Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Conan, who was standing next to him, looked dazed. When he came to his senses, he quickly asked.

"What does that man in the hat look like? Does he have white hair and you can't see his face clearly?!"

"what?"

The passerby scratched the back of his head in confusion.

"No, I remember he had black hair, and his face was clearly visible... after all, his features were quite distinctive, with a large burn scar on his face?"

"burn?"

Conan paused for a moment, then slapped his forehead.

It turns out it was that guy in the hat... but the two aren't that different.

They are all thorns in one's side that one can't help but care about.

"Okay, let's go."

Sano had anticipated this situation—he had seen Amuro Tooru secretly taking someone else's phone and keeping busy, while Conan solved the case anyway.

Passersby have begun to leave.

Amuro Tooru and Rye have already left.

Shuichi Akai didn't follow... and even if he had, he probably wouldn't have done anything.

Even with Conan's abilities, it would be difficult for him to pose a threat to Amuro Tooru.

Even if it could pose a threat, it shouldn't be life-threatening, so looking at it this way...

The danger factor for Amuro Tooru this time.

It seems that it can only be the "teammates" who had a misunderstanding?

"Yes, that's right."

Shuichi Akai adjusted his glasses and followed Conan, who was hurrying away.

But I had just come downstairs.

Conan then ran into the Jodie Cameron duo again.

The two sides quickly exchanged intelligence—Conan learned that there were snipers from the organization and Gin's car outside the department store, while Jodie confirmed that Scar Akai was indeed there.

The situation seems to be becoming clearer.

Shuichi Akai survived by sheer luck, but the organization has already discovered him and plans to carry out a second murder.

Judy's expression changed drastically, and she quickly chased after him towards the department store entrance.

Sure enough, I spotted the scarred Akai's back in the crowd.

Not far behind Scar Akai, there was Rye!

"Show, danger! Come back quickly!!"

In the chaos, Judy didn't have time to think and kept shouting as she pushed her way through the crowd.

"Excuse me, I need to take care of some personal matters."

Shuichi Akai left Sano's side, shifted his position, and then approached Jodie, knocking her down before rambling on and on.

But outside.

Chianti had already pointed her gun at Amuro Tooru as he emerged from the department store.

Cohen, standing calmly among the passersby near the department store entrance, remained composed.

"It's been confirmed, it's definitely that undead."

Upon hearing Cohen's report, Gin, who was pointing a gun at Rena Mizunashi in the Porsche 356A, took a deep breath and was about to give the order to fire.

But just then...

Cohen suddenly shouted again, "No, Gin, rye, I see rye!"

"what?"

Chianti's gaze shifted, and Sano, wearing a rye vest, peeked out from behind Amuro Tooru. The two stopped almost simultaneously.

He turned his head and looked at Chianti, meeting her gaze.

"...Gin, what do you mean?"

Faced with Chianti's urgent questioning, Gin frowned, and after a few seconds of silence, he took out his phone and called Sano directly.

The call ended.

Gin remained silent for a few seconds before uttering only one word.

"withdraw."

"squeak--"

Vermouth sped over on her motorcycle, executed a beautiful abrupt stop with a drift, and came to a halt next to Gin's Porsche. She then gracefully knocked on the window.

However, before Vermouth could speak after the window was lowered, Gin had already spoken.

"You're here for Bourbon too?"

"Hey?"

Vermouth was taken aback: "How did you know?"

As soon as she said it, Vermouth realized something was wrong.

Although Vermouth did come for Amuro Tooru, she did not intend to reveal Bourbon's existence on the surface, because her requirement was to avoid being "accidentally harmed" while keeping her identity secret.

Vermouth put in a lot of effort for this.

That's why they brought in someone who could suppress Gin without any apparent reason.

However, Gin had already stopped his actions on his own.

Not only did they stop, but it seems they've already found out the truth behind it all?

Damn, what was the point of coming all this way?

Was it all for nothing?

While Vermouth was feeling frustrated, Gin was feeling even more frustrated.

Vermouth's efforts were in vain, but Gin's were not.

Thinking that Shuichi Akai had faked his death, he dragged along Rena Mizunashi, the most suspicious person, and a few of his subordinates, and came here eagerly.

Two people were out in the sweltering heat, while the other three were stuck in the car.

In the end, it turned out to be just a misunderstanding?

That's why Gin hates guys like Vermouth and Amuro Tooru the most.

They have absolutely no sense of teamwork, act independently, and talk to themselves.

It's simply...

"Oh, busy, huh?"

Just then.

Amuro Tooru and Sano, Korn and Chianti arrived one after the other next to Gin's Porsche.

Gin gave Sano a gloomy look.

To be fair, Gin's resentment is mainly directed at Amuro Tooru and Vermouth.

But can Sano be considered innocent, just a bystander caught in the crossfire?

No.

The term "Teito Bank robbery" is related to Sano.

If Sano hadn't noticed the possibility that Amuro Tooru was disguising the scarred Akai back then, then their meeting at the department store this time...

It absolutely cannot be a coincidence.

Sano was at least someone who knew that "Shuichi Akai" might not be dead, but didn't report it.

This gave Gin a sense of familiarity and a bad feeling.

...Isn't that just like the style of Vermouth and Amuro Tooru, those two secretives?

Gin wasn't worried that Sano had secretly "formed an alliance" with those two and might later disobey him. He was still quite confident in his personal charisma... cough cough, his team leadership skills.

Well, actually, the main reason is that, given the current situation, it's impossible for such a thing to happen—otherwise, if the three of them really had some secret connection, Vermouth wouldn't have made this trip for nothing.

Of course, it's also possible that Sano didn't act according to the "instructions".

But Gin is more inclined to believe that these two bastards led Sano astray.

Although Sano's fondness for imitating others is subjective.

Logically speaking, even if someone is truly led astray, they can't blame anyone else, but...

Since you know Sano likes to imitate, you should show him something good, not something bad!

Look back at the beginning when Sano was spending more time with me.

Shooting, hand-to-hand combat, bombs, stealth, sniping—aren't they all useful?

Let's look at it now.

What kind of things did they learn?

...Gin is like a homeroom teacher, watching helplessly as his promising student is gradually led astray by those bad students.

Chapter 502, page 505, mainly focuses on providing shelter from the wind and rain.

In short, it can be summed up in one word.

Heartache!

...However, cold indifference is all that it may be.

After the cold shoulder is gone, things will still have to go on as usual.