Chapter 30

By the time the case was analyzed, it was already dark.

"Brother Akaso, you seem very happy!"

Conan had walked up behind Akaso Kaze without him noticing.

Akaso Kaze touched the three bumps on his head.

Of course he was happy today.

Not only did he get a soul, but he also obtained a material for a magic device and took advantage of Mori Kogoro—how could he not be in a good mood?

"What, little Conan, do you have an opinion?"

Conan shook his head, escaping Akaso Kaze's demonic claws.

He looked up and said: "Brother Akaso, thanks to your keen observation today, otherwise it would have been impossible to catch the murderer so quickly."

"Oh? You're thanking me?"

Akaso Kaze was taken aback.

Has this brat had a change of heart?

Not jealous of me anymore?

Conan nodded: "That's right, I'm thanking you. Brother Akaso, you must have known who the murderer was the moment you saw the crime scene, right?"

"I heard that Suwa Suwa Yuji's Kiku-chiyo sword was bought from Mr. Maru by you, so when you saw the marks on the cabinet, you immediately thought of the murderer, didn't you?"

"Huh?" Akaso Kaze was a bit surprised, "I did know who the murderer was, but that's because..."

"Are you going to use that Onmyoji excuse to trick me again?"

Conan turned his head, his face full of disdain.

"You are clearly a detective with very keen observation skills, why do you insist on pretending to be an Onmyoji?"

Akaso Kaze looked helpless.

I really don't have keen observation skills.

Anyone who has read the manga several times would know the plot, okay?

Being praised by Conan again and again, he couldn't even be bothered to refute it.

Forget it, let the kid be happy; he can think whatever he wants.

Anyway, I am an Onmyoji, I will definitely not be a silly detective.

Conan looked at Akaso Kaze's indifferent expression and suddenly felt very discouraged.

It was only under Akaso Kaze's step-by-step reminders that he deduced the whole case and found the murderer.

Yet Akaso Kaze saw the flaws in the crime scene at the first glance, found the dying message left by the deceased, and knew the murderer's name.

Conan suddenly felt that he was so much worse than Akaso Kaze!

It was like one was on the ground and the other was in the sky, or even above the atmosphere...

The sense of accomplishment from shooting Uncle Mori and solving the case vanished in an instant.

"Hey, kid, you're clearly just a first-grade elementary student, yet you can always make such insightful deductions. Don't you find that strange?"

To prevent this kid from pestering him, Akaso Kaze struck at his weak point.

"Huh?" Conan was startled.

Crap, I forgot about that.

"Ha, haha, hahaha! Those were all things Uncle Mori said; I was just imitating his tone. I'm just an elementary student, how would I know how to deduce?"

"Wow, fireflies! Brother Akaso, I'm going to catch fireflies."

Conan skipped away.

This guy is really a clown.

Akaso Kaze looked speechlessly at the famous detective playing dumb.

He drove the Mori family back.

After parking the car and entering his small building, he immediately felt something was wrong.

The upstairs was cold and quiet; the usual cat sounds were gone.

The light in the first-floor stairwell wouldn't turn on either.

A faint scent of blood drifted out from the darkness.

Akaso Kaze raised an eyebrow and stopped in his tracks.

Eye of Space!

A moment later, Akaso Kaze's eyes narrowed slightly.

Two men in black were guarding the stairs on the second floor with guns.

Coming to Conan's world, he had long expected to run into the Black Organization, but it was still unexpected that it would happen so soon.

I shouldn't be famous to that extent yet, should I?

For such a situation, Akaso Kaze had long prepared multiple plans.

In this scenario, it was the perfect time to use Plan A.

He took a playing card from his pocket and stuck a magic gold coin onto it.

With a flick, air pressure sprayed out, and the card flew out with a whistle.

It instantly spiraled up to the second floor and, with a 'chi' sound, embedded itself into the neck of one of the men in black.

The other man in black widened his eyes, looked at his fallen companion in terror, and quickly shrank behind the wall.

Thud, thud, thud...

Rhythmic footsteps walked up.

A deep voice echoed through the building.

"Come down. I won't hurt you, at least not for now. Tell me everything you know, and you can leave."

The man in black's eyes became dazed; he put down his gun and walked out.

Hypnosis magic—truly terrifying.

Half an hour later, Akaso Kaze frowned.

"The men in black received orders to search nationwide for a mage who can use space magic?"

Why does that sound like they're looking for me?

Fortunately, I have never exposed my identity as a mage and have only identified as an Onmyoji.

However, the Black Organization's targets are clearly not limited to mages in the public eye.

Magicians, Onmyoji, spirit-users, and all sorts of people with strange abilities are their targets.

Of course, because the scope is too wide and there are too many people to investigate, they haven't locked onto a target yet.

It seems I need to be more cautious in the future.

How should I handle the one person and one corpse in front of me?

I need to find someone to take the blame.

In the darkness, Akaso Kaze's lips curled into a smile.

Soon, the two men in black walked out of the residential building.

The one in front had a dazed look, while the one behind had stiff limbs.

One had been hypnotized, while the other was being controlled by a magic puppet spell.

The two men in black got into the car parked on the side of the road.

A moment later, a smile suddenly appeared on her lips:

"The investigation into the newly rising Onmyoji in Tokyo, Akaso Kaze, is complete. He's just a charlatan; there's nothing to pay attention to."

"Traces of Kaitou Kid have been found; we are currently tracking him."

The man in black started the vehicle and drove down the street with a blank stare.

He would keep driving out of the city until he drove into the ocean...

"Achoo."

Kuroba Kaito, who was sleeping, suddenly felt his nose itch and sneezed, waking himself up.

He grumbled a bit, wrapped himself tighter in the quilt, and continued to sleep.