Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 365

"How am I a pervert?" Kitahara Natsumi said, hands in his pockets, looking helpless. "Her husband died, and I'm not married."

"It seems there's no problem being together. The only issue is that your aunt is a bit old, but that doesn't matter to me."

"No matter how old she is, she's not older than me, so there's no question of an old cow eating young grass, right?!"

Ai Haibara always regarded him as a real ancient ghost, believing that he had lived for at least a thousand years, or even longer.

Now is the perfect time to use this reason, and Ai Haibara certainly won't be able to refute it.

Just as Kitahara Natsuhiro had guessed, Ai Haibara indeed had no way to refute it.

Because she always believed that Kitahara Natsuhiro was an ancient ghost, she really couldn't refute such a statement.

After all, this was what she said herself, and it was her preconceived notion. Even if Kitahara Natsuyu corrected her, she wouldn't listen and was convinced of the thousand-year-old ghost's character.

So, there's really no way to refute it!

However, it's not entirely unassailable, for example...
"She's my aunt, can't you control yourself a little?" Ai said irritably.

It's one thing for her and her sister, but if her aunt gets involved too, how will they face each other in the future?

The others were fine. Although there was a significant age difference between them, they were strangers and not relatives, so they could be addressed however they wanted.

But Sera Mary really isn't good enough!

After all, her mother's original name was Sera Elena!
“Restraint? Where did I not restrain myself?” Kitahara Natsuyu said, “Besides, you yourself said that you no longer have any connection with the Sera family or the Akai family.”

"Alright, don't worry about this. Just let things take their course and don't overthink it."

"Just pretend you don't have this aunt, then there won't be any problems."

Hearing this, Xiao Ai rolled her eyes at Xia Yu and said irritably, "Some relationships can't be forgotten just because you want to."

"And Sera Mary has another one."

Ai was interrupted by Kitahara Natsuhiro before she could finish speaking.

“Sera Masumi is a tomboy, and a high school student at that. I’m not that desperate,” Kitahara Natsuyu quickly interrupted.

He may be a pervert, but he can be indiscriminate in his desires and he can't break the law or commit crimes. He's a man with principles!

To be fair, Sera Masumi's face is indeed quite nice, but she has no breasts or buttocks, is flat-chested, and is a high school student, and a detective at that.

You see, in this world, detectives are synonymous with trouble.

The word "detective" combined with "high school student" creates "high school detective," which can be seen in characters like Shinichi Kudo, who is always surrounded by trouble.

And he's a high school student, which is very troublesome.

Xia Yu has never provoked these high school students.

Of course, Koizumi Akako was an exception, because it was this woman who provoked him first.

However, I haven't seen Koizumi Akako much lately, and I wonder if she's up to some kind of scheme in secret.

However, Koizumi Akako's schemes and tricks had no effect on him; instead, they only hurt him, and in the end, he was the one who had to solve the problems.

However, it's not a big problem. He quite enjoys solving problems for Koizumi Akako, as long as she pays a negligible price.

When these insignificant costs accumulate, Koizumi Akako will completely lose herself.

Well, literally.

Hearing this, Ai's lips twitched involuntarily: "Yes, yes, I already know your preferences. You like women with good figures who are a billion years older than you."

"Sera Masumi doesn't meet your criteria for a partner."

"But is Sera Masumi really that disgusting?"

She could tell from Kitahara Natsuyu's face that he was very disdainful of Sera Masumi.

"Dirty, so filthy!"

"High school student, detective, tomboy—these are all synonyms for trouble. I don't want to get involved with her!"

Upon hearing this, Ai continued, "But if you get involved with Sera Mary, doesn't that mean you're connected to Sera Masumi?"

"These are two different things. Even if they are related, it is only indirectly related, not directly related."

"Besides, Sera Mary is too cautious; she's still a long way from taking that step."

"Even if it really comes to that, she probably won't tell me anything about the black organization."

“Right now, Sera Mary, Sera Masumi, and Jodie are putting on an acting show in front of me, so I have no choice but to start acting too. It’s quite interesting though,” Kitahara Natsuhiro laughed.

