The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Seven twenty.

Is there a problem with this timing?

When his gaze swept over Masahiko Dosaku, who had just entered the room, a glint suddenly flashed in Conan's eyes.

They only ran into the hotel because they didn't see their group outside.

How could it have taken so long?

Moreover, his shirt and trousers were completely soaked, and the trouser legs were covered in mud, which made him even more suspicious.

To confirm something, Conan walked up to Dokyo Masahiko without hesitation and, in a childlike tone, looked up and asked, "Dokyo-nii, what happened to you?"

"Oh, my car stalled on the way," said Masahiko Dosaku, looking down at his wet clothes. "I was worried about being late, so I tried to run back as fast as I could, but I tripped and fell on the way. I'm so sorry I'm late."

"Brother Daoxie, could you take off your shirt?" Conan still doubted Daoxie Masahiko.

First of all, the reason why he was so late and why he was soaked from head to toe might be to cover up the traces of rain when he escaped through the window.

In short, it is highly suspicious.

"Huh?" Masahiko Dokyo was clearly taken aback when he heard Conan's request.

"I just wanted to see your arm!" Conan explained.

"Conan!" Ran grumbled, pulling Conan back. She was clearly annoyed by his impolite behavior.

"I don't know what you want to do." Daoxie Masahiko hesitated for a moment, still looking puzzled, but finally took off his shirt. "What do you want to do by looking at my arm?"

However, there were no teeth marks on his arm as if Sonoko had bitten him.

"Strange, this shouldn't be!" After confirming this, Conan became even more puzzled. "Could it be that Mr. Daoxie really isn't the culprit?"

……

"But what exactly is going on?" Makoto Kyogoku asked the people in the room, somewhat puzzled.

At the same time, a puzzled expression appeared on Dokyo Masahiko's face.

"A man sneaked into our room through that window, ransacked our luggage, and even attacked Sonoko when she happened to come back!" Ran pointed to the window on the balcony and said angrily, "Luckily, Aragaki arrived in time, and that guy managed to escape through the window without taking anything."

“I think it must have been the work of a thief,” Makoto Kyogoku walked to the balcony outside the window and looked out, then explained to everyone, “This kind of thing has happened once before.”

"Has this happened before? Why didn't you tell us?!" Upon hearing this, Sonoko glared at Makoto Kyogoku and questioned him.

At this moment, she was filled with resentment towards Makoto Kyogoku for arranging for her to live in such a dangerous room.

“I already told you!” Kyogoku Makoto gave Sonoko a strange look before silently closing the balcony window. “Didn’t I tell you to lock all the doors and windows?”

"I……"

Sonoko was about to explain something when she was interrupted by Makoto Kyogoku's words.

"Besides, at this time of day, you probably wouldn't wear such revealing clothes that show your midriff so often!"

"Huh?" Sonoko was taken aback, wondering what this had to do with the clothes she was wearing.

"Isn't this blatantly inviting others to attack you?" Makoto Kyogoku turned around, looked Sonoko up and down, and said indifferently, "I don't think this kind of outfit suits you either."

"What are you saying! This is my favorite outfit!" Sonoko was even more dissatisfied after hearing Kyogoku Makoto's words.

It was as if an unnamed fire had ignited in my heart.

Just as Sonoko was glaring at Makoto Kyogoku, with a look that suggested she wanted to devour him.

Taking advantage of the moment, Dokyo Masahiko leaned close to Sonoko's ear and winked at her, complimenting her, "Never mind him, I think you look charming no matter what you wear, of course, yukata and swimsuit too!"

Chapter 314 Kyogoku Makoto's Utter Defeat

Aragaki Yu: "..."

Looking at Dokyo Masahiko, who was fawning over the garden.

And then there's Makoto Kyogoku, who said something strange and then silently squatted down to help pack his luggage.

Aragaki Yu could only sigh softly.

Having somehow escaped from the Yin-Yang Realm, the Snow Woman perched on Aragaki Yu's shoulder shook her head helplessly, "Sigh, utter defeat..."

"What are you doing?"

After Ran Mouri snapped out of her daze at Makoto Kyogoku's strange remarks, she noticed him squatting down to help them pack their luggage.

"I'll help you change rooms." Makoto Kyogoku picked up a packed package, handed it to Ran, and continued, "We'll move you to another empty room. Of course, if you want to spend the night in this room that has been broken into, that's a different story."

