Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Although it has now been confirmed that Sera Masumi did not suddenly decide to strike up a conversation with Ran Mouri after being captivated by her charm, this does not necessarily mean otherwise.

This guy no longer harbors any ill intentions towards Ran Mouri.

Chapter 532, Sera Masumi: Elevator Horror

Just to be on the safe side.

Conan still chose to act cute and roll around on the ground, coaxing the two best friends to go to the buffet first... which made Sano frown.

...It stings my eyes a bit; I'll have to go to the restroom and wash them properly later.

On the way to the restaurant.

Sonoko Suzuki continued chattering away, praising how handsome that guy was and how skilled he was at fighting. She wondered how he matched with her Makoto.

How would it compare?

At this point, Conan, having achieved his goal, interjected, stating that the two were not of the same species.

Oh, Conan wasn't talking about the difference between men and women.

Rather, it's the difference between the two martial arts styles.

That's right, Conan couldn't tell the girl's gender, but he could tell her fighting style.

She also gave the two best friends a lesson on Jeet Kune Do... to be precise, she gave it to Sonoko Suzuki, since Ran Mouri is an expert.

It's impossible for him not to understand these things.

This prompted Sonoko Suzuki to complain, feeling that the knowledge base in this plague-like elementary school student's mind was perhaps a bit too vast.

Conan could only laugh it off, saying that he had only learned it from the movies.

"By the way, where exactly is this buffet restaurant?"

Ran Mouri walked for a long time but still couldn't find the place, and she immediately became suspicious.

Does Sonoko Suzuki not know the way at all?

According to online posts, it should be on the second floor.

Just then, an elevator opened nearby, and Conan immediately led the charge.

Before Conan could even enter the elevator, he was stopped by a middle-aged woman who came out of the elevator and said that this elevator was for the exclusive use of the annex.

The annex is currently under renovation and is not open to the public.

The buffet restaurant that Sano and his friends were going to was not located in the annex.

The auntie gave directions, pointing out the way for Sano and the others.

Then she left with another plump woman and man who were sitting next to her.

Sano glanced back at the three people's backs.

Hmm... three suspects, the same old routine.

"Speaking of Beika Restaurant, it seems like this isn't the first time you've ruined it, is it?"

Conan was taken aback when he heard Sano's sudden question.

After realizing what Sano meant by "trouble," Conan gave a deadpan look and retorted, "Come on, while it's true that several cases, big and small, have happened at the Beika Hotel, and I just happened to be there in all of them, what does that have to do with me...?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Conan sensed something was wrong again.

According to Sano's statement, it seems that trouble is about to break out again.

"...Do you think a case is about to happen?"

Recalling how Hattori Heiji was almost driven insane by Sano during the Osaka World Restaurant case, Conan paused for a few seconds before tentatively asking.

"Who knows?"

Sano gave a perfunctory reply.

Conan, whose curiosity has been piqued, would never accept such a perfunctory response.

He kept pestering Sano the whole way, asking him incessantly if he had discovered anything.

Of course, Conan couldn't possibly get any answer.

However, when Sano and his friends arrived at the entrance to the buffet on the second floor, they were told that it was also full – the long line of customers at the stairwell was enough to show this, so being full wasn't really the main issue.

The key issue is that the ingredients for the buffet restaurant are already in short supply.

This greatly displeased Sonoko Suzuki, who kept grumbling.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a loud noise, seemingly coming from outside the restaurant, caught their attention. Before Conan could listen carefully, they heard several screams.

Conan's expression changed, and without saying a word, he rushed out of the restaurant following the sound and arrived at the parking lot. There he saw a corpse lying on the ground with a pool of blood, and next to it stood the old woman from before, as well as two other people.

"what happened!?"

Conan quickly asked around and got the answer—the woman had planned to drive her two companions out to buy things, but she didn't expect that the person on the ground would suddenly fall down as soon as the car drove out of the parking space.

"There seems to be someone on the roof!"

The woman tilted her head back and made a loud noise again.

Conan looked up but didn't see anything wrong.

"Sister Xiaolan, call the police immediately! Stay here with the security guard and don't let anyone near!"

After giving some instructions, Conan dragged the three suspects up to the rooftop to check the situation... Sano naturally followed them up as well.

However, when Conan was taking the elevator to the top floor of the annex, he stumbled back several steps and almost fell to the ground because the elevator door opened in a different direction.

Double-door ice... cough, is it an elevator?

Sano stepped out of the elevator and squinted.

To be honest, elevators like this aren't particularly rare, but they've appeared here.

It's inevitable that people will care a little.

Could this thing be used to kill people?

Is this even possible...? No, the world of Detective Conan is full of wonders.

Yes, maintaining a very blindly wait-and-see attitude is the most important thing.

"...Or maybe I should stay here. I'm a little scared."

But just after everyone had stepped out of the elevator, the middle-aged woman timidly hid inside. Sano raised an eyebrow and walked straight in.

"You wouldn't be planning to stay inside and do something sabotage, would you?"

"How could this be..."

The woman's face showed obvious panic. She quickly stepped out of the elevator and pushed Sano toward the rooftop. Conan, who was standing next to her, obviously noticed something was wrong, but this little anomaly was not as important as the "serious matter".

"Ok?"

Just as Conan was about to continue, Sano noticed something unusual.

"The elevator has gone down."

"...Maybe someone downstairs is about to come up, or perhaps the police have already arrived."

The woman nervously made up an excuse.

Conan looked at Sano.

Sano waved to Conan to go do what he needed to do, while he stayed behind and watched the elevator stop briefly on the sixth floor and the second floor before finally arriving at the first floor.

The elevator started going up again.

Upon arrival, Sera Masumi's face was revealed from the elevator.

Upon seeing Sano standing outside the elevator door, Sera Masumi was immediately startled.

Can you imagine the feeling of an incredibly cold face emerging from the gap in the elevator door when it reaches the floor and should open?

It's almost exactly like the high-energy scenes in those suspenseful horror movies.

Especially with Sano holding that familiar hammer, Sera Masumi unconsciously imagined the scene in her mind: the moment the elevator doors opened, the hammer would come flying at her and crack her skull open.

It's unusually creepy.

It was a pure elevator horror story.

"...What are you doing standing here all of a sudden? It's kind of scary."

Sera Masumi touched the goosebumps on her arm and asked with a rather creepy expression.

"It's nothing. I thought the murderer had returned, so I decided to wait and see."

After Sano put away the hammer, he didn't ask Sera Masumi why she came up there. He turned around and went to the rooftop to find Conan, but his explanation surprised Conan.

Chapter 533, Inspector Megure: A new plague has finally appeared!

"murderer?"

Sera Masumi quickly caught up with Sano and asked.

"What do you mean by that? Have you already confirmed it's a murder case?"

Sano ignored Sera Masumi, and simply stopped and looked at the people on the rooftop.

Sera Masumi followed her gaze and, after listening to the explanation of the information, suddenly understood.

At the edge of the rooftop, a coat and a pair of shoes were neatly folded.

This makes it look as if the person below jumped off the building.

According to what that woman said.

The deceased was drunk in the villa and told the old woman that he wanted to apologize, but he had to wait until he sobered up a bit.

How could she possibly make those unnecessary movements before jumping off the building?

The woman sobbed, saying that the deceased must have felt guilty to jump off the building.