Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

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Sano looked at the boy, who seemed even younger than himself and appeared withdrawn, and nodded thoughtfully: "Anything else?"

"There is indeed one more."

Kenichi Ito straightened his hospital gown and pointed to himself with a grin: "That's me."

"you?"

Sano couldn't help but chuckle: "So, who are you? Do you have any special skills?"

"Hey, no, not at all."

Ito Taka, with a smug grin, said, "I just enjoy making friends and know a lot of people. You could say I'm... taking advantage of my master's power?"

"Are you praising yourself or belittling yourself?"

Sano looked at Ito Taka with great interest.

"Hehe, I just want to deepen my relationship with my master."

Ito Taka chuckled.

"Alright, enough joking around, let's go play."

Sano clapped his hands and shouted, "We're missing one player for Dou Dizhu! Come on over!"

While Sano was encouraging his fellow patients to play cards, Conan, along with his squad members and Inspector Megure, were worrying about the sky.

That's right, Conan has encountered a case yet again.

And this case is no ordinary one.

Conan and his friends came to watch a football game today, but unexpectedly, a bullet pierced the football that had just rolled off the stands.

At the same moment, the director of the Japanese television station responsible for broadcasting the game received a threatening phone call, stating that if 50 million yen in cash was not prepared before halftime, a random spectator would be shot and killed from among the 56,000 spectators in the stadium.

Therefore, Inspector Megure, who received the emergency call, led his team to the scene.

Inspector Megure initially suspected it was a prank, but to his surprise, Conan actually dug the bullet out of the ground.

This makes the existence of this unusual "hijacking" incident truly valid.

Furthermore, because the robber described Ai Haibara, who was wearing a hat, as a little boy in the threatening phone call, Conan deduced that the robbers must have been working in a team of at least two people.

In other words, we must not act rashly, otherwise it could very likely cause a mass casualty incident.

Therefore, Inspector Megure had no choice but to remain inactive and conduct covert investigations.

During the halftime break, when it was time to hand over the money to the robbers as agreed, Inspector Megure and his men laid an ambush and caught one of the robbers who came to collect the money. However, they were surprised to find that the robber's gun was not found, and his cell phone was still working.

Then Inspector Megure and the others were threatened again, not only had they let the robber leave with the money, but they also had to prepare another 1 billion yen in cash before the end of the competition.

...But among the eight suspects identified by the TV station director during the second phone call, none of them showed any unusual behavior at this point.

The situation has reached a complete deadlock.

"No, we definitely can't solve this problem on our own."

Inspector Megure clapped his hands: "Right, Mouri, let's get him to come and help!"

"...But Uncle Mori is already injured and hospitalized."

Conan said helplessly that even if Kogoro Mouri hadn't been hospitalized, he didn't think the other party could have helped in any way.

It's highly likely that they'll only make things worse by trying to help.

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure recalled that Kogoro Mouri had called the police the previous night, claiming a murder had occurred at the hospital, but when they arrived, they found nothing and the case was dismissed as a "mistake."

"Since Mori-kun isn't up to it, what about Sano-kun? Sano-kun might be even better than Mori-kun..."

Before Inspector Megure could finish speaking, Conan interrupted him again, saying helplessly, "Sano is also in the hospital."

Inspector Megure stared blankly at Conan, grabbing his arm: "You're not kidding me, are you? I know Mori is in the hospital, but how could Sano be in the hospital too?"

"I'm not kidding you. Actually, we accompanied Sano... to his follow-up appointment yesterday, and he was diagnosed with mental illness. He's currently under observation in the hospital."

Upon hearing Conan's explanation, Inspector Megure, as well as Wataru Takagi and Miwako Sato, were all stunned.

"Emperor, mentally ill!?"

"yes……"

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. We might as well try anything, at least Brother Sano isn't physically injured right now."

Inspector Megure gritted his teeth, took out his phone, and made a call to Sano.

I need your help, Sano-kun!

When Sano received Inspector Megure's call, he was both surprised and uninterested.

"It's not that I don't want to help you, Inspector Megure. It's just a few words. I'm not Sherlock Holmes. What can I possibly figure out from that?"

...He was in the hospital himself and still asked me to help him. Doesn't he have any humanity or self-respect?

"That's why I asked you to be discharged from the hospital and come over!"

Inspector Megure earnestly advised, "I just heard Conan say that you didn't want to stay there either, but were forced to. I can easily report it for you, saying you're assisting with an investigation, and ask you to leave!"

