The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Of course, before turning off the lights, Vermouth also jokingly invited Yuu Aragaki to sleep with her.

Sleep together!?

babble...

Aragaki Yu's pupils contracted slightly, and then he subconsciously swallowed.

What should we sleep together...?

Did he sleep with her?

Or is she sleeping with him?

Why can't you just explain it clearly?

However, under the watchful eyes of the shikigami, including Hotaru, who looked disgusted, Aragaki Yu resolutely refused.

To this, Yuya Aragaki simply gave a cold snort.

What's wrong with my own shikigami? Don't you trust yourself that much?

Don't they know that I study the Spring and Autumn Annals?

……

Time passed little by little.

As night deepened, the Aoi-ya Inn gradually quieted down.

Apart from the hotel staff who were dozing off at the lobby registration desk because they had to be on duty, everyone else was fast asleep.

Just then, a figure crept stealthily down the hotel corridor.

The imposter Kogoro Mouri lightly touched the ground with his toes, carefully feeling around as if afraid of making the slightest sound.

During that earlier period, while the hotel staff were in the restroom, he secretly went through the guest register of the Aoi-ya Hotel and confirmed the high school detective's room number.

Soon, the imposter arrived at Aragaki Yu's room in the dark.

Although they already knew the room layout and that the Aoi-ya Hotel's rooms were arranged with two separate rooms, the detective and his assistant were probably already fast asleep at this time.

But he still seemed a little nervous. After taking a deep breath, the imposter took out lock-picking tools and began to pry open the lock.

He had done similar burglaries before, so he was naturally very good at this kind of job.

However, after fiddling with it for a while, the imposter still didn't notice any movement coming from the lock.

strangeness……

Why isn't this lock open yet?

Isn't this just an ordinary old-fashioned door lock?

It wasn't until he casually tugged at the door that he stared wide-eyed in shock at the room with a crack in the door.

∑(O_O;)

Oh!?

Are young people these days so careless?

When you're out and about, you don't even lock your room door.

Meanwhile, perhaps due to the age of the hotel, even though the imposter was trying to control it, the rusty sliding doors still made a "click" sound when they moved.

Although the commotion wasn't significant, it still caused him considerable psychological stress late at night.

Fortunately, after holding their breath for a long time, there was no sound from the room.

The people in the room look like they're fast asleep.

"call--"

The imposter in front of him breathed a sigh of relief, feeling much more relaxed.

It seems this high school detective isn't all that great after all!

Ha, it's all talk and no action.

The next moment, he slowed his pace and quietly slipped into the room through the crack in the door.

He was extremely skilled at stealing.

He was initially worried that the other party had taken the suitcase into the inner room, which would inevitably require some effort.

To his delight, the high school detective simply placed the suitcase on the table in the outer room.

……

the other side.

Masao Jinbo, a staff member at the Aoi-ya Ryokan, also quietly slipped out of his room.

However, unlike the imposter who impersonated Kogoro Mouri, he didn't possess any lock-picking skills.

But he had other methods. As a staff member of the Aoi-ya Hotel, Masao Jinbo naturally knew where the spare keys for each room in the hotel were kept.

He had already managed to get his hands on the spare key to the room of the high school detective named Yuu Aragaki.

Now all we need to do is sneak into the detective's room without anyone noticing and check what kind of newspaper it is.

There was no need to steal the suitcase at all.

As for why Shinboya no longer waits until the detectives and assistants leave the room before sneaking into their rooms.

Firstly, he couldn't be sure if Aragaki Yu would take the newspaper with him the next time he went out. Secondly, he was worried that if things dragged on like this, the detective would be the first to crack the secret hidden in the newspaper.

After all, it involved 100 million yen, so Masao Jinbo had no choice but to take a gamble.

However, just as Masao Jinbo arrived outside Yu Aragaki's room to open the door with the spare key...

But they discovered that the sliding door to the room had been opened a crack.

However, the room was completely dark, with no sign of the lights being turned on.

"..."

what happened?

Did they go out, or did they forget to lock the door?

Jinbo Masao was startled and subconsciously peeked into the room through the crack in the door.

During his years working at the Aoi-ya Inn, he had seen guests forget to close the door when they went to sleep at night.

But can this so-called high school detective really be this confused?

At this moment, Masao Jinbo couldn't help but feel even more contempt for Yuu Aragaki.

"Heh, no matter what, he's just a high school kid!"

Chapter 642 You want money? I'll burn it for you!

The room was pitch black, and it didn't look very real.

Having worked at the Aoi-ya Ryokan for many years, Masao Jinbo knew the layout and furniture arrangement of each room like the back of his hand.

Therefore, even though he couldn't see clearly what was going on inside, he still squeezed into the room through the crack in the door.

Even in the dark, he was confident that he wouldn't touch the furniture and make any noise.

However, after taking a couple of steps and just as his eyes adjusted to the dim light in the room, he discovered a figure standing by a table not far away.

The other person had obviously noticed him sneaking into the room and was staring at him with wide eyes while holding a suitcase, as if trying to see what he looked like.

"!!!"

Oh no, it's that detective!?

The imposter carrying the suitcase and Masao Jinbo, who had just sneaked into the room, were both startled.

A beautiful misunderstanding thus arose.

If you strike first, you will be stronger, if you strike later, you will suffer disaster!

At the same time, the same idea popped into both of their minds.

A cold glint flashed in the imposter's eyes, and he instinctively reached for the dagger in his pocket.

He always carried a knife with him just in case, but he never expected to have to use it this time.

Masao Jinbo also gripped the iron rod hidden in his sleeve.

In the dimly lit room, a great battle was about to break out.

However, perhaps out of concern for attracting the attention of guests in other rooms, the two of them tacitly kept quiet.

tick...

With the sound of a drop of sweat falling from who-knows-who, the two men simultaneously grabbed their weapons and charged at each other.

The distance between the two closed rapidly.

"It's...it's you!?"

Only when they were just a few steps apart and could see each other's faces clearly did they abruptly stop in their tracks, nervously hiding their weapons behind their backs.