Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

This caused a stir among the customers in the department store.

Sano walked out of the coffee shop and glanced at Jodie Cameron and the other woman who had already met and were talking about something... Speaking of which, this guy with the gourd head is clearly in a state of feigned death, just like Shuichi Akai.

How dare you still wander around the streets so casually?

Shuichi Akai, on the other hand, just stands there watching, that's amazing.

Sano lowered his hat, walked through the crowd, and arrived at the stairwell between the upper and lower floors.

The police force was mainly concentrated at the entrances and exits connecting these two floors.

If nothing unexpected happens, the accident should be on the layer above.

The plague-ridden family that Sano saw earlier was located up there.

Was there an explosive device? Why aren't the blasting gloves working?

Sano rubbed his fingers together.

I wonder if there will be a bomb disposal mission... Oh well, I'll go up and check it out first.

Police guarded the connection between the two floors, preventing ordinary people from entering or leaving.

But Sano wasn't an ordinary person. He casually shouted to attract the police's attention, and then quietly and quickly moved to the next floor.

Then Sano grabbed a passerby and asked him what was going on.

The specific situation is that an innocent civilian suddenly confessed that a bomb had been planted on him, and that the person who planted the bomb on him also instructed him to place a bag containing a bomb at each entrance and exit from this floor to the next floor, in case anyone leaves this floor or calls the police.

Then the bomb will be detonated directly.

...But the police had already set up a perimeter, and we didn't see it detonate.

Most importantly, Sano has already been confirmed.

There were absolutely no bombs in the bags at those entrances and exits.

Are you kidding me?

Sano then inquired about the reason.

The story was vague, but it seemed that the guy who planted the "bomb" was asked to find out who sent the guy who sent red long shirts every week.

According to the passerby, the Plague God family seems to have taken over and started investigating.

Sano thought for a moment and decided to continue observing from the crowd.

I wonder what the gossipy passersby in Japan are thinking. They know where the "bomb" is, yet they still flock to it, as if they're afraid of missing out when it actually explodes.

Sano had always heard that the people here were the kind of people who were indifferent and didn't care about anything, so he shouldn't be so gossipy... Although, strictly speaking, the situation here couldn't really be described as "indifferent to everything".

After all, the power of the "bomb" is unknown, even if you desperately try to hide in the center.

It's still possible that it will fail.

Being closer to the entrance/exit means any issues can be detected immediately.

If we really have to run away, we can do so immediately.

Sano suddenly stopped. This was the intersection of two connecting points between the two floors.

Elevators and escalators.

It is also the central point of the entire case—because Conan is here.

There was a red long gown spread out on the ground, probably because someone was thinking about an important clue.

Of course, Sano didn't care about any of this.

What Sano cares about is—the scarred Akai.

Strictly speaking, it's Amuro Tooru wearing this skin.

[Please ensure Amuro Tooru's survival within the mission time limit. Completion will earn you 100 enhancement points. Mission time remaining: 00:29:59]

This is the new mission Sano received.

Despite earlier speculation, Sano was still surprised when he located Amuro Tooru using the location tracking.

Or... um.

The gaze shifts again, and there is Shuichi Akai, wearing Subaru Okiya's skin, secretly watching Tooru Amuro.

Tsk tsk.

He is openly Subaru Okiya, but secretly Shuichi Akai.

He is openly Shuichi Akai, but secretly Toru Amuro.

He is ostensibly Conan Edogawa, but secretly Shinichi Kudo.

Finally, add yourself, who is openly Kurosawa but secretly Sano.

Goodness, this is truly something, such a small department store.

It's amazing that so many talented people have gathered here.

Sano clicked his tongue, deciding to add fuel to the fire in this bizarre situation.

then.

When Amuro Tooru noticed Shuichi Akai's gaze, he turned his head sharply, only to see a wisp of thin air before another head popped out from beside him.

"Hey, what are you looking for?"

The voice beside him startled Amuro Tooru. He turned around and saw only the white hair at the brim of his hat, which made his expression change beneath his mask.

Although he couldn't see the face clearly, Amuro Tooru could still feel the pair of eyes staring straight at him, filled with cold killing intent.

...Rye, why is this guy here?

Amuro Tooru was briefly taken aback.

He's always wearing that suffocating mask and wandering around, is he trying to lure out Shuichi Akai? Why is this guy always coming over to cause trouble?

Before Amuro Tooru could react, a hard object pressed against his lower back.

"Alright, tell me first, my good senior. What's your situation now? I heard from Gin that you were killed by Gil."

Listening to Sano's question, Amuro Tooru narrowed his eyes—to be honest, he had already prepared himself for what would happen when the two of them bumped into each other during the last bank robbery, but he never expected things to turn out like that.

So much so that there wasn't even a closing remark.

Most importantly, Amuro Tooru was still in charge of the organization, and there wasn't even a hint of the keywords "Teito Bank" or "Akai Shuichi".

This indicates that...

Rye encountered "Shuichi Akai", but chose to temporarily conceal this information.

why?

Does she have some special feelings for Shuichi Akai and want to help him hide them for some unknown reason?

Or did you figure out it was a fake?

If it's the former, then there are more possibilities—for example, the two may actually have some secret dealings and be on the same side, or Rye may simply want to "take over" Shuichi Akai, etc., but at least for now.

He didn't seem to see through his own mask.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been questioned at gunpoint.

But now, Amuro Tooru is starting to hesitate about whether or not he should explain.

Amuro Tooru's goal was to lure out Akai Shuichi.

If Shuichi Akai faked his death, his FBI teammates seem unaware of the truth—to deceive the enemy, one must deceive one's teammates.

This is why, after Amuro Tooru had Vermouth get her face done, none of the organization's executives, including Gin, knew about it.

Given the current situation, it seems that Amuro Tooru can't say no, but it's only seemingly so—because he was already exposed yesterday.

Not much was exposed.

Amuro Tooru's face was captured in the previous report on the Imperial Capital Bank robbery.

Strictly speaking, it's the scarred face of Akai.

Because of the trial of that case, the video was shown on television, and with so many witnesses, the news of "Scarred Akai" naturally reached Gin's ears.

Therefore, even if Sano didn't appear here today, Amuro Tooru would still have a misunderstanding with his "teammates," and this misunderstanding definitely needs to be cleared up.

However, this is the method of elimination.

Amuro Tooru, however, did not intend to end by explaining the whole story.

Therefore, Amuro Tooru was hesitating about whether to wait and see.

Sano cleared up the misunderstanding on his own.

Or rather, it could be a problem caused by a misunderstanding.

Chapter 500, Part 503: A Second Blossom

if that's the case.

There's no need to go into so much detail about Amuro Tooru.

Fishing can, of course, continue.

Just then, Sano, who was behind Amuro Tooru, sighed: "Forget it, it doesn't matter. We can just kill them again. It's all the same anyway."

Varied……

Amuro Tooru froze and quickly turned around.

"Wait……"

Before Amuro Tooru could speak, the hard object left his lower back in an instant, followed by a sharp pain that shot straight to his brain, and an intense pleasure.

"boom!"

A situation similar to that of the Imperial Capital Bank has emerged.

This is also the situation that Amuro Tooru is most worried about.

It was just because of a misunderstanding that was relatively unnecessary that an irreversible result was achieved, all by a twist of fate and in a confused manner.