Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Chapter 599, Page 602, Gin: The seedlings have gone astray... have they turned out the other way?

Gin frowned in displeasure as he looked at Vodka, whose face was filled with panic.

"What are you yelling for? Have you seen a ghost?!"

To Gin's surprise, Vodka did not wake up as usual after being called out, but instead pointed frantically out the car window.

"Big brother, that, that..."

Ok?

What is that thing?

Gin didn't want to think too much and just looked in the direction Vodka was pointing.

And then...

...It actually happened, damn it!

Gin's eye twitched as he thought to himself.

I rubbed my eyes and looked again to make sure it wasn't because I was too tired from working too much overtime and was hallucinating.

Gin remained silent for a few seconds.

Then he quietly took out his phone and turned on the video recording function.

"..."

After taking the picture for about ten seconds, Gin sent it directly to Sano and then put his phone away.

"Let's go."

"Hey?"

Vodka, who had gradually recovered, scratched his head, didn't say much, just responded, released the brake, and drove forward again.

...It seems like my older brother's mood has improved quite a bit?

On the other end.

Sano, who only saw the text message after the performance, slowly typed out a row of dots.

What a coincidence... Conan is really lucky. Gin's attention was completely focused on himself, and he didn't even notice the two short figures in the audience.

After regaining his senses, Sano chose to ignore Gin's text message.

"Well, it seems like the kids have to wait until the performance is completely over, and then go back to kindergarten for a debriefing or something, before they can be dismissed. Or should I tell the teacher that we can leave early and go get something to eat together?"

Sano looked at the little girl.

The little girl shook her head, indicating that she had made plans with her classmates to eat together.

"Alright, see."

Sano took out a banknote and gave it to the little girl before preparing to leave.

Since there was no need for Sano to accompany him, he naturally had no interest in wasting time chatting and exchanging pleasantries with the other children's parents.

The two best friends next to them seemed a little unhappy.

"Hey... Senior, aren't you going to take us with you to celebrate?"

Sano raised an eyebrow and looked over: "Celebrating what?"

"Of course, it's to celebrate the two of them performing on stage for the first time, and that they did a great job!"

"...Even so, the protagonist is going to spend time with his friends. Are we, a few insignificant guys, going to celebrate with thin air?"

Faced with Sano's rebuttal, Sonoko Suzuki immediately choked.

"This……"

"Alright, we're not people we just met. It's not difficult to get together whenever we want. There's no need to make a big deal out of this."

Having come this far, Sonoko Suzuki naturally couldn't force Sano to go out for a meal with them.

So he changed the subject, saying, "Speaking of which, senior, your dancing was..."

"...That's really nice."

After a few seconds of hesitation, Sonoko Suzuki could only offer this assessment.

...With a 100% agility bonus, you can practice this kind of dance that children do.

It would be strange if they couldn't jump well.

But then again.

Sano felt like he'd heard this song somewhere before, but he couldn't quite place it.

Forget it.

"It's just so-so."

Sano waved and started to leave, but after taking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, turned back and said, "Oh right, the photos you took."

Just when Conan and the others thought that Sano had finally lost his temper and was about to ask them to delete all the evidence, or was trying to warn them not to do anything reckless, he gave them something unexpected.

Yet, it's also a reasonable answer.

"Send me a copy of everything later...including the videos."

"Oh...oh, I understand!"

After watching Sano leave, Ran Mouri smiled wistfully.

"My senior has indeed changed a bit."

Sonoko Suzuki stroked her chin: "Is that so? I think he's just revealing things he used to hide."

"...Of course, this can indeed be considered a change."

Amidst their sighs, Ai Haibara was touching her heart, which had inexplicably tightened earlier... she had briefly and very subtly sensed it.

The atmosphere of an organization.

Is it just my imagination?

"...It was a wasted trip, even though I had suspected it."

Ai Haibara snapped out of her reverie and said this, while Conan, who was next to her, looked at the video on his phone, twitched the corner of his mouth, and replied, "Well, it's not entirely meaningless. It wasn't a waste of a day off to come all this way."

"Hey……"

Noticing the slightly teasing look in Ai Haibara's eyes, Conan's ears involuntarily turned red, and he coughed awkwardly: "What, let's put it another way. Although Sano has some annoying traits, he's not entirely without merits, is he?"

"Hey……"

"...I'm just telling the truth."

"Hey……"

"Hey you~ what the hell are you doing?"

"Hey……"

"..."

……

Night fell.

Perhaps it was because of the long period of neglect that Gin decided to make up for it.

Sano was assigned a task that was at least quite strenuous.

"Bang bang bang!"

After casually dodging the oncoming bullets, Sano raised his gun and instantly killed one of them.

When he was in a standoff with the last person, guns drawn.

The man pulled the trigger, but it only hit the air.

"...You don't even know if there are any bullets left in your gun. This really makes people question your level of professionalism."

Sano spoke up with a sarcastic remark.

The man gritted his teeth, threw away the gun, and pulled out a dagger.

"Oh?"

Sano smirked with interest, but didn't fire immediately.

He turned to look at Gin, who had followed after Sano cleared the obstacles.

"...It's been a while since I've seen you dodge bullets."

Gin suddenly made a remark that sounded like a sigh, and after a pause, he added inexplicably, "With that kind of physical coordination, it's no wonder you can dance so well. Maybe if you practiced dancing specifically, you could reach the world's top level in a short time."

Sano: "..."

Vodka, who had just caught up, was speechless.

Tsk, this guy.

Sano pursed his lips: "Thank you for the compliment, but unfortunately, I have no plans to switch to dancing at the moment."

"Really? That's a real shame."

Gin's indifferent response made Vodka, who was standing next to him, break out in a cold sweat.

...These two, are they going to fight? If they really do fight...

What should I do?

Logically speaking, who should we help?

Logically speaking, who should we help?

What if the two were just putting on an act, making a little joke, and you actually believed they were about to break up, and stupidly took sides...

I can't even imagine it.

Fortunately, Sano didn't make Vodka feel threatened anymore, and changed the subject, saying, "The person should be in there. I don't think I need to go in with him."