Outlaw in the World of Conan, Tokisaki Kurumi

The Grim Reaper Has Arrived Again

Beyond Miyano Akemi's inherently kind nature, the biggest reason for the Organization's dissatisfaction with her was her ex-boyfriend, Akai Shuichi.

Akai Shuichi, an FBI mole planted within the Organization, had used the alias Moroboshi Dai. He successfully infiltrated the Organization by exploiting his relationship with Miyano Akemi, earning him the codename Black Label Whiskey.

Two years ago, shortly before Kurumi joined the Organization, Akai Shuichi's cover was blown. He was a mole that the Organization's higher-ups had placed great hope in. For his own safety, he fled back to America.

Although the Organization believed Miyano Akemi was unilaterally used by Akai Shuichi, she had actually known he was a mole for a long time but never exposed him.

Because of this incident, the Organization considered Miyano Akemi a 'victim' and did not assassinate her. However, they eventually marginalized her, essentially adopting an attitude of neglect.

But when Miyano Akemi proposed to her superiors that she wanted to leave the Organization with her sister, Miyano Shiho, the higher-ups, who had gradually developed a desire to kill Miyano Akemi, assigned her the near-impossible task of acquiring one billion yen for the Organization and chose Gin to oversee it.

Whether Miyano Akemi could successfully complete the task was not important. What mattered was that the Organization could find an excuse to kill her.

If she succeeded, the Organization would gain one billion yen and eliminate an unstable element.

If she failed, the Organization would suffer no losses.

Would Miyano Akemi not know this?

Of course not.

"However, I have no interest in whether Akai Shuichi is alive or dead," Kurumi said, taking a sip of her coffee. "What's important is your attitude."

"My attitude?"

"Yes," Kurumi nodded. "Do you want to live? Or do you want to die?"

On a bustling street in Tokyo, two beautiful young women walked together.

These two were the protagonist, Mouri Ran, and her best friend, Suzuki Sonoko.

However, there was also a small child beside Mouri Ran.

Suzuki Sonoko, with her short brown hair and delicate features, looked down at the bored Conan and said grumpily, "Ran, why do we have to bring this kid along when we two are going out?"

Mouri Ran, holding Conan's small hand, looked at her best friend. "I can't help it. My dad went to bet on horses again, and you asked me to go out. I wouldn't be at ease leaving Conan home alone!"

Conan, whose true identity was Kudo Shinichi, glared at Sonoko grumpily.

Seriously, making it seem like I wanted to come out with you guys... Conan had originally planned to stay home and read. In his opinion, staying home was more interesting than shopping with women.

"Yeah, it can't be helped," Sonoko sighed. Noticing how tired Conan looked, she decided to find a place to rest.

Glancing around, Sonoko suddenly thought of a good spot. "Oh, Ran, if I remember correctly, there should be a coffee shop nearby. The atmosphere there is really nice!"

"A coffee shop? That sounds good!" Mouri Ran, feeling they needed a break, looked at Conan. "Conan, how about we go to a coffee shop for a cup of coffee and rest for a bit?"

Having shopped since early morning, Conan's feet were already sore. Hearing that he finally had a place to rest, he wore an expression of immense relief.

"Okay, Ran-neechan!"

Thus, led by Sonoko, the three finally found a coffee shop named ONIBUS after crossing a few blocks.

"Welcome!"

As soon as they pushed open the door, the three heard the server's enthusiastic greeting.

"Three, do you have a quieter spot?" Unlike Ran and Conan, who were looking around the shop, Sonoko, who had been here before, asked casually.

"Yes, we do." The server glanced at the empty seats in the shop and then gestured towards the booth seating.

"Thank you." Politely thanking the server, Sonoko headed towards a corner booth first.

Nearby, there was only a young man reading a newspaper.

Finally sitting on the soft seats, Conan, whose feet were aching terribly, instantly wore an expression of pure bliss.

So comfortable~

Conan didn't really care whether he drank coffee or not. The important thing was that he really needed to rest.

"Ran, Conan, what would you like to drink?"

Opening the menu on the table, Sonoko gave Mouri Ran the choice first.

"Hmm..."

Looking at the diverse names and pictures on the menu, and not knowing which one tasted better, she randomly picked a coffee.

"Conan, what about you?" Mouri Ran asked.

"For me, I'll have..." Conan was about to say his favorite coffee when Sonoko snatched the menu away.

"Kids can't drink coffee. Be careful about stunted growth."

Hearing Sonoko's words, Conan's eye twitched.

Although his rational mind told him that what Sonoko said was indeed correct, and it was best for children not to drink such things.

Why did he feel so annoyed by Sonoko's tone?

"That's right, then I'll order a glass of milk for Conan!" Mouri Ran, not noticing Conan's inner turmoil, suddenly remembered and said with a smile, "Conan, if you want to drink coffee like us, you have to grow up first!"

"..." Conan opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but nothing came out. Speechlessly closing his mouth, he chose to be a good boy.

Can this get any worse? Sighs, I forgot what comes next.

While waiting for the milk, Conan decided to go to the restroom to calm his mind.

Meanwhile, Kurumi, who had been chatting with Miyano Akemi for a long time, was unaware that the Shinigami of Tokyo had also arrived at the shop.

She had just finished taking care of personal matters in a stall in the women's restroom because she'd had too much coffee.

However, just as Kurumi was about to open the door to wash her hands, she suddenly smelled a faint, familiar scent of blood mixed with the air freshener filling the restroom.

Huh? Is someone's period that heavy?

