Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Meanwhile, on the other side, Conan and his friends were still on a frantic escape.

However, those fleeing this way are no longer running together; due to various factors, they have split up and are fleeing separately.

Conan and Ran Mouri each have one piece, Kogoro Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki each have another piece, and finally there are the three real children, Ai Haibara, and Sano's true form.

...Sano had already given up running away halfway through.

After all, without the Kamen Rider accessory, long-distance running is a real challenge for Sano.

Despite having the experience from that first long-distance run, Sano had been consciously controlling his pace and allocating his energy reasonably, but it just wouldn't work.

It's impossible for Sano to gain more stamina just because he has control over it.

So halfway through, Sano randomly found a place to hide.

It was only at this moment that Sano realized that Ai Haibara and the three-person group of real children were also with him.

"...Are you fucking addicted to following me? You're still following me at a time like this?"

Sano looked at Ai Haibara, panting.

Although Ai Haibara was also a little out of breath, she was much better than Sano and even had the strength to observe her surroundings.

"Do you think I want to follow you? You get exhausted after just a few steps. That's why I told you not to just sleep at home all the time or wander around aimlessly. If you exercise more, you won't be this weak. Following that uncle is even safer than following you."

...Is this fake loli a mother? How come she still has the mood to nag and chatter at a time like this?

Sano pursed his lips, somewhat speechless, but he also knew that the reason why these children were following him now was both accidental and inevitable.

Because among the fleeing people, these are the ones with the worst physical strength and about the same speed... After all, Sano's speed will drop a lot after his physical strength declines.

It's normal that they ended up running together; otherwise, the three real kids would most likely not have wanted to follow Sano.

Subsequently, Sano received a mission notification and began to consider his next course of action.

Before I knew it, two figures with guns had come into view.

...After the group of assassins surrounded them from both sides, they met up in the hall at the deck entrance.

However, this group of people clearly knew where to concentrate their firepower. One of the assassins split off a portion of their forces to suppress the Sano clone's attacks together with the other group.

The remaining people then came to hunt down Sano's main group.

With the team divided into three groups, each group was usually managed by two or three people.

...The two men also spotted Sano and his group, and without any hesitation, they raised their guns and fired. Sano, who was standing closest to them, was the first to be hit.

Sano's pupils contracted slightly. Before the two men fired their guns, several emergency response strategies had already flashed through his mind. However, before he could instinctively act, several dark figures crashed into him first.

"Sano!!"

"Sano-nii-san, be careful!"

Indeed, it was Ai Haibara and the real child trio.

The four children screamed and bumped Sano into the corner, where he fell to the ground with a thud.

That's why Sano wasn't shot.

However, the condition of these four children does not seem to be so good.

If there's nothing wrong with Sano's nose, he definitely smelled blood.

Tsk, to think that a child would actually "sacrifice himself for others," really...

Thanks to the four little ones, Sano's instinctive reaction was interrupted, and a relatively normal coping strategy came to mind instead.

Black mist rose from his body, and Sano, who quickly stood up, flicked his sleeves, revealing the Hammer of Justice in his hand.

A maze of illusions × Justice Hammer!

Just as the two assassins rushed over to finish them off, one of them was possessed by an evil spirit and entered a state of being trapped in a maze, while the other was hit squarely on the forehead by Sano's hammer of justice, screaming and falling to the ground.

After landing two control moves, Sano rushed forward, grabbed a submachine gun from the ground, and fired several rounds of peanuts at each of the two men.

At the same moment, the rescue mission of Ai Haibara and the three children was marked as complete.

Sano then turned his gaze to the four little ones behind him: "Don't move, let me take a look."

After a half-minute check, Sano confirmed that... three people had been injured.

Ai Haibara was shot in the shoulder.

Genta, the chubby kid... well, you could say he was shot, the bullet grazed his butt, but for a child, it was probably not a light injury. Ayumi, the real loli, scraped her knee on the ground.

Only Mitsuhiko was completely unharmed.

"...Idiots, who gave you permission to act on your own? You were just lucky. If you had been any less lucky, it wouldn't have been impossible for you to trade three for one, four for one, or even be wiped out. Do you really need someone to teach you such a simple calculation?"

Looking at Genta and Ayumi, whose eyes were filled with tears, wanting to cry but not daring to, Sano frowned and said.

"...You idiot, who can think that much in a moment like that? Would it kill you to say thank you or something?"

