Chapter 477 Detective Conan 43
[The Walking Dead world is ending.]
[Calculating rewards.]
[Clementine - Bond Level 8]
[Glenn Rhee - Bond Level 7]
[Lee Everett - Bond Level 7]
[Kenny - Bond Level 6]
[Carley - Bond Level 6]
[Shane Walsh - Bond Level 6]
[Andrea Harrison - Bond Level 6]
[Amy Harrison - Bond Level 6]
[Hershel Greene - Bond Level 6]
[Shawn Greene - Bond Level 6]
[Rick Grimes - Bond Level 5]
[Daryl Dixon - Bond Level 5]
[Katjaa - Bond Level 5]
[Lilly - Bond Level 5]
[Mark - Bond Level 5]
[Doug - Bond Level 5]
[T-Dog - Bond Level 5]
[Kenny Jr. - Bond Level 4]
[Carol Peletier - Bond Level 4]
[Sophia Peletier - Bond Level 4]
[Jacqui - Bond Level 4]
[Dale Horvath - Bond Level 4]
[David - Bond Level 4]
[Guillermo - Bond Level 4]
[Ben - Bond Level 3]
[Travis - Bond Level 3]
[Jim - Bond Level 3]
[Negan - Bond Level 3]
[Maggie Greene - Bond Level 3]
[Beth Greene - Bond Level 3]
[Otis - Bond Level 2]
[Patricia - Bond Level 2]
[Jimmy - Bond Level 2]
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[You have acquired 35,257 points as a reward for progressing through The Walking Dead.]
The points earned from The Walking Dead were high.
It seemed to be because I had progressed through both the game and the drama simultaneously.
First, I took 2B and A2 out of my inventory and gave them some rest.
They had plenty of things to deal with on Ziking Island in The Walking Dead world, so they must have been quite tired.
"Taijin, we’ll see you later."
"Yeah, get some good rest."
Since I still hadn’t exceeded 50,000 points, I didn’t do any gacha this time.
Instead, I took out various dishes and had a meal first.
In The Walking Dead world, it was hard to eat delicious food to your heart’s content, so I wanted to enjoy a proper meal after a long time.
’Somehow I feel bad for Clem...’
It felt a bit wrong eating good food by myself.
’Oh well, once Ziking Island develops properly, I’ll be able to give Clem lots of good food too.’
After finishing my meal, I decided to go on vacation to the Conan world, but I didn’t bother calling 2B and A2.
It was a world where they weren’t necessary, so I just let them enjoy their time off.
As soon as I entered the Conan world, I turned on the news, and it was all about incidents again.
Some woman had been struck in the head with a bladed weapon late at night and was being treated at a hospital, and there was talk about a suspect.
Seeing this made me feel like I was really back in the Conan universe.
"Jin, let’s eat."
When Haibara came into my room and said that, I was so happy to see her after so long that I ruffled her hair.
"What are you doing?! Stop it!"
"So prickly.
I just thought you were cute."
At that, Haibara’s face turned red instantly.
"Wh-what are you saying?!
Stop talking nonsense and just hurry up and make dinner.
I want to eat quickly and rest."
"Yeah, yeah."
Come to think of it, I remembered that right after the Mermaid Island case, I had come home, done some cleanup, and ended the Play Life.
’I already ate, though...’
I had already eaten, but since Haibara seemed hungry, I prepared a generous steak dinner after a long time.
"It’s delicious...
You’d definitely succeed if you opened a restaurant."
"If I opened a restaurant, I’d be so busy I wouldn’t be able to live like this.
Besides, I’m still a student."
"I suppose..."
Then I asked Morgan, who had returned after dropping off Sonoko, if he had eaten too.
"Ah, I’m fine.
I ate at Sonoko’s house.
We arrived right at dinner time, so I couldn’t refuse."
Morgan, being my clone, didn’t actually need to eat, but even if he did, everything would just convert to energy, so it wasn’t a problem.
As soon as Morgan finished showering, he went to his room and went to sleep, and Haibara and I also finished our meal, washed up, and rested.
While Haibara was eating, I saw the spirit of ’Miyano Akemi’ floating right above her, and suddenly remembered that I had kept her body before.
’Maybe it’s about time I brought her back to life?’
But the method was the problem.
How would I explain a sister who suddenly came back to life, and more importantly, what would I say to Akemi herself?
Besides, she had a lover, and the issues with the Black Organization still remained.
