Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

He planned to tell Ai Haibara about this later, and tell her to be careful, and... uh, not to be seen when she creates the wormhole.

Xiaolan firmly stood by his side this time: "Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Let's observe for a couple more days before making a decision."

Sonoko Suzuki: "But aren't you two really curious about what she did in there?"

Wen Shui was actually quite curious, after all, now that he had the skills of a detective, his curiosity had become more than twice as strong as before.

But he said, "What's there to be curious about? You're probably asking about things you didn't understand in class."

Xiaolan said, "I think she wanted to find someone to confide in about the pressure she was under."

Sonoko Suzuki said, "I still feel like I'm selling my body."

Ai Haibara said, "Shouldn't we be going out to gather information?"

That's a bit... um, wait a minute, Ai Haibara?

Wen Shui turned her head and saw Ai Haibara standing in the aisle next to them, holding a plate and smiling at them.

"Haibara-kun?!?"

The three of them looked like they were watching a pornographic film in their room when their parents suddenly pushed the door open and startled them.

Feeling guilty, Sonoko Suzuki picked up her ramen bowl, took a big gulp of soup, and then remembered that she had put too much chili in it, sticking out her tongue from the spiciness.

Wen Shui picked up her chopsticks and ate the rice on her plate and the beef roll in Xiao Lan's lunchbox.

Xiaolan was initially quite calm.

Because she actually always believed in Ai Haibara, she wasn't that guilty.

But when she realized that Wen Shui had accidentally taken her chopsticks by mistake, her face turned bright red, and she began counting the number of people passing by the cafeteria entrance: "1, 2, 3..."

Ai Haibara placed the plate on the table and sat down next to the warm water: "You guys are discussing your weekend plans, aren't you?"

"Weekend plans?" The group was taken aback.

Ai Haibara nodded, her clear eyes seemingly capable of purifying one's soul.

The group said in unison, "Ah, yes, that's right, we were indeed discussing our weekend plans."

Because today is Friday, and there are holidays for the next two days, and it also happens to be the Ghost Festival, many people will be participating in ceremonies with their families.

But Wen Shui still felt that Ai Haibara must have overheard their secret conversation.

To cover up her guilty conscience, Ran casually asked, "By the way, Haibara-san, do you have any plans for the weekend? Would you like to come along?"

"Where are you planning to go?" Ai Haibara placed the plate on the table and sat down next to Nuwa.

“Uh…” A hint of embarrassment flashed across Xiaolan’s face. She had only asked the question casually to cover up her embarrassment, but she immediately thought of an idea: “We are planning to investigate a strange incident.”

"Investigating the incident?"

Ran nodded, and then briefly explained to Ai Haibara the teddy bear resurrection incident that the Detective Boys and Miike Naeko had requested.

Ai Haibara wore a thoughtful expression.

"By the way, Ai Haibara, would you like to join our detective club?" Ran's face showed an expression that seemed to suggest she wanted to keep the thief around for observation.

Ai Haibara looked hesitant, as if she was making a decision.

When she caught a glimpse of the chopsticks with a beautiful girl design in Wen Shui's hand, she nodded helplessly: "Okay, I actually really enjoy reading detective novels too. When I was studying abroad, I even joined the Sherlock Holmes Fan Club."

"Your expression doesn't show any interest at all; instead, it's full of impatience from being forced to take care of a brat," Wen Shui thought to herself.

"Great! We have a new member joining us!" Ran happily grabbed Ai Haibara's hand and looked at the other members of the Detective Boys.

Sonoko Suzuki temporarily lost connection after taking a big gulp of super spicy ramen soup.

As Wen Shui worked hard to cook the rice, he suddenly felt that the rice in the plate was sweeter than before, and seemed to taste even better.

Is it the magic of the spices in the beef rolls?

"Stop, stop eating! You'll get fat if you eat too much." Xiaolan snatched the plate from him, glaring at him with a mixture of embarrassment and anger.

Wen Shui then realized that she seemed to have accidentally picked up the wrong chopsticks.

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The last class before school ends.

Class teacher Ryoka Hiratsuka, dressed in a school uniform skirt, stood on the podium and wrote the words "Ghost Festival" on the blackboard.

"The Ghost Festival is the day after tomorrow, so please remember to thank the recipients of any gifts you receive," said Ms. Hiratsuka.

In the local Ghost Festival customs, it is customary to exchange gifts such as snacks.

But it's not quite the same as the Ghost Festival that Wen Shui remembers from her previous life, and the timing doesn't quite match up either.

It's only June now, but considering this is the world of Detective Conan, there are several Valentine's Days and Christmases throughout the year.

Suddenly everything made sense.

Ms. Hiratsuka continued, "When you're at home, please be careful about fire and electrical safety. If you go swimming, make sure someone is with you. When crossing the street, pay attention to traffic lights..."

A few scattered responses came from the classroom.

