The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

The little guy is now pretending to be nonchalant, tiptoeing to peek at his phone screen.

Then, Akemi Miyano sent another photo—

The photo shows a young woman sitting in a coffee shop, holding a coffee cup. She seems to have noticed the person opposite her taking a picture of her, and her eyebrows furrow slightly involuntarily.

Yes, the young woman in the photo is indeed Shiho Miyano.

Looking at Ai Haibara beside him, Yuu Aragaki quickly guessed the identity of the "Shiho Miyano" who was drinking coffee with Akemi Miyano.

—Vermouth

Apart from that woman, probably no one else has the ability or the "leisure" to do so.

Of course, Yuya Aragaki probably knew why Vermouth would do this.

One reason was to keep Miyano Akemi, whom the organization had placed by his side, in check.

After all, if Shiho Miyano were to disappear for too long, Akemi Miyano would likely lose interest in her work and even begin to doubt the organization.

Secondly, Vermouth probably also wanted to extract more information about herself from Akemi Miyano.

In that sense, the reason why Akemi Miyano hasn't doubted Ai Haibara's true identity, who looks remarkably like her younger sister when she was little, is largely due to Vermouth's frequent impersonation of Shiho Miyano to meet with her.

Of course, this is because Aragaki Yu didn't deliberately avoid mentioning Haibara Ai.

Ai Haibara soon "inadvertently" saw the photo on Yu Aragaki's phone screen and also noticed who sent it.

She, who had been filled with curiosity, froze on the spot in an instant.

She didn't understand why her sister would take pictures of her and send them to Aragaki Yu.

It was as if she were introducing herself to him.

It's so embarrassing...

wrong!

Wait!

Am I standing right next to Aragaki Yu right now?

What's more, because he took APTX-4869, he turned into the elementary school student he is today.

Who exactly is this "self" in the photo?

In Aragaki Yu's eyes, the expression on Haibara Ai's face was quite interesting—

It turned red one moment, black the next, and finally turned deathly white.

Like Yuu Aragaki, Ai Haibara also quickly realized the identity of the woman in the photo.

The woman who made her tremble all over.

damn it!

Vermouth disguises herself as her sister and gets close to her. What exactly does she want to do?

Is her goal herself?

still is……

Thinking of this, Ai Haibara couldn't help but look at Yuu Aragaki with worry.

She didn't have time to think too much about it. Although she didn't know why Vermouth hadn't revealed her true identity to the organization, she wouldn't let her guard down against Vermouth just because the other party had "let her off the hook."

Whether Vermouth is targeting him or Aragaki Yu, this is a bad thing.

At this moment, Ai Haibara, feeling a bit flustered, even subconsciously ignored Conan.

The more crucial thing is that his older sister still knows nothing about these things.

Given Vermouth's disguise skills, her own sister probably already mistook her for her real self and revealed a great deal of information to her.

Oh no! I've been impersonated and become a stand-in!

Chapter 721 Stone Treasure

"Hey, grandma, could this be a code?"

Meanwhile, the group of people who had been focusing on the tombstone asked the old woman a question out of curiosity.

"Oh? Is that so?" Kaito Kuroba smiled inwardly, deliberately drawing everyone's attention to the tombstone, but on the surface he still pretended to be blank. "I've always thought of it as Kiemon's grave!"

"But what exactly does this mean?"

"Does this mean we should give him something?"

"But we didn't bring any flowers or offerings!"

The boys in the Junior Detective Club couldn't help but start guessing the meaning of the words on the tombstone.

"correct!"

Hearing the conversation among the Junior Detective League children, Conan, who was standing nearby, had a sudden inspiration.

He suddenly remembered that they had found the stone-made imitation jade pendant on the man who had been sunk in the lake, which he had hidden.

Could that be the key to deciphering this code?

If you put it that way...

Thinking of this, Conan turned to look at Uncle Sudo Izumo behind him. "Oh, right, Uncle, you just asked us if we saw any strange stones. Does that mean you have some strange stones yourself?"

