Detective Conan: Birth of the Demon Child

The sanitation worker responsible for cleaning the stairwells discovered Moriya Teiji's body on the roof of the building and immediately called the police.

Based on the wig and beard worn by Teiji Moriya, along with the time bomb remote control left next to the body, the police quickly linked him to the bomber from the previous day.

However, what Inspector Megure and his colleagues couldn't understand was why Teiji Moriya, a professor of architecture at Toto University, would steal these explosives and then cause two bombings.

Since no useful evidence was left at the scene except for Teiji Moriya's body, even if Inspector Megure told Kogoro Mouri and Shinichi Kudo about it, they were unable to deduce the identity of the murderer.

For detectives, the most difficult cases to solve are not the sophisticated murders, but rather the simple murders.

The simpler the murder method, the less evidence is left behind.

Judging from Moriya Teiji's fatal wound, he must have died from a broken neck caused by a kick.

This swift and decisive method of killing is highly likely the work of a professional assassin.

Murder cases involving professional killers almost never leave any useful clues, and are often the most troublesome cases for the police and detectives.

It wasn't until Inspector Megure, along with Inspector Takagi and the others, arrived at Teiji Moriya's house that they got the answer they wanted.

After a thorough search, Inspector Megure and his team successfully found the stolen gunpowder from the Japanese gunpowder depot in a secret room in Teiji Moriya's house. Some of the gunpowder had been modified into time bombs.

Besides the modified, unfinished bombs, there was also a printed sheet of paper pasted on the wall of the secret room, which roughly explained the reason why Moriya Teiji committed the crime, and was signed with two familiar characters.

grim Reaper!!!

……

Sunday, the sky was clear and bright.

In the park near the Budokan

Let's begin!

With a shout, Yuan Tai suddenly raised his right foot and kicked the can in front of him away.

"It's Conan's turn to be the ghost, let's hide quickly!"

(^o^)/~

At Suzuki Seimei's command, the three little ones instantly scattered and disappeared into the nearby bushes.

"That Genta guy, really! He kicked it that far!"

Reluctantly, Conan walked through the bushes and found the aluminum can that had been kicked outside the park. He thought to himself, "Seriously, why do I, a high school detective, have to play hide-and-seek with these four kids?"

"Huh? Conan, what are you doing here?"

Just as Conan was inwardly complaining, a surprised voice suddenly rang out.

Conan instinctively looked in the direction of the sound and saw Ran Mouri and Sonoko carrying a bouquet of flowers, walking towards the Budokan.

"Ran-neechan, Sonoko-neechan, what are you doing here?" Conan asked curiously.

"We're here to see the concert!"

"A concert? What concert?"

Ran Mouri laughed and said, "There's a live concert at the Budokan today!"

"So, who are these flowers for?"

Sonoko shook her finger and said, "Kid, you don't know this! Normally, singers arrive at the venue about half an hour early when they hold a live concert, so Ran and I planned to give these flowers to those two before the concert started!"

"And who are those two?"

"Of course, it's the two lead singers of TWO-MIX, the most popular ones right now, Minami Takayama and Shiina Nagano!"

(O_O)?

Despite listening to Ran and Sonoko's explanations, Conan still looked completely confused.

Although Conan knows a lot of things and has a wealth of knowledge, this definitely does not include anything related to music.

Because Conan is tone-deaf, he has absolutely no interest in singers or anything like that.

Seeing Conan's completely bewildered expression, Ran Mouri couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sonoko, you haven't forgotten, have you? Conan and Shinichi are both tone-deaf, so it's normal that he doesn't know TWO-MIX."

"Conan, what on earth are you doing?"

"Exactly! How can it take so long to pick up a bottle?"

"Ran-neechan, Sonoko-neechan, what are you doing here?" Suzuki Seimei rushed over with the three little ones as soon as he saw Ran and the others.

"Ran and I came here to see TWO-MIX's live concert, of course!" Sonoko replied with a smile, then asked, "So what are you guys doing here?"

"We're playing hide-and-seek here."

"You guys have fun! Xiaolan and I are leaving now, bye-bye~"

Bye-bye~

Chapter 108 A Novel Way to Skip the Bill

Watching Ran and Sonoko's departing figures, Ayumi and the others couldn't help but show envious eyes.

"Genta, Mitsuhiko, did you hear that? Ran and the others said they're going to see a live TWO-MIX concert!" Ayumi said with a look of envy.

I really want to go see it too!

"Me too! They sang the theme song for Kamen Rider!"

"But we don't have concert tickets."

