Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

The kidnapper on the inside pushed away his teammate, roaring as he drew his gun.

Unfortunately, the space inside the car was too cramped, and the scene was chaotic, so they couldn't really maneuver, let alone deal with Sano.

There's no longer a burden.

Sano then proceeded with great ease.

"Bang bang bang..."

Several gunshots rang out from inside the car, ringing out loudly, and two or three shots pierced the windows.

But it quickly fell silent again.

A few seconds later, Sano pushed open the car door and climbed out. James, who had been thrown to the ground, got up and stared blankly at the man in front of him.

Ok?

Why does this person look so familiar?

Sano stared at James for a while, then remembered something.

Isn't this the old FBI agent from Alicia's side?

It turned out to be the case.

No wonder Shuichi Akai is here.

"squeak--"

Several cars stopped one after another, and Sato Miwako and Conan's group got out of the cars, staring blankly at the scene before them.

...This plan ended before it even started??

How come this guy's idea clashes with my own plan?

Conan opened his mouth, unsure of what to say.

"Go and arrest those three guys right now!"

Under Miwako Sato's command, a group of police officers rushed to the "police car" and carried out all three unconscious robbers inside.

When Conan looked away from the three people and turned his head back, sure enough, Kurosawa was nowhere to be seen... It was the same yesterday in that mountain cabin. He was only a few steps slower when he went out, but he could no longer see him.

Their elusive nature only fuels our curiosity.

Conan clicked his tongue, while Ai Haibara kicked his butt and frowned, saying, "Hey James, don't you sense anything's off?"

"James?"

Conan turned around in confusion: "What's wrong with him?"

"When Kurosawa slipped away just now, he also slipped away with him, but the two of them don't seem to be working together. That guy is a bit strange."

"Yeah."

Conan looked around again and, finding that James was indeed gone, asked Ai Haibara thoughtfully, "Have you been watching them the whole time?"

"To be precise, they're keeping an eye on James, but James is keeping an eye on Kurosawa."

Ai Haibara answered, but her thoughts drifted back to the man in the black pickup truck that had just passed by their car, and she couldn't help but tighten her clothes.

Conan, seeing Ai Haibara's little gesture, couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

Conan, who already knew about Ai Haibara's radar mechanism, naturally noticed his good teammate's strange behavior in the car earlier, especially the man in the black pickup truck, which he recognized... It was the masked man in the last row of the bus that day, one of the suspected members of the organization.

According to what Conan learned.

This person seems to be called Shuichi Akai.

...Just mentioning the organization reminded Conan of the newspaper he saw that morning.

Rye chased down unknown individuals throughout the city, accompanied by a swarm of police cars, making a huge commotion all over Tokyo.

But Conan wasn't in Tokyo yesterday.

They really know how to pick their timing.

Conan grumbled inwardly... Although even if he had been in Tokyo yesterday, he probably wouldn't have been able to do anything, much less.

"...They're kidnappers, aren't they? They're kidnappers, aren't they?"

Suddenly, a commotion reached Conan's ears. He turned around and saw what appeared to be the driver of the taxi that Kurosawa had been in. The driver was grabbing Sato Miwako and excitedly shouting, "I was involved too! That guy is Black Mask! I helped Black Mask save people... Damn it, I forgot to ask for a photo and autograph! What a loss!"

...What the heck? Kurosawa actually revealed his identity to a taxi driver?!

Conan's head throbbed.

What happened to the top-secret identity?

What happened to the promise that once exposed, it would be a hopeless situation?

How the hell could they just casually reveal this themselves??

While Conan was still in a daze, Sano had already reunited with his main body through the "spatial portal".

The low-level tasks assigned by Gin have long been completed.

Now it's... fantasies, pshaw, it's lottery time!

"Random enhancement in progress. Congratulations, host, your lighter combination has been enhanced. Enhancement successful..."

Lighter?

Another combination?

Sano scratched his head, somewhat bewildered, and finally pulled out a map. Following the location, he found two lighters in his house. One was a retro flip lighter that Suzuki Sonoko had given him as a birthday gift, and the other was a pistol-shaped lighter that he had bought himself to play with, similar in nature to the water gun.

Enhancement item name: Lighter Set.

Grade: B.

effect:

1. Pistol lighter - arson (the fire created by this lighter can expand instantly, and the expansion coefficient is inversely proportional to the size of the initial fire).

2. Flip lighter - fireproof (immune to flame when held in hand).

Limitation: The effect of arson cannot be used again for 24 hours after each use.

Note: Long live our magnificent FFF group!!

...fff group? ??

Good heavens, this is absolutely amazing.

After a long silence, Sano finally turned his attention back to the main topic.

This equipment is a set, and each piece has a different effect, similar to the Killer Dual Pistols... Speaking of which, I bought a water gun to play with and it became equipment, and I bought a musket to play with and the musket became equipment too.

Should we buy a few more guns?

But what other guns are there?

Toy guns, model guns?

After his mind wandered off, Sano brought his attention back.

The two lighters have completely different effects, even to the point of being opposite... or perhaps they are a perfect match and need to be used together?

But if we have to take it out of the box and look at it separately...

The flip lighter that Sonoko Suzuki gave him could be considered "invincible" under certain special circumstances, but that was only in those special circumstances. As for the former, it was the pistol-shaped lighter that Sano bought himself.

It feels a bit like a one-time-use bomb?

Sano roughly imagined what the flames would look like as they expanded.

Isn't this just an explosion?

Could it be that the two have different methods of destruction, one mainly relying on shock waves, i.e. kinetic energy, and the other mainly relying on high-temperature flames, i.e. thermal energy?

And this coefficient of expansion—does it mean that the smaller the flame, the greater the expansion factor?

Sano stroked his chin, thinking that this should be considered the upper limit of this effect.

Otherwise, since this place doesn't have the explosive glove-like feature to directly throw out the maximum limit, Sano might be able to instantly create a massive fire that covers the entire country.

Compared to the explosive glove's explosive hand effect.

It's easier to prepare in advance, but it's not discreet enough.

After making some plans in his mind, Sano put two lighters in his pocket and went out.

As expected, what is the actual function of the lighter combination?

It's better to experience it for yourself.

...It was still that familiar yet unfamiliar abandoned factory.

Sano first took out a flip lighter and burned his finger with it.

There was no burning or pain.

After burning for half a minute, Sano closed the lighter and looked at his fingers.

There were no signs of burning.

Sano then pulled out his pistol lighter and burned his fingers with it.

Yes, the result is as above.

Sano then turned his attention to his own clothes... ordinary clothes that he had prepared beforehand, of course.

Sano isn't that stupid to experiment with his own equipment.

If something goes wrong, it'll cost money.

Another minute later, Sano put away the lighter and found that his clothes were undamaged.

...This might be considered a minor bug.

Although Sano sees this more as a tacit "right".

Just like when Sano enters his black cat form, his clothes are still included, let alone the things in his pockets.

This is the effect of fire protection.

Then there's the effect of arson.