Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

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"What!?"

Startled once again, Teiji Moriya snatched Inspector Megure's phone and roared as he recounted the location where he had planted the bomb: "The bomb is right there! How can it not be there? Are you blind?!"

"...No, it's really not there. I've searched that place two or three times already."

The phone slipped and fell to the ground.

Moriya Teiji collapsed to the ground, utterly dejected, muttering repeatedly, "Impossible," "This is impossible."

"Oh, right, there's more!"

Suddenly, as if remembering something, Moriya Teiji looked at Inspector Megure, who was picking up his phone with a pained expression, and rattled off a dozen or so place names.

"I've also planted bombs in these places. Quickly send them to check if anything has happened!"

Looking at Teiji Moriya, who seemed to be clinging to the last vine on the edge of a cliff, or even pleading with him, Inspector Megure was somewhat speechless.

...After all, so many major events happened today, all related to bombs. If there had been an explosion elsewhere, how could I not have known?

Moriya Teiji probably sensed Inspector Megure's thoughts and quickly explained that he had used an ignition device instead of a high-powered bomb, which might be treated as an accidental fire.

Hearing this, Inspector Megure could only make a call to the office with suspicion, and a minute later he looked expressionlessly at Teiji Moriya, whose face was full of hope.

"It seems not, all the places you mentioned are perfectly intact."

"..."

Moriya Teiji collapsed to the ground, utterly despairing.

Just seconds later, Moriya Teiji suddenly erupted again, struggling to be restrained by the two police officers.

"You must be lying to me. That's right, that brat Shinichi Kudo definitely defused the bomb. Why would you lie to me and say there was no bomb?!"

Looking at Teiji Moriya, who was waving his handcuffed hands, his eyes bloodshot, and his face contorted in a ferocious expression, Inspector Megure sighed helplessly and patted him on the shoulder.

"To tell you the truth, apart from the bombs in this skyscraper and your house, all the bombs on the East Metropolis Loop Line, as well as the bombs you put in the remote-controlled airplane and the cat carrier, have all disappeared. Not only us, but even Shinichi Kudo doesn't know where those bombs went."

Teiji Moriya caught his breath again, staring blankly at Inspector Megure, still muttering, "This is impossible."

"That's impossible!"

"If it wasn't Shinichi Kudo, who else could, and who else had the ability to stop the explosion!?"

"Oh right, Beika Hammer Man, another high school detective, Shinichiro Sano, it was him! He must have seen through the truth and taken my bomb!"

Teiji Moriya felt that he had found hope again.

That's right, Shinichi Kudo may not be capable, but that doesn't mean others aren't. His bomb certainly didn't disappear for no reason. As long as we know who took it, none of this is entirely meaningless.

Hearing this, Conan raised an eyebrow. Now that he mentioned it, putting aside bomb disposal, Sano does seem to have the ability to find bombs. It's just a pity that it couldn't be him, because—

"What are you talking about? Brother Sano isn't in Tokyo right now; he's traveling."

Inspector Megure directly refuted Teiji Moriya's words, extinguishing Moriya's last hope.

After a moment of stunned silence, Moriya Teiji knelt on the ground, clutching his head, and began to cry and laugh, shouting and screaming like a madman.

"It's all fake, it's all fake!"

"That's right, the bomb was fake too, that's why it didn't explode. What you're saying is all fake, and you're all fake too!"

"The police are fake, Shinichi Kudo is fake, the buildings I designed are fake, and I am fake too!"

Moriya Teiji's roar suddenly stopped, and he looked at his hands with a bewildered expression: "Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do? Hahahaha, who am I? Who am I?!"

"..."

Conan snapped out of his daze, blinking his eyes. Had this guy gone mad from the shock?

Looking at the somewhat chaotic scene not far away, Sano, who had deliberately stayed behind, felt as if he had just watched a good show.

...It's just that I defused a few bombs, why are you crying like a four or five hundred-month-old baby?

This kid is still too attached to appearances.

After shaking his head and sighing, Sano stopped watching and turned to leave.

Chapter 180, page 179: Karen is here to fight!

After a busy day, bomb disposal expert Master Zuo was finally able to stop working overtime and go home.

Before returning home, Sano passed by the door of the house next door—the room of the unfortunate man who died at Gin's hands—and was surprised to find that the door was wide open, and the sound of a television could be faintly heard from inside.

...What's going on? Someone actually rented this haunted house?

Sano tilted his head in surprise.

Because it was a room where someone had died, even though the rent for the room had been reduced again and again, Sano had not seen anyone willing to rent it.

...To be honest, Sano had actually planned to rent it, but seeing the downward trend in rent, he felt he could wait for another wave of bargain hunting. However, he didn't expect that someone else would beat him to it.

