Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

"boom!"

The grenade exploded, but it didn't have much power.

This seems to have been modified to resemble a smoke grenade... or it may have been a smoke grenade in the first place, but modified to look like a hand grenade. In any case...

The moment the smoke dissipated, Amuro Tooru sensed something was wrong.

When I looked up again, Shiho Miyano was no longer there.

"Tsk."

Amuro Tooru had just finished smacking his lips when he noticed that the gunfire from the carriage in front of him had stopped.

Then, Vermouth's text message arrived.

"withdraw."

Without further ado, Amuro Tooru jumped out of the car.

……

"I am back."

When Sano returned home, it was almost dark.

The little girl was already getting ready for dinner—a bowl of instant noodles.

Upon seeing Sano, the little girl was taken aback at first, then asked in confusion, "Didn't you say you were going to take the express train and wouldn't be back until tomorrow at the earliest?"

"What express train?"

Sano feigned confusion at first, then suddenly realized, "Oh, you mean the Suzuki family's train... I had something to take care of this morning, so I didn't go. Otherwise, it would be stupid not to take advantage of the opportunity... Why didn't I take you with me? It wouldn't cost any money anyway... Didn't I tell you?"

With that, Sano put down the bento box in his hand.

The little girl scratched her head, but didn't think much of it, and just said "Oh".

Sano reached out and grabbed the instant noodles, casually ate half of them in two bites, returned the other half to the little girl, and then divided the bento box in half... The instant noodles were already cooked, it would be a waste not to eat them, and the bento box couldn't be wasted either.

After finishing his meal, Sano went to work as usual.

...Because of Shiho Miyano's escape, the bomb that the Gin duo planted at the terminal station was not used. After receiving Vermouth's message, the two quickly returned to Tokyo from Nagoya.

"Let's go."

In the car, Gin's expression was rather unpleasant.

Apart from this, there were no other abnormalities.

Ah, I knew it.

Sano organized his thoughts for the day.

Originally, Sano didn't plan to let his true identity get on the bus in case he needed to intervene today, in order to avoid some trouble... but he didn't expect Rum's people to suddenly appear later.

But there's not much difference.

It only requires a slight modification, and then proceeding smoothly, and it will be the same.

The fox face effect, created by a clone of the black fox, is paired with a wig and clothes to disguise himself as Sano.

That's why the Black Fox clone, who was playing the role of Sano's original self, was able to know after going to the toilet that his target group would be Rum's men... Hammer of Justice paired with fox eyes.

It's practically the most perfect interrogation model.

Invading a person's will from all angles, both softly and hardly.

...Although not explicitly stated, the hammer of justice, strictly speaking, is pain.

It should indeed be able to lower a person's willpower.

This is especially true for criminals like this; it's a bombshell.

First, he starts hitting me without saying a word, then he tries to control his emotions and asks me questions.

No answer?

Then let's hammer it again and ask again.

Let alone a mere tool, even if Rum himself came... no, if that guy himself came, he might give in even faster?

In other words, there wasn't enough time.

Otherwise, Sano really wanted to try and see if he could use this to directly brainwash that unlucky guy.

...As for the original body, which is not a copy, it can switch identities on its own.

Needless to say.

The only change is that, considering the threat posed by Rum's subordinates, and the possibility of other aliases failing, the alias was changed to the Rye alias when switching aliases.

So that's how it is.

If she absolutely had to make a change, Sano planned to switch to either Kuroneko or Kurosawa.

As for why the Black Fox alias was chosen, it was to showcase the stand-in genre rather than directly playing the original character and then changing the original body...

It's mainly to lay the groundwork.

After all, unlike the ever-changing disguise, the fox face, although weaker in some ways, has a lower barrier to entry and can be used in a wider range of situations.

They will definitely have a lot to offer in the future.

Secondly, with Black Fox by Conan's side, if a case arises and Sano is only tasked with solving it at the last minute, the problem can be resolved quickly.

Finally, there's a safety net—changing identities under a pseudonym. Since even DNA can be altered, it's practically flawless, but that's also its biggest weakness.

otherwise.

If some idiot secretly took Sano's hair or something else from back then.

Then compare yourself to the "substitute".

Ah, that would be fun.

Beyond that, the subsequent impact caused by Rum's men's accident... well, Sano didn't think it was a big problem, since the "witnesses" in the car could, to some extent, be considered his own people.

Black fox, and rye.

This implicated Amuro Tooru, Vermouth, Akai Shuichi, and Kuroba Kaito.

The only exception is Yukiko Kudo, who can also be restrained by Shuichi Akai.

In order to prevent the situation from getting out of control.

What happened on the train will inevitably be kept secret.

...Ultimately, it was because of the scattered group of people on the bus.

Apart from Rum's men, the rest were all on one side.

FBI agent, detective, detective's wife and mother, righteous phantom thief, undercover agent for the Japanese Public Security Bureau, the only criminal belonging to the organization's side.

He's still a traitor.

In other words, it wasn't explained in detail.

Sano felt that if they really dragged this group of people to sit down and talk, then the ultimate goal of this train could only be one thing—to defeat Rum!

cough.

As for the results...

Putting aside the affirmative side for now, at least look at Gin's current reaction.

The opposing side did not have any problems.

I wonder how Vermouth and Amuro Tooru will "explain" to Rum when faced with the corpses filling the two carriages, and what kind of lies they can come up with... Just as the thought crossed my mind, Amuro Tooru's phone rang.

"Rum's men clashed with FBI reinforcements. Although we did our best to provide support, the attack was too sudden. It was a sting operation, that's what we told Rum, in case he asks..."

"Don't say anything wrong."

...Didn't they even ask what happened on the bus?

Sano curled the corners of his mouth, roughly able to imagine the various worries in Amuro Tooru's heart.

"understood."

After replying, Sano closed his phone.

Rum will most likely not ask Sano again to confirm that the two of them were not lying.

Otherwise, if Rum really suspected something was wrong, he should have confronted them face-to-face.

Even if he doesn't show up in person, he should at least have Gin carry it out on his behalf.

The fact that Rum only managed to gather information through two phone calls shows that he didn't care about the matter at all.

I just remembered what the man in the lead had said in the car.

Sano couldn't help but start to have some doubts—could Rum really, as he had said to Amuro Tooru at the beginning, allow his alternate identity to be promoted directly to executive based solely on his personal judgment?

...Never mind, it's a trivial matter.

In the very end, there was also a little something hidden in Sano's thoughts in today's events.

I've had this idea for a while now, but due to procrastination and other factors...

Sano has not taken any concrete action.

Today, I reluctantly showed my face.

As for what happens next, let nature take its course and accept whatever comes.

But the next second, another task arrives.

...Could it be that it has really caused some major impact that I need to resolve myself?

Sano glanced at the mission.

[Please purchase the Grand Emperor within the mission time limit. Completion will grant you 100 enhancement points. Mission time remaining: 47:59:59].

"..."

Buying things?

What is a bold and unrestrained emperor...?