The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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The hotel staff member, stunned upon seeing Kogoro Mouri, dropped the plate he was holding and it fell to the ground.

The expressions on the guests' faces suddenly froze, and then terror spread rapidly like a tide.

Some people stared wide-eyed in disbelief, while others instinctively took a step back, as if they had seen something terrifying. The conversation abruptly ceased, leaving the entire hall in a deathly silence.

Chapter 645 What's more important than a drink?

"Ghost!"

Inside the Aoi-ya Ryokan, a scream from one of the staff members caused chaos in the lobby.

It should be noted that in the case the day before, many staff members and guests at the Aoi-ya Ryokan saw the body of "Kogoro Mouri" being carried away by the police.

Furthermore, based on the police's requirements, all individuals familiar with the case are required to maintain strict confidentiality regarding the case details until the police officially release the case details to the public.

Therefore, many people in the Aoi-ya Inn believed that the legendary detective Kogoro Mouri had died in the inn.

Normally, no one would choose to stay in a hotel where a murder has occurred.

However, there were no other inns to choose from within a radius of dozens of miles around the Tou Shen Forest.

Therefore, many guests who are unable to leave for the time being due to various reasons have no choice but to continue staying at this place.

The result was unexpected...

Only a day had passed when the ghost of the unjustly killed detective Kogoro Mouri returned to the hotel.

……

"well!?"

The three members of Kogoro Mouri, who had just stepped into the hotel, looked at each other blankly, their eyes full of confusion, completely bewildered by the situation before them.

"A ghost? Are you talking about me?"

Kogoro Mouri turned around and looked at Ran and Conan following behind him, then pointed to himself with a somewhat bewildered expression.

Xiaolan blinked twice, puzzled.

Conan looked around the hotel lobby with even more suspicion.

Looking at the panicked crowd in the hotel lobby, he seemed to sense a case brewing.

……

Mr. Toda, the owner of the Aoi-ya Inn, noticed the commotion coming from the lobby.

Still shaken by the previous day's incident, he instinctively assumed another case had occurred, and hurriedly ran down from the second floor. His gaze swept over the panicked crowd, and he immediately spotted Kogoro Mouri and his group as they entered the hotel.

Mr. Toda: ∑(O_O；)

"Mr. Mori?!"

It was only at this point that he finally realized what he had forgotten.

Mr. Toda completely forgot that he had arranged to meet the real Kogoro Mouri at the hotel today.

……

Ten minutes later.

With Mr. Toda's explanation, the panicked crowd in the hotel lobby finally calmed down.

The bewildered Kogoro Mouri finally understood why the people in the inn looked at him with such disbelief.

"Damn it, someone actually impersonated Dad!" After hearing the whole story from Mr. Toda, Ran also showed an extremely angry expression.

"Hahahaha!"

However, Kogoro Mouri didn't seem to mind at all. Instead, he smiled proudly and said, "This only proves that I, Kogoro Mouri, am truly famous!"

"That's right, that's right, Mr. Mori truly lives up to his reputation as a renowned detective!"

"..."

Unlike Mr. Toda's respectful greeting, Conan glanced at Kogoro Mouri with a look of disdain.

Ha, a famous detective?

Pooh……

However, compared to this, what Conan cared about more was something else he heard from Mr. Tota—

A high school detective named Yuu Aragaki and his beautiful female assistant had visited this place the day before.

Although Conan noticed that Mr. Toda emphasized the words "beautiful female assistant" in that sentence.

But Conan was not surprised at all.

After all, the seemingly gentle Ms. Hirota Masami does often go out with Aragaki Yu, and I have encountered them quite a few times myself.

Conan confirmed this by checking the register at the Aoi-ya Hotel.

"Yuu Aragaki and Masami Hirota?" Ran asked with some surprise after hearing Yuu Aragaki and the others' names. "Are they here too?"

The innkeeper explained with a smile, "Yes, it seems they had some bad luck. When they were passing by the Tou Shen Forest, their car suddenly got a flat tire, so they had no choice but to stay here for the night."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Xiaolan's face turned pale.

You see, they drove their car into a mud pit in that forest, which is why they had to walk to this place.

Could it be...

Could there really be something unclean in that God Forest?

"I'm so sorry, Mr. Mori, for making you come all this way for nothing." The innkeeper, Mr. Toda, apologized to Kogoro Mori with utmost sincerity.

After all, he had forgotten that he had also entrusted Kogoro Mouri to investigate the suitcase incident.

"However, since you and your family are here, why not enjoy yourselves for a few days? Don't worry, your food and lodging will be covered!"

"Oh! Really? Hahaha... Mr. Tota, you're too kind!"

Kogoro Mouri, who was initially feeling down, suddenly became excited after hearing what Mr. Toda said.

"Of course it's true. Mr. Mori, your arrival has truly made my humble abode honored. I must treat you to a couple of drinks tonight."

"A couple of drinks?! Of course, no problem! When I get back, I'll definitely give your hotel a good talking-to, and I guarantee your hotel will be booming with business and rolling in profits, hahaha!"

The thought that since there were no more commissioned jobs now, Kogoro Mouri could have a good drink that night made his eyes light up instantly.

What kind of commission is this?

What's more important than having a drink?

What's more, it's free.

"Dad!?" Ran was both angry and embarrassed when she saw Kogoro Mouri's outburst.

As for Conan, all he could think about at that moment was the suitcase that the Gunma Prefectural Police had taken away.

Judging from Mr. Toda's words, it seems that Yuto Aragaki had not yet solved the secret inside the suitcase until it was taken away by the police as evidence.

This made Conan incredibly excited.

After all, in many previous cases, whenever he encountered Aragaki Yu at the crime scene, he didn't have many opportunities to show his abilities.

However, this time, they encountered a mystery that even Aragaki Yu found "tricky" and had not yet solved.

Conan immediately realized that this was probably his chance to prove that his reasoning skills were superior to Aragaki Yu's.

"Mr. Tota, do you remember what was in that suitcase?"

"What is that...?"

When Conan asked him about psychology, Mr. Toda didn't hide anything, "Actually, even I find it strange. That suitcase that looked so important only contained a sports newspaper."

"Sports newspaper?"

Conan was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.

Chapter 646 Modern Exorcism

"Uncle, do you remember what was in that newspaper?"

Upon hearing this, Conan immediately became agitated.

After all, if it were something else, and the police took it away as evidence, it would undoubtedly be difficult to get it back.

But if it's just a regular newspaper, you can simply find the same newspaper elsewhere.

"Is this..."

"Ouch!"

However, just as Mr. Toda was pondering, an iron fist mercilessly slammed into the back of Conan's head.

"Children shouldn't ask random questions!"

With a furious shout from Kogoro Mouri, Conan instantly clutched his swollen head, tears welling in his eyes.