Conan's Exorcist Detective

Chapter 84 Ah, Shirley! I will definitely find you
Haruhiko Kousaka plucked up the courage to walk up to Ai Haibara, but he was in a situation where he didn't know what to do.

He looked at Haibara Ai who was sitting on the edge of the bed putting on her socks. Her small body caused the bed to sag slightly. The hem of her light pink bathrobe only reached a little below her thighs. With a slight movement, her long white legs were faintly visible under the robe.

Is it true that she came here to get close to him?

That shouldn't be the case. The favorability shouldn't be that high.

But this kind of question cannot be asked directly, after all, it is difficult to answer. Haruhiko wondered how he could find out Haibara Ai's true purpose without leaving any trace?

Huiyuan Ai had already rolled up the black stockings with her fingers and placed them in front of her smooth and soft feet. Her small and flexible toes carefully inserted them, and while stretching her legs forward, she pulled the hand holding the stockings back.

The black stockings began to move upwards along her straight instep, covering her snow-white skin, slender ankles, straight calves, and finally passing over the knees to her slightly fleshy thighs.

As soon as she let go, the elastic black stockings bounced back with a "snap" and hit the tender white thigh flesh.

When she put on her socks, she stretched her legs forward, and her little feet wrapped in stockings just fell not far in front of Haruhiko. He only needed to bend down and his nose could touch the toes of Haibara Ai.

How about trying this out?

This thought suddenly popped up in Haruhiko's mind.

If it was just the foot, even if it was a misunderstanding, they wouldn't be sent to the police station. If it succeeded...

A picture that could not be described in words emerged in his mind.

Thinking of this, Haruhiko bent down to grab Haibara Ai's little feet.

Unfortunately, the familiar soft touch did not come, his hand touched nothing, and then -

The little foot wrapped in black stockings was getting closer and closer in Haruhiko's field of vision. He could even see her cute toes faintly visible through the stockings.

"hiss--"

Haruhiko let out a scream of pain, and the sharp pain in his nose made him realize that his attempt had failed.

Although Haibara Ai's feet were soft, it still hurt when she got kicked in the nose.

Haruhiko fell down, holding his nose, his back pressed tightly against the cold wooden floor.

It seems that little Shirley is not here to throw herself into someone's arms, so why did she suddenly come here?

No matter why, it's time to bear Shirley's wrath, right?

Sure enough, I felt two heavy objects pressing on my stomach. Judging from the soft and warm touch, it must be Haibara Ai who stepped directly on it.

Fortunately, she was not heavy, about the same weight as a large cat, otherwise the milk he had just drunk would have been sprayed out, right?

Huh?
Haruhiko suddenly thought, if he accidentally sprayed milk on Haibara Ai's stockings...

This plot feels so familiar.

Then, Haibara Ai was lying on the bed with her face flushed, asking him to help take off her socks. Then Miss Yamagishi suddenly came to collect the teacups, and Haibara Ai ran away in a panic, leaving her stockings to him.

If this were to happen, would he achieve a new success—"Big Shirley and Little Shirley's Stockings"?
But unfortunately, Haibara Ai is obviously different from Suzuki Sonoko.

She is worthy of being the top scientist in the Black Organization. At this time, she actually thought of a way to punish him that Haruhiko would never dare to think of.

She started dancing directly on Haruhiko's belly.

Although her feet were small and soft, Haruhiko's stomach was not hard either. He couldn't stand her jumping on him, so he immediately explained, "You brought this upon yourself..."

"You can't blame me..."

"I thought you wanted to be a bride tonight..."

"No!! You can't step there!!!"

For a moment, Haruhiko seemed to see the ultimate truth of the universe.

...

Clean up the mess at the scene.

The two sat across from each other.

Ai Haibara sat on the edge of the bed with her legs crossed.

Haruhiko sat on the ground, like a prisoner being interrogated, but Haibara Ai was kind enough to put a cushion under his butt.

"So, you don't plan to go find Edogawa at night?" Haibara Ai hugged her shoulders and spoke in a cold tone.

"No, I finished drinking the milk and was about to go to bed. Who knew you would suddenly come here..." Haruhiko rubbed his slightly sore nose.

