The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

……

the next day.

Conan, who had been sleeping soundly all night, was finally awakened by the loud sound of police sirens outside.

He vaguely surveyed the unfamiliar surroundings.

"Where am I? How did I get here?"

Conan looked at Ran, Kogoro, and Yuu Aragaki, who were still fast asleep in the house, and couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

He can only vaguely recall it now.

It seems that last night, Uncle Kogoro's car had a flat tire in the woods, and then the group got out of the car to check the situation.

Uncle Mori was checking the car, while he himself seemed to have gone with Yuu Aragaki to look for a place nearby where they could ask for help.

Just as the two found a building with lights on, and were about to return to their car to inform Ran and Uncle Kogoro...

At this moment, Conan, covering his still slightly aching eyes, finally recalled the outcome of the events.

[So, is this the place with the lights on that we found yesterday?]

Conan speculated in his mind.

Wait, now's not the time to think about that!

Noticing the alarm outside the room and the growing commotion, Conan suddenly snapped out of his daze.

"Uncle Kogoro! Sister Ran! And Brother Aragaki! Get up quickly!" Conan jumped out of bed.

He ran to the three people who were still fast asleep and shoved them, trying to wake them up.

"Huh?! What's all the noise about? What's going on?" Kogoro Mouri groggily opened his eyes, looking at Conan who was anxiously calling him, with a hint of complaint in his expression.

"Huh!? Conan, you're finally awake!" Ran, who had just gotten out of bed, looked at Conan, who had regained his energy, and finally felt relieved.

"Hah~ Good morning!" Having barely slept all night, Aragaki Yu couldn't continue sleeping now. His mind was slightly foggy as he squinted and greeted the others.

The process of dealing with the Mist Tengu and summoning the Little Tengu didn't take too much time.

But later, Aragaki Yu discovered something that made him quite desperate.

Because they were afraid that others would discover the commotion of their battle with the Tengu.

Yuuki Aragaki had the Yuki-onna carry him a considerable distance.

The Snow Woman, who had already returned to her Fortune and Prosperity state, also indicated that she would not have the spiritual power to return to her true form and take Aragaki Yuuki back for the time being.

The little tengu that had just been summoned had confidently declared that it could take Aragaki Yuuki back.

However, when Aragaki noticed that it itself seemed unsteady on its feet, it decisively rejected the little tengu's suggestion.

Fortunately, the Snow Woman still remembered the way back, so at least she wouldn't get lost in this mountain forest.

Finally, after running wildly through the mountains for most of the night, Aragaki Yuu finally ran back to the mountain temple, panting heavily.

By then, it was already dawn.

After glancing at the abbot and Xiu Nian, who were still unconscious in the abbot's room, Aragaki Yu kindly closed the door for them.

Then, after using the phone in the temple to call the police, he quietly returned to his room and lay down.

Of course, at that time, Ran and Kogoro Mouri, who were already fast asleep, did not notice that Yuu Aragaki had not returned all night.

Chapter 92 Conan is completely bewildered

"Uncle Kogoro! I heard police sirens outside. Could something have happened?" Conan said in a childlike voice.

When Aragaki Yu and Mouri Kogoro tidied up a bit and came out of the room, they saw that the local police had already escorted the abbot and Shunen into a police car.

The other disciples, including Kuan Nian, either stood there staring at the police car in a daze, unable to accept it for a long time, or prostrated themselves on the ground, heartbroken and wailing.

……

"W-what?!" Upon hearing Kuan Nian's explanation, Kogoro Mouri's jaw dropped in utter astonishment. "You said a fog tengu appeared yesterday?!"

"what!"

Ran's face turned pale instantly. After letting out a cry, she hid behind Aragaki Yu and Conan.

Kuan Nian also looked bewildered and said, "Yes, yes! It was barely dawn when a lot of police came to the door, saying that someone had reported a murder at Shanni Temple!"

"Was someone killed?" Kogoro Mouri was taken aback. He looked around and realized that apart from the abbot and Shunen who had been taken away by the police, everyone else in the temple was still there.

“That’s not how it is, guest!” Kuan Nian explained. “When the police came to our door, we were completely confused, so we had to take them to the abbot’s room to look for him. Strangely enough, the abbot should have been up by this time of day. But when I opened the abbot’s door, I found the abbot and Xiu Nian both unconscious in the room, and the room was in a mess for some reason.”

"Strange!?" Conan, who had been listening to the whole thing, was completely bewildered. "If that's the case, shouldn't the victims be the abbot and Shuten-dōji? But why did the police take them away instead?"

"Adults are talking! Kids, don't interrupt!" Before Kuan Nian could reply, Kogoro Mouri punched Conan on the head for interrupting the conversation.

