Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Is this the attempt to refute the second example in order to find a reasonable explanation?

Or is this guy just testing me?

Sano narrowed his eyes, finally looking up from his phone at Amuro Tooru, and asked, "How would I know if Kogoro Mouri is mentally ill? Why are you asking me instead of taking him to see a doctor?"

because……

If that's really the case, perhaps those of the same kind would sense it?

Chapter 582, Sano: He~tui!

Seeing Sano staring intently at him, Amuro Tooru blinked, pursed his lips, hesitated for a few seconds, and finally swallowed back the reason he wanted to say... He had a feeling that if he really said that reason, it might lead to some bad problems.

"...I heard that there's a high school detective in your class named Shinichi Kudo?"

Amuro Tooru quickly changed the subject... though in reality he was getting to the point.

Yes, there is. What's wrong?

"Do you think it's possible that Shinichi Kudo and Conan are the same person?"

Amuro Tooru carefully observed Sano's eyes and expression, and then laid his cards on the table.

However, this was beyond Amuro Tooru's expectations.

Sano showed neither any hesitation nor any feigned composure.

Instead, they looked over with a strange gaze.

Seeing Sano looking him up and down, Amuro Tooru couldn't help but ask again.

"what happened?"

"nothing."

Sano shrugged, thought for a couple of seconds, and said, "I just wanted to mention to you, boss, that if you really plan to take Kogoro Mouri to see a doctor later, I can recommend a doctor to you. Um, if the two of you go together, you might be able to get a discount."

Toru Amuro: "..."

Is this kid calling himself crazy?

...That's true. Normally, if someone says that your classmate has become a first-grade elementary school student, you would think that the person who said that is wrong.

He's mentally ill.

The question is, is Sano "normal"?

Amuro Tooru believed that his intelligence was no less than Sano's. The two were just different in their strengths, but they were roughly the same. He was able to sense that something was wrong in such a short time, so why couldn't the other person?

in short.

It's highly likely that Sano is in cahoots with Conan, which means...

Sano and Sherry are in cahoots.

...This is an outcome that Amuro Tooru cannot accept.

Because this is so unreasonable.

If the two are really in cahoots, then some things definitely need to be laid out in the open.

Sano couldn't possibly be unaware of which organization Sherry was referring to.

Sano, as a member of the organization, did not report it, which shows that he has a conscience, but he did not take any action. In particular, his superior, Amuro Tooru, was an executive of the organization and was completely unaware of this matter before.

Whether to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to directly arrest Amuro Tooru, or to discuss with him what to do.

These are all good solutions.

But Sano remained completely silent, as if nothing had happened.

...Sano knew it was unreasonable.

Sano didn't know, and that's also unreasonable.

What the hell is this?

Amuro Tooru's mind went blank for a moment, perhaps because Sano had called him mentally ill... Then, after regaining his senses...

Amuro Tooru chose to continue questioning and probing.

Of course, when we got to that point, it was less of a test and more of a trial.

It would be more accurate to describe this as a direct confrontation.

"But Conan, a child like him, seems to know too much. In other aspects, he is not like a primary school student at all. He is bold, calm, and meticulous. Not to mention primary school students, even 99.99% of high school students are probably not as good as him."

"Kids learn things quickly, that's normal."

Sano, unconcerned, picked at his nails and said, "And if it's really as you say, boss, that he can only deduce, and that's why he's a shrunken detective... then what if I told you now that this guy has also handled guns, driven cars, defused bombs, and can even fly planes? Wouldn't you start to suspect that this kid is actually a shrunken FBI agent?"

"……what?"

Amuro Tooru, who had been listening attentively.

The more I listened, the more something seemed off.

Finally, he simply typed a question mark with a completely bewildered expression.

"You, no, wait a minute."

Amuro Tooru regained his composure: "Conan, he still knows those things you were just talking about?"

"Ah."

"...Where did he learn all these things?"

"Hawaii Technical School"

"summer……"

Amuro Tooru's expression froze, he leaned back tactically, and looked at Sano with suspicion in his eyes: "You little brat, are you deliberately playing me for a fool?"

"Who's playing a trick on you?"

Sano scoffed, "If you don't believe me, then go and check it out. Of the hundreds or thousands of cases this kid has encountered so far, there must be a few detailed reports that mention this aspect."

"..."

Amuro Tooru's lips twitched slightly... Who the hell said that was a joke?

Amuro Tooru knew perfectly well that Sano couldn't possibly be lying, because an investigation would easily reveal the truth... He had just said "Hawaii Technical School".

This thing doesn't even need checking; it's obviously fake!

If you're going to fool someone, you should at least try to fool them. This is blatantly treating them like fools.

He was met with dissatisfaction and speechlessness in Amuro Tooru's eyes.

Sano chose to simply reach out and open the car door himself.

"Alright, I'm not going to argue with you anymore. The kids at home are waiting to go to bed."

When he heard Sano bring up the little girl, Amuro Tooru couldn't insist on keeping her any longer.

just.

"Hey, wait a minute."

Sano turned around in confusion, while Amuro Tooru carefully considered his words before saying, "Leave me a strand of your hair... I seem to have encountered quite a few people who know how to disguise themselves lately. If someone dares to use your identity to do bad things later, it might come in some unexpected use."

...Amuro Tooru is referring to the incident where the Black Fox "replaced" Sano last time.

But Sano knew that Amuro Tooru still had his own agenda.

Black Fox can disguise himself—this was Vermouth's original idea.

But this idea changed after rye came into the picture.

Amuro Tooru, however, was different—he thought Vermouth had helped Black Rye disguise herself as Black Fox, and naturally he would have to "question" her when he returned. As a result, when the two sides compared the situation, an unequal information gap emerged.

Rye can disguise itself.

This setting was known only to a few high-ranking officers within the entire organization; Amuro Tooru, as an ordinary officer, was completely unaware of it beforehand.

Vermouth only learned this through contact.

Therefore, according to Vermouth, Amuro Tooru had teamed up with Rye several times.

They should know this.

...The outcome is truly unknown.

all in all.

Upon learning of this setting, Amuro Tooru felt both surprised and solemn.

It feels like my earlier assumptions, which were overturned, might be revived.

...Although Amuro Tooru still felt that the possibility was slim.

After all, Amuro Tooru always knew about the injury on Rye's face.

Such injuries would inevitably show on the real face beneath the human skin mask.

But Sano is perfectly fine.

Of course, it's also possible that Sano is using a fake face... but Amuro Tooru had already "accidentally" touched it, so it wasn't a human skin mask at all.

Just to be on the safe side, let's make it really certain.

Amuro Tooru still felt that conducting a DNA comparison was the most appropriate course of action.

Actually, Amuro Tooru has Sano's hair on his hand.

It's the same data collected during the earlier suspicion, and it has already been compared.

However, considering that the little gadgets he had hidden were immediately discovered by Sano, and that Kazami Yuya, whom he had arranged to follow, was also exposed.

Amuro Tooru felt he had reason to be suspicious.

The hair he obtained was probably prepared in advance by Sano.

It's not that Amuro Tooru is now certain that Sano is Rye, so he doesn't believe anything. On the contrary, as mentioned above, he simply doesn't want to doubt. However, wishes are one thing, but what needs to be done still needs to be done.

It is precisely because I don't want to have any more doubts that I have to get it over with once and for all.