Conan World's Outlaw, Tokisaki Kurumi

A man in a gray suit, slightly built, pushed open the large doors.

"What's wrong? Why the panic?"

Director Ochiai, feigning ignorance, wasn't angered by the interruption. Instead, he kindly looked at the man whose face was already beaded with sweat.

"Boss Manaka... Boss Manaka was murdered in the exhibition hall!!!" the man panted, wiping sweat from his brow with his sleeve as he spoke excitedly.

13 Conan Prepares to Face Defeat (Fourth Update)

Boss Manaka's body was discovered by a father and daughter, along with a child.

Since a murder had occurred in the art museum he was in charge of, Director Ochiai, after being informed by an employee, rushed with the employee to the Hell Chamber, the scene of the crime, with a look of 'surprise' on his face.

Seeing Director Ochiai's masterful acting, Kurumi, seated on a chair, nodded in satisfaction.

"Well then, now I'll enjoy watching how you detectives 'solve the case'~" She downed the tea in her cup and eagerly anticipated seeing how Kudo Shinichi would solve this case with no evidence or clues.

Her black high heels clicked crisply on the floor tiles. Her cheerful steps revealed that the owner of those beautiful feet didn't care that a murder had just occurred here.

Following a crowd of people, some nervous, some curious, to the Hell Chamber, Kurumi stood at the entrance and saw Mouri Kogoro, the self-proclaimed famous detective, having employees stop tourists from entering.

Outside the art museum, under the tranquil night sky, the sirens of several speeding police cars grew closer.

As the door of the leading police car opened, a plump man wearing a beige overcoat stepped out.

Inside the lobby, police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department, who had just arrived, quickly stormed in and immediately sealed off all entrances and exits of the building, putting up police tape.

Noticing the attire of the leading stout policeman, which differed from the other uniformed officers, along with his standard mustache and hat, Kurumi immediately recognized this portly man as Inspector Megure, who possessed the Brother Fruit ability.

As Kurumi saw Inspector Megure, Inspector Megure, who was walking towards her, also spotted his former subordinate, Mouri Kogoro, who was also the first to report the body.

Looking speechlessly at "Brother Mouri," who always seemed to be involved in cases, Megure suppressed the urge to complain and began to earnestly question those present.

Looking at the aisle blocked by police officers, Kurumi, who had just been persuaded by the police to step aside, clicked her tongue.

Hmph, if I don't go in, how am I supposed to watch! Kurumi irritably summoned King Crimson and directly activated its Time Erasure ability.

Time Erasure, a special ability of the Stand King Crimson, could erase about ten seconds of time from the world. Except for the Stand's user, everyone else would skip over this period, with no memory of what happened during that time.

This extremely powerful ability, much like the Stand of a certain hyperactive blond vampire, was a bug-level ability.

Instantly activating King Crimson's ability, the world before Kurumi's eyes changed.

The surrounding scenery disintegrated, and the people around froze with the expressions and postures they had at the moment time stopped.

At this moment, in this entire world, only Kurumi could move freely.

She passed through the police blockade and entered the exhibition hall, found a corner, and deactivated Time Erasure.

Police officers were examining the body, while Inspector Megure was leading his men in questioning people in the exhibition hall.

Including Director Ochiai, all the staff here had rushed over when the body was discovered.

However, the figure of a small child appeared beside these adults.

Hmm? Strange, was this girl here just now? After finishing his questioning of the last person, Inspector Megure suddenly noticed a girl in a black dress standing in the corner.

Could it be because she's dressed all in black that I didn't notice her? He frowned slightly in confusion. Although Inspector Megure didn't think the girl's...

So big!

Noticing the surprisingly ample chest of the petite girl, Inspector Megure's eyes widened in astonishment.

Damn it, what am I thinking! Realizing how rude his thoughts were towards a young girl, Inspector Megure quickly shook his head and then walked up to Kurumi, asking gently, "Little girl, are you a tourist here?"

In response to Inspector Megure's question, Kurumi nodded and said softly, "Yes, in a way..."

"In a way?"

Hearing the girl's ambiguous words, Inspector Megure pressed further.

"It's like this, I really like the artwork called Divine Punishment in this art museum, so I came today to ask the museum director if I could buy it for my collection."

