The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"Hmm..." Upon hearing this, the old woman gave the three people in front of her a deep look.

However, she didn't seem to have a good impression of the three people in front of her who looked somewhat frivolous. Although she didn't mean to kick them out, she still snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, you can stay here tonight, but you are absolutely not allowed to set foot in my place again after tomorrow morning."

After saying that, he walked into the house without looking back.

"This feels awful!" Despite having tried to speak patiently and politely, Akane Ooba couldn't help but complain, hands on her hips, after witnessing the old woman's attitude.

"She seems to be in a bad mood!" Kahara Fuga replied with a smile to Oba Akane.

Seeing that Yuya Aragaki had followed the old woman into the house and could no longer hear what was happening on her side, Akane Oba complained softly, "If I had a choice, I wouldn't want to stay in this shabby place even if you offered me a place to stay!"

Clearly, Akane Oba's two companions were already used to her personality. Andarai tried to appease her, saying, "Alright, alright, if we make her even more unhappy, it won't be convenient for us either!"

With nowhere to vent her anger, Akane Ooba could only glare at Fuga Kahara: "Honestly, Fuga, isn't it all your fault for getting lost!"

Faced with Akane Oba's complaints, Kahara Fuuga was not angry. Instead, he smiled apologetically and put his hands together, saying, "I'm so sorry, my lady!"

Seeing the displeased look on Akane Oba's face, Andarai shook his head helplessly. "Alright, let's go inside and talk!"

"Humph!"

After giving a soft snort, Akane Oba also led the way into the house.

Fortunately, there was a rather handsome young man in the house, so staying here for one night wasn't such a bad thing.

As he entered the house, he saw Akane Oba, who was also Yuu Aragaki. Thinking of this, his expression brightened up.

……

"So you two work as male escorts!"

Ten minutes later, as everyone sat together drinking tea and chatting, Professor Agasa looked at Andarai and Kahara Fuga with some surprise.

Kahara Fuuga didn't seem embarrassed about his job as a male escort at all. Instead, he pointed to himself with pride and boasted, "Yeah, I'm the second most popular guy in the shop now!"

After saying that, he didn't forget to point to the Anda Layman sitting next to him, "As for Mr. Layman, he's the most popular guy!"

As for the Andarai, he glanced at Akane Oba, who was looking around the house, and said, "We owe all of this to the young lady who gave us this opportunity."

As expected, the reason why the trio was led by Akane Oba was because Akane Oba was the major patron of the two male escorts, Andarai and Fuga Kahara.

Chapter 742 I will definitely make you the most popular male escort!

Just as everyone subconsciously looked at the big spender, Akane Oba, whom Andarai had mentioned because of his words, Akane Oba's gaze, which seemed to want to "devour" people, fell on Yuu Aragaki at the same time and said something shocking: "If you're willing, little brother, I will definitely make you the most popular host in all of Japan!"

"Why!?"

Yuu Aragaki, who was curiously observing Anda Raito and Fuga Kahara because of their profession as male escorts, was clearly taken aback by what she said. Looking at Akane Oba's serious and expectant face, he was almost speechless at her words.

Professor Agasa and Conan even spat out all the tea they had just drunk.

"Cough, cough, I'm... I'm so sorry, I'm really sorry!"

After a long pause, the two realized their lapse in composure and hurriedly stood up, frantically wiping the tea stains off the table.

"I'm serious, little brother. If you just nod, I'll definitely take good care of you... Ah, ah... Ah Qiu!"

Completely unaware of the several cold and murderous gazes fixed on her, Akane Ootengu continued her reckless remarks. However, before she could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, and a sneeze interrupted her.

It turned out that, apart from Miyano Akemi and Haibara Ai who were staring at her with dark faces, the eldest sister, Yuki-onna, who was leading Hotaru and the others on a careful exploration of the room, also floated back to Aragaki Yu's shoulder at the first moment, glaring angrily at this woman she hated so much.

"Cough cough..."

Noticing the change in everyone's expressions, Andarai and Kahara Fuga's expressions also became strange. Looking at Oba Akane, who was still not satisfied, they could only cough twice awkwardly to remind her.

"Ah, look, look, it's goldfish!" Only then did Akane Oba realize that she had been a little too frivolous and blunt. She smiled awkwardly and looked around unnaturally until she noticed the fish tank next to her. Then she hurriedly changed the subject.

"Wow, there are so many!"

To avoid embarrassing Akane Oba and to ease the atmosphere, Andarai quickly stood up, walked to Akane Oba's side, looked at the goldfish in the fish tank, and responded.

It has to be said that Andarai's ability to become a top male escort is not solely due to his good looks.

Kahara Fuuya, who shared the same thoughts and actions, smiled and introduced the goldfish species in the fish tank to everyone, "Those are Tamako!"

"Jade mackerel?"

Akane Oba turned her head and glanced at Fuga Kahara with some surprise.

"Yes, that's it!" Kaori Fuga pointed to the most eye-catching goldfish in the fish tank and said, "Its special feature is its golden body. It's the rarest and most precious variety of goldfish in the tank!"

No sooner had Kaori Fugashi finished speaking than Conan, who was sitting at the table, looked at him with a serious expression and his face also became somewhat strange.

This scene naturally fell into Aragaki Yu's eyes.

It's no wonder Conan had that expression, since Kahara Fugai only glanced at the fish tank and hadn't even looked at all the goldfish in it, yet he was able to say that sentence with such certainty.

It was as if he already knew about the situation in the fish tank of this house.

Such actions are bound to attract the attention of observant individuals like detectives.

