[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-in-the-world-of-conan-after-the-simulation-the-h":3,"chapter-in-the-world-of-conan-after-the-simulation-the-h-in-the-conan-world-after-simulation-the-female-c-chapter-15":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","In the Conan World: After Simulation, the Female Characters Collapse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1998036,2897,"Chapter 15","in-the-conan-world-after-simulation-the-female-c-chapter-15",15,"\u003Cp>If there had been no one below at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or if Hoshino Ki hadn’t reached out to save them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There would be two more fresh “corpses” in the temple now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ran Mouri’s expression was low, and she was very self-reproachful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ran, it’s okay, look, aren’t I fine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sonoko Suzuki immediately spoke to comfort her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides, you jumped down to save me too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sonoko Suzuki saw Ran Mouri’s desperate rescue in her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the deep friendship between best friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hoshino-kun! Thank you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki expressed their gratitude to Hoshino Ki solemnly together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, kid, sorry about that, I misunderstood you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kogoro Mouri walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And looked at Hoshino Ki in front of him up and down reluctantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Shinichi Kudo had just left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he thought no one was coveting his daughter anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t expect another Hoshino Ki to appear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His appearance was the type that Kogoro Mouri couldn’t stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A handsome guy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like Shinichi Kudo, who always appeared in front of Kogoro Mouri.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his expression was very foul, and he always stole his business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His personality was bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Annoying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was always confident and handsome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kogoro Mouri couldn’t deny this point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Hoshino Ki now had strong facial features and fair, translucent skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A high nose bridge, thin lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus the appearance of not showing any panic even when surrounded by everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His very calm and steady personality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually looked even more handsome than Shinichi Kudo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dad!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ran Mouri was angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her own father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Always held inexplicable hostility toward the boys who appeared around her.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Hahaha, thank you, Hoshino kid!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kogoro Mouri faced his daughter’s fierce expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His attitude suddenly changed drastically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked over enthusiastically and shook Hoshino Ki’s hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re welcome, Uncle! It was the right thing to do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshino Ki shook the other party’s hand back, being polite and courteous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Conan, and you! How do I usually teach you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ran Mouri squatted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And patiently taught the “little kid” in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s okay, I don’t mind.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshino Ki glanced at Conan, who had just reached his knees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And looked at Ran Mouri indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indicating that he didn’t mind being on the same level as a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conan bowed his body very obediently to Hoshino Ki.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Shinichi Kudo had always been very “arrogant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when encountering such a life-and-death matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was still quite serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshino Ki looked at Conan’s small face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In anime game modeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can change the protagonist’s hairstyle at will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you put Ran Mouri’s hairstyle on Conan’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems they could overlap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this your child?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshino Ki raised his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And looked at Ran Mouri calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahhh?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone said in unison!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ran Mouri and Conan were both flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kogoro Mouri’s entire face turned black instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Sonoko Suzuki was covering her stomach and giggling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh! Excuse me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshino Ki nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then turned and walked toward the temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s wrong with this kid? How could there be such a young mother!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kogoro Mouri raised his fist and waved it incessantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too impolite!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still hated “handsome guys” very much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night was deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone returned to their rooms to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A good night’s sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshino Ki tidied up his bed and walked out of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the monk’s guidance, he came to the dining table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And found that Conan and his group had all arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Hoshino Ki could sit down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahhhhh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A scream came.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Everyone heard the sound of the scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all got up “whoosh” to go to the source of the sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the location of the penance room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshino Ki followed the crowd’s footsteps and walked calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Head, head priest!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was indeed the temple’s head priest, Ten-ei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahhh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Head priest Ten-ei had been hanged by someone with a rope on the suspension beam of the penance room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no wind inside the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his corpse was still swaying incessantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first case Hoshino Ki had participated in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he hadn’t known the modus operandi beforehand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would have really thought that demons and ghosts were at work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Call the police quickly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kogoro Mouri reacted first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And asked his daughter Ran Mouri to call the police.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of police sirens echoed through the temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several police cars arrived outside Sanniji Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inspector Megure brought people to investigate Sanniji Temple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you discover the head priest on the beam?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“An ordinary person entering the room shouldn’t look up first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inspector Megure made a routine inquiry to the first witness who discovered the head priest’s corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s natural that I would discover it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because two years ago, the same thing happened.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The monk in the temple explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Two years ago, it was also in the same location...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he suspected that someone had strangled Ten-ei first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then hung his corpse on the suspension beam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the structure of the “penance room” was very special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a special room 2 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 3 meters high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden boards all around were lacquered and very smooth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a very small skylight at the top was used for light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was impossible for a person to climb 3 meters along the smooth, straight wall to reach the suspension beam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it was also impossible to carry a corpse through the skylight and climb to the suspension beam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because both the skylight and the suspension beam were too small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only one person could pass through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only explanation was in the folklore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That the flying Mist Tengu entered through the skylight to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when the case was at a stalemate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t the murderer him? Monk Shunen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshino Ki suddenly spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attracting everyone’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This student, you say Monk Shunen is the murderer? What evidence do you have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inspector Megure walked to Hoshino Ki’s side and asked anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How dare you frame me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monk Shunen’s face turned pale, and he hurriedly argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t there an inflatable rubber boat in this room?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshino Ki looked calm and said indifferently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Plus this mountain waterfall...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cherry blossom petal drifted down from the suspension beam and landed on Conan’s nose tip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conan was very puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could there be cherry blossom petals on the suspension beam?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to the two hints given by Hoshino Ki.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, his inspiration flashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He finally understood the murderer’s modus operandi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hoshino Ki watched Conan’s actions from the sidelines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, the old head priest was already dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mission accomplished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest was just to watch Conan “act” and cooperate with the police investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It turned out the murderer treated the “penance room” as a rectangular container.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Used wooden boards to divert water from the waterfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The murderer strangled Ten-ei first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then rode the inflatable rubber boat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waited for the water level to rise to the suspension beam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then hung Ten-ei’s corpse on the suspension beam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He himself escaped through the skylight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And finally opened the door to release the water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because “Sanniji Temple” was close to the waterfall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound of the waterfall was very loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Covering up the noise made by the crime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The murderer’s intention in doing this was to disguise the murder as the work of the Mist Tengu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In folklore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mist Tengu is an ancient creature that likes rain and darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And specializes in devouring human souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gosho Aoyama, through Conan’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conducted a popular science lesson on Japanese Tengu culture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancient people saw some meteors making very loud noises.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People who came from China to Japan said those meteors were dogs in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From then on, people called those meteors that made loud noises Tengu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chinese believed that once such a meteor landed on Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an ominous sign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, this legend spread to Japan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tengu went from being a strange phenomenon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To being misunderstood by everyone as a monster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Aoyama is worthy of admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>",1353,"2026-06-15T14:30:30.301Z","2026-06-15T14:36:55.334Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","3433cb81e303447726d29e374aa59400bc8cf8da6ac89d3d0f0f70d9bac703bf","in-the-conan-world-after-simulation-the-female-c-chapter-16","in-the-conan-world-after-simulation-the-female-c-chapter-14",260,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fin-the-conan-world-after-simulation-the-female-c-cover.jpg"]