"Discharged? Leave? Are you kidding me?"

Sano said lazily, "Who said I didn't want to stay here?"

"Everyone here is so talented, and they all speak so nicely. I love it here! Hey, a royal flush, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, a straight, a pair of diamonds, hey, I won! Time to get the goods!"

Chapter 206, page 205: You'd better stay away from me, I'm out of my mind.

"What? No stock? What the hell are you playing Dou Dizhu if you have no stock? Damn it, break one of his arms to pay off the debt!"

Hearing the voice coming from Inspector Megure's phone speaker, Conan and the others, who were gathered in a circle, couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"...It's really surprising, I didn't expect him to adapt so well."

Ai Haibara muttered something, whether as a sarcastic remark or something else, which made Conan's dead fish eyes look even more lifeless.

What's with this weird sense of harmony? It's just so ridiculous.

Or is it that Sano's mental illness is indeed severe, and he gets along so well with that group of mental patients?

Like-minded?

Does this mean they've found their tribe?

"Alright, alright, that's enough. I'm busy playing cards, so I'll hang up now..."

"Hey, hey, Sano, I have the lives of 56,000 people to deal with! How can your card game be more important than this?"

In the corridor of Beika General Hospital, Sano looked at the pile of fritters in his hand, curled his lip, and thought that trying to convince himself with a little moral blackmail was a bit too condescending.

You have to understand that Sano's mission is to stay here for seven days, and the mission time limit is only seven days. Who knows if he leaves now and comes back later, will it be counted as staying one day less?

Furthermore, it's one thing to find the murderer among a few people, but to find two robbers among 56,000 people? You might as well rely on Conan.

Before Sano could hang up, another system notification came.

[Please kill the mission target. Completion will reward you with 100 enhancement points. Mission time remaining: 00:59:59.]

"..."

Sano pulled up the system map and glanced at the two red dots.

...Since the mission that requires going out has been triggered, whether you sneak out quietly and without anyone noticing, or you have a legitimate reason to go out openly, it shouldn't count as skipping hospital stays, right?

Sano thought about it for a moment. In any case, if he didn't go out, he would definitely lose one harvest, and if he went out, there was a small chance that he would lose one harvest. The choice was obvious.

Even if we go to a deeper level, failing a mission after going out to the hospital is still better than losing a seemingly simple mission after staying here for seven days.

...Although after this day, Sano was no longer so resistant to being hospitalized—his words just now weren't entirely an excuse. If he did initially not want to be stuck here, he now felt that these fellow patients were indeed quite interesting.

but.

A hospital bed is never as comfortable as your own doghouse.

"You just said you're in that... arena, right?"

Sano asked Inspector Megure on the other end of the phone.

"Ah, yes..."

"Call the hospital right away, I'll be there right now."

"Oh, that's great! I'll call right away!"

Inspector Megure, who was initially in a hurry, immediately hung up the phone with a smile when Sano agreed, and then made another call.

When Conan heard that Sano was coming, his tense nerves relaxed a little, but a renewed passion was also ignited within him.

I can have another showdown with Sano, and I absolutely cannot lose this time!

Turning around, Conan was met with the three real kids standing stiff as pins to the ground. His deadpan expression returned: "What are you guys doing...?"

"They originally wanted to go back in to help find the criminals."

Ai Haibara, with her hands behind her back, explained, "Although I haven't dared to move since Inspector Megure made a phone call to Sano."

"Haiyuan!"

Genta looked at Ai Haibara with a serious expression and said, "Sano-nii is our elder. How can you call him by his first name? Remember to call him 'nii' from now on!"

Ai Haibara didn't say anything more, she just shrugged at Conan.

...Soon, amidst the envious gazes of the group of mental patients, Sano swaggered out of Beika General Hospital and rode at full speed to the location of the mission target.

Inspector Megure, who had been waiting outside, quickly came forward and began explaining the situation: "Brother Sano, the current situation is like this..."

After listening briefly, Sano said, "Alright, I understand. I'll go find the clues myself. You guys go ahead with your work," and then entered the arena alone.

But before Sano could go inside, he was stopped at the door.

"Sir, please show me your ticket."

ticket?

Sano paused for a moment, then thought, "Tsk, Inspector Megure didn't even arrange this properly. Oh well, I'll make up for it first and then have him reimburse me later."

"How much."

Seeing Sano take out his wallet, the ticket checker quickly interrupted, "I'm sorry, sir, but tickets are sold out. There's no such thing as a replacement ticket. Please understand."