The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

The mere mention of this made Yukiko Kudo feel a surge of anger.

Her brows furrowed slightly, but she knew very well that the employees were doing their job and that the mistake could not be blamed on them.

After letting out a soft sigh, Yukiko Kudo had no choice but to continue explaining the situation: "So Yusaku and I had to take two different trains, one after the other. Yusaku took the Hokutosei No. 1, and I took this Hokutosei No. 3. As for the Hokutosei No. 5, which is scheduled to depart today, we both felt that it was unlikely to be taken because it only passes through that tunnel during the day."

"I see, after all, nighttime is more suitable for committing crimes, right?" Aragaki Yuu undeniably agreed with their view on this point.

"By the way, since the culprit's crime plan was modeled after Mr. Kudo's novel, Yukiko-neechan, what method did the culprit use to commit this crime?"

At this moment, Yuu Aragaki suddenly remembered the most crucial point in the current situation. After all, once the perpetrator's modus operandi was known, a little deduction would immediately reveal who the culprit was.

"Ah? Well..."

Unexpectedly, after hearing this question, Yukiko Kudo's expression turned strange, and she looked hesitant and embarrassed.

"..."

Yuu Aragaki covered his forehead in exasperation, looking at Yukiko Kudo sitting opposite him with an awkward smile. He was truly at a loss for words.

Judging from Yukiko's words, Kudo Yusaku had completely forgotten the criminal's modus operandi in the novel.

This……

So, this Izumo store manager was definitely killed off by the plot.

He used his vibrant life to forcibly become a small part of the story of his past life.

"Haha, there's nothing we can do about it!" To ease the awkward atmosphere in the private room, Yukiko Kudo quickly tried to explain for Yusaku.

Chapter 269 The mission target is dead, what's the point of the mission?

"After all, that novel was written by Yusaku ten years ago, and when it was stolen, he had only written half of it, so he doesn't remember it now."

Estimating that the police outside would soon be searching the private room, Yukiko Kudo put her wig back on while defending Yusaku Kudo.

"What? The novel was stolen?"

A slight sense of surprise crossed Aragaki Yu's mind. It was actually surprising that someone would choose to steal an unfinished novel instead of gold and silver treasures.

Could it be that the thief is a huge fan of Yusaku Kudo?

Yukiko Kudo took out her cosmetics from her handbag.

Then, she casually stuffed a small makeup mirror into Aragaki Yu's hand, gesturing for him to hold it up, and explained to him, "Yes, Yusaku entrusted his unfinished manuscript to the editorial department for safekeeping. Unexpectedly, when the editorial department went to the bank, they encountered robbers, and the robbers stole the manuscript and his suitcase together."

"A robber?" Yuu Aragaki, holding a small mirror, stared slightly at Yukiko Kudo, who was starting to put on makeup and disguise herself again. "Could this robber be...?"

“That’s right.” Yukiko Kudo paused her makeup routine slightly, shifted her gaze from the small mirror to Yu Aragaki, and nodded in confirmation of his guess. “There were three robbers in total, and the one who led them was Asama Yasuji, the culprit who robbed the jewelry store this time.”

Just then, a commotion seemed to rise in the driveway outside the private room.

Fearing something might have happened outside, Yukiko Kudo's expression changed slightly, and she immediately quickened her makeup routine.

Yu Aragaki also consciously shut his mouth and stopped disturbing her makeup change.

It must be said that Yukiko Kudo's disguise skills are just as good as Kaito Kuroba's, both being equally pleasing to the eye.

However, in that case, as a disciple accepted by Kaito Kuroba on behalf of his master, I should probably call Yukiko Kudo "senior sister".

……

Fortunately, it didn't take long before Yukiko Kudo was able to reappear as Fumiyo Akechi.

They quietly opened the door a crack, and after confirming that no one had noticed what was happening, the two quickly slipped out of the private room.

Yuu Aragaki looked towards the end of the aisle and saw that the police, who had been searching the private rooms, and everyone else were now crowded in that area. Clearly, the commotion had come from there.

Amidst the crowd, the train conductor, somewhat flustered, explained the situation to Officer Nishimura: "I'm sorry, officer, the passengers in the other carriages are starting to get restless. Could we take the train to the station first?"

Officer Nishimura, with a stern face, flatly rejected the train conductor's suggestion: "How can that be? No one can move until all the carriages have been checked, and the murderer could very well have thrown the evidence out the window."

