I'm in Detective Conan, and the system has appointed Batman.

Chapter 217 Red Siamese Cat

Morning, at my apartment.

Chen En stood by the window, holding a cup of coffee, calmly observing the situation at the Mori Detective Agency across the street.

He raised his wrist and glanced at the time on his watch.

There are still about twelve hours before he can disguise himself as Phantom Thief Kid and visit the Suzuki Foundation Exhibition Hall, even though Inspector Megure has already left Tokyo for vacation.

However, Chen En's journey as a vigilante will not stop there.

In this country, organized crime is legal.

His investigation last night confirmed that the largest yakuza organization in Tokyo is the Mud Ginseng Association. This yakuza organization had originally declined, but for unknown reasons, it suddenly revived.

It's as if someone is secretly supporting us.

Although Chen En had tried to investigate this matter, tracing back to the funds account of the Mud Conference all the way to the Swiss bank, and then starting again with the Swiss bank as a base, he could only find that the source of the funds was an anonymous bank card.

Thanks to the terrible surveillance systems abroad, his investigation in this area could only be temporarily suspended.

—Furthermore, the Mud God Association is not the same yakuza organization that attacked Makoto Kusakabe. The Oni Tiger Group, which Makoto Kusakabe previously eliminated, had no connection or dealings with the Mud God Association.

His immediate priority is to find and eliminate the criminal organization that is targeting "Black Mask".

Makoto Kusakabe's team is also stepping up their investigation. If he gets access to the Japanese Public Security Bureau's internal information quickly enough, he might be able to find out which yakuza organization "Black Mask" is targeting within the next few days.

By the time.

Even if Chen En wasn't after that dual-purpose Batmobile, but merely wanted to maintain order.

He will also directly resolve this obvious destabilizing factor in Tokyo, at which point Makoto Kusakabe will contact his friend in the Criminal Division of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office—Reiko Kujo, the "Madonna of the Prosecutors"—to file a lawsuit.

When the time comes, Reiko Kujo and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department will share the profits, so I believe they won't refuse.

"But what exactly is the purpose of the Harley Quinn's baseball bat that we got earlier?"

Suddenly, Chen En remembered the system item he had obtained earlier.

He took the item out of his six-slot storage belt, and immediately, the system light screen appeared before his eyes.

【Item Name: Harley Quinn's Baseball Bat】

[Note 1: This is the baseball bat used by the infamous villain Harley Quinn. She has defeated countless superheroes and supervillains with a single blow, even the notorious Shazam the Thunder has not escaped her fate.]

[Note 2: It is said that a baseball bat hit on the head can cause someone to see things beyond the realm of reality for a short time. However, many people insist that it is just a hallucination caused by Harley Quinn's concussion...]

—Can it allow people to see things beyond the realm of reality?

A hint of doubt appeared in Chen En's eyes.

He remembered that Harley Quinn had the ability to break the fourth wall and communicate with real readers in some publications. Could it be that this baseball bat could do the same thing? Make the person hit break the fourth wall?
Thinking it over, he gently tapped the baseball bat against his head.

The scene before my eyes suddenly changed.

Even the Mori Detective Agency ahead seemed to have changed somewhat. Chen En could see many fallen steel needles just by glancing at the ground, which made him frown.

Is this an illusion? Or does it really exist?

Before Chen En could think further, the baseball bat's effect had already ended.

Clearly, to induce a prolonged hallucination state, one would most likely need to use a force strong enough to cause a concussion, like hitting oneself on the head with a stick.

Chen En chose to keep his distance from such matters and put the baseball bat back into his six-slot storage belt.

Let's talk about it when we have no other choice.

Is it really that stupid of him to give himself a concussion just to test the effect? ​​He could just find a lucky person and hit them on the back of the head, and then ask the lucky person what happens.
"Then, it's time to set off..."

Chen En had just turned around, preparing to wander around Beika Town a few times to see if he could encounter any security incidents.

Just then, he heard his phone ring. Somewhat surprised, he took it out of his pocket, wondering who could be calling him at this hour.

Sonoko Suzuki said yesterday that she would accompany Jirokichi Suzuki to see the new toys he bought this morning.

Therefore, the person calling now cannot be Sonoko Suzuki, nor can it be Conan and his group. Makoto Kusakabe would use a separate communicator to communicate with him, so the only person who could make the call is either Professor Agasa or Shuichi Akai.

Chen En leans towards the former.

However, it was the latter who called.

Shuichi Akai's voice came through the phone.

"I am Moroboshi Dai."

“I have arrived in Nishitama City and taken care of that Fuji artist you mentioned to me on the phone earlier. The Nishitama police have arrested him, and Hara Yoshiaki has been transferred out through the witness protection program.”

"The information he obtained this time surprised me somewhat... It seems that the Black Organization also has an inside agent within the US military base."

"However, it cannot be confirmed who it is at this time."

"Besides that, there's one more thing you might be interested in."

Shuichi Akai said in a somewhat serious voice,
"The terrorist group Red Siamese Cat attacked the National Tokyo Institute of Microbiology in Nishitama City, and an explosion occurred at the scene, according to researchers who survived the explosion."

"A deadly virus that the National Institute for Microbiology in Tokyo has been researching has been taken by a red Siamese cat."

"However, the red Siamese cat has not yet claimed responsibility for this matter—which is somewhat unbelievable. I'm not saying it's unbelievable that the red Siamese cat hasn't claimed responsibility, but rather that the very existence of the red Siamese cat is unbelievable."

"The Red Siamese Cats were arrested and disbanded ten years ago; it was a ghost organization that should never have existed."

—A red Siamese cat?

Is he the villain in M14: The Lost Ship in the Sky?
A look of surprise appeared in Chen En's eyes.

Could it be that the new toy Suzuki Jirokichi bought is the "Suzuki Skyship" from this movie? Or perhaps the gigantic airship Bell Sherry II?
The red Siamese cat in the story is merely a decoy used by the bandits as a mercenary to steal the Buddha statue.

They are not foolish enough to actually spread a deadly virus, as that would instantly expose their lies and make them the target of police forces around the world.

but……

"Let's call Heiji Hattori and explain the situation."

The red Siamese cat was purchased from a Buddhist statue in Nara Prefecture, Osaka.

Heiji Hattori should be careful and there shouldn't be any major problems.

However, we still need to investigate that so-called virus further, in case these Beika Town folks act up again, it will be difficult to handle.

(End of this chapter)