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

Chapter 368 Eri Kisaki: Kogoro Mouri, are you really hungry?

As the night passed, dawn finally broke.

Conan sat up in bed, yawning, and groggily washed up. Then he sat at the dining table, while Kogoro Mouri, who had woken up earlier, was already energetically pressing the power button on the TV.
"I heard there's a special interview with Ms. Yoko this morning!"

Conan took a sip of miso soup, looked up at Kogoro Mouri, and a hint of speechlessness appeared in his eyes.

How could that be? Who schedules an interview program for the morning?

And since she's a popular idol like Yoko Okino, her interview program will definitely be scheduled for prime time in the evening, right?

"Dad, really..."

Ran Mouri muttered,

But I still didn't block Kogoro Mouri's remote control. Anyway, there weren't any programs to watch in the morning, so I figured I might as well watch an interview program. After all, it's better than watching the news.

However, while Ran Mouri's idea was good, reality was far from ideal.

The television screen wasn't showing the interview program that Kogoro Mouri wanted to watch, but rather a news program that Ran Mouri didn't really want to watch—a rebroadcast of an emergency news report from the early hours of yesterday.

Upon seeing this, Kogoro Mouri was stunned.
Even Conan, who was wolfing down his rice, was taken aback, instinctively putting down his bowl and blinking.
—No, is there breaking news again this morning?
Are you kidding me? Has Beika Town gotten this chaotic lately? Who's stirring up trouble this time?
A figure holding a coffee cup subconsciously flashed into Conan's mind.

When he returned to the office yesterday afternoon, he sensed that Chen En seemed a little off, but he couldn't pinpoint the reason. He could only attribute it to his sixth sense acting up again in an intermittent way.
But given the breaking news this morning, does that mean Chen En really is working the night shift again?
At this very moment, the news program on Nichiri TV has already begun broadcasting.
This time it was a police report from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and there were two of them.
One incident involved a series of car accidents on the outskirts of Tokyo. The news anchor linked this incident to the sinking of an illegal trading ship near the Izu Islands, characterizing it as a manhunt for Lupin III.

The perpetrator who caused the series of car accidents has been apprehended by Batman in collaboration with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

The other item concerns an incident that occurred near the headquarters of the Mud Ginseng Association.

Until today, the news media finally noticed the Mud Party's high-ranking members, who have been constantly dying and seemingly targeted for retaliation, and reluctantly added a few scraps of information about the Mud Party incident alongside the major news about Lupin III.

This was mainly to pad out the runtime, but the news made both Kogoro Mouri and Conan frown.

—A horrific car accident occurred in the suburbs of Tokyo because someone was chasing Lupin III.

This caught Batman's attention, and Batman apprehended the criminal on the spot, getting Lupin III out of Tokyo. Sure, no problem at all. Neither Kogoro Mouri nor Conan were surprised.

After all, the fighting abilities Batman has demonstrated are far beyond what humans can achieve.

However, the latter's series of murders targeting the Mud Ginseng Association is alarming, because according to the police, the killer is a serial killer who uses sniper rifles, pistols, explosives, and other methods to commit murders.
No one knows what motivated this serial killer to commit murder.

Even the news anchors described him as ambiguous, unsure whether he was an anti-heroic superhero inspired by Batman or simply a gangster assassin fighting each other.

"It seems Inspector Megure is going to be busy again."

Kogoro Mouri muttered to himself,

He picked up the bowl of rice beside him, hurriedly shoveled down a few mouthfuls, and then, right in front of Conan and Ran's surprised gazes, instantly stood up, startling Conan.

Does this mean that Uncle Mori is going to do what he did in Hakodate before, helping those in need?
Is he going to assist the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department officers in solving this serial murder case again?
Ran Mouri also said with some surprise,
"Dad, you are..."

"I have a hunch."

Kogoro Mouri said with a serious expression,

"I might get a big, well-paying job today, so I'm going to the office to wait for the money!"

He had barely finished speaking when he reached up and stroked his mustache triumphantly, bursting into laughter, "Hahahaha, my career as the great detective Kogoro Mouri shouldn't be far off!"

Conan:?
Indeed, with your luck of finding dead wherever you investigate, and given that a detective's income and reputation are directly proportional to the number of cases solved, you're definitely not far from a career-ending situation.

Watching Kogoro Mouri smugly push open the door and head towards the office on the second floor,

Conan jumped off the stool, and greeted Ran Mouri in a low, cheerful voice.

"Sister Xiaolan, I'm going out to play!"

Hearing this, Ran Mouri tidied up the dishes and replied with a smile.
"Okay, have fun!"

Only after receiving Ran Mouri's permission did Conan push open the door and go out.

He performed a dramatic change of expression in a second, his face instantly turning serious as the news he had just read flashed through his mind.

— Chen En secretly carried out another operation that night without his knowledge.

In a chase like this, Chen En was able to arrive at the scene accurately. I don't believe he didn't prepare in advance or have information. This guy really doesn't like to take me along on missions!

Conan hurried downstairs and ran out of the Mouri Detective Agency.

Meanwhile, Ran Mouri was clearing away the dishes, her mind filled with what Sonoko Suzuki had told her.

—A shooting star will streak across Nagano Prefecture today.

It is said that if you make a wish upon a shooting star, your wish will come true. She also plans to go to Nagano Prefecture to see if she can see or photograph a shooting star, which might bring her good luck.

Moreover, she also had a wish she wanted to make upon a shooting star...

"Huh? Are you kidding me?!"

Kogoro Mouri's wailing voice echoed downstairs.
Ran Mouri immediately sensed that something might have happened downstairs.

She quickly took off her gloves and placed them aside, hurriedly pushed open the door to the second-floor office, and anxiously said, "..."

"Dad, what happened?!"

"Did something happen...?

Mao Lilan was stunned.

At this very moment, Kogoro Mouri was entangled in a playful, almost aggressive, display with the wealthy woman resembling a Tiger tank. Ran Mouri, watching this, instinctively picked up her phone.
She pointed at Kogoro Mouri and pressed the confirmation button.

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Fei Law Firm.

Eri Kisaki was looking through the case files for the next case she would be defending, waiting for Midori Kuriyama to bring back breakfast from Poirot Cafe, and then she glanced at her phone.

Fei Yingli:?

Kogoro Mouri, you must be really hungry.

How could he even lay a hand on an old lady? Is he so short of money because he goes to nightclubs every day?
(End of this chapter)