Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

A new wave of arrows was fired by Sano.

Each volley fires at least two arrows, and sometimes even four. Every volley is unerring, and even at distances of hundreds of meters, the arrows still hit vital points with precision, and the speed of the arrows is extremely fast.

Often, before one wave has even ended, the next one has already begun.

This made Tachibana Maya exclaim, "I never expected that this guy would be so good at archery in addition to swordsmanship. He would definitely have been a great general in ancient times."

...Do you want to be the general's wife?

Yuji Suwa glanced at Maya Tachibana: "This means he also studied the ancient school."

...As the old saying goes, an archer who can't fight in melee is not a good archer.

This is not just idle talk.

For ancient archers, to make the bow and arrow play their full role, they had to use a bow that was completely different from the modern compound bow and required a very high level of strength. Even without special training in close combat, such strength would not be too bad. And for the ancient school of archery...

Regularly training arm strength makes one very suitable for drawing a bow and shooting arrows.

This is especially true in countries like Japan, where there is a severe shortage of manpower—whether it's a swordsman or a knife-wielder, in China, it basically refers to those wandering knights-errant.

But neon lights are different.

Swordsmen are samurai, and samurai are soldiers.

There may be a few exceptional cases, referred to as ronin, but that is a school of thought.

It will basically only serve the official purposes.

Therefore, everything that can be used must be used.

A warrior skilled in swordsmanship may not be very good at archery.

But a skilled archer would certainly not be bad at swordsmanship.

Just like the Yoshitsune school, there are quite a few archers in it.

In conclusion, Suwa Yuji's statement that Sano practices an ancient style is entirely reasonable.

...But in reality, Suwa Yuji was unaware that Sano had never practiced swordsmanship.

Not to mention any ancient school of thought.

In addition, the cheat also brings knife skills... or sword skills in Japan.

It's not wrong.

Back to reality, it was time for Sano to nock the arrow for the last time.

The last two Yoshitsune disciples had already run out of the main temple.

Without saying a word, he ran behind the wall, trying to use the cover to avoid the arrows.

Unfortunately.

I underestimated myself.

Sano raised the arrow upwards, twisting the bowstring at the nock of the arrow half a turn.

"call out!"

Two arrows were shot out and began to fall in mid-air, but when they reached the top of the temple wall, the arrows, which should have fallen in accordance with the laws of nature, stopped falling.

The arc of the fall suddenly began to increase dramatically.

Finally, it plunged vertically into the top of their heads, killing them instantly.

Thus, the Yoshitsune school was completely wiped out... Hmm?

Suddenly, Sano realized something was wrong. The mission wasn't finished yet; there were still some who had slipped through the net.

"Big black!"

After calling out in my mind, the response came quickly.

“A guy went into the back room.”

Ha, they're quite clever. Are they planning to play dirty tricks on me?

"boom!"

"Boom—!!"

However, as soon as Sano turned around, he saw a door being smashed open.

Amidst the roar.

A motorcycle flew down the steps, and the Yoshitsune-ryu disciple on it twisted the throttle wildly, heading towards the temple gate. But this guy didn't think that having a motorcycle would allow him to retaliate. Instead of hitting Sano, he made a sharp turn, as if he wanted to avoid seeing that monster-like demon.

"call out!"

Sano casually shot out two arrows.

Unfortunately, the motorcycle had already increased its speed, and even with his cheat-like abilities, Sano couldn't succeed. Only one of the two arrows hit him, and it was in the shoulder.

This was obviously not going to cause any serious harm, and it allowed the guy to slip out of the temple.

"...Are you sure it's just him alone?"

Sano checked with Daikoku again, and after receiving a response, raised his right hand.

With the tips of his thumb and forefinger pressed against his tongue, Sano whistled.

Conan and the others, who had been idling and watching the whole thing, were dumbfounded as they stared at the scene before them. Before they could react, they heard a series of hurried... footsteps.

It sounded like footsteps, but something just felt off.

Turning around at the sound, a dark figure rushed out from the shadows in the corner of the temple.

With a hiss, Sano leaped up and climbed onto the Black King's back.

"drive!"

