He's in Detective Conan, and he's the mastermind behind everything.

Tonight, the moon is hazy and the stars are bright, but the light is still weak, and the courtyard is pitch black.

The hospital building, which is surrounded on three sides and has a U-shape, is just a tall, dark silhouette in the night. Xiao Lan walked along the cobblestone path toward them and inexplicably felt that they were leaning toward her.

A sense of unease inexplicably arose in her heart, but until Xiaolan cautiously walked to the target ward and saw Chiba Kazunobu standing at the door nodding to her, the hospital remained calm and nothing happened.

Xiaolan gently pushed open the ward door and saw Xuesong Qingzi lying quietly on the hospital bed.

Even with the moonlight dim, her skin beneath the window remained as white as jade, as if she herself were made of moonlight, radiating a soft glow. Her appearance was as radiant as the bright moon, cool and exquisite.

What a nice view.

Xiaolan vaguely sensed that the Xuesong classmate she saw now was somewhat different from the one she saw during the day, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it...

Ding ding ding ding ding—!

An alarm clock rang somewhere.

Chapter 156 Ran and Shinichi Kudo finally fight side by side

The alarm clock itself is still in apartment 414 of building 3 where Kogoro Mouri lives, but its sound is transmitted to many people through the radio waves of the bugging device.

Ran also heard the sound through Chiba Kazunobu's earphones. She suddenly snapped back to reality, her body tensing slightly as she looked around warily.

What will happen next?

"Someone is committing violence! Call the police immediately!"

A room suddenly lit up with lights, and a familiar voice rang out. Xiaolan walked to the door and looked to the right at the building, where her father's hospital room was located. She took two steps in that direction and then looked to the left, where, sure enough, another room was brightly lit.

Bang! ! !

Click, click—!!!

With a loud bang, glass shattered and rained down, and a figure fell from the sky.

The person's face was obscured by the darkness, but their short hair, billowing in the wind, shone with a platinum sheen.

"Mr. Amuro!"

Shinichi Kudo shouted from the building on the right.

Amuro?

Knowing that the figure flying backwards was Amuro Tooru, Ran's eyes sharpened. She leaped forward towards where Amuro had landed, intending to catch him, but halfway there, she saw Amuro adjust his posture in mid-air, and her momentum changed towards the stairs.

"I'll stop him! What does he look like?"

girl?

This speed?

A glint of surprise flashed in Amuro Tooru's eyes, and he quickly answered loudly, "White coat, wearing a mask, medium build!"

The target's features were rather unclear. Amuro looked out of the window he had flown out of and saw the person he was talking about standing in the doorway, waving at him.

Snapped--

The lights were turned off, and the room was plunged into darkness!

Bang! ! !

Amuro Tooru landed on his knees without being hurt. His hands were still crossed in front of his chest, but he slowly lowered them and shook them, feeling a little numb.

He waited for a long time in the room where Kogoro Mouri was hallucinating, but neither Mitsuo Shirai nor Katsutoshi Eto came.

At 11:30, the alarm clock rang in Kogoro Mouri's room. Amuro Tooru listened to the ringtone in his headphones and looked at the still empty window in front of him, thinking that Shirai Mitsuo had reformed and would not launch the plan tonight.

Although many people would have wasted their time, at least no one would lose their life.

Yeah.

Then, just as he was thinking this, he clearly heard Kogoro Mouri shouting from the building across the street.

Someone committed the crime?

Someone committed a murder?!

Amuro Tooru stared at the still empty window and felt a chill run down his spine. Had they all been wrong in their reasoning?

A reasonable suspicion instantly arose: could the murder have occurred in another room?

Amuro Tooru had no time to hesitate and walked to the window, but before he could even peek out, alarm bells went off in his head.

I heard the wind behind my head!

Without hesitation, he turned around to block. Amuro Tooru was not killed instantly by the kick, but the enormous force still sent him flying backward.

The memory flashed by, and hearing a loud crash from upstairs, Amuro Tooru's eyes lit up, and he quickly ran towards the stairwell.

"Well done, Xiaolan!"

Hearing the sounds of fighting from the building across the street, Shinichi Kudo excitedly clenched his fist. Regardless of why Ran came here, he was glad he could help!

The painkiller in his arm was still in effect, and he was able to move around freely. He stuck his head out of the window, looked around carefully, and then turned and went out to the next ward.

Kogoro Mouri had long since disappeared, but Masayo Aida was still there, having just gotten up and put on his shoes, nodding slightly to Shinichi Kudo.

