Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

The thin, short woman explained her motive for the murder with a sense of dejection—it turned out that the award-winning work that made the deceased famous was a collaborative creation between the two, but only the deceased's name was listed as the author.

The short, thin woman didn't care about these things at first.

When she submitted her manuscript to a publishing house again, she was told that it was too similar to the deceased's "writing style" and there was no way out. She was even asked if she wanted to ghostwrite... The dignity of the thin, short woman was greatly damaged.

So, during that hot spring trip, the short, thin woman tried to communicate with the deceased.

I'm wondering if I can get my name back.

The result, of course, was rejection... and naturally, this led to the murder case.

"You bastard..."

The man didn't care whether his sister had done anything wrong; all he knew was that his sister was dead and he wanted revenge. Now the murderer had been found.

The gun was immediately turned towards the short, thin woman.

Before the man could fire, a figure stepped in front of the gun barrel.

"I'm sorry, but if she dies here, I'll be in a bit of a predicament."

Sano calmly held his sleeves closed, making the man's features appear even more ferocious.

"Don't think that just because you helped me find out the truth, I won't dare to kill you!"

"You might as well give it a try."

Sano didn't make any move, but Ran Mouri and Sera Masumi next to him did.

We are ready for one last gamble.

However, just as the atmosphere was tense and poised for action, and the man was about to pull the trigger and the Valkyrie duo were about to make their move, a small piece of glass suddenly shattered in the second-floor window of the Mouri Detective Agency.

The bullet tore through the curtains and then passed through the wrist of the man's hand holding the gun.

Amidst splattering blood, the pistol fell to the ground.

Sera Masumi and the others were all taken aback by this sudden accident.

Sniper.

Is it the police?

But the curtains are already drawn... Should we fire blindly?

Even so, it was still able to accurately hit the man's wrist where he was holding the gun.

How abnormally skilled must that sniping technique be?

Of all those present, only Sano's expression remained completely unchanged.

Because this bullet was exactly what Sano had anticipated... well.

It should be said.

Chapter 546, Page 549: Believe me, I'm here to save you.

That bullet was actually fired by Sano himself.

Since Ran Mouri hadn't drawn the curtains before Sano went upstairs, in order to prevent the possibility of a police sniper killing the man, he had already created a clone to provide backup outside, ready to strike if necessary.

This would divert the police's attention.

...Of course, Sano could also choose to rely on the fox eyes to render the man incapacitated, or he could trigger the spider venom.

That's right, Sano had already planted spider venom inside the man's body.

Although Sano did not have any contact with the man after entering the room.

However, the spider venom doesn't necessarily require Sano to personally come into contact with it for it to penetrate.

Sano previously stated that he listened to the details of the case from outside the door.

But if they only started to understand the situation after going upstairs from Sano, how could they possibly have learned much by the time Inspector Megure ordered the retreat?

Sano had already sent Erhei up to eavesdrop.

Of course, besides eavesdropping, Sano also subtly laid a safeguard in advance, so that in an emergency, if there was no time to do anything, he could stop the man's thoughts instantly... As for why there are two ways to solve the problem faster and more secretly.

Sano, however, chose a different, seemingly high-profile approach.

That's because Sano didn't want to be too high-profile.

Tonight's case has caused quite a stir.

As the detective, Sano was already unknowingly at the center of the vortex.

If a prisoner were to surrender with just a glance, or if a prisoner were to suddenly be poisoned... even if the poisoning was intentionally controlled and the prisoner didn't die, they would most likely be sent to the hospital for examination, and who knows what might happen then.

By introducing an unseen third party into the situation, a lot of attention can be drawn away.

The direction of Black Fox's disguise indicates that it should be the type of mastermind behind the scenes.

Sano won't put in much effort, but he'll take it one step at a time.

Damn it!

Men's willpower is clearly not low.

Even with a bullet piercing his wrist, he didn't give up on the mission immediately.

With a hideous expression, he tried to press the bomb remote control in his other hand.

Meanwhile, on the top floor of a building across the street from the Mori Detective Agency.

The clone wearing sunglasses quickly pulled back the bolt. Before him was a 3D map. In the location of the Mori Detective Agency on the map, there was a 3D figure, which was the man who had been infected by the spider venom. It was as if Sano had been given an alternative, extremely high-end, and sophisticated infrared sensing device, which, combined with the perspective of his original body's disguise at the scene, allowed him to see the situation.

Two-way assistance.

Even with curtains in place.

It can also accurately aim sniper bullets at the target you want to lock onto.

"biu!"

A second bullet followed, piercing the man's wrist in his other hand.

The third and fourth shots followed, hitting the man's calves respectively.

This rendered it completely incapacitated.

Four bullets struck the man's limbs, and the positions of the bullets on both sides were almost identical, as if they had been copied and pasted.

This could absolutely not be a Japanese police sniper...

Who exactly is this person?

Just as Sera Masumi subconsciously began to think, Sano casually kicked the pistol and bomb remote control on the ground a little further away, making the others around him tense... Wasn't he afraid that an accidental bump would cause it to explode?

"Well then, I'll be going now."

Without saying a word, Sano left the scene.

The police outside naturally noticed the commotion.

They dared not act rashly simply because they could not fully grasp the situation.

"What happened? Who fired the shot?"

Inspector Megure, bewildered, held the walkie-talkie and asked, "Who gave you permission to fire?!"

"No, no, officer, we didn't fire..."

"Hey!"

Just then, Kogoro Mouri opened the window, leaned out, and waved to Inspector Megure.

"Ok?"

Amuro Tooru turned around, and Sano was already beside him.

When did this kid come down?

Amuro Tooru frowned: "Has it been resolved?"

"Well, but to be honest, it shouldn't be considered that I solved it."

Upon hearing Sano's words, Amuro Tooru's brows furrowed even more deeply.

"What do you mean?"

Sano then explained to Amuro that he had just found the real culprit in the case and hadn't even laid a hand on the man when the sniper bullet pierced through the glass.

"...hit precisely through the window and curtains?"

Amuro Tooru was visibly stunned for a moment, his pupils contracted sharply, and he turned to look at the surrounding buildings—such sniping skills couldn't be wrong.

It's that guy! He really didn't die!

"Ok?"

But just as Amuro Tooru's search yielded no results, he turned his head and happened to see Sera Masumi coming downstairs... and his pupils began to shrink again.

There's no mistake, there's absolutely no mistake this time!

"boss?"

Sano watched Amuro Tooru's pupils change size for a while before finally speaking to pull him back to reality: "Now that everything's over, I'm off work?"

"Ah."

Amuro Tooru wasn't in the mood to pay attention to Sano, so he just gave a perfunctory reply.

And that's how Sano left.

But after returning home, Sano did nothing else but quickly pull out the chainsaw he had bought specifically to build a house for Kuro from the storage room on the first floor.

"Random enhancement in progress. Congratulations, host, your chainsaw has been enhanced. Enhancement successful..."

...Sano really didn't expect that he would draw such a thing by just randomly picking it. Putting aside the effect, just the thing itself is almost the most outrageous thing among all his equipment.

But what kind of enhancement effect can a chainsaw possibly produce?

Chainsaw maniac?

Or will he become the Chainsaw Man?