Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

Yotsubo Reika shrugged: "I'm just with him, it doesn't mean he's the son-in-law of the Yotsubo Group. As the president of Mifune Electronics, don't you understand this simple principle?"

Takuya Mifune looked extremely uncomfortable, yet he couldn't refute it.

The other party's reaction aroused Yotsuki Reika's desire for control and vanity. With a condescending gaze, she swept over the suitors around her one by one: "Don't you all know that you are birds trapped in a cage? If you don't please me, you can't survive in this world."

Faced with such an almost insulting statement.

Of those suitors, only Takuya Mifune's expression clearly turned angry; the others didn't seem to be angry at being treated like a caged bird.

Because what Yotsubi Reika said was correct; those people's companies all had very close cooperative relationships with the Yotsubi Group.

In other words, they depend on the whims of the Yonjin Group for their livelihood.

Yotsuki Reika smiled at Suzuki Sonoko: "Sorry, Sonoko, I'm sorry you had to see this. I'll go upstairs to change first, please wait for me a moment."

After saying that, she went upstairs with the help of her servant, Aunt Mi.

With Kogoro Mouri, an outsider, present, even those who were used to being scolded by Reika Yotsuji couldn't help but feel a little awkward.

Fortunately, Aunt Mi quickly brought out tea, snacks, and playing cards.

While waiting for Yotsuki Reika to change her clothes, Ran and Sonoko huddled together and whispered to each other.

Ran couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Miss Yoshii's views on love are really quite unique."

Sonoko Suzuki nodded: "That's right, that's why I don't want to have too much contact with her. I don't know what Nukumizu is up to."

Xiaolan: "Speaking of which, I feel like she's a female version of Wen Shui (a Chinese idiom meaning lukewarm water)."

"A female version of lukewarm water?"

Wen Shui couldn't help but interrupt the conversation: "Wait a minute, when did I ever act like her?"

"Didn't you just give us two flowers? Don't you think we're your caged birds?" Xiaolan asked suspiciously.

Sonoko Suzuki said thoughtfully, "Hmm, Ran, what you said makes a lot of sense. He often eats our snacks at school."

Wen Shui said speechlessly, "I didn't want to disrupt the unity of the detective team. I ate snacks to help you guys lose weight."

Ran and Sonoko both showed expressions of distrust on their faces.

While the group on the warm water side was having a heated discussion, the group on the other side, including Long, also started chatting casually.

They also have work-related interactions and are members of the same yacht club, so they have a lot to talk about.

However, Rokuda Shoji, who had displayed exceptional social skills when entertaining Wenshui and the others, remained silent, fiddling with his playing cards and not actively joining the conversation.

However, during the conversation, Takumi Mifune inadvertently brought up "that incident two years ago".

Everyone fell silent. Even the maid, Aunt Mi, looked grim.

This seemed to fit the plot of a mystery novel, which immediately piqued Conan's interest: "Mifune-nii-san, what exactly happened two years ago?"

Takuya Mifune: "It's nothing, how about we play cards first?"

"But after you mentioned that, everyone seemed to fall silent." Conan's eyes were brimming with curiosity, almost as if he was about to use his special ability to blurt it out. "Could it be related to the yacht club?"

Yi Zhilong was startled.

He glanced at Kogoro Mouri secretly.

He was slightly relieved to find that the other person was practicing shuffling skills with playing cards and hadn't noticed the child's innocent remarks.

In order to avenge his deceased girlfriend, Ichiro Ryu decides to drown Yoshii Reika and Nikaido, that despicable couple.

In order to avoid being suspected, he prepared a cover-up of an attempted murder to create the illusion that the killer was committing a random killing.

However, if he were to be questioned further, it might bring up the shipwreck incident from two years ago, and perhaps the famous detective Kogoro Mouri would notice something amiss.

Although Ichiro was very confident in his murder plan.

But he is actually an exceptionally cautious person; otherwise, he wouldn't have waited two years to take revenge. There was absolutely no need to take such a risk.

Ichiro quickly changed the subject, saying, "Strange, why hasn't Rika finished changing her clothes yet?"

Aunt Mi glanced at the time and said, "Yes, even if that dress is troublesome to take off, it should have taken this long to change, right?"

"Why don't we go check on her in her room? I had a bad feeling when the tires were damaged earlier, I hope nothing bad has happened," Ichiro suggested.

"Okay, I'll go call Miss right away." Aunt Mi turned and went upstairs.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Takashi also steered the conversation toward cases that Uncle Mori had solved, making it impossible for Conan to continue asking questions.

However, Aunt Mi soon came downstairs and said that there was no sign of Yoshii Reika in the room.

Takuya Mifune: "Could she have gone outside for some fresh air? That young lady's temper is even more unpredictable after she's had a few drinks."

Ichiro Ryu smiled bitterly, "Mifune, stop making sarcastic remarks. Let's go outside and look for her together. If something really happens to Miss Rika, Chairman Yotsuji will tear me to pieces."

Although Takuya Mifune was unwilling, his company had to rely on the Yotsubi Group to survive.

