My obsession with role-playing seems to have distorted the world's aesthetic.

She felt that she could no longer control her body; her body was now acting entirely on instinct.

However, Ai Haibara, whose mind was in disarray, hadn't considered one thing: whether her instinct was being controlled by someone else.

With both hands gripping the Enma sword, Ai Haibara broke the blade in an instant with a slight exertion.

"How is this possible?!"

Conan sounded somewhat surprised, but his surprise was destined to last only a short time, as Ai Haibara kicked him and sent him flying dozens of meters.

If she hadn't forcibly stabilized herself midway, she probably would have fallen straight off the mountain peak. Before Conan could react, Ai Haibara continued her pursuit.

"That's enough. Now I'll use this to kill you!"

As soon as the words were spoken, Ai Haibara's figure vanished without a trace, while Kaito Kuroba stared blankly at Ai Haibara, who seemed to have descended like a god of death.

What's going on here?

The vanished Ai Haibara reappeared the next second, her somewhat thin body now seen lifting a massive road roller.

"Takizawa Rirata!"

As is well known, the road roller is a relatively popular weapon in the realm of fate (for sure).

Conan clapped his hands as the yellow road roller rolled toward him: "Ai Haibara, you always manage to come up with something new."

However, you don't really think that most of my power comes from your father's body, do you?

Becoming the chess master isn't something you can do on a whim. Conan's father is incredibly powerful. Do you really think I don't have any weapons prepared to deal with him?

Next, I'll show you one of the weapons I'm preparing for Yusaku Kudo—the strongest weapon I once wielded.

As soon as he finished speaking, Conan suddenly moved his right hand to the right. In that instant, space ruptured, and ignoring the turbulent currents that were constantly rising in the ruptured space, Conan forced his right hand into it.

"This...this is!"

Ai Haibara's expression changed as she looked at the weapon Conan had just pulled out, as if she had never imagined that Conan would take out such a thing.

Chapter 456: What kind of tile is this?

"Shovel...shovel?"

Ai Haibara was stunned when she saw the weapon in front of her. The shovel looked ordinary and seemed far inferior to the Enma Blade.

An extremely oppressive aura erupted from Conan at this moment, and Conan's pupils contracted slightly as he rushed towards Ai Haibara.

"What kind of tile is this?!"

The moment her armored right hand blocked the shovel, Ai Haibara was sent flying backward, while Conan sneered, "That's a worker throwing a tile!"

Now, let's end your life with the Yamato shovel!

At this moment, Conan, as if guided by the will of the people and illuminated by the sun, rushed forward quickly with his back to the sunlight.

"That's truly outrageous power."

Ai Haibara had no chance to resist the Enma Shovel that replaced the Enma Blade in Conan's hand.

"Because...our workers have tiles to throw!"

Conan let out a powerful roar, and the next moment he continued to advance rapidly forward.

"Ha, do you, the leader of this wicked and mysterious organization, have the right to say that?"

Kaito Kuroba, who was lying on the side feeling severely injured, twitched the corner of his mouth, while Conan suddenly covered his head with his hand: "Patrick, big, star!"

He pronounced the name of the person currently controlling his body, word by word, pausing carefully. To outsiders, Conan appeared to be temporarily awake, but his teeth were clenched, and he shouted with a voice full of anger:

"You've betrayed the working class!"

As soon as he said this, the shovel in his hand began to shatter layer by layer, and Patrick, who had regained control of his body, said with a somewhat grim expression:

"Truly worthy of being called the savior of evildoers, he actually discovered that I no longer have the ability to wield this weapon."

But... that's enough now. Even without that power, I can easily defeat you now that you're severely injured!

Faced with Conan's words, Ai Haibara slowly closed her eyes, then suddenly opened them again. Deeply wounded, she said somewhat disheveledly:

"As expected, individual strength has its limits. The more you try to fight, the more you understand the disadvantages of each individual. Since individual strength cannot defeat you..."

Then I'll let you witness a power you can't even comprehend. Thanks to your performance just now, I've already sensed the way to defeat you.

Now all I want to say is…

Looking at Ai Haibara slowly getting up, Conan asked with a puzzled expression, "What are you talking about?"

"The Internationale will definitely come true!"

Ai Haibara shouted with great enthusiasm, and at this moment, the power that Conan had just controlled was gathered in her right hand and turned into a weapon.

It wasn't a shovel but a sickle. Looking at Conan not far away, Ai Haibara said firmly, "Goodbye, Father, and... my cowardice!"

Ai Haibara, who had decided to knock Conan unconscious first, said this, only to realize afterward that her casual remark might easily cause misunderstandings.

"Wait a minute. Didn't you say you came here to understand this fratricidal conflict, and that no one will die today?"

Conan panicked at Ai Haibara's words, but she ignored him and continued walking quickly forward.

