The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

There's no reason why Hakuba Saguru could get a driver's license so easily.

Yuu Aragaki didn't believe that Hakuba Saguru, the son of Superintendent Hakuba, would knowingly break the law by driving without a license.

(Heiji Hattori: "Heh...")

Is it possible...

Is there some kind of insider channel for minors to obtain a driver's license?

“No, that’s not mine.” Hakuba Saguru shook his head and explained, “I had a taxi bring me here.”

Unlike Conan, Hakuba Saguru stated that he would absolutely not take the blame if it wasn't his fault.

Because her car broke down halfway there, Senma Kazuyo rode in Kogoro Mouri's car to the Twilight Villa.

So, all things considered, there should have been four cars, but now there are five cars burning in the yard.

At this moment, the maid followed everyone out of the villa. Looking at the Mercedes-Benz that everyone was discussing, she whispered, "Oh, that Mercedes-Benz must be the master's car. Because when I arrived at the villa this morning, it was already parked there."

"So, there really are other people in this villa besides us!" Xiaolan muttered nervously.

“Yes, that’s certainly possible.” Ikumi Gunta nodded, then looked at the maid and asked, “So how did you get here?”

“I drove here… but Master instructed me to park the car at the back door.” As she said this, the maid bit her thumbnail with a hint of heartache. “Now it seems it was probably burned along with the car.”

"Um!?"

The detectives were visibly taken aback when they heard what the maid said.

Immediately following Conan's seemingly unintentional suggestion that "the car parked in the backyard might be fine," the group immediately took off running towards the backyard.

Guided by the maid, the group passed through the corridors of the courtyard and the annex, turned left to the end, and pushed open the back door to enter the backyard.

Sure enough, in a corner of the villa's backyard, they found the maid's yellow car, which was still intact.

"..."

Although everyone was hoping that the maid's car would be unharmed.

However, once everyone realized that the car hadn't actually been blown up, the detectives became suspicious.

Was it really because the owner of the villa was careless that such a car was deliberately left behind?

At this point, everyone became even more vigilant, because no matter how you looked at it, the car seemed to be covered in the word "conspiracy".

Without much thought, Kogoro Mouri immediately went over, opened the car door, and scanned the inside and outside of the car, but found no obvious traces of explosives.

Even though a general inspection revealed no problems with this strange car, it still gave off a suspicious feeling no matter how you looked at it.

However, since most of the people present were detectives, they all had some reckless ideas to some extent.

then--

Chima Kazuyo was the first to open the passenger door. "Let's go see if the bridge was really blown up as he said!"

Seeing Chima Kazuyo immediately wanting to sit in the passenger seat, Aragaki Yu instinctively wanted to shout out one word—"Call shotgun!"

However, he smacked his lips once and then held back.

Harufumi Mogi, who had originally planned to run into the woods, also had this idea, so he approached the car and said, "I'm happy to accompany you."

"Me too." Hakuba Saguru and Mouri Kogoro naturally came over as well.

Even Conan subconsciously leaned towards the back door, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"What are you doing?" Senma Kazuyo shook her head with a smile. "If there are too many people on the boat, it might sink."

"Yeah, who knows, we might become ghosts on the ship before we even catch that guy."

Although Hakuba Saguru said this, he showed no sign of giving up on going there.

"Well... in that case, let's decide who goes by flipping a coin!" Conan thought for a moment and then suggested the only way that might get him on the bus.

After all, if it were any other way, these detectives would never have allowed a child like me to get on the bus.

This approach seems to be fairly fair.

Therefore, since no one voluntarily gave up getting on the bus, no one raised any objections.

"I happen to have a few coins on me." Conan said, taking out his wallet from his pocket and pouring the coins onto the flat hood of the car.

"Oh my, you little one are quite clever!" Standing next to the passenger seat, Chima Kyoudai was the first to pick out a ten-yen coin.

The other detectives who wanted to go along also joined in.

