Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

After hanging up his phone, Sano felt much better... Amuro Tooru was being exploited in his own coffee shop, while Kazami Yuya was being exploited in his own detective agency. The two of them truly lived up to their superior-subordinate relationship.

...To be precise, it should be said that it was precisely because the two were in a superior-subordinate relationship.

Make sense.

Sano doesn't lack this one laborer.

But... who would complain about having an extra cheap laborer?

Let's see how Amuro reacts. If it's possible, we can push the price down further and keep exploiting him until he reaches his bottom line... who knows.

Could he really end up becoming a free, unpaid laborer?

Oh, right, we also need to focus on the important matters.

Sano walked home while pondering the matter of the red Siamese cat.

Given the current situation, it seems there is absolutely no starting point.

Because there is no identity information, no matter how large the search network is.

It's completely useless.

The only trace is the announcement about the red Siamese cat... Anyway.

What exactly is the purpose of a red Siamese cat?

Sano opened his phone again and searched for "Red Siamese Cat," browsing through all the relevant information. He didn't know if it was out of resentment towards the rich or what, but it was a team that specifically targeted conglomerates and had been active for quite some time. However, it should have been confirmed that they had been wiped out. It seems unlikely that they would reappear after such a long time. It's more likely that someone else has taken advantage of this.

After stopping, Sano rubbed his fingers together.

"Big Black, keep a close eye on Conan."

Meanwhile, outside the Mori Detective Agency in the distance, a crow perched on a telephone pole cawed, its eyes fixed intently on the third-floor window.

...To be honest, Suzuki Sonoko had just said that she was going to take a flying ship tomorrow.

And that's when this kind of thing happened again.

Sano personally finds it hard to believe that there is no connection between these two events.

The latter, in particular, has a very wide impact.

Even if it weren't for the influence of the plague god's halo, Sano still wouldn't quite believe it.

Although there was no reason.

But Sano felt that keeping a close eye on Conan was at least not a wrong option.

"But how to get on the ship is another problem..."

Sano scratched his head, sighed, and went home first.

Then the next day arrived.

Sano, who had changed into a rye vest early in the morning, waited for Amuro Tooru at an intersection.

"Let's go."

After getting on the bus, Sano didn't even bother to say hello.

Amuro Tooru didn't mind, and immediately stepped on the gas as soon as he released the brake.

There was a moment of silence between them, but there was no awkwardness at all.

After all, while the two weren't exactly close, they certainly weren't strangers either.

Not to mention that neither of them was so weak that they would feel awkward if they couldn't find a topic to talk about... Sano didn't care when Amuro Tooru would take action, and quietly spaced out until they were only halfway to their destination.

Amuro Tooru finally revealed his true colors.

"I heard that Gin once arranged for you to investigate Black Mask?"

Sano, resting his chin on his hand, twitched his eyelids, glanced at Amuro Tooru, and asked in return.

"Who told you that?"

"...I'm not too sure about that, it's just a rumor."

Amuro Tooru was surprised to be asked a question in return, and after pausing for two seconds, he chose to give a perfunctory answer.

"Really? That's quite a way to spread the word."

Sano followed Amuro Tooru's lead and gave a perfunctory reply.

Amuro Tooru narrowed his eyes and chuckled, "Judging from your reaction, it must be true, this rumor... But Black Mask is still active. Has he failed to find anything? Well, that guy is elusive, it's probably hard to catch him. But I've also heard that he has an ambiguous relationship with the Black Reaper. It might be difficult to find a needle in a haystack here, but there, the monk may escape but the temple can't. Haven't you tried?"

...After all this rambling, do you really think you can listen to anything?

Sano clicked his tongue: "Who cares about him? You should talk to Gin about these things, not me. Since Gin hasn't taken any action, it means it won't work or won't work. Or do you think you're more capable than Gin, or do you want to suck up to Gin and get this done for him?"

Amuro Toru choked.

Is this guy even capable of having a proper conversation?

