Oritis in the world of Detective Conan

Chapter 403 "Queen Bee" (Part 5)

Fool Gold leaned forward and complained, "Come on, do you think Orpheus is a good guy? He is simply..."

Fool Gold wanted to continue, but the entomologist silenced him with his hard exoskeleton limbs. "You'll die if you stop complaining, right? Don't mess up our plans anymore."

"But you have to admit I'm right. If the photographer were to intervene now, we'd all be dragged into the fray. And how long would this 'treatment' last?" Fool Gold pried open the insect limbs blocking his mouth. "Are you planning to keep playing this game of house with Orpheus?"

"Oh, so what you said, you think it's more interesting to play a life-and-death battle in the manor?" The entomologist responded coldly.

Fool's Gold's momentum instantly withered. "Even for Alice's sake, we need to quickly cure that guy's split personality. I can't stand it any more. All I see of his face now is that bird-beak mask."

Conan was stunned: "Wait, Bird-beak Mask, do you mean that Mr. Orpheus is... the nightmare?"

"You understood it quickly, didn't you? Yes, Nightmare is the personality that Orpheus developed after experiencing the Manor Game. This personality is paranoid and believes that only by becoming strong can he protect his family. But the problem is that both Orpheus and Nightmare have serious problems with their memories." Fool Gold fiddled with the pebble in his hand.

"Orpheus is unaware of Nightmare's existence and wishes to live a happy life with his 'wife and daughter'. Nightmare, however, possesses all of Orpheus's memories. He wishes to kill the weak main personality and replace it, living with his 'two younger sisters'. These two personalities often subconsciously conflict with each other."

"Do you know how it feels to have a nightmare suddenly wake me up in the middle of the night, grab my collar, and ask me where his sister is?" Fool Gold was clearly devastated by the experience. "I didn't answer for more than three seconds before he punched me in the head three times! Even if we don't die from this, it will hurt!"

"Even if I die once, it doesn't matter, but you should know that the aftermath is very troublesome. If Orpheus suddenly wakes up and finds the corridor full of blood and brain matter..."

Conan imagined the scene: Mr. Orpheus woke up in the middle of the night to find his hands and face covered in blood, and saw his friend's body lying on the ground... Anyone would think that he had accidentally killed his friend...

"Originally, I prepared the things here to give him a stimulation therapy. At the very least, I wanted to scare him awake from the nightmare and then beat him up. But you guys actually came here." Fool Gold spread his hands helplessly.

"Is there really such a treatment method as using your own corpse to scare your friends?" Judy looked back and forth between Fool's Gold and the entomologist doubtfully.

"It's just desensitization therapy." The entomologist shed his "Queen Bee" disguise and returned to his entomologist self. "Looking at my own 'corpse' up close, I still feel this way..."

"It's not the first time." Fool Gold shook his head, transforming back into his explorer form. "Let me introduce myself again. I'm an 'explorer' from the Survivor Patrol, and this is an 'entomologist' from the same patrol."

Conan showed his half-moon eyes and grumbled: "Sure enough, Kaito Kidd has known for a long time that you and 'Fool's Gold' are the same person."

"Oh, he's much more perceptive than you. He noticed something on the skyship, so much so that I had to warn him not to ruin my plans."

Conan's eyes were almost flying up to the sky, and he started to complain in his heart that Kaito Kid had concealed such an important thing for so long. This must be the reason why he suddenly kept silent about it at the Sunflower Exhibition.

"So what are your plans next? After all, your plan has been discovered by us." Shuichi Akai put down his weapon.

"It's not a big deal. Orpheus's treatment still needs to continue, but it seems a bit inconvenient for me to show up in front of him." The explorer pulled out a chair and sat next to his "corpse".

The entomologist frowned upon seeing this and said, "Put these corpses away quickly. Don't tell me that if you stay around nightmares for too long, you'll start to like these experimental bodies that were created."

"Aren't you going to eat the cake anymore?" The explorer pointed to the honey cake that was still emitting the fragrance of honey.

Conan, Judy and Cameron looked at the slightly bizarre table setting, and then looked at the neatly placed honey cake.

"So why did you put food and corpses together..." Judy couldn't help but ask.

"Isn't it surprising that the bodies are placed together?" the explorer asked.

"Hiss..." Several people were stunned by the explorer's answer.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems normal to have corpses around Conan, and there doesn't seem to be much difference between having one corpse and having two corpses.

"Considering 'her' wishes, I will return to Delos Manor. After all, besides Orpheus, little Alice also needs someone to take good care of her."

The entomologist ignored the gazes of several people and sat calmly at the dining table. He moved the honey cake in front of him, pulled a fork from the explorer's "corpse", cut the cake into small pieces and ate them.

"That looks like my fork." The explorer frowned.

"You haven't used it before." The entomologist rolled his eyes at the explorer.

The explorer, not intending to argue with the entomologist, looked towards Conan and said, "You should be careful of Melody. Having lost his only spiritual support, he will probably seek revenge on everyone regardless of the consequences. His ability is to seal people in photographs."

"Also, if he ever took a photo of you, he could use that photo to hurt you."

"For now, his most likely targets for revenge are the Umbrella Soul brothers. The photographer has already lost the chance to reunite with his brother, so the Umbrella Soul, the 'surviving brother', will definitely be targeted. While the two brothers are quite capable, Mr. Fan still has the aftereffects of the medium's ritual."

Conan asked, "What exactly is the illness? I remember at the banquet Melody hosted before, Melody mentioned that Mr. Fan had a hidden illness."

"Intermittent respiratory failure and headaches, which are said to be as painful as drowning."

[Forward: and intermittent pedaling and red heat.]

[Postman: William, you've ruined the sad atmosphere we worked so hard to create.]

[Spellcaster: (Fighting) Anyway, as long as there's a sad atmosphere, it doesn't matter who's sad.]

[Forward: Ouch, Patricia, it hurts!]

[Archer: It's good that you know it hurts. Come on, handsome guy, let's go~]

[Cowboy: How wonderful!]

[Bartender: One more drink!]

[Magician: Why are you drinking again?]

[Night Watch: Adult ecstasy is prohibited! Prohibited!]

[Archer: Oh, great-grandfather, why don't you try some too~ (jumps behind the Night's Watchman and tries to force him to drink by choking him)]

[Philanthropist: No, so brave?]

[Prisoner: I've seen someone in danger.]