Bloodline Suppression Etched into the Genes

Hidden in the tree, Numabuchi Kiichiro felt that the eyes at the end of his line of sight looked somewhat familiar.

He carefully recalled the tragic memory under the moonlight, which gradually came back to him, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

In that brief moment when their eyes met, the world around them seemed to fall silent.

"Fujino?"

Yamamura Misao didn't notice Numabuchi, but looked at Fujino, who hadn't replied, and asked him a question.

He thought to himself, all he did was ask about the price...

Why did my brother fall silent?

Could it be that it was ridiculously expensive when I bought it, and now it's been drastically discounted?

Yamamura Misao couldn't help but make a guess in his mind.

Then, as soon as he came to his senses, he saw Fujino silently pull out a Wooden Sword from behind his back and slowly walk towards him.

"Gurgle..."

Yamamura Misao couldn't help but swallow hard, taking two steps back. "Fujino, what are you doing...?"

"Numabuchi Kiichiro is here!"

With a shout, Fujino stomped hard on the grass beneath him, using the force to fly up to the treetop, brandishing his Wooden Sword and smashing it fiercely at Numabuchi Kiichiro.

Just as Numabuchi Kiichiro was about to jump down from the tree and run away, he crashed into the Wooden Sword with a "bang".

Instantly, his emaciated body arced through the air. Because his hands were handcuffed, Numabuchi, who had subconsciously tried to change his posture, failed and his back slammed straight onto the grass.

"Numa... marsh abyss?!"

Yamamura Misao looked over and exclaimed in a trembling voice, "It's Numabuchi Kiichiro!"

"Everyone, step back!"

Conan, also wary, immediately reached out and touched his soccer shoe.

After landing, Fujino turned around, picked up his Wooden Sword, and pointed the tip at Numabuchi Kiichiro, intending to continue his attack.

However, before anyone could act, Numabuchi Kiichiro had already gotten up from the ground and looked at everyone.

"Bai... Baiduman!"

When he looked at Fujino, Numabuchi Kiichiro seemed like a rabbit encountering a wolf, seeing something terrifying. He shouted at everyone and fled into the nearby forest at an absurdly fast speed.

"Here we go again... It really wasn't me!"

"..."

Hearing the screams echoing through the forest, everyone fell silent.

"Ah, this..."

Fujino stared at Numabuchi Kiichiro's gradually disappearing figure, and at the shoe hanging in the grass, and was completely stunned.

What on earth is wrong with this guy?

It's like watching an ADC who's an assassin using Sprint.

He even lost his shoes while running...

He still thought it was just an adjective.

That guy...

Conan couldn't help but twitch his lips. "Is it really Numabuchi Kiichiro?"

"Well... that should be correct."

Yamamura Misao was also stunned for a moment, "He is the serial killer Numabuchi Kiichiro who killed several people."

"Forehead..."

A hint of suspicion flashed in Conan's eyes as he began to question the first half of his life.

Normally, when a serial killer encounters a group of children, an old man, and a useless policeman, isn't it just like a hunter meeting his prey? Shouldn't he be very excited?

Now the tables have turned, and the murderer seems to have become the prey. He even lost a shoe. You're telling me this is a serial killer?

Who the hell is the real murderer...?

Ah—it feels like my brain is about to grow out!

"He seemed to have just mentioned Batman..."

Even after living for so many years, Professor Agasa had never seen anything like this. He first recalled for a moment, then couldn't help but rub his chin as he pondered, "I remember that the person who captured him was a mysterious man named Batman."

"Batman... I think it should be Batman?"

Ai Haibara lowered her eyes and guessed, "Although I don't know where it came from, people often pronounce Batman as 'Baiteman'."

"So that means he's afraid of Batman?"

Conan glanced around at the group. "But we don't have any bats around here..."

"Who knows..."

Ai Haibara tilted her head back and squinted, then shook her head helplessly. "After all, his mental state seems very abnormal."

"That's right, he probably got a psychological trauma from being beaten up by Beika Batman, so he sees everyone as a bat."

Beside him, Beihua Da Liangmin, Batman Bruce Teng nodded in agreement.

He finally understood why Numabuchi Kiichiro was so afraid.

But is psychological trauma really that terrifying?

This is comparable to Ai Haibara's organizational Ai...

However, Numabuchi is a bit outrageous.

Even after all this time, this guy can still recognize him just by making eye contact and sensing the same gaze?

It's almost like it's engraved in our DNA, isn't it?

Bloodline suppression is the cause.

"Phew... So it's a swamp."

Yamamura Misao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "I thought they were going to hit me...!"

Fujino glanced at Yamamura Misao: "..."

What is Brother Cao imagining...?

He was speechless for a moment, then looked around.

With a slight thought, he dispatched the Black Ghost Shadow Killer to track down Swamp Abyss.

Although he was certain that Mitsuhiko wasn't in this area, he couldn't guarantee that the guy wouldn't actually run into Mitsuhiko.

If he were to encounter Mitsuhiko, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't kill Mitsuhiko if he were frightened.

"Um?"

At that moment, Mitsuhiko, who was groping around in the forest, sat under a big tree, took off his hat, and suddenly heard a scream coming from not far away.

He had just looked up when he saw a man with a panicked expression and a skeletal face running towards him.

Mitsuhiko: "...?"

Numabuchi: "...?"

The two looked at each other, both of them taken aback.

Mitsuhiko glanced at Numabuchi Kiichiro, then at the handcuffs on his hands, and became wary. "Uncle, who are you?"

Numabuchi Kiichiro chuckled breathlessly and slowly walked towards Mitsuhiko: "Same... you're the same as me..."

"Well?!"

Mitsuhiko stared in surprise at Numabuchi Kiichiro approaching: Had he encountered a perverted old man?!

"Sasasa..."

Just then, a noise came from the bushes behind them.

Numabuchi Kiichiro's expression suddenly stiffened, and he turned around to look at him.

With his sharp eyes, he immediately spotted a dark figure staring at him.

"Ah--!!"

Numabuchi Kiichiro screamed at the top of his lungs. Before the bewildered Mitsuhiko could even react, he grabbed Mitsuhiko with his handcuffed hands and started running. "Damn it, Batman is still chasing me!"

"What Batman?"

"Wait... Huh?!"

"Who is this Batman?!"

"Hoo... that was an extremely cruel monster, one that made you count from a thousand... hoo... a very, very evil monster, even more terrifying than those people!"

"Monster?!"

"If he catches you, he'll definitely kill you!"

"Hold..."

Fujino listened to the shouts echoing through the forest, he couldn't help but slap his forehead and curse inwardly.

He hadn't expected that even from such a distance, Numabuchi Kiichiro could be detected as soon as the Xiao Hei got close.

But what exactly constitutes a truly terrifying monster?

I am the one on the side of justice!

You, a serial killer like Bion, have the nerve to speak ill of others?!