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

It's just that the scene that time didn't feel as realistic as this one.

"What is this...?"

Koizumi Akako's brows furrowed slightly.

She can't see anything.

The scene inside the magic crystal ball was desolate, with only the whistling of the autumn wind.

There is nothing else besides that.

There was no Chen En, no Mihana Town, no other people, and certainly no yellow lantern ring.

It was as if something had gone wrong with her divination magic, and she had divined the future of something that didn't even exist.

But the Yellow Lantern Ring and Chen En were things that appeared in front of him, so how could they not exist?

Will such a future also disappear?

A hint of doubt appeared in Koizumi Akako's eyes as she exerted her strength once more.

More magic was injected into the magic crystal ball, and the next moment, cracks appeared on the magic crystal ball again, making her eyelids twitch.

The last time the magic crystal ball encountered a major problem due to the divination itself was when it was divining the source of the curse magic on Mars.

What's happening here?

An endless expanse of black filled the entire world, and within that blackness, a pair of eyes slowly opened, as if looking through a crystal ball at Koizumi Akako.

She heard a whistle.

Then everything vanished into a deathly silence, and the magic crystal ball shattered.

In that instant.

Koizumi Akako understood the answer to everything.

Chapter 743 Death in the Gaze

The activation conditions for other yellow light rings are all about having the ability to instill great fear in enemies.

However, the activation condition for the Yellow Light Ring that Chen En obtained was that he needed to have the ability to face and master great fear.

Why does this difference exist?

The reason is probably quite simple.

It lies in what Koizumi Akako saw...

She saw nothing in the divination using the magic crystal ball.

But if what she saw was really what she thought it was.

Therefore, nothing in itself can explain the true nature of that thing.

A person dies three times in their life.

The first death was physiological.

The physical body is shattered, and the will dissipates.

The second was death as remembered.

It gradually fades from the memories of all relatives and friends, and eventually disappears completely.

The third is death of existence.

All related records no longer exist, all traces left behind have vanished into history, and no one can know of your existence anymore.

That would mean utter and complete death.

Just like what Koizumi Akako saw.

The scales and armor were gone, leaving nothing but a deathly darkness.

"Death?"

Koizumi Akako looked up at Chen En and tentatively uttered the word.

A look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

She has completed the interpretation of the images seen during this divination spell.

The reason Chen En was unable to activate the Yellow Light Ring.

The reason lies in death.

He feared death, but it seemed to be more than just death in the sense of the word; it was death at its root... a concrete manifestation of death.

Koizumi Akako found it unbelievable.

People who experience this situation have probably already died once, right?

She doesn't remember Chen En ever dying?

Resurrected after death.

Even in the realm of mysticism, it is a top-tier miracle, worthy of being recorded in magic textbooks.

Moreover, she hadn't noticed any problem at all before.

In fact, if it weren't for this use of magic to divine the matter between Chen En and the Yellow Lantern Ring...

She might never realize that such a thing existed in her lifetime.

"Damn it, this should be within the magic range of the Purple Witch."

"Not within the scope of mastery of red magic..."

She muttered to herself.

If it were the Purple Witch, she might be able to tell at a glance that Chen En had an aura of death about him, or that he looked like he had been dead.

(In Chapter 639, the Purple Witch stated that Chen En was surrounded by an aura of death, giving the impression of a living person on the verge of death.)

"die?"

Conan and Ai Haibara both turned to look at Chen En, and for a moment they recalled their experience in Hakodate...

After experiencing a series of challenges.

Chen En's body reached its limit at that time.

Ultimately, under intense mental concentration, he forcibly used the Bat Suit to stimulate his muscles.

After using the control stick to cut the steel cable that was jamming the pulley, the aircraft was brought to a safe stop.

He then suffered cardiac arrest.

Conan, Jirokichi Suzuki, and the others quickly rushed Chen En to the nearest hospital for emergency treatment.

That rescue took an exceptionally long time.

Moreover, after Chen En's vital signs were restored.

His sense of self did not return until the afternoon of the following day.

While Conan was being attacked because of the Five-Pronged Star Treasure, he began to fight against the Axe River Conglomerate, Southeast Asian arms dealers, and other forces.

Chen Encai, who was in the hospital, finally returned to normal from his coma.

Then came his first public appearance in the Batman suit.

And it was from that day that it began.

Conan remembers Chen En smiling less and less these days...

If we're talking about death...

Conan's first thought would then be of what happened that night.

And the truth was just as Ai Haibara and Conan had thought.

All of this stemmed from that emergency landing of the plane in Hakodate.

In that experience.

He truly died once.

Chen En's eyes narrowed slightly.

He has always been reluctant to recall what happened that night.

Because he knew that other people's fears were probably just psychological.

However, his fear was a very real thing.

Because he witnessed death itself.

That was neither Lady Death of the Infinity Family nor the Goddess of Death from the Marvel Universe.

Unlike any Grim Reaper character he knew from comics.

What appeared before him was a widely circulated and most classic image.

He was dressed in a black robe and held a scythe.

Death stood within his line of sight, casting his gaze upon him.

But the primal fear of death itself enveloped him in that instant.

This is something that no life can resist.

Death is the norm.

Life itself is accidental; everything born is destined to return to death...

However, Chen En did not give up.

He used his willpower to fight against death, trying his best to break free from its shackles and reintegrate his body into the real world.

It's like a drowning person.