Outlaw in the World of Conan, Tokisaki Kurumi

"Kurumi, what do you plan to do next?" Narumi Asai asked, feeling a bit troubled as he thought about the two remaining individuals being protected by the police. He casually placed a piece of hamburger patty into Kurumi's bowl.

"Well..." Kurumi replied, thoroughly enjoying the delicious food Narumi had prepared for her. She spoke with confidence, "Don't worry. From now on, only one of them, Kuroiwa or Nishimoto, will make it out alive."

50 Conan and Kurumi's Encounter (1)

Rarely getting to enjoy such delicious food made by a beautiful girl herself, Kurumi's mood instantly brightened immensely.

"But how are you going to do it?" Narumi Asai had already learned from Kurumi that those two scumbags were under police protection. As for why the police hadn't immediately taken them back to Tokyo for custody, she could roughly guess. If they had, they feared the perpetrator still lurking in the shadows might retaliate even more violently.

Therefore, rather than let other innocent villagers get hurt, it was better to use these two who deserved to die and have them contribute something to their sinful lives.

"Isn't that simple?" Kurumi said, biting into the juicy hamburger patty. Her cheeks puffed out, making her look as cute as a hamster. "When people face the despair of losing their lives, they'll desperately cling to any straw that can save them. And what's more interesting is, if there's only one straw to save both of them, hmph!" Kurumi chuckled. "What happens next will be quite clear."

"Oh~!" Hearing Kurumi's explanation, Narumi Asai showed a look of understanding.

"So that's why you said you're going to make them turn on each other, Kurumi?" Narumi Asai had another question. "But I think this is just your twisted sense of fun. You never intended for either of them to survive from the beginning."

"Of course!" Kurumi's tone was as if she were talking about killing two fish tonight. Regardless of how they were prepared, their ultimate fate was to be served on a plate.

However, just as Narumi Asai was about to ask Kurumi about her next move, the expression on Kurumi's face, sitting across from her, shifted instantly from pleasure to extreme seriousness.

"Hush!" Kurumi put her index finger to her lips, closed her eyes, and frowned slightly as if listening intently.

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Startled by Kurumi's sudden action, Narumi Asai wanted to ask what was happening, but having already unconditionally trusted Kurumi, she followed her lead, closed her mouth, and gently put down her chopsticks.

In Kurumi's perception, she had just faintly heard the sound of a window being opened downstairs.

Opening her eyes, Kurumi whispered to Narumi, "It seems someone has set their sights on you."

Hearing Kurumi's words, Narumi Asai's eyes widened, and she looked at Kurumi in disbelief. "No way? Could it be him?"

At that moment, Narumi Asai suddenly recalled being approached by that bratty kid earlier that day.

Seeing Narumi Asai's expression, Kurumi could roughly guess a possibility.

"Never mind who's downstairs for now. If it's just a simple thief, that's one thing, but if it's that guy..." Kurumi felt a headache coming on.

Although this situation was within her considerations, if the sneaky person downstairs was indeed the lawless Conan, and she injured him, Vermouth would surely not let her off the hook.

But if she couldn't teach him a lesson... Kurumi felt indignant.

This feeling of being stifled made Kurumi very unhappy.

So, she put down her chopsticks and said to Narumi, "You wait here. I want to go down and see who exactly is downstairs!"

With that, Kurumi stood up and left the dining table.

Watching Kurumi's aggressive demeanor, Narumi Asai reminded her with some concern, "Uh, don't kill him!"

Several hours earlier, ever since Conan started feeling that something was off about Doctor Narumi Asai, he had been quietly following her all afternoon, trying to confirm his suspicions.

From the time Narumi Asai returned home and then went out to buy groceries, Conan had considered sneaking into her clinic while she was away. However, he hadn't expected Narumi Asai to be so vigilant. Not only had she locked all the ground-floor windows, but she had also checked them all before leaving.

Furthermore, Narumi Asai had bought some abundant ingredients from the market. After some inquiries, Conan learned that on a certain night, this island doctor had also been drinking with Kurumi at the village izakaya, possibly getting drunk, and Kurumi had even sent her home.

If they were merely acquaintances, would their relationship be like this?

Conan increasingly felt that Narumi Asai was suspicious.

Making an excuse to Mouri Ran that he wanted to wander around the island, Conan spent the entire afternoon crouching in the bushes behind the clinic, trying to find a way in.

