Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Sano and Conan, that carefree guy, are not the same kind of people.

He had made a grand entrance at the Teitan High School school fair, thinking that he wouldn't reveal anything based on his few words alone.

...It's really unbelievable that they haven't been discovered yet.

Could it be that something was deliberately hidden from the organization's intelligence database?

Getting back to the main point, the name "Kurosawa" that Sano mentioned... well, actually he modified it himself based on Gin's real name.

As for how Sano found out Gin's real name, it was because he had inquired about Gin's birthday some time ago... because he needed to return the favor, and because he was afraid of the trouble, he chose to ask Gin directly. Then, Gin handed him his driver's license.

Sano couldn't help but ask a question at that moment.

"Your driver's license isn't fake?"

Gin was also taken aback: "Why is your driver's license fake... Your driver's license is fake?"

Sano didn't say anything, he just blinked.

Gin, understanding the situation, didn't continue the conversation, but secretly made a decision...

Damn it, if I ever let Sano touch the steering wheel of my car again, I'll write my Gin code backwards!

Well, in short, that's how Sano learned Gin's birthday and his real name—Kurosawa Jin—and from that, he also came up with the name Kurosawai.

...Actually, Sano originally wanted to give the Black Mask a few Kamen Rider names, but perhaps it was because of his perverse sense of humor.

In the end, they chose to borrow the name from Gin.

Ran Mouri and the others were taken aback by Sano's question.

"Are you... the private investigator hired by that old gentleman?"

Sano nodded, realizing that he had only said "Mr. Rakusetsu" while Ran Mouri had said "Old Mr." He immediately confirmed that he had not made a mistake in his mission objective.

That would allow us to speed things up directly.

“Mr. Leshe told me that he was being watched and that if he went missing, he would likely be kidnapped. I couldn’t get in touch with him, so I followed the route he mentioned today and found out that you guys were looking for him too.”

"What!?"

The trio were stunned again.

"You're saying that the old man was kidnapped?"

Before Ran Mouri could react, Conan asked, "Do you know who kidnapped that old man, and why he was kidnapped?"

Sano shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

“If I knew all this, I wouldn’t have needed to come to you. It’s precisely because I had no leads that I came to you. After all, Mr. Le She is my client, and most importantly… I haven’t received my final payment yet.”

Upon hearing this, Ran Mouri and the other two immediately typed a few lines of dots.

They really are... very dedicated.

"We don't have any special leads on our end."

Perhaps thinking that having more people meant more strength, Ran Mouri pulled Sano into the car and explained everything she knew.

"The elderly gentleman on the bus should have gotten off at the hospital stop. The driver didn't remember that. We went to the hospital to ask, but there was no record of Mr. Le She. In addition, the driver said that a man wearing sunglasses and a white trench coat asked me which stop I got off at."

"I had a feeling that someone was spying on us when we were in the car. If Mr. Le She really was kidnapped, could it be that he was the one who did it?"

Conan chimed in, "Oh, right, what about that disk? If the reason that person targeted Mr. Raku was because of that disk, then Mr. Raku, knowing he was being targeted, would throw the disk into Ran's bag, and the man in the trench coat would ask Ran which stop she was getting off at."

"Then everything makes sense!"

Actually, there's something Conan hasn't said yet.

Ever since Ran Mouri left home, Conan has always felt that there is a car following them.

In addition, there is another suspicious point that seems a bit off.

Conan subtly turned his gaze to Sano.

Kurosawa, who claims to be a private detective hired by Mr. Rakusetsu, also seems to have some issues.

Knowing he was being watched, Shigekichi Rakusetsu hired a private investigator.

This sounds like nothing, and it makes perfect sense.

But if that's the case, how could he possibly not tell the other party anything?

Furthermore, according to Ran Mouri's description, Shigekichi Rakusetsu said during the day that he planned to have a face-to-face talk with her father, Kogoro Mouri, in the afternoon.

If nothing unexpected happens, we should ask Kogoro Mouri for help.

So what exactly is this private investigator?

Conan subtly withdrew his gaze; it was better to remain slightly vigilant.

...Soon, the taxi arrived at the bus terminal.

Ran and her friends originally planned to come here because they were still unsure whether the so-called "Rakusetsu Shigekichi" actually existed.

So I decided to come to the "crime scene" to see if there were any clues.

Although the existence of Rakusetsu Shigekichi has been confirmed, and it has been determined that he is likely in danger, there is still too little information available, so we need to see if there are any other clues.

Otherwise, if you call the police based on just a few words, the police won't believe you.