Huiyuan Ai sighed in dissatisfaction: "Really, I thought you kicked the doctor out because you had some plan, but I didn't expect you just wanted to enjoy the big bed room alone."

Haruhiko wanted to say, "I'm just addicted to material enjoyment, so what? Is that illegal?"
But the pain in my stomach hasn't gone away yet, so it's better not to provoke her now.

Only then did Haibara Ai realize that she had misjudged Haruhiko's intentions.

She even specially packed her clothes into a small red schoolbag and brought them with her, for fear that Yuantai and his friends would see them and clamor to join in the action.

But I didn't expect that when I was putting on clothes, this guy misunderstood that I was looking for him to stick it on.

I really don't know what kind of mess this guy has in his mind.

Ai Haibara stood up with a cold face, picking up her small schoolbag and prepared to leave.

"That..." Haruhiko called from behind.

"What?"

Haruhiko pointed at the stockings on her legs and said, "Why don't you take them off? It might be misunderstood."

Huibara Ai thought for a moment and pointed in the direction behind Haruhiko: "You, turn around."

Haruhiko nodded obediently and turned towards the dressing table. There was a mirror there, and he could clearly see Haibara Ai bending over to take off her stockings and stuffing them into her small red school bag.

"I am leaving."

After saying that, she pushed the door open and left.

Haruhiko breathed a sigh of relief and threw his body onto the soft big bed.

But when I close my eyes, I see Huihara Ai's white feet, her cold eyes, her little red children's schoolbag, and the pleasant smell of shower gel on her body...

Damn it! How can I sleep like this?
Haruhiko sat up suddenly, hesitated for a moment, reached under the pillow, and took out—

A mystery novel.

The book was borrowed from Conan. Conan was worried that camping would be boring, so he brought several mystery novels with him.

Since I can't sleep for the time being, I'll use this to pass the time.

He originally wanted to read while half lying down, but the light at the head of the bed was too dim and bad for his eyesight, so Haruhiko took the book and walked to the dressing table where there was a table lamp that could provide lighting.

Haruhiko walked to the dressing table but froze.

There was a wet towel hanging on the back of the dressing table, and a faint fragrance wafted from it, which smelled very nice.

It must be that Haibara Ai forgot to take it away.

Haruhiko hesitated for a moment, then grabbed the towel in his hand, which still retained the girl's warmth and unique fragrance.

He couldn't help but wonder, she wouldn't bring shower gel with her, right? But could the shower gel here actually have her own unique scent?

Haruhiko found it a little magical. He was sure that it was not the smell of perfume. No one would spray perfume on their body after taking a shower, unless she was not planning to go to bed yet.

But it was clearly the smell of shower gel, but every girl's smell was different. Suzuki Sonoko's smell was that of an adolescent girl, Sato Miwako's was a little more mature, and as for Mouri Ran... Conan was watching too closely and didn't have a chance to taste it carefully.

Haruhiko's curiosity prompted him to put his nose to the towel, where a few brown hairs were still stuck.

Taking a deep breath, Haruhiko discovered that the smell was indeed different from the shower gel he used, it was a smell that belonged exclusively to Haibara Ai.

at this time--

The door suddenly opened.

Huiyuan Ai stood at the door, the expression on her face was simply wonderful: "You...perverted guy!!"

"No, listen to my explanation, I just want to know..." Haruhiko hurried to explain, but Haibara Ai had already rushed over. She raised her leg and kicked, but Haruhiko blocked it with his hand.

But the slippers were too big and fell directly onto the bed.

Since the large slippers affected her performance, Haibara Ai simply took off the other slipper and walked barefoot on the floor.

With her armor off, Ai Haibara went all out, her white bare feet constantly falling on Haruhiko's body.

Haruhiko resisted while explaining:
"I just want to see what brand of shower gel this is..."

"Besides, you forgot it here..."

"I told you not to kick there! Do you still want to be a bride?!!"

Haruhiko's exaggerated shouts echoed in the room, and the rain outside the villa was getting heavier.

...

The next morning.

Haruhiko got up from the bed in a daze.

