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

Soon, the 30 minutes of the ghost searching for the person passed, and the game ended.

"1, 2, 3, 4, only three people haven't been found. Looks like I'm pretty good."

Fujioka Takamichi looked at the four people in front of him and smiled.

Conan and the others didn't seem to notice anything, but Sonoko Suzuki glared fiercely at Takamichi Fujioka.

She was played.

This cunning reporter actually started shouting that the game was over when there were still five minutes left, and as soon as she came out, she was arrested.

"Princess Suzuki, please don't look at me like that. I was just following the rules of the game."

Fujioka Takamichi waved somewhat awkwardly to Suzuki Sonoko, and without waiting for her to speak, he glanced at his phone and decisively turned and left.

"Well, my companions need my help, so I'll be going now. Please inform them, my lady. Bye-bye."

Sonoko Suzuki's eyelids twitched.

What kind of people are these? Seriously.

"You guys help look for them later, don't follow that guy's example and just leave... Hey?"

Sonoko Suzuki turned around and saw that Conan and the others who had been standing there just moments before were nowhere to be seen.

"Ugh! They're all so rude! Humph, can't they learn some of Lord Kid's gentlemanly manners?!"

In the end, only Sonoko Suzuki went to find the remaining three, including Qi Ming.

But it's just a matter of making a phone call, so it's not much trouble.

Sonoko Suzuki was walking down the corridor while making a phone call to Ran Mouri.

"Xiao Lan, the game is over, you can come out now."

"Hey, is it all over?"

"Yes, by the way, didn't you hear what Mr. Fujioka was shouting outside earlier?"

"I heard that, but isn't that a common trick in hide-and-seek? They shouted 'game over' even though it wasn't time... Did they trick us into coming out of the garden?"

Sonoko Suzuki didn't want to reply.

She's a master at hide-and-seek; she's just too naive.

"I really don't know how the three of you managed to hide... I'll call Mr. Qi Ming again later to ask him where he is."

Just as Sonoko Suzuki finished speaking, a voice suddenly rang out from the corridor.

"Is it over yet?"

"Whoa!"

Sonoko Suzuki was so startled that she almost dropped her phone.

"Who, who made that sound?"

The corridor was empty, but Sonoko Suzuki was certain that she had heard someone talking just now.

"I'm here."

The sound came again, and Sonoko Suzuki immediately looked to her left.

There was no one on the left, except for a poster that looked like a shout.

Did the little man shouting speak?

Sonoko Suzuki rubbed her eyes, but the poster on the wall had disappeared the next second, and Qi Ming was standing in front of her instead.

"Mr. Qi Ming, is this... magic?"

After a moment of mental blankness, Sonoko Suzuki asked Qi Ming with shining eyes.

"good."

Sonoko Suzuki sincerely marveled at how omnipotent magic truly is.

"But Mr. Qi Ming, isn't this cheating?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Ming shook his head resolutely.

"No, no, no, how can this be considered cheating? It's like an ordinary person competing in push-ups with a person who only has one arm; would you say the ordinary person is cheating?"

"It seems unlikely, doesn't it?"

Sonoko Suzuki thought Qi Ming's words made a lot of sense.

Qi Ming is a magician; how can using his own abilities to hide be considered cheating?

Sonoko Suzuki felt that a person with only one arm shouldn't be competing with others in push-ups.

"Mr. Qi Ming, do you know where Ai is? The game is over now."

"Don't worry, I'll go find her."

Qi Ming made an OK sign, and the next second he disappeared right in front of Suzuki Sonoko.

Sonoko Suzuki was quite envious; she also wished she could have magic.

"Lord Kid's magic sometimes seems quite like magic. Could it be that Lord Kid is a magician disguised as a magician?"

As Sonoko Suzuki was lost in thought, Ran Mouri's voice came through the receiver again.

"Sonoko, what's wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I just found Mr. Qi Ming. Xiao Lan, where are you now? I'm coming to find you."

"Hehe, I'll give you a hint, it's in the botanical garden."

……

Women's restroom on the airship.

Qi Ming glanced at his current location, then looked back at the toilet behind him, and felt a long-lost sense of nostalgia.

It's the toilet again.

Qi Ming had just stepped out of the restroom when the female attendant washing her hands next to him suddenly froze.

"Sir, it seems you've come to the wrong place. This is the women's restroom."

"..."

It's the women's restroom again.

Qi Ming waved to the waiter.

"...From now on, this is the men's restroom. This is none of your business. Get out."

Qi Ming is now able to face the fact that he went into the wrong restroom quite openly.

The women's restroom is his home; you girls are the ones who accidentally wandered in, right?

"Okay, okay."

What could the waiter say? Qi Ming was a guest invited by the Suzuki family, and it was best for him, a mere employee, to stay out of it.

The female attendant hurriedly ran out, and at that moment the door to the restroom opposite Qi Ming was pushed open, revealing Ai Haibara standing inside.

She glanced at Qi Ming and sighed helplessly.

"...Why do we always meet in the restroom?"

Upon hearing Ai Haibara's words, Qi Ming was about to reply when he was interrupted.

"If you want to talk about fate, then forget it."

Qi Ming stared with his mouth agape, his old joke that he wanted to say had been answered by someone else.

He frowned and thought for a long time, then looked at the toilet door and his eyes lit up.

"Perhaps it's because we're a good match in terms of social standing?"

"..."

Ai Haibara glared at Qi Ming.

Although it sounds nice, saying it in the bathroom feels a bit eerie.

"Let's stop discussing this somewhat disgusting issue," Ai Haibara asked Qi Ming.

"Is the game over? I just checked and it seems like it's been more than 30 minutes."

"Well, it's over."

Qi Ming, annoyed, stepped forward and yanked a strand of Ai Haibara's hair.

"You still accuse me of cheating? You're a guy, how dare you hide in the women's restroom? Ugh, disgusting."

"Hmph, didn't you just come in?"