Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

That maid who had plastic surgery to look like an old woman was a childhood trauma for Wen Shui.

I'm actually looking forward to seeing the real person this time.

However, it seems we'll have to wait and see if the Detective Boys can set off before we can leave.

Instead of joining the other children in attacking Professor Agasa, Sonoko Suzuki walked alone to the nearby stream and took off her wedge sandals, placing them aside.

She walked barefoot in the stream, observing the pebbles under her feet like a curious child.

"Warm Water, come quick! There are fish here!" Sonoko Suzuki called Warm Water over excitedly.

Wen Shui originally wanted to rest in the car, but Sonoko's attitude seemed very firm, and he had indeed neglected Sonoko a bit during this period.

So Wen Shui opened the car door, walked to the stream, bent down and looked at the water: "Where is it? I can't see it."

"You're too late. There were already several fish here." Sonoko Suzuki said with a regretful look, then gently wiggled her small, cute toes.

The water quality here is excellent, and the current in this area only reaches Suzuki Sonoko's ankles.

The warm water made it easy to see Sonoko Suzuki's clean, white feet with light blue nail polish.

The sunlight, refracted by the stream, seemed to have a filter applied to her skin, making her look exceptionally charming.

"Brother Wen Shui, I saw a strange creature over there. Can you come quickly and help me see what kind of animal it is?" Ai Haibara's voice came from behind.

Sonoko Suzuki grabbed Onami's wrist: "Wait a minute, Onami hasn't seen the fish yet."

Ai Haibara, her face tense, looked up at the warm water's eyes, while Sonoko Suzuki's grip was also quite strong.

Wen Shui could vaguely sense the atmosphere of a battleground.

Chapter 140 Little Ai, Pinch Her Cheeks

Am I surrounded by Sherry and her brother?

Looking at the two girls with brown hair, one big and one small, on either side of Wen Shui, she couldn't help but feel a little smug.

After all, one of these two people is the second daughter of the Suzuki Group.

The other is a genius scientist from the Black Organization, and the only girl in the world whose body has shrunk to a tiny size, making her almost as rare as an alien.

However, the atmosphere isn't exactly harmonious right now.

Just as Wen Shui was hesitating about which one to appease first, Haibara Ai took the initiative and attacked: "Sonoko-neechan, isn't that a fish at your feet?"

When Wen Shui looked down, he saw that after Suzuki Sonoko stopped moving, the fish had swum back.

It swims around the ankles of the animals in the garden, and every now and then it pounces on them and takes a bite.

"Wow, that's amazing! Sonoko-neechan is so popular with the little fish. Okay, Numizu-nii-san, let's go see the animals." Ai Haibara quickly finished reciting this flattering line.

Then, before Sonoko Suzuki could react, he grabbed Onami and left.

"Hey, wait a minute, you little brat." Sonoko Suzuki tried to chase after her, but her shoes were left on a rock a little further away.

Before I knew it, Ai Haibara had succeeded.

Ai Haibara pulled Wen Shui across the Volkswagen Beetle that the doctor had parked in the open space on the shore.

Genta Kojima and Ayumi were still complaining about Professor Agasa's carelessness.

Conan is already using a map to look for a place to stay nearby, because it's getting late and there won't be enough time to go back and get the tent.

Upon reaching the edge of the woods, Ai Haibara released her grip on the warm water.

Wen Shui looked around: "Where's the suspicious little animal?"

Ai Haibara couldn't help but roll her eyes: "It seems like he's gone, but shouldn't you tone it down a bit in front of the kids?"

"Are you angry?" Wen Shui looked down at Ai Haibara with amusement.

I noticed that despite her very youthful face, she had the expression of a jealous girlfriend, which was kind of cute.

Ai Haibara said with a straight face, "I was talking about Ayumi and Genta. They're all talking about who you're dating right now."

"Really? Those kids are quite curious." Wen Shui smiled.

Ai Haibara rolled her eyes again: "Anyway, you'd better watch yourself. There have been a lot of reports about crimes of passion on TV lately, and I don't want to see your name on them one day."

Wen Shui's expression changed slightly: "You're not implying something, are you?"

"You're overthinking it. I'm focusing all my energy on researching an antidote right now." Ai Haibara brushed a stray hair behind her ear, briefly reverting to Sherry's demeanor. "But I've been staying up late a lot lately, so it's understandable that I might put something poisonous in my food sometimes, right?"

That kind of thing is definitely not excusable, right?

While mentally complaining, Wen Shui pointed behind Ai Haibara and widened her eyes: "Huh, there really is a strange animal?"

"What?" Ai Haibara froze, turning around to look behind her. But there was nothing nearby except for dense trees.

And when she turned her face towards the warm water...

Warm water poked Ai Haibara's pink cheek with her fingertips.

Ai Haibara replied expressionlessly, "Boring. Are you a child too?"

Wen Shui smiled and pinched Ai Haibara's cheek. Her skin was as white and delicate as a porcelain doll, and it felt great to pinch. "I can be one. Can I become a child the same age as you? Let's go to Teitan and bully Conan together."

Ai Haibara slapped away Lu Wenshui's hand and said calmly, "Don't do that, Ayumi is watching us."

"What does it matter? I pinched Genta's cheek just now too." Wen Shui let go of his hand and patted Ai Haibara's head again.