I don’t know if it’s the rainy season, but the rain outside the window not only didn’t stop but got heavier.

He thought about what he had to do today, to find Conan, expose the true identity of Mutsumi Nishikawa, and then exorcise the evil spirit.

Of course, before that, there are still a few doubts that need to be investigated.

Haruhiko went into the bathroom to wash and clean up, but he still felt a dull pain when he went to the toilet.

Damn it! This woman's kick was too ruthless. Haruhiko complained in his heart.

At this moment, there was a rapid knock on the door.

Haruhiko opened the door and saw the Junior Detective League standing outside with serious expressions.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to sleep in?" Haruhiko yawned.

Genta hurriedly said, "Brother Haruhiko, the doctor is missing too."

"Huh? When did it happen?"

"We couldn't find him when we woke up in the morning. We asked Miss Yamagishi and other servants, and they all said they didn't see the doctor." Mitsuhiko recounted the situation.

Haruhiko frowned. Could it be that he had also been captured and imprisoned by Nishikawa Mutsumi? But the professor shouldn't take the initiative to look for Conan, right?

Forget it, we can just rescue Conan together when we find him later.

Haruhiko comforted the Junior Detective League, took them to the restaurant for breakfast, and told Mamiya Mitsuru the news.

Mamiya Mitsuru was also surprised when he heard this. If a child got lost, it would be understandable, but the scientist was also lost. Could it be that while searching for treasure, he accidentally entered a secret room and couldn't get out?

Mamiya Mitsuru said that if the person is not found before tonight, he will ask someone to follow the search. Before that, we should just trust in Dr. Agasa's smart brain.

Haruhiko knew that he actually cared more about the treasure, and wanted to put some pressure on Dr. Agasa to help him find clues to the treasure.

So, after dinner, they returned to the room on the second floor where they could see the chessboard.

I opened the window and the drizzle was blown into the room by the wind.

The young detective team composed of Ayumu Mitsuhiko and Yoshihiko Yoshida gathered together with great interest, ready to start their great undertaking.

In their opinion, the continuous disappearance of Conan and the doctor directly put pressure on them, and this time they must demonstrate the ability of the Junior Detective Team.

The three little ones gathered at a window to discuss countermeasures. Haibara Ai walked to Haruhiko with her hands behind her back. She was still wearing the same sleeveless burgundy shirt today, but she had changed into shorts and socks.

Ai Huibara came over and whispered, "Now that the doctor has disappeared, what are you going to do next, great detective?"

"Don't worry, there shouldn't be any danger to their lives. As long as we find the secret about the treasure, we should be able to find them." Haruhiko said.

"How are you going to find it? With these children?"

Haruhiko: "I need to check some things first. Do you want to come with me?"

Haibara Ai shook her head, surprising Haruhiko. "No, I have to keep an eye on these guys. Edogawa is gone, and if I leave too, who knows how much trouble they'll cause."

Haruhiko frowned: "You want to go with them to look for clues to the treasure?"

Huiyuan Ai shrugged, her small, round shoulders a little dazzling: "If I don't do this, they probably won't stop."

Haruhiko glanced at the people arguing fiercely at the window and said, "Be careful with that Mamiya nobleman. He might be a problem."

Huiyuan Ai nodded: "Come to think of it, thank you so much for yesterday."

Haruhiko said, "It is my duty to protect my bride."

Huibara Ai rolled her eyes at him and said, "This time, everything depends on you. That Edogawa guy and the doctor are both missing, so I can only try my best not to let these little guys hold you back. All the pressure is on you. Are you nervous?"

Haruhiko smiled and said, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

"You seem very confident, great detective." Huiyuan Ai brushed the hair by her ear, "But if you come back and find that we are all missing, will you be scared and at a loss?"

Haruhiko squatted down and looked at Huibara Ai straight in the eye: "No matter where you are, I will definitely find your location."

Huiyuan Ai raised her nose: "This castle is so big, how can you be so sure you can find us?"

Haruhiko thought, "It's because I have cheats and know the plot." But of course, he couldn't say that, so he said it in a more tactful way.

"Because of you." Haruhiko said, "No matter where you are, I will definitely follow the smell to find you, Shirley~"

Haibara Ai's face flushed at his sudden bluntness, and she looked down at her toes: "How many women have you deceived with this?"

