Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Gin withdrew his hand from Sano's pistol and instead pulled out a pistol from his own pocket.

"Hurry up and handle it."

Hearing Gin's cold, murderous voice, Sano couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle. He had just told Gin not to act rashly, but he couldn't stand it when it came to himself.

That's really... quite the double standard.

"By the way, brother, have you ever seen what these two dogs look like?"

"I've definitely never met him, but I've heard of him. Gin seems to like wearing black trench coats and top hats, and has long white hair. Rye also has white hair, but it's not long. He also likes to wear black hoodies and baseball caps, just like..."

"Just like us, right?"

Hearing a voice from the side, the man immediately turned around and, upon seeing Sano's attire, nodded repeatedly, replying, "Yes, yes, it's you..."

Suddenly, the bar fell silent. Gin stepped between Sano and the man, the black muzzle of his gun pressed directly against the man's forehead.

"boom!"

"Bang bang bang..."

……

"Gong, Kudo!!"

On the street, Conan, who had been waiting for Professor Agasa, had already pried open Gin's car door and was installing a listening device and a transmitter inside.

"Look, look over there!"

Hearing Ai Haibara's trembling cry, Conan immediately turned around in confusion and looked across the street in the direction she was pointing.

Three black figures entered Conan's line of sight, instantly causing his expression to change.

Vodka, gin, rye.

Damn it, these three people actually ended up together, and of all times they just happened to come back at this time.

Without thinking twice, Conan quickly climbed down, closed the car door, and pulled the trembling Ai Haibara to hide behind the car, sticking half his head out to observe the situation.

Across the street, Sano and his two companions, who had just forcibly ended their mission, were preparing to leave.

"Let's go, we'll see you off."

Sano glanced at the familiar black car across the street and nodded.

Then Gin and Vodka brazenly began their unethical act of jaywalking.

This forced vehicles on both sides of the road to brake suddenly, and some with severe road rage even rolled down their windows and started cursing.

Gin merely glanced at them coldly, and immediately cured their road rage.

...What happened to the organization's motto of keeping a low profile?

Is this how low-key you are?

Sano pursed his lips, turned around and continued walking along the side of the road until he reached the pedestrian crossing under the traffic lights, where he stopped and waited for the light to turn red.

Unlike Gin, Sano is a law-abiding and disciplined citizen, so of course he has to obey traffic rules.

So when Gin and Vodka arrived at the car and turned around, Sano was nowhere to be seen.

"...What about rye?"

Gin was dumbfounded again. How could this kid's presence be so low? He hadn't even noticed when the guy disappeared?

"what?"

Vodka looked around in confusion, scratching the back of his head: "I don't know."

Meanwhile, Conan, hiding behind the car, was already cursing under his breath.

Because Conan kept his eyes glued to the Sano trio the whole time, he could easily adjust his position to block their viewpoints and avoid being discovered.

So Conan certainly saw that Sano broke away from the duo crossing the road and ran to the crosswalk to wait for the traffic light.

The problem is, if that guy comes from behind and crosses the zebra crossing, won't he be able to see me and Ai Haibara hiding behind the car?!

They're attacking from both sides, what kind of perspective can they possibly have?!

Dude, you're a criminal, why are you following traffic rules? Just cross the road with me!

Conan glanced at the Gin duo in front of the car, then at Sano waiting behind him at the red light with less than ten seconds left, and finally at Ai Haibara beside him, who could barely squat and looked like she wanted to lie down and wait to die.

...Am I really going to die here today?

Ok?

Sano crossed the road and paused slightly when he saw the black car next to Gin and his buddy.

It was just a brief pause.

Sano continued walking nonchalantly until he came up to Gin, at which point the duo noticed his presence.

"...Where did you go?"

When asked about Gin's question, Sano opened the car door and replied matter-of-factly, "Wait for the red light over there. You have to use the crosswalk to cross the street. Do I need to explain something as simple as that?"

