Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

As soon as the name Sano was uttered, Sera Masumi immediately fell silent.

"...So, he told you everything?"

In response to Sera Masumi's question, Sano countered with, "Now I'm asking you, not you asking me. Who told you this?"

Sera Masumi narrowed her eyes and forced a smile.

"What can you do to me if I just refuse to tell you?"

"Not very good."

Sano turned on the tap, washed his hands, and when he turned around, the dark muzzle of a gun was already pointed at Sera Masumi's forehead. He said coldly, "Anyway, as long as I bring you back, the intelligence team has plenty of ways to make you talk."

"Intelligence...team?"

Sera Masumi's pupils constricted as she looked at Sano, whose face was cold and indifferent behind the dark muzzle of the gun. Her own expression gradually became heavy and grim.

"Stop joking, Sano. I'm just an ordinary high school detective. Playing this kind of childish game is......"

Before Sera Masumi could finish her act of being naive, Sano interrupted, "An ordinary high school detective? Ha, you don't really think I know nothing about your identity, do you? I know those eyes of yours very well."

Eye?

Sera Masumi was stunned.

"That top FBI investigator, it took me a lot of effort to kill him."

While observing Sera Masumi's reaction discreetly, Sano continued to probe her further in an ambiguous manner.

"Although it's not clear yet, you at least have a connection with the FBI, which is enough. After all, people like us are much more lenient in our work than detectives who need to be meticulous about evidence."

On the other hand, Sera Masumi's brain was on the verge of shutting down.

Although Sano didn't explicitly state it, Sera Masumi knew exactly who the FBI's top investigator he had just mentioned was.

Sera Masumi knew about Shuichi Akai's death in the line of duty. In fact, besides her main purpose, she also wanted to investigate this matter during her trip to Japan. But what she didn't expect was...

Clues, no.

To be precise, the truth was presented to me so quickly.

High school detective, member of a criminal organization, murderer...

That bastard!!!

The enemy who killed his brother was right in front of him.

Sera Masumi almost lost her mind in an instant, but after all, she was not really an ordinary high school girl, and she was on the verge of going crazy.

Sera Masumi found a loophole in the current situation.

"That doesn't make sense. Shinichi Kudo shrunk because of your organization. No matter what, you two should be on opposing sides. He's not the kind of person who would collude with criminals. So, how could you remain calm when you knew he was the enemy..."

"Isn't the reason you are it?"

Sano interrupted Sera Masumi's train of thought with a contemptuous smile.

"As a rare and precious experimental subject, he is indeed very important, but he is not the only one. There is no need to rush to bring him back. Leaving him outside might attract some unexpected gains."

At this point, Sera Masumi understood Sano's meaning, but a new question arose: "When did you find out he was Shinichi Kudo, and how can you be sure that as long as you stay by his side, you will have unexpected gains?"

"That's all thanks to Shuichi Akai."

Sano threw away his cigarette butt: "To be honest, although I felt something was off about this kid from the very beginning, I didn't pay much attention to it. After all, he's just an elementary school student. Who would have thought he would become a high school detective? But who would have thought that just as the assassination plan against Shuichi Akai was about to begin, I would unexpectedly discover this guy right next to him."

"This revealed Shinichi Kudo's true colors, and also gave me reason to suspect that this guy has intricate connections with your FBI... Although Shuichi Akai is dead, the other FBI agents lurking in Japan will be a significant achievement for me."

Sera Masumi fell completely silent until a long while later, when she revealed a mocking smile: "Your plan was very clever, but unfortunately, it backfired... Shuichi Akai is indeed related to me, but I have no connection with the FBI. As for where I got information about Shinichi Kudo, ha, I'm sure you'll never know."

"Dong dong dong."

Before Sano could speak again, there was a sudden knock on the bathroom door.

Outside the door, a woman's voice could be faintly heard... she probably wanted to use the restroom but the door was locked.

Sano withdrew his gaze, seemingly having lost interest in idle chatter, and said in a concluding tone, "To be honest, you're quite skilled. Even for me, it would be very difficult to silently incapacitate you and take you away."

"Oh?"

