Conan: I’m really not Tokyo Monster Story

The group of people quickly got out of the car, followed by Hattori Heiji and Conan who looked up and saw someone on the top of the building. They all ran up quickly, while Sano and the others stayed below.

A few minutes later, Conan and the two went downstairs with a man in his thirties.

...Of course this person is not the murderer who stupidly stayed up there after pushing people downstairs. He is just the owner of the coffee shop on the second floor. The reason why he appeared on the roof is because someone called him and said he saw him. There was a strange man on the roof, so he went up to check the situation.

"The time of death of the body was probably a day ago. This is probably the way the murderer was punished."

Hearing Hattori Heiji's murmur, Conan immediately asked: "What is the punishment?"

"That's right, stabbing the wallet on the chest with a knife and then stabbing it into the heart is exactly the same as the previous two cases."

Hattori Heiji didn't know whether he was answering Conan or not and muttered a few words to himself.

Before Conan could ask any more questions, a passerby who was watching suddenly became uncomfortable after hearing Hattori Heiji's words. She turned around and ran away in a panic. Finally, she got into a car and drove away quickly.

"Dammit, let her run away!"

Hattori Heiji, who failed to stop the aunt, looked unhappy, while Conan on the side was calm and composed: "Don't worry, I have written down her license plate number, but... shouldn't you give me an explanation first, Hattori? "

Behind, Haibara Ai stared at the two high school student detectives for a while, then turned to Sano, who had not moved much, and asked: "Why do you seem to be different from these two high school student detectives? Are you interested in this?" Aren’t you interested in pursuing a case?”

"Because I work part-time."

Sano glanced at the time, and then at the map, where Kiichiro Numabuchi was located, which was not in downtown Osaka.

If I continue at this pace, I'm afraid I'm going to get stuck again.

troublesome.

"Let's go to the police station together and I'll explain the situation to you."

Hattori Heiji originally planned to take Sano and others to the police station for a small meeting... Actually, he mainly wanted to communicate with Sano and Conan, and the others were just there in passing.

However, Sano rejected his proposal.

"You have to explain the situation first so that I can know whether I want to go or not."

"this……"

Hattori Heiji hesitated for a moment, but finally chose to explain the situation directly.

It turns out that a few days ago, two murder cases occurred in two different places in Osaka. The death of the deceased was very similar to today's. Both were stabbed through the wallet on the chest with a knife, and then stabbed into the heart.

Because both cases have been suppressed and have not been reported, the possibility of copycat killings is almost zero.

…That’s all.

To put it bluntly, this incident is likely to be a serial murder case, and the current clues are also almost zero.

Knew it.

Sasaki already had an idea and said to Hattori Heiji: "You go ahead, I won't go."

"ha?"

Hattori Heiji and Conan both looked at Sano in confusion: "If you don't come with us, where do you want to go? Or do you already have an idea?"

"No, I just have something I want to do."

Sano's denial brings some relief to the... well, high school detective duo.

The two of them thought that Sano, the monster, had discovered the key again at a speed beyond normal speed. It turned out not to be the case. That's good...it didn't seem right either.

It should be a good thing that the case can be solved. As a high school detective, how can I not want the case to be solved just because I am not as fast as others in solving cases.

Sin, sin, sin...

"Anyway, that's it, see you later."

Sano waved his hand and prepared to leave, but after walking more than ten meters, he stopped again, turned his head expressionlessly, looked at the equally expressionless Haibara Ai and asked.

"Why are you following me?"

"Can't I follow you?"

"...Yes, provided you can keep up."

Sano suddenly accelerated his speed. Haibara Ai wanted to continue to keep up, but unexpectedly, after bypassing a passerby, he disappeared from sight.

...Why did this guy disappear so quickly?

After looking around and failing to find Sano, Haibara Ai took a deep breath and could only turn around and follow Hattori Heiji's police car to the police station.

In a shadow on the street, Sano, who had changed his vest and changed his clothes, watched the police car leave, then turned around and took a taxi, heading to where Kiichiro Numabuchi was.

In fact, the reason why Sano would agree to team up with Conan and these troublesome guys to come to Osaka is very simple.

That is the situation is troublesome enough as it is.

Numabuchi Kiichiro's mission description is similar to Sano's previous mission of catching criminals.

They all have to be caught and sent to the police station, which means they have to have a name.

But in fact, Numabuchi Kiichiro is the target of the organization.

Sano caught this guy, even if he didn't report it, he should have silenced him and sent him to the police station. It would be too unreliable.

Even if it is sent in the name of a vest, there will still be some trouble.

Some time ago, Sano was busy completing missions every day, but suddenly there was no news. The next second, Black Death or Black Mask caught Kiichiro Numabuchi in Osaka.

