Genshin Impact players in the world of Detective Conan

In light of this, the Metropolitan Police Department suspects that this is not just a case of students going missing in schools, but rather that only disappearances occurring in schools could attract such a level of attention.

For a city like Tokyo, the number of missing persons is not significant, let alone just one or two adults.

Moreover, their disappearances are not as easily pinpointed to a specific day or even hour as those of students with regular schedules.

Upon hearing about the case, Conan instantly abandoned his idea of ​​confessing and immediately hopped up on his short legs, trying to climb onto the counter to see the case information that Yin Kong had casually jotted down.

Unfortunately, after he finally managed to climb onto the counter, he was dismayed to discover that the information Yin Kong had written down was—

Although he learned many skills in Hawaii, none of them included Chinese, and he was not yet able to read fluently.

"I see. Thank you so much, Inspector Megure."

"It's nothing, but I need to ask you for help here, brother. Please let me know as soon as there's any progress."

After hanging up the phone, Yin Kong very "thoughtfully" asked:

"Conan, do you need me to translate for you?"

"I...I...I don't want to trouble Brother Yin Kong."

Sensing the impending danger, Conan immediately forced out an incredibly innocent smile.

Of course, the next moment, he was already pinned to the head by Uncle Mori's fist:

"Boy, don't disturb the adults!"

Conan covered his head with the shiny new bag, looking aggrieved.

What do you mean by disturbing him? Wasn't he just trying to help?

Yin Kong smiled and shook his head. To be honest, he wouldn't mind having Conan involved in the case.

After all, it's good to have someone help you think, and Shinichi Kudo's reasoning ability is trustworthy, but the premise is that Conan is willing to ask a question first, instead of just grabbing at things.

While Ran was comforting Conan, Aoyama Nanami asked curiously:

"Mr. Yin Kong, have you made any discoveries?"

After all, she was one of the people involved in the disappearance case, so she was naturally very concerned about the specific details of the case.

Yin Kong had no intention of hiding anything. As he recounted the events, he casually pulled out a map of Tokyo and circled the locations of the schools where the disappearances had occurred.

"Wow, that sounds terrifying!"

Yuri Kawana was naturally startled, because several schools had chosen to keep it a secret, so she hadn't heard any rumors about it.

However, her friend Miko Yotsuya's expression was somewhat strange:

"Boss Yin Kong, could all of these missing people be—"

She naturally immediately thought of her own situation.

If she hadn't encountered the Rabbit House, or hadn't been able to resist answering the ghosts' questions, would she have become one of these missing people?

"It cannot be determined at this time."

Yin Kong frowned slightly, realizing that these five schools did not seem to have any connection in terms of location alone.

Of course, it could also be because two key positions are still missing.

Moreover, one of them corresponds to today's location.

Does this Ms. Yotsuya Miko know any clues?

Conan looked at Miko Yotsuya, wanting to ask, "What are they?", but wisely remained silent, touching the bag on his head.

Uncle Mori was also very surprised:

"What do those missing people have in common?"

If there is no connection between the schools, then they will naturally look for commonalities among the victims first, which is also the most common approach used by the police in handling cases.

"Yes, we do have that."

Yin Kong nodded slightly, and then, under everyone's gaze, slowly said:

"Although many of these missing students had no connection whatsoever, let alone know each other, they all had one thing in common: they were all fans of ghost stories or had participated in some kind of ghost game on that day."

A fan of paranormal stories?

Everyone was stunned, especially Yotsuya Miko, who suddenly shuddered.

Although there is no evidence yet, she is almost certain that the disappearance of these people is very likely related to those ubiquitous ghosts and monsters. No wonder the boss Yin Kong in front of her would take action to investigate.

"According to the police investigation, the ghost stories and games that the missing persons participated in can be basically divided into three categories. The first is mirror-related ghost stories derived from Bloody Mary, the second is Ouija board games, and the last is telephone-related games..."

Baihechuan Hua looked puzzled:

"What are these?"

She was a naturally athletic girl who had absolutely no interest in ghost stories, so she was completely baffled by them.

Upon hearing this, Conan immediately provided some scientific explanation:

"Bloody Mary is a horror game originating from the West. It is said that you can see her ghost if you call her name three times in front of a mirror."

Of course, this is just the initial version. Over hundreds of years of transmission and evolution, the so-called summoning ritual has spawned many new versions. But basically, any summoning ritual that requires performing specific actions in front of a mirror can be considered a variation of Bloody Mary.

At this point, Conan suddenly froze.

Because he suddenly realized that just yesterday, when they were exploring the haunted house, the "ghost" had Mitsuhiko play rock-paper-scissors in front of a mirror, which was a variant of Bloody Mary.

They were lucky, though. Although they not only encountered what appeared to be a ghost, but Mitsuhiko also lost a game of rock-paper-scissors, they were only missing for a short while.

But is there any connection between the two?

"Could it be that they summoned real ghosts?"

Xiao Lan's voice was a little weak, after all, she was naturally powerless against ghosts and monsters.

That's not impossible.

Yin Kongxin nodded, because although these three types of ghost story games have different methods and media, they can all be regarded as a very simple summoning ritual.

Given the current unique circumstances of this world, it seems not impossible that some special conditions might be met by chance, thereby summoning some troublesome being.

