Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

...Could it be that...?

"boom!!"

The black dragon swept the tiles off the roof and crashed them to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

When the dust settled, all that could be seen was the black dragon's eyes rolling back and foaming at the mouth.

Upon seeing this, Conan's expression immediately changed, his guess instantly confirmed.

Are you alright?

Conan quickly went over to check the black dragon's breathing.

Fortunately, Heilong did not die on the spot; he still had a breath left and a little bit of blurred consciousness... To be honest, this kick reminded him of the last time he was kicked in the neck, the one that sent him to the hospital for the second time. Ah, even the location was almost the same.

But to be honest... I feel that this kick was even more terrifying, especially considering that he did a fatal roll after falling to the ground.

I fell from a roof that's over ten meters high... I feel like my whole body is going to fall apart.

Black Dragon muttered to himself, "Tokyo, how terrifying..."

"..."

Good grief, he completely shattered someone's mentality with just one kick?

Conan gave a slightly speechless twitch of his lips, glanced back at the motionless Sano, then looked up at the roof and shouted, "He's alright, he shouldn't die. I'll call an ambulance for him to go to the hospital right away!"

On the rooftop, Makoto Kyogoku and Kaito Kuroba both breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

Although the reasons for their relief were different.

Only Sano, who was wearing a mask, calmly withdrew his foot.

Knight kick.

Without considering any additional cheating or rampage, this is the strongest attack method that Sano's Black Mask can use.

Even a kick with a burst of 100% power wouldn't be as strong as this...

In other words, Sano deliberately held back a bit.

Otherwise, it's hard to say whether the black dragon would have died on the spot.

As for why Sano chose the Black Dragon as the breakthrough point instead of Kyogoku Makoto.

Besides the different relationships with the two people, the main reason is their personalities.

Sano's Knight Kick possesses attack power far exceeding the attribute, but the attribute remains unchanged. In other words, its speed is relatively slow, making it easy for opponents of Kyogoku Makoto and Kurogane's caliber to dodge.

That is equivalent to the so-called "empty space".

Therefore, the arrogant Black Dragon will most likely choose to tough it out... cough, anyway, this guy has already been hospitalized twice, so if he stays in the hospital any longer...

It's not a particularly bad option, is it?

"Hey, let's get out of here."

Sano fired a web-like projectile directly at Kaito Kuroba on the back of the head.

At the same moment, the group of people who had been idling inside the Suzuki Grand Museum finally gradually came to their senses... Couldn't they have used better quality hypnotic gas? It hadn't even been ten minutes before it went out of control.

Meanwhile, seeing the group rushing out of the Suzuki Grand Museum below, who had already noticed the anomaly on the roof and were preparing to spread out to surround and intercept them, Kaito Kuroba, no longer caring about what felt like a slap to the back of his head, rushed to the edge of the roof to jump down, but...

That height is a bit difficult.

...It's not that if the height is too low, Kaito Kuroba might not be able to fly and would just fall down. After all, it's at least the height of a three- or four-story residential building, so he definitely wouldn't fall. The problem is that he can't increase his speed.

Ugh, I've been stuck on the rooftop for way too long... At this rate, I feel like I'll probably be caught up to in just a few minutes, or even less.

It was forced to land, and landed directly inside the net.

Just as Kaito Kuroba was feeling a bit irritable, he suddenly felt a heavy blow to his back, which almost made him lose his balance.

It crashed headfirst to the ground.

What the hell?

Kaito Kuroba looked back and saw the black mask standing on his back...

"I mean, I came all this way to save you out of kindness, and it took me so much effort to succeed, and you just ran away without even taking me with you? How is that funny?"

Sano stepped on Kaito Kuroba's forehead and twisted his foot.

"what?"

Because he was in the air, Kaito Kuroba couldn't move much and could only let his feet rub against his face. But he said angrily, "Come on, do you think you're the same as me? Putting aside your elusive ability, who can stop you if you want to run away? And even if you can't escape, what can the police do to a righteous person like you? I'm a thief, if I get caught, I'm done for... And with you standing up there, I can't fly at all! Get down now or we're all doomed!"

"To put it bluntly, isn't it just that you want to run away alone?!"

Sano snorted coldly, but didn't investigate too much... Just as Kuroba Kaito said, gliding was already difficult, and then the weight of a person was added to it.

Not only did the gliding speed decrease, the downward speed also increased.

Looking back at Inspector Nakamori and his group who were chasing after him, Sano withdrew his foot and instead shot out two strands of spider silk that grazed Kaito Kuroba's neck from both sides, then stuck together in front of him, turning into a rope.

