Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

After standing up, Sano listened intently.

Sure enough, I could faintly hear the cawing of crows and the barking of dogs.

...Although Dahei and Xiaohei were assigned different tasks by Sano, they were not entirely useless.

The army of crows and the army of pet dogs are at least something that can be kept in check.

If anything is amiss, a signal is sent, even though Sano cannot understand it.

But as long as you hear any noise, that's enough.

"Erhei".

After curing himself of the poison, Sano, as usual, sent Erhei out to investigate first.

Then, a short while later, I received a message.

"The police officers downstairs have been dealt with, but they are not dead; they were just knocked unconscious."

...They prioritized dealing with the police officers right away. Regardless of their abilities, they weren't just reckless fools who rushed over immediately after learning where they were. If someone hadn't tipped them off, they must have been watching them for a while.

Sano rubbed his fingers together, then got up and walked out.

Looks like I finally caught a pretty big fish, but I don't know if it'll be enough to eat.

After pushing open the door.

Looking to the left, the figures of three foreigners came into view.

Sano wasn't surprised. He reached into his wallet and tilted his head as he asked, "Just in case, do you guys know who issued my bounty? If you do, I'll go easy on you and not kill you outright."

The three foreigners did not respond.

The one in the middle looked to be in his early twenties and was probably the leader, a white male... He was even wearing a suit, and looked almost exactly like Sano's black cat vest, especially considering the assassin's character.

It looks even more like it.

Cough, after this guy waved his hand, a white-skinned, muscular man who looked to be over two meters tall and had the build of a gorilla, wearing a tight vest, and another very muscular man with dark skin and dreadlocks who looked a bit like Heilong, rushed towards Sano at the same time.

...Hand-to-hand combat?

A hint of surprise flashed in Sano's eyes.

After a brief hesitation, Sano withdrew his hand and met the attack empty-handed.

"call!"

The gorilla roared and slapped down with a hand bigger than Sano's face.

As Sano bent over to dodge, he delivered a hook punch to the gorilla's stomach.

Unfortunately.

The damage is zero.

...His muscles are like a suit of armor, thanks to the Superman accessory.

The damage is indeed a bit low.

Sano dodged the attack from the dreadlocks again and retreated.

These two people are of a high rank.

The gorilla is particularly effective against Sano. To deal with him, you have to resort to specific methods without using weapons, but there's also the dreadlocks guy watching from the side.

The same applies on the other hand.

Even if Sano wants to prioritize getting rid of the dreadlocks, the gorilla won't just stand by and watch.

While he was thinking, Sano kept dodging the coordinated attacks of the black and white duo, and had already retreated about ten meters, almost reaching the end of the corridor where there was nowhere to retreat.

"go to hell!"

When the gorilla threw an uppercut, his thick arm was like a pillar.

It slammed down onto Sano's skull.

Sano took a half step back, letting the punch land right on his nose as it hit the floor.

Before the dreadlocks could land another blow, Sano grabbed the gorilla's arm again, then flipped over his head and landed behind him.

There was no other way. Although it was a bit unethical, special measures were necessary for special times.

"Shh!"

Sano delivered a groin kick, his toes passing right through the gorilla's buttocks.

Hmm... Amidst the screams, there seemed to be a faint sound of something breaking.

"Shit!"

Worried that Sano might take the opportunity to attack the gorilla, the man with dreadlocks had no choice but to take the initiative and launch a preemptive strike.

This forced Sano to retreat again.

This time, however, Sano launched a counterattack after retreating only a few meters.

The two exchanged blows several times.

To the utter surprise of the dreadlocks guy, he didn't have much of an advantage.

Instead, they quickly fell into a disadvantageous position.

Especially on the head, he got punched by Sano and slapped hard across the face.

I'm already a bit confused.

After grabbing the dreadlocks' wrist and pulling it back, Sano was about to seize the opportunity to press down on the other man's head and deliver a knee strike to his face.

Let's send one away first.