Finally, as night fell, after circling the clinic a few times, Conan found a slightly old, locked window at the back of the clinic.

Carefully inserting a wire into the gap between the two panes of the window, he successfully picked the lock. Without feeling like he was trespassing, Conan quietly opened the window and climbed in.

Who knew where this brat learned his lock-picking skills.

Taking off his shoes to avoid making any noise, Conan cautiously explored the dimly lit ground floor of the clinic.

Since Narumi Asai's ground floor was an open clinic, there was no shoe rack at the entrance.

This meant Conan's plan to identify people in the building by their shoes was in vain.

Smelling the faint aroma of food in the air, Conan, whose stomach was rumbling from not having eaten dinner yet, focused his attention on the stairs leading to the second floor.

However, just as he was about to poke his head out to see if he could hear anything upstairs, a set of footsteps suddenly grew closer.

'Someone's coming down!'

Greatly alarmed, Conan quickly hid in the shadows.

As the footsteps drew nearer, Conan finally saw the back of the person descending the stairs.

'It's her! She didn't leave!'

Conan would never forget the figure of Kurumi, who had already left a deep impression on his mind.

Just by her silhouette, Conan determined that the person coming downstairs was Tokisaki Kurumi, who was supposed to have left Moon Shadow Island yesterday.

'Could it be that all of this was orchestrated by her and Doctor Asai?' Peeking out slightly, Conan noticed that Kurumi stood at the foot of the stairs after coming down, making no further moves.

Feeling the atmosphere growing increasingly heavy, Conan's heart pounded.

If his guess was correct, as a member of the Black Organization, Kurumi, who knew he was actually Kudo Shinichi, would absolutely not let him go.

"But it looks like she didn't find me."

Just as Conan was comforting himself, Kurumi spoke.

"Since you're here, why are you still hiding?" Kurumi's tone was full of teasing. Suddenly, she turned around and looked directly at Conan's hiding spot.

"Am I wrong? Kudo Shinichi?"

51 Kira Yoshikage's Famous Scene Rebroadcast

"Who exactly are you?"

As the lights on the first floor were turned on, Conan, who emerged from the darkness, looked extremely tense.

Having his name revealed by the other party once again, Conan had a bad feeling.

Facing Conan's question, a cold smile appeared on Kurumi's lips as she slowly walked towards him.

"That's enough! Don't come any closer!"

Feeling increasingly endangered, Conan raised his hand, activated the watch on his left wrist that could shoot tranquilizer darts, and pointed it at Kurumi.

"Don't move!" In his haste, Conan was ready to shoot Kurumi with a tranquilizer dart and then seize the opportunity to escape.

"If you dare to move, I'll attack you immediately." Although Kurumi standing in front of him had no weapons, for some reason, Conan always felt a deadly threat from the girl's petite body.

Kurumi, who knew Conan inside and out, naturally knew about the little toy in his hand. However! For Kurumi, who possessed King Crimson, it would be useless even if Conan was holding a gun to her.

Standing about three meters away from Conan, Kurumi said calmly, "My name is Tokisaki Kurumi, I am sixteen years old. I live in an inconspicuous residential area in Tokyo, and I don't have a boyfriend."

Conan, made even more nervous by Kurumi's inexplicable self-introduction, gradually started to sweat.

Kurumi, however, continued without noticing, "I work in the Organization. I get home before ten o'clock every day at the latest. I don't smoke, and I drink alcohol as I please."

"I go to bed at eleven every night and make sure to sleep in."

"Before bed, I drink a cup of hot milk, then read a novel in bed to completely relax my mind before sleeping."

"When I wake up at noon, I'll stay in bed a little longer, leaving no trace of fatigue or stress."

"My health check results show that the doctor says I'm very healthy."

The calmer Kurumi became, the more terrified Conan felt.

He asked in a slightly trembling voice, "What are you talking about?"

"Me?" Kurumi raised her hand and kindly explained, "This is me saying that I hope to live a leisurely and carefree life, and at the same time, I don't want to leave any regrets in my life."

Her right index finger lightly touched her temple, and Kurumi's demeanor instantly turned cold and cruel. "However, if I really have to fight, I won't lose to anyone."

Beside Kurumi, where Conan couldn't see, as Kurumi's aura intensified, the robust King Crimson also appeared next to her, its fists clenched and crossed over its chest, its two pairs of eyes staring intently at the trembling Conan.