Ai had heard about this, but she had never seen it.

Hearing this, she became somewhat interested and decided to go check it out when she had time.

However, this requires her to get up very early in the morning to go to Kitahara Natsuyu's place, and she cannot stay overnight at his place the night before.

If I stayed overnight at Kitahara Natsuyu's place, I definitely wouldn't be able to get up in the morning and would miss a good show.

"Fine, whatever you want. Just be careful." Ai paused, not intending to continue talking about these things: "My aunt isn't someone to be trifled with either, so be careful."

Even if she spoke up, Kitahara Natsuhiro wouldn't listen, and she couldn't control him anyway, so it was better not to say anything.

Furthermore, Sera Mary is no simple woman at all.

A former MI6 member, who has 'retired' alive and continued to live a peaceful life for so many years despite the watchful eyes of the Black Organization, even the Black Organization has been unable to do anything about her.

This clearly demonstrates Sera Mary's formidable abilities.

But
"Don't worry, I'm not the kind of man who would let himself be taken advantage of. Besides," Kitahara Natsuyu smiled slightly, "Sera Mary is a woman after all. Every woman has weaknesses, and they can be dealt with."

"I'm a professional in this area, so you don't need to worry."

Men are attracted to women, and women are attracted to men; it's a two-way street.

So Ai Haibara was completely overthinking it.

"Alright, do what you want. I'll just have to break up your plans." Ai yawned, waved, and walked towards her infirmary.

Kitahara Natsuhiro waved to Ai and then walked towards the building where the first-year office was located.

A short while later, he arrived at the first-year office.

By this time, many teachers had already arrived at the office, including Mr. Ohata.

"Good morning, Mr. Ohata, Ms. Kobayashi." Kitahara Natsuhiro greeted them and sat down in his seat, then picked up the thermos on the table to get a cup of hot water.

This is the first thing he does every day when he comes here.

However, he didn't really like drinking tea; he usually drank boiled water directly. Hearing this, Mr. Ohata greeted Mr. Kobayashi and then went about his own business.

They were quite busy early in the morning, after all, they were teachers of core subjects, while Kitahara Natsuhiro was a physical education teacher and had nothing to do all day.

After Kitahara Natsuhiro poured the water, Ms. Kobayashi came over and stood beside him.

"Ms. Kobayashi, is there anything I can help you with?" Kitahara Natsuhiro asked.

Upon hearing this, Ms. Kobayashi nodded and said, "There is something I want to tell you, Mr. Kitahara."

"whats the matter?"

"Actually, it's about Genta!"

"Genta? He's been misbehaving again?"

Upon hearing this, Ms. Kobayashi shook her head and said, "No, it's just that Genta has been acting a little strange these past few days."

Because Kitahara Natsuhiro was planning to hand over the homeroom teacher duties entirely to Kobayashi Sumiko, Kitahara Natsuhiro rarely managed the class affairs now, spending most of his time patrolling. Even the lunch break was eaten by Kobayashi Sumiko with the students.

"Something's not right? What do you mean?" Kitahara Natsuyu raised an eyebrow and continued to ask.

If Genta is acting strangely, then something really is wrong.

After all, Genta is always laughing and joking, so even if he's punished, he won't care too much and will definitely be back to full health the next day.

But Kobayashi Sumiko actually said that Genta was acting strangely, and that he had been acting strangely for several days in a row, so something really must have happened to this kid.

"Is such that."

Afterwards, Kobayashi Sumiko explained to Kitahara Natsuhiro the strange behavior that Genta had been exhibiting these past few days.

For example, he eats less at lunchtime, and when he gets home at night, he hides under the covers trembling and saying strange things, as if he thinks he will be killed.
Upon hearing these words, Kitahara Natsuyu couldn't help but recall a scene from Detective Conan that seemed to have happened to Genta, though he wasn't sure if it was true.

After all, his arrival has completely changed the plot of this world. Although the main plot is still similar to before, some cases have become strange and unusual.

