Infinity Starting with Hikaru no Go

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Chapter 461 The Latent Crisis, Conan's Move! (Please Subscribe!)

Maori Detective Agency.

Rena Mizunashi's formal interview and Q&A session with Kogoro Mouri has finally come to an end.

At this moment, Rena Mizunashi was chatting with Kogoro Mouri, discussing the details of the filming they had just done.

All of this seemed perfectly normal to Conan.

If Conan hadn't known Mizunashi Rena's identity beforehand, he probably wouldn't have been able to figure out anything, even with his keen observation skills.

This fact weighed heavily on Conan's mind, and a strong sense of crisis welled up within him.

Conan knew very well that Rena Mizunashi was actually just a microcosm of the Black Organization.

In the island nation, or even in one's own neighborhood, there are likely still members of the Black Organization disguised as ordinary people, living normal lives, but one simply hasn't noticed or realized it.

This also means that there is a deadly crisis lurking around you at all times.

This deadly crisis is not only aimed at himself, but also at those around him, including... Ran Mouri.

As he thought about it, Conan suddenly felt immense pressure.

The immense pressure made Conan's body feel heavy, and cold sweat involuntarily seeped from his forehead.

At this moment, Conan began to have wild thoughts, even considering saying goodbye to Ran Mouri's family after this incident, no longer choosing to stay with them, but instead staying far away from them, and keeping the danger away from them as well...

Just as Conan was lost in thought, he suddenly felt a small but warm and powerful hand grasp his.

Immediately, Conan heard a gentle voice in his ear say, "Let's go, Conan, Dad's interview is over, let's go see your idol together."

Upon hearing this, Conan couldn't help but look in the direction of the voice, and there stood Ran Mouri with a gentle smile on her face.

At this moment, in Conan's eyes, Ran Mouri, who was holding his hand and giving him warmth and strength, was as flawless and beautiful as an angel.

In his mind, Conan couldn't help but recall last night, the scene he saw outside the Beika Cinema, and the fact that Ran Mouri had accepted Shinichi Kudo's confession.

Thinking this, Conan silently lowered his head, tightening his grip on Ran's hand, and silently vowed, 'Ran, I will definitely protect you, and I will definitely return to your side as Shinichi Kudo!'

Ran Mouri didn't notice anything unusual about Conan and simply led him toward Rena Mizunashi.

On the way, Conan, who had calmed down, looked up at Rena Mizunashi with an extremely solemn and serious expression on his face.

Conan realized that his previous thinking had fallen into a misconception.

The misconception is that even if you stay away from Ran Mouri, will the crisis really go away with you?

Rena Mizunashi has already given Conan the answer.

This also made Conan realize that from the moment he came into contact with the Black Organization, everyone around him also came into contact with the Black Organization.

Chen Anxia, ​​Hua Sheng, Professor Agasa, Yusaku Kudo, Yukiko Kudo... these are all examples of this.

Naturally, Ran Mouri and Kogoro Mouri are no exception.

Therefore, staying away at this time is not a good approach. Instead, the best way is to use Conan's new identity to stay by their side and do everything in his power to protect them.

The moment Conan made up his mind, Ran Mouri brought him to Rena Mizunashi's side.

Kogoro Mouri naturally noticed Ran Mouri and Conan as well, and took the initiative to introduce them, "This is my beloved daughter, Ran Mouri, and this is Conan Edogawa, who is temporarily staying at our house."

As he spoke, Kogoro Mouri seemed to remember something and added, "Oh, right, this kid is a huge fan of Rena-san. He even took the day off to wait for you at home when he heard you were coming."

Upon hearing this, Rena Mizunashi turned her gaze to Conan.

Conan, at this moment, also restrained his expressions and reactions that were inconsistent with his age, and did his best to act in a way that was appropriate for his current age.

The moment Rena Mizunashi looked over, Conan excitedly exclaimed, "Big sister, I really, really like you! Not just me, a lot of my classmates like you too! Can I take a picture with you?"

