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The huge football field seemed to shrink to a room of only a few dozen square meters. The figures of the surrounding spectators gradually became blurred, and it seemed that only the three of them existed in the whole world.
The flow of time also began to slow down.
Chapter 208, Section 207: Gin: Is this discriminatory treatment?
The narration from the loudspeaker and the cheers from the audience all disappeared, leaving only the sound of footsteps on the ground.
The sound of footsteps seemed to pound on Conan and Ai Haibara's hearts, making their hearts beat in unison.
...Of course, this wasn't a feeling of being moved, but rather a feeling of being terrified.
Damn it, what is this guy doing here?!
In the instant that time resumed its flow, the fake child duo felt as if their scalps had exploded and their hearts were about to jump out of their throats.
...And for Sano, the way things turned out was also a bit unexpected.
Sano did want to scare the fake children duo to relieve his boredom, but he didn't expect that even though they were dozens of meters apart, Ai Haibara seemed to sense something.
That guy was shaking like a sieve. Even when Ai Haibara was still in the organization and was almost "killed," Sano had never seen him react like that.
...Could it be that my PTSD symptoms have worsened?
Of course, that's not important. What's important is that Ai Haibara was looking directly at him from behind.
This is clearly not an accident.
Keep in mind, Sano is wearing a casual hat right now, and in such a noisy environment, how did Ai Haibara manage to...?
How did they find themselves so "precisely"?
Could it be that he has installed a transmitter on himself?
Never mind, it's a trivial matter. The plan will proceed as usual.
Sano continued walking toward the duo without stopping.
Conan reacted quickly; after regaining his breath, he immediately turned back and rushed towards Ai Haibara, grabbing her and running in the direction they came from: "Quick, let's go, Haibara! Inspector Megure is still waiting for us!"
Ai Haibara was in a daze, being dragged along by Conan like a puppet.
Seeing Conan's somewhat disheveled figure, Sano's lips curled slightly, but he didn't do anything further.
...To be honest, Ai Haibara's reaction was bigger than Sano had imagined.
So even though Sano achieved his goal, he didn't manage to pull off the "face-to-face kill" he had envisioned, and it just felt like something was missing.
Should I pretend to follow them casually again?
Sano stared at the backs of the two fake children, lost in thought.
Meanwhile, Conan, who had just led Ai Haibara into a passageway, was cautiously peeking out to observe.
To his surprise, as soon as he poked his head out, he found that the other person's face was actually facing him.
What's going on? That guy's looking this way!?
Conan was startled and quickly pulled his head back, his brain buzzing.
Why keep staring at two ordinary-looking children?
Could it be that this guy saw photos of Ai Haibara when she was a child and noticed something was off?
And why is this guy here? Is he the other prisoner?
Wait a minute, didn't they say that Sano had already discovered the location of another criminal? If so, Inspector Megure should have already arrested him.
Or perhaps Sano's reasoning was wrong... No, it didn't say that this guy was another culprit.
Tsk, that's not the problem right now!
Conan shook his head. Maybe this guy was just here to watch the game, but in any case, this was undoubtedly a great opportunity to catch the opponent!
Conan quickly adjusted the voice changer in his bowtie, preparing to call Inspector Megure as Shinichi Kudo, hoping to apprehend him first before dealing with anything else.
Unexpectedly, the panicked voice that suddenly came from the other end of the earpiece the next second was another heavy blow to Conan's brain.
The other prisoner has already been shot dead.
And yet, without causing any disturbance, he fell into a pool of blood without warning; only the pistol in his arms could confirm his identity.
If Sano hadn't seen through the truth, and if Inspector Megure hadn't arrived with his men, it's possible that it would have taken much longer for them to be discovered.
how so.
Conan stared blankly, looking at his headphones, then at his phone, then at Ai Haibara, and finally peeked out, but the figure was already out of sight.
So what should I do next, and what have I actually done?
After blinking in confusion, Conan remained silent for a moment.
Meanwhile, Sano had safely left the arena after changing his disguise.
...Sano did not go any further intimidating the two fake children.
It wasn't that he was worried about scaring the two of them too much, but rather that Sano didn't have much time left, so he had to leave for the time being.
Anyway, there will be plenty of opportunities to scare people in the future, so there's no rush.
