Conan's Exorcist Detective

Chapter 44: The senior sister must look very... in her karate training uniform

Friday.

Beika-cho commercial district.

Haruhiko Kousaka did not attend the kendo club practice today. After school, he went straight to the Beika Department Store and planned to choose a bed for himself.

The insurance company’s claim settlement result is out, and it’s not very satisfactory, but at least I can repair the office door first and buy a bed to sleep in.

As for the remaining parts, we can only wait until we find those damned gang members and let them pay for the repairs.

Haruhiko followed the crowd out of the subway station. Because tomorrow was the weekend, the shops on the nearby pedestrian street had posted some promotional activities for this weekend in order to attract customers.

Several cosplayers in cute maid costumes were handing out flyers at the entrance of the subway station, apparently to promote gaming software.

Haruhiko wanted to ignore the attentive look from the pretty female cosplayer. He didn't have any spare money to buy computer games. Computers in this era were still a bit expensive, and they were retro models that couldn't play many games.

Haruhiko pretended not to notice, lowered his head and continued walking forward.

Sudden--

Two feet that did not look like human appeared in his sight.

When I looked up, I found a furry brown gorilla standing in front of me.

Haruhiko was startled, but when he looked closely, he found that it was a person wearing a gorilla puppet costume, and he was holding a similar color-printed flyer in his hand.

Perhaps a certain merchant wanted to try a different approach and use this method to compete with the young and beautiful female cosplayers, but judging from the thick flyers in the gorilla's hand, this strategy did not seem to work.

Just as he was thinking about it, the gorilla doll in front of him grabbed Haruhiko's arm and pulled him towards the trash can on the side of the subway station exit.

Haruhiko grasped the bamboo sword on his back, ready to strike this strange guy.

If it was those female cosplayers who did this, Haruhiko might have tolerated it because of their fair skin and good looks, but how can you, a gorilla, get such privilege?

Just as Haruhiko was about to draw his sword, the other party took the initiative to lift the gorilla mask on his face.

Beneath the mask was a somewhat familiar face.

"Senior Kousaka, why are you here? Don't you have to practice today?" Oshimada from the Kendo Club asked in surprise. His hair was already soaked with sweat. It seemed that it was still quite hot wearing this clothes.

"Oshima-kun?" Haruhiko was also a little surprised.

This classmate was also a member of the Kendo Club, a first-year junior. Haruhiko had given him guidance several times when he was practicing in the Kendo Club.

Haruhiko glanced at his strange attire and said, "I wanted to ask you, I remember you are also a member of the Kendo Club, right?"

"I'm working a part-time job, Senior." Oshima wiped the sweat from his forehead. "I don't have to go to the Kendo Club to practice every day."

"I see." Haruhiko said, "I came to the mall here to look around and buy a bed."

"I'm very familiar with the commercial streets around here. I'll take you there." Oshima patted his chest, making the gorilla doll's pectoral muscles snap.

Haruhiko: "Don't you need to hand out flyers? I can do it myself."

"It's okay. Actually, the software store above is owned by my family." Oshima handed over a flyer with a smile.

Haruhiko took the flyer and took a look at it: "Are you working for your family?"

"To earn some pocket money..."

As he said that, Oshima pulled Haruhiko out of the subway station and walked towards the Beika Building.

Haruhiko didn't expect that Oshima classmate was very familiar with this place. After taking him to see several stores, he finally bought a single bed at an unexpected price. The store also promised to deliver the bed to his door.

Walking out of the Mihua Building, the orange light of the setting sun shines on my face.

Haruhiko: "Thank you so much, Oshima-kun."

"Senior, you are too polite. You even taught me the art of swordsmanship before."

"Then, if you have any questions in the future, you can always come to me. However, my understanding of kendo is more instinctive, and I don't have much experience to pass on to you," Haruhiko said as they walked. It was true that Haruhiko's kendo ability was acquired through cheats. He fought his opponents almost entirely on instinct, but over time, he was able to develop some experience and techniques. While he couldn't make Oshima use the "Step Forward Slash," he could still improve his strength a little.

"That's great, but Senior, I do have a personal question for you..." Oshima held the gorilla mask, and a strange expression suddenly appeared on his face, "Senior, who are you dating?"

"Huh?" Haruhiko was stunned. What kind of a weird question was that?

"Is it Suzuki-senpai or Mori-senpai? Many people in our class are discussing this issue privately." Oshima came up with a gossipy expression.

Haruhiko was speechless. He didn't expect that the rumor had spread to this extent.
Haruhiko: "You misunderstood. We are just good friends. I am not dating anyone."

Oshima looked unconvinced: "No way?"

"It's true, actually..." Haruhiko was about to explain, but his cell phone rang.

He picked up the phone and answered it. Ran Mao's gentle voice came from the other end: "Kousaka-kun, are you done over there?"

"Yeah, I've already bought it. I just came out of the mall."

"Today's practice is too tiring. I don't want to cook. Let's go eat ramen together tonight? I heard there's a super delicious ramen restaurant." Ran Mouri said on the other end of the phone.

Haruhiko has been having dinner with Xiaolan's family almost all the time recently. He actually wanted to help cook in the evening, but he hadn't eaten ramen for a long time and was very curious about how delicious that super delicious ramen restaurant was.

Haruhiko: "Okay, I suddenly want to eat ramen too."

Mao Lilan: "That's great, you don't have to go home first, I'll send you the location, you can go directly there."

Haruhiko responded and hung up the phone.

Then the phone screen flashed, and Mao Lilan sent a text message with an address attached.

Before he clicked it, he suddenly noticed that Oshima next to him had his mouth wide open, as if he had seen something incredible.

"What's wrong with you?" Haruhiko asked in confusion.

"Are you living with Senior Mori?" Oshima asked in shock.

Haruhiko was also surprised. He didn't expect that Oshima-san had such a unique way of thinking that he could actually judge the fact that the two were living together from just a few sentences.

"Things are not what you think..." Haruhiko rubbed his forehead to prevent things from getting even weirder.

"Of course not. That was obviously a conversation between a newlywed wife and her husband, right?" Oshima's eyes flashed with envy.

"Hey, I'm still a high school student, how come I'm suddenly a newlywed wife?" Haruhiko was a little speechless, "We are really just ordinary classmates."

Oshima said seriously, "I understand, Senior."

Haruhiko breathed a sigh of relief.

Oshima suddenly rolled up the flyer in his hand into a cylinder and held it to Haruhiko's lips as if it were a microphone. "What's it like to date the ace of the karate club? Does she wear her karate training clothes at home..."

"I think if she knew you asked that, she would probably throw you against the wall." Haruhiko said with a smile.

Oshima shrank his neck, as if recalling the terrifying strength of Mao Lilan: "Uh... I was just kidding, senior, don't take it seriously."

The two of them walked and talked, and Oshimada would occasionally ask questions that left Haruhiko speechless.

Perhaps because his attention was distracted by Oshima-san's series of sudden questions, Haruhiko was so busy talking to him that he didn't notice the person standing in front of him.

He accidentally bumped into the man.

The moment they came into contact, Haruhiko smelled a pungent chemical odor.

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