In the world of Detective Conan, however, he was bound to the Naruto System.

Chapter 28: A Journey to the Medieval Art Museum

The woman, disguised as a high school student, looked utterly panicked: "Detective, please, you must help me find my father!!"

While the client, who called herself Masami Hirota, was talking to Kogoro Mouri, the little figure in Hikaru Akutagawa's mind was also wielding a shovel and successfully dug this scene out of the depths of his memory.

This was an incident in which Akemi Miyano, an outsider of the organization, and her two accomplices robbed a bank of 1 billion yen.

However, one of them absconded with the money. Masami Hirota and another accomplice coincidentally impersonated the person's family and hired a detective to find him.

After her FBI boyfriend, Shuichi Akai, failed to capture Gin and was forced to flee the organization, Akemi Miyano, a member of the organization, was not implicated because of her sister's importance, but she had already begun to consider taking her sister away from the organization.

Perhaps sensing that Miyano Akemi was no longer loyal, the organization gave her a mission to rob 1 billion yen, falsely promising that if the mission was completed, the two sisters could leave the organization.

If you fail, kill them.

The Black Organization originally intended to use this as an excuse to eliminate this destabilizing factor.

To everyone's surprise, Akemi Miyano not only accepted the task, but also completed it perfectly.

Unfortunately, how could a mere ten billion yen compare to the organization's more than twenty years of research into the elixir of immortality, which involved countless human, material, and financial resources, and which they were determined to complete at all costs?

Akemi Miyano still had too little information; otherwise, she wouldn't have been so naive as to think that 1 billion yen could buy the freedom of her top scientist sister.

Akemi Miyano's death ultimately led to Sherry's defection.

In terms of importance within the main storyline, this incident is second only to Shinichi Kudo being knocked back into elementary school form by a single blow.

Akemi Miyano may seem like an insignificant person, but she has intricate connections with various key figures: Shiho Miyano's older sister, Shuichi Akai's ex-girlfriend, and the daughter of Tooru Amuro's first love...

Unfortunately, aside from his initial appearance, this person only appeared in various flashbacks afterward.

Speaking of which, I wonder if his brain was developed while extracting chakra, because his memory is much better than before, and some details that he couldn't remember before are now clearer.

Akutagawa Hiko shook his head, trying to clear his mind of these thoughts about the appearance of an important figure, and decided to just wait and see.

After saying goodbye and leaving, Akutagawa Hiko did not wander around outside.

Based on my years of experience watching Detective Conan, the chances of encountering a case in the next few days are slim, so I might as well stay home and practice my newly acquired ninjutsu.

Unexpectedly, I received a call from Xiaolan in the afternoon.

"Akutagawa-kun, are you free right now?"

Akutagawa glanced at the dead fish, which was no longer jumping around and had a hideous wound on its body, hesitated for 0.1 seconds, then packed it up and put it in the refrigerator: "Of course I'm free."

……

Shortly after, Akutagawa Hiko hung up the phone.

It turned out that Xiaolan had heard a rumor about a medieval exhibition hall with armor that could move on its own, and wanted to visit it.

I don't know if Xiaolan received a letter, but she has become curious about that exhibition hall.

Because Ran Mouri is busy helping Masami Hirota find her missing wild accomplice, she wants to invite Hiko Akutagawa to go with her to give her courage.

After all, Sonoko Suzuki, who was traveling with him, was also a high school girl who was afraid of ghosts. Although Conan was not afraid of ghosts, he was still an elementary school student who needed to be taken care of by adults.

Akutagawa Hiko is an adult, just turned twenty, and his demeanor alone gives people a sense of security.

……

Medieval art gallery plus moving armor—these two keywords conjured up the image of a gaunt, white-bearded old man in Akutagawa Hiko's mind.

To be able to wear such heavy armor at such an advanced age and pin a middle-aged, overweight adult male to the wall with a greatsword, one might think he was a top-tier expert in the world of Detective Conan in his youth.

It inspires admiration.

Akutagawa Hiko would never refuse such a good opportunity to gain reputation without any trouble.

Although this pattern of interweaving one event with others is somewhat unfamiliar, it makes sense when you think about the chaotic timeline of the Detective Conan world.

The four of them met at the medieval art gallery and walked in chatting and laughing.

It's no wonder this art gallery is on the verge of closing down; due to poor management, it hardly attracts any visitors.

Akutagawa Hiko's appreciation of art was poor, but if he only dabbled in it, it was quite interesting.

Even though Akutagawa Hiko had little artistic talent, he was still inexplicably shocked by the various paintings and sculptures.

Akutagawa also saw a very interesting painting that looked like a combination of Saitama and the Nut Wall.

"Wow—, so many beautiful paintings, Sonoko, look at these colors!"

Sonoko Suzuki, being a good friend who didn't spoil the mood, responded to every comment, even though her attention was entirely on Hiko Akutagawa: "That's right, there aren't many things here, but they're all pretty good."

Suddenly, an old man with a white beard appeared behind the two of them: "Young ladies, you have good taste. But this is the largest medieval art museum in the vicinity, with the most extensive collection."

Clearly, while he was pleased that someone liked the collection, he was still somewhat dissatisfied with Sonoko Suzuki's words.

Akutagawa Hiko found it quite interesting. Given the financial strength of the Suzuki Group, Sonoko Suzuki, the second young lady, certainly had the right to say that the collection here was rare.

In terms of value, the owner of this exhibition hall, who was forced to sell it due to bankruptcy, probably doesn't even have as much wealth as an egg that someone used to play with as a child.

The curator looked at the works with a gentle yet fervent expression: "I love all the collections here; they are like my children."

Sonoko Suzuki and Ran Mouri looked at the old man curiously: "Hello, may I ask who you are...?"

Director Ochiai snapped out of his daze: "Ah, how rude of me. My surname is Ochiai, and I am the director of this art museum."

I didn't chat much with Akutagawa Hiko and his group, who seemed to be the last guests, since he was the curator of the exhibition hall and there were some procedures and processes that required his presence.

"It's such a shame that this exhibition hall is closing."

Sonoko Suzuki comforted her best friend, thinking to herself that if Ran really liked it, they could open a similar exhibition hall, which shouldn't cost much.

Ran Mouri had no idea about Sonoko Suzuki's bold ideas, and she wasn't one to wallow in self-pity, so she quickly adjusted herself.

"Since this exhibition hall is about to close, let's make the most of it today and not leave with any regrets!"

With that, he took on the task of leading the group with great enthusiasm and led them on their continued tour.