However, this incident did not surprise Aragaki Yu much.

After all, the first thing Kahara Fuga said when he saw him at the door had already revealed too much.

As for Akane Oba, she couldn't help but be amazed by Kahara Fuuga's breadth of knowledge at this moment, "Wow, that's amazing! How do you know so much!"

However, Kahara Fuga waved his hand dismissively and explained, "Because I used to raise them!"

"You really are a knowledge king!" Adarai said to Kahara Fuga with a joke before looking at the fish tank again. "Well... let me introduce the stones inside. The one on the right that looks transparent is quartz, the one next to it with uneven surfaces is mica, and the one on the left with a black luster is obsidian used during the Jomon period."

"Amazing, amazing! You two are true geniuses!" Akane Oba seemed to realize that her earlier actions had somewhat neglected Andarai and Kahara Fuga, and at this moment, she praised the two of them with shining eyes.

"..."

Conan, sitting at the table, rolled his eyes at Akane Oba's unusually exaggerated expression and muttered, "How can she be a genius? At a time like this, she should be described as knowledgeable and erudite..."

“It was intentional!” Ai Haibara glanced coldly at Akane Oba and explained disdainfully, “She calculated that as long as she pretended to be stupid in front of them and made them feel proud, they would treat her even better… Ha, people like that are the best at trampling on men.”

Ai Haibara saw right through this woman's thoughts. After saying those words, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at Yuu Aragaki, who was drinking his tea as if nothing was wrong, as if to remind him to stay away from that kind of woman.

Of course, it seems that Ai Haibara wasn't the only one who wasn't quite at ease with Yuu Aragaki; even Akemi Miyano, who was sitting next to Yuu Aragaki, couldn't help but frown at this moment.

She stared absently at the tea leaves bobbing up and down in the teacup she held in her hand, as if she were struggling with something inside.

Finally, fearing that Aragaki Yu might succumb to temptation, she gritted her teeth and whispered in his ear, "Little Aragaki, you absolutely mustn't get involved with that kind of woman, or you'll be devoured, leaving not even bones behind..."

"Forehead……"

Upon hearing the warnings from Ai Haibara and Akemi Miyano, Yuu Aragaki's expression stiffened.

He couldn't understand it. Did they really think he was someone who couldn't resist temptation?

And it wasn't just the two of them; even Yuki-onna and the others were watching her with great concern, as if they were afraid that she would go back to her room with that woman named Akane Oba tonight.

Please, I wouldn't be so desperate as to eat anything!

As for the Junior Detective League members, they naturally couldn't understand these things at this time. Perhaps because they hadn't eaten properly after a long day of running around, Genta was already listlessly clutching his stomach and slumped on the table.

With a growl from his stomach, Professor Agasa looked at the old woman somewhat apologetically, "Excuse me, if it's convenient, could I borrow your kitchen for a moment?"

Chapter 743 Warm-hearted Vodka

"You want to borrow the kitchen?"

The old woman, who occasionally glanced sideways at Akane and the other two, looked at Professor Agasa with some surprise.

Professor Agasa pointed to the backpack lying to the side and said, "Here's the thing, I originally planned to have a picnic and cook with these kids at the campsite, so I brought some curry ingredients..."

"Curry! I'm so hungry..." Genta, who was slumped on the table, suddenly perked up and looked excitedly at Professor Agasa as soon as he heard the word "curry".

"Because it's a very simple thing, I thought I'd cook it for them..."

"What's a grown man doing in the kitchen!" Unexpectedly, after hearing Professor Agasa's words, the old woman stood up with a stern face. "Since we have all the ingredients, I'll cook the curry."

"This, this is too much trouble..." Dr. Agasa looked somewhat embarrassed at the old woman who was walking towards the materials.

As for Aragaki Yu, who had already half-stood up by supporting himself on his legs, after hearing the old woman's words, he also gave up his plan to stand up and sat back down in his original position without making a sound.

It's not hard to guess from the old woman's attitude that Professor Agasa's words had reminded her of her grandson's words about becoming a top-notch chef when he left home, which is why her tone suddenly became so unfriendly.

Given this, Aragaki Yu naturally wouldn't choose to provoke the old woman any further.

As for Akemi Miyano, who had already stood up when Professor Agasa said she was going to the kitchen, she took the lead and went to the backpack with the ingredients. She picked up the backpack and smiled at the old woman, saying, "Grandma, let me help you take the ingredients to the kitchen!"

Because there were more people than usual for this camping trip, Professor Agasa prepared quite a lot of ingredients, so his backpack was bulging and looked very heavy.

The old woman standing there looked at Miyano Akemi, then hesitated for a moment before glancing at the backpack in Miyano's hands, and finally nodded slightly.

He then turned and walked towards the kitchen, saying, "Alright, then thank you for your trouble..."

……

"Hey, you're not really planning to become a gigolo, are you?!"

After the old woman led Miyano Akemi to the kitchen, Haibara Ai subtly shifted her position and sat down next to Aragaki Yu, somewhat displeased, and coldly reminded Aragaki Yu, who had been glancing at Oba Akane, Adachi Yorito, and Kahara Fuga out of the corner of her eye.

Although Ai Haibara believed in her heart that Aragaki Yu could never be that kind of person, in Haibara Ai's eyes, Aragaki Yu's act of secretly observing Oba Akane was also extremely suspicious.

Honestly, she's just an ordinary woman, as ordinary as could be.

What's so interesting about it!

At that moment, this strange thought flooded into Ai Haibara's mind uncontrollably.