Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

Beneath the tennis skirt, her delicate and flawless legs were as captivating as a work of art.

Warm water mercilessly lifted its hand.

However, before they could even enjoy it, they heard Conan and Ai Haibara's voices coming from outside.

Oh no, I didn't expect them to arrive so quickly. Wen Shui was planning to wait until Xiao Lan was punished before taking those two thugs back to the tennis match venue with her.

Wen Shui took out her phone and checked the time, only to find that more than an hour had passed.

But we can't blame him entirely.

With Xiaolan's youthful and beautiful legs displayed before him, and completely unprepared, Wen Shui felt he had already been quite restrained.

"What should we do?" Xiaolan's eyes were filled with panic.

Wen Shui looked around and found that the window above his head seemed to be a good way for him to climb out: "I'll go out first, and you can pretend to be struggling to get out."

Xiao Lan nodded. This was the only way now. If someone saw Wen Shui and her in the warehouse, it would be really hard to explain.

Although what the two of them just did is actually quite difficult to explain, as long as this unspoken truth is not revealed, Xiaolan's identity remains that of the super popular beauty in Wenshui Class.

Then Wenshui quickly straightened her clothes and stuffed a towel inside.

Then he gave Xiaolan some instructions on what to be careful about before escaping through the window behind the warehouse.

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Outside the warehouse.

Soon, Kogoro Mouri, Sonoko Suzuki, and two detectives who had originally planned to accompany Kogoro Mouri to deliver the ransom arrived together.

Conan was about to smash the goal open with a soccer ball.

However, because the door is very thick, the lock is also embedded in the side of the door.

If he uses too little force, he might not be able to open it. But if he uses enough force to "kick a satellite down," Conan is a little worried that he might hurt Ran.

Furthermore, the fact that Xiaolan kept making cries from inside, as if her mouth was gagged, indicates that she is not in danger at the moment.

Therefore, Conan was in no hurry to take action.

Ai Haibara, however, frowned slightly as she examined the marks on the door, seemingly wondering why Nuku hadn't come to rescue Ran, but instead left her there alone.

After Kogoro Mouri rushed over, he hurriedly asked, "Why are you two kids running so fast? Where's Ran? Have you seen Ran?"

"Ran should be inside," Conan said. "But the door is locked, and we can't open it."

"Damn it, let me do it!"

As he spoke, Kogoro Mouri tossed the suitcase full of cash aside and began kicking the door lock area repeatedly.

Sonoko Suzuki also desperately slammed her shoulder against the door.

Unfortunately, neither of them had Ran's superhuman strength, and their attempts to ram her were unsuccessful. However, after hearing Ran's cries from inside, Uncle Mori and Sonoko felt much relieved.

At this moment, one of the accompanying criminal police officers arrived late.

After inquiring about the current situation, they immediately called the front desk via walkie-talkie and sent someone with a cutting machine to rescue the hostage.

Conan asked, "By the way, Uncle, didn't you find the key on the two criminals who were knocked down by Brother Wenshui?"

"No, we just asked," the detective said. "The criminal named Hideki Mamiya said that the key was taken by another accomplice, who said he was worried that they would be soft-hearted and let Ms. Ran Mouri go."

Conan was shocked: "So, there's still an accomplice on the run?"

The detective nodded.

Conan's face showed a serious expression.

According to Xiaolan, the other party might be planning a major crime, even though two people have been arrested so far.

But the one who escaped was clearly the leader, and judging from his distrust of his companions, he was probably one of the more intelligent criminals.

If we don't catch the ringleader of the gang soon, he might choose to go into hiding and wait for things to calm down before planning his next operation.

That would make it much harder to catch them again.

Moreover, Ran and Sonoko's finding of that phone inadvertently disrupted the perpetrator's plans, and the culprit might even seek revenge on Ran and Wenshui in private.

Thinking of this, Conan's expression became conflicted.

He desperately wanted to leave to investigate the criminal, but he was also worried about Xiaolan.

Damn it, I wonder where that Wen Shui guy went. I hope he went after that person.

"By the way, did those two say where the boy who knocked them out went?" Sonoko Suzuki asked with a worried expression.

They were so worried about Xiaolan and Wenshui's safety that they only asked for directions briefly before chasing after them, without having a chance to ask for details.

"I don't know." The detective shook his head. "Hideki Mamiya and his girlfriend said that before they could react, they were knocked unconscious by a handsome boy. They also said that the boy initially picked up the iron wrench next to him and had a very scary expression on his face."

However, the man hesitated for a moment and then simply broke their arms to render them immobile.

Then they tied the two men up with rope and left.

Conan pressed further, "Did Wen Shui ask them for keys or anything like that?"