Of course, in order not to scare Xiaolan, Yin Kong immediately smiled and said:

"Miss Xiaolan, you're overthinking it. We should believe in science. Ghosts and such are nothing but nonsense. Rather than ghosts, I'm more inclined to believe that it's precisely because of their love for paranormal games that they've become targets for criminal gangs..."

Seeing Yin Kong's serious-sounding nonsense, Yotsuya Miko was naturally speechless.

Uncle Mori, of course, didn't notice any of this, and simply nodded and said:

“Brother Yin Kong is right, Xiao Lan. This is most likely a trick used by criminals to mislead the police. You don’t need to be afraid.”

Of course, after saying that, he immediately added:

"But whether it's real or fake, it's best not to get involved in these paranormal games."

Chapter 199 Personality

Uncle Mori's worries were unfounded, because even without his reminder, Ran was unlikely to participate in any supernatural games.

"If you ask me, young people these days are really just bored and have nothing better to do than play these kinds of ridiculous games."

Uncle Mori's words immediately drew a strong nod of agreement from Miko Yotsuya.

Although she was also young, she couldn't understand such behavior at all.

"Mr. Zhongli, without my approval, is it possible for those demons to directly attack people in the real world through such a ritual?"

Yin Kong immediately asked Zhong Li for advice in his heart.

First of all, the possibility that these missing students are all "victims" like Yotsuya Miko can be basically ruled out.

According to the memories of the "Hundred-Faced Witch," the number of "sacrificial people" is actually very small.

Even with its intelligence, it often needs to search for months or even years before it can find one.

That's why it was so excited when it discovered that Yoko and the others could see it.

Moreover, from a generally rational perspective, people who can see ghosts and monsters are unlikely to engage in so-called supernatural games in their daily lives.

However, if it were possible to summon demons through simple ghost story games, then similar "disappearance cases" would have been commonplace long ago.

“It’s very difficult, extremely difficult.” Zhongli’s answer was also concise and direct. “Such an act is tantamount to directly granting them existence. Even if it is only temporary, it requires at least the status of a god to do so.”

As for beings below the level of gods, they should not even think about it.

However, a problem arises: if it is truly a god-like being, then isn't one person's "appetite" a bit too small each day?

With the power of a god, let alone swallowing five schools, it wouldn't be difficult for him to sink the entire Tokyo metropolis, right?

"It seems there won't be any peace and quiet this afternoon."

Yin Kong originally planned to follow the mission instructions and wait until the early hours of tomorrow morning to take action.

Now it seems he really needs to make some preparations.

After all, although the possibility is very low, if a god-level being really involved, then he cannot be so careless.

"Since Brother Yin Kong still has cases to attend to, I won't bother you any longer."

Seeing this, Uncle Mori immediately took his leave.

Before leaving, don't forget to grab Conan, who looks reluctant to part with you.

"Ya Butterfly!"

Conan was clearly very reluctant, because he strongly suspected that the disappearance was related to the "ghost" he encountered in the haunted house.

If the truth could be found out, he wouldn't have to lie in bed all night, unable to sleep.

Unfortunately, Uncle Mori punched him directly, planting another bump on his head, easily suppressing his resistance.

Seeing the Mori family leave, Yotsuya Miko finally had a chance to ask:

"Mr. Yin Kong, may I ask what my future job will be?"

Is she going to be like Aoyama-kun, wearing a maid outfit and standing at the front desk to greet clients every day?

"Oh, Jianzi, are you going to work here?"

Hearing her friend ask this, Yuri Kawana finally realized what was going on and looked puzzled.

“Yes, yes.” Yotsuya Miko’s eyes darted around a couple of times, and she immediately put her learning to use, directly copying Conan’s words, “Actually, I discovered that I’m very interested in detective work, so I thought I’d work at the Rabbit House to broaden my horizons.”

Yuri Kawana looked on with suspicion, because in her memory, her friend should have had absolutely no interest in this kind of thing.

However, it's not entirely unreasonable.

After Yotsuya Miko finished dealing with her friend, Yoon Sora also replied:

"Of course it's not an easy job."

If Yotsuya Miko could stay at the Rabbit House all day, she could replace Aoyama Nanami and become the new "Catherine".

Unfortunately, she is a high school girl just like Nanami, and because she lives in Tokyo, she actually has less free time than Nanami. So even if she wanted to, she probably wouldn't be able to become Catherine.

"Your job is actually to help me record the locations of those special friends."

What Yin Kong was referring to were, of course, those world bosses.

The seven statues have only illuminated a small part of the map so far, but clearly, there are many treasure chests with legs waiting for him to collect outside the map.

Although Yotsuya Miko was mentally prepared, she knew that a job that paid two million yen a year would not be easy and would most likely be related to ghosts and monsters.

But hearing Yin Kong say that still left me feeling somewhat helpless.

On the bright side, Yin Kong only asked her to record and report the locations of those powerful demons; he didn't ask her to take up a sword and fight them, so it was acceptable.

"I understand."

Special friends?

Only Yurikawa looked puzzled. She and Yotsuya Miko had been friends for many years, so how could she not know that Miko had any "special friends"?

However, the two didn't seem to intend to answer her questions, and Yin Kong directly said:

"Then let's not delay any longer and go see your old friends."

Both raw stones and relics are things he urgently needs right now.

Yotsuya Miko was also taken aback. He thought that Yin Kong would prioritize investigating clues in the missing persons case at this moment.