The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"Thank you for your help, Professor Agasa!" Conan was overjoyed to receive the glasses from the professor.

However, when he saw the group of children who had become restless after seeing the castle, he helplessly complained to Professor Agasa with a long face, "But Professor, why did you bring those children with you?"

"This... hahaha..." Dr. Agasa chuckled awkwardly twice, without offering any explanation.

"It looks like a castle from a fairy tale!" Ayumi covered her cheeks, gazing enviously at the dreamlike castle before her.

"There must be a lot of treasures inside this castle!" Mitsuhiko and Genta muttered excitedly.

When Kogoro Mouri saw this group of unruly children, remembering their past reckless behavior just like Conan's, he warned them with a mixture of worry and anger, "We have serious business to attend to later, so you absolutely cannot go in!"

"Yes!"

"we know!"

To the surprise of Aragaki Yu and Conan, the three children readily agreed.

"Oh my, they answered so readily, there must be something wrong!" However, based on Conan's understanding of these children, he quickly figured it out.

These kids will definitely be doing something behind my back.

We'll have to trouble Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara to keep an eye on them.

Ai Haibara, however, did not focus her attention on the castle.

Aside from the fleeting look of amazement that crossed her eyes when she first saw the castle upon getting off the bus, she kept her thoughts on her older sister afterwards.

After giving a curt reply to Ran who had come over to greet her, Ai quietly moved in front of Aragaki Yu and Miyano Akemi when the others weren't looking.

"Good afternoon, Ayami-neechan!" Ai Haibara greeted Miyano Akemi sweetly, then hesitated for a moment before looking at Aragaki Yu, "And Aragaki-nii-san..."

However, he seemed a little reluctant to call out "Brother Aragaki".

Meanwhile, Ran, who was not far away, suddenly felt a little deflated when she saw Ai Haibara's cold response to her and the unintentional sense of closeness that she exuded towards Akemi Miyano and Yuu Aragaki.

For some reason, this little girl named Ai Haibara doesn't seem to like herself very much.

Of course, it's not that she dislikes herself; rather, she seems cold and aloof to everyone.

She only acts like an ordinary little girl when she's with Aragaki Yuu and Masami.

"Is there something I did wrong?" Xiaolan pondered, resting her chin on her hand.

Chapter 381 Ai Haibara's "Girlish Heart"

It seems that the Junior Detective League isn't the only group of kids who are very interested in the treasure.

Not long after, Mr. Inui, who had said he needed some time to prepare and had not traveled with the others, finally arrived late in his own vehicle.

When everyone noticed the huge backpack on his back, they immediately realized that these were probably the things he had specially prepared.

It seems that Mr. Inui has quite a plan regarding the treasures in this castle.

After Mr. Sawabe, the butler, opened the castle gates, everyone, led by Ms. Natsumi Kosaka, officially stepped into the castle.

Just before Conan stepped through the door, he ran to Professor Agasa and Ai Haibara, reminding them to keep a close eye on the Junior Detective League members outside.

The doctor readily agreed.

However, Ai Haibara's reaction was somewhat unexpected for Conan.

Ai Haibara, who thought Conan would have no interest in such activities, resolutely refused his request.

Contrary to her usual behavior, she handed over the task of taking care of the children entirely to Professor Agasa, and then followed Aragaki Yu into the villa without looking back.

Should she stay outside and watch the child?

What a joke!

Knowing full well that the internationally wanted criminal Scrooge might be in this villa, how could she just stand by and watch her sister go in alone!

What if Aragaki Yu and the others fail to protect their older sister?

Of course, as she passed by a somewhat bewildered Conan, she didn't forget to offer her excuse, "What girl wouldn't want to go inside and visit such a dreamlike castle, Great Detective?"

Conan: "Huh?!"

Conan was momentarily stunned by Ai Haibara's reaction, which was so out of character for a cool and aloof scientist.

He didn't come to his senses until Kogoro Mouri started urging him.

Amidst the disapproving looks from Mitsuhiko and the other children, he gave Professor Agasa another instruction before hurriedly running into the castle.

After everyone stepped into the castle.

Kogoro Mouri frowned involuntarily as he looked at the little girl named Ai Haibara who was silently following behind Yu Aragaki.

