Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

Warm Water: "Absolutely not."

Sonoko Suzuki pouted and said, "It's my dad. He reads the newspaper every morning and sometimes tells us about it."

I knew it! This is exactly how you, Miss Suzuki, are portrayed.

Wen Shui then looked at Ai Haibara, wanting to ask for her opinion.

Unexpectedly, Ai Haibara had already taken out her laptop, and her slender hands were typing away on the keyboard.

"What are you doing?" Wen Shui asked.

Ai Haibara: "Didn't we say we were going to investigate the Slit-Mouthed Woman? We should at least do some research, right?"

As she spoke, she placed the computer on the table and turned the monitor towards them.

A map of the entire Tokyo area appeared on the screen, with several red cursors randomly scattered across it in addition to the iconic building markers.

"The red marker is the location where the Slit-Mouthed Woman attacked passersby, and the flashing red marker is the location where the victim who died last night was attacked," Ai Haibara explained.

Xiaolan looked at him with admiration: "That's amazing! You were able to find such detailed information and even make a map."

Sonoko Suzuki also praised, "I feel like the Metropolitan Police Department's investigation materials are only at this level, right?"

Ai Haibara: "This is the police..."

Wen Shui quickly pinched her thigh under the table to stop her from talking nonsense.

Ai Haibara was startled when Nuka suddenly touched her leg, but she immediately realized that she had inadvertently put herself into the role of the Black Organization meeting.

After all, when working with Bourbon and his team, hacking into the Metropolitan Police Department's system was practically a daily occurrence.

She adjusted her expression and said, "Actually, this is modeled after how the Metropolitan Police Department conducts investigations in crime dramas, so it might look a bit like one."

Ran and Sonoko didn't think too much about it; instead, they focused on looking at the map.

Wen Shui pouted and, taking the opportunity of pouring tea, moved closer to Ai Haibara: "You should be more careful, you almost gave yourself away."

"I know," Ai Haibara said with a straight face. "You should also be careful, don't always take the opportunity to touch my legs."

Warm Water: "I was just reminding you."

"I'll remind you from a different location next time."

Warm water looked her over, searching for a suitable spot, and finally landed on the fullness that Xiao Lan had complained about countless times.

"Poke out the eye!"

Ai Haibara raised her hand and waved it in front of him, causing the warm water to immediately fall backward.

"Hey, can you two be serious for once?" Sonoko Suzuki couldn't help but say. For some reason, she felt uncomfortable whenever she saw Wenshui flirting with this woman.

Perhaps it was because of Ran and Shinichi's relationship that she felt a faint hostility towards Ai Haibara, Sonoko Suzuki thought.

After looking at the map, everyone started discussing where to investigate.

Ai Haibara, Ran, and Sonoko all felt that investigating the scene of yesterday's crime might yield some results.

Wen Shui initially thought so too.

But when he focused his attention on the map, a slideshow-like special effects appeared before his eyes. His detective skills flashed rapidly in his mind, and his energy was rapidly depleted.

After a while, Wen Shui finally found a location that seemed very suspicious, relying on her detective skills and intuition.

However, due to excessive energy expenditure from overthinking, she collapsed onto Ai Haibara beside her. Normally, if Ai Haibara hadn't dodged, she would have plunged headfirst into that alluring and soft embrace.

But Ai Haibara was prepared this time.

She stepped back as soon as she realized the warm water was not right.

However, when Ai Haibara realized that Onami had indeed fainted due to low blood sugar, it was too late to reach out and support him.

In a moment of desperation, Ai Haibara stretched out her slender, white legs, using her flawless, white insteps as a cushion.

She held her face against the warm water.

The girl's delicate, small bare feet felt cool to the touch, yet were surprisingly soft; resting your head on them wouldn't cause any discomfort. Just like her personality, she seemed cold and unapproachable, but once you truly got to know her, you would discover the gentleness hidden beneath that icy mask.

While you might not feel these details when you're feeling dizzy from the warm water, it's like suddenly having such a comfortable pillow in front of you on a hot summer day.

It always makes people want to take a nap.

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Wen Shui felt as if she had fallen asleep in class.

When she woke up, she found that Ai Haibara and the other two were still studying the map that showed the locations of the Slit-Mouthed Woman's crimes, and everything was the same as before.

Strange, could it be that he really fainted from overthinking?

But then he suddenly noticed a sweet taste on his lips. Could it be that Sonoko Suzuki gave him a lollipop again while he was unconscious?