Unless the disk given to Professor Agasa is cracked and contains something useful, then that's a different story.

After finding the bus that Ran Mouri had taken during the day, the group didn't find any useful information at her seat. However, by breathing on the window, Conan found two names that Shigekichi and Rakusetsu had "written" during the day when the fog rolled in, further confirming their existence.

Chapter 359 (358), Lightning-fast Identity Revealed

Then things reached a stalemate.

Sano frowned slightly. Compared to previous cases, the clues in this "case" were indeed quite few, unusually few.

Even if it weren't for Sano himself, even Conan, the detective who studies detective science, could never deduce from this where Shigekichi Shitara was kidnapped.

Unless there are "clues" that will allow for rapid progress later.

As for now...

Sano rubbed his fingers together. Even with all his cheat codes, nothing could be of any use. If he could master the last lock-on tracking effect of Kuro, he might try going to Professor Agasa's house to borrow that disk that might have a smell.

"Ding-a-ling".

Suddenly, Conan's phone rang.

"Hey, Professor Agasa, are you saying the password to that hard drive has been cracked?"

Upon hearing this, Sano and Ran Mouri both moved closer, and Conan, being considerate, turned on the speakerphone, and Professor Agasa's voice immediately came through.

...He rattled off a whole bunch of nonsense, but it all boiled down to one thing.

The disk contained evidence of bribery by Mihua Construction, with one copy of the internal and one copy of the accounts.

At this point, the situation suddenly became clear.

Conan hung up the phone and immediately told Ran to call the police, while he himself said he would go to the place where Shigekichi Rakuset got off the bus to take another look.

Sano watched Conan leave from the side and took out his phone.

...According to Conan's idea, the plan should be to have the police go directly to the headquarters of Beika Construction to arrest the "culprit" first, and then arrest the relevant people to find the kidnapped Shigekichi Rakusetsu. But that would be too slow.

Sano doesn't have much time; he can't wait step by step.

We can only try to check the information database of NaDuTong to see if there is any relevant information that can be used. If that doesn't work, we can launch a large-scale search using the Find People Network.

After contacting the mistress, Sano quickly received a reply.

Unfortunately, the information was so much and so complicated that Sano found it difficult to sort through it all at once. He almost got overwhelmed by it all and could only try to find the keywords.

The music is auspicious, or perhaps it's a man in sunglasses and a trench coat.

Ok?

There really is one?

Sano looked closely.

"The shareholders of Mihua Construction and Longshen Economic Research Institute are involved in shady deals behind the scenes. They employ a group of henchmen who do all the dirty work, and they all wear white trench coats, sunglasses, and appear to be carrying firearms..."

"Dragon God Economic Research Institute?"

Was Rakusetsu Shigekichi imprisoned there?

Maybe not, after all, what fool would kidnap someone and bring them to their own home?

Generally speaking, one should just randomly choose an abandoned place where no one is around.

While pondering, Sano asked Xiaosan to send him the location of the Ryujin Economic Research Institute... Since he had no other clues at the moment, he could only go and take a look first.

After receiving the reply, Sano closed his phone. Unexpectedly, as soon as he returned to the gate from the corner, he saw Ran Mouri looking anxious, with a bus driver beside her.

"what happened?"

Ran Mouri was on the phone with Professor Agasa when she heard Sano's question and instinctively panicked, replying, "Something terrible has happened! Sonoko has just been kidnapped! From the description, it seems to be the same guy in sunglasses who kidnapped Mr. Rakusetsu..."

Sonoko Suzuki was also kidnapped?

why?

Sano paused for a moment, his thoughts wandering on their own.

Rakusetsu Shigekichi was kidnapped because of the disk containing the accounts, which was then thrown into Ran Mouri's backpack, and the group seemed to have targeted her because of this.

...Could it be that they mistook Sonoko Suzuki for Ran Mouri and kidnapped her?

Tsk, why did it have to be this time?

Sano clicked his tongue in exasperation. If he could catch the guy who was holding the person hostage, the chances of getting the location of Rakusetsu Shigekichi out of him would be quite high. However, since he didn't know whether or when the guy would make a move on Ran Mouri, he couldn't just wait around.

But who would have thought that in the time it takes to send a text message, someone would actually take action?

...and they even kidnapped the wrong person.

This little girl has been having some bad luck lately; she's only been here a few days and she's already in danger again.

[Please find and rescue Suzuki Sonoko who has been kidnapped. Completion will earn you 100 enhancement points. Mission time remaining: 00:59:59.]

Sano raised an eyebrow. They even added more dishes. Tsk tsk tsk.