Conan's other me

Chapter 15 The Knight of the Art Museum ([-])

"Ochi-Ochiai Director!?"

The helmet was taken off, revealing a face he had seen before.

Director Ochiai remained silent.

"What are you doing?" Mori Kogoro asked suspiciously.

In the dimly lit exhibition hall, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and their original concerns fell back.

Curator Ochiai held the helmet in one hand, seemed confused and relieved, and after a while he let out a long breath, "I—"

"Oh, I know!" Mori Kogoro suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "The guards saw you before, right? You hid here to scare the tourists secretly, trying to arouse the curiosity of the people... Tsk, I knew it, Xiaolan, I told you a long time ago that this is just a way for the art museum to attract tourists!"

"Uh..." Curator Ochiai was stunned.

"How about it, I have exposed the tricks, so you have nothing to say?" Kogoro Mouri smugly said, "But I didn't expect you to be quite dedicated... At such an age, you still do this kind of work yourself..."

"...This gentleman... is really astute, that's right," Director Ochiai let out a long breath, "That's exactly what you said."

"Dad, he's a detective!"

"…detective?"

"Ahem, that's right!" Uncle Maoli straightened his collar, took out a business card from his pocket and handed it over, "I am the famous Kogoro Maoli!"

During the exchange between Uncle Mori and the Ochiai curator, Ayumi recovered and ran to join Fengyuan, Genta, Mitsuhiko and others.Conan stared at the profile of Director Ochiai, frowning, lost in thought.

He always felt that something was wrong.

What exactly is Director Ochiai going to do here?
"So this place can actually be visited?" Xiaolan asked.

"...That's right."

"But there's a no-entry sign outside?" Conan interjected.

"Ah, that...Maybe I forgot to put it away. It's easy to forget things when I'm old." Curator Ochiai bent over and said to Conan, "I'm sorry, kid."

After saying a few words casually, Director Ochiai took off his armor, turned into a tour guide, and led a group of people to visit the exhibition hall of hell.

The most conspicuous and most valuable to visit in the hell exhibition hall is a huge painting, which is as tall as several people. It is called "Wrath of God", which depicts the scene of a righteous knight subduing a demon.

It looked a bit scary, but it was spectacular. Uncle Mao Li and Xiao Lan were both slightly dazed.

Curator Ochiai stood behind, but his whole body seemed to be trapped in the painting.

"That..." Ayumi cautiously approached Director Ochiai, and tugged on his clothes.

"Um…?"

"Thank you Grandpa Knight!" Ayumi said in unison while Genta and Mitsuhiko stood behind.

"Thank you Grandpa Knight for saving me just now!" Ayumi's eyes were as bright as ever, "If it wasn't for Grandpa Knight, Ayumi would have fallen in pain!"

"Also, yes, I'm sorry," Yuan Tai said uncomfortably, tilting his head, "I said bad things about you before."

Kaedehara and Conan stood aside, watching the scene, observing the reaction of Director Ochiai.

Director Ochiai looked into Ayumi's eyes as if stunned, and then couldn't help but look away.

"It's okay." Curator Ochiai bent over and touched Ayumi's head, "This is... what should be done."

"That's great," Xiaolan was also smiling, and Uncle Mao Li snorted disdainfully, "But, you guys, don't be so naughty in the future, okay?"

It's really fun.

Fengyuan glanced at Conan, "What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking--"

Conan stopped talking.

There were clear footsteps outside.

"The real boss?" Xiaolan asked in surprise when she saw the person coming.

A gleam flashed in Conan's eyes.

"Why are there so many people?" Boss Zhenzhong put his hands in his pockets and looked disdainful. He glanced at the crowd and said directly to Director Ochiai, "Hey, old man, you called me here to say that there are still many tourists, right?"

"you--"

"Forget it, forget it, I'm not interested in listening to what you have to say, I guess it's just begging me with snot and tears," Zhenzhong turned around and waved his hands, and left directly, "You should save some energy and think about where to beg for food next!"

"why is it like this…"

"Damn it! What an annoying uncle!" Yuan Tai said angrily as he watched Boss Zhenzhong leave.

For most people here, this is just an episode.

Ayumi ran to comfort "Grandpa Knight" intimately, and curator Ochiai quickly "bounced up" and continued to give explanations to the group.

However, many of the paintings in the Hell exhibition hall have been removed, and there are not many other paintings except the "Wrath of God". After visiting for a while, everyone planned to go to other exhibition halls that had not been visited before.

Ochiai curator said that he would stay and organize the armor.

That's what he said, but he was actually just standing in the shadows, staring at "God's Wrath" in a daze.

"Although the righteous knight subdued the devil, he was also baptized by the blood of the devil, and will eventually become a devil...I think this is the meaning of the name Scourge."

Conan stepped out of the shadows with his hands in his pockets.

Curator Ochiai turned around and was surprised to see Conan.

"I thought it was going to be a Maori detective."

"...Uncle asked me to come." Conan borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, "Curator Ochiai, you are hiding here wearing armor, you want to kill Boss Manaka, right?

You deliberately asked Boss Zhenzhong to meet here, and put a no-entry sign at the entrance, wearing armor and waiting for Boss Zhenzhong to come here.

They planned to take advantage of his unpreparedness and launch an attack from behind... The paintings here were basically removed, but this painting of "God's Wrath" was left behind. I guess you wanted to imitate this painting by wearing armor specially.

In the end, only a pair of armor can be seen in the surveillance video killing Boss Manaka.Director Ochiai, am I right? "

"...That's right." Curator Ochiai admitted bluntly.

"I noticed before that there is a pen on the table, but it can't write. There is a note on the wall over there, which says Kubota," Conan continued, "Is this also the way you want to blame others?"

"That's right."

Curator Ochiai took a few steps forward, looked at Conan, "You are right...kid, but, is it true that Maori Detective sent you here?"

"...Stop it, Director Ochiai." Conan was silent for a moment, and then said, "No matter what...it is wrong to deprive others of their lives at will."

Conan did not respond directly to Director Ochiai, and Director Ochiai did not respond directly to Conan.

Curator Ochiai walked back to the front of "Damn from God" and said slowly: "I love this place deeply. Every painting here is like my child... But the number of tourists is getting less and less, and the business situation is getting worse and worse... I actually had a premonition that this place would not be able to sustain itself, but when I heard that it would continue to operate, I was still very excited."

"It turned out to be just a lie." Curator Ochiai paused, "I know that it's not the truth that ruined everything... but people's forgetting, even if it goes on like this, it won't help... But I'm still outraged and want to end it all... I...probably just tired."

"It's just a pity for these paintings..." Curator Ochiai muttered to himself, his voice getting deeper and deeper.

"Compared with these paintings, I still think the brilliance of human nature is more precious."

"Maplehara?"

Fengbara nodded to Conan, then looked at Curator Ochiai, "I forgot to say before—thank you Grandpa Knight for saving Ayumi."

"A person like me is not worthy of being a knight." Curator Ochiai smiled wryly. "Besides, even if the little girl falls down, it won't be a serious problem."

"But you subconsciously went to help her. She is very grateful to you." Fengyuan said, "Let's go, Conan."

"Hey--"

"Ah, by the way, Grandpa Knight," Fuedahara pulled Conan away and looked back at Director Ochiai, "That little girl is called Ayumi Yoshida. Don't let her down."

(End of this chapter)