Yuu Aragaki watched helplessly as Conan clutched the enormous bump that was swelling on his head at an unscientific speed, then staggered a couple of steps before collapsing to the ground with a thud and passing out.

Aragaki Yu:......

"Conan!" Ran rushed forward to help Conan up when she saw this.

"So, why were the abbot and Shuten-dōji taken away by the police?" Kogoro Mouri ignored Conan and instead repeated Conan's question to Shuten-dōji.

"This, this is the most bizarre part!" As he said this, Kuan Nian's expression turned frightened. "After we woke up the abbot and Xiu Nian, they went crazy, hugging the police officers, crying bitterly, and muttering that the Mist Tengu had appeared and come to take revenge!"

Kogoro Mouri and Ran: !!!

Only Conan, who had just woken up, was still shaking his head, feeling like the whole world was spinning.

Then, Kuan Nian's face showed a pained and incomprehensible expression: "Finally, after we finally managed to calm the abbot and Xiu Nian down, they actually confessed to the police and us that something terrible had happened."

"What's the big deal?" Kogoro Mori quickly asked.

Conan also came over again, but because he was afraid of being attacked by Kogoro Mouri again, this time Conan chose to pull Yu Aragaki along, and then hid on the other side of Yu Aragaki.

"The abbot actually said that Chunen, who was rumored to have been killed by the Tengu two years ago, was actually killed by him!"

"What!?" Everyone except Aragaki Yuu, who remained calm, was utterly shocked.

Then, Kuan Nian took a breath and dropped an even more bombshell: "And then, Xiu Nian, who just arrived at the temple not long ago, turns out to be Zhong Nian's younger brother. Knowing the whole truth, he was even planning to kill the abbot in his room last night! Sigh, but I can understand all of this..."

"How is this possible!?" Kogoro Mouri still couldn't believe it.

Conan, who had been unconscious all night and only just woke up, was even more confused. What on earth was going on?

A legend from two years ago? What was that?

Also, can anyone tell me what exactly a Mist Tengu is?

The one that eats the moon?

"Not to mention us, even the police couldn't believe them at the time! But, after the abbot and Xiu Nian led the police to the room where Zhong Nian was hanged back then, and personally demonstrated how the legend of the Tengu killing people was fabricated, everyone had no choice but to believe the abbot's words."

Next, Kuan Nian imitated the abbot's words and gave a general description of the setup of the entire scene.

"How could this happen..." Kogoro Mouri froze on the spot.

However, Xiaolan, both confused and frightened, asked Kuan Nian, "So, what does this have to do with the appearance of the Mist Tengu?!"

“We don’t know either!” Kuan Nian couldn’t understand this either. “I only noticed that the abbot and Xiu Nian, who were initially very nervous and scared, actually showed a relieved expression after confessing all their crimes to the police. They kept muttering things like ‘Lord Mist Tengu! We were wrong! We will never dare to offend you again.’”

Xiaolan: "...!?"

Xiaolan was terrified; goosebumps rose all over her body.

At this point, she increasingly felt that the temple itself had become eerie and terrifying.

"Dad! Let's contact the repair company quickly and then head back!"

At this moment, Kuan Nian composed himself and comforted Xiao Lan, saying, "Haha, Miss, you don't need to be afraid. How could a monster like the Mist Tengu really exist in this world? Alas, if the Mist Tengu really existed, how could our Shanni Temple be in such a desolate state now? I think it must be because the abbot and Kuan Nian, who were in the room at the time, were drunk and had something to hide, so they made a mistake and that's why it looked like this."

"Hehe... Well, maybe that's true!" Xiaolan replied with an awkward laugh. Although she felt that Kuan Nian's words made a lot of sense, it was not a reason to stop her from wanting to leave this place as soon as possible.

Aragaki Yu glanced at the rather optimistic Kuan Nian with a smile, and couldn't help but wonder if he should let the little tengu, disguised as the mist tengu, show his face at the mountain temple sometime.

However, if it were a little tengu, with his cute boyish face, he probably wouldn't scare anyone.

You might even attract the attention of some people with strange fetishes.

Aragaki Yu thought to himself, "Hmm, this feels a bit scary. Maybe I should get a mask made for the little tengu sometime."

……

"How can this be!"

Conan, who was completely bewildered by Kuan Nian's words, had already secretly and successfully found the legendary room that Kuan Nian had described.

Inside the room, Conan, having verified the abbot's confession about his modus operandi through various clues left over from two years ago, stood frozen in shock.

"What the hell is going on in this place?!"

Somehow, Conan felt he had missed something.

This plot development is a little different from usual!

Chapter 93 Sleep paralysis

The next morning.