"You're even more useless than I thought, Patrick."

Just then, a voice rang out, and at the same time, Conan's figure vanished.

As Conan disappeared, Ai Haibara cautiously looked around, while Kaito Kuroba's expression turned serious: "Yusaku Kudo, you've been watching me, haven't you!"

Unfortunately, his words did not have the desired effect; Kudo Yusaku left a message and then disappeared.

Seeing Conan disappear, Ai Haibara felt a bit overwhelmed. Where had her father been taken by Yusaku Kudo?

At the summit of Mount Fuji, Conan was nowhere to be found.

Meanwhile, in a house near the Beika Bank, Akemi Miyano suddenly felt dizzy.

A child in a blue suit appeared out of nowhere not far from him, and looked at Conan and Akemi Miyano with a look of disbelief.

How did this child even come into being?!

Completely bewildered by what had happened, she suddenly realized that Conan's appearance looked somewhat familiar. After a moment of recollection, she immediately had the answer.

Isn't this the same brat who ran into the bank where I work and claimed to be my father?

But... what's going on here?

The doubts in her heart did not last long. At this moment, Miyano Akemi's dizziness intensified, and at this moment, the illusionary patterns constructed by the power of the combination appeared in her pupils.

After putting Miyano Akemi to sleep using her mental abilities, Xia Qing transferred her to the bubble space and then used her power of combination to recreate an illusion of Miyano Akemi.

Who are you?

Conan's expression was somewhat serious as he looked at Miyano Akemi being controlled by Patrick Star. Conan himself, who was now in a conscious state and could see the outside world, successfully recognized her.

In Conan's memory, Akemi Miyano is one of his daughters, and the next moment, Akemi Miyano, who was not far from him, said something he never expected.

"I am the priest of this ceremony."

Miyano Akemi spoke calmly, but Conan's pupils contracted slightly upon hearing the word "ritual."

Patrick and Conan were equally taken aback, but without giving them time to hesitate, Akemi Miyano continued:

"Have you not noticed a single flaw in our numerous encounters?"

Conan fell silent upon hearing this, and at that moment Conan himself said no, he really didn't see any flaws.

"I really don't know how you've been called the Moriarty of the Heisei era."

With only this level of observational ability… surely the source of that other title you've given yourself isn't someone who deliberately orchestrated a plan and then acted as a detective to solve it, is it?”

Akemi Miyano looked somewhat doubtful, while Conan himself was quite frustrated.

Hey, do you look like the kind of person who would do that kind of thing?

Also, detectives aren't omnipotent. The reason I didn't see it was because your disguise was too perfect. With that level of disguise, I really couldn't find any clues.

Conan internally complained that he felt he was in a bit of danger.

If Miyano Akemi is a sacrifice... then according to the information I saw in the video left by "Kudo Shinichi", the sacrifice should be myself and Kid.

"There's still some time before the optimal start of the ceremony, so Mr. Sacrifice, you'd better stay here obediently for now."

After saying this, Akemi Miyano snapped her fingers, and instantly chains appeared, transforming into a dense cage that imprisoned Conan.

Chapter 457: Searching for the Priest

"You'll just have to stay here for now, Detective."

When Miyano Akemi uttered those last three words, her voice carried a hint of sarcasm, and Conan, seeing Miyano Akemi so different from the past, felt deeply troubled.

This woman... had actually been hiding it from me all along, and she had concealed it perfectly.

If this hadn't happened today, I might have really thought I was mistaken, that Miyano Akemi was just an ordinary person, and that the information left by my past self might have been wrong.

Inside the prison made of chains, Patrick controlled Conan's right hand to gently touch the constantly flowing chains, but even he could not completely analyze the nature of these chains in a short period of time.

"The source of this power... is really a headache. It's a power I've never seen before, and its bizarre style doesn't resemble that of ordinary technologies."

Conan muttered to himself, while at the same time, Akemi Miyano gracefully walked out of the rented room.

……

Still haven't found it?

Several hours later, looking at Kaito Kuroba and Ai Haibara lying on the hospital bed beside her, she asked this question.

After some self-diagnosis, Ai Haibara came to the conclusion that the power that erupted from her body did not seem to be usable indefinitely.

He was now weakened from using that power, which was why he needed to recover his strength as much as possible before finding Conan.

"Not yet, what a pity, I actually forgot to leave a tracker on him back then."

As the only person still able to participate in the activities, Kaito Kuroba, his hands rapidly typing on the keyboard, sounded somewhat helpless.

"Go for it, Kaito! The future of this world depends on you!"

Xia Qing was lying on another hospital bed, leisurely speaking in a manner consistent with the true character of the Mitch Barbatos, who mostly did nothing but slack off.

"Seriously... your injury is really outrageous."