Of course, Conan, unaware that Kurumi was reenacting a famous scene, couldn't see the Stand, King Crimson. Similarly, King Crimson's face didn't have the famous broadcast accident of Killer Queen.

Although King Crimson wasn't exactly a beauty either.

"You... you bastard!"

Feeling increasingly endangered, Conan didn't hesitate to press the button to fire the tranquilizer dart.

With a swoosh, a thin, silvery-white needle shot out from the watch's launch port towards Kurumi.

Thinking that Kurumi opposite him would be instantly knocked out by the tranquilizer dart, especially seeing her standing there without even trying to dodge, Conan's tense heart finally relaxed.

But the next scene that unfolded before his eyes made Conan's eyes and mouth widen in surprise.

Kurumi was gone!

The Kurumi standing in front of him seemed to have vanished from his sight in an instant.

And the tranquilizer dart that was shot also disappeared into the darkness.

"I told you, if it comes to fighting, I won't lose to anyone!"

Kurumi's voice suddenly came from behind Conan, and at the same time, Conan felt a strong push, causing him to fall directly to the ground.

It's over!

Although he didn't understand how Kurumi had suddenly appeared behind him, the current situation was clearly extremely disadvantageous for him.

Noticing that Conan was still trying to get up from the ground, Kurumi, wanting to teach this ignorant brat another lesson, made King Crimson step on Conan's back, forcefully pinning him to the ground.

"I don't understand, why are you fixated on me? Aren't you afraid of death?!" Kurumi walked up to Conan, bent down, grabbed his hair, and fiercely made Conan lift his head.

The killing intent in her eyes was unconcealed.

Knowing he had no chance, Conan, in his despair, still poured his anger onto Kurumi.

"I know! But it's because of you guys that I've become like this!"

Looking at the mixed expression of pain and hatred on Conan's face, Kurumi seemed a little helpless. "But it was Gin and Vodka who made you this way, not me!"

Finally, Conan, who had gone from having no clue to knowing the codenames of the two Black Organization members from that night, didn't give up.

"But you're all together!"

Facing Conan's idiotic question, Kurumi let go.

Patting off what might have been dandruff from Conan's hair on her hand, Kurumi said disdainfully, "Even within a single unit, there are cliques. Are you so sure I'm one of them?"

It seemed that Tokisaki Kurumi felt much better after looking down on Conan, so she continued, "If your intellect as a great detective is only this shallow, then tell me why no one has silenced you until now?"

Hearing Kurumi's words, and simultaneously feeling the pressure on his back disappear, Conan quickly got up from the ground and asked, panting, "What do you mean by that?"

The sharp-witted Conan sensed from Kurumi's words that she wasn't allied with the other two. Although his guard was still up, his hateful expression gradually faded.

"Literally," Kurumi shrugged. "Although I'm also part of the Organization, in a certain aspect, we don't conflict. In fact, we could even... cooperate!"

Hearing that Kurumi, a criminal, wanted to cooperate with him, the righteous hero, Conan naturally refused.

"You're dreaming!"

Kurumi pursed her lips; Conan's answer was exactly as she had predicted.

"Tch, you brat are really annoying," she said, suppressing the urge to have King Crimson punch the four-eyed kid in the face, and patiently continued, "Whether you believe me or not is your business, but I warn you, you'd best not meddle in my affairs. Otherwise, you might not even know how you died."

Kurumi's warning reminded Conan of a previous scene.

He stared intently at Kurumi, suddenly unsure how to retort.

52 Kurumi's Choice

The commotion from Conan, who was being threatened by Kurumi downstairs, naturally caught the attention of Aso Narumi, who was feeling a bit nervous on the second floor.

Knowing that the childish voice belonged to the kid from the Mouri Detective Agency, Narumi's heart sank into a panic, worrying that she and Kurumi were actually the masterminds behind everything and might be discovered.

What should I do... Although she had mentally prepared for the possibility of their scheme being exposed, Narumi was still flustered and at a loss when the moment actually arrived.

She wasn't afraid of death; she just didn't want all her efforts to avenge her family to be in vain before she could achieve her goal.

Hearing Conan's angry shout, Narumi looked around. In a state of complete panic, she rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a kitchen knife, and charged down.

Of course, with her inherent kindness, Narumi wouldn't directly kill Conan with the knife, but rather use it to threaten him.