Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

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...Are you going to buy medicine for mouth ulcers?

Sano glanced at the pharmacy, which was only a dozen meters in front of the little girl, lit a cigarette, and made no move, as if he was waiting for something.

Just as the little girl arrived at the pharmacy entrance, Sano took a deep breath and suddenly let out a howl.

"chewing gum!"

"Mouth ulcers, chewing gum, chewing gum..."

The cheerful little girl pushed open the pharmacy door, handed the cashier without hesitation, and shouted loudly and confidently, "Boss, give me a box of chewing gum!"

"..."

Seeing that he had successfully led this real loli astray, Sano's unhappy mood suddenly improved a lot. He hummed a little tune and hailed a taxi on the side of the road.

Soon, Sano arrived near the six unruly children.

The sun has completely set.

Sano, who had changed his clothes, followed and observed from a short distance away, using a passerby hat as a cover.

As expected, in addition to the original four-person dog rider squad, Sano also saw Ai Haibara.

The other one was a little boy I'd never seen before.

I don't know if it's just an ordinary naughty kid or another fake child.

These mischievous kids, for reasons unknown, were currently standing in front of a bookstore talking to a middle-aged man in a suit.

Sano glanced at the mission time limit, which was less than half an hour away.

So far, Sano doesn't seem to have noticed any danger.

After all, even though it's dark now, it's still a busy main road, and there's even a police station right next to Sano.

I really can't see what's wrong.

Forget it, let's keep a close eye on it.

Meanwhile, Conan was listening intently to the man in front of him gossiping.

...Conan's experience today was also very simple.

A strange transfer student joined the class and was dragged into joining Ayumi and her two mischievous friends' dog knight—no, I mean detective boy group.

Then, the Dog Knights squad received a rare commission today.

And surprisingly, it was a legitimate commission.

That was to help a classmate find his missing brother.

After Conan and his friends went to the classmate's house and searched the classmate's brother's room, they successfully found some clues.

That's the other party's brother, who was very likely kidnapped by some organization to manufacture counterfeit money!

More importantly, Conan heard the other party's description of someone who seemed to have kidnapped his brother, which sounded very much like the Black Organization member who shrunk his body!

After finally finding a man who was using counterfeit money and was suspected of being a member of the organization, Conan planted a transmitter on him to avoid involving the children around him. However, he still lost track of him.

We searched all the way here before finally arriving.

...and at the same time, they discovered that the children had also followed them.

But that's not important anymore. What's important is that the real estate agent in front of us said that the newspaper office right next to the police station had just received a batch of printing presses recently!

Is it really possible for someone to be so brazen as to print counterfeit money right next to a police station?

Conan recalled what happened yesterday.

A white-haired madman fired seven shots in front of the police and then walked away unharmed.

...Suddenly, I felt that things of this magnitude seemed quite normal.

However, to be fair, perhaps the other party is taking advantage of the "impossible" mentality of ordinary people and is trying to undermine them.

"Alright, that's impossible now. It's already dark, so let's stop playing this detective game and go home."

After uttering his last words, the middle-aged man turned and left.

After watching from across the street for a while, Sano, after some discussion among the six mischievous kids, suddenly crossed the street together and went to the police station next door to report a crime.

Sano listened for a while and heard that the Otsuma newspaper office on the third floor next door was printing counterfeit money and had even kidnapped people.

...So the dangerous factor this time is this newspaper?

Sano rubbed his fingers thoughtfully.

The two policemen over there clearly didn't believe what Conan and his kids were saying, laughing and saying that they had watched too many movies—which inexplicably reminded Sano of a famous line from a certain mermaid movie.

After all, they are just two extras, how could they possibly understand the abilities of Detective Conan?

Of course, under normal circumstances, it's not impossible for Sano to think that Conan's reasoning might be wrong.

However, time is running out for this mission, and Sano doesn't believe that Jing could find new troubles besides this.

But then again, how am I supposed to make my entrance this time?