Everyone came out of the villa and then split up to search the nearby parking lot, forest, garden and other places.

It started raining when they were halfway through the search, which made the search even more difficult.

As a result, they were unable to find Yotsuji Reika.

However, as everyone walked from the parking lot towards the villa, just as they reached the villa's entrance, Conan suddenly pointed to the fountain not far away: "Look, isn't that Nikaido-nii? Is he investigating some clue?"

Because the lighting was poor at night, everyone only realized after getting closer to the fountain that Nikaido Yuuji was not lying in front of the fountain pool investigating clues.

Instead, he was drowned in the pool.

.

Someone died.

This made the situation even more serious.

Because Yotsuki Reika is still missing, the motive of the murderer is unknown, and what is most unsettling is that there is no cell phone signal here, so there is no way to call the police.

Back in the living room, Aunt Mi brought towels for everyone.

Vermouth made an excuse to go outside to find a place with a strong signal, but actually wanted to contact her organization for help.

However, even after walking to the mountain road outside the parking lot, there was still no cell phone signal.

Vermouth didn't dare to leave for too long to go down the mountain to make the call, because if she were suspected of being the murderer, her identity would likely be exposed, causing all her previous efforts to go to waste.

Vermouth had no choice but to return to the villa.

As she entered the living room, the maid, Aunt Mi, came from the direction of the kitchen carrying a large tray with many cups of coffee on it.

In the living room, the men who had close ties with the Yotsubi Group all looked worried.

Meanwhile, Kogoro Mouri had sobered up from his drunken state.

Ran and Sonoko huddled together, whispering to each other. Judging from Ran's expression, she was probably more worried about Reika Yotsuba's safety.

What a kind angel.

"Mr. Rokuta, how's it going? Is there a signal outside?" Ichiro asked hurriedly as he saw Vermouth walk in.

Vermouth shook her head: "There's absolutely no signal, and I discovered that Mr. Mori's car also had a flat tire caused by the culprit. Now the only way down the mountain is on foot."

“That won’t do. This place is too remote. By the time we get down the mountain, it will probably be dawn,” said Takuya Mifune.

Uncle Mori pondered for a moment: "I think it's better not to act alone. We'll search for Miss Lihua in the villa later. Considering the murder just now, we shouldn't miss any places where the body could be hidden while we're searching."

"A corpse...?"

Upon hearing that word, Yizhilong's face turned deathly pale.

Kogoro Mouri said solemnly, "Now that Mr. Nikaido has been killed, although we do not know his purpose, it is very likely that Ms. Reika has been murdered."

While Uncle Mori was speaking, Vermouth also went over and got a cup of coffee.

.

Although Wen Shui and Shu were discussing the case with Xiao Lan Yuanzi, their attention was actually focused on the coffee.

Because Wen Shui knew that Yizhilong would put drugs in coffee.

So he secretly hid and saw the other person put the drug in that cup of coffee.

Wen Shui was thinking that if his own people got hold of that cup of coffee, even if it meant sacrificing some of the research progress, he would expose the murderer as soon as possible to prevent Xiao Lan from being frightened.

However, what he didn't expect was...

The person who finally got the cup of coffee was none other than Rokuda Shoji, whose entry had previously shown a flashing reaction.

Wen Shui was overjoyed, thinking that this was a perfect opportunity to test what secrets Rokuda Shoji might have.

Because the coffee was left there for self-service, which was highly random, Vermouth did not suspect anything.

But when she and Takuya Mifune went upstairs together to look for Reika Yotsuji, the drug took effect.

Vermouth immediately realized that something was wrong with her body. She was very sleepy, her hands and feet were weak, and her vision was becoming blurry.

Unaware of Takuya Mifune's background, Vermouth, just to be on the safe side, immediately made an excuse to separate from him and wanted to find Ran Mouri, the person she trusted most among those present.

However, just as she stumbled down the stairs, she felt someone grab her collar from behind.

The man dragged her to the bathroom, and then, just like Nikaido Yuuji who had been killed earlier, pressed her face into the bathtub.

A strong feeling of suffocation soon followed.

The feeling of powerlessness in her body prevented her from even struggling; she could only stare wide-eyed like a puppet.

Vermouth sighed inwardly. She had escaped from such a dangerous place as White Dove Pharmaceuticals, but she never expected to stumble in a place like this.

Was it because Rokuda Shoji's identity was mistakenly revealed that he was accidentally injured? Or did the people at Shirakage Pharmaceuticals want to silence him in this way?

Or perhaps the Black Organization has lost trust in her?

Many guesses came to Vermouth's mind.

However, her brain gradually became unable to think due to lack of oxygen.

Just as she was about to lose consciousness, the pressure from the person behind her suddenly lessened.

Vermouth jerked her body, freeing herself from the bathtub. She coughed a few times, then gasped for breath. But when she turned around, the person behind her had vanished.

Approaching footsteps echoed down the corridor.

It seems that the other party suddenly stopped when they heard someone coming.

Although she was temporarily rescued, the crisis was far from over for Vermouth. Her disguise was exposed when her face was roughly pushed underwater.