Gin: "..."

"never mind."

Gin and Vodka opened the car door and got in.

For some reason, Gin, who usually had Vodka as his henchman and chauffeur, actually took the initiative to be the driver today and sat in the driver's seat.

Gin started the car, and seemingly noticing Sano's confusion, replied, "Vodka, you've been driving for too long today. If you drive any longer, it'll be considered drowsy driving."

...Oh, should we say Gin is law-abiding, or that he has a strong sense of safety?

Sano raised an eyebrow, said nothing, and simply leaned back in his seat, glancing at the car in the rearview mirror out of the corner of his eye.

Two small figures were clearly visible.

"Good, that guy didn't notice us."

Conan turned on his tracking glasses, put on his headphones, and didn't forget to brush the snow off his clothes.

...Just now, in a moment of panic, Conan pulled Ai Haibara under Gin's car, even though there was still a chance that the guy walking from a distance would see them.

But this was the only solution Conan could come up with.

And as it turns out, Conan won the bet... my foot!

This guy must be thinking he's blind.

Speechless, Sano looked away from the rearview mirror, hummed softly, and began to sing a little tune: "I should be under the car, not inside..."

"..."

Gin, who was on the phone with one hand, glanced at Sano in the rearview mirror.

Is this some kind of glitch?

Conan, who was eavesdropping, froze upon hearing Sano humming.

...Just as he and Ai Haibara had escaped a disaster by hiding under a car, the other party started singing this stuff.

What's happening here?

A coincidence?

No way, what a coincidence! Or did the other party discover something...?

But if the other party had really discovered the two of them before, how could they pretend not to have seen them?

It was probably just a coincidence.

...Although this coincidence is a bit creepy.

Conan opened the car door of Professor Agasa's car, got in with Ai Haibara, and then, while giving Professor Agasa directions using the transmitter in his glasses, followed Gin's car at a distance, continuing to eavesdrop.

Chapter 229, Part 228: Ai Haibara Wants to Give Up

"Hey Pisco, I've already given the rye instructions. He'll be here soon. Hmm, six o'clock, the memorial service at the Beika Hotel. We need to take care of him before he makes contact with the police. If necessary, we can use that drug."

After rambling on the phone for a while, Gin suddenly turned his gaze to the side, put down his phone, and pulled a hair from between the car seats.

Her hair wasn't particularly long, but it wasn't short either.

Most importantly, this hair is brown.

...That fake loli is really thick-skinned.

Sano, sitting in the back row, thought to himself.

Has this guy been spending too much time with Conan and caught his bad habit? He's even started courting death, now he's even daring to get into Gin's car.

"Big brother..."

Before Vodka could ask anything, Gin suddenly pulled out a piece of... chewing gum from the other end of the car seat?

"Transmitters and eavesdropping devices."

Sano narrowed his eyes, watching Gin crush the thing in one swift motion, and clicked his tongue in amazement.

That Conan kid, you can only say he's really something else, daring to put this thing on Gin's car.

...But since they installed a bugging device, it means that Conan heard what Gin just said.

Sano wondered why Gin had suddenly become so fond of talking nonsense. Could it be that under the rules of some mysterious force, he had become a temporary tool to provide plot clues?

As Sano's thoughts wandered, he watched Gin casually toss his chewing gum out the window and then wipe his fingers on vodka... Wait, he hadn't noticed before, but Gin's hands were probably covered in Conan's saliva.

I suddenly feel nauseous.

Sano shivered.

"Rye, you can go to Beika Restaurant by yourself later. Vodka and I will check the car."

Given this unexpected situation, Gin immediately issued another instruction: "Check again when you get there to see if Sherry is there too."

Sano raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile, "How can you be so sure that Sherry will go? Just because she has brown hair doesn't mean it's definitely her."

"Oh."

Gin sneered: "I can't speak for others, but if it's Sherry, I'd recognize her even if she were reduced to ashes."