Out-of-control players in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 392 The Two People Are Increasingly Confused

Although their speculation was completely shattered by Karasuma Renya's words, Conan and Hattori Heiji felt a strange sense of relief.

At least the world is still the way they understand it.

"It's quite ironic that the detective who was pursuing the truth ended up with this kind of answer."

Karasuma Renya observed the expressions of the two men, then looked at Hattori Heiji and Conan and spoke again, a mocking smile playing on his lips.

"Is it because you've really run out of options that you, as detectives, have come to this conclusion?"

Conan and Heiji Hattori couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Question the enemy, understand the enemy.

With Karasuma Renya's reminder, they realized that trying to understand the enemy's actions seemed rather foolish.

If it's not the kind of fantastical story they imagined, then where does their ability come from?

Conan pondered for a moment and then asked Karasuma Renya.

"Then can you tell us what your organization does, and what about Qi Ming?"

Karasuma Renya downed the drink in one gulp and looked down at Conan.

“I can tell you, but only if you join my organization.”

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji immediately replied.

"No problem, we..."

However, before Heiji Hattori could finish speaking, Conan interrupted him.

"Wait for Hattori."

Conan felt something was off, so he looked directly into Karasuma Renya's eyes and asked.

"Why do you want us to join the organization? If you don't want to answer, Karasuma-sensei, you can just refuse."

"If it were an invitation to Mr. Akai, I could understand it, after all, he belongs to the FBI and he is capable."

"We're just detectives, we don't have that kind of ability, and we don't have any connections either. Why would you invite us to join your organization?"

Conan was genuinely puzzled. If the other party didn't want to tell them, they could have just refused.

But now Karasuma Renya clearly wants to tell them, but he doesn't quite understand the condition he's proposed.

Karasuma Renya did not answer immediately, but inwardly admired Conan's caution.

If he had met someone like Conan in the past, he probably would have thought about whether he could recruit him into the organization, and if not, he would have destroyed him.

But it doesn't matter anymore now.

Karasuma Renya said slowly, "Our organization recruits people regardless of their abilities, as long as you have a heart willing to fight."

As if to dispel the other party's caution, Karasuma Renya put forward another condition.

"Of course, it's not that you don't need any ability at all. I still need you to be able to prove yourselves."

"Prove ourselves?"

Karasuma Renya nodded.

“Qi Ming will definitely continue to cause damage in the future, and you definitely won’t be able to solve it.”

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji squinted and said with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Wasn't Karasuma-sensei's statement a bit too decisive?"

Karasuma Renya glanced at Hattori Heiji and said indifferently, "If you really could solve this, why would you need to come to me?"

"..."

Hattori Heiji really wanted to say that he hadn't encountered Qi Ming causing trouble yet, so why was he saying that?

However, he swallowed his words to avoid being proven wrong later.

Conan glanced helplessly at Hattori Heiji and asked.

"In that case, what do we need to do? While we need to prove our abilities, the things we do should at least be within our capabilities, right?"

With Karasuma Renya's conditions in hand, Conan was clearly less suspicious.

“I need you to tell me your views on those cases and your speculations about how Qi Ming achieved them after I fail to arrive at the scene of Qi Ming’s disturbance in time.”

Karasuma Renya said to Conan.

What they did was irrelevant; these were merely words used to dispel their suspicions.

However, Karasuma Renya was indeed quite interested in Qi Ming's current abilities, because this was also his potential for the future.

Conan asked, somewhat puzzled.

What's the point of doing this?

"Because this is closely related to the truth you want to know next."

Having received the answer, Conan stroked his chin and then looked at Heiji Hattori.

Seeing the latter nod slightly at him, Conan took a deep breath and nodded emphatically.

"We are willing to join the organization."

Although Conan really wanted to ask them what they could get after joining the organization, that was clearly not the question for now.

In short, their priority now is to get the entry ticket to deal with Qi Ming; they can make other plans later.

"Then I wish us a pleasant cooperation."

Karasuma Renya chuckled softly as he rose from his seat and approached the two of them.

However, he remained on the stage, maintaining his posture of looking down at the two people below.

"Then let me introduce myself, although you may already know this from Shuichi Akai."

"My name is Karasuma Renya."

"As you all think, it is Karasuma Renya, who should have died long ago."

Although Conan and Heiji Hattori were still quite shocked to receive Karasuma Renya's personal confirmation of their identities, they at least kept their expressions calm on the surface.

"Your current appearance, your performance just now, and the truth behind Qi Ming's abilities—is this technology or something else?"

"You have to eat one bite at a time, and I hope you will ask your questions one by one as well."

Karasuma Renya glared at Conan, who trembled.

This person's eyes are a bit scary.

Conan always felt that this person, judging from his appearance alone, definitely belonged to the category of bad guys.

Karasuma Renya quickly looked away and spoke calmly.

"The first question, which is a stupid question, is best explained by your current state."

"The things those useless people in that organization researched, we already completed a century ago."

Although it was all lies, Karasuma Renya also revealed some genuine feelings.

Aren't all those researchers in the organization useless?

Making such a worthless drug costs so much money, and the half-finished product that was finally made has fatal side effects. What a waste of his time.

"As for what you just said about the performance and our capabilities, etc."

Karasuma Renya smiled and said to the two of them, "A little bit of technology, plus some abilities."

"ability?"

Conan and Heiji Hattori ignored Renya Karasuma's talk about technology and went straight to his claim of ability.

"Are you referring to superpowers like those of American comic book superheroes?"

Hattori Heiji said with some surprise, as if he had just thought of something.

Karasuma Renya nodded in agreement.

As the former leader of a world-class organization, he understands things like pyramid schemes and brainwashing.

"That's right, this is also a research project of our organization. You don't really think the world is as simple as it seems, do you?"

"Human body modification and potential development—this is the project our organization is currently researching, and Qi Ming is a beneficiary of this project."

"And almost everyone in our organization possesses a wide variety of abilities."

Conan and Hattori Heiji were completely stunned when they heard what Karasuma Renya said.

However, compared to their previous belief in Qi Ming's game world theory, Conan and Heiji Hattori found this conclusion more acceptable.

However, Conan now had a new question, and he looked at Karasuma Renya and asked.

"If that's the case, then why did Qi Ming tell us before that this place was a game?"

Qi Ming's words could not possibly be unfounded.

He has superpowers, but he insists on telling everyone it's just a game, making himself look like a lunatic.

Is it unnecessary?

Qi Ming shouldn't do something so pointless.

Upon hearing this, Karasuma Renya simply responded to Conan with a single sentence.

"Once you possess unparalleled power, you too will want to enjoy life to the fullest."