Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

"Hmm... According to the surveillance footage, it's exactly the same as what you said."

In the backstage monitoring room of the theater, Inspector Megure rubbed his eyes, constantly checking to see if there were any errors in the footage.

However, whether they moved forward or backward, all they could see was Urata sitting in his seat when the lights went out, and his figure vanishing instantly when the lights came on.

Conan stared intently at the screen, his brow furrowed.

This was the first time he had ever seen Qi Ming use this method.

No, perhaps it wasn't the first time; he must have seen it many times before.

Just like the police officers who suddenly died before the car accident when they first met, Conan can now say without hesitation that Qi Ming used the same method in that case as in this one.

Conan glanced at Qi Ming without saying a word.

Qi Ming is capable of modifying electronic devices, yet he deliberately left this oversight.

Could it be that he wanted to tell Karasuma Renya, himself, and Hattori that even though he left a flaw, they still couldn't solve the incident?

However, the truth is—Qi Ming forgot.

But since everyone has already seen it, there's no need to make any further changes.

Those of us who were there with eyes to see clearly saw it clearly: shrimp rice is Karasuma Ren!

"Um……"

Conan jumped onto the chair and kept repeating the two frames of the light being on and off.

How exactly was it done, and why did it happen in an instant?

What exactly is the nature of Qi Ming's ability?

"..."

To be honest, the frame rate of the surveillance footage is really low, and the computer is also too slow.

Having grown accustomed to high refresh rates on mobile phones, Conan's temper flared up as he stared at the awful screen on this broken computer.

Fortunately, Kogoro Mouri was very considerate and noticed Conan's discomfort. He quickly grabbed Conan by the back of his collar and threw him out of the monitoring room.

"What are you doing, you brat?! The adults are handling a case and you're causing trouble here. Go play somewhere else!"

Snapped--

Conan, the king of falls, landed safely, but the price was that his buttocks turned bright red.

"Dad, can you be nicer to Conan?"

Ran glared at Kogoro Mouri resentfully before running to Conan's side.

Upon smelling the girl's faint fragrance near his ear, Conan suddenly felt his buttocks stop swelling.

"hiss……"

One of the people in the monitoring room suddenly gasped in pain.

Everyone looked over and saw it was Mai, the deceased Urata's good friend.

Seeing so many eyes on her, Wuyi waved her hand a little embarrassedly.

"Wuyi, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, my arm just hurts a bit. I guess I bumped into it when I came in."

Mai strangely extended her index finger and lightly touched her arm; each touch caused a sharp pain.

"Wu Yi, wipe up your sleeves so I can see."

"No, it's nothing."

"How can you say nothing's wrong? You're a doctor, don't you even care about yourself?"

"Alright alright."

Unable to resist her friend's concern, Wu Yi still rolled up her sleeves.

You wouldn't know unless you looked closely, but there was a faint red swelling on Wu Yi's arm.

"Are you sure you accidentally bumped into this?"

"Probably, it's normal, it'll be fine on its own in a few days."

Mai looked at her arm with some confusion, but she didn't think much of it.

The human body and brain are amazing.

Even though you are injured, you are completely unaware of it at the moment of injury until you accidentally see or touch it and discover that you have a scabbed wound and inexplicable bruises on your body.

...Sudden appearance of redness and swelling?

Conan's expression froze.

For some reason, he always managed to glean useful information from passersby, and this was no exception.

He rushed into the monitoring room and immediately asked Wuyi:

"Hey, was this lady sitting next to the deceased?"

Hearing the short, stocky guy beside her speak like that, Mai bowed and said to Conan:

“That’s right, little brother. Mr. Urata was sitting right next to me at the time, but who could have imagined that something like this would happen…”

"Did the redness and swelling on your hand start back then, older sister?"

Mai placed her arm in front of Conan's eyes, observed him carefully for a moment, then nodded, but then shook her head.

"Judging from the color, it should have been within about half an hour."

Within half an hour...

Conan rubbed his chin and glanced at the monitor screen on the computer from afar.

The incident happened in an instant, coupled with the inexplicable redness and swelling on Mai's body...

A terrible thought crossed Conan's mind, and he quickly ran out of the monitoring room.

Heiji Hattori noticed Conan's actions and immediately followed.

"Conan, where are you going?"

Seeing Conan and Heiji Hattori run away, Ran Mouri peeked out and was about to chase after them when Vermouth called her back.

"What happened to Xiaolan?"

"Ah, Miss Vermouth, Conan and the others have run out. I'll go check on them."

Vermouth patted Ran Mouri on the shoulder and shook her head with a smile.

"I'll go keep an eye on them, Xiaolan, don't wander off."

Unaware that Ran already knew Conan's identity, Vermouth stopped Ran, worried that Ran might notice something amiss when Conan was doing something.

In fact, Vermouth was also quite curious about what exactly happened in this case.

What happened today seems really strange.

"Oh well."

……

In the monitoring room.

Veteran police officer Inspector Megure and renowned detective Kogoro Mouri are indeed somewhat at a loss regarding the current situation.

However, just because they can't solve it doesn't mean that the other person here can't.

They also have General Qi Ming, a master who combines magic and celestial arts.

"The rest of you, please go out for a moment. Mr. Karasuma and Brother Qi Ming, please stay here for a while."

Inspector Megure addressed the crowd around him, then turned to Kogoro Mouri, who was smiling and pointing at him, and said helplessly.

"Mori, you stay here too."

"hey-hey."

After everyone left, Karasuma Renya appeared calm on the surface, but he was actually a little confused inside.

You have to know that their identities and Qi Ming's are not ordinary, so why would Inspector Megure leave the two of them alone here?

No, although there is still a detective like Kogoro Mouri.

Karasuma Renya's expression hardened, and a strange feeling inexplicably arose in his heart.

Could it be that Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri are the same kind of people as me?

But I hired the world's most professional hypnotist to hypnotize me, so why are these two people able to be like me?