...Of course, people who don't know anything will not feel anything is wrong, but for Gin, a paranoid patient who is already suspicious of Sano.

The problem is huge.

It doesn’t work with my true identity, and neither does my vest identity, so what else can I do?

Sano had thought about creating a new... imaginary vest or even a real vest and sending it there in his name, but he didn't know if such a method would work.

If it works, forget it. If it doesn't, Sano himself will be the loser.

After thinking about it, Sano still felt that it would be better to send Kiichiro Numabuchi in his true identity.

As for whether Gin will be held accountable later.

It's none of your business, I don't know anything.

Who is Numabuchi Kiichiro?

Sorry, I have never heard of or seen it before coming to Osaka.

How could Sano remember the name and photo of a little guy?

Anyway, everyone has been arrested. If Gin has any dissatisfaction, then send another silence mission. Sano will be responsible for going in and solving it.

What a big deal.

Although Sano knew that this reason was a bit nonsense, it was already the best development.

...Well, the main reason is that Sano is too lazy to have a headache.

This was the best solution Sano came up with before it was completely ruined.

If this doesn't work, then Sano won't bother to care about it and just do whatever he wants.

Although if you use a vest to deal with it, it will be considered suspicious at best, but in fact, it is only a little short of breaking your face.

The problem, just like the core of most cases, is that the suspect cannot be identified.

Once you have a goal, it will be two completely different situations from aimlessly looking for a needle in a haystack.

The most important thing about many things is that one has to calculate mentally but not intentionally.

At least if someone else is in Sano's position, and Sano is responsible for finding the "evidence" that he is the Black Mask or the Black Death, there is no way he can find it.

After all, no matter how different two people are, they are still just one person.

No matter how perfect the disguise technique is, it is not a clone technique.

As long as you keep an eye on it, the horse's feet will always be exposed.

Perhaps relying on Sano's plug-in, this kind of trick would not have any legal effect in court, but for criminals like Gin, it is enough.

As for how to deal with this problem, Sano doesn't have any clue yet, the only countermeasure is.

Drag word trick.

After all, Sano doesn't intend to sell himself to the organization. One day he will get tired of playing this game. By then, it won't matter whether he is suspected or whether he is even proven wrong.

It's like cheating in the first month of high school and not being found out until after the college entrance exam. It's useless.

...To put it even more exaggeratedly, whether Sano will still be alive by then, or whether he still wants to continue living, is another matter.

No one can predict the future development. It is really not Sano's style to worry about the future now. If he can ensure that there are no problems now, then everything will be fine.

With this idea in mind, Sano soon came to a mountain. After groping, he came to a wooden house in the mountain.

According to the map, Kiichiro Numabuchi's location should be on the second floor, but Sano did not find a staircase leading to the second floor in this wooden house.

Sano looked around, and finally fixed his gaze on a corner of the ceiling. If he looked carefully, he could vaguely see four gaps connected to form a square.

Is it a secret passage in the secret pavilion?

Sano stepped on the edge of the window next to him, jumped into the air and climbed up the beam, pushing up the ceiling, and then turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone, illuminating the dim second floor.

Numabuchi Kiichiro, who was handcuffed in the corner, instinctively blocked the dazzling white light with his hands. His cowering look revealed his inner fear.

found it.

Sano turned over and walked towards Numabuchi Kiichiro.

And the pure black coat on Sano's body made Kiichiro Numabuchi's body start to tremble crazily... just like a certain sieve.

"You, don't come here!!"

Looking at Kiichiro Numagachi, whose face was full of fear, Sano grinned: "Scream, even if your throat is broken by screaming, no one will come to save you."

……Um?

Something doesn't seem right.

Are the character positions reversed?

Forget it, it's all trivial matters.

However, what surprised Sano next was that Numabuchi Kiichiro, a guy who looked so thin that his bones would break if he touched him, actually exploded with explosive power beyond ordinary people when he came to him.

A whip kick nearly knocked Sano over.

Is the organization's semi-finished medicine actually so powerful?

Sano grabbed Kiichiro Numabuchi's calf with his backhand, and threw out the Hammer of Justice with his other hand.

In this case, you can't blame yourself.

"ah!!!"

A blood-curdling scream rang out from the mountain hut.

…

On the other end, after Conan, Haibara Ai, Hattori Heiji, and the police officer named Sakata found the escaped aunt based on the license plate number provided by Conan, they found that the other party had been killed, and then accidentally discovered that "she had been killed." The clue "the wallet with the knife pierced through the chest" probably represents the driver's license.

So after some investigation, we finally found what the four deceased people had in common.

That is, they all studied in the same class at the same driving school.