Her soft hair was very fine, and the pleasant scent of shampoo filled the air. Touching it felt like the therapeutic sensation of petting a cat.

Ai Haibara made a faint "woo-woo" sound.

"By the way, I feel like you're deliberately keeping your distance from Ayumi and the others. Did something happen?" Wen Shui asked, voicing her doubts.

Ai Haibara's expression darkened, and she shook her head: "It's nothing, it's just that we don't have many things in common."

Wen Shui frowned slightly, feeling that things were definitely not as simple as Ai Haibara had said.

Considering Ai Haibara's personality and her current situation where she cannot live a normal life due to the Black Organization, even with the variable of Nuwa, she would probably feel that her existence would bring trouble to the people around her.

In the anime, Ai Haibara was also often cynical about life at the beginning.

It seems I need to think of a way to rekindle her longing for a better life, Wen Shui thought to herself.

Just then, Ayumi quietly slipped over and looked at the two of them with her curious big eyes: "Ai, what game are you playing?"

Wen Shui smiled and said, "Xiao Ai just saw an animal she'd never seen before, so she pulled me over to take a look."

"Huh? Even Ai hasn't seen it before? What kind of animal is it, Brother Wen Shui?" Ayumi asked in surprise. It seems that in her mind, Ai Haibara is someone who knows more than the school teachers.

Wen Shui: "It looks like a brown cat, but its curly fur doesn't seem to be a real breed, and it's very cute when it's angry."

Ai Haibara rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky.

"Ayumi, have Professor Agasa and the others figured out where they're going?" Ai Haibara changed the subject.

Ayumi: "It seems like they're saying to find a place to stay nearby."

"Okay, let's go take a look."

After saying that, Ai Haibara glared at Wen Shui, grabbed Ayumi's hand and walked towards Professor Agasa, "accidentally" stepping on Wen Shui's foot as they passed by.

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After discussing it for a long time, everyone finally decided to look for a hotel or similar place nearby.

After all, the kids had been looking forward to this camping trip for a long time and clearly didn't intend to go back.

However, the area was surrounded by forests, and Professor Agasa drove around for more than an hour without finding a place to stay, and instead got lost.

"Doctor, if this continues, will we have to stay in the forest tonight? I heard that wolves roam in places like this at night." Genta looked at the endless forest outside the window with some worry.

Ayumi exclaimed, "Huh? Will we be eaten by wolves?"

Conan: "Don't worry, even if we get lost and can't get out, we'll stay in the car. We won't be carried off by wolves."

"Hey, but the car is so crowded. Wen Shui is holding Genta, so there's no way we can sleep, right?" Ayumi looked at the passenger seat with some concern. "If only we could find a castle from a fairy tale, maybe we could even have a big meal."

Mitsuhiko: "How could such a thing be possible?"

"Not necessarily," Ai Haibara suddenly said, then pointed to a 45-degree angle towards the car. "Look over there."

Everyone looked in the direction Ai Haibara was pointing.

Conan: "Doctor, you're driving! Don't look over here!"

Professor Agasa had no choice but to turn his face away and continue staring at the road.

Following the direction Ai Haibara was pointing, a spire-like building could be vaguely seen at the end of the tall, dense forest.

"That's probably a unique architectural style of Western-style spires. Generally speaking, there are castles or similar buildings around these kinds of towers, but it's hard to say whether anyone lives there," Ai Haibara explained.

"Never mind that, it's a castle! Doctor, drive over there quickly!" Genta excitedly pressed his face against the car window. The others were also beaming with excitement.

Soon, Professor Agasa led everyone to the entrance of this Western-style castle.

Ayumi: "Great! No need to worry about being eaten by wolves!"

Mitsuhiko: "Huh, there really is a castle, but how did they move such a big castle here?"

Yuan Tai: "Those chess pieces are so strange, could there be some kind of treasure among them?"

The three members of the Junior Detective League expressed different opinions on this discovery.

Before the car had even come to a complete stop, he eagerly opened the door, jumped out, and peered inside, clinging to the iron fence of the castle courtyard.

After getting off the bus, Wen Shui looked at the ancient building in front of him and found that it was far more impactful than the castle he had seen in the original animation.

Just as Ai Haibara had said, next to that towering spire, there was a shorter Western-style castle.

The castle's exterior walls are made of white and gray material, and upon closer inspection, you can see cracks in some areas. The blue pointed roof is full of artistic flair.

Perhaps because of its remote location, the castle owner expanded the yard to be exceptionally large, planting many shrubs and flowers near the main gate, while the area in front of the castle gate was covered with a neatly trimmed lawn.

On the lawn stood sculptures of chess pieces, much taller than Conan, their black and white shapes adding a touch of mystery to the castle.

"You lot, don't cause trouble." When Ran wasn't around, Sonoko Suzuki acted as her guardian.

However, she wasn't a very good guardian. After warning Conan and the others not to touch anything, she ran over to the warm water and said, "Hey, don't you think this castle looks like it's hiding a big secret?"

Wen Shui raised an eyebrow: "Why do you ask that?"

"That's how it's written in novels. Deep in a mysterious forest, a mad scientist uses a castle as cover to plot something," Sonoko Suzuki said with an air of seriousness.