Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

The light from a flashlight is the only source of illumination.

"This road is too difficult to walk. Will Mitsuhiko really appear here?" Genta asked breathlessly.

Ai Haibara: "Yeah, I believe he'll come when he sees our signal."

"A signal?" Ayumi thought for a moment, then her eyes lit up. "I know! We must be sending a signal to Mitsuhiko with our flashlights!"

Ai Haibara smiled and said, "No, that's a signal that's even clearer than a flashlight."

As they spoke, the end of the cliff came into view.

Wen Shui turned around and said to everyone, "Alright, the next gift is from Ai and Conan to the Junior Detective League, so you'd better keep your eyes wide open."

"Give it to us?"

Genta and Ayumi spoke in unison, both showing confused expressions.

However, their expressions quickly changed from confusion to shock, and then they stared incredulously at the pattern of the Junior Detective League badge made of fireflies below the cliff.

"This...this is our badge?"

Ayumi was also stunned by what she saw.

Even Ai Haibara and Conan, who made the gift themselves, couldn't help but gape, because the scenery in front of them was just too beautiful.

At that moment, Ayumi suddenly pointed to the location near the light source at the bottom of the cliff: "Look, isn't that Mitsuhiko?"

Everyone looked in the direction Bu Mei pointed.

Sure enough, Mitsuhiko was seen being held by a detective who was standing nearby. The detective was obviously worried that Mitsuhiko would run away and encounter criminals.

Wen Shui turned to Shan Cun Cao and said, "Could someone bring that child up here? I think he would also like to see this scene."

"No problem, I'll contact my men right away." Yamamura Misao took out a portable communication device and notified his men.

Soon, Mitsuhiko was escorted to the cliff by a young police officer.

The three members of the Junior Detective League hugged each other and cried, and the previous estrangement between Genta and Ayumi completely disappeared.

Ai Haibara and Conan stood to the side with their hands behind their backs. Although they didn't rush over to hug, the souls of these two adults were clearly touched by the sincere feelings of the Detective Boys.

Just then, footsteps sounded behind them again.

A man dressed in tattered clothes with long hair walked towards them and stood next to Shan Cuncao and the detective, who were admiring the beautiful scenery below the mountain. He looked at the fireflies by the stream with a nostalgic expression.

Yamamura Misao turned his head and exclaimed, "Hey, you...you weren't the one who rescued that fugitive?"

The young detective next to him immediately pulled out handcuffs to arrest the criminal.

However, Kiichiro Numabuchi seemed oblivious to the presence of police officers around him, completely absorbed in admiring the beautiful fireflies below the mountain.

Wen Shui shook his head at Shan Cun Cao: "Let him take a look. Since he came over on his own initiative, he probably doesn't intend to run away again."

Yamamura Misao hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. However, just to be on the safe side, he ran to a distance and used the communication device to call his men over.

Numabuchi Kiichiro then turned around and gave Nukumi a grateful smile:

"Thank you, Detective Warm Water."

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About an hour later, a light rain began to fall.

Yamamura Misao led the prisoners back to report. After discussing it with the Junior Detective League, Wenshui decided to stay overnight at the campsite to rest, treating it as a camping trip.

Anyway, with Professor Agasa's medicine to repel wild beasts, at least I don't have to worry about being eaten by a bear in the middle of the night.

Nukumizu originally thought that Amuro Tooru would also leave and then try to kidnap Numabuchi Kiichiro, but she didn't expect that he would only leave briefly to make a phone call before returning to the camp and saying that he would wait until tomorrow to go back to Beika Town with them.

After Mitsuhiko explained that he ran away from home to find fireflies, he was naturally lectured by everyone in turn.

What surprised Wen Shui the most was that Ai Haibara didn't go to sleep with Ayumi, but instead naturally crawled into his tent.

Wen Shui took off her raincoat, opened the tent flap, and crawled inside: "Why did you come here again?"

Ai Haibara looked displeased: "I already said I wanted to hear your bedtime story. Wouldn't going back now arouse Bourbon's suspicion?"

"Uh, that makes sense." Wen Shui scratched her head. "Are you planning to sleep with me tonight?"

"Otherwise what?" Ai Haibara retorted.

Even in the dim light, a faint blush could still be seen on her cheeks, clearly indicating that she was not as calm as she appeared.

Wen Shui nodded: "Okay then, but don't kick off the covers tonight."

As she spoke, Wen Shui turned around and hung the mosquito repellent incense at the tent entrance, then completely closed the curtain to prevent rain and mosquitoes from getting in, and also turned off the small night light hanging overhead.

The tent was plunged into complete darkness.

You can faintly smell the pleasant milky scent emanating from Ai Haibara, blended with the fresh earthy fragrance after the rain.

"Wait a minute, I haven't made the bed yet," Ai Haibara said.

"You should have said so earlier."

Wen Shui reached out and touched the light switch based on her memory.

