Early the next morning, Conan arrived at Dr. Agasa's house with two huge dark circles under his eyes.
Before entering, Conan asked Dr. Agasa a question he was almost certain about at the door of Dr. Agasa's house.
“Doctor, do you think there are really ghosts in this world?”
“Ah? Shin...Conan, haven't you always disbelieved in ghosts in this world?” Dr. Agasa scratched his head.
“But, last night I encountered that slit-mouthed woman..." Conan pursed his lips, his eyes a little dazed.
“Didn’t the police say it was a prank?” Dr. Agasa blinked.
That's right, probably to quell the panic as soon as possible, the police issued a report early in the morning—
Saying that the so-called slit-mouthed woman was just someone playing a prank, putting on makeup that looked very similar to the slit-mouthed woman, and going out to prank others...
As for the video not capturing the image of the slit-mouthed woman, it was simply a matter of angle.
As for the dozens of deaths last night, it was simply a matter of a crazed murderer appearing last night.
And that so-called crazed murderer was also framed by someone the police brought out...
Dr. Agasa, like some who hadn’t seen the slit-mouthed woman with their own eyes, believed the police's statement. Of course, there were also many who didn’t believe the police's flawed statement.
“No,” Conan shook his head and sighed, “Doctor, I encountered that slit-mouthed woman last night.”
“What?!” Dr. Agasa couldn't help but widen his eyes, realizing something from Conan's reaction.
Conan told Dr. Agasa everything that happened last night, without missing a single detail.
Although, in the course of thinking through the night, Conan had denied all the possibilities he could think of.
But the result was obvious, Conan could not find any evidence to prove that the slit-mouthed woman was not a ghost.
On the contrary, the more he thought about it, the more Conan felt—
That suddenly appearing slit-mouthed woman was like a ghost from legend, untouchable by ordinary people, leaving no image data, but able to really hurt others...
Pausing for a moment, Conan looked at Dr. Agasa as if grasping at the last straw, “Doctor, is there any technology or medicine that can do this?”
“Impossible?!” Dr. Agasa refuted without hesitation.
To be honest, Dr. Agasa was stunned by Conan's words, a little overwhelmed, but his scientific upbringing made Dr. Agasa subconsciously explain.
“What you said, ordinary people can't do it, even with the help of props!”
“An untouchable slit-mouthed woman can indeed be explained by projection, illusion, etc., but—Conan, you know very well that the victims were really dead, and they died right in front of you.”
“Even if someone is playing tricks, there can't be no trace, unless it was the two of you who were at the scene, which is impossible!”
“So...” Dr. Agasa couldn’t say the last words.
The main reason is that, as a scientist who didn't believe that the end of science is theology, Dr. Agasa also didn't believe in ghosts in this world before!
If it weren't for the fact that these words came out of Conan's mouth, and Dr. Agasa also believed in Conan's observation and judgment, Dr. Agasa would have suspected that he was trying to play a prank on him.
Rule out all the impossible, the rest, no matter how unbelievable, is the truth...Conan's face couldn't help but turn white.
For a moment, Conan didn't know—
Which was more unbearable, seeing someone die right in front of him and not being able to stop it, or the collapse of his materialistic worldview!
Although Dr. Agasa's worldview also collapsed, but he was the one who could make a football blow up a satellite, Dr. Agasa came back to his senses faster.
He shifted his attention elsewhere, “Conan, the amulet you mentioned...did it really work?”
“It worked, right?” Conan pursed his lips, his mind wandering, “The slit-mouthed woman was about to approach Ran when she was bounced back.”
“Moreover, Ran said afterwards that the amulet was suddenly hot.”
“Also, when Kogoro held the amulet and approached the slit-mouthed woman, the slit-mouthed woman suddenly disappeared...”
It has to be said that this was a beautiful misunderstanding!
“That’s right, then I really want to study that amulet.” Dr. Agasa’s eyes suddenly lit up.
Just then, the door of Dr. Agasa's next-door house was opened from the inside.
Conan, who was already somewhat back to his senses, subconsciously turned his head to look over there.
The first to walk out were two people wrapped up tightly, with nothing showing except their noses. Judging from their figures, they looked like girls.
Then, a figure that both Conan and Dr. Agasa recognized appeared.
“Yuquan!”
“Yuquan?”
“Hmm?” Yuquan subconsciously turned his head to take a look, but didn’t speak to the two of them immediately.
Instead, he turned to give Ran and Yuko, who were exhausted from the night before, a few words of advice. After the two got into the car and left, Yuquan turned to the Agasa residence.
“Conan, Doctor.” Yuquan raised his hand and rubbed Conan's head, “You two know each other.”
Coincidentally, before discovering Conan's specialness, Yuquan didn't actually live in Mitama-cho.
Instead, when he moved his office, he also moved his residence next door to Dr. Agasa.
After all, Conan would randomly refresh between the detective agency and Dr. Agasa's place.
Therefore, Yuquan actually hadn’t seen Shinichi Kudo.