The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

After eating and drinking their fill, the refreshed juvenile detectives began to report their findings to Yuu Aragaki.

"...That means there are now five households that are suspected..."

"And among these, only four families have their surnames listed." Perhaps because the investigation had already begun, even Conan, who originally had no interest, became engrossed in it.

"Oh? Which families are they? Maybe I know, but I might not?" Aragaki Yu pointed to the photos in the phone book on his phone screen.

Upon seeing this, Conan immediately realized why Aragaki Yu had appeared carrying a bag of ice cream.

Oh, so you just happened to be at the convenience store looking up the phone book.

Finally, after combining the information gathered by both sides, the only remaining possibility was the Ishida family in room 705, which was still uncertain.

The remaining two who fit the criteria are Masakazu Shima and Asuka Shima in room 305.

In addition, Uehara Akihiko and Uehara Satomi, who live in room 605, have names that start with A and M respectively, but because their surnames are reversed, they do not match the MtoA on the woman's ring.

Chapter 411 SOS (3)

At Conan's suggestion, the group decided to check out the rooms first.

The group first took the elevator to the 6th floor and arrived at the door of room 605.

"This is the house where A and M are reversed," Mitsuhiko explained to everyone, looking at his detective notebook.

"Yeah, I made a mistake when I came over just now," Yuan Tai said, pointing to himself, somewhat embarrassed.

Not long after Aragaki Yu rang the doorbell,

The door was opened a crack.

Then, a long-haired woman in a green coat poked her head out with a gloomy expression and looked at the people outside the door. "Is there something you need?"

She seemed to be in a bad mood because the doorbell had bothered her.

Upon seeing the woman's hostile expression in the room, the members of the Junior Detective Club were all startled and instinctively took a step back, hiding behind Aragaki Yu.

Ai Haibara stood beside Yu Aragaki, her face cold and expressionless.

"Hello, Auntie!" Conan was clearly startled, but he still managed a forced smile and greeted her. "Actually, we're doing a social research assignment on everyday life that the school gave us!"

Upon hearing this, the woman frowned at Conan and said, "What research? I can't hear you clearly."

"We're currently investigating Japanese surnames," Conan said with an awkward laugh. "Do you know the name of Mr. Ishida's wife, who lives upstairs?"

"How would I possibly know the names of the people living upstairs?" the woman said impatiently, then slammed the door shut without paying any attention to the children's reactions.

"This auntie is really fierce..." Genta muttered awkwardly.

"Then let's go to his room and take a look!" Mitsuhiko was also a little scared.

……

After discussing it for a while, the group decided to go upstairs to check the situation first.

However, Yuu Aragaki did not go into the elevator with the children. "You guys go upstairs first, I'm going to the public restroom on the first floor."

Using the excuse of needing to urinate, Aragaki Yu stayed on the sixth floor and walked back to room 604.

However, judging from Ai Haibara, who was still following behind him, his words did not fool everyone.

"So you're going to someone's house to use the bathroom?" Ai Haibara said with a playful tone after noticing that Yuu Aragaki had noticed her.

Yuu Aragaki smiled but didn't say anything more.

"So?" Ai Haibara continued, seeing that Yuu Aragaki remained silent. "What did you discover?"

“The shoes, the shoes in the shoe cabinet are not right.” Aragaki Yu explained to Haibara Ai, “Those women’s shoes displayed there are obviously not the same size as the shoes she is wearing.”

"Maybe they're just shoes belonging to a guest at home?" Ai Haibara said casually.

"Would you really have so many guests wearing the same shoe size come to your house at the same time?"

"..."

Ai Haibara was taken aback by Yu Aragaki's rhetorical question.

dong dong dong~

After a knock, the door to room 604 was opened again.

"what happened again!?"

The woman's attitude clearly worsened.

She peeked through the crack in the open door and that's when she noticed the handsome young man outside.

He appeared to be the one who had just been following behind those children.

For some reason, the woman's voice softened instinctively after seeing the boy's face clearly, "Who are you? Is there anything else?"

"Excuse me, actually I'm the guardian of those kids!" Despite Ai Haibara's disgusted expression, Yu Aragaki ruffled her hair and explained, "Actually, I felt that those kids accidentally disturbed your party with your friends, so I wanted to apologize to you."

"No...it's okay." The woman's tone softened noticeably.

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I'd like to ask you for a favor." Aragaki Yu suddenly smiled at the woman in the room.

"W-what's wrong?" The woman was taken aback when she saw the slight upturn of the boy's lips.

"Actually, this little girl has an upset stomach and wants to use your bathroom," Aragaki Yu said slowly.

∑(O_O;)

However, Ai Haibara, who overheard these words, was stunned.

what? !

Weren't you the one who just said you needed to go to the restroom?

How did this become me?

Bah, man!

However, despite thinking this, Ai Haibara still subconsciously did as Yu Aragaki said, clutching her stomach and looking pitifully at the woman in the room.

Even Yuu Aragaki was taken aback by Ai Haibara's acting skills and silently gave her a thumbs up in his heart.

It has to be said that compared to Conan's exaggerated acting, Ai Haibara's acting as a child is clearly much more masterful.

However, all she got in return was a beautiful eye roll from Ai Haibara.

"!!!"

The woman, who had just come to her senses after hearing Aragaki Yu's words, suddenly looked flustered.

"Excuse me, it's a little inconvenient..." The woman seemed unwilling to continue the argument, and said coldly as she closed the door.

However, just as the door was about to close, she found that she couldn't pull it open.

She looked up in surprise and found that it was the boy outside the door who suddenly reached out and grabbed the door.

His expression didn't change even after the other person refused his request; he still wore a faint smile. "Is it because we're disturbing you and you have guests at home?"

"No, no..." The woman looked at the smile on the boy's face, and a sudden, inexplicable panic gripped her. "It's just because the bathroom at home happened to be broken..."

However, before she could finish speaking, the door was suddenly pulled open.

"That's perfect, I know how to fix it!"

Amidst the woman's panicked expression, Aragaki Yu explained with a smile.

"You!" The woman's face suddenly turned gloomy and fierce as she looked at the boy who was about to enter the room.

"boom!"

With a muffled groan, before Ai Haibara outside the door could even react, she saw the woman fall to the ground.

And in her hand she was holding a dagger that she had pulled out at some point.

Aragaki Yu shook off his hand that had just been on the woman's neck and calmly reminded her, "Ai, call the police."

Haibara Ai:"……"

While Ai Haibara was still in a daze, Aragaki had already found a woman in the toilet whose hands and feet were tied and whose mouth was gagged.

After Yuu Aragaki helped her remove the tape from her mouth, Ai Haibara learned that the imprisoned woman was actually the mistress of the room, Satomi Uehara.

The ring and S-shaped hook they found downstairs were the ones she had secretly picked up with her mouth and thrown out of the bathroom window when the man wasn't looking.

Unfortunately, Satomi Uehara's little tricks were quickly discovered by that woman.

Therefore, not only was the open toilet window closed, but a piece of tape was also put over their mouths.

Looking at Satomi Uehara, who had already been rescued, Ai Haibara seemed somewhat bewildered.

Although the dagger that suddenly appeared in the woman's hand and her obviously strange expression just now both indicated that there was something seriously wrong with her.

However, she still felt something was off about how the matter had been resolved so easily.

This guy……

Wow, that was fast!

Chapter 412 The First Appearance of the Witch