Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

Miike Naeko looked at the three of them curiously and blinked: "Strange, shouldn't a detective usually get excited when they hear about such a bizarre case?"

Wen Shui: "Uh... our Junior Detective Club has a rather reserved style."

The truth is that, apart from him, neither Ran nor Sonoko Suzuki has a "detective's heart".

Ran's goal has always been to get Shinichi Kudo to take back his previous hurtful words and apologize to her.

As for Sonoko Suzuki, she seemed to be under a spell of silence, still affected by what had just happened, and hadn't said a word for a long time.

Wen Shui thought this was a good subject for research: a toy coming to life in the middle of the night and starting a war—it sounded like something out of a supernatural novel.

"In that case, leave this matter to us." Wen Shui took the initiative to accept the commission.

"Thank you so much." Miike Naeko breathed a sigh of relief, then took a shopping card out of her uniform pocket. "Is this okay as a reward?"

Wen Shui was a little embarrassed now: "Well... maybe we shouldn't, since we're not exactly professional detectives."

"Don't be so polite, we can't let you work for nothing, can we?"

"But……"

Miike Naeko suddenly grinned mischievously, "Oh? Was that greedy look you gave me just now not because of the supermarket gift card, but because you saw Mori-chan's shoulder?"

Xiaolan quickly distanced herself from the warm water.

She blushed and hugged her shoulders, her face showing an expression that said, "I treated you as a partner, but I never expected you to be like this, Mr. Warm Water!"

Wen Shui was also stunned. Hadn't she noticed that her shoulder was exposed?

That's incredibly slow!

Wen Shui quickly snatched the shopping card: "You've got it wrong, I just love discounted eggs! I even fainted in the supermarket trying to get discounted eggs before."

"Huh, how could something like this happen?" Miike Naeko kept this news in mind, planning to use it as a topic of conversation when she bumped into her colleagues back home.

After confirming the client's address and related information with Miike Naoko again, Wenshui and her group finally left the Angel Exhibition Hall.

As soon as I entered the corridor, I saw Officer Chiba, who had been eavesdropping by the door.

"Officer Chiba, is the investigation over?" Ran asked.

“Yes, you can leave now.” After Officer Chiba finished speaking, he looked at Miike Naeko, “By the way, Naeko, I heard that Yumi seems to have had an argument with a man.”

"Oh no!" Miike Naeko slapped her forehead. "I was so focused on the request that I forgot about Yumi."

She ran frantically toward the door.

Under the blue police hat, her cute twin ponytails swayed gently up and down.

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When Wen Shui and the others came out of the art museum, it was already dusk and night.

The moon and sun appeared in the sky at the same time, and the fiery clouds on the distant horizon were magnificent and captivating.

A group of reporters carrying cameras and microphones gathered at the entrance of the art museum. It seems they had gotten wind of the situation and came here to gather material for tomorrow's newspapers.

Without making a sound, Wen Shui led Xiao Lan and Yuan Zi through the encirclement and arrived at the roadside where the art museum parking lot sign stood.

Looking up, the patrol car in the distance had its roof flashing red and blue lights.

At the car door, Yumi Miyamoto's face was contorted with rage. If Miike Naeko hadn't been holding her from behind, she probably would have already rushed over to confront the man who was causing trouble.

This familiar scene also reminded Wen Shui of the enchanting moment just now.

He glanced at Suzuki Sonoko and found that she seemed to have returned to her usual carefree self, as if nothing had happened.

It seems we don't have to worry about being thrown into Tokyo Bay to feed the fish for now.

Just then, Xiaolan suddenly walked up to him and bowed very formally to apologize: "I'm sorry, Wen Shui-jun, I was thinking some very rude things to you just now."

Wen Shui hesitated for a moment: "Are you... sure you're not being sarcastic or mocking me?"

He thought Xiaolan was mocking the incident where her shoulder had been exposed earlier, but the expression on her face didn't seem to suggest it.

Xiaolan was looking at him with her big, watery eyes, her fair face filled with guilt and self-reproach.

"It's true. I was just affected by the evil spirit in the art museum and thought of some really bad things to Wen Shui-kun."

"It's okay, just tell me what you're thinking," Wen Shui said.

"No!" Xiaolan blushed and shook her head vigorously. "I'll bring you a delicious lunchbox tomorrow as compensation, okay?"

Wen Shui scratched his head in confusion: "I don't really care, but since you put it that way, can I make another request?"

"No problem, please feel free to give me your instructions."

Xiao Lan bowed at a 90-degree angle, her long black hair cascading down her shoulders like a waterfall, the ends of which almost touched her toes.

Faced with such a sincere apology, Wen Shui was somewhat taken aback.

After all, he had never been apologized to so sincerely before; he had only seen similar scenes in movies.

However, in movies, for dramatic effect, an even more exaggerated dogeza (a deep bowing gesture) is usually used to apologize.

