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

Upon hearing this, Chen En snapped his fingers and said definitively,

"Of course there are other important things."

"Noah's Ark, as an artificial intelligence that only exists in the imaginations of people in this era, do you believe that other things imagined by people in this era also really exist?"

Ai Haibara, standing nearby, looked somewhat surprised.

She had previously made it clear that she wanted to make contact with some people with supernatural abilities, but she didn't expect Chen En to bring her directly to ask Noah's Ark. However, asking Noah's Ark on the scientific side about things related to the mystical side is too outrageous, isn't it?

Noah's Ark hesitated for a moment before replying.

"If you believe it exists, then I should also believe it exists."

Chen En: ?

The way you're saying it makes it sound like mystical things exist or disappear because of my thoughts.

Idealism isn't this idealistic, is it?

Chen En shook his head and said,

"Magic and superpowered individuals are real."

"Two supernatural ability users from criminal organizations have arrived in Tokyo. If I'm not mistaken, one is a supernatural ability user who can induce hallucinations, and the other is a witch who can instill fear in people."

"The surveillance system will be fully implemented in Beika Town within about three days."

"I'll need you to keep an eye on these two people with supernatural abilities for me then."

At this point, Chen En hesitated for a moment.

Because he didn't know the witch's physical characteristics, even if he knew the spider's physical characteristics, the spider could still enter Beika Town by disguising herself, even if these two supernatural ability users appeared in Beika Town.

Without demonstrating supernatural abilities, it's unlikely that Noah's Ark would have discovered their existence.

Chen En concluded by saying,

"In short, after the surveillance system is in place, please keep an eye out for any supernatural phenomena that may exist within the system. I will then go to the site to confirm whether it is the target I am looking for."

A memo appeared on Noah's Ark's display screen, with a green checkmark next to it.

This seems to be implying that there are no problems with the task.

However, Ai Haibara, who was standing next to him, turned her head to look at Chen En with some surprise.

She frowned and asked,

"You've deployed a surveillance system throughout the entire Beika Town area?"

"To correct you, it's not just the Beikacho area; this is just the beginning. My goal is to achieve surveillance system coverage of the entire Tokyo metropolitan area. This would obviously be beneficial to Beikacho, which is currently rife with chaos."

Chen En answered, and then asked,

"Noah's Ark, please search the forums and newspapers of Tokyo throughout history."

"I want to know if there were any supernatural phenomena or urban legends in the Tokyo area in the past, such as people seeing some kind of monster at Kisaragi Station. I don't think there is Ultraman in this world."

After all, Kisaragi Station originated from the Ultraman 80 series, so Kisaragi Station is probably related to the series.

The content involving Ultraman is a special issue of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and has nothing to do with him, the Batman from the DC universe. The main reason is that if Ultraman and monsters actually appeared, he couldn't beat them, and he wouldn't get any points.

Upon receiving the instructions, a series of messages flashed rapidly across the Noah's Ark's display screen.

Finally, within Chen En's field of vision, thousands of suspected reports and legends of supernatural phenomena appeared sporadically.

The closest one to this seems to be the incident a while ago when someone tried to steal offering money from a shrine. Just as their hand touched the offering box, a slight local earthquake occurred in Tokyo, causing a shrine ornament to fall off and knock the thief unconscious.

In response, Chen En simply stroked his chin and shook his head slightly.

He found it when he was checking files at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. It was a fabricated paranormal event, the purpose of which was to use the paranormal events at the shrine to cover up the truth of his burglary.

Inspector Shiratori has already solved the case.

Of these supernatural phenomena, the vast majority are man-made or riddled with obvious flaws, leaving only less than ten reports and legends of supernatural phenomena that are barely credible.

"According to television reports, a large red magic circle once appeared in the Ekoda area, covering the ground. Everyone within the magic circle experienced a hallucination of a complete power outage. The magic circle disappeared after the spring snow fell..."

"Some people have seen black pyramids rising from the ground in the mountainous areas of Tokyo, and believe that there are subterranean people."

"...most of them have lost their timeliness, and one case was even caused by an acquaintance."

Chen En rubbed his forehead.

Just as he was pondering this, he heard the voice of Noah's Ark.

"Speaking of which, it is said that there is a treasure map called the 'Map of the Distribution of Japanese Gems' circulating in Tokyo."

Map showing the distribution of Japanese precious stones?

Chen En looked up at the Noah's Ark's display screen, where a familiar story appeared: "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter." However, this version of "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" was not quite the same as the one he remembered.

Princess Kaguya, from the moon, possesses the body of Princess Otohime of the Dragon Palace.

She demanded that the nobles of Kyoto bring her five treasures that could represent all the wealth on earth, or she would destroy Kyoto and kill all the filthy humans on earth, giving the nobles only fifteen days.

