Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

Mary Akai stared blankly with her head down.

Water, water gun?

"Oh dear, you didn't close your eyes, how boring."

Sano's somewhat surprised voice reached her ears, and Akai Mary looked up again.

Then, Sano, looking utterly bored, pulled the trigger several more times, and streams of water hit the tuft of curly hair on Akai Mary's forehead.

It turned my curly hair into straight hair.

"Those guys used to always close their eyes."

Sano remarked with such emotion... If he remembered correctly, that was how it should be.

All I can say is, as expected of someone from an intelligence organization, even if they can't control their body and can't react much, at least they don't close their eyes... Oh right, there's another person from an intelligence organization who was also shot by Sano.

It's just that the guy was using a fake face with squinty eyes, so there was no way to tell.

Who else...who else was there?

Never mind, they're all trivial matters.

Sano put away the water gun, a mocking smile reappearing on his face: "You bastard, it's one thing that you couldn't tell you were holding a fake gun, but with Sera Masumi's example before, how come you didn't even consider that I was holding a fake gun too? You trust me that much? Compared to believing I'm a good person, you'd rather believe what I just said about killing you?"

Mary Akai did not answer Sano's question, which was filled with disdain and contempt... because she felt that she could no longer distinguish which of the words coming out of the person in front of her were true and which were false.

This guy is definitely an opposing enemy.

Or are they teammates with a common enemy?

If it's the former, then shouldn't the ultimate goal have already been easily achieved? Why go through all this roundabout means? But if it's the latter...

So what is the purpose of all this?

Chapter 611, 614: Asai Narumi's lustful gaze?

I can't understand.

Can't understand.

Mary Akai's mind was in complete chaos, and she had no idea what was going on.

The only option is to remain silent and observe the situation unfold further.

To put it bluntly.

It means the person is numb.

Seeing this, Sano stopped his meaningless mockery and instead asked about the important matter: "Why did you shrink to the age of a middle school student, while everyone else became a first-grade elementary school student... Is it because the base age when you shrink is different? If that's the case... you were probably in your twenties before?"

At this point, Mary Akai's expression finally changed slightly.

"...Everyone else is like that. You know, there are more than two people who have shrunk, right?"

Mary Akai then remembered that Sano had mentioned earlier that she was "valuable material for the first two," meaning that in his eyes, she was the third.

"Edogawa Conan... no, it should be Kudo Shinichi, who's the other one?"

As soon as the topic of serious matters came up, Mary Akai stopped being silent.

Sano immediately curled the corners of his mouth, but first reached out and took back his pistol and lighter before asking in return, "Before asking someone a question, shouldn't you answer their question first? That's basic manners... Don't let your body shrink and your temperament return to that of your junior high school days. That's very annoying."

Mary Akai's lips twitched.

However, considering the importance of this intelligence, he could only suppress his dissatisfaction, take a deep breath and say, "It's not in your twenties. The age I reduced here... is probably three or four times that of the two materials you mentioned."

...three or four times?

Sano was taken aback at first, then widened his eyes in surprise after realizing what was happening.

"So you must be in your forties or fifties... You wouldn't happen to be Sera Masumi's mother, would you?"

Seeing Sano's expression as if she had seen a ghost, Akai Mary's face darkened immediately: "Don't you know that it's extremely impolite to inquire about a woman's age in front of her? You should know it in your heart, why say it out loud?"

They only confirmed the age issue, but neither confirmed nor denied the identity issue... But no matter how you look at it, this is probably the only explanation.

Sano calmed himself down a bit.

Sano originally thought that this blonde loli was most likely the cousin, or even the aunt of Shuichi Akai and his sister.

I never expected the answer to be so surprising...

But if that's the case, what exactly is the pattern of the difference between the shrunk body age and the original body age?

It's not a fixed age of ten.

It is not a fixed age after shrinking.

...Wait a minute, if you think about it carefully, there's another "source" here.

Sano suddenly remembered.

Vermouth.

As the first generation... or perhaps only the previous generation's material, Vermouth did not shrink; her physical age was simply fixed, thus maintaining her eternal youth.

Of course, whether or not one can achieve immortality is still uncertain.