An even more powerful way to apologize is to take off your JK uniform, fold it neatly, place it at your feet, and then perform a dogeza (a deep, prostration gesture).

Huh? Wait a minute...

Some strange thoughts started to come to mind without me even realizing it. Could it be that this art museum...

Are there really evil spirits that can influence people's minds?

Wen Shui took a deep breath, but his tone still carried a hint of malice, though he really didn't mean it: "Can I really just give orders as I please?"

Xiaolan took a step back and said warily, "Let's make this clear beforehand, I don't have much pocket money, and I need to save some to buy bishoujo manga."

Huh, you're actually worried about your allowance?

At times like these, shouldn't we be even more worried about our bodies being taken away by bad people?

As the captain of the karate club, please also be a little worried about characters like "the PE teacher whose face you can't see" and "the gloomy boy holding a camera," Wen Shui thought to herself.

Xiao Lan tilted her head, her large, watery eyes clear and innocent, seemingly unaware of his ill intentions.

This, on the contrary, stirred up a sense of guilt in Wen Shui for deceiving an innocent child.

Wait a minute, maybe I didn't show the malice I imagined, and I'm just overthinking things.

To verify her inner thoughts, Wenshui tried looking at Suzuki Sonoko next to her with the same gaze.

Then they discovered that Miss Suzuki immediately jumped onto the lawn and tried to pull down the parking lot sign that was standing on the lawn to use as a weapon.

The conclusion is: Ran is a pure angel, while Sonoko Suzuki has violent tendencies.

"Wait a minute, miss, don't touch that!" shouted an art museum employee at the entrance, then ran over from a distance.

This shout immediately attracted the attention of the reporters at the door.

Sonoko Suzuki was clinging to the iron railing of the road sign when she noticed that everyone at the museum entrance was looking at her. Two reporters who hadn't managed to get a picture of the criminal raised their cameras and took two photos of her.

The camera flash went off briefly.

When Sonoko Suzuki turned around again, she found that Ran and Nukumizu had already disappeared.

"Hey, you two are so disloyal!"

Sonoko Suzuki gritted her teeth, grabbed her schoolbag, and chased after the direction in which Nukumizu and the others had fled.

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5 minute later.

Beside a utility pole on the street next to the Mihana Art Museum.

The trio of "Young Detectives" reunites.

Sonoko Suzuki crossed her arms, looking displeased: "That's outrageous! You two actually abandoned me and ran away."

Ran grabbed Sonoko's arm, shaking it as she said with a smile, "Don't be angry, I'll make you a tempura bento tomorrow too."

"What other demands did that guy make of you?" Sonoko Suzuki looked at Nukusui suspiciously.

Xiaolan: "It's tempura. Wenshui-kun said he wanted to eat a tempura bento."

"Huh, this guy's making that face, does he just want tempura?" Sonoko Suzuki looked at Numizu in surprise.

Wen Shui: "I think you have some prejudice against me."

Sonoko Suzuki: "Just now in the Sky Exhibition Hall..."

“But I think you’re more charming this way, and you’d be a great teammate for me,” Wen Shui said, picking up where she left off.

Sonoko Suzuki gave a cold laugh but didn't expose him.

"Speaking of which, isn't the name 'Junior Detective Club' a bit inappropriate? It sounds like kids playing house." Xiaolan steered the conversation away from there.

"Then what do you think is good?"

"How about the Pretty Girl Detective Club?"

"I'm sorry, I'm a man." Wen Shui raised her hand.

"Oh, I almost forgot about that." Xiaolan smiled apologetically.

"How about we call it the Suzuki Detective Club?" Sonoko Suzuki suggested.

Xiaolan: "Rejected. This isn't your detective team all by yourself."

"Can I ask my dad to sponsor us? Or how about we call it the Lily of the Valley Detective Club..."

After much deliberation, the two still couldn't come up with a suitable name, so the matter of changing the name was temporarily put on hold.

While waiting for the traffic light at the intersection.

Xiaolan suddenly took a deep breath. Looking at the remaining moon overhead, she exclaimed, "I actually solved a murder case. It feels like a dream. I never thought I would become a detective and stand on the stage of murder cases, even though Wen Shui-jun solved everything today by himself."

Warm Water: "Please don't leave the most important part for last."

"I know you're really good, but I'll definitely beat you next time!" Sonoko Suzuki waved her little fist, full of enthusiasm.

"Let's work hard together from now on!"

Xiaolan stretched her hand out in front of the two of them, with the back of her hand facing up, making the gesture of cheering each other on before a sports competition.

The usual procedure is for everyone to place their hands on the back of their hands in turn and then shout "Victory!"

But Sonoko Suzuki's eyes darted around, as if she remembered being bullied by Ran earlier, and she actually placed her hand directly on Ran's heart.