Wen Shui couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement. Was he in a kindergarten class?

Regardless of the circumstances, reminding everyone to pay attention to traffic lights is going too far.

After explaining the precautions, Ryoka Hiratsuka suddenly changed the subject: "Speaking of which, Teacher, you're already at the age to get married this year, but you can only hide in your rented room alone, eating instant noodles while calling your parents in the countryside and telling them lies like you've found a date or your salary has increased."

Suddenly they started talking about the hardships of adulthood.

Ms. Hiratsuka continued talking to herself, "Even without a suitable date, I work so hard every day, my salary should definitely increase..."

Giving you a raise would be the biggest dereliction of duty for school administrators, wouldn't it?

The classroom was completely silent.

Everyone wore an expression of acceptance, and some even picked up their notebooks to start doing their homework.

Shiho Miyano looked at Nukumi in disbelief.

Wen Shui smiled wryly: "You'll get used to it eventually. Actually, Hiratsuka-sensei is a pretty good person."

"Everyone in this class seems really weird," Ai Haibara said.

"Indeed." Wen Shui nodded.

Then he noticed that Ai Haibara had also taken out a Mickey Mouse-covered notebook from her bag. After opening it, he found that it contained a lot of physics formulas, all of which were things that Wen Shui had never seen before.

"So, you really are creating wormholes?" Wen Shui couldn't help but ask.

"What?" Ai Haibara was taken aback for a moment, then smiled when she saw Wen Shui's gaze on her notebook.

"How could such a thing exist? Creating a wormhole requires maintaining a region with a negative energy density that violates the average zero energy condition in order to counteract the gravitational collapse of the wormhole's throat..."

Wen Shui quickly interrupted, "That's enough, please stop humiliating me, a terrible student."

Ai Haibara closed her notebook and smiled: "I thought you would agree with Suzuki's guess."

Wen Shui: "How could that be? I know your real identity."

"Don't trust your intuition too much, or you might make a big mistake," Ai Haibara suddenly said.

Wen Shui stared intently at her flawless face; her beautiful, icy blue pupils seemed to be covered by a privacy screen, making it impossible to see through her true thoughts.

Suddenly, Ai Haibara smiled.

"It might be true. If people live under high pressure all the time, they may release their stress in unexpected ways."

Ai Haibara brushed a stray hair behind her ear, the pleasant scent of shampoo wafting through the air. She chuckled, "So, want to try it after school? If it's for Numizu-kun, I can give you a 8% discount."

Wen Shui shook her head: "Forget it, I'm worried that if you teleport me to Neptune, I won't be able to come back."

"Neptune is 43 billion kilometers away from Earth."

Warm Water: "So even a wormhole won't work?"

"So we need to sacrifice two blueberry peanut butter sandwiches to make it happen," Ai Haibara said seriously.

Warm Water: "Huh?"

"Hehehe, you're so easy to fool, I'll feel insecure." Ai Haibara let out a silvery laugh.

Wen Shui put on a stern face: "Please don't say things that could be misunderstood."

Ai Haibara: "That's strange. Aren't we close partners?"

"Please remove the word 'intimate'," Wen Shui said.

"Alright, alright, there are some things I'm not telling you for your own good," Ai Haibara advised. "How about this, if you can demonstrate abilities that surprise me during the weekend's investigation..."

I'll tell you about the Black Organization's commission of Shinichi Kudo to investigate.

Wen Shui's eyes lit up.

He had long been curious about what trouble could have prompted the Black Organization to actively seek out Shinichi Kudo for an investigation. Moreover, he figured this matter would provide valuable material and significantly accelerate his research.

Thinking of this, Wen Shui suddenly became very motivated and looked forward to the weekend's investigation even more.

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After Hiratsuka-sensei finished explaining the holiday arrangements for the Ghost Festival.

Then everyone left the classroom. Some went to participate in club activities, but most chose to go home and enjoy their holiday early.

Xiaolan originally planned to go to the shopping street to buy snacks and ingredients, and then go home to cook.

But because she hadn't been to the karate club for the past few days, the senior members of the karate club dragged her away to help with chores.

While moving karate practice equipment, Xiaolan was teased by her senior, who asked if she had gone on a date with someone she liked and hadn't come to practice for several days.

For some reason, when asked, Xiaolan suddenly pictured Wenshui eating with her chopsticks.

She felt her heart beating faster than usual.

After working for half a day, Xiaolan carried a practice dummy and walked to the warehouse behind the club building.

Once she finishes delivering this, she can go to the shopping street to buy the ingredients she needs for dinner.

To her surprise, just as she rounded the club building, she saw Ai Haibara and a girl walk into an unlocked equipment storage room.

Is it a girl this time? What is Haibara-san doing?

Moreover, after overhearing their conversation at the restaurant, they changed the location to the equipment warehouse, which seemed increasingly suspicious.