Since it was the women's restroom, Kurumi didn't pay much attention when she smelled the blood.

After all, girls have those days every month, and it's possible to have a heavier flow.

What's the saying again?

People's bodies aren't all the same.

But just as Kurumi was about to leave, blood slowly flowed out from the gap under the innermost stall.

"Shocked!"

Kurumi froze as she looked at the slowly flowing blood.

What's going on? Is the bleeding this heavy? Without thinking much, Kurumi's eyes widened.

73 You guys are dishonorable

No!

Kurumi's expression instantly shifted from relaxed to extremely serious.

The blood flowing from the gap was thick and dark red. This blood, clearly from a major artery, made Kurumi realize that something unexpected had definitely happened in the innermost stall.

This is troublesome...

In other circumstances, Kurumi might have investigated with curiosity to see what was happening inside.

But now, having just established initial contact with Miyano Akemi, she didn't want any complications at this moment...

Standing in the second-to-last stall, she summoned King Crimson to take a look. As expected, inside the restroom stall, a female corpse lay with a contorted face behind the stall door. The blood slowly flowing from her chest and the scattered belongings like a wallet proved that a murder had occurred here.

"Yare yare da?ze."

Uttering an invincible catchphrase, Kurumi turned and left without a second thought.

She didn't want to be the first person to discover the body, call the police, and then be interrogated.

She walked out of the restroom with a normal expression, washed her hands at the sink outside, and leisurely headed towards her private room with Miyano Akemi.

But fate had other plans.

Before Kurumi could take two steps, a figure she didn't expect appeared before her.

"It's you!"

"It's you?"

Two figures, one tall and one short, stared at each other. One was surprised, the other despairing.

"It's over, it's over, it's over. The Shinigami has arrived..." Kurumi sighed in despair. Seeing Conan in front of her, she suddenly understood why she had seen a corpse in the restroom.

"Hey! Who are you calling the Shinigami!"

Hearing Kurumi call him, the Great Detective, the Shinigami, Conan couldn't stand still.

"Also, you did that, didn't you?"

"That thing?" Hearing Conan, like Gin, always liked to speak ambiguously, Kurumi asked irritably, "I don't know!"

Kurumi hadn't expected to run into Conan, the Shinigami, here.

And in such a terrible situation.

Her meeting with Miyano Akemi was a secret operation. If she just walked back now, Kurumi knew without a doubt that Conan, with his personality, would definitely follow her.

Miyano Akemi couldn't appear before Conan right now.

Otherwise, her plan would definitely be affected.

"Right, I found something interesting. Do you want to know?" To distract Conan, Kurumi decided to reveal what happened in the women's restroom.

Seeing Kurumi's mysterious look, Conan said irritably, "Do you think I'll trust you? You didn't keep your promise."

"Promise? Are you still upset that I took care of those two?" Conan was sticking to her like gum, and Kurumi felt a little impatient.

"That was clearly the police being dishonorable, coming to deceive! To sneak attack! Me, a sixteen-year-old girl in her prime, is that okay? That's not okay."

"But!"

Conan wanted to argue that he had also been caught off guard by the police's sudden action, but he thought about how those two were dead. Although they deserved it, Conan was still furious at Kurumi's lawless behavior that time.

"Alright, alright, little detective. There's been a murder in the women's restroom. Can you stop following me around like a stalker?" At this point, Kurumi put her hands on her hips and stared at Conan. "Believe it or not, I'll apply to be a teacher at your school, keep you after class every day for homework? And I'll suggest Ran buy you more practice problems and exams to do at home?"

Hearing Kurumi's venomous threat, Conan's eyes widened. "Are you a devil? How can you come up with such a sinister plan!"

As a primary school student, Conan naturally knew how easy it was for teachers in schools these days to mess with a student.

"Wait a minute, you said a murder case?" Conan asked, snapping back to attention amidst his shock.

"Yeah, in the last stall of the women's restroom. I just looked, and a woman was killed," Kurumi shrugged, her tone as if she were discussing something trivial.

"Really! Then why didn't you call the police?" Conan's expression immediately turned serious. He looked at Kurumi with suspicion and asked, "You're not lying to me, are you?"

"What would I gain by lying to you? Would I report you to Ran for sneaking into the women's restroom to peek?"

"I just have a feeling you'd do something like that..."

"Believe it or not!" With that, Kurumi ignored Conan and prepared to head to the counter to order another coffee and dessert.

Feeling that Kurumi wasn't lying to him, Conan gritted his teeth and rushed into the women's restroom.

In the hallway, Kurumi, feeling like today was the worst, took out her phone and sent a text to Miyano Akemi in the private room.

[Something's happened outside, leave immediately. Wait for my message.]

"Something's happened outside, leave immediately. Wait for my message?"

Seeing the text message on her phone, the very obedient Miyano Akemi immediately put away her phone and stood up without hesitation, leaving the private room.

Although she didn't know what was going on, Miyano Akemi decided to follow Kurumi's advice for safety reasons.

In the lobby, Miyano Akemi, who was about to leave, saw Kurumi standing at the counter. The latter quietly waved her towards the exit, signaling her to leave immediately.

Noticing Kurumi's gesture, Miyano Akemi nodded and left the coffee shop, acting as if nothing had happened.

"Excuse me, sir, please call the police right away!"

Conan, who had run all the way, confirmed that Kurumi's words were true and rushed to a waiter who was clearing tables, saying anxiously.

"Call the police? What happened, little boy?"

The waiter straightened up.