Amuro Tooru, slightly speechless, forced a smile: "Chatting is just talking about this and that, chatting about everything and gossiping, why take it so seriously?"

"Unfortunately, I'm so sleepy right now, so I don't want to chat."

Sano chose to kill the conversation, making Amuro Tooru even more helpless... Today's team formation was an accident, but not entirely.

Amuro Tooru once went to great lengths to team up with Rye.

In the end, it succeeded on the very first try.

As a result, Amuro Tooru had prepared a huge amount of information that was not reported.

It's completely useless.

Logically speaking...

Since it's useless anyway, there shouldn't be any problem throwing it up.

It would seem too unnatural to throw them all at once, both in terms of quantity and the probability of them teaming up with rye.

So Amuro Tooru would throw one every now and then, and then another every now and then... until this time he actually hit the target.

Amuro Tooru was not averse to this unexpected event; on the contrary...

If it weren't for this unexpected event, Amuro Tooru would probably have had to put in a lot more effort.

This will help create new opportunities for contact.

As for why Amuro Tooru wanted to make contact.

That's naturally because of the Black Organization.

The information that was deliberately leaked by Alica's side didn't mention anything deeper than the surface information... Of course, they didn't actually know anything deeper either, because Shuichi Akai and James did some concealment, but Amuro Tooru was able to get close to Conan, that guy who can't keep secrets.

A sudden, explosive amount of intelligence.

It could be said that Amuro Tooru was completely bewildered for an entire night.

After finally calming down, I decided to investigate on my own to see if Conan's information was true or false, and the easiest place to start was the one I was most interested in.

Black Reaper.

Amuro Tooru planted Kazami Yuya in the group.

Besides believing in his most capable subordinate to bring back a harvest, another purpose was to test how the Black Death would react.

...Based on last night's report...

Black Death didn't react at all, but that doesn't guarantee that it was holding back... Anyway, it's already inserted, cough cough, inserted.

At least it allows for more in-depth exploration.

Meanwhile, Amuro Tooru naturally wanted to seize this opportunity.

Ideally, we should be able to find out something immediately.

Otherwise, if we wait for the next opportunity to test the waters, who knows when that will be?

Of course, Amuro Tooru could also choose to try and approach the Black Fox, who is easier to get close to.

But as for that guy… Amuro Tooru always feels like he wants to avoid him.

I don't know if the reason I went to the hospital for a checkup last time because I was so suspicious was because that guy did something.

It's so worrying...

Amidst a jumble of thoughts, the car quickly arrived at its destination.

Amuro Tooru did try to start a conversation, but unfortunately, he failed.

Sano always acted indifferent.

...Could it be that he knew he was being tested and was worried about revealing a flaw, so he simply chose to ignore it?...No, this guy isn't that kind of person.

In Amuro Tooru's view, even if there really is a secret behind it, given the person next to him's past behavior, he would most likely try to expose everything in a very arrogant manner, or openly admit it.

He put on an attitude of "what can you do to me?"

But this absent-minded feeling... could it really be due to lack of sleep?

"Let's split up and head back as soon as we're done."

Sano took out his phone and glanced at the time, then said... This mission involves the action team leaders and the intelligence team leaders working together at the same time.

Combat naturally constitutes a large part of the content.

...Originally, if things had proceeded in the correct order, Sano and his companion would have needed to first engage in a fight, eliminate the people they needed to eliminate, and obtain the necessary items. Then, with the help of a lead established by Amuro Tooru using his detective identity, they would have gone to the real target's house and quietly stolen the computer's data.

But Sano was too lazy to waste time and took it one step at a time.

They split up, with one person responsible for one side, and proceeded simultaneously.

This is undoubtedly a faster solution.

Of course, the difficulty will also increase accordingly.

"It's fine if I arrive before the agreed time, but you have to understand that my time there is limited. If you haven't finished by the appointed time, then I'll have to leave."

"Alright, leave it to me."

Sano waved his hand impatiently.

Just as he was about to leave without giving Amuro Tooru any further chance to speak, he turned and walked away.