The next second, the gorilla over there actually endured the terrifying pain in his testicles and got up to charge this way. There was no other way but to let go of the dreadlocks.

They quickly retreated, preparing to look for an opportunity.

Before he could retreat more than a few steps, another massive figure cut between the two of them—the chubby boy bent his legs, lowered his center of gravity, and assumed a pose similar to that of a sumo wrestler. Then, he pushed forward with both hands and collided directly with the gorilla, stopping his momentum less than half a meter behind him.

"what!!!!"

The two incredibly strong men exerted their strength simultaneously and entered a wrestling match.

"Tsk, so they even have helpers."

The man with dreadlocks snapped out of his daze and was about to step forward to help his teammate when, a second unexpected figure emerged from the same door that Little Fatty had come out of, and squeezed into the middle of the two sides. Yes, that's right, it was Ah Yin.

The two brothers' consecutive appearances were, in any case, an accident, which Sano simply didn't believe.

With a turn of his gaze, a third figure appeared as expected.

"Oh, Master."

Ito Taka smiled and walked past the chubby boy and the gorilla who were competing in brute force, and came up to Sano: "That's really not very nice of you. You didn't even call me when something like this happened. Why be so polite with your own people?"

Sano raised an eyebrow, remained silent, and looked at the third person behind him.

Ito Taka looked over and immediately changed his expression, arrogantly saying, "Hey, foreigner, I don't know what my master did, but I'm warning you, don't mess with him. This is Japan, this is our territory. Go back to your place, and tell your employer to watch his head, I'll smash it in sooner or later."

There was a few seconds of silence.

Sano lit a cigarette: "Didn't you consider that he doesn't understand Japanese?"

Ito Taka: "...Never mind, it doesn't really matter."

Just then, the white man rolled up his sleeves, looking as if he intended to take action himself, which made Ito Taka sneer.

"He's a hopeless case, impossible to reason with."

"Yeah yeah."

Sano picked at his ear perfunctorily.

Ito Taka suddenly sensed something was wrong. He turned around and saw Sano leaning against the railing, not making a move. He then looked back at the approaching white man and said, "...Master, aren't you going to make a move? He's getting closer and closer."

"what?"

Sano asked in confusion, "Didn't you just say that it would be unfair of me not to ask you for help? Now I'm leaving it to you. Don't worry, I won't stand on ceremony with you."

"...But I don't know how to fight!"

Ito Taka never expected that he would step forward to help Sano.

But Sano really didn't care about him at all.

Not entirely accurate, but it's a vivid description: Ito Taka's behavior just now was like a dog relying on its master's power, and a Chihuahua at that, barking arrogantly at the foreign Doberman in front of him, only to have its owner let go of the leash.

Mmm... that taste.

In his panic, before he could even take two steps, Ito Taka was grabbed by the collar by the white man and his fist was thrown at him, but Sano didn't really ignore it.

"Let me give you a heads-up, this kid's identity is very special. If you kill him, the difficulty of your escape will be no less than killing a policeman."

These words caused the white man to pause slightly.

Unfortunately, before Ito Taka could even catch his breath, his fist came down again.

...The outlaws have their own ferocity, and the local snakes have their own shrewdness. Both groups have their strengths and weaknesses. For example, how these assassins from abroad succeed is often not discussed first, but more importantly...

Or they'll just run away someday.

If it is not possible to leave quietly before the channels for leaving the country are blocked, then the only option is to hide temporarily and then leave through special channels.

But what if things get too big?

Without any real power in Japan, it's highly likely that they won't be able to keep it a secret.

The key is that when the authorities get serious, they are very likely to adopt a very heavy-handed, one-size-fits-all approach. While that may cause some trouble, it will also bring about a corresponding change.

This signifies that success is inevitable.

This is why police officers like Wataru Takagi downstairs weren't killed.

Sano's current warning is meant to deter this guy from actually killing Ito Taka.

Chapter 638 Is this what you call an undercover agent?

As for whether this guy will believe what he said.