Conan: I'm Really Not Tokyo Ghost Story

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The researcher still ignored Sano, which made him purse his lips. These guys with their abnormal fanaticism for science were always like this, like madmen.

Compared to this, Sano suddenly felt that Shiho Miyano was quite cute.

At least they're pleasing to the eye, and they can even talk.

After leaving the experimental site, Sano naturally prepared to go home, but while he was still halfway there, the system suddenly sent a mission trigger notification.

"Beep, system task has been triggered."

[Please rescue three innocent bear (crossed out) children. Completion will earn you fifty enhancement points. Remaining time for the mission: 2:59:59.]

Sano: "..."

Is that crossout for real?

Sano pulled up the system map, glanced at it, and immediately told the taxi driver to turn around.

To reiterate, although there is no evidence, Sano has reason to suspect that these are the members of the Dog Knight Squad.

For some reason, it seems that this time it wasn't them who deliberately committed the crime, but rather that they were innocently implicated.

But if these three unlucky guys were affected by Conan, that troublemaker, then why isn't Conan mentioned in the mission details?

No, it's also possible that Conan is among them, but one of the kids isn't there today, or maybe that scoundrel Conan harmed someone but got away with it.

Well, that makes sense.

Soon, Sano arrived at a park.

Sano glanced at the sign at the entrance before entering the park: Jinchuan Green Park.

...Never heard of it. The only park name Sano can remember is Beika Park.

After finding a secluded corner and putting on a casual hat, Sano quickly switched to his black vest without his special attack suit, and then went after the three little red dots.

On the lawn by the river, Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi, three little rascals, were playing with a remote-controlled airplane.

It really was them...

Sano glanced around, wondering what dangers they might encounter in public.

Unable to find anything amiss, Sano pulled up the system map again to check the terrain, when he saw a small red dot suddenly flash and then disappear.

Ok?

Ok? ? ?

What the heck? He just flashed past in a flash?

Sano tilted his head in surprise, bewildered by this sudden turn of events.

There were clearly only three mission objectives, how could this be...?

Wait a moment.

Sano suddenly remembered that besides serving as a location and navigation tool when needed for certain missions, his system map also had an enhancement item that could also be used for location purposes.

Chapter 176, 175: Gin, do you want a bomb or not?

Recalling the headline in the newspaper he had seen on Shiho Miyano's desk earlier about the theft of the Japanese gunpowder depot, Sano became even more certain.

...I just said something was going to go wrong, and here it is, tsk tsk tsk.

However, this means that the mission may be more dangerous than I imagined.

The newspaper only used the adjective "a lot" to describe the amount of stolen explosives, without specifying the exact quantity.

Of course, Sano didn't think that the so-called "large quantity" would be like the small stones he casually threw, only capable of killing a few people at close range.

This is most likely intended for large-scale attacks.

Such a dangerous mission, and the reward is only fifty enhancement points? The system is too greedy! Be careful, or you might end up hanging from a street lamp!

...Of course, despite saying that, Sano definitely doesn't intend to let this mission go.

After all, he hadn't earned any enhancement points for over a week. Now, let alone fifty, even five points would be a sure thing for Sano.

Sano didn't wait any longer and walked straight towards the three-person team. Based on the direction of the red dot that flashed earlier, the bomb should be in that direction. He only needed to move the distance to within fifty meters, and the location should reappear.

Sure enough, Sano saw the red dot again a few seconds later.

However, when Sano looked at the map, he didn't see anyone in that location.

"Buzz!"

Seeing the red dot rapidly approaching, Sano suddenly looked up and saw a remote-controlled airplane come into view.

The bomb is up there?

Sano tried to reach out and grab the remote-controlled airplane, but unfortunately it flew into the sky again.

"Hahaha!"

Not far away, the chubby Genta was laughing heartily while holding the remote control. Mitsuhiko and Ayumi were clearly envious and wanted to play with it too, but Genta ignored them and was only concerned with having fun. However, he had the advantage of size and the other two kids couldn't take the remote control away from him.

Sano adjusted his hat brim; he had no choice but to play the villain who bullied the child.

Sano quickly walked up to Genta, and under the other's questioning gaze, snatched the remote control and piloted the remote-controlled airplane to his side.

Seeing this, Genta slowly looked down at his empty hands. His dull brain finally caught on, and he lunged at Sano in a rage: "You even steal a child's toy! You scoundrel, give me back my airplane!!!"

This chubby boy is as courageous as ever.

Sano raised one hand to grab the incoming remote-controlled airplane, while with the other hand he pulled out a gun and pressed it against Genta's forehead as he charged forward.

"Genta!?"

Upon seeing the gun in Sano's hand, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi behind him couldn't help but scream in surprise, and Genta himself was naturally startled as well.