Although Conan's acting wasn't perfect, Rena Mizunashi couldn't detect anything unusual in Conan's expression or reaction.

Or rather, Rena Mizunashi simply couldn't imagine that the child named Conan in front of her was actually Shinichi Kudo, the target of her mission.

Therefore, Rena Mizunashi readily agreed to Conan's request, gently squatted down in front of Conan, reached out and patted Conan's little head, saying, "Of course, it would be my honor."

After receiving a positive reply from Rena Mizunashi, Conan was overjoyed and exclaimed, "Great! Great! I'll show the photos to my classmates tomorrow. They'll be so envious of me!"

Rena Mizunashi couldn't help but smile at this.

Ran Mouri, standing to the side, looked at Conan with doting eyes. For some reason, Ran always felt a special connection with Conan, which made her unconsciously show a similar expression.

As for Kogoro Mouri, upon witnessing this scene, he couldn't help but curl his lip and mutter, "As expected, a brat is a brat; his usual maturity is all an act..."

Conan, of course, heard Kogoro Mouri's吐槽 (tu cao, a Chinese internet slang term for sarcastic or critical remarks), and couldn't help but think to himself, "Heh, quite the opposite, this old man really is as clueless as ever..."

However, at this moment, Conan's attention was not on Kogoro Mouri, but on Rena Mizunashi, who was squatting down next to him and posing for a photo.

Meanwhile, Conan had prepared a button-shaped device that combined eavesdropping and tracking, intending to put it in Rena Mizunashi's pocket.

Perhaps because of Conan's age at this time, Rena Mizunashi was completely unprepared for Conan, allowing him to succeed on the first try.

After the success, Conan's heart pounded wildly, filled with excitement and trepidation, and it took him a long time to calm down.

Conan thus failed to notice the hidden camera concealed in the buttons of Rena Mizunashi's shirt.

Fortunately, Rena Mizunashi and Conan were standing side by side when they took the photo, which meant they were not within the range of the hidden camera. Otherwise, Vodka would have seen Conan placing the button-shaped listening and tracking device.

However, although Conan's actions were not seen by Vodka, they were indeed noticed by someone else.

Inside the Poirot Cafe, the eavesdropping bullet that had been watching Rena Mizunashi's every move through the surveillance cameras at the Mouri Detective Agency noticed Conan's unusual behavior.

After replaying, freezing, zooming in, and clarifying the surveillance footage, the eavesdropping bullet's eyes narrowed slightly as he looked at the object in Conan's hand, muttering, "The style of this button... I feel like I've seen it somewhere before!?"

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Chapter 462 Interlude: The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Press Conference! (Please Subscribe!)

Soon, as if he had just thought of something, the eavesdropping device started working rapidly on the computer.

A moment later, a still image appeared on the computer screen.

In the scene, Rena Mizunashi is picking up a button from the ground.

The button that Rena Mizunashi picked up was exactly the same style as the one Conan put in Rena Mizunashi's pocket.

This fact caused the eavesdropping bullet to furrow its brow, and it began to replay the scene of Conan putting the button-shaped eavesdropping tracker into Rena Mizunashi's pocket.

Through repeated playback, the eavesdropping bullet confirmed that the button was not something Conan picked up from somewhere, but rather something he took out of his own pocket.

This also means that the button is not the one that appeared in Rena Mizunashi's house, nor is it the button that Rena Mizunashi dropped.

So why did Conan secretly put this button into Rena Mizunashi's pocket?

The eavesdropping bullet puzzled her, but she had a vague feeling that things were not so simple, and it was too much of a coincidence that buttons of the same style would appear in the hands of Rena Mizunashi and Conan, who had no prior connection.

Without the slightest hesitation, the eavesdropping bullet's hands flew across the computer screen once again.

This time, the eavesdropping bomb directly matched the button's design image with big data on the internet to see if any clues could be found.

Matching takes time, and during the matching and filtering process, the eavesdropping bullet once again turned its attention to the surveillance footage of the Mouri Detective Agency.

After a short break, Rena Mizunashi began the second part of "The Other Side of the Detective," which involved interviewing people around Kogoro Mouri.