It's a bit of a shame, but there's nothing we can do about it.

Anyway, although the rent for Sano's own room didn't drop much, it did drop, so it wasn't a loss.

Sano hadn't originally planned to investigate anything further, but the next second, a childish voice came from inside the house saying "Kamen Rider transformation," and he involuntarily stopped in his tracks.

...It wasn't for any other reason, but the voice sounded familiar.

Sano recalled the little girl he had found at his doorstep after the Shenlong mission a while ago, and then the little girl he had bumped into downstairs a while ago, who thought he was going to steal her lollipop.

It turns out it's a haunted house next door.

From this perspective, it's even more understandable that the other side guarded the wrong goal.

Sano stroked his chin, poked his head in through the door, and saw the little girl, still wearing the same floral dress, imitating Kamen Rider on TV, clenching her two little fists and kicking the air. The soles of her white socks were visibly black—she had probably sneaked out to play again. She was also making "hehe ha hey" sounds.

The so-called Kamen Rider is a tokusatsu drama in this world, roughly similar to Kamen Rider Armor Hero in Sano's previous life, and it seems to be quite popular with children.

Sano glanced around and, not seeing anyone else in the house, raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Little girl, where are your parents?"

The little girl turned around and immediately smiled when she saw Sano: "Ah, it's that uncle from the other day!"

The next second, the little girl's smile faded, replaced by a serious expression: "Wait a minute, Mommy said that anyone who just barges into someone else's house is bad..."

"Did you see me come in?"

Sano interrupted the little girl's rambling.

The little girl choked for a moment, then looked closely and realized that only Sano's head had poked through the door, and she couldn't help but slowly tap a few dots.

"Where's my door?"

The little girl suddenly perked up, put her hands on her hips as if she had discovered a weakness in the enemy, and said confidently, "Mom said that only thieves can open other people's doors without a key!"

"Did you turn it off?"

Sano asked another probing question, leaving the little girl stunned. She scratched the back of her head in confusion: "No, it's not closed."

"Oh."

Sano smirked and let out a disdainful laugh: "You probably didn't even know you'd been sold out."

After saying that, Sano closed the door for the little girl and went back to his house next door.

Sano didn't have the time or inclination to deal with a little girl right now. He knew that his busy day hadn't been in vain.

For someone as petty as Sano to spare Moriya Teiji's life... how could such a debt of gratitude be small?

"Perform random enhancement."

With 600 enhancement points gone, Sano underwent another enhancement.

"Random enhancement in progress. Congratulations, host, your accessory has been enhanced successfully..."

Upon hearing the system notification, Sano paused for a moment before calmly grabbing the system map to locate the new enhancement.

...Sano is not a person who likes to buy clothes. He only needs a few pieces to change into, let alone accessories such as necklaces, bracelets, and pendants.

When Sano first got the Hundred Transformations Vest, he needed to experiment with its effects, so he bought a whole bunch of them. After the experiments were over, they were all left to gather dust in a corner.

Unexpectedly, the one being upgraded this time was one of them, and it was... this kind of thing.

Sano looked at the doll in his hand, which was only a third the size of his palm. On the doll's head was a small oval button.

A pendant is something that can be hung anywhere you want.

Including but not limited to keys, zippers, backpacks, belts, and mobile phones.

However, that's not important. What's important is the detailed introduction of the enhanced item in front of Sano.

Enhancement item name: Kamen Rider keychain.

Grade: A.

effect:

1. Superman (Agility attribute +100).

2. Mask (When you hold this enhancement item and say "transform", you can enter the Mask form).

3. Knight Kick (Used on a designated target, it multiplies the force of the next kick received by ten).

Limitations: The masked form will automatically deactivate when severely damaged; Rider Kick cannot be used again for 24 hours after each use.

Note: I'm just a Kamen Rider (crossed out) Superman passing by!

"..."

silence.

Silence is the masked superhero tonight.

Sano really didn't expect that not long ago he had complained that his style was a bit like Kamen Rider, and now he had actually become Kamen Rider. Oh no, according to the wording modified by the system, he should be called Kamen Rider.

Especially since I just happened to see Kamen Rider playing at the little girl's house next door.

Is the dog system doing this on purpose?

After taking a deep breath and shaking off those irrelevant thoughts, Sano stood up, held the Kamen Rider keychain in his hand, hesitated for a second, and then shouted "Transform!" with a hint of embarrassment.

Regardless, this is at least an A-grade enhancement item. In terms of limitations, it is very small, and we don't know how effective it will be. We must test it as soon as possible.

After Sano shouted "Henshin!", he immediately entered the so-called "masked form".

In just a moment, Sano was wearing a new set of clothes.