Forget about rye vests.

Black Death, or Black Mask?

It seems a bit too deliberate for Ai Haibara to reveal her true identity so soon after joining the main characters.

Sano pondered for a few seconds, watched as Conan said, "You guys stand here and don't move," and then ran off, pulling the Hammer of Justice out of his backpack.

Let's give Rice Hammer Hero a much-needed boost this time.

Sano twirled the Hammer of Justice, his fingers gently rubbing the ram's horns.

...It doesn't seem like it's been that long, but it feels like I haven't used this hammer in ages, even though I don't really need it most of the time now.

Sano smacked his lips, thinking, "A few days without it feels like three autumns."

...Although according to the timeline of this world, it seems that three autumns have indeed passed.

Sano turned his head to look at the police station entrance again.

Although Conan said "Stay here and don't move" before leaving, he was not the father of these children, so of course they wouldn't obey him.

Conan's "instructions" only made the mischievous kids more restless.

...Tsk, he really hasn't been beaten up enough.

Sano looked at the five unruly children, including Ai Haibara, the fake little girl, and after saying to the two policemen, "We will definitely find the evidence," he quickly ran up the stairs of the building next door and followed them.

Chapter 196, page 195: Rice Hammer Hero, Limited-Time Return!

We arrived at the third floor.

The newspaper office was empty, even though the lights were on.

After a brief moment of alertness, the group of mischievous children quickly relaxed their guard and began rummaging through the newspaper office.

Then Mitsuhiko pulled out a large sheet of counterfeit money that hadn't been cut yet and seemed to be incomplete.

"There's no mistake now, Junye's brother was definitely kidnapped by them, and we have the evidence. Let's go down and tell the police!"

Sano stood in the corridor outside, observing coldly through the window, without any intention of going in.

...Anyway, there's still some time left in the mission, so this brat won't cause any problems.

As usual, let's give these guys a good jolt first.

Otherwise, how can they learn to be obedient?

...Even though they had been provoked before, these naughty kids still showed no signs of becoming well-behaved.

But it doesn't matter, it's nothing. The reason Sano wanted to provoke these kids wasn't entirely to make them obedient, he was just in a bad mood and wanted to see them in a bad mood too.

"Clatter, clatter."

Suddenly, Sano twitched his ears and heard a series of hurried footsteps.

After concealing himself for a moment, Sano turned his head and saw Conan rushing over, panting heavily.

Conan arrived at the newspaper office and, upon hearing the voices of several mischievous children inside, visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

Conan really didn't expect that while he was just going to get some reinforcements, those mischievous kids had already come up ahead of him.

Fortunately, nothing bad has happened yet. We need to get them away quickly and wait for Inspector Megure to arrive with his men.

However, just as Conan placed his hand on the doorknob, Sano, who was hiding in the shadows, swung out the Hammer of Justice.

Idiot, can't you even sense someone behind you?

The cold muzzle of the gun was pressed against the back of Conan's head, instantly freezing his expression.

"Little friend, the detective game is over."

Conan turned around in surprise, and behind him was a fat man wearing sunglasses and a headscarf, with a savage smile on his face.

However, in the very next second, the tension on Conan's face vanished instantly, and the anesthetic watch he had opened closed again.

"It's time for the kidnappers' game to end."

Seeing the mocking smile suddenly appear on Conan's face, the fat man didn't immediately understand what the other person meant and subconsciously asked in surprise, "What?"

"Boom!"

"boom!"

His heavy body collapsed to the ground.

In the dark corridor, the cigarette butt dangling from Sano's mouth glowed with a hint of crimson.

"call……"

After exhaling a puff of smoke, Sano glanced coldly at the fat man he had knocked unconscious on the ground.

"You talk too much nonsense, no wonder you'll only ever be a minor villain."

"Sano!..."

Seeing the fat man being taken down instantly, Conan immediately suppressed his voice and called out the name of his good teammate in surprise.

What are you doing here?