Rena Mizunashi's first interviewee was naturally Ran Mouri, Kogoro Mouri's daughter.

Because it was Ran Mouri's first time being interviewed by a television station, and by Rena Mizunashi, one of the most popular female announcers at the time, she appeared very nervous.

Upon discovering this, Rena Mizunashi smiled and said, "Ran Mouri, I'll call you Ran."

"You know what? I'll actually meet you."

Upon hearing Rena Mizunashi's words, Conan's heart skipped a beat. His trembling pupils stared at Rena, and he murmured to himself, 'What does she mean by that? Why does she know Ran? Has the Black Organization been watching Ran all along?'

Similar to Conan's reaction, but with a different thought, Ran Mouri couldn't help but exclaim in astonishment, "Eh, you know me!?"

Seeing this, Rena Mizunashi smiled and explained, "An Natsumi and I are good friends, and we usually follow news related to him."

"Through those news reports, I learned that you are also a good friend of Anxia. Not only you, I also know that Suzuki Sonoko and Kudo Shinichi are good friends of Anxia."

Upon hearing this, Ran Mouri's face showed a look of sudden realization, and she said, "Oh, I see."

As for Conan, he breathed a slight sigh of relief, but his mind remained tense.

Conan had no doubts about the friendship between Rena Mizunashi and Anxia Chen.

In Conan's opinion, Chen Anxia became good friends with Rena Mizunashi only to find out about the Black Organization, not because he really wanted to be good friends with her.

What made Conan tense was that he knew Rena Mizunashi's target this time was him.

Therefore, Conan knows that Rena Mizunashi is bringing up this topic now, most likely to foreshadow something related to him.

Rena Mizunashi, on the other hand, was so focused on Ran Mouri that she didn't notice Conan's unusual behavior.

Seeing Ran Mouri's reaction, Rena Mizunashi smiled and continued, "We're all Anxia's good friends, and from another perspective, we're also good friends, so you don't need to be nervous."

Seeing this, Ran Mouri's tense expression finally relaxed, and her gaze towards Rena Mizunashi became more affectionate.

Kogoro Mouri, who was initially very interested in interviewing his daughter, suddenly lost interest after hearing Chen Anxia's name from Rena Mizunashi and even wanted to smoke a cigarette.

Without the slightest hesitation, Kogoro Mouri slowly walked to his desk, turned on the small television on it, then leaned against the windowsill in front of his desk, lit a cigarette while watching the television, and began to puff away.

During this process, Kogoro Mouri was also holding the remote control, adjusting the TV volume and changing channels, trying to find a program he liked to watch.

Of course, it would be best if there were programs featuring Yoko Okino.

Just then, Kogoro Mouri, seemingly noticing something, suddenly became serious and muttered, "A live broadcast of a press conference from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Has something major happened recently?"

As he spoke, Kogoro Mouri spotted several familiar figures, his expression shifting in shock. He stammered in disbelief, "Inspector Megure, Superintendent Matsumoto... even Superintendent Odagiri is here... this... this..."

Kogoro Mouri had already taken the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's press conference seriously enough, but when he saw these familiar figures, he realized he had underestimated them.

Immediately, Kogoro Mouri stubbed out his cigarette, sat down at his desk, and turned up the volume on the television, wanting to know what had happened that would cause these people to hold a press conference.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri had forgotten that his agency was now a temporary filming location, and the increased television volume was interfering with the normal filming and recording of the program.

Naturally, Rena Mizunashi, Ran Mouri, Conan, and the other staff members present all looked at Kogoro Mouri with puzzled expressions.

Some staff members wanted to go up and talk to Kogoro Mouri, but were stopped by Rena Mizunashi.

Because Rena Mizunashi noticed Kogoro Mouri's unusually serious expression.

Rena Mizunashi didn't know what had happened, but she knew that it must be something serious to make Kogoro Mouri show such an expression.

Out of curiosity, Rena Mizunashi walked behind Kogoro Mouri and looked at the television.