In the world of Detective Conan, however, he was bound to the Naruto System.

Chapter 75 Oolong Incident

Chapter 75 Oolong Incident

Finally, before the cruise ship arrived in Tokyo, after a thorough search, the group found the bloodstained kitchen knife, which hadn't even been properly disposed of because they planned to throw it into the sea later.

The evidence, along with the suspect, was packaged up and handed over to the police who came to pick them up. What happened next was no longer of much concern to Akutagawa Hiko and his team.

However, I heard that Ben Xiajiang and Ben Wu do not intend to inherit the group, and they only want a small portion of the inheritance.

Most of it was returned to Akutagawa Hiko as a reward for uncovering the truth and clearing Mototake's name.

They planned to go to Hokkaido together to run a ranch after Hongozo's funeral and live that kind of life. Even a small portion of the inheritance would be enough for them.

"Hmm, the Teitan University Festival?"

Akutagawa Hiko was arranging the new bonsai he had just received when he suddenly received a call from Mouri Ran. However, judging from her voice, Suzuki Sonoko was also there.

Although it seems like she deliberately didn't want Akutagawa Hiko to know, her uncontrollable little movements completely gave her away, Sonoko.

"Yeah, because Conan is going to play hide-and-seek with his classmates, so it would be really boring if I just wandered around by myself."

As she said this, Ran Mouri glanced somewhat guiltily at Sonoko Suzuki, who was chuckling to herself and thinking about something fun.

She's really bad at lying.

Akutagawa Hiko pretended not to hear. Although the probability of encountering a case would be greatly reduced without Conan, he refused this time. What if he wasn't invited to any event next time?

So Akutagawa Hiko accepted the invitation without much hesitation.

"Great! At the end of this university anniversary celebration, there will be a very interesting detective and mystery theater performance. I'm sure you'll enjoy it."

If it's a serious detective, then it's hard to say. Upon seeing the scene on stage, they might immediately switch into deduction mode.

Often, the cause and effect can be thoroughly deduced before the truth is revealed.

Especially for the sake of stage effect, there will be many more prompts compared to a real crime scene.

In this way, one almost has a God's-eye view.

Detectives who love solving mysteries and deductions might naturally dislike this kind of stage play.

Conan probably thought that this kind of stage play would be boring, so he simply chose to accompany the children instead of accompanying his beloved Ran to the school anniversary celebration.

After hanging up the phone, Sonoko Suzuki, looking somewhat excited, asked with a grin, "So, so, did Akutagawa agree?"

Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Sonoko Suzuki immediately immersed herself in a beautiful fantasy—

In the dim light, the girl's head rolled off the stage. The frightened young girl, Sonoko Suzuki, buried her head in the broad shoulders of a young man. His warm and strong hands gently stroked her hair, and he uttered words of gentle comfort. Conan, who was passing by with a water glass, watched Sonoko Suzuki writhing like a maggot in silence.

Wait, is Akutagawa going to the Beika University anniversary celebration too?

Conan's face instantly fell, his dead fish eyes filled with utter despair.

Although I declined Ran's invitation to come along last night because I had a prior appointment with Genta and the others.

But thinking about it again today, although these man-made detective stage plays are quite homogeneous and basically follow the same formulas, what if the designer is a genius and comes up with an interesting case?

In that case, it would be very rewarding to figure everything out before the main character of the stage play solves the case!

But to everyone's surprise, Conan, who was frustrated in his career, couldn't escape his fate. He revealed a kind of dejection that didn't belong to his age and left with a strong sense of dejection. He was going to find his friends.

Now, all he can do to gain a sense of accomplishment is play games with these elementary school students. It's kind of pathetic, considering he's supposed to be the famous high school detective, Shinichi Kudo.

That damned Black Organization!!

After once again expressing his disgust for the Black Organization that had turned him into a primary school student, Conan dialed Dr. Agasa's number: "Dr. Agasa..."

"Is the new prop you mentioned ready yet?"

This was Akutagawa Hiko's first time attending a Japanese university's anniversary celebration, and most of the campus was involved, making it a lively and bustling event.

As expected of the university affiliated with the high school the protagonist attends, the activities are plentiful.

At a darts-throwing booth, Hiko Akutagawa won three large plush toys, each as tall as three Conans, by hitting the bullseye with every single dart.

However, after Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki each picked one, Hiko Akutagawa exchanged the last remaining, less appealing ghost doll for two smaller ones, intending to take them back to his cat and dog, whose sizes were both growing towards that of a pig.

Carrying a doll around the festival was obviously inconvenient, but thanks to the exquisite modeling, the three of them managed to get a storage room to put their things away.

We ate, drank, and played all the way, and soon the sun was about to set.

Looking at the sky, Sonoko Suzuki wondered, "Why hasn't the stage play started yet? That shouldn't be the case—"

Akutagawa Hiko didn't seem to care about the stage play; he had a lot of fun today: "Maybe it was delayed by some things. You see, they seem to be in a hurry; they've been on the phone the whole time."

It would be perfect if there were a case to lighten things up.

Xiaolan didn't want to just wait around, so she suggested, "Let's go out for a walk some more. It seems like there's still some time before it starts."

Akutagawa Hiko had no objections, but Suzuki Sonoko glanced at the drama club that had made a mistake with some resentment and nodded angrily.

To his surprise, just as he reached the school gate, Akutagawa Hiko heard a familiar cry for help: "No, no, don't kill me, I don't want to die!!"

Ran Mouri obviously heard it too, and her expression suddenly became serious.

Although Akutagawa Hiko remembered that there had been such a misunderstanding, he and Mouri Ran still dashed off like arrows.

When they arrived at the scene, they only saw a square-faced, burly man holding a struggling girl in his arms, Conan leaping into the air and kicking his helmet like a soccer ball, and bewildered onlookers.

Thump!

Perhaps out of a global consciousness to protect the innocent, Conan unusually refrained from directly kicking the target this time.

After a loud crash, the helmet bounced off the back of the truck and knocked the big man unconscious. Ayumi then ran up behind Conan.

Upon seeing Akutagawa Hiko suddenly appear, Conan immediately straightened his back: "Akutagawa, these two are accomplices of a serial kidnapper and murderer of young girls! Arrest them and call the police!!"

In front of a large audience and Akutagawa Hiko, these two kidnappers and murderers couldn't cause any trouble no matter what.

To Conan's utter dismay, Akutagawa Hiko actually went over and helped the fallen "murderer" up.