In this world, Jun Himeya has not experienced the cruel baptism of war, nor is he a war photographer accustomed to seeing life and death.
He is just an ordinary reporter from an ordinary Tokyo Metropolitan News agency who specializes in covering social news and urban legends.
But at this moment, the eyes of this ordinary reporter were bloodshot with exhaustion, and deep shock and confusion remained in his eyes.
"It's... that dream again..."
Ji Shizhun covered his aching forehead and muttered to himself.
This is already the seventh time this month.
As soon as he closed his eyes, his consciousness would be forcibly pulled into a strange dream.
In that dream, there were no high-rise buildings, no busy traffic, only a desolate and desolate land. And in the center of that land, stood a huge ruins
In the deepest part of the ruins, there is a silvery light that is warm but also contains a sense of tragic fate.
The light was calling him.
It seemed like it was conveying some imminent crisis to him, and it seemed like it was waiting for him to inherit some kind of heavy bond.
"I'm just an ordinary little reporter who earns a dead salary, and I'm not a chosen savior. Why is this broken dream Tenten pestering me..."
Ji Shizhun gave a wry smile, reached for the black coffee that had completely cooled down on the table, and took a big sip, forcing his brain to wake up.
He turned his head and his eyes fell on his desk filled with documents.
Among a bunch of messy newspaper clippings and interview records, a few pieces of social news Shin-chan were circled in red pen that had not even attracted the attention of the police:
<Kanto Region There are frequent disappearances in the mountains? Three hikers are still missing!>
<A huge shadow in the mist? Campers claim to encounter unknown creatures in the forest!>
Ji Xizhen's fingers tapped lightly on the table, his brows furrowed tightly.
As a reporter, his intuition told him that there was definitely some unknown and terrifying truth hidden behind these seemingly scattered disappearance cases that were even regarded as nonsense.
Moreover, what made him shudder the most was that the direction pointed by the glowing stone ruins in the dream seemed to be the area where these missing cases overlapped!
"The missing hiker... the weird shadow... and the light that keeps calling me in my dream..."
Ji Shizhun looked at the map on the table and was silent for a long time.
The common sense of ordinary people told him that it was best to stay away from such strange incidents in the deep mountains and forests and leave them to the police to deal with.
But as soon as he closed his eyes, the warm silver light from the dream would appear in his mind.
"Tsk... it really doesn't make people calm down."
Ji Wanzhun finally sighed in compromise.
He stood up, grabbed the Single-Lens Camera that had been with him for several years on the table, hung it skillfully around his neck, and picked up a jacket.
"Just think of it as going to the mountains to collect news and dig up exclusive news. If there really is a monster..."
Ji Shizhun pushed open the door of the apartment and looked at the fish-belly white sky outside, her eyes gradually becoming determined:
"Then take photos of its true appearance and expose it to the world."
Weekend, Kanto Region, deep mountain camping ground.
A classic yellow Beetle is parked in a lush forest glade.
Professor Agasa, with his chubby belly, was happily setting up a tent. Next to him, the three "Detective Boys" naughty kids, Ayumi Yoshida, Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Genta Kojima, were running around excitedly holding insect nets.
"Really, it's only been a few days since school started, why do you have to go to such a barren mountain to feed mosquitoes?"
Ai Haibara was wearing casual sportswear and sitting on a folding chair resistingly.
I recall that when I was in school, Ayumi Yoshida trotted over, gently grabbed Ai Haibara's cuffs with his little hands, and raised his head with a pitiful expression.
"Ai~ Okay? Just stay with us this time! The air in the mountains is super fresh, and you can see stars at night!"
She gently shook Haiyuan's arm, and her soft voice was full of pleading:
"We are all good friends. We finally managed to find time to camp together. It would not be complete without Ai~ Please!"
Seeing the little guy's sparkling eyes and cute expression of sincerity and grievance, Ai Haibara, who had always been cold and venomous, completely lost his temper.
"...Ayumi Yoshida is begging pitifully, so let's go and see..."
And it was a full five meters away from Ai Haibara.
Conan Edogawa was staring warily at the seemingly ordinary pair of small leather shoes at Ai Haibara's feet, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitch slightly.
Ever since the first day of school, when his Solar-Powered Turbo Skateboard was trampled into a two-dimensional metal sticker by a pair of leather shoes, Conan had an extremely serious psychological shadow on Ai Haibara and the black-haired young man named "Lin Xiao" behind her.
"Those guys are definitely not ordinary people... That kind of weapon that ignores the law of gravity, if it is not some black technology that is hundreds of years ahead of its time, then there is only one explanation left..."
Just when Conan was still thinking hard.
"Ah!!! Conan! Doctor! Come and take a look!!!"
Deep in the woods, the frightened screams of Genta Kojima and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya suddenly came from!
"Something happened!" Conan's DNA as Death God Elementary Schooler moved instantly. Without any hesitation, he immediately opened his short legs and ran expertly in the direction of the sound.
Ai frowned and followed slowly.
A muddy clearing deep in the woods.
Genta Kojima and Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya were so frightened that they sat down on the ground and pointed to a bush in front of them.
I saw a few pale bones scattered among the broken branches and the soil, and there were even traces of strange signs of dissolution on them!
"These are... human thigh bones and ribs!"
Conan rushed forward, put on gloves extremely professionally, picked up a bone and looked at it carefully, a sharp light of a famous detective flashed across the lenses instantly!
"The incision is uneven. It was not caused by a sharp weapon, but more like it was bitten into pieces by some extremely huge force! There are also traces of strong acid corrosion on the surface of the bone. Is this the use of chemicals to destroy criminal evidence?!"
Conan's brain is running rapidly, and the familiar <Detective Conan> exclusive crime-solving BGM seems to have automatically played in his mind!
"Deep mountains, broken bones, chemicals..."
Conan turned to look at the surrounding woods. "This is an extremely bad case of dumping corpses in the mountains! The criminal must still be nearby! Everyone, be careful and don't scatter..."
"Ho--!!!"
Conan's reasoning statement hasn't even had time to finish yet!
The dense bushes in front were suddenly torn apart by a violent brute force!
Accompanied by a disgusting bloody stench, a terrifying monster that was five to six meters tall and covered with dark red tumors came out of the woods!
It even had half of a hiker's backpack strap hanging in its huge mouth full of fangs!
"Weird... monster!!!" Detective Boys's three children were instantly frightened and let out heart-piercing screams, and collapsed on the ground on the spot.
"What... what is this?! A bear? No! How can there be a bear that looks like a biochemical mutant!!!"
Conan Looking at this extremely abnormal behemoth in front of us, the materialist scientific outlook once again suffered a heavy blow!
But as a famous detective, he did not sit still and wait for death!
"No matter what kind of mutated beast you are, take a shot from me!"