Looking at the two bewildered influencers, Conan took a deep breath and recounted in detail their encounter on the third floor of the abandoned hospital.
He specifically mentioned that the female ghost holding a scalpel had a scar on her wrist, which likely meant she was also a person in disguise.
After hearing Conan's description, Sadao and Toshiko's anger vanished, replaced by extreme excitement, as if they had discovered a treasure.
"A long-haired ghost with a scalpel," Sadao exclaimed, slapping his thigh excitedly. "This is perfect supernatural material! Much more thrilling than our fake mummy!"
"Exactly, exactly! If we can film it, it'll definitely hit the top of the trending list! Hurry! Take us to the third floor to see!"
Toshiko also echoed excitedly. She didn't care if the ghost was real or fake, as a livestream gimmick, it was already very appealing.
Anyway, the supernatural exploration videos they usually filmed mostly relied on props, so she immediately pulled out her phone, ready to livestream.
Genta and Mitsuhiko exchanged glances and also became excited.
This was their first time filming a video, and being able to collaborate with these two big influencers was naturally something they eagerly sought.
So, the group quickly agreed, adjusted their equipment, and once again headed towards the eerie, abandoned hospital building.
Toshiko, calling out "family[1]" repeatedly, held up her selfie stick and introduced to the livestream viewers the situation the Detective Boys had encountered. The number of viewers quickly surpassed ten thousand.
Lines of bullet comments scrolled past.
[ Wow, back on air! What's the script this time? ]
[ It's this abandoned hospital again! Last time it scared me to death! The streamer still dares to go? So brave! Tipped! ]
[ Who's that chubby kid walking in front? With a pointy head. ]
...However, just as they reached the hospital entrance and were about to go in, a stern reprimand came from the shadows nearby. "Hey! You guys! What are you doing lurking around there?!"
Everyone was startled by the sudden voice and quickly turned to look.
They saw a man in a security uniform, with his hat brim pulled low, walking towards them.
He appeared to be in his forties, with a somewhat fierce expression, and held a flashlight in his hand.
"This is private property, no trespassing! Leave immediately!"
The man waved his hand impatiently, his eyes scanning their phones and camcorders vigilantly.
"And, delete everything you just filmed inside! Did you hear me?"
Sadao and Toshiko were a little flustered. They hadn't expected this abandoned hospital to have a guard.
They quickly tried to explain to him.
Watching their flustered expressions, the livestream chat erupted in laughter.
Just then, the black cat that had been in heat earlier, emerged from somewhere, rubbing affectionately against the man's pants and meowing.
The man, while scolding the group, reached down, picked up the cat, and stroked its head.
As he stroked the cat's head, his sleeve rolled up slightly, revealing a scar on his wrist.
It was identical to the scar on the female nurse's wrist on the third floor earlier.
This detail immediately put Conan on high alert.
He took a step forward, looked up, and carefully scrutinized the face beneath the man's hat brim, immediately understanding everything.
A smile appeared on Conan's lips as he said to the man, "Maruo Junji-san, how much longer are you going to keep up the disguise?"
Maruo stiffened, covering his face with one hand. "What are you talking about, kid? Who is Maruo Junji? I don't know him at all!"
"Stop pretending."
Conan continued his deduction,
"I've seen your wanted poster. You are Maruo Junji, the fugitive wanted for robbery and murder three months ago!
To escape legal repercussions, you've been hiding in this abandoned hospital. To avoid being discovered,
you started impersonating a ghost to scare away the occasional citizens who came here, which is how this place got its terrifying ghost stories. Am I right?"
Having his crimes exposed so brazenly by a child, Maruo Junji's face changed colors, eventually becoming exceptionally sinister.
"You little brat, you're asking for death!"
Maruo roared, pulled a dagger from his waist, and lunged at the group.
"Wah!" The children screamed in fright.
"Run!" Conan shouted, urging everyone to retreat.
Everyone panicked, turned, and ran into the hospital building, attempting to use the complex layout to hide.
Only Conan remained still. He calmly raised his wrist, aimed at the lunging Maruo Junzhi, and prepared to fire a tranquilizer dart to subdue him.
However, just as Conan was about to press the button,
Sadao, who had already run far away, saw Conan standing still and thought he was paralyzed with fear.
He turned back, picked Conan up around the waist, tucked him under his arm, and desperately ran into the building with the main group.
"Hey! Put me down!" Conan yelled anxiously, but Sadao was running so fast he couldn't hear clearly.
Amidst the jostling and struggling, Conan's tranquilizer dart missed, flying past Maruo Junzhi's ear and embedding itself in the doorframe.
Conan's power-enhancing shoes also accidentally came off during this process.
Maruo Junzhi pursued them closely with the knife.
The children and the two influencers, in their panic, fled to the second floor, only to be cornered by Maruo in a dead end, with a solid wall behind them and no way out.
Maruo Junzhi panted, a sinister grin on his face, as he advanced step by step, the dagger in his hand glinting coldly. "Run! Why aren't you running now? A bunch of meddling brats!"
Toshiko, trembling, held up her phone and shouted at Maruo.
"Don't come any closer! My phone is livestreaming! All your actions are being recorded! Get out! Get out!"
The number of viewers in "Toshiko's Horror House" livestream surged, quickly exceeding 100,000, breaking her own record.
[ Holy cow! How did this go from mystery exploration to murder category? ]
[ Doesn't look like a script, should we call the police? ]
[ Script! One hundred percent a script, this killer's acting is terrible, there's no killing intent in his eyes... ]
[ It really doesn't seem like a script. There really is a wanted criminal named Maruo Junji, and it really looks like this person. ]
[ Sister, you're holding a phone, not a gun! ]
..."Anyone who sees my face must die!" Maruo Junji advanced with the knife.
Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko huddled together, trembling, their faces filled with despair.
Sadao and Toshiko were also pale, collapsing to the ground.
Haibara shielded Ayumi behind her. Conan, put down by Sadao, stood on one leg. Without the Professor's gadgets, it wouldn't be easy for him to confront the assailant bare-handed.
Just at this critical moment—
"Woo... woo..."
A whimpering sound suddenly echoed from the other end of the corridor.
Following that, a black shadow, nearly three meters tall, swayed out from the depths of the dark corridor.
The figure was nearly three meters tall, covered entirely in a black cloak. Beneath the hood of the cloak was a horrifyingly pale and grotesque skull.
In the skull's eye sockets, two red lights flickered eerily.
[1] Family huh? well these streamer is really something