In the darkness, he seemed to grasp Ai Haibara's soft little hand. It turned out that Ai Haibara also raised her hand to turn on the light, and the two of them turned on the small night light above their heads together.

Because of the sudden change from dark to bright, the light inside the tent was a little dazzling, but after you've completely adjusted to the light...

Wen Shui noticed that Ai Haibara's face was very close to his.

It's about the distance where you can touch the tip of her nose if you just lower your head slightly.

Their eyes met for a moment, perhaps influenced by the beautiful firefly show they had just witnessed.

They were both a little dazed, and neither of them let go of the other's hand immediately.

The distance between the tip of the nose and the corner of the lips also gradually decreased.

In the warm water's view, Ai Haibara's delicate eyelashes trembled slightly, and she even closed her eyes in the end. Her small and cute lips curled up slightly, as if waiting to be wantonly ravaged.

Wen Shui's heartbeat reached an unprecedented level, feeling as if it was about to jump out of her throat.

Even so, he still tried to keep his movements as careful and gentle as possible.

"Ai, we're going to watch the sunrise tomorrow morning, don't forget!" Genta's loud voice came from outside the tent.

Ai Haibara and Numizu were startled and separated at lightning speed, hiding in two corners of the tent.

"I-I understand." Ai Haibara hugged the blanket, her heart pounding.

Genta's footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

Ai Haibara and Wen Shui exchanged a glance, then crawled into bed to rest without saying a word.

However, after lying back to back, Ai Haibara tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, but dared not make any noise.

Why did you lose your temper just now?

Wen Shui only helped set up a little trick, and she was involved in the whole process. How did she almost let this guy give her such a precious thing without her even realizing it?

Ai Haibara's heart was pounding.

I have no idea what would have happened if I had actually kissed him. I'll have to be more careful in the future.

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Silent all night.

The next morning, Ai Haibara woke up before Numizu.

Looking at Wen Shui's peaceful sleeping face, she couldn't help but smile gently. This guy is quite well-behaved when he's asleep.

Ai Haibara got dressed, crawled out of the tent, and found that Genta was already awake. Mitsuhiko and Ayumi were calling Professor Agasa and Conan to wake up, but judging from their expressions, they probably didn't want to watch the sunrise.

After much dawdling, it took Professor Agasa a long time to finally get Conan out of the tent. He was too tired to wake him up.

Because she didn't know if she would encounter a bear, Ai Haibara, for safety's sake, returned to the tent to wake Wenshui up.

Even Ai Haibara herself didn't realize that after yesterday's events, the distance between her and Wen Shui had narrowed considerably.

If it were before, Ai Haibara would probably have pinched Onami's nose or stuffed his mouth with socks and feet to prevent him from breathing in order to wake him up.

Perhaps it's a lingering effect of the unfinished kiss last night.

As if possessed, Ai Haibara placed her left foot on the warm water's abdominal muscles, and her right foot, which was suspended in the air, also gently stepped down.

Well……

Ai Haibara's eyes widened, her delicate eyelashes trembled violently, and her soft little feet unconsciously curled into a ball.

This action made her feel as if she had stepped on a squirrel set by a hunter, and she was frozen in place.

Chapter 159 Eri Kisaki's Invitation is a Battlefield

Meanwhile, Wen Shui is dreaming about being bullied by Ran and Sonoko Suzuki.

Suddenly, he felt that today's dream seemed much more real than before, especially since he felt an unprecedented sense of pleasure while half asleep and half awake.

Not right.

This weight doesn't seem like that of Ran or Sonoko; it's more like the weight of that British Shorthair cat that the old lady downstairs keeps, the one that runs around everywhere.

That cat often wanders around and sneaks into strangers' homes when no one is looking. After eating, it will lie on people's bodies and sleep. Since Wen Shui's house became the base for the Linglan Detective Team's operational meetings, food has been plentiful, and the cat has naturally visited it quite often.

Could it be that the cat has come to my house to steal food again?

Even in her sleep, Wen Shui forgot that she had arrived in Gunma Prefecture.

He jolted awake and sat up in the tent, only to find Ai Haibara standing awkwardly in front of him, clutching the hem of her clothes.

Wen Shui was taken aback at first, then said in a somewhat reproachful tone, "Really, you could have just told me directly if you wanted to. I know you're being hunted by the Black Organization and under a lot of pressure. If you... hey? Why are you hitting people?"

Halfway through the conversation, Ai Haibara couldn't help but feel embarrassed and launched an attack on the warm water.

During their argument, the sounds of fighting inevitably arose. Soon, Ayumi ran over and asked, "Ai, what are you and Wen Shui doing in the tent?"

Ai Haibara woke up with a start: "It's nothing. He doesn't want to come with us either, just like Professor Agasa. I'm trying to wake him up."

"Oh, do you need my help?" Ayumi said, about to lift the tent flap and come in.

Both Wen Shui and Ai Haibara were startled.

Because the two of them are still entangled together in a somewhat awkward position, like wrestlers.