"Divine Punishment?" Megure looked puzzled.

Just then, Director Ochiai, noticing Inspector Megure questioning Kurumi, walked over and explained for her, "Yes, officer. This young lady came specifically to ask me about that painting today."

Hearing the director's explanation, Megure nodded.

"Did you see anyone suspicious? Or any suspicious signs?"

Megure had already mentally ruled out the girl as a suspect.

After all, with his eyesight, he had already judged that the girl's height was at most 1.6 meters, and with her petite build, even if she stood on a stool, she couldn't have used a sword to pin a large, fat man to the wall mid-air.

Hearing Inspector Megure's question, Kurumi thought for a moment, then shook her head, indicating she knew nothing.

"Is that so..." Just as Inspector Megure was about to have Kurumi escorted out, the girl in front of him seemed to suddenly notice something and looked at the body with a surprised expression.

Huh? Did she think of something? Megure's eyes lit up.

However, when he followed Kurumi's gaze to the body, he saw a little boy, who seemed to be called Conan, standing there, looking around.

"Officer, what's that little boy's name?" Kurumi, with her excellent acting skills, put on an expression as if she had met an acquaintance.

Although Inspector Megure was more concerned about the murder, he thought for a moment and said, "I believe his name is Conan."

After speaking, Inspector Megure quickly walked over to Mouri Kogoro and said, "Brother Mouri, please keep an eye on this child of yours!"

Inspector Megure's voice wasn't loud, but in the room filled with a suffocating and bloody atmosphere, it was enough for everyone to hear.

Naturally, this included Conan.

I'm done for, I'm going to get yelled at... In his mind, Conan knew he was in trouble.

Almost as soon as the thought crossed his mind, Conan felt his ear being grabbed by a large hand and twisted painfully.

"You little brat, why do you always have to go poking around places like this!"

Twisting Conan's ear, he was dragged out of the room. After leaving Conan behind, clutching his ear in pain, Mouri Kogoro waved a fist at him and walked back into the crime scene.

"Seriously, that old man hits hard!"

Without even looking, Conan knew his ear was definitely bright red.

14 Come on! Bring out the turtle!

Outside the hall, because the murder had happened so close to the museum's closing time, only a few scattered tourists who were just about to leave were there when the police arrived.

After the murder, these tourists were temporarily kept in the hall by the police to be questioned in detail.

However, these people were of no concern to Kurumi.

Walking up behind Conan, who was still grimacing and holding his ear, Kurumi leaned down with a playful grin and asked in her naturally enchanting, pleasant voice, "Oh my~ Isn't this the little boy from the amusement park last time? What, are you here with your sister and father today?"

When the voice came from behind him, Conan was a little surprised.

The events at the amusement park that night were already an indelible shadow for him.

Although his body had turned into that of a child, Conan's mind remained sharp. He vaguely felt that the female voice behind him sounded familiar. Coupled with the fact that she mentioned the amusement park, a vision of a girl's stunningly beautiful face flashed through Conan's mind.

Speaking in a child's tone, Conan, while marveling at the coincidence internally, turned around and pretended to be surprised, saying, "Ah! It's the sister who helped me last time!"

The scent from the girl's nearby body wafted from her nose, and Conan's small face flushed slightly.

The girl in front of him was undoubtedly the most beautiful girl he, Kudo Shinichi, had ever seen in his many years of traveling. Especially the devilish allure she exuded at all times. Kudo Shinichi was certain that this girl... uh... Tokisaki Kurumi, as he recalled her name, would definitely attract frantic pursuit from the boys at school.

However, he already liked someone.

Slightly averting his gaze from the astonishingly visual area that naturally fell forward from the girl's chest as she leaned over, Conan sighed, "It is indeed a coincidence, uh... Sister Tokisaki!"

Although he said that, Conan inwardly felt that such coincidences, meeting at a crime scene, were best avoided.

Moreover, from what the girl had just said, Conan clarified, "But sister, you're mistaken. I didn't come with my sister and father. It's just that my parents went abroad, so I'm temporarily staying at Uncle Mouri's place!"

Having been helped by Kurumi before, Conan's impression was that Kurumi was just a kind girl.

