Ke Xue: My standards for dating are not problematic!

Chapter 477 Let me handle the Ooka Momiji!

He drew his sword and looked around at a loss.

That's exactly the situation Conan is in.

He had clearly seen the guy who had fed him that drug, but now that he had just arrived, the guy had already run away, and he had missed him again.

It's so annoying! Now that he's gotten away, who knows when I'll see him again.

Boom!
He slammed his fist on the ground to vent his emotions.

Buzz buzz.
Just then, his phone rang in his pocket. The loud ringing snapped Conan out of his daze. He stood up, took out his phone, and then... he trembled, almost dropping it.

Because the caller ID displayed two words: "Devil!"
The only person he could regard as a devil was Kitahara Natsuyu; no one else could bear that title.

"Oh no, I used the excuse of going to the bathroom to run over here, and now I've definitely been exposed." Conan felt a little guilty.

The Twin Towers are two buildings; only one of them exploded, while the other remained intact, so he went to the other building to use the restroom.

However, these were all just his excuses.

The reason they're calling now is probably because I stayed in the bathroom for too long, and they went to look for me but couldn't find me, so they called.

Of course, he could fool Xiaolan if she called, but he couldn't fool Kitahara Natsuyu at all.

"Oh no!"

At this point, Conan knew he was definitely going to get scolded, and by Kitahara Natsuhiro no less; he might even be punished by having to copy the school rules.

After all, he's a primary school student running around everywhere; what if he gets lost?

Therefore, this calamity was destined to befall me.

However, on the other hand, my mother is now with Kitahara Natsuyu. If I ask her to put in a good word for me, it shouldn't be a big problem.

After all, why not take advantage of the available resources? It's not a big deal, and it's just a small thing for my mom to do.

Okay, that's it. I'll go ask Mom later!

With that thought, Conan felt relieved and then answered the phone.

"Hey, Kitahara-sensei."

"So you do know how to answer the phone, Conan!" Kitahara Natsumi sat in the driver's seat, a dangerous smile playing on his lips. "Do you know that everyone is waiting for you? Where have you been?"

"Were you not even in the restroom, or did you think there wasn't a restroom on the first floor, so you went to the second floor?"

"If that's the case, you don't need to say anything more. I've already gone to the restrooms on the second, third, and even fourth floors, and there was no one there. Xiaolan and the others even went into the women's restroom. So where did you go?!"

Actually, he knew where Conan went; he was just chasing after his old flame, Gin.

But Xiaolan and the others didn't know that this was said to them.

When Ran and the others heard this, a hint of anger appeared on their faces. Conan dared to run around in this situation and even lie to them, which was really infuriating.

Of course, Ran and the others weren't the only ones who were angry; the one who was truly angry was Kogoro Mouri.

Because this guy felt it was still early, he planned to go back and watch the show that Yoko Okino had recorded, and then have a few drinks to make up for the loss of the night.

Although a case occurred here, it has been resolved, and the explosion in the control room has nothing to do with him.

After all, he couldn't handle the explosion himself, so he should let the professionals handle it.

Now that he has some free time, he has even made arrangements for the latter half of the night.

Unfortunately, Conan was causing trouble and disrupted all his plans. Now his fists were clenched, ready to give Conan a good whack on the head and let him know the weight of Detective Kogoro Mouri's fists!

"Conan, where are you?!"

The hot-tempered Kogoro Mouri rushed over and started yelling at people on the other end of the phone.

Furthermore, Kitahara Natsuhiro thoughtfully handed his phone to Kogoro Mouri so that Conan could experience Kogoro Mouri's intimidating presence up close.

Of course, Kogoro Mouri wasn't much of a threat, but his punches still hurt, and he was well-fed.

Sorry Conan, this time it's not me who's going to teach you a lesson, it's Kogoro Mouri. Of course, after Kogoro Mouri teaches you a lesson, I'll teach you a lesson too.

Jade must be carved to become a useful object; a son is not taught and it is the father's fault. Let me show you the weight of a father's responsibility!

As for having your mom whisper in your ear?

