"

Seeing this, the elderly woman with a full head of white hair, wearing the same black-rimmed glasses, comforted him in a kind tone: "Business is so busy on weekdays, so when business is slow, just think of it as a holiday to rest."

"Grandma, sometimes I really envy you; you're always so optimistic."

"Because I've experienced so much in my life, this little difficulty is nothing. You'll understand when you grow up."

The old woman smiled kindly at first, then earnestly reminded him, "By the way! Xiao Fu, I've told you many times that it's very dangerous after dark. You should come to help at noon from now on, because ghosts will come out at night."

"Grandma, I'm not a little kid anymore. You're telling me ghost stories to scare me again."

Xiao Fu rolled her eyes at her grandmother, looking annoyed, and said with a worried expression, "It's all that Ripper's fault. If it weren't for his appearance scaring away the customers, our business wouldn't have become so bad."

Good evening! The moonlight is beautiful tonight!

A cheerful voice suddenly rang out, startling Xiao Fu, who was talking to his grandmother.

Xiao Fu subconsciously turned his head and saw a man who looked somewhat like an owl, who had appeared behind him at some point.

Before Xiao Fu could react, Rengoku Kyojuro cut to the chase and asked, "I'm looking for a ghost. Have you ever seen one?"

???

Could this person have some serious illness?

Upon hearing Rengoku Kyojuro's words, Kofuku's eyes twitched. Coupled with his strange attire, he couldn't help but wonder if this person was mentally ill.

"you……"

The old woman behind the shop window was stunned when she saw Rengoku Kyojuro's unusual hair color and eyebrows, her eyes filled with disbelief.

Suzuki Seimei, who had just arrived at Mugen Station, couldn't help but retort after hearing Rengoku Kyojuro's words: "Kyojuro-nii, if this young lady really encountered a demon, we probably won't be able to see her anymore, right?"

Chapter 521 No Hostages in My Eyes

"Seimei, you've arrived!"

Kyojuro Rengoku didn't seem to care about Seimei Suzuki's sarcastic remark, and instead smiled and waved at him.

Upon seeing the child Suzuki Seimei, Xiao Fu breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously asked, "Who...who exactly are you people?"

Kyojuro Rengoku replied without hesitation, "We are demon slayers from the Demon Slayer Corps, and we are here to eliminate the evil spirits that are causing trouble on the Mugen Train."

"Are you kidding me? There are no ghosts in this world..."

Before Xiao Fu could finish speaking, the old woman suddenly reached out and pressed her shoulder, saying, "Xiao Fu, stop making a fuss. This person is definitely not a bad person."

Unlike her young granddaughter, the old woman, whose hair had long since turned white, had not only heard rumors about cannibals, but she had also encountered one twenty years ago and was saved by a man who looked very much like Kyojuro Rengoku.

It was precisely because of her own experience twenty years ago that the old woman often reminded her granddaughter not to run around at night.

Suzuki Seimei walked up to Rengoku Kyojuro, raised his rosy little face, and asked in a childish voice, "Grandma, I heard that the train that had the accident seems to have stopped running. Do you know where it is now?"

"The train was sent to a repair shop near the station for maintenance. The workers at the repair shop should still be inspecting it. I heard it will be back in operation tomorrow."

The old woman had already guessed that this "Ripper" incident might have been committed by the legendary cannibal, so she didn't beat around the bush and told everything she knew.

"Thank you!"

Suzuki Seimei first thanked the old woman, then turned to Rengoku Kyojuro beside him and said, "Brother Kyojuro, let's go to the repair shop!"

"Ok!"

"Please wait a moment!"

Just as Rengoku Kyojuro was about to leave with Suzuki Seimei, Kofuku suddenly called out to them, saying somewhat apologetically, "Could you please buy two bento boxes? Our bento boxes are delicious!"

???

Upon hearing Xiao Fu's words, Suzuki Seimei's expression turned somewhat strange.

After glancing at the elderly woman with gray hair and young Fuku, Rengoku Kyojuro exclaimed without hesitation, "I want them all!"

So, amidst Xiao Fu's happy smile and Suzuki Seimei's speechless gaze, they left the deserted station carrying over a hundred bento boxes.

Although Suzuki Haruaki knew that Rengoku Kyojuro bought all the bento boxes so that the old woman and Kofuku could close up shop and go home earlier.

However, Suzuki Seimei couldn't help but complain that you shouldn't buy so many bento boxes. No wonder Rengoku Kyojuro died so quickly.

The emotional bond has already been established!

After leaving the station, Suzuki Haruaki said somewhat helplessly, "Brother Kyojuro, what are we going to do with all these bento boxes? I can't possibly eat this many!"