"Uncle Mouri?" Kurumi thought for a moment with feigned 'confusion,' then suddenly exclaimed as if she had an epiphany, "You mean Mr. Mouri Kogoro, who has a detective agency in Beika Town?"

"Then that girl is Mr. Mouri's daughter, Mouri Ran?"

Hearing that Kurumi seemed very familiar with the Mouri family, Conan became curious, "Does Sister Tokisaki know Sister Ran?"

In his words, Conan consciously filtered out the uncle who liked to drink and was a bit of a lecher.

Conan 'curiously' gazed at the girl's wine-red left eye.

In his memory as Kudo Shinichi, he hadn't heard the name Tokisaki Kurumi at school.

Coupled with the girl's astonishing beauty, if she were a student, the boys at school would certainly not ignore such a topic.

Since that was the case, if he didn't know Kurumi, but Kurumi knew Mouri Ran, his childhood friend, it must have been somewhere outside of school.

But he wasn't sure exactly where.

Because he had never heard Ran mention the name Tokisaki Kurumi.

"Yes~" Kurumi said, then suddenly shook her head and changed her tune, "That's not quite right. It should be that I know student Mouri Ran, but she probably doesn't know me."

Recalling a certain karate match she had impulsively attended over a year ago, Kurumi said without concealment.

"After all, I was just a spectator back then. Seeing a girl my age possess such astonishing strength, I naturally had to learn more about her~"

Hearing Kurumi's explanation, Conan nodded in understanding.

He was well aware of how formidable Mouri Ran's karate skills were.

As if recalling a certain scene, Conan suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

Seeing that the conversation was drifting further and further away, Kurumi, wanting to quickly put Conan, the big-headed child, in his place, proactively steered the conversation back to the murder case: "By the way, little Conan, since Mouri Ran's father is a detective, does that mean this murder case will be solved soon?"

Adding a slight emphasis to the words "little child," Kurumi frowned with a hint of distress, revealing a pitiable expression that evoked sympathy: "After all, it's so late outside, and I live alone. If I go back too late, I get a little scared~"

Kurumi worked hard to portray herself as a fragile, ordinary girl.

Hearing Kurumi place all her hopes on Mouri Kogoro, the detective, Conan instinctively rolled his eyes and muttered, "That Uncle Mouri..."

"?"

"Ah, no, I mean Uncle Mouri!" Quickly realizing his slip of the tongue, Conan hastily said with a tone he himself didn't believe, "Yes, that's right! Uncle Mouri is a famous detective!"

Glancing at the Hell Chamber, which was blocked by the police, Conan felt uneasy.

He knew how unreliable Mouri Kogoro usually was, and in this case, Conan vaguely sensed something unusual.

However, due to the lack of clues and his inability to investigate the crime scene, he could only speculate.

His current identity as a child was Conan's biggest headache.

Frowning slightly in distress, Conan suddenly thought of a good idea.

He looked at Kurumi with an incredibly 'innocent' smile. Although she feigned confusion on the surface, she had already guessed what Conan was thinking.

"Oh, right, since Sister Tokisaki knows Sister Ran, that's perfect. Sister Ran is inside. How about I take you to find her?" Conan's voice was filled with the innocence of a child. Kurumi felt a wave of nausea.

But even so, in order to see Conan embarrassed, Kurumi put on a very happy expression and agreed to Conan's proposal.

They followed Conan towards the passage blocked by police officers, but as the two reached the entrance, the officers standing guard dutifully stopped them.

"Sorry, unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter."

"..."

"..."

The police officer's words made Kurumi and Conan look at each other with perfect understanding.

What do we do now?

15 Kurumi is Questioned

Faced with the police officer's obstruction, Kurumi didn't want to use King Crimson's ability in this situation.

After all, that brat Kudo Shinichi was incredibly smart. Although, according to the settings, normal people couldn't see or feel Stands, Kurumi knew very well that the most unscientific people in this world were these individuals.

Mouri Kogoro, who was fine after being injected with a thousand needles of anesthetic.

Conan, who could knock down satellites with a soccer ball.

Mouri Ran, who could crack utility poles with her bare hands.

And Kyogoku Makoto, a Saiyan at the peak of martial arts.