Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

But Ran Mouri's pale skin between her knee-high socks and short skirt still accidentally brushed against the back of his hand.

It's icy cold.

It has a delicate and silky feel, and is also very elastic.

Seeing Ran Mouri staring intently at Shinichi Kudo, Wen Shui couldn't help but ask, "Mouri-kun, the investigation you mentioned isn't about Kudo-kun, is it?"

"Yeah, that bastard said he'd buy me a chocolate ice cream cone after solving the case, but I saw him meeting with a strange woman, so I followed him," Ran Mouri explained calmly, but her hand holding the umbrella handle was trembling.

"Oh, I see." Wen Shui said perfunctorily, but her mind was in turmoil.

Although it's unclear why Shinichi Kudo and Sherry meet earlier in this timeline.

But Wen Shui roughly guessed what had happened: After solving the roller coaster case, Shinichi Kudo, for some reason, didn't go to find Gin and Vodka, but instead went to meet Sherry. As a result, he was caught red-handed by Ran Mouri.

Then, Warm Water picked out the one where Ran Mouri was hiding from among the hundreds of animal-shaped bushes in Dorobiga Amusement Park.

That's incredibly bad luck!

Wen Shui couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Just as he was lost in thought, Shinichi Kudo, who was passing by, answered a phone call: "What else is there to say, you murderer..."

Since Shinichi Kudo had already run quite a distance, his later words were somewhat drowned out by the sound of the rain.

It's unclear what Sherry said on the other end of the phone, but Shinichi Kudo's momentum faltered, and he turned to walk back.

On the other side of the bushes, Shiho Miyano strolled leisurely under a transparent umbrella, her black low-cut high heels clicking on the ground with a crisp, pleasant sound.

"A cat that steals fish," Ran Mouri whispered.

Wen Shui peered out through the gaps in the bushes. Because Shinichi Kudo walked a little faster, the streetlight where the two finally met was still at an awkward distance, neither too close nor too far from them.

Although Wen Shui was very anxious.

However, if they move at this time, there is a high probability that they will be discovered by Shinichi Kudo, who has "extraordinary observation skills".

Given Shinichi Kudo's jealous nature, we'll have to thoroughly investigate his background and identity.

If the connection between the original owner's parents and the Black Organization is discovered, it could cause unnecessary trouble.

"I'm so sorry, Wen Shui-kun, please bear with me a little longer." Ran Mouri noticed the troubled look on Wen Shui's face and said in a low voice.

The sweet, cloying scent of the girl's breath wafted onto the inside of the umbrella as she spoke, making the surrounding air even more ambiguous.

"Endure?" Wen Shui was taken aback.

A blush crept across Ran Mouri's ears as she looked down at her knees. "W-Wasn't you here to relieve yourself?"

Wen Shui then realized that Ran Mouri thought he went behind the bushes to use the restroom.

But this is for the best, otherwise I would have had to come up with a suitable reason to explain: "It's okay, I can still manage, you can continue your investigation."

Ran Mouri nodded gratefully, then focused intently on the cat stealing fish not far away.

At that moment, a piece of information suddenly flashed through Wen Shui's mind.

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Wen Shui was overjoyed, unexpectedly turning misfortune into a blessing and significantly accelerating the material gathering process.

But then I thought about it, and it made sense. This kind of situation—hiding with a beautiful girl to spy on her childhood sweetheart cheating on her—should be considered high-quality material.

Seeing that the situation had temporarily stabilized, Wen Shui simply closed his eyes and entered the cheat's operation page.

The system interface is mostly made of light blue transparent material. Near the top, there is a Q-version cartoon character that looks a bit like the author of "Detective Conan".

Below the text "[Campus mystery, the test of detectives is a battlefield]", there is a progress bar burning with flames.

The progress bar has only progressed less than one-tenth of the way.

At about one-tenth of the way up the progress bar, there is a node-like marker.

Once the warm water focused its attention on that point, a drop-down menu-style interface immediately appeared before its eyes.

New player reward: [Randomly selected profession skills from Detective Conan characters].

It seems that you get a reward when you push the progress bar to 10%.

This cheat appeared in Wen Shui's mind after he transmigrated. After three days of testing, Wen Shui had roughly figured out that this thing was a "comic inspiration source system".

Combined with that cartoon character who looks a lot like the creator of Conan

So, was killing people by throwing them into red bean paste actually due to a lack of inspiration?

In short, this system increases the progress bar and rewards you as long as you experience something dramatic enough in your daily life.

Of course, not everything can be used as material.

Besides requiring personal experience, judging from the name of this entry, events themed around detective work, mystery, and youthful romance are likely to be considered within the scope of source material.

