BWDC:SDDK Chapter 19: Ren Ichimonji's Attitude
"Ah, naturally... I knew you would definitely make a move on Sonoko..."
Conan muttered, clutching the two broken pieces of his skateboard.
He had personally witnessed the conversation between Ren Ichimonji and Sonoko Suzuki, followed by the scene of Sonoko running away with a flushed face and Ran Mouri chasing right after her.
---How should he put it? He felt that Sonoko probably felt a sense of being overwhelmed by such unexpected favor.
After all, none of the boys Sonoko had liked before had ever actually confessed to her.
Ren Ichimonji was the very first.
"Honestly, are you some kind of 'Arsonist of the Heart' just because you're Batman?"
He complained in a low voice.
"If I were Sonoko, I definitely wouldn't date a guy of unknown origin like you."
Haha, if you were Sonoko, then I wouldn't have to do this mission, Ren Ichimonji thought to himself.
Although he previously thought that introducing Makoto Kyogoku to fight characters from other universes might drive him away, Ren Ichimonji knew that such an idea was actually quite ridiculous.
Jokes aside, it was almost a certainty that Makoto Kyogoku and Sonoko Suzuki would meet.
As long as that god-tier man of the Suzuki family, Jirokichi Suzuki, insisted on fighting Kaito Kid to the end, Makoto Kyogoku would inevitably be hired by the Suzuki Foundation as the "World's Strongest Security System" to deal with the phantom thief.
When the time came, given Makoto's love-at-first-sight feelings for Sonoko, it was hard to say if things wouldn't immediately revert to the original plot.
To be precise, it seemed the best way to complete the mission was to take the first step and date Sonoko Suzuki.
Whether this plan succeeded or not, the mission would be 100% completed.
The reason was simple.
Sonoko's mother, Tomoko Suzuki, was quite concerned about Sonoko's choice of boyfriend.
Because Sonoko's sister, Ayako Suzuki, had married out of the family, the actual heir to the Suzuki Foundation had become Sonoko. Tomoko had to strictly consider her future son-in-law.
The evaluation for Makoto Kyogoku was already extremely harsh to begin with.
With the stir Ren Ichimonji was causing now, Tomoko Suzuki's evaluation of Makoto in the future would surely be even more severe...
"...By the way, do you sincerely want to date Sonoko?"
On the way back to Professor Agasa's laboratory, Conan suddenly asked.
Unlike his previous teasing tone, Conan's voice was now quite serious.
He held his skateboard and looked up at Ren Ichimonji, seemingly trying to read his thoughts from his face.
In fact, as the world's most outstanding high school detective, Conan did possess the ability to judge whether someone's words were true or false through changes in their micro-expressions.
He stared at Ren Ichimonji, wanting a concrete answer.
To this, Ren Ichimonji said nothing, only continuing to sip his coffee.
After a moment, he said in a low voice, "That naturally depends on Miss Suzuki's thoughts."
"If she is truly moved, I will naturally date Miss Suzuki sincerely. If Miss Suzuki is unwilling, then... I will not persist."
Ren Ichimonji indeed lacked experience in this area.
But being inexperienced didn't mean he was a total novice.
If Sonoko was truly willing to date him, he certainly wouldn't approach her with a "mission-complete" mindset but would actually take responsibility. If she was unwilling, his goal would still be achieved.
Tomoko Suzuki would definitely make things difficult for Makoto Kyogoku.
When that time came, he could look up Makoto's phone number online, find some opponents for him to dampen his sharp edges, and then everything would naturally be resolved.
Everyone would be happy.
"...I see," Conan said after staring for a while.
He could tell that Ren Ichimonji's words just now were likely the truth.
But this kind of truth seemed relatively "untrue" in a sense—it appeared Ren Ichimonji hadn't proposed dating just for the sake of dating Sonoko.
Could it be that Batman's hidden ability as an "Arsonist of the Heart" had truly been activated?
Shaking that thought out of his head, Conan turned his attention to Ren Ichimonji's performance inside the Toto Bank branch.
He had heard the full details of the case from Inspector Megure.
Thugs armed with guns had burst into the Toto Bank branch through the staff entrance, using a gun butt to knock a bank employee unconscious before threatening the others to pack the money.
The employee packing the money was an accomplice of the thugs.
Then, Ren Ichimonji had "spawned" right between the two of them.
He had easily dealt with the armed thug and neutralized the bank employee, whose identity hadn't been exposed at all.
That kind of courage and skill was not something an ordinary person could achieve.
The "Little Reaper" couldn't help but ask again, "Where on earth did you learn such powerful fighting techniques?"
"With this kind of skill and courage, did you come out of some secret service organization? Public Security? CIA? FBI? Interpol? Or some other agency?"
Conan wasn't entirely ignorant of these matters.
His father, Yusaku Kudo, had a fairly good relationship with Interpol.
When Yusaku came back to play a prank on him last time, he even mentioned asking Interpol for help in investigating the origins of the criminal organization that had ambushed him.
Though Yusaku hadn't sent any word back since then.
To this, Ren Ichimonji merely took a sip of coffee and replied with his usual routine, "This is the product of seeking guidance from over a hundred martial arts masters around the world and integrating their techniques."
"What? You're asking why those people would teach me? How I could learn it all?"
"Then I can only tell you this—"
"I'm Batman!"
He was practically a broken record.
What? The Batman in the comics is like this too? Never mind then.
Conan sighed.
He finally asked, "So, what is your name?"
"You can't dodge this one, can you?"
Hearing this question, Ren Ichimonji gave a serious answer.
"I am the Prime Bat, I am Ren Ichimonji!"
---Why are you still hung up on that 'transmigrator' talk?
Conan fell silent.
He was wondering if this guy's brain was wired differently from normal people.
If he launched a soccer ball at his head, would it cancel out the abnormality and make him a bit more normal?
As things stood, he could only hope Sonoko wouldn't fall for this guy...
No, as soon as he dropped the skateboard at Professor Agasa's house, he had to go find Sonoko immediately.
He had to persuade her no matter what; he couldn't let Sonoko fall into this trap!
On another street.
"...Eh? About that, I don't really understand either..."
Ran Mouri's face had also turned red.
"Shinichi and I... we haven't officially confirmed our relationship with my dad yet..."
Even though they were childhood friends.
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