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

Chapter 290 Another black skull?

"…Are you serious?"

"Assassin? You? Assassination?"

Conan stared at the sorrowful Genta Kojima, unsure of what to say for a moment.
From any perspective, this seems a bit too outrageous.

Even among the many divine beings and citizens of Beika Town,

At most, it would be a case of choosing to silence a child who stumbles upon the murder scene.

Sending assassins specifically to kill elementary school students is a bit too outrageous.

Besides, if it were an assassin coming to kill him and Haibara,

That's understandable.

But if it's targeting Genta Kojima, there's absolutely no reason for it, right?
"Sigh, I knew it, you wouldn't believe me even if I told you."

Genta Kojima sighed.

He looked even more melancholy, noticing Chen En beside him holding a cup of coffee, seemingly lost in thought.
He added a sentence,
"Brother Batman, you'll understand when you get to my age."

Chen En: ?
Are you serious?

Chen En remained silent, then put the coffee cup back into his six-slot storage belt.

Ayumi and Mitsuhiko, who were standing nearby, also didn't believe it at all.
Mitsuhiko said earnestly,

"How could someone possibly come here specifically to assassinate elementary school students?"

In response, Genta Kojima quickly said,
"I heard two footsteps when I walked through the tunnel to school yesterday morning!"

"Moreover, when I go fast, he goes fast; when I slow down, he slows down!"

Mitsuhiko replied without hesitation,
"echo."

Genta Kojima added...
"I was crossing the road after school yesterday and I almost got hit by a motorcycle!"

Ayumi blinked and said,

"Bad luck."

Upon hearing this, Genta Kojima was momentarily speechless.
He scratched his head, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't.
I couldn't help but sigh,
"Never mind, I'll just go home."

Genta jumped off the swing.

Somewhat disappointed, I walked towards home.

Seeing that Genta was still looking sullen,
The members of the Junior Detective Club quickly followed Genta's steps.

Chen En, however, remained standing in place.

He stroked his chin thoughtfully.
Ai Haibara, who was standing nearby, glanced at it and asked,

"What are you thinking?"

Chen En gently tapped his forehead with his finger.
he said,
"I'm wondering which assassin hasn't made a move against Yuan Tai yet,"

"Or perhaps there were no assassins at all, and it was just a child's delusion."

Haibara Ai:?
She looked up and gave Chen En a strange look.
Then he said,

"You can't stop taking your medicine."

Chen En: ?
Ai Haibara walked past him and caught up with the Junior Detective League.

The reason Chen En said such things was...
The reason is actually very simple.
That is, the security mission has not been triggered yet.

Therefore, Chen En was pondering what the cause was.

He felt it should be the former.

Beika Town is full of extraordinary people; it's really possible that someone would want to assassinate an elementary school student.

That's not impossible; in fact, the Junior Detective League has been targeted by others many times.

"There's still time, let's resolve this issue first."

Chen En thought to himself,

"That bastard attacked a minor; he can hardly be considered human!" ——————

Yuan Tai walked at the very front.

He looked sullen and didn't seem to care much about what the others were saying.
Because he had realized that people cannot understand each other.

Until a hand grabbed Genta's collar,
The next moment, a powerful force pulled Genta back directly.
He looked up in surprise, and then heard a loud crash.
Huge lettering on the sign fell from the sky and crashed to the ground.

If Chen En hadn't pulled Yuan Tai back just now,
Then this letter signboard could very well turn Eta into Eta sauce.

"what?!"

Conan and Ai Haibara were both startled.

They all looked up at the sign above the shopping mall.
Normally speaking, even if the lettering on the signboard does peel off,
Then it should have gotten tangled in the wires and wouldn't have fallen so easily.
This is too weird.

"Yuanta, are you alright?"

Ayumi and Mitsuhiko were startled.
They asked Yuan Tai in a somewhat panicked manner,
Chen Ensong released Yuan Tai and put him down.
Then he put his hands in his pockets.
His gaze fell on the system light screen that appeared in front of him.

[A serious incident threatening Gotham City's safety has been detected nearby!]

As Batman, you have a duty to maintain order in Gotham City. Please arrive at the scene immediately and apprehend the criminal before they flee, or stop them from committing further crimes during their commission!

[Difficulty level assessed as low; completing this task will reward you with 20 points!]

"A low-difficulty mission, meaning the killer's goal was simply to kill Genta Kojima?"

Chen En stared at the system screen in front of him and thought to himself,

Kojima Genta said with some panic,
"I knew it! That assassin was still trying to kill me!"

Ayumi and Mitsuhiko were wondering if Genta was just having bad luck lately.

It's unbelievable that such unlucky things keep happening one after another.
Conan, however, had already picked up the screws that had fallen along with the signboard using his handkerchief.
He frowned and said,

"The screws showed signs of being cut with a knife, indicating that the sign was deliberately removed."

Ai Haibara, who was standing next to her, also looked up at the gashapon machine very close to where the sign had fallen.

Adding,
"The Kamen Rider gashapon machine in this department store, if I remember correctly,"

“Koujima Genta often came here to play gashapon machines, and he would play for a long time. This should be a targeted murder.”

Hearing this, Ayumi and Mitsuhiko finally realized what was happening.

A sense of panic immediately arose in their hearts.
Only Chen En remained calm and asked,
"Tell me, what are the possible reasons for all of this?"

Chen En's calm voice
Like a pillar of strength in the children's hearts, it calmed Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta down.

Yuan Tai swallowed hard.
He led Chen En and his group into the alley, nervously looked around, and then finally explained the reason.

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Recently, there have been robbers in Beika Town who specifically target the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled.

That person used a bicycle as a means of transportation.
The main tactic is a bicycle blitzkrieg: grab the loot and run away on a bicycle.
In a moment of dazed confusion, Genta caught a glimpse of the robber's face.

Black hair, wearing glasses, wearing a mask, left-handed, wearing a black skull T-shirt with "202" printed on it.

A week after seeing the robber,
When Yuan Tai remembered this, he immediately called the police.
As a result, after reporting the incident to the police and returning from a trip to Hakodate, I started encountering such dangerous situations.

Therefore, Yuan Tai concluded that it must have been the robber from before who tried to assassinate him to silence him.
Moreover, the robber even called his home.

He threatened to kill his entire family if he told anyone.

Therefore, Yuan Tai has been keeping to himself during this period and not telling anyone anything.

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Chen En frowned.

He felt something was strange—

Black skull T-shirt? Another black skull?

Could it be related to Black Mask?

(End of this chapter)