For example, the day before yesterday, Wen Shui went to the vicinity of the hospital and police station and wandered around for half a day, listening to a lot of bizarre stories, but the progress bar didn't move at all.

On the contrary, the next day, while eating a bento on the rooftop, I comforted a senior who was preparing for a leap of faith because of a breakup.

The progress bar has increased significantly.

However, when he got home later that night, after listening to his landlady complain about her runaway son for two hours, his progress bar actually increased a bit.

This left Wen Shui somewhat confused.

Does helping the landlady find her runaway son fall within the scope of reasoning?

Or is it that the landlady who likes to wear black stockings is also included in a teen romantic comedy?

Although he hasn't fully figured out the material gathering mechanism yet, this is, after all, the world of Detective Conan, so the murderers in Beika Town shouldn't disappoint him. At least he doesn't have to worry about finding material for the deduction part.

I don't know what skill the first node reward will be.

Wen Shui still prefers to acquire combat skills, so that at least she will have the confidence to turn against the Black Organization.

I would love to draw Kyogoku Makoto's karate skill. If that's not possible, Ran Mouri's karate skill will do too.

Wen Shui imagined himself beating up Gin with karate, and a look of longing for a bright future appeared on his face.

"Warm-Warm Water-kun, please don't make that face." Ran Mouri's uneasy voice rang in my ears.

Wen Shui looked up at the other person with a puzzled expression, only to find that Ran Mouri was hugging her knees and had moved her legs outward a little.

It seems that if Shinichi Kudo hadn't been outside, she would have stood up long ago.

Wen Shui suddenly realized that when he was studying the cheat, his gaze had just fallen on the feet of the girl next to him.

I stared at the black over-the-knee socks that were slightly tinged with flesh, and the brown leather shoes that were soaked with rain.

Then a strange expression appeared on his face, one of longing for a bright future...

"No, you misunderstood!..." Wen Shui quickly explained, immediately finding a suitable reason, "I was actually thinking about what to eat for dinner, and I got lost in thought."

"What, what should we eat?!"

Ran Mouri looked shocked.

Before Wen Shui could explain, she suddenly seemed to be struck by lightning, exclaiming in realization, "Oh, I see!"

Wen Shui: "You believe me now?"

Ran Mouri said expressionlessly, "Was it Nuku-kun who stole Karen-chan's indoor shoes last week?"

"How could that be?! I'm really thinking about what to eat tonight!" Wen Shui said, speechless, arguing her point.

"Don't worry, I won't report you to the school, but you have to promise me you won't do anything like that again." Ran Mouri expressed her understanding with a pained expression, as if she were advising a delinquent who had fallen into the abyss.

"I've already told you, you've misunderstood me..."

As the two argued, their voices inevitably grew louder.

Just then, Shinichi Kudo and Sherry, who were talking in the distance, suddenly stopped their conversation.

The surroundings instantly fell silent, and the sound of sparse raindrops falling on the ground could be clearly heard.

Neither Wen Shui nor Ran Mouri dared to move.

Shiho Miyano, who was in the distance, took out her phone's built-in flashlight and shone it over.

The beam of light from the flashlight cut through the rain curtain, and within the circular beam, the raindrops looked like silver needles falling from the sky, gleaming coldly.

Unfortunately, the brightness was still a bit lacking, so the two people behind the bushes couldn't be seen.

Ran Mouri froze, her back to the light source, too afraid to move.

"What should we do?" Ran Mouri mouthed a distress signal to the warm water.

Warm Water: "Like a dog barking."

Ran Mouri's eyes widened, as if she had heard something unbelievable.

Wen Shui was actually more anxious than her, because if he were really discovered, the trouble he would face and the misunderstandings he would have to explain would be much greater than those faced by Ran Mouri.

Whether it's Shinichi Kudo, who has an exceptionally strong sense of curiosity and justice, or Sherry, who was almost killed by the original owner's parents five years ago.

All of these could endanger his life.

But he feigned composure, shrugging his shoulders: "The only way is to pretend I'm a puppy hiding here playing, and see if I can get away with it. After all, you wouldn't want your childhood sweetheart to..."

There was silence for a moment.

Ran Mouri handed him the umbrella as if she had made up her mind.

Then she took a deep breath and, under the watchful gaze of Wen Shui, awkwardly raised her hands in front of her.

Chapter 2 The Slit-Mouthed Woman Attacks Passersby

Ran Mouri held her two small, white, and soft hands in front of her, making them into cat paw shapes:

"Meow meow~"

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It's hard to believe that this beautiful girl in a JK uniform can make such a cute and realistic voice.

Wen Shui thought to herself, "I'm sure the system thinks so too."

But why is it a cat meowing?

Although Wen Shui was a cat lover in his past life, at this moment, deep down he seemed to want to hear the voice of a loyal and reliable puppy.