Detective Conan: The Superpowered Beings of the Detective Conan World

"You four, come out and greet our guests!"

Upon entering the temple, the abbot shouted directly into the building.

Accompanied by the sound of orderly footsteps, four monks dressed in simple dark gray robes rushed out and stood in a neat row.

"Let me introduce you. This is Kuan Nian, the eldest brother who has been practicing for the longest time."

The abbot pointed to a handsome young man with a well-proportioned figure and began to speak.

"This is Tun Nian. He's in charge of logistics and he's an excellent cook."

The abbot then pointed to the second person, a tall, slightly overweight figure, and spoke.

"This is Mu Nian, who is in charge of all the carpentry work in the temple."

The abbot then pointed to the third person, a dark-skinned man with a slightly fierce look in his eyes.

"The last one is Xiu Nian, whom I trusted a year ago."

The abbot finally pointed to a short figure wearing glasses, then pointed to himself and spoke:

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"Finally, it's me, Abbot Tianyong."

"Tun Nian, Mu Nian, go prepare dinner. Kuan Nian, Xiu Nian, you two take the guests on a tour of the temple."

The abbot quickly gave instructions to his four disciples, then said goodbye and returned to his room.

After a brief visit to the temple, the group returned to their rooms to rest.

"Shinichi, Hoshino, you guys deal with Inspector Megure a lot, have you heard about the ancient abyss monsters?"

After arriving at the rest room, Xiaolan hesitated before speaking, looking quite nervous.

"No, no, that's impossible. It's true that there might be some abyssal energy that has existed for a long time, hidden in some corners and not discovered, but it's impossible for abyssal monsters that have already materialized to hide."

Conan shook his head, naturally disbelieving the abbot's account of the Tengu.

"But, but, it could also be a monster transformed from a ghost."

Xiaolan stammered as she spoke, a hint of worry visibly on her face.

"That 'Mist Tengu' is probably just a gimmick to scare people. These mountain temples offer food and lodging, but they can't attract tourists, so they rely on guests who come to admire the cherry blossoms but don't have time to come down the mountain at night. To prevent guests from sleeping in their cars, they make up scary stories based on ancient legends to scare them and lure them to stay, especially to scare timid girls who are afraid of ghosts?"

Ai Haibara's lips curled up, a glint of light flashing in her eyes as she looked at Ran with a half-smile.

"Ai!"

Ran blushed slightly and looked at Ai Haibara with a coquettish tone.

"There's nothing I can do. I never expected that a female warrior with the title of 'Queen of Demons' would be afraid of monsters like ghosts."

Ai Haibara shrugged, amused by Ran's reaction.

"Indeed, Xiaolan, you seem to be particularly afraid of ghosts and the like, even though you can still fight when you encounter abyssal monsters."

Hikaru Hoshino also looked at Ran with a puzzled expression.

Hoshino Hikaru remembers that in the original work of her previous life, Ran was very afraid of ghosts. Once she encountered demons and monsters, she would be so scared that she would not dare to move, and her karate fighting power would be reduced to less than one-tenth.

Of course, the fear of ghosts here actually refers to the fear of phantoms. Ghosts are different in Japan and China. In China, ghosts generally refer to the souls of humans after death, while in Japan, ghosts are usually special creatures similar to zombies.

If we must draw an analogy, it's highly likely that the Chinese ghosts are the same as the island nation's ghosts, and the Chinese zombies are the same as the island nation's ghosts.

"Of course, abyssal monsters are scientific, but ghosts aren't."

Xiao Lan spoke haltingly, looking somewhat blushing.

"Okay, stop talking. Let's go eat. I'm starving."

Conan nudged Hoshino Hikaru's calf and changed the subject.

……

As night fell, the group rested in two separate rooms: Professor Agasa, Hikaru Hoshino, and Conan in one group, and Ran and Ai in another.

Late at night, Xiaolan couldn't fall asleep for a long time and kept rolling around on the floor.

"What? Still afraid of that Mist Tengu?"

Ai Haibara threw back the covers and looked at Ran with a resentful tone.

"Ah! Ai, you're not asleep either?"

Xiao Lan was startled and spoke in a low voice.

"You keep tossing and turning next to me, of course I can't sleep."

Ai Haibara shrugged and spoke casually.

"I'm sorry, Ai, you can go to sleep now. I won't move around anymore."

Xiao Lan sat up, head down, and spoke with a hint of apology.

"It's okay. If you're scared, I'll sleep with you."

Haibara sighed, her tone tinged with affection, and left her own bedding to snuggle into Ran's.

"I'm sorry, Ai."

Xiaolan clasped her hands together and gave an apologetic look. Although rationally, as a student who had received higher education, she knew it was all fake, she couldn't help but feel scared.

"It's okay. In fact, you're quite interesting the way you are."

Ai Haibara covered her body with the blanket, a slight smile playing on her lips.

In terms of actual age, Ai Haibara is older, but because she has been in the Black Organization for many years, she lacks life experience and is often taken care of by Ran in her daily life.

Ran is a female warrior who can protect everyone in critical moments, and also a gentle older sister who is very caring in life. Although Ran has always taken good care of Ai Haibara, and Ai Haibara is very grateful to Ran, Ai Haibara always feels that there is an inexplicable barrier between her and Ran, a girl who is full of sunshine.

Seeing this scene, Ai Haibara suddenly felt that the relationship between the two had become much closer. Only then did she realize that Ran was actually just a seventeen-year-old high school girl.

She is known as the "Queen of Ghosts" by the outside world, but deep down she is still just an ordinary girl. She will stand up to protect everyone when she is in danger, and she will also show the fear of a girl when she encounters ghost legends.

"Ai, you smiled. It feels like I rarely see you smile."

Ran looked at Ai Haibara's upturned smile and couldn't help but quietly reach out and poke Ai's cheek with her finger.

"Feed..."

Ai Haibara's smile vanished instantly, replaced by a look of helplessness.

"Ai, what was your life like before?"

Ran and Ai leaned against each other, their thoughts wandering, and Ran spoke softly.

"Your life before?"

Ai Haibara paused for a moment, then calmly spoke:

"It's like this: I was always following the organization's arrangements. When I was young, I had to study all kinds of knowledge in school. I had no peers or friends around me. When I grew up, I did research under surveillance. I could only go out occasionally to get some fresh air and meet my sister."

Ai Haibara's tone was very flat, glossing over many things as if they were not worth mentioning.

Ran could keenly sense that Ai's heart was not at peace. More than a decade of living in darkness had made Ai's inner self closed off and cold.

The darkest event in Xiaolan's seventeen years of life was her parents arguing and separating. From her perspective, she couldn't empathize with someone who had lived in darkness since childhood.

In Ran's mind, she immediately kicked the Tengu out and gently stretched out her arms to hug Ai.

Ai Haibara glanced at Ran with surprise, but did not refuse.

That night, Ai Haibara felt that the barrier between them seemed to have disappeared. Although they couldn't fully empathize with each other, it was enough.

Ai Haibara faced her heart honestly. This was the kind of life she truly wanted. Because of this, both Ayumi and Ran could touch her heart. Their gentleness and kindness contrasted sharply with the organization, making her more aware of her rejection of the organization and her longing for a new life.

That night, Ran and Ai slept soundly, perhaps because these two girls with such different fates opened their hearts to each other for the first time.