"I haven't succeeded yet, so I'm using you as a training ground." Haruhiko also smiled. "I wonder how effective it will be?"

"I'm afraid not." Huiyuan Ai raised her head and brushed the hair by her ear, then turned back into Shirley's posture. "I won't give you that chance, great detective. Just give up on this idea."

...

After parting with them, Haruhiko walked down the stairs to the second floor, where he found himself next to a huge portrait.

When I was halfway down the stairs, I saw the maid, Naomi Yamagishi, pushing a cart full of cleaning supplies past the front door.

"Good morning, Mr. Kousaka." Yamagishi Naomi greeted with a smile, and the freckles on her face trembled when she smiled.

"Good morning, Miss Yamagishi." Haruhiko smiled as he walked over. "Are you starting work so early?"

Naomi Yamagishi parked the cart. There were nearly ten kinds of rags on the cart, and the various cleaning agents were dazzling. It seemed that the job of a maid was not so easy.

"Of course, I have to make sure the wages are worth it." Yamagishi put his hands on his waist and panted. "It's been raining these past few days, so it's easy for moisture to accumulate indoors. It's even more important to clean it promptly."

Haruhiko: “That’s really hard work.”

"Actually, we are fine, but Mr. Tabata is in a terrible situation. Whenever it rains, he has to repair the roof of the castle," said Naomi Yamagishi.

"Repair the roof? Isn't he a gardener?" Haruhiko asked.

Yamagishi Naomi: "He's a veteran employee, he knows a bit about everything, and of course he gets paid a lot more than us."

Haruhiko nodded thoughtfully. When he thought of repairing the roof, he thought of the prop master Ryoichi Takahashi who hid Ikeda Chikako's head in his stomach. He wondered if Mr. Tabata had the same great prop skills as Takahashi.

However, it seems that people who can repair roofs have some secrets that outsiders don’t know, and Mr. Tabata is no exception. In fact, he is the first target of Haruhiko’s investigation today.

Haruhiko suddenly remembered why he had greeted her and quickly asked, "Ms. Yamagishi, do you have an umbrella I can lend you?"

"Are you going out? The umbrella is in that room." She pointed to the first room in the hallway on the first floor.

"Thank you. I want to go out for a walk. I especially like rainy days. The smell of rain is charming." Haruhiko said.

"You're truly special." Miss Yamagishi placed her hands on the stroller's handles. "Then I won't bother you. But it's best not to go too far. The mountains nearby have been known to slide when it rains too hard."

Haruhiko nodded and was about to get his umbrella when—

His eyes fell on Yamagishi Naomi's hand that was holding the cart, and he frowned.

He was busy eating and didn't notice it yesterday, but when he looked at her closely today, he found that her hands were covered with fine scars, as if they were cut with a sharp knife.

"Ms. Yamagishi, your hand?"

Yamagishi Naomi was a little embarrassed and put her hands into the sleeves of her maid uniform. "I did it when I was young. I was ignorant at that time and did a lot of things that I regret."

"It seems that you are also an experienced person." Haruhiko joked.

"It's not an experience at all. I cut myself with a knife after having a fight with my boyfriend when I was young. I regretted it within two days, but there's no way to get rid of the scar." Naomi Yamagishi spoke of her past experience in a self-deprecating tone, as if she had already walked out of that shadow.

Haruhiko didn't make any random comments, but just kept smiling.

On the other side, Naomi Yamagishi said, "You are such a gentle person."

"why do you say so?"

"Other people look at me with strange eyes when they see the scars on my hands. You are one of the few people with pure eyes."

Haruhiko smiled sheepishly: "It's not as good as you say."

"I won't bother you anymore." She said goodbye again.

This time, Haruhiko did not stop her. After watching her leave, he went to the storage room on the first floor, got a black umbrella, and walked out of the castle gate.

As soon as he walked out of the door, a strong wind carrying rain swept towards him.

Haruhiko quickly lowered the umbrella until the top touched his hair. Although this blocked most of the rain, his field of vision became relatively narrow, and he could only see a small section of the ground below his feet.