Of course, these cases were all solved by Conan and Kogoro Mouri, but some were solved by Sera Masumi.

Sera Masumi arrived in Japan earlier than in the original story.

Therefore, he was not entirely sure whether some plot points would be the same as in the anime.

But based on the current situation, what happened to Genta should be exactly the same.

“Okay, I understand. I’ll look into it, so you don’t need to worry,” Kitahara Natsumi said with a smile.

There are some things that Genta won't choose to tell Kobayashi Sumiko.

He felt embarrassed because he was a man, but in the end, he needed Ms. Kobayashi's help.

But Kitahara Natsuhiro was different.

Genta is like a mouse before a cat when he's with him; he'll tell him everything.

This is a pure display of overwhelming strength.

"Thank you for your help, Kitahara-sensei," Kobayashi Sumiko said with a slight bow.

"It's alright. I'm still the homeroom teacher, and there are some things I still need to do. I'll go find Yuan Tai now and give you good news later."

Kitahara Natsuhiro waved and then left the office.

The moment he stepped out of the office, his cell phone rang in his pocket.

"Who could be calling me so early?" Kitahara Natsumi muttered to himself, then took out his phone. "It's Inspector Megure calling. That's really strange."

"Wait, last time I asked Inspector Megure to investigate the matter of Akiba Reiko being followed."

"Inspector Megure is probably calling because of this."

Although he knew who was following Akiba Reiko, he had no evidence, so he could only ask Inspector Megure for help.

Now, Inspector Megure is about to report to him on the progress of this matter.

Of course, Inspector Megure can also gain some benefits from this incident.

For example, concert tickets.

"Hello, Inspector Megure." Kitahara Natsuhiro answered the phone and quickly walked towards the classroom.

The next second, Inspector Megure's cheerful voice came through the phone: "Brother Kitahara, is now a convenient time? I have something I want to talk to you about."

Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsuyu nodded and walked to the corner of the stairs: "Is it convenient? Inspector Megure, are you going to tell me the results of your investigation?"

Inspector Megure on the other end of the phone nodded, looked around, and then lowered his voice: "Yes, I'm going to tell you the results of the investigation, but you're not involved, so I shouldn't tell you. But I still have to tell you. You can tell Ms. Akiba Reiko after you know, but don't tell anyone else."

Inspector Megure is one of the more principled officers in the Metropolitan Police Department, but he is also flexible and adaptable.

Otherwise, Kogoro Mouri would have been arrested and detained long ago, and would never have become the famous Sleeping Kogoro.

"Don't worry about that. I'm very tight-lipped. I won't tell anyone except Miss Akiba Reiko!"

“Alright, then I’ll tell you.” Inspector Megure said, “Our investigation has confirmed that someone is indeed following Ms. Akiba Reiko.”

"We also did some investigation, and this person is none other than the director of the Domoto Concert Hall, Fuwa Takumi, who is a very famous figure in the music field."

Hearing this name, Kitahara Natsuhiro was not surprised at all, because he already knew it.

But at this point, you still have to put on an act.

"Pu He Jiang? You mean that famous tuner?" Kitahara Natsuyu feigned surprise.

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure said, "Yes, it's that famous sound engineer. I even investigated why he was following Ms. Akiba Reiko, but I couldn't find anything. I'm very sorry."

Fu and Takumi followed Akiba Reiko because of their son, Soma Hikaru, but Soma Hikaru was their illegitimate son, so not many people knew about it.

The Metropolitan Police Department's capabilities are well-known; there are some things they simply cannot investigate, such as the case of Hikaru Soma.

However, it is enough to investigate the score and the craftsman.

Reiko Akiba definitely knows something; he just needs to tell her.

"Inspector Megure, there's no need for apologies. You've really helped us a lot this time." Kitahara Natsuyu said, "I'll talk to Akiba Reiko about this. Thank you so much. Just come to us if you need anything in the future, don't hesitate to ask!"

"This"

Kitahara Natsuhiro exchanged a few more pleasantries with Inspector Megure before hanging up the phone.

After hanging up, he called Akiba Reiko again.

(End of this chapter)