Chapter 55
What are you pretending for?
Suzuki Tomoko frowned slightly after hearing this. She didn't think Hyuga Gen's actions were inappropriate, nor did she believe that Hyuga Gen would do such a shameful thing in public.
But seeing that her daughter had misunderstood, she still gently comforted her:
"What kind of person do you take Yuan for? Take another look."
After Takagi left, Sato Miwako began searching Hinata Gen's person and quickly found that he had nothing but a cell phone and a bank card.
Seeing that Hyuga Gen hadn't done anything inappropriate to Sato Miwako, Suzuki Tomoko said to Suzuki Sonoko beside her:
"Look at Sonoko, Gen hasn't done anything outrageous, right? Maybe Gen just doesn't like men touching him. I have to say something to you about this. Why are you always prejudiced against Gen? Weren't you two good friends when you were kids?"
Sonoko Suzuki pouted:
"He's just awful, but he didn't say anything wrong."
When Conan saw that Hyuga Gen had the police search his entire body but couldn't find the so-called remote control, and even those fancy gadgets, he couldn't help but wonder if he had guessed wrong.
"Kid? I've already searched, what other evidence do you have? You're not trying to see if I have a similar app on my phone, are you?"
Seeing Conan's silence, Hyuga Gen chuckled and was about to shove his phone into Conan's hand, casually saying:
"There's no password, feel free to look around, look carefully, don't rush to give it to me."
Conan, of course, wouldn't actually take the phone to look at it; instead, he pulled his hand back and refused to take it no matter what.
Seeing this, Hinata Gen had no choice but to give up and put the phone back in his clothes.
"You won't look at this. If you have any other evidence, please show it to me. Your older brother is very busy."
After saying that, he turned to leave. Conan immediately panicked. How could he let him go like that? Then he suddenly remembered that when Ran drew the card, Gen Hyuga was the one in front of her.
Without bothering to think it through, he hurriedly shouted:
"Isn't there a message from Kaito Kid on Ran's card? Only those of you who are right in front of Ran have the chance to leave a message."
"Hey, hey, hey, what nonsense are you spouting? I, Sanada Ichizo, am the most outstanding magician. How could I not know if Mr. Hyuga left a message when he put the cards back?"
At this moment, Sanada Ichizo, who had been watching the commotion from the sidelines, immediately became unhappy when Conan mentioned him. Although he suspected that his skills had declined, he couldn't admit it in front of so many people.
Otherwise, he would lose face big time and how could he be called the strongest magician?
At this point, Conan was so focused on Hyuga Gen that he missed too many details from the original story, and he also missed seeing Sanada Ichizo's magic trick.
So I haven't figured out how Hyuga Gen changed, so I can only say something like, "Stop Hyuga Gen for now."
"Conan! What are you doing?"
Just then, Kogoro Mouri, who had been swept away by the crowd, finally returned. Upon seeing Conan, that brat, provoking someone they couldn't afford to mess with, he quickly went over to him.
"Bang!"
"Ouch."
Conan, who had just been hit on the head, was immediately jolted awake. Wait a minute, it seems he doesn't need to speculate. He just needs someone to check if the mask on Hyuga Gen's face is a human skin mask.
Conan wanted to slap himself. He was so focused on outsmarting Kaito Kid that he forgot the simplest way to tell the difference.
Thinking of this, Conan, ignoring Kogoro Mouri's grim expression beside him, quickly called out to Miwako Sato:
"By the way, Sato-neechan, you can tell the difference between a human skin mask and a real one by touching it, right? Can you touch Hinata-nii's face to see if it's real or fake?"
"You little rascal!"
"Bang!"
Kogoro Mouri struck again, startling Conan so much that he quickly covered his head, afraid of being hit again.
Hyuga Gen feigned a panicked expression, then retreated backward while waving his hands repeatedly, saying:
"How can a boy's face be touched by an older sister so casually?"
Hyuga Gen's actions made even Kaito Kid lose confidence; how could he act so realistically?
"Could he be the Phantom Thief Kid? Then who am I?"
Not to mention the others, Officer Chaki, after observing the butler's expression and finding that he wasn't angry, tentatively said:
"Mr. Griffith? You're looking at Mr. Hinata?"
"You guys figure it out yourselves."
Although the butler didn't know why his young master wanted to play with these humans, he certainly couldn't disturb his young master's enjoyment.
After receiving permission, Officer Chaki immediately became excited and ordered his men to surround the flustered Hyuga Gen, but this time he dared not draw his gun.
"What are you doing? Butler, butler, look at them!"
The butler, somewhat helpless, began to cooperate with Hyuga Gen's performance, his expression immediately turning serious.
"If you really are the young master, then let that female investigator check you out. If not, hmph, don't blame me for being impolite."
Hyuga Gen silently gave the butler a thumbs up in his heart.
Then, looking at Conan's approving expression because of his performance, Hyuga Gen suddenly felt a powerful background music playing.
"There is only one truth!"
"Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer!"
Under Conan's confident expression, Hyuga Gen's face was touched by Sato Miwako, twice, and again.
During the touching, Hyuga Gen couldn't help but stick out his tongue, then quickly withdrew it.
Sato Miwako felt as if she had been electrocuted when she sensed Hinata Gen's subtle movements. A strange sensation rushed from the soles of her feet to the top of her head, and her body went numb.
Blushing, he glared at Hyuga Gen before turning to Officer Chaki to report:
"Officer Chaki, Mr. Hinata's face doesn't have a skin mask on, so it can be confirmed that it's him."
"Huh? I guessed wrong. You're not Phantom Thief Kid. What are you pretending for? And every time it's such a coincidence that I misjudged you."
Just as Conan was mentally complaining, a sudden, extreme chill rose up his spine.
It felt like I was back to the night I encountered the man in black—no, it was even more terrifying than that night.
Looking up, he saw that the Hyuga family's butler had appeared beside him at some point, his sharp eyes fixed on him.
"He's killed people. This guy has definitely killed a lot of people."
Before Conan could think any further, he heard something from the butler that terrified him.
"Interesting. An adult's soul in a child's body, protected by a trace of world power, and even tinged with the aura of death. Could it be that it was protected by that being?"