While everyone's attention was focused on Officer Nishimura and the train conductor, Aragaki Yu quickly blended into the crowd and quietly walked up to Miyano Akemi's side.

Akemi Miyano, who had come to the train with Yu Aragaki, had naturally noticed his disappearance long ago.

However, knowing that Aragaki Yu had a mission, she didn't make a fuss.

Instead, he quietly lagged behind everyone, afraid of making any noise that would attract everyone's attention.

"How was it, Aragaki-kun? Did you complete the mission? Did you gather any information?" Miyano Akemi whispered in Aragaki Yu's ear.

She still believes that Aragaki Yuu took advantage of everyone's attention being drawn to the case to complete the task assigned by Gin.

"Huh? A mission?"

Upon hearing this, Aragaki Yu was slightly taken aback. Only then did he remember that he still had work to do on this train!

"..."

Then, Yuu Aragaki carefully recalled the image of Keitaro Izumo, who had become a cold, lifeless corpse lying on the floor of the train car where the incident occurred.

Then she turned to look at Miyano Akemi with a somewhat blank expression, blinking her clear eyes at her: "But, that guy is already dead, is there really any need to collect any more information?"

"Uh, this..." Miyano Akemi was also confused for a moment.

She had only intended to quickly and perfunctorily complete the task assigned by Gin, completely ignoring the necessity of handing over this intelligence to Gin.

……

It turned out that it had happened just the day before.

Gin was furious and embarrassed after discovering that he had been swindled out of his medical expenses by Aragaki Yu.

The thought of myself working myself to the bone every day for the future of the organization is unbearable.

Meanwhile, his downline, Shinju, did no work but still received monthly funding from the organization.

Not satisfied with that, they even dared to come here today to swindle and cheat me.

Gin suddenly felt resentful.

It was at this very moment that Gin noticed a mission message on his phone.

Within the intricate network of influence that the organization has developed.

A mayor named Ishimaki Akishige faces a formidable opponent in the next election and hopes the organization can help resolve the situation.

Gin originally had no intention of dealing with this mission.

To the organization, a mere mayor like Kojiro Ishimatsu was nothing more than an insignificant fellow.

Even if he fails to win re-election, the organization only needs to silence him and find a new target.

After all, finding a new one is much simpler than using the organization's power to help Kojiro Ishimatsu complete his re-election.

Moreover, the organization doesn't need useless people who can't even handle such simple matters.

Gin had already planned to eliminate Ishizumi Kojiro immediately after his re-election failed.

As a result, Gin suddenly discovers that his job involves collecting dirt on Ishii Kojima's rivals in the next mayoral election.

It's not very dangerous, it doesn't involve much involvement with the organization, and most importantly, it's time-consuming and laborious.

There's no better job than this for Aragaki Yu to do.

You can't expect your boss to be running around doing all the work while your subordinates just sit around counting money.

……

Thus, Gin successfully passed this task on to Yuu Aragaki.

Akemi Miyano, who was assigned to Yuu Aragaki by Gin, naturally also participated in this mission.

An investigation was conducted into the dirt on Ishizumo Keitaro, Ishizumo's biggest rival in the mayoral election, completely eliminating any possibility of Keitaro's election success.

Of course, Gin also subtly reminded Aragaki Yu that if there was no dirt on him, then the simplest thing to do was to create some dirt on Izumo Keitaro.

Chapter 270 Bah, shameless!

"!!!"

While struggling with her own thoughts, Miyano Akemi suddenly noticed the woman walking behind Aragaki Yu.

Her eyes narrowed, and she stared suspiciously at the strange woman, her brows furrowing involuntarily.

Just now, was Aragaki Yu coming out of the private room with this woman?

Is it possible...

For some unknown reason, Miyano Akemi glared fiercely at Aragaki Yu beside her, and unconsciously snorted coldly at him.

She then turned her face away and decided to ignore Aragaki Yu.

('◇')?

His expression left Aragaki Yu completely bewildered.

I don't know what I did to suddenly make Akemi Miyano angry.

On the contrary, when Kudo Yukiko saw this situation, she immediately understood what was going on.

The corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly, and she even gave Aragaki Yu a meaningful look.

This scene caught Miyano Akemi's eye, who thought that Akemi dared to flirt with Aragaki Yu in front of everyone, and she became even more furious.