“Huh? This letter must have been written by someone else.” Yu Quan’s expression remained unchanged.
“Hmm?” Conan looked at Yu Quan strangely.
When did Yu Quan become so kind? He actually didn’t lie and say it was a ghost haunting him?
Yu Quan raised an eyebrow and said straightforwardly, “Souls need a lot of energy to interact with physical objects, let alone directly writing a letter and sending it out.”
“A soul of this level could already manifest itself in front of people. However, as far as I know, no one on Moon Shadow Island has seen the figure of Masao Kei-ji.”
Another thing Yu Quan didn’t say was that in the absence of opportunity, a twelve-year-old soul would not have reached that level.
“I see.” Ran Mouri felt strangely relieved, subconsciously reaching for the amulet she had placed in her pocket.
“I… I’ll go out for a bit.” Conan jumped down from his seat.
Seeing this, Ayumi Yoshida and the other three followed suit.
“Seriously, who would impersonate someone who’s been dead for twelve years and send me a letter?”
Kogoro Mouri had already taken out the commission letter that was sent to the Mouri Detective Agency, flipping it over and over again.
Unfortunately, there were no clues at all. Even the handwriting on the letter was printed…
“Perhaps it’s a relative of Masao Kei-ji.” Yu Quan mused.
“Dad, no matter what, we’ve accepted the commission fee, so we still have to go take a look.” Ran Mouri said helplessly.
…
After about ten minutes, the car door suddenly slid open automatically, and two tall men, one thin and one stout, suddenly walked in from outside the carriage.
Hmm? Yu Quan’s gaze swept over the two men. These two… what a coincidence!
“Yu Quan, those two have killing intent.” Yu Shi Ya leaned next to Yu Quan and said in a voice only they could hear.
“Yes.” Yu Quan nodded slightly.
It was really unexpected to run into those two impostors on the Shinkansen!
Fake Gin and Fake Vodka…
Although they were impostors, they were at least able to swap the gold intelligence for a box of bombs. It was normal for them to have killing intent that Yu Shi Ya could detect.
“Stinky brat, get out of the way!” Fake Gin directly threw Conan, who was next to his seat, away.
“Conan, what are you doing in someone else’s seat?” Ran Mouri picked Conan up in displeasure.
“Sorry, Ran-san.” Conan said nonchalantly, his gaze still fixed on the fake impostors.
“Ran-san, I’m telling you, Conan was being naughty just now. He actually stuck chewing gum under the seat.” Ayumi Yoshida directly exposed Conan’s disguise.
“That’s right! The other adults think we kids are bad, it’s all because of bad kids like Conan.” Genta Kojima nodded in agreement.
“Pfft.” Yu Quan couldn’t help but chuckle softly, then returned to his serious expression.
“Conan, are Ayumi and Genta telling the truth?” Ran Mouri frowned at Conan.
“This… I… I just accidentally haha.” Conan awkwardly laughed.
“I think you should stop running around!” Ran Mouri punched Conan on the head and pushed him down on his seat.
Conan didn’t struggle, instead he directly opened his eye-mounted receiving device, ready to eavesdrop on the two black-clothed men’s conversation.
Within a minute or two, Conan’s face turned green: “Ashes!”
His voice was so loud that it attracted the attention of everyone in the carriage. The two fake impostors’ gazes became even more obvious…
“As… Ash Seven.” Conan swallowed, forcing himself to change his words.
“Twenty-one.”
“Ash Eight…”
The children of the Detective Boys didn’t understand what was going on, but they cooperated pretty well.
“Conan!” Ran Mouri frowned at Conan, disapproving of his reckless behavior in the carriage.
Yu Quan’s eyes rolled, and he suddenly leaned close to Conan: “How come I remember Conan saying Ashes just now?”
Conan couldn’t help but glare at him, feeling his scalp tingle instantly. Fortunately, Yu Quan’s voice wasn’t loud, so no one else heard him.
Conan chuckled: “You must have heard wrong, Yu Quan-san haha.”
As he spoke, Conan jumped directly off his seat: “I’m going to the restroom!”
“Conan—” Ran Mouri sighed.
What no one noticed was that the children of the Detective Boys also ran out after Conan…
“Conan seems to have gotten a lot better since going to the shrine.” Yu Quan said with a meaningful look.
The effect of the unlucky charm had disappeared. Yu Quan hadn’t renewed it yet. Could Conan not be doing well?
“Yeah, Yu Quan, thanks to your suggestion.” Ran Mouri nodded with a smile.
Kogoro Mouri, who was pretending to sleep next to her, slightly opened his eyes and looked at Yu Quan thoughtfully.
In Kogoro Mouri’s pocket was the amulet that Ran Mouri had given him after they returned from Spider Ridge…
“No problem.” Yu Quan shook his head slightly.
Then, he and Yu Shi Ya stood up at the same time: “Let’s go out for some fresh air.”
…
Yu Quan still had a clear memory of the two impostors on the Shinkansen, mainly because of the two impostors’ looks… which were a bit of an eyesore.
The problem was, the bomb was real, but no one died.
No one died meant no soul harvest… which was not what Yu Quan wanted!