Sera Masumi sneered, "So you're planning to give up?"

No, I've decided to believe you.

Hearing Sano's answer, Sera Masumi was taken aback again: "Believe...me?"

"Ah."

Sano nodded and said.

"I believe you have no connection with the FBI. Even if I take you back, it won't bring me any benefits. It would be better to eliminate you here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sano's eyes revealed a murderous intent.

"Varied……"

Before Sera Masumi could even register the surprise on her face, Sano pulled the trigger.

Chapter 537, page 540: Conan: I'm tired, let's destroy it.

In the chaos, Sera Masumi could only desperately try to dodge, but at this distance...

Sera Masumi knew very well that she was just making a futile struggle.

But not struggling is not an option.

Moving forward or backward seemed like a dead end, and despair immediately welled up in my heart.

...I never imagined that on my very first day in Japan, I would suffer such a terrible fate.

Sera Masumi instinctively closed her eyes.

The world turned black, as if waiting for Sera Masumi to fall into its embrace.

It's a pity I haven't been able to reunite with Conan yet; it's a pity I haven't been able to avenge my older brother; it's a pity about my mother...

...Why does this regret keep going on and on?

Sera Masumi opened her eyes with some confusion, and Sano then actually pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

The red pepper spray sprayed into her eyes caused Sera Masumi to instinctively shrink back and close her eyes again.

"……ah!!"

"My eyes, my eyes!!!"

After a brief moment of confusion and shock, Sera Masumi's tears began to flow uncontrollably.

The eyes, which were closed, kept opening and closing, blinking incessantly.

The world, which was originally dark, has become brighter, but it looks like a mischievous child is constantly turning the lights on and off, and it's also a bit blurry.

"Water! Water!!"

Sera Masumi groped her way to the sink.

I turned on the tap and sprayed water all over my eyes... Come to think of it, I seem to have mentioned that my eyes felt burning before at Beika Restaurant.

I was thinking I could wash my eyes in the bathroom later, but I didn't expect this.

Sera Masumi actually cut in line?

Sano, who was standing next to him, secretly complained while putting away the water gun with satisfaction.

...The water gun is still the same water gun, but as the saying goes, it's old wine in new bottles.

Just as Conan said.

Sano is getting a little tired of playing this game all the time.

That's why I wanted to try something different... cough, to be honest, this thing was originally a special gift that Sano prepared specifically for Amuro Tooru, or Gin.

Unexpectedly, Sera Masumi cut in line first and became the first victim—no, the first test subject.

As for the results, they're pretty good... just a little bit damaged.

Seeing Sera Masumi's agonizing expression, Sano clicked his tongue.

It seems my moral standards are a bit too high today.

Some viewers even felt a pang of conscience and decided it was best to leave.

Sano crept towards the bathroom door, opened it, and without a hint of surprise under the astonished gazes of the two girls outside, he brazenly slipped away.

Just then, Conan, who had made an excuse to leave and quietly went to pay the bill, discovered that Sano had gone to the restroom and never returned, so he came looking for him.

"You've been in the bathroom for so long?"

"You're from Shanghai University, do you have a problem with that?"

Sano glanced at Conan: "Alright, tell them I'm leaving now."

"what?"

Conan was confused: "Wait, you're leaving already? Where are you going?"

Sano didn't respond, his figure gradually disappearing into the distance—"Where is Sano? I'm going to kill him!!"

A roar came.

Conan was startled and turned around. He saw Sera Masumi, her eyes red and tears barely visible, her face wet and her hair dripping wet, rushing out from around the corner of the passage leading to the bathroom. The anger on her face was so intense that it could be described as murderous.

"..."

What, what's going on?

Conan stared blankly at Sera Masumi... There was another reason why he had come here, besides Sano taking too long to use the restroom.

Sera Masumi takes way too long to go to the toilet.

The two of them seemed suspicious; there might be something fishy going on.

Conan, in particular, is very curious about Sera Masumi's true identity.

Although Conan already had some suspicions about Sera Masumi, he didn't think she was an enemy... mainly because he had a feeling of déjà vu, as if he had seen her somewhere before. But unexpectedly, he hadn't overheard this information.