But this is enough. He originally planned to go to the flower garden to take a look today.

Haruhiko always felt that there was something wrong with the gardener Mr. Tabata. His reaction when he saw Genta yesterday and his attitude afterwards were a little too strange.

More importantly, Haruhiko sensed an ominous aura nearby, and coupled with the gardener Tabata's strange attitude, it was hard not to feel that there might be something wrong with this place.

All of this information is independent of the Nishikawa Mutsumi case, and this is the first time Haruhiko has encountered such a thing.

As a fan of mystery novels, he is actually a little excited now.

Walking along the path in front of the castle gate, Haruhiko turned back to look at the second-floor window as he passed by the huge chess piece on the grass.

I found that the Young Detectives were no longer there and the windows were closed tightly.

I hope Haibara Ai can keep an eye on these little guys.

Haruhiko continued walking forward and came to the flower garden near the iron fence. It was here that Genta was caught yesterday. The strange expression on Tabata's face at that time was combined with his subsequent reaction.

Haruhiko concluded that the key to solving the mystery might be found in this flower garden.

Haruhiko held an umbrella in his left hand and another in his right hand, but he didn't open it. He planned to use the umbrella as a self-defense weapon.

Because when you are alone investigating strange clues, there will always be malicious attackers who come to cause trouble.

Generally speaking, if the person being attacked is not the protagonist, he or she is likely to be killed the moment the truth is discovered, which further increases the murderer's terrifying nature.

But Haruhiko feels that he is the protagonist.

So he brought an umbrella, thinking that if the attacker really came to cause trouble, he would just chop him down.

However, the ribs of this umbrella are not made of alloy, but ordinary plastic. The last time I encountered the bandage monster on vacation with Suzuki Sonoko, the ribs of the umbrellas in the Suzuki family villa were all made of super hard alloy, the kind that could directly withstand an axe without bending.

From this perspective, the people in this castle are still far inferior to the Suzuki family.

Oh, I miss Miss Sonoko’s first day.

However, Haruhiko's skill panel now has an additional skill called [Street Fighting]. Perhaps when a real fight breaks out, this umbrella might prove to be very effective.

My eyes turned to the flower bed in front of me. This flower bed was planted with a kind of purple flower. I didn’t know what it was called, but it looked very beautiful.

Haruhiko tried his best not to step on the flowers and plants here. He used the umbrella in his hand to push aside the flowers and carefully checked if there were any strange traces nearby.

However, due to the strong wind and rain, Haruhiko could only lower the edge of the umbrella very low, and his vision was limited to the area from his toes to the edge of the umbrella, about 20 centimeters.

He stared at the scene below, not missing any trace, but after searching for a long time, he couldn't find any useful clues.

At this time, the rain was getting heavier, and he couldn't waste all his time here. Conan was still hungry, and it would take a lot of time to deal with Mutsumi Nishikawa.

Although it was a pity that his first active reasoning was unsuccessful, Haruhiko still planned to go back first so as not to delay the important matters.

But Qing Yan just turned around——

A pair of black rubber boots appeared in my field of vision, the kind that workers often wear when working, and they were covered with mud.

Haruhiko slowly raised the lowered umbrella edge, and the cold raindrops hit his face. He squinted his eyes to keep his vision and looked up along the black rubber shoes.

Above his black rubber boots were khaki overalls, convenient for work, with a number of tools stuffed into his pockets. His hands dangled from his thighs, his left clutching a gleaming knife, the other bandaged, blood seeping through the white bandages.

Looking up, the big nose on his face gives people a strong sense of oppression. His expression is calm, but it gives people the feeling that he will pounce on you with a knife in the next second.

"Mr. Kousaka, what are you looking for here?" asked the gardener Tabata.

Haruhiko thought to himself, I actually don’t know what I’m looking for here, but I want to get the answer from you, so you’d better tell me yourself so I don’t have to think about it.

But he had just searched here for a long time and couldn't find any clues, so he might not have any advantage in exchanging clues with the other party.

So Haruhiko directly activated Plan B, which he thought had a higher success rate—

He threw the open black umbrella directly at Tabata's huge nose.

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