Conan: ?
No, can a soccer ball with that much power really be caught bare-handed?
You're not really some Dark Knight of Mihua Town who ran out of the manga studio next door, are you?
The Death God Elementary School Student didn't hesitate. He reached out and pressed the elastic belt.
Instantly, the outer skin of the second soccer ball peeled off, and it inflated in an instant, becoming a new soccer ball.
He stepped onto the new soccer ball, his hand on the button of his shoe, about to unleash another soccer shot.
However, the next moment, accompanied by a subtle whooshing sound, the soccer ball under his foot suddenly exploded.
Conan stepped into empty space and fell forward.
Before he could get up, a silenced pistol was already pressed against his head.
“In this world, good people don’t die, and bad people don’t die. Only one type of person dies.”
Nara Hikaru pointed emotionlessly at Conan's forehead, staring at the changing expression in the eyes of the shrunken Detective.
He almost instinctively continued with his usual rhetoric.
“Stupid people!”
At this moment, Ai Haibara, who had entered the laboratory, finally saw the Black-Clad Person pointing a gun at Conan's head.
A flicker of horror flashed through her heart, because she never expected that the words she casually made up would actually come true!
The male voice she had just heard, directly calling out Kudo Shinichi's name, really was the voice of a Black-Clad Person.
That Black-Clad Person really appeared in Dr. Agasa's laboratory, and really had a gun pointed at Conan's head, looking like he would pull the trigger at any moment and send this shrunken Detective to the afterlife!
“H-how could this be?!”
Ai Haibara's voice reached Conan's ears.
Suddenly, a flash of white light went through Conan's mind.
He knew, he knew everything.
Everything the woman, the spy sent by the Black Organization to investigate his identity, said was actually true!
What Urban Legend of Mihua Town? It was simply a member sent by the Black Organization to mislead people!
Perhaps those criminals killed in the legend were just others who interfered with the Black Organization's transactions, right?
“I didn't expect… the Black Organization's power to be so vast…”
“You even investigated Dr. Agasa's laboratory, and even my soccer ball couldn't harm you…”
The Death God Elementary School Student asked somewhat unwillingly.
“Black-Clad Person, before I die, can I ask what your codename is?”
...What codename? What codename? Yan Shuangying?
Nara Hikaru narrowed his eyes. He looked again at the horrified expression on Ai Haibara's delicate little face.
Then, he put his pistol away, returning it to the holster at his waist, and then said.
“I don't have a codename, and I don't need one.”
“Kudo Shinichi, I already told you before, if I wanted to kill you, you wouldn't have any chance to resist, but you are still alive now, which means I never intended to kill you from the start.”
“I came here this time only to ask you and the woman behind you some things.”
Ai Haibara: What? Something about me too?
Her mood was a bit complex. She didn't expect this Black-Clad Person to actually be a member of the Black Organization.
Perhaps he came not only to deal with Kudo Shinichi, but also to deal with her, the Black Organization's defector.
But how did the organization find out her identity and Dr. Agasa's residence?
It couldn't be that she mentioned it casually when she was scaring Kudo Shinichi just now, triggering a teleportation passive, could it?
“I won't tell you anything!”
Conan said angrily.
He quickly got up, his hand directly pressing the special button on his watch.
At such a close distance, if he were to fire a tranquilizer dart, he wouldn't need to aim to ensure a hit.
However, just as Conan had predicted when he tried to fire a tranquilizer dart at Nara Hikaru on the third floor of the Owatari Press, this tranquilizer dart also missed Nara Hikaru.
This Black-Clad Person simply moved his body casually and dodged the tranquilizer dart.
Then, he directly grabbed Conan's hand, took off his watch, making it impossible for Conan to make any dangerous moves.
“It seems we have some misunderstanding.”
Nara Hikaru lifted Conan by the scruff of his neck, then tossed him onto the sofa.
On the other side, Ai Haibara, who was originally trying to run away to find others for help, felt the gaze from behind her. She hesitated for a moment, then obediently sat down on the sofa herself, avoiding a thrown attack.
Then, Nara Hikaru also sat on the sofa.
He quietly watched the two small figures in front of him, whose emotions had inexplicably changed so drastically, still not understanding.
Whether it was Conan or Ai Haibara, they seemed to have assumed he was a member of the Black Organization the moment they saw him.
But, just as not everyone riding a white horse is a Prince Charming, there's also Tripitaka.
People wearing black clothes aren't necessarily members of the Black Organization; they could also be the Yan Shuangying of the Heisei era.
“Do I look like a bad guy?”
“You two seem to have mistaken me for a member of the Black Organization… Unfortunately, I am not.”
Nara Hikaru said, recalling memories from his previous life.
He didn't remember much of the plot of such an old series.
If he hadn't seen that Ai Haibara and the Detective Boys didn't seem to get along, and that Black-Clad Person's pearl necklace, he wouldn't have remembered that this was the episode where Ai Haibara debuted.
So, he followed Ai Haibara all the way from a shortcut to Dr. Agasa's laboratory.
While Ai Haibara was waiting for Conan to return on the small path, Nara Hikaru visited the laboratory, planning to ask Dr. Agasa if he was willing to sell some special, unique inventions.
But strangely, the door here was unlocked, and there was no one inside.
So, Nara Hikaru turned on the lights, waiting for Dr. Agasa to return to the laboratory.
Because he remembered that Dr. Agasa seemed to return to the laboratory at night in this episode, but he didn't remember anything here that would make Ai Haibara and Conan directly assume he was a Black Organization member and attack him.
The Black-Clad Person said calmly.
“I am not a member of the Black Organization; on the contrary, I am the one who deals with Black Organization members.”
“In my opinion, the members of this organization are the pests of Mihua Town, obstacles that have plunged this city into a quagmire… Therefore, Sherry, I want to ask you something…”
“Do you still remember the other Black Organization member strongholds or real identities in this city?”
This question was a bit sudden.
Ai Haibara covered her small mouth in surprise.
She couldn't understand that this Black-Clad Person came all the way here just to get information about Black Organization members from her, and then go on a targeted hunt for them...?
How absurd was that thought process?
However, before Ai Haibara could reply.
Nara Hikaru's head turned towards the door again.
Dr. Agasa, hearing the commotion, widened his eyes, looking at the situation inside in surprise.
Then, he was also picked up by the scruff of his neck and sat down with Ai Haibara and Conan.
The early main characters, all gathered.