Of course, it's highly unlikely that this is the case—otherwise, the experiment wouldn't have continued.

There will be no new material appearing later.

The key point is that the original Sano did not take this into account.

This blonde loli didn't immediately become a first-grade elementary school student.

Perhaps it was because she was given that drug at that age that she developed the same symptoms as Vermouth, and will always look the same.

Then, for various reasons, the blonde girl, after years of training, joined MI6 and came here... but as things stand now.

This golden-haired little girl has indeed shrunk, rather than remaining still.

Hmm... it was a 50/50 chance, and I unknowingly chose the correct option.

Good luck.

Mary Akai had been waiting for this moment. After Sano seemed to have accepted the fact, he asked again, "Alright, I've already answered your question. Now it's your turn to answer mine. Do you know which people have shrunk, when and how you found out? Also, how much do you know? Tell me everything that's relevant."

However, Sano ignored this and asked again, "When did you shrink, and who did it, and how did you shrink?"

Mary Akai frowned and said with displeasure, "Didn't you just say that you should answer other people's questions before asking them?"

"But you haven't completely answered my question, have you?"

Sano retorted, "Besides, what you just asked wasn't even a question!"

...They wanted to use their age to force themselves to spill all the information.

She's quite ugly, but her ideas are quite beautiful.

Sano was filled with contempt.

"Then you can choose to answer one of the questions."

Before Mary Akai could finish speaking, Sano turned his head away and said, "No, because of your actions just now, I have lost all interest in your intelligence. Therefore, the intelligence exchange ends here."

Upon hearing this, Mary Akai was immediately dumbfounded.

"What the heck? Are you a child? How can you be so childish?"

Faced with Akai Mary's barely suppressed anger, Sano scoffed: "First, for your age, I am indeed a child. Second, in terms of physique, it's obvious at a glance who is the child between us."

As he spoke, Sano got up and started rubbing Akai Mary's head repeatedly.

"By the way, speaking of children, you'd better wear a diaper tonight when you go to sleep. Otherwise, even though your mind isn't that of a child, your body is still that of a child, and you might wet the bed after playing with fire."

After giving Mary Akai a sarcastic remark, just like Ai Haibara had done earlier.

Sano turned around and prepared to retreat.

Mary Akai was left completely bewildered.

Based on this trip alone, the gains for both sides were almost completely unequal—Sano confirmed that Akai Mary was a shrinking person, and determined her age, stance, and relationship with Sera Masumi.

On the other hand, for Mary Akai, besides confirming that Sano was not an enemy, all she knew was the number of the shrinkers. Looking at it more realistically...

Mary Akai tried to avoid it but failed. Not only was she beaten up for no reason, but she was also ridiculed and mocked in various ways and on various levels.

I've lost so much money I'm almost broke!

"boom!"

After watching Sano close the door and leave, Mary Akai still felt a little dazed... Earlier, when Masumi Sera told her that this person was sick and troublesome, she didn't take it to heart, thinking that a mere high school detective had just learned some things by chance.

That's why they can take advantage of the information gap. It's one thing to bully that silly girl Sera Masumi, but how powerful can they really be?

But now Mary Akai doesn't think that way anymore.

Damn it, I'd rather go head-to-head with that organization right now.

I don't want to have anything to do with that lunatic anymore!

...Wait, this guy seems to have been a lunatic all along?

Mary Akai suddenly remembered that the investigation results regarding Sano showed that he had been admitted to a psychiatric ward, but was discharged soon afterward and had not caused any trouble since.

So we subconsciously ignored it.

Tsk, so I was actually trying to communicate with a lunatic just now?

Mary Akai sighed, rubbing her forehead, filled with regret.

On the other end.

When Sano returned to the restaurant, Asai Narumi had already finished lunch.

"...Where have you been? Did you take so long in the bathroom?"

Asai Narumi looked at Sano with some doubt: "I was a little worried that something might have happened to you inside. I was about to call a waiter to go in and check on you."

"It's nothing, just constipation."

Sano casually made up an excuse.

"Constipation is not a trivial matter; it can easily lead to other health problems. If you have time, it's best to go to the hospital for a checkup."