’Just bringing her back like that would be difficult.’
Rather than acting hastily, I decided to make a plan first and ask Akemi herself when I had time whether she truly wanted to live again.
The next day, I rode my bike to school with Ran.
As soon as she got off the bike, Ran fixed her hair with a comb, but she seemed used to it by now since we had been riding to school together all this time.
"Sonoko, good morning."
"You’re here!
When school’s over today, come shopping with me."
"Huh?
What’s going on?"
"Since it’s winter now, I was thinking of getting a gift for Morgan.
We haven’t been dating long, so I don’t really know his taste yet.
So help me out, I’ll buy you cake."
"Really?
Okay, I’ll come help."
Sonoko was putting in a lot of effort since it was her first real boyfriend.
"Ran, do you have any clothes for fall or winter?
How about we buy some while we’re at it?"
When I asked, Ran thought for a moment and said.
"Hmm... well, I didn’t buy any last time, so it wouldn’t hurt to get some now."
Then Sonoko said.
"Jin’s paying, right?"
"Of course.
Ran is family.
It’s the same as buying clothes for myself."
"Wow... at this rate, you’ll be calling each other ’honey’ soon."
At that, Ran’s face turned red with embarrassment.
"Oh come on, we’re at school, so keep it down.
It’s embarrassing."
Sonoko giggled and said.
"Hehehe, Ran is so innocent, it’s really fun to tease her like this."
I also nodded in agreement.
"That’s true.
Seeing her like that makes me want to tease her even more."
Immediately, a back slap came flying.
Slap!
"Ugh!"
"Stop teasing me!"
"O-okay."
I figured I should stop while I was ahead.
Ran’s embarrassment seemed to have reached its limit, and the force of that back slap was no joke.
Sonoko, who had been watching, also seemed slightly scared.
She knew full well what would happen if Ran actually put her full strength into it.
"I’ll go home and get the car."
"Okay, we’ll wait."
I took the bike home, parked it properly, and then drove the Wrangler back to school.
After picking up Ran and Sonoko, I drove straight to the department store.
"Ran, Jin! How about this one?"
"A sweater?
Morgan is tall and has a good build from exercising, so anything would probably look good on him, but isn’t that one a bit childish?"
"Really?"
"How about this instead?
Simple sweaters like this look good on people with naturally good physiques."
When Ran recommended a simple designed sweater, Sonoko suddenly said something strange and objected.
"No!
It has to be hand-knitted!"
"Huh?
Hand-knitted?"
"Oops..."
When Sonoko covered her mouth as if she’d made a mistake, Ran looked at her with narrowed eyes.
"Sonoko~."
"B-but I did say I’d knit him a sweater because it might get cold on the boat trip!
But I had no idea knitting a sweater would be that hard!
I tried, but with my skills, it was just impossible."
"So you were going to buy a sweater from the store and pretend you knitted it?"
"Well, what else could I do?
I can’t just tell him now that I lied."
"Hoo... fine.
You did try, so I’ll let it slide."
Thinking about it, I remembered that Sonoko had indeed said something like that in my clone’s memories.
’Wow, my clone is pathetic... oh, that’s me...’
In the end, Sonoko chose a sweater that wasn’t too flashy and looked like it could have been hand-knitted.
"Heheh, this should be enough, right?
Let’s go buy Ran’s clothes now."
But there was one thing Sonoko didn’t know.
That sweater had a tag on the collar.
’Sigh...’
Anyway, we bought two coats for Ran.
I picked one design I liked, and Ran picked the other one she liked.
Of course, I paid.
"Thanks, I’ll wear them well."
"Don’t mention it.
The weather’s gotten much colder, so I was planning to buy you one anyway.
Let’s go to the children’s section next.
I want to buy some clothes for your little sister too."
"Okay, let’s do that."
After buying Haibara’s clothes too, we finally left the department store and headed to get some cake.
"Look at that woman over there.
She’s wearing a miniskirt in this cold weather.
Isn’t she cold?"
Sonoko pointed at a blonde woman coming out of a phone booth ahead of us.
As Sonoko said, she was wearing a miniskirt and had quite a nice figure, enough to naturally draw attention.
"Well, some people don’t give up their style even in this weather.
Isn’t that what they call ’style for style’s sake’?"
But Ran looked at the phone booth the woman had come out of and said.
"Huh, did that lady drop this?
There’s a pen on the ground."