As soon as Ayumi finished speaking, Genta and Mitsuhiko suddenly nodded in unison, then looked at Suzuki Seimei with expectant expressions.

stare--

Faced with the three children's expectant gazes, Suzuki Haruaki shrugged helplessly and said, "Alright~ I'll take care of the tickets. The money I found while playing hide-and-seek should be enough to buy five tickets."

"☐^-☐ This is awesome!"

"Great!"

"Long live Seimei!"

Amidst the cheers of Genta and the others, Suzuki Seimei was surrounded and led towards the ticket office.

"oops!"

Just as everyone reached the corner of the martial arts hall's entrance, a figure rushed over, and the two sides collided.

"What's going on? Ouch!"

"Don't you ever look where you're going? Big brother...you're not..."

Before Mitsuhiko could finish speaking, Ayumi suddenly exclaimed, "TWO-MIX's Minami Takayama! Ugh..."

Upon hearing this, Takayama Minami, who had finally managed to sneak out, quickly hugged Ayumi and covered her mouth.

Upon hearing the name Minami Takayama, the surrounding fans instinctively turned their attention to her.

"Hehehe..."

Facing the suspicious looks of the crowd, Minami Takayama, wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses, deliberately used a hoarse voice to laugh and said, "Little friends, you must have mistaken me for someone else. You must be hungry, right? Come on, big brother will treat you to a meal as an apology."

Watching Suzuki Haruaki and the others leave, the fans withdrew their skeptical gazes.

With the concert about to start, Minami Takayama is probably backstage getting ready; how could she possibly have time to play with the kids?

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully signing in to Minami Takayama. You are rewarded with a Master-level 'Singing' manual, which you can claim at any time."

At the last Rex Band gathering, Suzuki Haruaki mastered the advanced level of singing skills.

Now, we've signed another proficient-level "singing" skill from Minami Takayama.

Although it wasn't enough to raise the level of the "Singing" skill from the advanced level to the perfect level in one go, it did allow Suzuki Seimei to further improve the "Singing" skill.

Based on the experience of upgrading the skill to the Perfect level twice before, Suzuki Seimei should be able to break through to the Great Perfection level of the "Singing" skill if he signs in for another Master level "Singing" reward.

Therefore, the current state of the "Singing" skill can also be described as being at the half-step perfect level.

Led by Minami Takayama, the group went to a nearby restaurant for a meal.

However, what Takayama Minami didn't expect was that Suzuki Seimei and the others all had social awkwardness and didn't know the meaning of politeness at all.

Whether it's Suzuki Haruaki or Ayumi and the others, they all eat whatever tastes good, and good food is often not cheap.

(ノ￣ー￣)ノノ(o_oノ)

Looking at the table full of high-end snacks and drinks, Minami Takayama's lips twitched, and she secretly glanced at her wallet.

It's not that Minami Takayama can't afford a meal, but rather that she didn't bring much cash with her when she went out today.

If she can't pay the bill when it comes time to settle the bill and accidentally reveals her true identity, she'll probably be on the front page of tomorrow's entertainment news.

Suzuki Harumi took a sip of his milk tea and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Mina-neechan, are you sure it's okay for you to come out now? Isn't the concert about to start?"

"Yeah! Aren't you supposed to do harmonies before the concert starts?" Mitsuhiko and the others also looked puzzled.

Minami Takayama shrugged helplessly and said, "That's how it should be, but my partner hasn't arrived yet, and no one answers his cell phone, so I came out to look for him."

Conan swallowed the cake in his mouth and suggested, "Why don't you try making another call?"

"I was going to make the call, but my cell phone was left in the back office, and the phone number for this store has been occupied by that person since just now."

Following Minami Takayama's gaze, everyone saw a burly man wearing a woolen hat and a dark brown coat standing in front of the landline phone.

"what?"

When Suzuki Seimei saw the three large characters "Check-in Available" floating above the burly man's head, he was slightly taken aback at first, and then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

"Then you can borrow this one."

After Conan finished speaking, he took out a special earring from his pocket and handed it to Minami Takayama.

"What exquisite earrings!"

Conan explained with a smile, "This is an earring-style cell phone. Professor Agasa made it for me. It can be used as a cell phone."

"Conan, take your time eating, I'm going to the bathroom."

Suzuki Haruaki noticed the burly man on the phone, who seemed to be about to leave, so he quickly called out to Conan and the others and ran towards the restroom.

"Ding! Congratulations on successfully signing in to Miyahara Satoshi. You are rewarded with 1 point of strength value, which you can claim at any time."