Stone bowl before the Buddha, jade branch from Penglai, fire rat fur coat, swallow's shell, dragon head precious jade.

Fifteen days was not enough to reach India. The jade tree of Penglai was too high to climb, the fire rat's fur coat was priceless, and the swallow's cowrie shell was nonexistent. Only the dragon head jade was truly brought back by someone.

The moment Princess Kaguya happily reached for the Dragon Head Jewel, the Dragon God emerged from it.

Princess Kaguya was banished to the moon, and then the Dragon God Jewel transformed into seven divine orbs with incredible power, which fell throughout the country. The map showing the distribution of the Japanese jewels that we see before us records all of this.

"...What a strange story."

Ai Haibara blinked and whispered,

"It sounds like something someone made up, a product of stitching together many plot points. I think it's probably fake."

In response, Chen En simply stroked his chin and replied,

I don't think so.

Chapter 527 Koizumi Akako: What is a pure technological panacea?

Like "Detective Conan", "Yaiba" is another manga series created by Gosho Aoyama, also known as "Dragon Ball".

Chen En was just as unfamiliar with the plot of The Legend of the Swordsman as he was with the plot of Lupin III.

Judging from the name alone, since it is called the Nine Dragon Balls, there must really be nine precious balls with extraordinary abilities. The seven Dragon God Balls on this distribution map, plus the Wind God Ball and Thunder God Ball from the beginning of the Sword and Hero Legend, make a total of nine precious balls.

However, he was not sure whether these jewels truly possessed extraordinary effects.

Chen En has investigated the protagonist of the Legend of the Swordsman, Tetsuken, as well as Onimaru Takeshi, who made several cameo appearances.

The former attended Kyoto High School and showed no signs of contact with supernatural abilities before graduating. He had only fought Okita Souji VI several times because of his sister, Moritetsuha, and was considered to have superb swordsmanship.

Onimaru Takeshi, on the other hand, is missing. He is neither in Kyoto nor Tokyo, but seems to be studying in a small city where the internet is not widespread. The few times he has appeared in the public eye are when he is participating in various kendo tournaments.

The whereabouts of these two individuals are unknown, but they do not appear to possess any supernatural abilities.

"...Let's send someone to look for it."

Chen En rubbed his forehead and gave his judgment.

Seriously speaking, even though Japan's territory is not large, trying to find those extraordinary jades based on a jade distribution map that has been passed down for thousands of years and is likely to be distorted is almost wishful thinking.

If he were to search for it himself, the time he would spend on the road alone would probably be calculated in months.

It would be better to send someone to search for the locations on the distribution map one by one.

He could only hope that Tekken and Onimaru Takeshi hadn't come into contact with supernatural abilities because the plot hadn't progressed yet, rather than because the supernatural items belonging to Tekken and Onimaru Takeshi had been taken by someone else due to a timeline discrepancy.

Otherwise, there will definitely be big trouble.

"Noah's Ark, thank you for your help with these matters. Please get some rest."

"I'm going to visit a witch next to see if she can provide some identifying information so that we can quickly identify the witch who has invaded Tokyo when Beika Town has full surveillance coverage."

Noah's Ark was still somewhat confused by Chen En's words.

I don't believe in gods and ghosts. After all, it's a product of pure technology. If the mystical side really existed, the world would never be as peaceful as it is now.

However, since Batman has said it so confidently, it's not unreasonable to believe him for a moment.

After all, Batman's battle in the suburbs of Tokyo already seemed somewhat inhuman.

The screen on Noah's Ark flickered and then slowly went out.

It is currently diving into the ocean of the internet, preparing to search more extensively for information and legends about the mystical side. This is also a kind of rest for it, since artificial intelligence does not have a hibernation period.

Shutting down and restarting is just another form of resurrection.

The screen showed that Noah's Ark had been turned off.

Ai Haibara couldn't help but ask,

"You said you're going to visit a witch next?"

"Will that witch really be willing to see you and me? Will she be like in fairy tales, wearing a robe of dangerous colors, then dumping all sorts of random props into a cauldron and stirring it into a color that makes no one want to eat it..."

Chen En: ?

How could that be? Is Koizumi Akako such a witch?

...Wait a minute, thinking about it carefully, that's indeed the case. That's exactly what Koizumi Akako did when she used divination magic.

Thinking of this, Chen En fell silent for a moment, then said,

"Anyway, you'll know when you get there."

"...What do you mean by saying that only demons lose their magic when they shed tears?"

"Do I look like a demon? Me?"

Koizumi Akako was wearing a witch's uniform that could absolutely be described as bizarre.

Sitting on the sofa, she glared angrily at Ai Haibara and Chen En across from her.

Judging from appearances alone, Chen En deduced that Koizumi Akako was preparing to perform some kind of magic, but they arrived midway, so she had to temporarily stop the magic to meet them.