Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

It's just a little precaution.

I hope you won't do anything treacherous, Calvados.

……

"Senior, when are you coming back?"

Sano, who had just finished completing a mission, saw the message from Ran Mouri and replied with a question mark.

"Is something wrong?"

"It's nothing serious. I came over today to teach that little girl karate, and it was already dark. I didn't see her mother come home from get off work, and none of the neighbors were home. I felt like she was a little scared being alone."

Sano scratched his head: "It's not like it's happened once or twice, what's there to be afraid of?"

Chapter 474, Chapter 477: It's Hard to Shear a Sheep

Ran Mouri quickly replied, "How can you say that, senior? He's just a child. No matter how obedient and sensible he is, he can't be treated like an adult."

"...So you're planning to wait until I get back?"

"Ah."

"Okay, it'll take about half an hour."

"okk".

Seeing Ran Mouri's ending, Sano typed a row of dots—he had picked up most of the memes and slang habits he brought from his previous life.

I arrived at my building.

Sano saw the light coming through the crack in the door of the little girl's house next door.

"Listen carefully, children should not go out alone at night."

Even from eight feet away from the crack in the door, Sano could hear Ran Mouri's serious voice.

"why?"

The little girl asked curiously.

"Because... we'll be captured by monsters!"

"What monster?"

"Uh... a ghost!"

"Sister is lying. Our teacher said that such a thing doesn't exist in the world."

"..."

Sano leaned against the door, listening with great interest to Ran Mouri and the little girl's nonsense.

Seeing that Ran Mouri, a grown woman, was rendered speechless by a few words from a little girl, was quite astonishing.

Sano couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.

There's no other way, so I'll just lend a hand.

Sano cleared his throat, then bent his finger and slashed hard down on the door panel.

"Crunch—squeak—crunch—squeak—"

The ear-piercing sound sent shivers down one's spine.

Sano scraped against the door a few times and then murmured, "I died so tragically... I died so tragically... I died so tragically... so tragically... so tragically... ah..."

"..."

Under Sano's shrill and chilling voice.

The sound from behind the door vanished instantly, leaving no trace.

A deathly silence fell.

Ok?

Sano blinked and then chose to scratch the door panel again.

This time, before Sano could even speak, a wailing sound even more mournful than his came from inside the house.

"what!!!!"

Sano was startled and pushed the door open a little wider. What he saw was Ran Mouri and her brother, one big and one small, huddled together, their expressions completely distorted.

Oh.

After picking at his ear, Sano knocked on the door twice.

"Alright, stop yelling. If you keep yelling, you'll summon even ghosts."

I heard Sano's voice.

The two finally stopped shouting and, as if they had seen a savior, showed expressions of immense joy. Then they began to ramble incoherently about what had just happened.

It wasn't until he finally came to his senses and noticed the barely suppressed smile on Sano's face that he realized what was happening.

Ran Mouri then realized what was happening.

With a resentful look in her eyes, she asked, "Senior, was it you who did this just now?"

Sano blinked his innocent-looking big eyes.

"What are you saying? I don't understand."

Ran Mouri's lips twitched, and her face darkened.

"senior!!!!"

After seeing Ran off, Sano temporarily took the little girl back to his home.

Actually, Sano felt that it was unnecessary.

The little girl probably thought so too—but that was just her original thought.

As for now...

After being scared by Sano like that, it really did become necessary.

"I'm going to sleep now. You can sleep if you want, or you can go back home when your mom comes back."

"Ok."

The little girl pulled a novel from the dusty books piled up in the corner of Sano.

He sat there quietly by himself, reading a book.

As usual, Sano's mind wandered before bed—mainly on Shuichi Akai's affairs.

Because Sano received the news today.

Shuichi Akai has failed.

It is said that Gin felt that Rena Mizuna was "rescued" too easily that day.

...If others get hurt, that's their problem, not Rena Mizunashi's.

It really didn't take much effort from Gin.

Therefore, Gin suspected that he had taken a liking to Rena Mizunashi and asked her to lure out Shuichi Akai.

Kill him.

This is to prove Rena Mizunashi's position.

As a result, under Gin's watchful eye, Rena Mizunashi killed Shuichi Akai.

Sano wasn't clear on the specific details.

But since he managed to fool Gin... no, this guy is quite easy to fool, whether it's Sano or Conan and other people.

I've fooled Gin countless times already.

Moreover, since Shuichi Akai intended to send Rena Mizunashi there, he should have been prepared for this development beforehand.

Is it most likely a case of feigned death?

The one who "escorted" Rena Mizunashi was an FBI agent named Cameron.

Is it a similar technique?

The only problem is that Shuichi Akai faked his death so that he wouldn't be found out later.

They will likely no longer appear in the organization's sight, or rather, they will intentionally avoid the organization's sight, at least for a long time.

After that, it might be a little harder to fleece the FBI.

...Sano wasn't really that concerned or curious about the inside story behind this matter.

It's just a subconscious thought process before bed.

As I pondered this, images began to drift into the plot of the new book.

Relying entirely on instinct, I sketched out the scene, but my consciousness gradually became blurred.

Completely enter a dream state.

……

"Hey Sano, I texted you the other day saying we were going to take on the organization, and you didn't reply, fine, but why didn't you let Kurosawa come and help?"

Sano raised his eyes, glanced at Conan, and said disdainfully, "I'll say it again, first, I have nothing to do with that Kurosawa, second, you brought this on yourself. It's a favor if he helps you, it's his right not to."

"He's just an ingrate. Is this the first time you've met him?"

Ai Haibara picked up the conversation and said leisurely, which made Conan's mouth twitch.

"Hey you two, do you even know what really happened that day?"

Conan scratched his head and sighed, "Well, it's all in the past now, there's nothing more to say. But that rye is getting more and more dangerous."

"It's practically a mobile artillery platform."

Ai Haibara stroked her chin: "Wait, a turret is a bit of an exaggeration, a mobile bomb?"

"The FBI's operations in Japan are becoming increasingly limited; we need to be more careful in the future."