Impossible. Your mom will just record the scene of you getting beaten up; she won't plead for you at all.

Conan, you haven't even figured out your own mother's personality! What kind of detective are you?!

"Ruined!"

Conan felt a sharp pain all over his body, his scalp tingled, and his ears were ringing—all thanks to Kogoro Mouri.

Oh no, I forgot about Uncle Mori! I'm really out of options this time. Even Ran can't stop Uncle Mori. And this time, Ran won't even stop him; she'll just hand him a stick.

Thinking about this, he suddenly didn't want to go home tonight, but wanted to go to Professor Agasa's house instead.

Dr. Agasa, please help!

"Conan, talk to me!" Kogoro Mouri shouted.

Upon hearing this, Conan gave an awkward but polite smile: "Uncle, I'm at a building not far away, it's called the Black Gold Building. Could you please come and pick me up? It should be on your way!"

"Huh? You actually want me to pick you up? You little brat, you've got quite the attitude! Look at you!"

Toot toot.
Kogoro Mouri was hung up on by Conan before he could finish speaking.

"Heh, since I'm going to get beaten up anyway, I can't care about anything else."

Conan didn't want to listen to Kogoro Mouri nagging in his ear anymore, so he simply hung up.

Since I'm going to get beaten up anyway, it doesn't matter how much or how little I get beaten. If I die, I die. At least I'll feel better.

"That brat Conan, how dare he hang up on me?!"

At that moment, Kogoro Mouri felt his authority being challenged. His face flushed red, and he raised his phone as high as he could, as if he was about to smash it at any moment.

"That's my cell phone, Mori-kun."

"Oh, sorry, sorry, I forgot."

Kogoro Mouri's expression instantly changed, revealing a smirk, and he quickly returned the phone to Natsuhiro Kitahara.

"I heard everything on the phone. Let's go pick up Conan first, it's on the way anyway, and that way we can get back sooner."

After saying that, he slowly started the car.

At this moment, Kogoro Mouri returned to his seat, looked at Yukiko, and said, "I'm going to teach Conan a lesson. I wonder if you, Ms. Fumiyo, would like to..." Upon hearing this, Yukiko immediately raised her hand and said, "Please feel free to teach Conan a lesson. He's really too disobedient."

"Furthermore, you are also one of Conan's guardians, so you have this right."

Once everything returns to normal, Ran and Conan's relationship will be the same again, so roughly speaking, they're practically family.

Since they are family, there's nothing wrong with Kogoro Mouri disciplining Conan.

Moreover, she also felt that Conan was being too reckless, running around in such a dangerous situation without even saying a word.

It seems she spoiled Conan too much in the past, which led to his personality becoming like this!

However, Conan's audacity didn't just start now; he's had it since he was a child.

He took Xiaolan to school when she was little, and even went to school at night. He really didn't know the immensity of the world.

So it's no big deal to get a lesson from someone. Give me a good lesson, and it would be even better if it could be filmed and shown to me.

However, as a mother, making such a request is a bit excessive.

But it's not a big problem. If Kogoro Mouri can teach Conan a lesson, then she, as his mother, can certainly do the same. At worst, she can just beat Conan up again.

Kids are tough, they won't get hurt!

"That's good!" Kogoro Mouri nodded, a satisfied smile spreading across his face. He then turned his gaze to his daughter, Ran: "Ran, this time you..."

"Dad, I'll hand you the stick this time. Conan really needs to be taught a lesson!"

"Very good, very good, she truly is my daughter!"

“That’s right, Uncle, Conan really needs to be taught a lesson. He’s such a worry. If possible, please film it so we can all see it!” Sonoko said righteously.

It's getting late, and they all need to go home, so we won't be able to see Conan get beaten up, but we can still film it and watch it.

"No problem, I'll have Ran film it!" Kogoro Mouri assured him, patting his chest.

What? Hitting children is illegal, and filming it can be used as evidence.

This won't work on Kogoro Mouri, because Conan won't call the police.

After all, how could he possibly hurt Xiaolan!

