Conan: I'm Really Not the Manipulator

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[…I saw Kudo Shinichi, he was standing in line there.]

[There are two girls next to him, one is his childhood sweetheart Mao Lilan, and the other one wearing a headband is Suzuki Sonoko. ]

The next afternoon, before the book signing event began, Aoyagi Akimitsu transformed himself into a thin young student and came to the book signing event.

Because the face-pinching function cannot change the eyes, he put on a pair of sunglasses. Anyway, it is summer now and the sun is scorching, and there are many people wearing sunglasses on the street.

The rabbit was placed in the messenger bag that Aoyagi Binguang carried with him, and the zipper of the bag was not zipped up to prevent him from suffocating. He stuck his head out and looked around, and soon noticed a noteworthy person in the crowd opposite.

When Aoyagi Binkou saw Rabbit's words on his phone, he didn't look back.

After knowing the "protagonist" of this world, he immediately searched for information about Kudo Shinichi and his family to find out what he looked like.

【Rage: He likes detective novels very much?】

The future Conan comes to the signing event of the modified Conan novel to ask for an autograph. It's magical no matter how you look at it.

[Lust: I like him very much. He is a complete mystery lover and likes Sherlock Holmes the most. He also has a very large library at home, which is said to have collected all the mystery novels in the world. ]

[Lust: But I didn’t expect that he also likes the famous detective Kyoko. When he encounters those cases in the future, will he feel a strong sense of déjà vu…]

A man and a rabbit came to the second floor of the shopping mall.

Before coming, Aoyagi Binguang checked the mall map and found a more remote men's restroom on the second floor with ease.

He likes cold weather and hates heat. In winter, he likes to run around and go wherever it is colder. In summer, he just wants to stay under the air conditioner. The sales of "Detective Kyoko" are good, and there must be many fans who come to the book signing event. He doesn't want to queue up outside.

So the plan they made was: Aoyagi Binguang would go to the second floor of the shopping mall opposite, a coffee shop facing the bookstore, to be responsible for remote observation; the task of close observation would be left to Rabbit.

Aoyagi Binguang entered the bathroom and after making sure that there was no one inside, he found a cubicle with a window and went in.

He put on gloves, closed the toilet lid, and took the rabbit out of the bag.

The rabbit sat on the toilet lid and quickly transformed back into human form.

"I calculated that the straight-line distance from here to the bookstore is no more than 100 meters."

After yesterday's test, they further confirmed the capabilities of "Dark Wind and Rain".

The black mist on the rabbit's neck can be temporarily separated from the body, leaving only the black cross-section of the neck.

In this state, his consciousness will be transferred to the black fog, and he can float freely to hear and see everything happening within 100 meters. His original body will temporarily lose the ability to move.

Walls and doors cannot block the black fog at all, and it cannot be scanned by the most advanced equipment currently available. It is very convenient for eavesdropping and surveillance, especially at night when visibility is darker.

What makes Qingliu Binguang feel fortunate is that the special state of Rabbit's skill can still be displayed in the group chat location, so he can find him at the first time, and he cannot eavesdrop or peek at him in this way.

In addition to this, they also measured the speed at which the black fog moved.

When the black fog moves at its fastest speed, it is about the same as an ordinary car. When it moves instantly, it can ignore the speed limit and reach the target location directly.

As for distance, they have not yet tested the upper limit.

When they were conducting the teleportation experiment, the rabbit would first let some of the fog particles drift as far as possible to a place where there were no people, and leave some on the tower as the return coordinates. When the fog particles were estimated to have drifted away, the rabbit would teleport there, take a photo and check in to confirm the location, and then teleport back.

According to current test results, it is possible to instantly reach from the northernmost to the southernmost tip of Tokyo, but further away has not been tested. After this test, the rabbit was so tired that it fell asleep, and the process of letting the fog particles drift away was quite exhausting.

As for reading and deleting memories, this was not attempted either. Rabbit did not seem to want to use this ability, thinking that peeping into other people's memories was not a good idea, and Aoyagi Binguang could not force him, so he could only give up for the time being.

[I'll go over and take a look at the situation first.]

Rabbit volunteered for this mission. He didn't want Qing Liu Binguang to take care of him all the time: [I will send you a message in the system after the investigation is completed. You don't have to wait here all the time.]

Qing Liu Bingguang nodded slightly: "Be careful."

[Don't worry, we all have protective auras, and players cannot hurt each other. ]

Protective Halo, this was the last system plug-in they tested this morning.

Aoyagi Binguang was very interested in this halo that was said to be immune to most physical damages. The description given by the system at that time always gave him a malicious feeling.

After typing this, the rabbit lowered his hand, and the system pop-up window turned back into the ring on his left hand.

There was a surge of black mist on his neck, and the black mist particles gradually left his neck and flew out of the open window behind him. His body suddenly fell limp.

Aoyagi Binguang supported the rabbit's fallen body and adjusted his posture to make him sit steadily. Then he closed the group chat, switched back to the character interface, and used his skill [Big Lie].

Soon, another Aoyagi Binguang appeared in the compartment.

During yesterday's test, Aoyagi Akimitsu discovered that his skill clone can also use the face-pinching function, and the appearance of the original body and the clone can be different.

At this time, the skill clone had his original appearance, and the clothes on his body were the same as his current ones, but they seemed a little tight.

Qing Liu Bingguang reminded him: "I'll leave this to you. Contact me immediately if there is any situation."

The environment was disgusting, but there was nothing he could do. He had to avoid any unexpected situations and had to leave someone here to watch over him. Fortunately, he was not really alone, and he had the skills to conjure up a reliable and best helper who would never betray him.

The skill clone nodded, and Aoyagi Binguang took out the second mobile phone he had and handed it to him.