After squeezing his legs together, Sano lowered his body, and the Black King immediately rushed out of the temple.

They chased after the motorcycle that had escaped.

The few people left in the temple were left bewildered, patting the dust that had risen in front of them.

……horse?

It's a horse?

Kurosawa Rin actually hid a horse at Gyokuryu-ji Temple!?

Conan's brain raced—the key question, setting aside how he managed to hide Ma here, is why he would do it, or perhaps...

Did this guy prepare for this step long ago?

Conan didn't believe that he had anticipated someone would escape on a motorcycle, which was why he hid the horse. It was more likely that he hid it to have a chance to escape in case of an accident... Although he still didn't quite understand why it would be a horse. Wouldn't a motorcycle be better?

Animals are far too unpredictable; aren't they afraid of being exposed?

Of course, the key point is that Kurosawa knew about what was going on here and even made arrangements in advance to make it easier to intervene... No wonder when he called Sanonji earlier, those two people were already gone. Could the Black Fox be here as well?

According to Kurosawa, this person seems to have come to "challenge" the establishment.

But is that really the case?

Conan wasn't entirely sure, but he was certain that Kurosawa was definitely from Kyoto.

...This statement is not very accurate. To be precise, it should be at least different from the Black Fox. Before the Genji Hotaru case, Kurosawa Jin must have stayed in Kyoto for quite a long time, otherwise he wouldn't have kept a horse.

This is clearly different from what others know, that he first appeared in Tokyo... In addition, there is another point that Conan is certain of.

That is the danger that Hattori Heiji mentioned earlier regarding Kurosawa's blade.

The danger here refers not to the level of ability, but to the degree of initiative.

Despite stating from the beginning that the goal of the challenge was to take the lives of everyone in the Yoshitsune school.

However, there were also some people in this group who simply gave up, surrendered, or even begged for mercy.

But he was still killed in the end.

Although a runaway should be brought back, judging from Kurosawa's attitude, it's clear that he doesn't intend to bring the person back, but rather to hunt them down.

...Being forced to fight back in a critical moment is truly a last resort, but to still kill an enemy who no longer poses a threat is something that Conan, no matter how much he has been influenced and changed by his various experiences, would absolutely not accept.

"Go save them!"

Conan ran out of the temple.

With only two short legs, how could it possibly catch up with a two-wheeled motorcycle and a horse with four long legs? — The scene shifts to a mountain slope.

The Yoshitsune-ryu disciples sped up their motorcycles at breakneck speed.

Sano followed closely behind on his black horse, the Black King.

That guy was riding a motocross bike, so he was less affected by the environment. But Sano, with the added benefit of riding, was already no slower than a motorcycle, so the possibility of him being affected by the environment while running on his hooves was close to zero.

It can even make better use of the environment to run faster.

The distance between the two sides was closing at a visible speed.

Just as Sano had begun to nock his bow and prepare to try aiming,

The sudden appearance of Ran Mouri and her group ahead disrupted Sano's rhythm.

To avoid hitting and killing the people, Black King made a sharp turn.

This caused Sano's launch to miss, and also created some distance between them.

"Tsk."

After clicking his tongue, Sano sped up without even glancing at Ran Mouri and the others.

As they chased each other, they eventually emerged from the mountains and came to the highway.

This place called Kurama Mountain is relatively remote, but as one of the main roads leading to Kyoto, there are still quite a few vehicles on it. The Yoshitsune-ryu disciples riding bicycles ahead were so anxious to escape that they made a lot of extreme maneuvers, forcing many vehicles to brake suddenly and come to a stop.

"Are you in such a hurry to be reborn, you bastard?!"

Just as a driver stuck his head out of his car window to start cursing, he heard a loud crash from the roof of his car. He looked up instinctively and saw a dark figure leap up and land on the roof of a car in front of him. After clearing an obstacle, the figure landed on the ground and charged wildly, the "clattering" of hooves gradually fading into the distance.

"..."

The bewildered driver finally came to his senses, lit a cigarette, and pulled out his phone to call the police: "Hello, is this 110? I need to report a crime. I just saw a... uh, a horse speeding on the road."