Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

"……Oh."

After letting out a cold laugh, Gin casually tossed the remote control aside, veins bulging on his forehead.

"Bomb him!"

"okay!"

Chianti immediately began operating the system; the clamps under the helicopter were retracted, and in their place emerged a heavy machine gun with six barrels.

...This is the osprey's built-in weapon, but I don't know if it's a coincidence.

It was a six-barreled machine gun.

Last time, with one tube against six tubes, we ended up losing money.

Gin wants to see what this guy can do this time.

The black-masked man below tilted his head back and looked at the machine gun with a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, a feeling of mixed emotions, including nostalgia and regret). Was it because he had suffered a loss at his hands last time that he had specially replaced the machine gun with a six-barreled one as a precaution?

...From Apache to Osprey, from single-tube to six-tube, from Ireland to Curaçao.

It's developing in exactly the same way as the Tokyo Tower incident.

It's just a version update?

Facing the gun barrel that had already begun to be adjusted.

While Sano marveled inwardly, he manipulated the Black Mask persona to pull out two items that had been prepared in advance from the gap in the Ferris wheel. From Gin's perspective, all he could see were two thick and long cylindrical objects. Could they be two Gatling guns?

Dark clouds drifted across the night sky.

The moonlight made the view a little brighter.

The man in black raised what he was holding and hoisted it onto his shoulder. The people inside the helicopter saw it almost simultaneously, and their pupils involuntarily contracted slightly.

“RP…”

"Pfft—whoosh—!!"

Amidst the billowing smoke, two rockets, trailing plumes of flame, hurtled toward the helicopter.

At this point, it's obviously impossible to turn around and dodge.

"boom!!"

Brilliant fireworks burst in the night sky.

To be honest, rocket launchers, while impressive in theory, aren't actually that powerful, especially in terms of shockwave damage. They're only slightly stronger than regular hand grenades, since their main killing power comes from penetration and the area of ​​effect of fragmentation.

Of course, if Sano wanted to, he could also greatly increase the power of this thing.

There's no need for that.

This is enough for now.

Sano had the advantage of striking first; at such close range, it would be hard for him to miss.

Not everyone can be like Sano, knowing Gin's strategy in advance.

This includes, but is not limited to, time, location, and method.

...It's a pity about this newly arrived top-of-the-line aircraft. If Gin were willing to take Sano with him, then considering the safety of his own persona...

Sano would definitely not do that.

Yes, it's all Gin's fault.

After casually tossing away the two empty rocket launchers, Black Mask waved away the smoke in front of him. The Osprey helicopter above was already flaming and smoking from both ends, and the entire fuselage was out of control, swinging wildly in the air.

Inside, Gin's face had turned as if he had eaten something disgusting.

...This is the second time.

Gin can tolerate things going wrong.

But what's the point of constantly targeting their own helicopters?

This is the latest model that just arrived, and it's very expensive!

Gin, clinging to the seat to steady himself, began to think rapidly.

This is an unstable state.

Even if one wanted to forcibly adjust the gun barrel and then make a final stand, it probably wouldn't work.

Gin rushed to the control panel, performed a few simple operations, and then gave the order.

"Grab your parachutes, get ready to evacuate!"

"What? Gin, we don't want this plane anymore..."

"No, hurry up!"

Urged on by Gin, the group quickly grabbed their parachutes and jumped out of the plane.

then.

Black Mask saw several figures jump off the Osprey helicopter, pull out their parachutes, and glide away into the distance. Then the helicopter began to wobble and fly back towards him... Was this autopilot?

...Don't be fooled by the fact that this plane looks like it's completely destroyed after being hit by two rockets.

However, its core parts remain intact.

It might be affected to some extent, but it's still fine to use it without being too precise, such as specifying a direction before it falls.

"...Ha, may you perish along with my plane!"

Although Gin was now looking rather disheveled and was on the run, he still had a smug look on his face and couldn't help but turn around.

He planned to admire the beautiful scene of his masterpiece and that hero being destroyed together.

However, Black Mask did not move when faced with the large plane flying in.

Because of the trajectory of light.

There's no way this thing could hit itself.

However, this does not mean it is safe, because Gin's true objective is...

It wasn't the black mask, but the Ferris wheel below.

Because the first option is unlikely to hit, the second option is to attack the Ferris wheel below, which has a greater chance of success, not to mention that Curaçao is also there.

...But after "defecting," that silver-haired girl actually didn't leave the Ferris wheel. In fact, not only did she not leave, she also took her child with her and rushed up the Ferris wheel.

Who is this person?

Ultimately, it was his own mission objective. Although Sano was controlling Black Mask and fighting against the villains like Gin, he had already deterred or dealt with the good guys' Black Death and was still closely monitoring Curaçao.

Locking onto a target doesn't require much effort.

Sano was mainly thinking about how to take such a grown man away.

...Although, aside from the ruthless Gin and a few other antagonists, it seems that the righteous side doesn't pose a threat to Curaçao's life.

However, the case here is quite complex.

The FBI and the police are not exactly benevolent people.

Especially considering that Curaçao has regained her memories, she seems to have a rather sharp personality.

If they stubbornly persist in their actions and a conflict breaks out, it's not impossible for them to be killed on the spot.

Therefore, Sano allowed Curaçao to continue lingering on the Ferris wheel.

...Of course, another reason is...

Sano wants to recruit Curacao, just like Ireland.

Otherwise, someone who knows the relationship between Rye and Sano, and whose stance no longer matters, would absolutely not be allowed to continue breathing.

Re-establishing relationships can also solve the problem and, incidentally, fill out the team.

Why not do something that kills two birds with one stone?

And now.

Gin's move had both advantages and disadvantages.

While it put Curaçao at risk of death, it also sparked even greater unrest.

This is the only area that Sano needs to focus on right now.

"Boom!"

The osprey crashed into the Ferris wheel's support structure, resulting in both an explosion and a collision.

They successfully caused the Ferris wheel to collapse.

...To be precise, the support structure collapsed, causing the Ferris wheel to tilt.

However, if the tilt continues at this rate, and evacuation is not swift, the outcome may not be much better than a complete collapse.

Sano understood.

The black mask above leaped down, while the black death below began to surge upwards.

However, their primary targets were not the fake little girl and the fake little girl who had somehow ended up there and had been helped by Curaçao.

It was a power outage that caused the trio of real children to stop in mid-air after falling halfway down... Nobody knows why these guys ended up here.

The same thing happened with Yoshino at the Suzuki family's tower last time.

To say that these kids, one real and one fake, were simply courting death and acting recklessly isn't entirely accurate.

It must be the influence of the plague god aura after all.

Otherwise, Sano really couldn't understand how Kazami Yuya could bring a super criminal onto a Ferris wheel and even clean up the area, yet still manage to miss something.

Well, the focus isn't on these kids, of course, but on Curaçao.

If Sano was only skeptical before, now he can be certain that Gin-chan is truly planning to betray the organization and reform.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come back to save the little brat.

...I never expected that the trope of moving the villain and redeeming oneself would actually happen to me. This is truly a pleasant surprise.

That's right.