Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

No, this plush toy might not be acting out of line because it "misunderstood" that Little Black was in danger. It could also be because its lapdog was taken away, so it's asserting its dominance.

Oh... even a simp needs to be given a little treat every now and then.

Ok?

Sano suddenly stopped exerting force and stared at the doll for a few seconds.

Could it be that……

After releasing Xiao Hei's neck, Sano tried to communicate with it again: "Cat, do you want to take it back with you? You don't want to be separated from it?"

Sano squatted down next to Kuro, pointing at the doll with his finger as he tentatively asked.

"Cats, together, never apart!"

Xiao Hei barked a few times, confirming Sano's guess.

...Despite the influence of the pet effect, the intimacy level between Kuro and Sano has reached its maximum.

But this doesn't mean that Kuro will really obey Sano's every command.

Putting aside the question of whether they can understand, even if they could, some little human children don't completely obey their own parents.

Not to mention, he's a total simp.

Are there few examples of people who are seventeen or eighteen years old, or even in their twenties or thirties, breaking ties with the families who raised them for the sake of so-called "love"?

They are mostly middle-aged and elderly people, and some of them were also scammed because they "fell in love".

Enhancers with self-awareness are such a hassle. I actually had high hopes for enhancing living beings at first, it's just...

Ugh.

After sighing, Sano began trying to get closer to the plush toy again.

There was no other way; he had to clean up his own mess. If he wanted Xiao Hei to obediently come back with him, Sano had no choice but to take the plush toy back with him.

Unfortunately...

This plush toy has probably been used to being licked by Xiao Hei, and it has a completely aloof attitude towards Sano, not even bothering to lick him.

So, compared to dogs, Sano really doesn't like cats.

It's one thing to be unkind, but they also always reverse the master-servant relationship.

...Although Sano is not the owner of this cat either.

But I did feed it, so what's wrong with letting myself touch it?

Just touch it once, just once!

Sano chased the doll around the alley several times before finally losing his temper.

That's absolutely outrageous!

Damn it, he really thinks he's a lapdog now. I'm not putting up with it anymore!

Sano lunged at the plush toy, intending to forcibly tie the cat up and take it home.

Even with Sano's superhuman abilities, the cat's reaction speed and agility are still far beyond those of ordinary people, especially for a highly vigilant stray cat.

That's even more true.

...The difficulty for most of the cat-finding requests given to detective agencies, besides finding the cat, lies in catching it.

Even with prior preparation and the fact that the other party is a pet cat, it's impossible to succeed without several attempts.

Therefore, even for Sano, the chances of catching him on the first try were not high, and as expected, he ended up empty-handed.

This startled the rag doll, which vaulted over the wall across the alley, causing Little Black to start whimpering anxiously.

"Cat, cat, cat..."

"...Tsk, what's the panic? We'll definitely catch you and take you back!"

Sano picked up Xiao Hei and nimbly climbed over the alley.

However, after turning it over, Sano did not see the doll.

The problem is not big.

Sano put Xiao Hei down and tapped its nose: "Smell, scent, tracking, understand?"

Little Black tilted its head and started barking again.

"Cat! Cat! Cat!"

Sano: "..."

"I'll let you sniff around and find that cat!"

"Cat! Cat! Cat!"

"Stop yelling, I'm just asking you to find the cat. How am I supposed to take it back if you don't look for it?"

"Cat! Cat! Cat!"

"……Grass."

After having a pointless conversation with Xiao Hei, Sano was speechless.

Forget it, if I can't tie up the cat, I'll just tie up the dog!

So Sano once again transformed into the animal kidnapping association and began another tug-of-war with Kuro.

After struggling to move the other person despite her best efforts, Sano finally couldn't take it anymore.

You forced me to do this!

Sano put Xiao Hei directly into his backpack.

...Even though it's a living being, it's still a enhanced being, so why can't it be put into the backpack?

However, this was Sano's first living enhanced creature after all, so just in case, he didn't really leave it alone after putting Xiao Hei into his backpack.