"Then only those who roll a winning number can take a car to inspect the suspension bridge," Mogi Harufumi explained to the crowd after picking up the last coin.

Just as Conan was about to agree, Aragaki Yu suddenly appeared behind him and patted his head.

Then, taking advantage of Conan turning around to look at him, he seized the five hundred yen coin from his hand and said, "The little kid can just stay here obediently."

Conan: "!!!"

Then, he took the shocked Conan and brought him to Ran and Akemi Miyano's side, instructing them to keep a close eye on the child.

By the time Conan realized what was happening, he found himself firmly holding Ran's hand, unable to resist. "Damn it!"

Yuu Aragaki and several detectives simultaneously flicked the coin high into the air.

However, as Aragaki Yu's coin spun in the air, the snow woman who had been sitting on his shoulder followed his instructions and turned the coin to the pattern side just as it was about to fall onto the back of his hand.

Cheating?

How can it be called cheating if no one notices?

He even glanced at the detectives around him while flipping the coin.

On the contrary, he saw through the little actions of Senma Kazuyo and Mogi Harufumi.

As for Kogoro Mouri, although no suspicious activity was detected, Yuu Aragaki didn't think that Kaito Kuroba wouldn't do something underhanded.

"Pah, a bunch of dishonest guys."

Aragaki Yu silently condemned them in his heart.

After everyone had tossed the coins, they all stretched out their hands covering the coins to the center of the room, and then, in front of everyone, they simultaneously unveiled them.

Unsurprisingly, the coins on the back of their hands that showed the pattern belonged to Kogoro Mouri, Kazuyo Senma, Harufumi Mogi, and Yuu Aragaki, who had cheated.

This time, for some unknown reason, Chima Kazuyo casually opened the driver's side door and got in. "Then this time, I'll drive!"

Yuu Aragaki, Kogoro Mouri, and Harufumi Mogi didn't hesitate much and all got into the car.

"Dad, you have to be careful!"

"Little brother Aragaki, be careful!"

With Ran and Akemi Miyano offering some worried instructions, Senma Kazuyo drove her car toward the suspension bridge.

……

Meanwhile, the detectives who remained in the backyard of the villa exchanged glances after watching the car leave, and then a strange smile appeared on their faces.

Only Xiaolan and the maid remained watching the direction the car had left with worry.

Akemi Miyano, who is good at reading people, naturally noticed the strange expressions on the detectives' faces and the eye contact between them.

Although I didn't know what these guys had discovered, seeing their expressions as if everything was about to be revealed made me calm down.

At the same time, she subconsciously mimicked the same expression as the detectives.

This scene, witnessed by the detectives, surprised and moved them slightly.

"I never expected that the assistant to that young detective named Yuu Aragaki would also possess such keen observation and reasoning skills!"

Then, the detectives exchanged glances and gathered together. Of course, they didn't forget to pull Miyano Akemi, who had also "seen through" everything, aside and whispered a few words to each other.

Among several detectives—

"I understand, and I know you all understand too!"

“That’s right, so that’s how we do it…”

"Like that..."

"It's decided..."

During this encrypted conversation among the detectives, Miyano Akemi nodded, completely bewildered.

……

Afterwards, everyone pretended that nothing had happened and returned to the villa, which was full of surveillance cameras, to begin their own investigations.

After all, I had already guessed who my mysterious master was.

However, no one has any evidence yet, and the treasure in the villa still needs to be found during this time.

However, no one noticed that when Hakuba Saguru was the last to enter the villa, the eagle Walterson, which had been perched on his shoulder, had flown off somewhere.

Of course, Conan may have noticed this, but he only frowned as he looked at Hakuba Saguru's figure and didn't say anything more.

Chapter 425 Exaggerated Acting Skills

Meanwhile, on Aragaki Yu's side...

Chima Kazuyo was driving the maid's yellow car along the rugged mountain road, heading towards the suspension bridge.