As the only member of the squad whose courage was second only to Conan, the chubby boy, despite being covered in cold sweat, still forced himself to speak: "Hey, you're an adult, don't you even have the guts to duel with a kid like me? You're just trying to scare me with a toy gun, that's really something..."

However, before Genta could finish speaking, Sano raised his gun and fired a shot into the sky. The loud bang made the three members of the squad involuntarily shudder.

After the shot was fired, it wasn't just the three members of the small team who were frightened. After a brief moment of stunned silence, the other tourists in the park quickly descended into chaos, screaming and scattering in all directions.

Sano lowered the gun he had been holding high and pointed it at Genta, coldly saying, "Now do you think this is still a toy?"

Yuan Tai swallowed hard, his legs trembling like leaves. He could only subconsciously raise his hands and say in a trembling voice, as if he wanted to cry but had no tears, "I don't feel it, I don't feel it anymore, please don't shoot. At worst, I'll just give you this remote-controlled airplane, okay? If that's not enough, I'll ask my mom to buy you another one!"

Genta never imagined that he, who was always the one stealing other people's toys, would one day have his toys stolen from him, and even have them stolen from him at gunpoint.

...If you have a gun, why don't you rob a bank instead of stealing a child's toy?

Sano didn't think too much about it. He just glanced at the two little kids behind Genta, whose eyes were also red with fear. Whether it was because their legs were weak or because of loyalty, they didn't abandon the little fat boy and ran away.

Sano glanced at the remote-controlled plane again, then put away his gun, pulled the small bomb attached to the plane and stuffed it into his pocket before throwing the plane back to the chubby Genta.

Unexpectedly yet logically, the amount of explosives on the plane was pitifully small, roughly equivalent to less than one kilogram of TNT.

So after Sano seized the plane, he dismantled it in less than three seconds. It was precisely because of this that he was able to calmly and unhurriedly "intimidate" Genta.

However, there was another point that Sano was particularly concerned about: the feedback from the explosive gloves when disarming the bomb mounted on the remote-controlled aircraft.

This is a dual-detonation bomb that can be detonated by impact or remotely.

In other words, the person who planted the bomb on this remote-controlled plane may have been watching nearby, ready to detonate it at any moment.

If Sano hadn't appeared so suddenly and if the explosive gloves hadn't been removed so quickly, it's hard to say whether that guy would have detonated the bomb right in Sano's hands.

...Although Sano believes the probability of such a thing happening is not high.

Although we don't know who planted the bomb, since they stole so much explosives and only used a small amount here, their purpose couldn't possibly be as simple as just killing three children.

Perhaps there will be follow-up tasks related to this matter.

Sano moved quickly and kept trying to switch identities, finally realizing at a certain moment that the gaze that had been fixed on him had disappeared.

However, Sano did not see any suspicious people in the park, which was almost deserted.

They were probably observing using a telescope or some other high-altitude advantage.

"Beep, system task has been triggered."

[Please find and defuse the bomb in front of Mihana Station. Completion will earn you 30 enhancement points. Mission time remaining: 0:59:59.]

Sure enough, the moment Sano had the idea, the mission was already triggered.

At the same time, a figure rushed over – it was Conan on his skateboard.

Sano only glanced at the other party from afar before quickly setting off for his destination.

Conan looked at the small trio that were almost gone from the park... well, actually, there were only a few left. He felt incredibly strange.

Isn't this park quite famous? Why are there so few people?

The reason Conan came here is simple: someone who claimed to have stolen explosives from the Japanese gunpowder depot called him, or more accurately, told him his real name, Shinichi Kudo.

The other party had prepared a big surprise at the Green Park and wanted to invite Shinichi Kudo to see it. If he arrived late, those kids might die or something.

Faced with such a statement that was already tantamount to a threat, provocation, and a criminal premonition, Conan immediately understood what it meant and rushed to the park in a hurry.

But looking at the situation now... something seems off?

Could it be that an explosion has already occurred, and everyone has been scared away?

Why are those three kids still standing there? Are they terrified?

After hesitating for less than a second, Conan chose to go directly to the trio, which also fit the character of the child on the phone.

...And Conan's intuition also tells him that his friends, who often encounter various troubles in the past, are probably also involved in this matter.

"Genta Ayumi Mitsuhiko!"

Conan slammed on the brakes and jumped off his skateboard: "Have you seen any strange people or things?"

The trio, their eyes blurry with tears, turned to look at Conan, burst into tears, and then swarmed him, pinning him to the ground.

"Conan, how scary!"

"We were almost killed!"

"Waaaaah, I'm never playing with remote-controlled airplanes again..."

"W-what's going on..."

Conan was lying on the ground, almost unable to breathe, crushed by the three children piled up like a human pyramid, looking completely bewildered.