Conan: I'm really not the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 99 The Sixth Victim

Toru Amuro took a leave of absence.

Rabbit heard the news during the last music class in the morning, and the second-year student in the general department - Aoyagi Binguang was still substituting - discussed the matter after class.

"Teacher Amuro didn't come today?"

Aoyagi Binguang stopped the students who were discussing.

"Yes."

One of the girls who was about to walk out the door stopped. She probably knew that Aoyagi Hikaru and Amuro Toru had a good relationship, so she said a little more.

"I suddenly asked for leave in the morning. The head teacher came in to announce the change of classes. Only then did we know that Mr. Amuro hadn't come all morning."

Another added: "But he said that Mr. Amuro's problem is not serious and he might be back in the afternoon."

Qingliu Binguang nodded and watched the students leave.

After they left, he began to tidy up the tables and chairs in the classroom, and system pop-ups quietly appeared around him.

Rabbit lay on the piano and did not urge Qingliu Binguang to go to the cafeteria. His mind was filled with the words of the students.He was curious as to why Toru Amuro took half a day off.

Is it for the mission?

The police or the organization?

...It couldn't be for personal matters. He heard from his classmates in the past that Toru Amuro was very responsible for every job. Even if he was just a waiter in a coffee shop, he would never be absent without excuse.

Rabbit was full of doubts. He looked up at Aoyagi Binguang and found that he didn't seem to care at all about Amuro Tohru's request for leave.

Aoyagi Binguang was straightening a slightly crooked table, stuffing the chairs back, and tidying up the entire classroom - he was also taking his job as a teacher seriously.

He quickly cleaned up the entire classroom and returned to the rabbit.

[Rage: I’m not going to the canteen today. I’ll just have the tuna sandwich I brought in the morning for lunch. Is that okay? 】

Although there was no one around, he always used group chat to communicate with Rabbit outside just to be on the safe side.

Rabbit was about to reply when he suddenly sneezed.

He rubbed his nose and looked out the window.

After entering October, the weather gradually started to get cooler.The survival temperature of his current animal state is between 15°C and 25°C. He feels okay now, but I don’t know what will happen after winter...

[Lust: Good. 】

……

Aoyagi Binguang ate lunch in the single lounge next to the music classroom. He found a clean disposable plate, gave one of the sandwiches to the rabbit, and made himself a cup of Silver Needle tea.

He held the sandwich in his right hand and flipped through the comics that Rabbit had brought to school with his left hand.

They bought this when they went to Akihabara before. Rabbit felt bored outside of lectures, so he brought some comics to school.

[Lust: If you are interested, it is best to start reading from the first volume. 】

Rabbit reminded that because he had already read the middle of this comic, the one he brought to school this time was volume No. 13, and he might not be able to understand it from here.

The comic is a little smaller than the textbook. The name of the comic is written in white letters on the black cover. A long-haired boy stands on the red paw of a monster, holding the sharp nails with his hand, and his white cloak is flying.

[Rage: I was just looking at it casually. What story is this about? 】

[Lust: JUMP’s typical hot-blooded boy manga, a story about a young man from a psychic family who makes friends and participates in a competition. 】

The comic that Rabbit bought is called "Shaman King".

He remembered that in reality, this comic started serializing later than Conan, but it ended earlier here.The timeline of this game world is somewhat different from the original work.

[Rage: Who is this character on the cover? 】

[Lust: He is Asakura Hao, the brother of the protagonist Asakura Ye. They are twin brothers.Asakura is the BOSS in the story...]

These twin brothers look exactly the same. The difference is that one has long hair and the other has short hair, and they have different personalities.

Rabbit inexplicably remembered the Kotomine sisters he had met at the Colombo restaurant before.

The two sisters also look almost identical, but have different hairstyles and personalities. The sister with short hair and is said to be in poor health is also the [jealous] girlfriend.

Qingliu Binguang smiled.

"It's interesting."

Rabbit was surprised to hear his teammates say these words directly, and the next second, he continued to talk in the system group chat.

[Rage: Then why does this twin brother not stay with his younger brother and become the BOSS?Do they have a bad relationship as brothers? 】

[Lust: I haven’t finished watching it, but I read some spoilers online. He is the reincarnation of a particularly powerful Onmyoji. After his mother was killed by others, he wanted to create a world where only psychics can be created...]

