Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

"Wait……"

Koren stood up, first glancing at the direction of the door where the SWAT officers were scattered haphazardly, indicating that Rye hadn't just arrived. Then he looked at Asai Narumi over there, and instinctively wanted to follow: "What are you going to do?"

"Help!

Rye turned around and fired a bullet at Corin's feet: "You just stay outside and behave yourself. What you're about to see is not suitable for children, so don't watch it."

"what?"

Koren was completely bewildered as he watched as Rye raised her hand again and fired a bullet, blowing up the camera in the corner of the wall, before going into the bathroom and closing the door.

...You must have come all this way to rescue someone, right?

With a hesitant expression, Koren could only wait anxiously.

Meanwhile, Amuro Tooru, who had lost contact with the camera, was filled with shock.

Who is that?

Amuro Tooru subconsciously sought confirmation from Sano.

"Who else could it be?"

Sano put away his phone and said with a smile, "It's the rye you've been longing for."

Toru Amuro: "..."

I'm not blind, so of course I can recognize that it's rye.

The problem is, if that's rye over there, then who's next to me?

...The one on the other end is an imposter, a stand-in that Sano deliberately found to escape.

Although Amuro Tooru's first thought was this, considering that the person in the video had easily taken down more than a dozen SWAT officers with lightning speed, it didn't seem like an imposter that could be found easily.

The ability, and the high requirements this move places on trust and positional relationships.

Is he most likely an accomplice of the man in black?

The only problem lies in the methods used to create this stand-in.

Disguise, according to the information recorded in the rye file that Rum threw at him.

Sano can disguise himself... Amuro Tooru already knew this.

What's special is Sano's disguise technique, which is different from normal disguise techniques.

The most outrageous advantage is that Sano's disguise technique doesn't use a human skin mask; in other words, it's very difficult to find a flaw and expose him on the spot.

The disadvantage is that Sano's disguise technique can only be used by himself.

In other words.

Even if Sano had anticipated this step and wanted to become a stand-in, he wouldn't have the ability to do so, as Amuro Tooru would have guessed.

There are only three possibilities.

First, there are other people in the black-clad group who also know disguise techniques... whatever kind they are.

Second, Sano had other people who knew how to disguise themselves assist him.

Vermouth, or perhaps the Phantom Thief Kid... The former has an ambiguous relationship with Conan, and it's not impossible that Sano could use this as leverage to make her obedient. As for the latter, the two have had contact in many cases, although that guy's white suit doesn't look like he's dressed in black.

Even when the official team was creating the White Robe character, they considered bringing in Kaito Kid, but unfortunately they couldn't find anyone... but the possibility still exists.

The third and last one.

Sano is not rye... Amuro Tooru really doesn't want to admit that.

After all, the deliberate attempt is too obvious, so it can only be considered a possibility for now.

Let's put it aside for now.

Amuro propped his head up and stared straight at Sano: "You don't actually think you can get away with this by denying your rye identity, do you? Don't be naive. Even if we disregard the fact that the current situation has developed to the point where you can act without evidence, killing Rum in front of so many eyes under your own identity is enough to make you lose your peace."

Sano casually took out a cigarette and lit it.

"You seem to have misunderstood something again. I'm showing you this not to deny my identity as a rye, and I don't care about stability or instability. I just want to tell you that you're looking at things in a very one-sided way."

After throwing out a vague riddle at Amuro Tooru, Sano finally made his retreat. A short while later, perhaps due to a conflict with the guards outside, or perhaps because the guards sensed something was wrong after the explosion above and forced their way in to check on the officials, the alarm finally went off.

Then, faint sounds of commotion reached my ears.

Two guards ran over to where Amuro Tooru was, and after taking a quick look, they...

His expression changed drastically.

Without paying any attention to Amuro Tooru, who had just managed to get up, he turned and ran away again. When the last few explosions were heard, he went over to take a look and saw that the troops above had forcibly blown open the passage door that had been locked after Sano's side took control of the network system.

"...How is the situation?"

Amuro Tooru tried to inquire about the situation to see if it could be controlled.

One of the guards, who was probably the leader, turned around, glanced at Amuro Tooru from head to toe, and replied, "Ah, it's nothing. The latest orders from above have been issued. Nothing has happened, and nothing is allowed to be done... except to quickly capture these targets and send them to the prosecutor's office for prosecution and trial."

"Ok?"

Amuro Tooru was taken aback. His gaze shifted, and he saw a group of about thirty or forty people in suits being handcuffed and escorted away by soldiers.

……

Meanwhile.

Inside the White Robe base, Sano had successfully saved Asai Narumi's life.

cough.

Of course, before taking action, Sano first gave Asai Narumi a physical anesthetic.

At least the person is alright now.

However, after Asai Narumi and the other person left, Sano did not leave.

Instead, they stayed in the quiet bar.

...To be honest, Sano really didn't need to bring up Rye in front of Amuro Tooru again. If I had to give a reason, it would be his perverse sense of humor.

But what's done is done.

Sano naturally wouldn't mind making it even bigger.

...There was no need for Amuro Tooru to report from there. The authorities were still taking Koren and Asai Narumi quite seriously. In addition to the special police who went directly to the base to silence them, they also set up a lot of cordons around the area.

This is to prevent rollovers.

The fire is burning brighter and brighter, and as time drags on, we still can't get in touch with anyone.

These blockade lines were immediately tightened.

Despite this, Sano remained calm and composed. Instead, he sat down in front of the piano, raised his hands, and tried to get a feel for it.

The piano piece that Asai Shigemi had taught them earlier began to play in the fire.

...Playing the piano by firelight is a very sophisticated, elegant, and incredibly elegant thing to do. Sano has wanted to try it for a long time.

Now my wish has finally come true.

Asai Narumi, who had left through the bathroom window with Corin, only ran about a hundred meters before vaguely hearing the piano music and turning around.

"...Is this a farewell for us?"

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Koren also recognized it as a piano piece that Asai Narumi often played.

Although I don't understand why the rye is bouncy.

But this did not stop Koren from being deeply moved.

Asai Narumi, on the other hand, had rather complicated feelings... She originally thought she was about to die.

That's why I chose to indulge.

But now he's alive again... If he were to deny everything after getting back together, he'd be a scumbag.

Hmm...it seems a bit subtle.

"quick!"

Footsteps approached, and Asai Narumi quickly pulled Corin to hide for the time being.

"...Is that guy alright?"

"Hey, who do you think he is? You'd better hurry up and leave to avoid getting caught in the crossfire."

Koren interrupted Asai Narumi's pointless worry.

The two quietly avoided the group heading to the bar and retreated as far away as possible.

But about two or three minutes later.

A sudden wave of heat hit them from behind, causing them to instinctively turn around.

Then all that could be seen was a dazzling, towering flame.

"Holy crap..."

Koren instinctively shrank his neck and raised his hand to shield his eyes.

The flames that shot straight into the sky almost immediately receded back.

The two men adapted to the light very quickly.

Then, a quick glance revealed a still dazzling expanse of firelight.

It's hard to say about the horizontal perspective from left to right, because this area has an overall slope, and Koren and Asai Narumi are considered to be in a high position. However, from the vertical perspective from front to back, you can still see quite far.

It's already several hundred meters from here to the bar.

But the fire seemed to have spread beyond that point, drifting several hundred meters to the other side as well.

...Of course, this is just Coron's guess.

Because there's no way to see the end, you can only view it as symmetrical from both sides.

in other words.