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

A look of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he blurted out incredulously,

"This is insane!"

Tomorrow, at the Tokyo National Stadium, the final of the football match will take place.

[A total of 56,000 people were watching the football match simultaneously. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Deputy Superintendent Moroboshi and his grandson Hideki were also in attendance, which could serve as bait to lure Batman out.]

I'll provide you with the bombs, but you'll have to find the men yourself. You should know what to do next.

Regardless of what happens at the Tokyo National Stadium in the end, how many people die, or whether Batman dies or not, as long as you can walk out of the Tokyo National Stadium alive, I will provide you with a boat ticket.

Southeast Asia, I know where you want to go.

Fifty-six thousand people?!

Takeo Miura felt his eyelids twitching.

If he really blew up the Tokyo National Stadium and killed those 56,000 people,

Even if he manages to escape, he must live under an assumed name and never return to Japan for the rest of his life. Otherwise, there will be all sorts of skilled assassins coming to take his life!

Now that Black Mask has run into trouble, he doesn't think he can survive such an attack!

Takeo Miura's expression changed repeatedly.

Finally, he answered.

I will take action.

As is well known, the most prominent characteristic of the Black Organization is its lack of credibility.

Although Ireland is considered an outlier within the Black Organization,

However, he has also truly mastered the essence of organizational training in this regard.

If Black Mask really did carry out a bombing that endangered 56,000 people...

Then, Black Mask should die.

Of course, if he disagreed, he deserved to die, because the Irish believed that only the dead could keep secrets.

Anyway, they're just pieces and gloves used to deal with Batman.

If you die, you die.

Ireland didn't care at all.

More than that, he was concerned about what was going on with Batman's team.

That firework was clearly set up intentionally by someone else for lighting purposes.

If they can't capture Batman now, perhaps starting with Batman's teammates is one way. Besides, he already has an answer regarding the mysterious force that previously provided aid to the Iron Society.

No, it can't be called an answer; it was just that the rum gave him an instruction in response.

Rum wouldn't allow him to continue his investigation.

However, Ireland has some speculations about this.

Perhaps it's the dark web that the Karasuma family developed from their former, more visible branches, and in order to protect themselves, they also wanted to take down Batman—it's a real shame.

Although both are subordinate forces of the Karasuma family, the two forces do not communicate with each other.

If Ireland could wield considerable influence in both of Karasuma's subordinate factions, just like Rum, he felt that taking down Batman would be no difficult task at all!

Chapter 317 Forced to Face the Powerful and Terrifying Chinese Men's Football Team

Happy New Year!

"Haha, it's the New Year, so of course we should drink to our hearts' content! Come on, drink!"

At the Mouri Detective Agency, Chen En, who had been summoned, sat down on the sofa with a question mark slowly appearing above his head.

Chen En: ?

When I type a question mark, it's not that I have a problem, but that I think you have a problem.

Happy New Year? Are you kidding me?

Chen En glanced at Kogoro Mouri, who was performing an unlimited sake refill performance next to him.

He glanced again at Ran Mouri, who was flipping through DVDs beside him, and finally asked,

Is today January 1st?

Kogoro Mouri and Ran Mouri both turned to look at Chen En.

A hint of doubt appeared in his eyes.

Kogoro Mouri even reached out and touched his forehead. Finding nothing wrong, he then spoke.

"Of course it's January 1st."

"It's New Year's Day today, what's wrong? Did you get dizzy from a rush last night?"

Chen En: ?

Wasn't yesterday December 19th? Today is January 1st?

He glanced down at the sake Kogoro Mouri offered, his gaze lingering for a moment before he looked up at Kogoro with a disapproving look.

"Uncle Mori, you know I never drink alcohol."

Upon hearing this answer, Kogoro Mouri looked somewhat shocked and said incredulously,

"What? You don't drink? But everyone else is drinking..."

Ran Mouri quietly peeked out from the next room and complained.

"Dad, have you forgotten? Back in the Honda case, Mr. Chen already said he wouldn't drink anymore!"

Mori Kogoro:?

I'm guessing, who remembers anything from almost two hundred chapters ago?

Kogoro Mouri sighed.

He muttered some nonsense like, "Sake is the essence of life, the more you drink, the more energetic you become," and "Without alcohol, life is meaningless." To this, Chen En simply watched Kogoro Mori enthusiastically showing off his sake and asked,

"Where's Conan? Where did Conan go?"

"This morning, Ai told me that the Junior Detective League was having a team-building event, and Conan should be going with them. However, they didn't tell me where they were going. Beika Town has been quite chaotic lately, and I'm worried that wherever they go, there might be danger."

Mori Kogoro:?

Are you sure it's the places they go that are dangerous, rather than the places they go that might be dangerous?

Slightly tipsy, Kogoro Mouri frowned, recalling his earlier speculation that Conan was a jinx, and immediately understood what Chen En meant.

He immediately put his arm around Chen En's shoulder and said, reeking of alcohol,

"Yes, absolutely right! I think so too!"

"I remember it was...it was going to..."

Kogoro Mouri stammered for a long time but couldn't get anything out.

Ran Mouri, who had just finished organizing the DVDs, answered this question.

"This morning, the final of a soccer match will be held at the Tokyo National Stadium. Conan said it was a 'battle between Tokyo Spirits and BIG Osaka,' and we couldn't miss it, so we went with the Detective Boys."

"They should have checked their tickets by now and be ready to enter, right?"

Tokyo SPIRITS vs. BIG Osaka?

Chen En frowned.

He seemed to have never heard of either of those football teams before.

However, this is understandable, as he doesn't care much about sports events, while Conan is a true football enthusiast, and his football skills as the Super Soccer Hero are all honed out of his love for the sport.

"Oh, is that it? Well, if you ask me, what's so interesting about a football match?"

"The Japanese team can't even make it to the World Cup semi-finals. Even if they do, they'll have to face the powerful and terrifying Chinese men's football team. They get beaten 0-3 every time. What's so interesting about that?"

Kogoro Mouri muttered to himself,

"Right now is the time to drink sake and watch Yoko Okino's concert!"

As he spoke, he pressed the remote control switch.

However, instead of a rebroadcast of Yoko Okino's concert, the TV program featured a rather uninteresting anime rakugo performance, similar to crosstalk from Chen En's hometown, but it was difficult to appreciate the fun in it.

Let's put it this way: the artistic elements are as high as two or three buildings, but the main appeal is that it's highbrow and inaccessible to the general public.

Kogoro Mouri let out a wail.

"Seriously? Shouldn't they be playing a replay of Yoko Okino's concert at this time?"

Hearing this, Ran Mouri, sitting beside him, replied.

"Of course not, this is a New Year's Day special program, the concert has been moved to the afternoon broadcast."

Mori Kogoro:?

Without a word, he fell asleep instantly, his speed of falling asleep rivaling even Nobita Nobi from Doraemon, leaving Chen En and Ran Mouri beside him dumbfounded.

If there were a national sleep contest, Kogoro Mouri could probably win the top prize just for this skill alone.

"Tokyo National Stadium? The football final?"

Chen En muttered these words to himself.

A look of confusion appeared in his eyes before he remembered the content of this episode.

Indiscriminate coercion in the arena.

This episode takes place one episode after Ai Haibara's appearance, and the two are very close together. Thanks to this, Chen En still has some impression of the content of this episode, so he feels that he should deal with it in advance.

Chen En stood up.