Most bosses in shounen comics are like this, as if they are not born bad, they all have a lot of prerequisites - extremely miserable childhood, loss of important people, etc. It is the world that has wronged them first, which leads to their darkening.

Don't try to persuade others to be kind without others' suffering. Rabbit felt that such an experience was indeed pitiful, but he always felt that other people who died innocently and tragically in their hands were even more pitiful. [Lust: He also has the ability of spiritual vision, and he can use this ability to read the hearts of others.This ability cannot be turned off. 】

[Rage: It is the same as the passive skill of 'Jealousy'. 】

Rabbit was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Qingliu Binguang to think of Baijiu so quickly.

[Lust: unclear.But in the comics, his ability is not very good. For example, when he works hard to get rid of evil spirits, others respect him and congratulate him on the surface, but inwardly they call him a monster...]

[Rage: This is the drawback of the 'mind-reading' ability. 】

Aoyagi Binguang was not surprised at all. Instead, he patiently explained to Rabbit.

[Rage: To borrow a word from a mystery novel, the sun and the human heart cannot be looked at directly.Using this ability can obtain intelligence, but at the same time, they will also withstand more, stronger, and more unabashed malice, and they know clearly that this is the most real. 】

[Rage: If people who are not mentally strong enough get this ability, they will collapse first. 】

Rabbit looked at him blankly.

He found that the ability that he was so afraid of could easily be defeated in the eyes of his teammates.

"Dong dong."

There was a knock on the door outside the lounge. Aoyagi Binguang put down the comics and walked over to open the door.

Standing outside the door was Toru Amuro.

Toru Amuro had the same smile as usual. He didn't look like he was sick or hit - it was completely impossible to guess why he took leave.

"Teacher Aoyagi, this is the notice for the school trip next month."

Toru Amuro handed the thing in his hand to Aoyagi Binguang.

Qingliu Binguang took it and looked at his face naturally: "I heard from the students that you asked for leave this morning. Is there something going on at home?"

"Toothache."

Toru Amuro smiled bitterly and pressed his teeth on one side.

Rabbit's scalp felt cold, as if he heard the sound of an electric drill. Qingliu Binguang showed a sympathetic expression: "Toothache is really annoying. I used to take painkillers when I had toothache."

The two said a few words, and Toru Amuro left.He will have classes as usual in the afternoon.

Aoyagi Binguang closed the door and put the school trip notice on the table.

Rabbit curiously went over to take a look and found that the time was at the beginning of next month. The location was not in Japan, but in Moscow, Russia. Minato Middle School had exchanges and cooperation with several Russian schools and often went there for study trips.

Is it allowed by the organization to travel that far?

Rabbit was a little worried. Just when he was about to ask, he suddenly smelled a smell on the paper.

In messenger form, they will gain the advantages of this animal, such as better sense of smell, vision, etc.Of course, the eating habits are different, they still eat human food.

At this time, the rabbit smelled the faint sweet smell with a sense of smell comparable to that of a police dog.

——It seems to taste like table sugar and rock sugar.

Rabbit's heart trembled inexplicably, and he raised his head to look at Qingliu Binguang.

He didn't seem to notice the sweet smell at all. He threw the empty sandwich package into the trash can as if nothing had happened, and then began to tidy up the break room.

He put a dozen scraps of discarded sheet music and the insurance leaflets he had received over the past few days into the shredder and slowly shredded them all.

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Police Department.

Baijiu, who hadn't slept a wink all night, sat in the lounge with his head in his hands.He was the only one in this lounge, and the door was locked by him.

He doesn't want to go out. As soon as he goes out, the truest voices of others will turn into sharp knives and pierce into his heart one by one.

There is still no news about Kina Kotomine, she has been missing all night.Now the task force and people from the First Search Section are desperately looking for her in the port area, and her family has not been notified yet.

Baijiu closed her eyes in pain.

He hoped that Qina was alive and had not been insulted. None of the female victims in the previous cases had been harmed. He hoped that she would be spared...otherwise he didn't know how he would face her in the future...

As he was thinking wildly, there was a knock on the door.

His heart trembled heavily, but he still raised his head and asked with a trembling voice.

"Who?"

"Baijiu, we... have found her body in a park in the port area..."

"...It was exactly the same way as the previous victims."

(End of this chapter)