"So there is."
"Wait here.
I’ll go give it to her and be right back."
Ran said that, picked up the pen, and went to hand it to the woman.
But then Ran looked very surprised and came back toward us with the woman.
"Huh?
Do you know her?"
"Well... she’s the detective Sato I saw before.
She said she’s doing a sting operation here."
Then the blonde woman immediately took off her wig and greeted us.
She was indeed Detective Sato Miwako.
I hadn’t paid much attention, so I didn’t notice before, but I was a bit surprised at how good her figure was.
"Long time no see.
I’m glad I ran into you—no, I’m glad I ran into you, the onmyoji Jin.
It’s cold and I can’t keep wearing this miniskirt for this sting operation any longer.
So help us out."
"Huh?
What do you mean..."
Then Detective Sato suddenly gave a signal to someone.
Several police cars approached us, and in them were Detective Megure Juzo and Inspector Takagi Wataru.
"Detective Sato, what were you thinking, giving a signal like that all of a sudden?"
"Well, you see, I thought it might be a good idea to get some help from a famous onmyoji."
"Oh, now that you mention it, it is Onmyoji Jin.
With Jin, we might actually get some help."
I didn’t know what these incompetent cops were talking about.
I just came here to shop.
But Ran and Sonoko were looking at me with eager eyes.
"Hoo... let’s at least hear you out first."
We went to a nearby coffee shop and learned why they had been conducting a sting operation.
"So this is a sting operation for the serial female assault case."
"Yes, that’s why Detective Sato was dressed like that, waiting for the culprit to appear."
"You must have had a hard time in this cold weather.
Could I see photos of the victims?"
At my words, Inspector Takagi showed me three photos.
They showed women with bandages on their heads, as if they had been struck with something.
’This is the ’Sealed Megure’s Secret’ episode.’
While I was looking closely at the photos, Juzo asked.
"Well, do you see anything?"
"All of them are wearing powder makeup.
And they’re all beauties, and judging by their clothes, they dress quite flashily."
"That’s right.
But that’s where the commonalities end.
That’s why we’ve been having difficulty with the investigation."
"I see.
Hmm... but I can’t tell anything from just this, so let me do a divination first."
"I’ll leave it to you."
I took some rice from my pocket, sprinkled it on the table, and pretended to chant a spell in a low whisper as if reciting a mantra.
People watched with bated breath.
"Oh no...
Someone is going to die today."
When I said that with a serious face, everyone looked shocked.
"W-what?!
Is that true?"
"Yes.
And I see a car and platform boots.
By any chance, were all the victims wearing platform boots and involved with a car?"
"That I don’t know.
Hey, Inspector Takagi, quickly contact the victims."
"Yes, sir!"
Inspector Takagi, probably because I said someone was going to die, quickly called the victims.
"It’s true.
All three victims were wearing platform boots on the day of the incident, and they had all been in a car accident before the attack."
"Unbelievable, the divination is scarily accurate.
So what’s the connection between platform boots and cars?"
"In my opinion, the culprit is probably someone who was in a car accident caused by a woman wearing platform boots, and is committing these crimes as revenge."
"Oh, I see!
Then there’s no time to waste!
Quickly contact the Metropolitan Police and start looking for traffic accidents caused by women drivers."
I reached out my hand to Megure Juzo.
"Huh?
What are you doing?"
"You need to pay me.
You have to pay for a divination for it to work next time."
"Ah, right.
Understood."
At my words, Juzo took out 20,000 yen and handed it to me.
Honestly, I didn’t have to take it, but I had to get something for taking up my precious time.
But then, an urgent call came in for Juzo.
"What?!
A dead body in the department store parking lot?!
Understood, I’ll be right there."
The police quickly got up and headed to the department store.
But Juzo suddenly looked at me and said.
"You, come along.
You’re coming too!"
"Huh?
I think I’ve already given you the divination..."
"Don’t say that, just come with us.
You might see something spiritual again."
This Juzo bastard was really trying to squeeze every bit of value out of that 20,000 yen.
"I need to ask my companions first..."
"Jin, let’s go right now.
This is so exciting!
Right, Ran?"
"Right.
I want to see the culprit caught too."
Only then did I realize my mistake.
I had momentarily forgotten that Ran and Sonoko were also characters in Conan.
The way their eyes sparkled and they wanted to follow along even though a murder had just occurred showed that people in this world were definitely different.