Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Chapters 557 and 560, Vodka: He's an absolute beast...

Sano stomped on Ito Taka's toes, and then finally called out to Inspector Megure.

"Wait a moment!"

Inspector Megure turned around in confusion, only to find Sano already coming down the stairs.

"What's wrong, Sano-kun? Is there anything else?"

Sano didn't respond to Inspector Megure. He simply exhaled, squatted down, looked earnestly at the little girl, and asked, "Do you want to stay?"

The little girl's eyes finally moved, and she looked at Sano.

hesitate.

It's probably because he overheard Sano's conversation with others outside the door.

"I'll ask you one more time, and only once: do you want to stay?"

Inspector Megure, who was standing nearby, scratched his head, and after holding back for a while, he couldn't help but interject, "Brother Sano, I don't know if what you mean by 'staying' is staying for a few days or something... but I think you haven't forgotten that you said before that the law stipulates that there needs to be an age difference for adoption between the sexes. You're even younger than that person from before, aren't you?"

“If she wants to, I naturally have a way to find a loophole.”

Sano's words were both a reply to Inspector Megure and a way of "comforting" the little girl.

Sano's gaze returned to the little girl.

"And your answer?"

Tears welled up in the little girl's eyes immediately, and she almost touched her nose with her lower lip to keep from crying out loud. She nodded her head with difficulty.

He squeezed out a "hmm" from his throat.

"very good."

Sano pulled the little girl from Inspector Megure's arms and looked at Inspector Megure.

"Just do what you want, I'll handle the rest myself."

"..."

Inspector Megure scratched his head again... He'd been told to his face that he was trying to exploit loopholes in the law.

It feels really weird!

Although I don't quite understand how Sano is going to exploit this loophole.

But since Sano has already said to follow the rules and he will handle the rest, he's done.

That proves that this loophole is indeed a "loophole".

As long as it's not illegal, Inspector Megure would naturally be happy to give Sano that kind of face...

"Okay, I understand. I'll leave it to you then."

"Ah."

"Tsk tsk tsk."

After going upstairs, Ito Taka leaned against the railing, a lewd smile on his face, and clicked his tongue at Sano, saying sarcastically, "I wonder who it was that was just now, pretending to be indifferent and aloof, but before this person even left, they couldn't hold back anymore. Master, I didn't know you were so arrogant?"

Sano glanced sideways at Ito Taka.

"Inspector Megure is still here. My performance has been a bit lackluster lately. If you're free, why don't you help me boost my sales?"

Ito Taka pursed his lips.

"Seriously, Master? I consider you my most important asset, can you please stop treating me like a sales performance indicator?"

"Then mind your own business."

Sano left with a single sentence and then ignored Ito Taka, dragging the little girl into the house.

...To be precise, it was Sano who was being dragged along by the little girl.

After all, a sense of security is undoubtedly what young girls lack most right now.

Sano didn't ask the little girl why she hadn't told him about what happened, just as he had never inquired about her parents before or now.

Sano simply turned his head to look at the wall next door and asked.

Do you still want to live next door?

The little girl kept her head down and remained silent.

"You have to tell me what you want to do and what you want. I can't read minds and I don't know what's going on in your head. If you don't want me to be labeled as a child abuser and have you forcibly taken away, you'd better speak up."

Upon hearing Sano's words...

The little girl finally spoke weakly, "I want to... but I'm scared to be alone..."

"Then let's buy both sides and connect them together, one person on each side, and the space will be larger."

Sano immediately pulled out his phone and called the landlord.

After generously securing accommodations, it was time to consider food.

Are you hungry?

The little girl touched her belly and nodded repeatedly.

I doubt they've eaten a single hair in the last two days.

While flipping through the phone number, Sano asked, "What do you want to eat?"

The little girl looked up and thought for a while.

"Alright, I got it. Don't worry about it. I'll order one of everything you can."

Sano then ordered more than a dozen meals.

Have you gone to school in the last two days?

Some things shouldn't be asked, but some things still need to be asked.

Seeing the little girl shake her head repeatedly, Sano rubbed his fingers together: "Then starting tomorrow, everything will return to normal. Eat when you're supposed to eat, sleep when you're supposed to sleep, and go to school when you're supposed to go to school, understand?"

The little girl nodded.

...They say everything will return to normal, but just look at their mental state.

It will probably take some time for them to recover.

However, Sano believes it's not a big problem; time is the best healer.

It's hard to say whether it's a good medicine or a poison, but at least it's medicine.

Sano glanced down at the little girl's hand, which was tugging at his fingers.

"Okay, you can let go now, I need to go to the bathroom."

"……Oh."

……

"Bang bang bang!"

Smoke filled the air, and corpses littered the fields.

Gin sheathed his pistol and glanced at Sano, who was looting the corpse and "collecting equipment".

Unconsciously, a row of dots appeared.

Make sense.

Gin considered himself to be quite stingy as a key figure in raising funds for the organization's operations, but he didn't expect Sano to be even stingier.

Needless to say, they didn't even spare the few coins in people's wallets. If it weren't for the circumstances, Gin probably would have taken Sano's money too. It's simply outrageous... cough cough.

They are role models for the new generation!

If every member of the organization could be like Sano, that would be wonderful.

...At this moment, Gin had clearly forgotten the difference between being stingy and being frugal.

If I can recall, it's something Sano did that drove me crazy.

Gin probably wouldn't think that way.

Also.

Despite being familiar with him long ago, Gin couldn't help but marvel at Sano's fighting prowess.

One person is more effective than an entire army.

It is highly mobile and versatile, especially when facing unexpected situations.

It couldn't be more convenient.

"Alright, stop picking up that junk. We'll take care of it when the outside team comes to deal with it later. It's still early, let's get to the next one."

"what?"

Distracted, Sano looked up in bewilderment, then realized that the piece of junk he had picked up didn't belong to him, and casually tossed it aside: "Oh."

After checking the time on his phone again, Sano paused in his steps toward the car.

"Oh, I have to go home now, Gin-sama."

Upon hearing this, Gin, who had already half-entered the car, paused.

Take another look at the time.

It was a little past 11 o'clock, or more accurately, a little past 23 o'clock.

It wasn't even midnight yet... What's going on with this kid?

Gin doesn't think so, since they've been eating lunch for breakfast for years. Sano, on the other hand, has suddenly "turned over a new leaf" and wants to get back to a healthy routine.

Gin pulled himself back halfway, frowning. "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

"That's it."

...Yes, it is, it is.

Gin didn't mean any dissent; he directly inquired about the details.