Qing Liu Bingguang opened the door a little and looked outside. After confirming that there was no one, he pushed the door open and walked out quickly. After he left, the clone quickly locked the door from the inside.

He took off his gloves and put them in his pocket, washed his hands, and made sure there was nothing unusual around him before returning to the coffee shop opposite the bookstore.

There were quite a few customers in the coffee shop at this time, some were couples, some were mothers with their children taking a break, and there were also young girls who came in groups. They sat there and chatted leisurely.

Qingliu Binguang ordered a latte, specifically asking for latte art on it, and found a seat by the window.

After a while, the drinks were served. He picked up the cup. The hot coffee made a layer of moisture on the surface of his sunglasses, so he took off his sunglasses and placed them on the table.

He took a sip, then looked down again. The line in front of the bookstore opposite was still there, and it was getting longer and longer.

The book signing event officially started at six in the evening. It gets dark slowly in the summer, but at this time, the sun is about to set.

Aoyagi Akimitsu was once again glad that he didn't queue up. He had very good eyesight and found Kudo Shinichi and his two companions right away.

The boy was chatting with his friends. Suddenly, he seemed to notice something. He raised his head without warning and looked directly in the direction of Aoyagi Akimitsu.

...quite sharp?

Aoyagi Binguang was a little surprised when he noticed his gaze, but he didn't try to avoid it.

The position he chose had a good angle and he could see what was happening outside, but it was difficult for people outside to see him because a pot of green plants blocked their view.

Among the plots and characters that Rabbit mentioned, apart from the undercover agents of the organization, Aoyagi Akimitsu was most concerned about Kudo Shinichi.

——After all, he is the "protagonist" of this world. Even if Aoyagi Binkou regards this place as the real world, he has to admit that the other party's existence is very special.

Currently, Kudo Shinichi is 14 years old and in the second year of junior high school. There are still three years before he becomes Conan and the "story" of this world begins.

Aoyagi Binguang put down his cup and thought about whether to order another piece of cake. Suddenly, his body froze, and the instinctive reaction he had developed in a long-term dangerous environment made him turn his head and look outside the coffee shop.

Several people appeared in a hurry. One of them had a bulge on his waist and a communication headset on his ear. He opened and closed his mouth and said something quickly.

——The target has been forced upstairs and can be arrested at any time.

Aoyagi Binkou understood what the other party was saying by reading lips, but this not only failed to resolve his doubts, but made him even more alert.

These people were either police or public security officers. The possibility of them being public security officers was higher. Aoyagi Akimitsu had dealt with a Japanese public security officer in the past, so he was more familiar with their aura.

Why are there police here?

Who are they going to arrest?

Will it be related to the players?

Countless questions flooded into his mind, and Aoyagi Binkou had a bad feeling.

He wanted to get up and leave, but he knew that if he suddenly left now, he would attract more attention. He seemed to sense something - he subconsciously raised his head and stopped paying attention to the dangerous police outside with unknown purposes, but looked out the window.

I saw a black shadow passing by outside like a bird with broken wings.

The transparent curtain wall of the shopping mall at dusk allowed Qingliu Binguang to clearly see the other person, who was a woman.

The young woman fell very quickly, but at that moment, the two people separated by a wall miraculously looked at each other.

Qing Liu Bingguang saw her face clearly, saw her eyes. There was no fear on that face, and those eyes were as reddish brown as the last rays of the setting sun shining on the land.

They looked at each other, but only for a brief moment - their eyes quickly passed each other, and Aoyagi Binguang watched her fall.

A few seconds later, he heard a heavy landing.

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The most important player of the red team came out (although he died at the beginning).

She and the male lead are a contrast, one is pure black, the other is pure red. They are not a CP with the male lead, similar to Rukia in Bleach.

Chapter 23 The Disappeared Corpse

The book signing event had not started yet, and the three middle school students in line were chatting about various topics. After talking about various trivial matters, they finally talked about the main business of the day.

"I didn't expect Shinichi to want to come with me."

"What?" Suzuki Sonoko was startled when she heard what Mao Lilan said: "Didn't he pester you to accompany him to this book signing event?"

"not like this."

Mao Lilan denied Suzuki Sonoko: "I started following when Hojo-sensei started online serialization. I am her loyal fan. Because it is a mystery novel, I will ask Shinichi for help when I don't understand some clues."

"Shinichi can always guess correctly, but when he sees the endings of some cases, he always frowns. Maybe he doesn't like it..."

"Is that so?" Suzuki Sonoko turned to Kudo Shinichi.

Kudo Shinichi nodded: "I don't like it very much."

He admired some of the techniques used in "Detective Kyoko", which were fancy and imaginative, but he did not like the ideas expressed in it.

It is true that Sherlock Holmes and another great detective, Poirot, did let criminals go under special circumstances. Even in Curtain, Poirot personally planned to kill Norton, an instigator behind the scenes, because the law could not punish him at all, and then died by refusing to take medicine.

But times are changing, and the law is improving. Private revenge should no longer be popular. If everyone sets up their own execution ground, society will be in chaos.

And Kyoko's ideas are even more extreme. She not only supports personal revenge, but also revenge in kind - if you killed my parents and I don't kill you, I will kill your parents.

This kind of behavior of venting anger on innocent people, coupled with the negative news about the author circulating on the Internet... Kudo Shinichi could not bear to read this work.

On the contrary, Mao Lilan likes it more because Hojo Tobiko is a female writer and her description of love is more delicate and moving. She likes the interaction between Kyoko and her childhood sweetheart.

"I didn't expect that. I thought you would like all mystery works..." Suzuki Sonoko was also aware of Kudo Shinichi's mystery madness. She suddenly paused and raised her finger to the sky: "What's up there?!"

"!!"

As she exclaimed, Kudo Shinichi looked up.