Sano was also quite looking forward to seeing if he could really scare the two fake children into having some kind of mental breakdown so they could go to the psychiatric ward to keep him company.
Midway through the mission, Sano switched back to his original identity and then targeted his second target, who was happily counting his money in a small room. He killed him and took the 50 million yen in stolen funds.
It's not easy to make such a long trip, so let's just consider this as the ticket money for these two guys to go to hell.
However, considering some minor troubles, Sano did not handle the money himself, but hid it in a secret place and sent a message to Gin asking him to arrange for someone to take care of it.
...Sano certainly didn't intend to hand over this money to the organization.
Although Sano is indeed in dire need of revenue, that kind of thing is a bottomless pit, and 50 million is not much; if you throw it in, it won't make much of a splash.
Even a simple task like Sano could generate more revenue than handing over the money, so it's more cost-effective for him to keep it himself.
Of course, Gin wasn't in as good a mood as Sano when he received Sano's message.
Good grief, they called this morning saying they were hospitalized and couldn't come out to do the mission, but this afternoon they messaged me saying they'd stolen some money and asked me to help them collect it.
play?
Who is the boss, really?
Gin didn't hesitate to make a phone call to Sano, asking him why he had come out.
Sano, of course, chose to tell the truth—that he had been asked by the police to help investigate the case and had picked up some money on the side.
This reason is certainly very valid.
...because, although legally speaking, not every mentally ill patient with a severe condition must be forcibly hospitalized.
The most important consideration is the wishes of family members—more precisely, the wishes of "guardians".
Unless the mentally ill patient has caused extremely negative impacts on public order, the authorities may take measures to force them into hospital.
Sano, a patient without a guardian, has not been sued and has no legal cases against him. Logically speaking, even if he has a mental illness, he should not be forcibly hospitalized.
But if things really escalate and become a serious matter, Sano is a famous detective, and he does have a few... "criminal records," so he will most likely still be forced to be hospitalized.
...Sano didn't know if the mental patients in his previous life had to follow such rules, but that's just how the world is.
Therefore, in order to ensure the "legitimacy" of one's identity, choosing to forcibly leave the hospital without official guarantee is definitely not a wise choice.
Gin, of course, understands this principle as well.
Despite understanding, Gin was still somewhat displeased.
After all, it was the same thing that Sano needed to do, but he couldn't do it, while others could, and it was even the police.
This is what makes people feel more and more frustrated when they compare things.
Even if there is a legitimate reason, it still feels like I'm being treated differently.
No, we really need to get this guy cured as soon as possible, or at least he should be discharged from the hospital.
After hanging up the phone, Gin thought to himself.
……
Sano is in the psychiatric ward for the third day.
When Sano first checked in, the brain CT scan report had already come out.
However, since Kyosuke Kazato was not present, the report was delivered to Sano by another doctor.
...Putting everything else aside, Sano remained silent upon seeing the report's findings.
Because this film actually shows that there is indeed an abnormal shadow in Sano's head.
According to the other party, this is definitely not a tumor or anything like that, but rather an abnormality that cannot be confirmed.
While this cannot be taken as conclusive evidence that Sano definitely has a mental illness, judging from the other person's tone and word choice, Sano can at least know that... in other people's eyes, the probability that he has a mental illness has increased again.
...That's absolutely outrageous.
Sano stared at the film in his hand, questioning his existence. He didn't feel that his thinking was any different from his previous life, so why did he have this trauma?
Meanwhile, a man in a white coat and red vest was silently watching Sano.
The former had a ponytail, while the latter had blond hair and dark skin.
Both of them wore nameplates around their necks that identified them.
Surgeon - Narumi Asai.
Volunteer – Tooru Amuro.
Sano was a little surprised to see the two of them, but not particularly surprised.
After the Tsukikage Island incident, it was only natural that Asai Narumi would leave that place of sorrow, and it was also perfectly normal for her to choose to come to Tokyo, the neon-lit city center.
As for Asai Narumi, being a doctor, it's not surprising that he took a job at a hospital to make a living.
Sano simply didn't expect that the other party would choose to join Beika General Hospital.
Asai Narumi and Sano's true identities have at least met once before, so it's only natural that they can't pretend they don't know each other when they meet again.