Chapter 100: A Familiar Fall

Amu, Heiji, and Conan obviously had no interest in such a strange item as ninja hand cream…

When Kasumi and Sonoko went into the store, the three of them stayed outside.

“Shinichi,” Heiji suddenly asked about the Flame Squad, “have you found any clues about that mysterious organization recently?”

Before Conan could get angry, Amu interjected, “How could it be that easy to find clues? Even the major leagues are at a loss against them.”

“Hey! You two idiots! I haven’t even told you anything yet, and they already know my identity, right? I was just trying to test you a little, but... can you be more reliable? Didn’t you just almost expose me with just a few words?” Conan snapped in frustration.

Heiji’s face flushed at that, though it was hard to tell with his dark complexion.

Amu, on the other hand, said confidently, “You should be grateful I’m keeping your secret!”

Seeing Conan grinding his teeth in anger, Amu suddenly said, “By the way, I thought of a way to get you back to normal…”

Conan’s anger vanished instantly at those words. “Really? This shouldn’t be caused by any potion… You have a way to fix this?”

“Of course! Although it’s not caused by a potion, I can use alchemy to help you!” Amu said with full confidence.

Conan’s eyes sparkled even more.

“Actually, it doesn’t matter how you shrunk. As long as I use alchemy to adjust all your physical indicators to those of a sixteen-year-old, rounding up… you’ll be restored, right?” Amu suggested constructively.

Conan was first excited, then suddenly remembered something and cautiously asked, “So… I can become like before?”

“No, you’ll become a 1.2-meter-tall sixteen-year-old boy,” Amu said matter-of-factly.

Conan: …

“Heh heh heh…” Heiji burst out laughing beside them.

“You two!” Conan decided to teach them both a lesson.

…

When Kasumi and the others came out, they saw Amu and Heiji bullying Conan, tousling his hair.

“What are you doing? You’re adults, how can you bully a child like this!” Kazuha immediately scolded.

“They’re probably just playing…” Ran said, but her gaze turned sharp.

“That’s right! We’re playing a Kamen Rider game with him! The brat insisted on being the villain, haha…” Heiji chuckled awkwardly.

“Well, thanks for playing such a childish game with him,” Ran said, clearly seeing through their lie.

Conan silently cheered for Ran, hoping she would give those two a good scolding…

“Kamen Rider isn’t childish!” Amu suddenly emphasized, and then magically pulled a belt out of her small backpack. “Kamen Rider, transform!”

She even took out a model of a Pokémon energy bottle, placed it on the belt, and immediately, the belt played sound effects—it was obviously an authentic belt.

Ran: ???

“Oh, so that’s how it is… hehe, actually… I do think Kamen Rider is pretty good,” Ran said somewhat awkwardly, trying to avoid conflict with Amu, who was clearly a Kamen Rider fan.

Conan: ???

Of course it was like this—Amu had expected it all along. Conan gave a “what the hell” look.

What was once an obvious excuse suddenly made perfect sense, even Kazuha looked at Heiji suspiciously—could it be that Heiji was secretly a Kamen Rider fan as well?

But from Kazuha’s knowledge, Heiji didn’t usually watch Kamen Rider!

Could it be… he was embarrassed?

Indeed, this world also had Kamen Rider—the tokusatsu show, not the literal “masked rider”!

It was very popular among children, equivalent to Kamen Rider in Conan’s world, but here, Amu was more familiar with this version.

There were some differences, for example… the Kamen Riders used “Pokémon energy bottles,” and after transformation, they became armored Pokémon warrior masks with Pokémon traits.

This show was imported from the Alola region, and rumors even said that the Alola League was developing something similar.

Of course, the reason Amu had the belt and Pokémon bottles was mainly to see how different this version’s setting was from the one she knew—she had just passed by the travel goods section, where many shops sold these “kid-pleasing” items, so she bought them on a whim.

In reality, Amu wasn’t interested at all… well.

Also, regarding the rumors of Kamen Rider, Amu had confirmed with Professor Giant Tree—there was no technology that could transform humans into Pokémon… no, that could make humans into Pokémon-themed armored warriors!

However… Professor Giant Tree also said that an organization under the Alola League was indeed conducting some research related to humans and Pokémon.

“By the way, you four, you’re all adults and still eating lollipops?” Heiji said with typical bluntness.

The four girls, besides the ninja hand cream, each bought a round flat lollipop.

“Then you don’t get any!” Kazuha said, handing one of her lollipops to Conan.

Just as everyone basically believed… that Amu was a true Kamen Rider fan, with even Kasumi half convinced and deciding to be careful when talking about Kamen Rider around Amu, a sudden scream rang out.

Heiji and Conan were instantly familiar with the sound and looked toward where it came from.

A female tourist was pointing toward the Hokage Rock.

At the same time, it needed no further explanation—many people noticed and started to panic!

It was already dark, making it clearer to see that on the Hokage Rock, on the head of the First Hokage, there was a ball of fire…

No! More precisely… someone was on fire!

The person screamed and fell, landing not far from Amu and the others.

Some people released flying-type Pokémon to rescue him, but without skilled personnel at the scene, even if the Pokémon received commands, they hesitated facing a burning target.

After that hesitation, the man crashed hard to the ground, and the fire was still burning!

“Starmie! Put out the fire!” Kasumi immediately sent out her Starmie.

Starmie sprayed water—not using the “Water Gun” move, just a simple water spray.

Water formed from water-type energy dissipates quickly, but it was just enough to extinguish the fire.

The flames were finally put out instantly, but falling from such a height… even in the Pokémon world, it would be hard to survive!

Everyone hurried over.

“Hey! Sir, are you okay?” Heiji asked, seeing he still had a faint breath.

But it was a middle-aged man with burns and injuries from the fall; he couldn’t speak, only staring toward Sonoko, barely lifting a hand to grasp, then finally passed away.

Sonoko was startled. Although he was lying down and couldn’t reach her, she screamed and dodged back, dropping the lollipop she had originally meant to give Amu—she had been holding two lollipops in one hand, one above the other.

She even tripped slightly but was caught by Amu from behind.

“Th-thank you,” Sonoko blushed suddenly.

Amu stared at the fallen man—earlier, upon seeing that strange tour group, she hadn’t thought much, but now… this scene seemed somewhat familiar!

After all, the man seemed to be wearing some kind of badge on his chest!

“Move aside!” Amu let go of Sonoko, pushed Conan and Heiji aside, and tried to apply medicine to the victim.

Unfortunately, it was already too late. After all, humans are not Pokémon; they can’t be instantly revived by medicine…