"Uh..." Xiaolan immediately cowered, blinking her beady eyes in confusion, "I don't want to..."

“I think it’s better to avoid going out and eat in the hotel restaurant.” As he spoke, Makoto Kyogoku picked up the heaviest bag and walked outside, preparing to lead them to their new room. “That man might still be lurking somewhere, waiting for his chance.”

Hearing the seriousness with which Kyogoku Makoto spoke, Sonoko immediately became worried. She turned guiltily to Ran behind her and asked, "What do you think, Ran?"

"Let's eat here then!" Xiaolan said with a shrug, since she wasn't really interested in eating out on a rainy day.

Moreover, she felt a little scared of the man who had sneaked into the room.

……

More than half an hour later.

Everyone was already seated around the table in the hotel restaurant to eat.

"You know what, the food here is actually quite delicious!" Sonoko exclaimed, squinting her eyes after taking a bite of sashimi.

"Yes, if we had known it would be like this, we would have eaten here last night too!" Xiaolan also affirmed the restaurant's quality.

Sitting next to him, Yuu Aragaki nodded in agreement. At least in terms of ingredients, the food was indeed very fresh and delicious.

"Thank you for the compliment." Suddenly, Makoto Kyogoku appeared at the table and handed a plate of cantaloupe to Ran, who was closest to him. "Of course, if you can make a reservation in advance, you can enjoy even more delicious seafood dishes."

"Huh, we don't think we ordered this!" Ran was a little stunned when she saw the cantaloupe that Makoto Kyogoku suddenly placed in front of her.

“Of course, we don’t charge extra for this.” Makoto Kyogoku then handed the other plates to Yuu Aragaki, Conan, Masahiko Dokyo, and Sonoko. “However, please don’t go around telling everyone that there have been thieves at our hotel.”

After saying that, Makoto Kyogoku turned and left the dining table.

"Yes, yes, yes, of course we won't say that your hotel has a lingerie thief with a knife, oh well!" Sonoko rolled her eyes and said irritably as she watched Makoto Kyogoku leave.

It was only then that Sonoko brought up the fact that the guy who had just sneaked into the room was carrying a knife.

"Holding a knife!?" Ran suddenly looked at Sonoko in shock.

“Yes!” Sonoko nodded in affirmation. “It was because a little light shone through the cracks in the window and door that I noticed he was holding a knife, and the knife was even gleaming!”

"What?! That's too dangerous!" Xiaolan couldn't help but exclaim.

Conan suddenly lowered his head and began to think with a serious expression.

For some reason, he suddenly thought of the brown-haired woman who had been stabbed to death by a prisoner in the woods beside the railway tracks during the day.

Could it be that this and that murder were committed by the same perpetrator?

Moreover, this prisoner is the same person who stabbed the brown-haired woman in the abdomen here a year ago.

But even so, why did he attack Sonoko?

Conan looked at Sonoko, who was describing the dangerous situation to Ran, with a puzzled expression.

But when his gaze fell upon Aragaki Yu beside him, he found him looking thoughtfully at the man named Dokichi Masahiko.

Could it be that Aragaki Yuya also suspects Dokyo Masahiko?

Suddenly, Conan realized something—

Indeed, the fact that someone would deliberately choose to approach Sonoko instead of Ran is highly suspicious.

Regardless of that person's perspective or motives!

(Kyogoku Makoto: "...")

Could it be that they chose to attack Sonoko because she also has brown hair?

This is too impossible!

Wait, Sonoko just said that the thugs who attacked him were rummaging through our luggage.

What might be in our luggage that would attract his attention?

Wait a minute, could it be a camera?!

Could it be that the camera in the garden captured something extraordinary, which is why the thief was determined to steal it?

"Sonoko-neechan..." Just as Conan was about to speak.

"Hey Sonoko, did you bring your camera with you?"

Suddenly, Aragaki Yu, who had been observing Dokyo Masahiko from the sidelines, spoke up.

"!!!"

Conan stared blankly at Aragaki Yuu beside him, "Why did this guy steal my lines again!?"

However, if that's the case, it seems that Aragaki Yu has thought of the same thing as me.

Sonoko's camera must have captured something related to that murder case.

“The camera!” Sonoko thought for a moment and then answered, “I just checked my luggage, and the camera is still in my bag, but it looks like someone opened the film compartment.”