A few minutes later, Sano immediately released Kuro again.

Then he clung tightly to the seemingly bewildered dog, carefully examining it from head to toe, but apparently found nothing amiss.

Heartbeat and breathing are normal, so it seems that being in the backpack won't cause a living being to stop breathing... Is the other side of the backpack another normal little world, or a space where time stands still?

If I keep leaving Little Black inside, will it starve to death?

Driven by curiosity, Sano put Xiao Hei back into his backpack and continued walking home.

Let's keep Xiao Hei locked up for a while longer and see if there are any other negative effects.

……

As night fell, Sano changed into the Black Death vest and arrived at the abandoned factory where the Black Deaths gathered.

The training of the special forces members has reached a perfect state, and Sano no longer needs to personally train them; he can let them grow on their own.

So Sano came here this time for something else.

It wasn't that the company "All-Knowing" or the Armed Detective Agency had any operational problems; it was just that government officials came knocking on their door.

"...Black Death, it's been so hard to meet you. After several attempts, I finally got to see you in person."

Sano casually picked at his fingers as he raised an eyebrow and said, "Really? Do you need my autograph?"

Upon hearing this, the man sitting opposite Sano choked: "...Let's get down to business. Black Death, if I remember correctly, when your people came last time, they promised us that they would never cause trouble again. What do you mean by this now? Are you trying to break your promise?"

"What did we do?"

Sano raised his head, his gaze sweeping over the three people in front of him.

...These three people all held relatively high official positions, and according to Huang Mao, their identification documents were covered with a bunch of titles that he couldn't understand.

"What a joke! Don't you know what you've done?!"

The man on the left immediately shouted, "Nearly ten thousand people were fighting in the city center! If it weren't for the Osaka police's quick response and timely clearing of the area, and if something even bigger had drawn public attention, do you think this would have just passed so peacefully?!"

"Quiet down, I'm not deaf."

Sano glanced at the man coldly: "So what? What's wrong with this? Is a fight between delinquents really something that the authorities care about so much? They're not like those money-making parasites under your command."

"you!?"

Before the man could continue his anger, the one who was sitting raised his hand to signal him to shut up.

"Black Death doesn't mean we'll only come after you if your rights are violated. What's important is the rules and our agreement..."

"If I remember correctly, the agreement we made with you before was that there would be no more large-scale conflicts led by the Black Reaper."

Sano interrupted, "But in the Osaka incident, our Black Reapers only dispatched a dozen or so people. In terms of leadership, shouldn't the Osaka delinquents be in a dominant position?"

"...You're using a fallacy to confuse the issue."

“I don’t think I’m using a fallacy; this is just the truth.”

Sano chuckled lightly: "Although most of the people over there are indeed now considered to be Black Reapers' people."

"Don't go too far, Black Death!"

The noisy guy started yelling again: "If you keep going like this, we'll have no choice but to take coercive measures against you Black Reapers!"

"Don't you understand when I tell you to be quiet?"

Sano glanced at the man sideways: "And can I take what you just said as a threat?"

"So what if it is!?"

"Nothing will happen."

Sano didn't show any anger or anything else. He just reached his hand behind him, and the mistress standing behind him immediately handed him a file folder.

After taking out the papers from the document bag, Sano began to flip through them under the questioning gazes of the three people opposite him.

"Fujiyo Saburo, male, 38 years old, lives in a high-end apartment in Beikacho 4-chome. He has an elderly mother in her sixties, a beautiful wife, and an eight-year-old daughter. Wow, your daughter is so cute. Let me see. Your daughter is in the second grade at Teitan Elementary School. Every day after school, she walks from 3-chome and takes the train home. Hmm, she doesn't have a driver to pick her up. It must be so dangerous for her to go to and from school."

As Sano muttered to himself, the person sitting directly opposite him gradually turned pale, and finally stood up abruptly.

"Black Death, what exactly do you want to do!?"

Finally, the man lost his composure and roared angrily at Sano.

"This is the third time I've reminded you. Be quiet, understand?"