The detective reviewed the interrogation process: "No, it seems they just asked which factory the hostage was being held in, and then left."

Conan frowned slightly. If the criminal's explanation was true...

Wen Shui and Shu were probably just like them, rushing over to save Xiao Lan because they were so worried about her safety.

However, an accident occurred along the way, which prevented him from rescuing Xiaolan in the end.

Considering that if it was an accomplice of the perpetrator who attacked Wenshui, it would be impossible to leave the accomplice tied up and unattended.

In other words, the most likely scenario is that Wen Shui saw something suspicious along the way and followed it.

"Damn it, that Wen Shui guy went too far! He should at least have rescued Ran before investigating the case," Conan thought to himself.

Just then, officers from the nearby local police station arrived in a police car.

The police car happened to stop at the entrance of the warehouse where Xiaolan was trapped.

The two young men took out cutting tools from the back of the truck and sawed open the warehouse door lock in a few strokes.

Kogoro Mouri yanked open the warehouse door, and Ran, whose hands and feet were tied and whose mouth was gagged with a towel, was leaning against the corner of the wall.

"Ran, are you alright?" Kogoro Mouri rushed over first, hugged Ran and shook her repeatedly. "Say something, Ran, why aren't you saying anything?"

Sonoko: "Uncle, please take the towel out of Ran's mouth first."

Uncle Mori then realized that he had overlooked this detail because he was too excited.

The two of them hurriedly helped Xiaolan untie herself.

"Yuanzi, Dad, you really found us!" Xiaolan looked at everyone with a face full of surprise.

Sonoko Suzuki sobbed uncontrollably, "I'm sorry, Ran. It's all my fault for insisting on returning that phone to the thief, which almost caused you to get into trouble."

Xiaolan: "Don't say that. I was curious and went with you back then. Besides, no one could have predicted this kind of thing."

Seeing the genuine emotion on Sonoko's face, Ran felt a pang of unease.

However, she had no way to explain it at that point.

You can't exactly say that Wen Shui actually came to rescue her a long time ago, and that the two of them were still cuddling in the warehouse for almost an hour, can you?

If it had only been Sonoko Suzuki who came, Ran might have revealed the truth out of guilt.

But with her father and so many other strangers present, Xiaolan simply couldn't bring herself to say such embarrassing things.

"At worst, I'll find a way to make it up to Sonoko after this is all over," Ran thought to herself.

Oh, and we can't let that Wen Shui guy escape either.

After all, it was because he insisted on punishing them that they were cornered in the warehouse and had no choice but to use this well-intentioned lie to deceive Sonoko.

However, recalling the moment when Wen Shui lay in her arms and then punished her in the way that she would punish a child, she remembered...

Xiaolan subconsciously squeezed her legs together, and her fair face flushed red again.

After confirming that the hostage was not in mortal danger and had not been abused by the kidnappers, the detectives who had come with them breathed a sigh of relief, because if the kidnapped person had died here, they would have been punished by their superiors.

Everyone was happy that Xiaolan was rescued safely.

Only Conan stood at the very back of the crowd, his face pale.

He looked at Xiaolan's slightly disheveled tennis outfit and the dried-up mark on the ground next to her, and was instantly struck dumb.

A bad thought popped into Conan's mind.

Xiao Lan... could she have been bullied by those thugs?

Conan felt a surge of despair as his beloved treasure was stolen and destroyed.

To his surprise, when that emotion reached its limit, it began to transform into a faint sense of pleasure.

Hmm, is this some kind of human self-protection mechanism?

No, I shouldn't be thinking about these things right now.

That despicable Wen Shui and Shu, who kept saying that Xiao Lan was very important to them, actually let Xiao Lan be bullied by thugs at this crucial moment.

Anger blazed in Conan's eyes.

Chapter 168 The best way to rescue the hostage is to kidnap the kidnapper's girlfriend.

Conan grew angrier the more he thought about it, wishing he could immediately find warm water and give him an anesthetic injection.

However, his attention was quickly drawn to the new problem at hand.

Sonoko had called Onami several times, but couldn't get through.

Hideki Mamiya and his girlfriend, who have already been arrested, were initially very cooperative during questioning, but when the police inquired about their purpose and the identity of their accomplice, they became suspicious.

The two chose to respond with silence.

In other words, the fugitive is likely to continue with his original plan.

Conan and his friends followed the detectives to the warehouse where Hideki Miyako was being held temporarily.

This place is much cleaner than the warehouse where Xiaolan was trapped earlier. There's even a color TV on a wooden crate in the corner, and the antenna on top of the TV can receive signals from the entire Kumamoto region.

The screen was currently broadcasting footage of the "Fire Country Cup Charity Tennis Tournament".