So, I'm definitely going to get beaten up, even if Gin comes, it won't help!

"awesome!"

Upon hearing this, everyone wore satisfied smiles.

They're all adults; kids getting beaten up is nothing to them. Everyone wants to see it!
Soon.

Kitahara Natsuhiro drove to Conan's location and picked him up.

After getting into the car, Conan remained silent, then knelt down in front of everyone, listening to his mother's scolding, and dared not talk back!
Now it's just a scolding, but later it'll be a beating!
"Nightmare, this is truly a nightmare!" Conan cried out in his heart, head bowed.

But no one heard his thoughts, and even if Kitahara Natsuhiro had heard them, he wouldn't have paid any attention.

He brought it on himself, so he can't blame anyone else!
Conan, this is your destiny!
Soon, Kitahara Natsuhiro drove everyone home one by one, and then finally returned the car to Sonoko's house.

However, this time they didn't stay overnight at Sonoko's house because Shiro Suzuki had returned.

I was a little disappointed, so I guess we'll have to reschedule for another time.

Finally, somewhat disappointed, Kitahara Natsuhiro returned home instead of going to his neighbor Judy's house.

Because Toyama and Hajime Hattori are staying at his house today too.

After all, Hattori Shizuka had said she would treat them well, so she wouldn't refuse to entertain them either. Therefore, she reluctantly allowed them to stay here for the night.

However, before coming over, Kazuha Toyama had already changed out of her formal attire and into her everyday clothes.

"Mr. Kitahara, you're back." Kazuha Toyama came to the door to welcome Kitahara Natsuyu home, and even thoughtfully brought him slippers, just like a maid.

This surprised Kitahara Natsuyu somewhat, but he quickly understood.

It was all thanks to my help at the banquet.

As expected, Kazuha Toyama is a grateful person, I like that!
"Kazuha, there's really no need for this."

Although Kitahara Natsuhiro said that, his body language was still very much his own. He took off his own shoes and put on the slippers that Kazuha had prepared for him.

At this moment, Hattori Heiji leaned out halfway, looking at the scene with a displeased expression.

Damn it, Kazuha never did this for me, but he helped Kitahara Natsuyu. Seriously.
Oh well, I brought this on myself. If I had helped Kazuha, then this treatment would have been mine.

This can be considered as repaying Kitahara Natsuhiro's kindness.

Hattori Heiji thought to himself.

There was no way around it, because he used to enjoy the feeling at the banquet, but now he didn't enjoy it at all; instead, he found it unbearable.

After all, her beloved Kazuha was preparing shoes for another man.

I'm not watching anymore, the more I watch, the angrier I get.

"Kazuha, Hattori was looking this way just now, and it seems like he's jealous!" Kitahara Natsuhiro said with a slight smile.

Upon hearing this, Kazuha became excited: "Is it true?"

After the initial excitement subsided, she immediately realized something was wrong with her behavior; she had been so obviously...
"Cough cough, I don't want to see any of this!" Toyama Kazuha started to act smug.

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Upon hearing this, Kitahara Natsuhiro's cheek twitched involuntarily.

are you crazy!

Why be so coy when you're mutually in love? Just confess!
It's really boring.

This is one of the reasons why he doesn't date high school girls, because many of them are tsundere, and this is Conan's world, where there are even more tsundere characters.

While many of the wives also have tsundere traits, they are not as extreme as high school students. They are able to say certain things and know when to say them and when not to say them, unlike Kazuha Toyama who is tsundere regardless of the occasion.

Therefore, arrogant people deserve to become losers.

Let Ooka Momiji just take Hattori Heiji instead.

No way, Ooka Momiji isn't arrogant, she's my type, I'll do it myself!
You two arrogant brats are probably living your whole lives!
"If you continue like this, be careful that Ooka Momiji, who's only interested in beating her, doesn't snatch her away," Kitahara Natsuyu warned before falling silent.

Upon hearing this, Toyama Kazuha paused for a moment, lowered his head, and began fidgeting with his hands before finally making up his mind.

Heiji, hurry up and confess your feelings to me!
(End of this chapter)