"Hahaha……"

Rengoku Kyojuro patted Suzuki Seimei on the shoulder with a smile and said in a cheerful voice, "Seimei, don't worry, these bento boxes won't go to waste."

It just so happens that the team members responsible for gathering intelligence haven't had dinner yet, so we'll share some of their lunchboxes with them later.

The remaining bento boxes were given to the workers at the repair shop, and also to help us gather information about the Mugen Train.

"Let's do it this way!"

Hearing Rengoku Kyojuro's arrangement, Suzuki Seimei did not object and nodded in agreement.

After handing most of the bento boxes to the intelligence team members for dinner, Suzuki Harumi and the others followed suit, carrying the remaining bento boxes and openly entering the repair shop under the pretext of delivering takeout.

With free lunches paving the way, the repair shop workers became much easier to talk to.

After learning that Suzuki Haruaki and his group were interested in the Mugen Train, they were taken directly to the Mugen Train for a tour.

"It definitely feels like a place haunted by ghosts. It seems those missing passengers..."

They've already met with misfortune.

After circling the "Mega" train and sensing the lingering cannibalistic aura on it, Kyojuro Rengoku's expression turned serious.

A cannibal that can devour more than forty people in a short period of time is definitely not an ordinary cannibal; it must be one of the Twelve Demon Moons!

"Ah ah ah..."

A scream suddenly came from the workshop. Suzuki Seimei and Rengoku Kyojuro's expressions changed drastically at the same time, and they disappeared from the spot as two afterimages.

When the two arrived at the workshop from which the screams had come, they saw a cannibal covered in blue stripes grabbing a young mechanic with a sinister grin on his face.

"Help...help me...ah..."

The mechanic had barely opened his mouth to cry for help when the cannibal's hands slowly exerted force, and its sharp claws instantly pierced into his flesh, causing him to let out a scream.

Upon seeing that the cannibal had taken a hostage, even Rengoku Kyojuro, who had already gripped the hilt of his sword, had no choice but to stop.

"Whoosh—"

However, Suzuki Seimei seemed to completely disregard the presence of the hostages, bypassing Rengoku Kyojuro and rushing to the side of the Blue-Striped Ogre.

"Pfft!"

With a cold flash of sword light, the blue-striped ogre's arms were severed at the shoulder.

"boom!

! ”

Before the blue-striped cannibal could react, Suzuki Seimei kicked him in the cheek, sending him flying.

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully signing in to Blue-Striped Ghost. You are rewarded with a copy of 'Super Speed ​​Regeneration,' which you can claim at any time."

Hearing the system notification in his ear, Suzuki Seimei's lips curled up slightly, revealing a satisfied smile.

The reason why Suzuki Seimei disregarded the safety of the hostages and acted before Rengoku Kyojuro was because the words "Check-in Available" were floating above the head of the blue-striped man-eating demon.

Flame Breathing? First Form - Shiranui!

!

Just as the blue-striped cannibal was kicked away by Suzuki Seimei, Rengoku Kyojuro, who had already prepared to attack, decisively transformed into a ball of fire and severed its head with lightning speed.

call--

After instantly killing the blue-striped cannibal, Rengoku Kyojuro exhaled a breath of stale air, then frowned and said, "Seimei, what you did just now was too risky. You could have accidentally killed the hostages!"

Seeing that Rengoku Kyojuro seemed a little angry, Suzuki Seimei didn't rush to explain. Instead, he raised his right hand and said to him, "Hidden!"

To Rengoku Kyojuro's somewhat surprised gaze, Suzuki Seimei suddenly vanished into thin air.

Before Rengoku Kyojuro could ask, Suzuki Seimei reappeared and explained with a smile, "Brother Kyojuro, I have the ability to interfere with other people's vision, thus putting myself into a state similar to invisibility, so that blue-striped cannibal didn't see me at all."

Chapter 522 Beautiful Dreams and Nightmares

"No wonder..."

Upon hearing this, Rengoku Kyojuro finally looked enlightened.

No wonder the blue-striped cannibal's gaze was entirely fixed on him, completely ignoring Suzuki Seimei.

Kyojuro Rengoku originally thought that the Blue-Striped Man-Eating Demon was underestimating Suzuki Seimei simply because he was a child.

Unexpectedly, Suzuki Seimei had already secretly used his ability to interfere with the blue-striped cannibal's vision.

"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you!"

Upon learning the truth, Rengoku Kyojuro's eyes flashed with self-reproach, and he quickly bowed to Suzuki Seimei.

"It's okay, it's just a small misunderstanding."