No matter what, Conan had committed to memory what the other party had said about the people who looked exactly like him.
After all, the identity of Kudo Shinichi was very sensitive right now. If someone really appeared disguised as him, it would not be a good thing if they were noticed by that Black Organization.
Although this "Tom" in front of him possessed mysterious powers, Conan did not want to seek his help for everything.
Seeing the "Tom" who already had the intention of leaving, Conan seized the time to ask him a few more things.
For example, the influence of those vengeful spirits on Beika Town, and whether he could learn the method to dispel them.
He still remembered that before the other party had revealed the truth to him, he had specifically mentioned the crime problem in Beika Town. The two were clearly connected in some way.
To this, Miyauchi Hikage also gave a simple reply.
"People who can't see vengeful spirits generally won't be attacked by them. But they are not clean things, after all. If they linger around a person for a long time, they will more or less have some subtle influence on humans."
"For example, it makes it easier for people to have negative emotions. What might have originally been just a small conflict could, because of their influence, ultimately lead those people down the path of crime."
"And Beika Town, from a long time ago, has already become one of the gathering places for vengeful spirits in Tokyo. Therefore, for Beika Town's current high crime rate, those vengeful spirits have also played a very key catalytic role."
Miyauchi Hikage knew that with Conan's personality, after knowing this kind of thing, he would definitely not sit by and do nothing.
"As for practicing, with your current physical condition, it's definitely impossible. Even if I give you exorcism tools now, if you want to dispel an ordinary vengeful spirit, you would probably have to lie in bed for several days. But things like exorcising spirits don't require you to take action."
"You should make good use of your advantages and use your brain to solve problems."
"Where do the vengeful spirits come from? Why do they frantically attack people who can see them? And why do they gather in Beika Town? This is what you, the detective, should figure out."
Speaking of which, Miyauchi Hikage once again showed the lens in his hand.
"I'll give this thing to you after your life energy has recovered in a few days. I believe you should have also thought things through by then."
Upon learning of the catalytic role those vengeful spirits played in murder cases, Conan's fists had clearly clenched tightly.
He had encountered many criminals in the past with extreme personalities who had killed others over small matters.
He hadn't thought much about it in the past, but now that he knew that these criminals might have been influenced by vengeful spirits, just as Miyauchi Hikage had thought, he could not sit by and do nothing.
He had to find out the reason why those vengeful spirits appeared and stayed in Beika Town, and then find a way to deliver or dispel them!
However, he still had to deal with his own affairs first before he could continue to consider these things.
After all, his parents were still lying on the sofa outside. Although he felt a little helpless about his parents' act of tricking their own son, he couldn't just let them continue to sleep there, could he?
Under these circumstances, Conan had no intention of staying in this place and playing along with his parents to finish the rest of the act.
Ghosts exist in the world now. Who has time to play along with an act?
And so, Conan directly took the mobile phone from his father's pocket, called the distant Dr. Agasa, and asked him to come and pick up his family of three first.
One can imagine what kind of wonderful expression would appear on Dr. Agasa's face when he, on the other end of the phone, received a call from Kudo Yusaku, and had originally wanted to confirm with them the procedure for tomorrow, only to hear Conan's voice from this end of the phone.
And on Miyauchi Hikage's side, before Dr. Agasa drove over, he had also quietly left.
Conan was currently on his side. At least in their attitude towards the vengeful spirits, the two of them were still of the same opinion.
"It's just a pity. I even specially mentioned Relic technology in front of Conan. Why didn't this guy ask about this technology?"
Miyauchi Hikage was a little regretful.
Because the reward Miyauchi Hikage had received for writing his diary today was from the world of Cyberpunk, and had an intricate connection with the Relic technology that could allow one to achieve soul immortality.
The predecessor of Relic technology, the Soulkiller technology that could extract a person's soul and either digitize or destroy it.
Compared to the Relic, this technology was not as stable and safe, and at the same time, it had not yet solved the problem of attrition during consciousness transfer.
As for the use of this technology, the biggest use was naturally to use this method to peek into all the deepest secrets of others' hearts. After all, no one could fake it in their digitized consciousness.
However, after obtaining this technology, the first thing Miyauchi Hikage thought of was not to use it on people, but to try to see if this technology could be used on those vengeful spirits and youkai.
If a data interface that could even work on vengeful spirits was completed, then vengeful spirits and youkai would have no more secrets in front of him.
"But it certainly won't be so easy to do these things. And I have to do enough preventive work. Don't let it get to the point where a bunch of digital ghosts and digital evil gods are created on the internet. Then I would become the destroyer of the internet for this era."
"When Haibara Ai escapes from the Black Organization in the future, I'll have her go and study it. With her brain, it's quite suitable for her to study this thing," Miyauchi Hikage muttered to himself.
Not long after he returned to his home, Dr. Agasa's side also seemed to have become much more lively. It seemed that Dr. Agasa had gone to pick up Conan and his family.
Miyauchi Hikage didn't pay any mind to these things. Anyway, as long as Conan and the others mentioned him, he, who lived next door, could sense everything.
Sure enough, the next morning, Miyauchi Hikage, while at school, sensed Conan's complaints.
The reason for Conan's complaints was simple. Because of last night's events, he seemed to have really caught a bit of a cold when he woke up, and he was now muttering about what kind of "gift" he would get from him after catching a cold.
Through the snippets of conversation from Conan's side, Miyauchi Hikage probably also understood what had happened after he had left last night, as well as the entire process of Conan's negotiations with his parents this morning.
In Conan's mouth, he naturally, as agreed last night, described his identity as a victim who had also suffered threats from the Black Organization, whom he had met during his investigation, but who, because of his suspicious nature, was unwilling to appear in front of others.
As for what Kudo Yusaku, the intelligence ceiling of the Conan world, would think, that was a matter between father and son.
Anyway, as long as the other party stayed in Beika Town, Miyauchi Hikage could very easily know their attitude towards him.
And it was very clear that as long as Mouri Ran was still in Beika Town, that guy Conan would not possibly go to any other place.
And so, when school was out in the afternoon, Miyauchi Hikage quietly went to buy a few bottles of Hengshui Laobaigan1 and placed them at home, preparing to give this stuff to the currently-sick Conan after he returned to the Mouri agency.
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TLNote: Hengshui Laobaigan1 is a type of Baijiu, a Chinese liquor, known for its strong aroma and high alcohol content. It is produced by Hebei Hengshui Laobaigan Liquor Co Ltd, which is based in China. The company produces various series of liquors, including Laobaigan, Wenwang, Bancheng, Wuling, and Kongfujia