Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 286: The Stiff Tea Party (Part 2)

"Huh? Isn't this Mr. Mori?" Toru Amuro's voice suddenly sounded.

The priest quickly blocked the prophet behind him, and Conan looked at Amuro Toru with a vigilant look.

"What is Maori-sensei doing here? Is Maori-sensei not feeling well?"

Maori Kogoro replied: "No, I came to see my wife. So what are you doing here, Amuro?"

Conan was thinking rapidly at this moment, why did the people from the Black Organization come to Haido Central Hospital? Could it be that they were investigating Kusuda Rikumichi?

"I heard that a friend of mine was hospitalized, so I came to visit him, but it seems he was discharged from the hospital at some point," Toru Amuro answered calmly.

Then Amuro Toru came closer to Conan and said, "By the way, I heard from the nurses that you, Conan, have been to this hospital before. Do you know him?"

"Huh?" Conan was stunned.

Amuro Toru's face darkened. "It's a man named Kusuda Rikumichi."

"Who is that? I don't know." Conan smiled innocently.

Just when Conan was frightened, Amuro Toru smiled again: "Actually, that person borrowed a lot of money from me. I hope he can pay it back to me. Do you really not know who he is?"

"Well, I don't know." Conan nodded again to confirm.

A smile appeared on the corner of Amuro Toru's mouth: "You are really amazing."

Just then, two women came to visit the patient in the corridor, Beppu Hanazuki and Happo Tokiie, and Amuro Toru took the opportunity to ask them if they knew a hospitalized patient named Kusuda Rikumichi.

Beppu Kagetsu said, "Kusuda Rikumichi? I don't know. How old is that guy?"

Happo Tokieda asked, "Do you have a photo of him?"

Amuro Toru naturally couldn't produce any photos: "No, but it's troublesome."

Then Amuro Toru asked Maori Kogoro: "What about Maori teacher's words? If someone suddenly said a name and asked if you knew it, how would you answer?"

"As for me, I would probably be like those aunties just now."

"That's right. Most people are not 100% confident in their memory, so before saying they don't know someone, they would usually want to know if the person asking the question can provide any other information." Amuro Toru smiled.

"That's why I said you're amazing, Conan, because you can tell it's someone you don't know just by hearing the name."

Maori Kogoro, the crude man, was still complaining: "Don't take what this brat says seriously. Whether you've met them or not, there are many people in the world you don't know. For some people, you even only know their nicknames."

"That's true." Amuro Toru agreed.

The prophet spoke at this time: "I seem to have seen this gentleman somewhere before."

Amuro Toru noticed the prophet wrapped in a white robe and the priest staring at him warily. "Huh, but I don't seem to have any impression of you two?"

In fact, Toru Amuro had realized early on that the priest was the head maid who had defected from the Melodi family, and although the prophet next to him had changed his hair color, he could still be seen as the adopted son of the Melodi family. It seemed that something had gone wrong.

"Is that so? Maybe I was wrong." The prophet took two steps back.

Amuro Toru asked directly: "Why does this gentleman keep his eyes blindfolded? Moreover, even with his eyes blindfolded, he seems to be able to see."

The prophet explained, "I seem to have fallen seriously ill. After waking up, my eyes would sting whenever they saw light. I could only cover them with ribbons like this. As for my vision, that is... that is?"

The prophet seemed stunned, and then covered his head with a look of pain: "Rosa, no, Fiona, where is Brodevi? Is she still angry with me?"

The priest quickly stepped forward to comfort her: "Blodevi is your best friend, how could she be angry with you? If you feel a headache, just take a rest and stop thinking about it."

Then the priest looked at Amuro Toru with hostility: "I'm sorry, sir, my companion is a little unwell and may not be able to talk to you normally."

Amuro Toru quickly waved his hands: "Sorry, sorry, I'm abrupt, but is he okay? Was there something wrong with the previous treatment?"

The priest didn't intend to let Amuro Toru ask any more questions: "Don't bother with that."

At this moment, in the elevator room behind, a little boy was counting down the time for the elevator to arrive: "Three, two, one, zero!"

When he heard the voice of "Zero", Amuro Toru subconsciously turned around to look, and this detail was captured by Conan.

"What's wrong with you?" Kogoro Mouri also noticed this.

Amuro Toru explained, "Ah, because my nickname also happens to be Zero, I thought someone was calling me that."

"Why Zero? I remember your name should be Toru."

"Because the word 楊 (transparent) means there's nothing, that's why they call me Zero. Anyway, that's just a nickname we got when we were little, and sometimes it doesn't make sense."

"Zero?" the prophet muttered to himself.

The priest noticed this and turned to ask, "Eli, do you remember anything?"

"I remember a petite woman with a mature demeanor. She seemed to be holding a carving knife."

The priest was a little anxious: "No, don't think about that crazy woman."

The prophet continued: "I remember, I remember, she said she was 0-0-4, and there was a couple, and..."

Amuro Toru's inner alarm bells rang. The "0-0-4" that the prophet just said was the same number used in the experiment on the paper he had obtained before. According to the number, the one he got was the fifth group, and the prophet was now most likely describing the zeroth group experiment organized by Oritis.

[Sculptor: Who is the madwoman?]

[Priest: My apologies, Miss Galatea! (Puts his hands together)]

[Prophet: That should be enough.]

[Ms. Farrow: Well, Eli is now like a delicious, innocuous, and leaking cake.]

[Puppeteer: What kind of description is that?]

[Fire Investigator: I know, it's called "fishing."]

[Photographer: If this happens, Toru Amuro will definitely try to get information out of Eli.]

[Forward: Isn't that a sure thing? Eli has been on the ban list since he first arrived at the manor, and he's been there ever since!]

[Mercenary: We, the Three Hoods, are truly powerful.]

[Priest: I think the two helmeted men (Mechanic and Knight) are also very responsible. Sometimes my priority is not as high as theirs.]

[Knight: Thank you. Thank you.]

[Crying Clown: I'm going to do some manual pull.]

[Jack: Aaaaaaaaaaaa! (Painful cries)]

The prophet once again stopped leaking information due to a headache, this time with a little difficulty breathing, causing him to cough directly. This disappointed Amuro Toru, who was eagerly waiting for the prophet to continue, and Conanton, who was eavesdropping with his ears perked up.

The priest patted the prophet's back gently and said, "Don't think about it. Ada said you need to rest now. Don't think too much."

So the group walked slowly in the hospital corridor until a scream suddenly rang out from a ward.