Then pull back slightly with a little force.

Kaito Kuroba, feeling as if fate had seized him by the throat, was instantly horrified and cried out, "No way, brother! I'm not really ungrateful and trying to abandon you to buy time. You're not going to strangle me, are you?!"

"Who the hell is trying to strangle you?"

Sano curled his lip in disdain and commanded, "Speed ​​up."

Kaito Kuroba cursed, "Speed ​​up my ass! This is a hang glider, not an airplane. I'd like to speed up, but the problem is, it can't!"

"If I say it's possible, then it's possible!"

Sano pulled on the spider silk, forcing Kaito Kuroba to lean upwards, changing the direction of the hang glider and turning its downward gliding path into a slightly upward one... However, due to the original altitude, the hang glider's speed was already very slow. In theory, if it flew upwards, the gliding distance would likely decrease significantly, meaning the emergency landing location would become very close...

Kaito Kuroba had assumed that was the case.

When he rushed up more than ten meters, his speed not only did not decrease at all, but even became much faster than before, Kaito Kuroba was dumbfounded.

What's going on??

Compared to Kaito Kuroba's bewilderment, Sano's reaction was much more nonchalant. Upon reaching the end of the street, he even pulled on a spider web, causing the creature beneath him to flick its tongue and drift...

It's as if the spider silk Sano holds in his hand is a rein, and what he steps on is a tread.

It is like a horse.

Effect: [Riding]

The speed of vehicles will be doubled.

That's right, Sano used Kuroba Kaito as a means of transportation.

Basic transportation equipment and technology!

...Okay, this thing isn't actually that outrageous, to the point where the Milky Way is a river. It's just that the hang glider on Kaito Kuroba's back is indeed a means of transportation, and Sano just made a slight modification.

It's just a way of driving a vehicle.

Is there a problem?

Anyway, Sano didn't think there was a problem.

"...Those guys behind us realized something was wrong and started chasing us in their cars. We're prepared to make several sharp turns and use the terrain to our advantage to shake them off."

Hearing the commands from above, Kaito Kuroba, who was desperately clutching the spider silk binding his neck, immediately panicked and cried out, "Wait! Let me catch my breath..."

Before the words were even finished, the spider web was already being pulled.

Kaito Kuroba felt breathless again and could only passively have his body controlled, making the hang glider turn, completely becoming a tool.

And so it ended.

In the night sky.

A black figure rides a white figure.

They gradually disappeared from the pursuers' sight.

……

The matter of the Green Emperor was thus resolved.

Conan did not ask Sano why the "Black Mask" appeared at the Suzuki Museum and even helped Kaito Kid.

It could be that you know you won't get an answer, or it could be that you think you already know the answer.

Aside from that, Makoto Kyogoku won the bet with Tomoko Suzuki.

It wasn't just that he won the bet.

The key is the change in Tomoko Suzuki's perception of her.

He's capable in fighting and can endure hardship—mainly referring to the fact that he slept in the gem exhibition hall overnight beforehand and remained well-behaved—after all, Sano was the one who handled all the negotiations, and in the end, he wasn't too foolish—at least he had prepared some additional methods.

In conclusion, it may not be the best option, but at least it's not bad.

Last but not least, there was the bet between Sonoko Suzuki and Kaito Kuroba...

Beforehand, Kaito Kuroba went to the Suzuki mansion and met with Sonoko Suzuki.

The two made an agreement.

Sonoko Suzuki will lend her identity to Kaito Kuroba.

Meanwhile, Kaito Kuroba is going to do a test for Sonoko Suzuki—that is, whether Makoto Kyogoku will be able to see through his disguise after he uses his perfect disguise technique to impersonate her.

The test results seem to be entirely due to Sano's ability to distinguish them.

However, Makoto Kyogoku later stated that he had also realized that the Sonoko Suzuki was fake... mainly because the two had different finger lengths.

This result made Sonoko Suzuki both happy and sad.

The good thing is that at least Kyogoku Makoto recognized him, but the bad thing is...

The basis for identification is the length of the fingers, not a feeling or anything like that. It's a very vague and ethereal thing, lacking the sense of true love conquering all or destiny.

...Women's thoughts are indeed quite strange.

"Speaking of which, since you couldn't distinguish the differences between haute couture gowns back then, and you thought that everyone who got close to the gem should have their face pinched, why did you still let Kid approach Kyogoku-senpai?"

Ran Mouri asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Is there even a question? Of course, it's because Sano-nii probably already discovered that Sono-neechan has defected to the enemy, so he's giving them face by holding back for now and observing Kyogoku-nii's reaction before making a move."