Ai Haibara couldn't help but retort.

Sano didn't waste any more words, but simply carried one in each hand to a room not far away.

"All four of you stay here and don't go anywhere or make any noise. Lock the door. I'll be back for you in half an hour."

Sano tore open the trouser leg of Ai Haibara, whose injuries were the most severe, and bandaged her shoulder to stop the bleeding. As for the other two...

I reckon the bleeding will stop on its own before we even have to go to the hospital, so we won't waste any more time.

"...Where are you going?"

Ai Haibara is not a real child after all; she has been wounded by a gun before, so she can be considered quite calm.

"No one will escape unless we get rid of the guys on the ship."

Sano didn't say anything more, he just closed the door and the sound of his footsteps gradually faded away.

...Just now, in order to deal with those two unlucky guys, Sano used the effect of the Oni Coat, which he hadn't used in a long time. Logically speaking, he should have entered a state of [being lost] now, becoming a super directionally challenged person.

However, there is actually a bug in this state that can be exploited.

It was Sano who entered the "Lost" state, but what does that have to do with his alternate identity?

The vest effect activated, and Sano instantly switched into Kokushi's body, donning the special attack suit.

That way, Sano won't be lost.

...While Sano's clone was putting on the black mask on the other side, Sano's figure disappeared and Kokushi reappeared, and under these circumstances, it might cause unnecessary trouble.

But it's not a big problem, since Sano has a cheat code anyway.

What? What happened to the agreed-upon details?

Sano smirked, his eyes flashing coldly. "Let it eat shit."

……

On the third floor of the Suzuki family's ship, Conan is escaping with Ran Mouri.

However, Conan is still a child at heart, and after running continuously, he was already starting to feel the strain.

After much deliberation, Conan decided to stop running away and start fighting back.

There are three assassins chasing Conan and his companion.

After knocking one person unconscious with a tranquilizer dart, Conan twisted his leg-strengthening shoes and used a piece of debris to knock out another.

"Now there's only one left. Sister Xiaolan, hide and wait for this guy to catch up before sneaking up on him and knocking him unconscious!"

"it is good!"

Conan's idea was wonderful, and Ran Mouri readily agreed.

But plans can never keep up with changes.

Just as Ran Mouri launched a sneak attack and knocked out the third assassin who was chasing Conan, two more assassins suddenly appeared on the other side.

The pitch-black muzzle of the gun, like the entrance to hell, was pointed at Ran Mouri.

"Xiao Lan!!"

Conan lunged at Ran Mouri with eyes wide open in disbelief.

New, one...

The moment Ran saw Conan rushing towards her, she seemed to see Shinichi Kudo's figure.

Seeing it gradually block the two gun barrels made Ran Mouri feel a sharp pain in her heart.

No, we can't give up like this!

Ran Mouri's pupils contracted sharply, her heart began to race, and she felt as if a current of energy was rising around her.

If we're fast enough, if we can take them out before they fire...

With her fear gone, Ran Mouri gradually increased the force in her right leg, preparing to unleash a powerful sprint.

However, at that moment, the glass in the corridor window suddenly shattered.

A black figure, accompanied by two streaks of red light, flew in through the window like an arrow.

Sano delivered a powerful punch in mid-air, slamming one of the two assassins hard against the wall.

"What!?"

Before the other assassin could turn his gun around, Sano had already stomped one foot on the ground and delivered a spinning kick that shattered the gun in his hand into a pile of parts.

The assassin collapsed to the ground with a thud, looking up at the pair of scarlet eyes that were staring down at him, his legs beginning to tremble uncontrollably.

"you……"

Before the words were even out of his mouth, Sano had already delivered another punch, sending this assassin to join the previous one in death.

...Sano's punches were all aimed at vital points, absolute killing blows, enough to kill. After all, not everyone can be as resilient as the former president of one of Tokyo's three major yakuza organizations.

Now the rescue mission is complete. All that's left is the bomb and the minor trouble in the first-floor lobby.

Sano let out a breath; he had almost missed it.

Sano was initially puzzled when he went to rescue Sonoko Suzuki and Kogoro Mouri and found that there was only one assassin nearby.

Unexpectedly, after Conan and Ran tracked them down, they discovered that the three assassins who were originally pursuing them had already been dealt with.

Unfortunately, the two didn't expect that two more assassins would come up.