This afternoon, when Ran came to visit Shinichi Kudo, she also stopped by to visit Kogoro Mouri. Kogoro asked why it was so noisy next door and learned that Shinichi Kudo had been hospitalized. Masayo Aida even went over to politely inquire about his well-being.

Shinichi Kudo nodded and quickly ran to the window, looking around.

Apart from that dark building across the street, there was nothing else to see.

No, because the fighting over there is getting louder and louder, and many rooms have already turned on their lights.

However, the room where Kogoro Mouri was hallucinating, which Shinichi Kudo was looking for, was nowhere to be found!

"Miss Aida, did you witness any crime?" Shinichi Kudo asked urgently.

"No."

Masayo Aida also walked to the window and said calmly, "In fact, I haven't slept at all. I've been looking out the window since 11:20, waiting for the alarm to ring, but even when Mr. Mori shouted out the window, I never saw any image of anyone committing a crime."

Shinichi Kudo's heart sank. Indeed, he had been waiting by the window for 11:30, but he hadn't seen any footage of anyone committing the crime!

What exactly is going on?

Could it be that Uncle Mori is hallucinating?

What was the situation with the fight in the building across the street at that moment?

A jumble of thoughts raced through Shinichi Kudo's mind as he took a few steps back and lay down on the hospital bed where Kogoro Mouri had previously slept.

"Miss Aida, what is Uncle Mori's sleeping position? When he saw the murder video, which direction was his head facing?"

Masayo Aida understood his meaning, pondered for two seconds, and shook his head, saying:

“Mr. Mori saw the murder image with a wide range of movements. He saw it while lying down, and then he could still see it when he got up. It was not a special reflection that could only be seen from one fixed angle.”

"what?!"

Shinichi Kudo was shocked; this situation...

Oh no, could something really have happened to Uncle Mori?

Or perhaps there's something in his eyes?

The sounds of fighting continued through the earpiece, along with Amuro Tooru's commands to Ran, instructing her to block the enemy's escape route. Police officers previously scattered across the target areas also rushed towards the location; the unidentified attackers seemed to be trapped.

This gave Shinichi Kudo some comfort, as he might be able to get something out of that person.

But as he lay on Kogoro Mouri's hospital bed, looking around, he was still full of doubts. If what Uncle Mouri saw was really an illusion, then what was the reasoning behind their previous deductions?

Is it just a coincidence?

puff--! ! !

As if a tangible light had been abruptly withdrawn, a faint sound seemed to emanate from the air, and the entire hospital was plunged into darkness. The sounds of fighting continued, and after a brief silence, the surrounding area erupted in uproar.

"Power supply room!"

Shinichi Kudo shouted over the communicator and ran outside, not forgetting to turn back and shout again:

"Miss Aida, you stay here and do not allow anyone to come in and disturb the scene!"

"I see."

Masayo Aida's answer remained calm; she was just a nobody to begin with.

Although Ying Sheng's high salary made her willing to do some extra things, it was limited to those without any risk.

She couldn't understand what was going on here, and it might involve a murder case, so she wouldn't meddle.

It's a pity that Mr. Mori seems to have really lost his mind, and she won't be able to keep this job for long.

Thinking this, she looked toward Kogoro Mouri's hospital bed.

Huh?

what is that?

Chapter 157 The Mystery of the Case from an Outsider's Perspective

Masayo Aida's gaze fell on the pillow next to Kogoro Mouri's hospital bed, where there was a black card.

She walked over, picked it up, and was instantly speechless.

It's a membership card from a club in Kabukicho.

This afternoon, Mr. Mizuki said he had set up a little test for Mr. Mori. Is this it?

Masayo Aida flipped the membership card over and over, glancing at it several times. It was quite exquisite and simple in design, with a black background and gold lines and dots on top, vaguely resembling a butterfly fluttering in the air.

At the bottom were contact numbers and addresses. Masayo Aida glanced at them casually; they were places he'd never heard of.

She wasn't familiar with this, so she didn't pay it any mind and put the card down again.

Since Mr. Mizuki considers this a test, calling him on the phone is definitely not going to be a good thing. He might just transfer the call to Attorney Fei or Miss Ran, letting them witness Mr. Mori's incorrigible nature.

Masayo Aida was very aware of his role as a passerby. He glanced around the room again, but since he didn't care about anything, he returned to the window to watch the commotion in the building across the street.