He was about to say something when he realized that Yuya Aragaki, whose clothes were being held by Ai Haibara, had no intention of seeing her out.

Furthermore, after recalling the little girl's maturity and composure beyond her years, he ultimately swallowed the idea of ​​kicking her out.

Although he is just a child.

But no matter what, he's much more reliable than that brat Conan, right...?

In the end, Kojiro Mori could only ask Mr. Sawabe to lock the villa's door to prevent those little devils from sneaking in again.

On the contrary, Akemi Miyano looked at Ai Haibara with some concern and said, "Ai, why don't you wait for us outside? There might be bad guys in this castle!"

However, after noticing Ai Haibara's pitiful head-shaking expression, Akemi Miyano softened and took her hand, saying, "Then you must stay obediently by my and Aragaki-nii's side and not run around!"

"I understand, Yami-neechan!" Just as Ai Haibara was excitedly holding her sister's hand, she heard the "click-click" sound of cameras clicking from the side.

When she turned her head with some confusion, she found Yuu Aragaki smiling broadly as he took photos with his phone.

The subject of the photograph was herself.

"!!!"

Suddenly realizing the expression she had just made, Ai Haibara became somewhat exasperated. "This guy, does he have some serious illness?"

However, in front of her sister, Ai Haibara couldn't really say anything, so she could only puff out her cheeks and glare fiercely at Yuu Aragaki.

Hopefully, this guy will behave himself.

However, despite Ai Haibara's fierce yet adorable gaze, Yu Aragaki cheerfully pressed the shutter button again.

"lucky!"

Three more photos worth treasuring—

Ai Haibara looking pitiful.jpg

Ai Haibara. (Image showing obvious joy)

Ai Haibara. I'm angry.jpg

……

Next, led by Ms. Natsumi Kosaka and Mr. Sawabe, the butler, the group began to tour the entire castle.

There is a knight's quarters decorated with countless exquisite suits of armor and tapestries.

It has a luxurious yet comfortable interior, a favorite haunt of older women.

There is also the Emperor's Room, which is decorated with many valuable objects.

Just as Mr. Sawabe was introducing the Emperor's Room to everyone, art dealer Inui Shoichi suddenly left first, citing the excuse of needing to urinate.

Whether it was a genuine urgency to urinate or something else, Aragaki Yu noticed the impatient look in his eyes.

As soon as Qian Jiang stepped out of the Emperor's Room and closed the door, he couldn't wait to run wildly down the corridor, panting as he ran to the Noblewoman's Room that he had visited earlier.

The walls of the noblewoman's room were covered with numerous picture frames.

After putting down his backpack, Mr. Inui hurriedly began to examine the wall behind the paintings.

Only after he lifted the lid of a portrait and saw the safe hidden behind it did he finally reveal a cunning smile, "Hehehe, just as I expected!"

After finding the safe, he didn't announce it to anyone else. Instead, he searched for lock-picking tools in his backpack.

Clearly, they have some ulterior motives regarding the treasures hidden here.

……

However, not long after, the group, who were still touring the Emperor's Chamber, suddenly heard a male scream coming from another room.

That sounded like Mr. Inui, who had just run out to use the restroom.

Everyone was immediately taken aback.

Fearing that Mr. Qianjiang might be attacked by Shi Kaobing, everyone hurriedly ran towards the direction from which the sound came.

However, when everyone ran to the door of the noblewoman's room and pushed it open, they saw Mr. Inui Shoichi lying on the ground, panting heavily.

To everyone's astonishment, countless sharp swords were hanging from the head of Qian Jiangyi, who was lying on the ground.

His hand was firmly pressed against the safe inside the wall, clearly because he was thinking of retrieving the jewelry inside.

Mr. Sawabe, the butler, was not at all surprised by this situation.

He calmly walked forward, took out his key, and skillfully unlocked the lock on the wrist of the person handcuffed inside the safe.

This is clearly not the first time we've encountered this situation.

He glanced helplessly at Mr. Inui, who had just escaped with his life, and then pointedly reminded him, "This is an anti-theft mechanism that the master specially made 80 years ago. There are many such mechanisms in the castle. Sir, please be careful when you go to the restroom."