"What!?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him because of the child's words, Sudo Izumo's expression changed instantly.

"Actually, we already found it! It's a magical artifact made of stone!"

Amidst the surprised expressions of the Junior Detective League children, Conan suddenly revealed what he had just told them to stop.

Before Genta and the others could even question Conan's actions, Izumo Sudo crouched down, his eyes shining, and excitedly grabbed Conan's shoulder, asking, "Did you write something on that stone you found too?!"

Seeing Sudo Izumo's expression, Conan became even more certain of his guess, "Uncle, you really do have one too!"

Seeing this, everyone knew that Sudo Izumo had a guilty conscience.

"No, no!" Upon hearing this, Sudo Izumo released Conan somewhat awkwardly and hurriedly, stood up, and denied it.

Leading the still dazed Ai Haibara to the side of the group, Yuu Aragaki chuckled and patted Izumo Sudo on the shoulder, teasingly saying, "Keeping important information to yourself at a time like this isn't a smart move, in my opinion!"

Even the short-haired woman chimed in, "That's right. If you don't want to be suspected, you'd better hurry up and show it to us all."

"All right……"

Seeing that everyone in the family said so, Sudo Izumo had no choice but to agree, and reluctantly took out a stone from his backpack.

"This is what I found, a mirror made of stone."

“The words carved on this stone are ‘eternal’!” Mitsuhiko recognized the words on the stone at a glance.

"So, it still has something to do with the sun, since it's always burning!"

At the same time, the short-haired woman looked at the children and asked, "So, the jade you found has the character 'Yan' engraved on it, right?"

"Yes, that's the correct answer, big sister!"

Upon hearing the short-haired woman's words, Conan held up the stone he had taken from Aragaki Yu, and glanced at her thoughtfully.

"However, I still don't understand what Yonghe Yan means." Now that he had revealed the stone he had obtained, Sudo Izumo stopped hiding it and looked at everyone with a puzzled expression, holding the stone mirror in his hand, hoping to get some useful clues from them.

"Could it be that if we embed these two stones somewhere on this tombstone, triggering some mechanism, then the Nioh Stone will appear before us?" Mitsuhiko, who had read many treasure hunting novels and watched many shows, speculated excitedly.

"Why would you think that?" Ayumi looked at Mitsuhiko with a puzzled expression.

Seeing Ayumi looking at him, Mitsuhiko couldn't help but show off, "Have you forgotten what was written inside the stone lantern? It said that the location of the diamond is a lively place where many old people gather!"

Ayumi looked at everyone with a somewhat blank expression. "Is this the place where many elderly people gather?"

There's clearly only that one old woman here, so where did all these other elderly people come from?

However, some people guessed Mitsuhiko's thoughts immediately.

"You don't actually think these skeletons around us are old people, do you?"

Aragaki Yu's tone was low and his eyes swept over the surrounding skeletons with an eerie look. "But if we're just talking about age, what you're saying isn't wrong. After all, there can't be anyone older than these skeletons here, hehe."

For some reason, during Aragaki Yu's last burst of laughter, everyone suddenly felt a chill creep into their collars.

Looking at the eerie scene of corpses scattered all around, everyone couldn't help but shudder.

For some reason, they felt as if the temperature around them had dropped several degrees in an instant.

Even Ai Haibara, who was still distracted by the "Vermouth" incident, subconsciously started rubbing her hands together.

Only Aragaki Yu, after finishing speaking, gave the snow woman who had run back to his shoulder a disapproving but irritating glare.

This guy seemed to be trying to create an atmosphere by blowing a cool breeze while he was speaking, but now he's scared himself so much that he's cowering in his own body.

"These are nothing but fools who have lost their way because they were blinded by their own desires, and who have finally died of old age here!"

However, the old woman that Kaito Kuroba was disguised as didn't take this statement seriously. "When Kichiemon built this house, these people weren't even here yet!"

"Oh, that makes sense!"

Upon hearing this, Mitsuhiko had a look of sudden realization on his face.