Ai Haibara noticed the warm water licking her lips and said calmly, "Didn't you sleep well last night? How come you suddenly fell asleep?"

"I've probably been too tired lately, and I was thinking too much just now, so I had a bit of low blood sugar," Wen Shui explained with a smile, then asked Suzuki Sonoko curiously, "Did you feed me candy again? What flavor of lollipop was it this time?"

Sonoko Suzuki had a complicated expression.

On the other side, Ai Haibara had already raised the notebook on the table high.

Ran hugged Ai Haibara from behind, saying, "Calm down! Calm down, Ai!"

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Around 8 PM.

Wenshui led the girls to the edge of Bunkyo Ward. This was not the scene of the crime where the body was found yesterday, but rather a place located between the locations of the two previous crimes.

By analyzing the order of the map, Wen Shui could vaguely sense a pattern in the killer's crimes, so he strongly insisted on coming here to investigate.

Wen Shui's decision was initially met with skepticism, but he quickly capitalized on Xiao Lan's fear of monsters.

He pulled her onto his side.

After all, if Xiaolan had a choice, she would definitely go to a less dangerous place to investigate.

To Wen Shui's surprise, as soon as the group arrived in Bunkyo Ward, they saw Kosaka Keisuke, the vice president of the Faculty of Letters, sneaking around taking pictures on the roadside.

I asked him and found out that he was also there to gather material.

Senior Kosaka said he had come up with a love story about urban legends and wanted to try writing a short story on that topic, which is why he came here late at night to look for inspiration.

Wen Shui initially thought the vice minister's thinking was unique.

When the investigation actually began, it was discovered that Senior Kosaka was not the only one who acted differently.

Because on the road he saw more than one group of people who had come because of the Slit-Mouthed Woman attack.

Among them were newspaper reporters, members of a university film club, and young men and women who had been drinking and were seeking thrills.

Wen Shui even saw an uncle who had been fired from his job, feeling desperate but not daring to commit suicide, come here to ask the Slit-Mouthed Woman to help him end his life.

After wandering around the neighborhood without finding anything, the group found a family restaurant for a short rest.

The restaurant was quite large, but there were very few customers at this time. There were only a few young people dressed as students and truck drivers stopping by for a break.

The group sat down by the window. Wen Shui and Ai Haibara sat on one side.

"I knew this place, Wenshui, was a terrible choice. We didn't find any clues at all, and we even got hit on by some weirdos several times," Sonoko Suzuki complained, fiddling with the menu.

Wen Shui was as candid as ever: "But the people who were trying to chat you up were all after Ran and Ai Haibara. Nobody even tried to chat you up."

Sonoko Suzuki hissed and was about to pounce, but Ran managed to pull her back.

“That’s how detectives work; they can’t guarantee they’ll find something every time,” Xiaolan advised from the side. “My dad always says, ‘Detectives basically deduce things with their feet!’”

Xiaolan seemed to be in a good mood.

As they were talking, a restaurant staff member wearing an apron walked over with a smile and stopped near the warm water.

He was a well-proportioned young man with dark blond hair and wheat-colored skin, looking very much like a popular character from a BL (Boys' Love) novel.

Sonoko Suzuki's eyes lit up, and then she subconsciously glanced at Onami, only to find that Onami was giving that man a complicated look.

No, no way?

Sonoko Suzuki had a bad feeling.

"Welcome! What would you like to order?" Amuro smiled charmingly. "Just a reminder, it's past 8 p.m. now, so all dishes are 20% off."

"really?"

Ran seemed particularly sensitive to information about discounts, and immediately picked up the menu, chattering away with Sonoko Suzuki as they selected items.

Wen Shui picked up the menu to cover her face, while glancing at this very popular character from the original Detective Conan manga out of the corner of her eye.

Toru Amuro.

This guy is indeed much more handsome than the paper cutout characters in anime, and he exudes a sunny and cheerful charisma that makes you want to believe in him.

No wonder it's so popular.

But Wen Shui knew very well that hidden beneath that mask was an extremely calm soul who would stop at nothing to protect his country.

Ai Haibara also picked up the menu and held it to her face, then nudged him with her elbow and whispered, "Are you doubting this waiter?"

Because the original owner of Ai Haibara, Wen Shui and Shu, did not know Amuro Tooru, that's why Ai asked that question.

Wen Shui: "Haven't you noticed that most of the customers here are young people? The waiters, who have worked hard all day, sometimes take their anger out on mean customers on their way home because of the stress they've accumulated at work. You've seen those kinds of things on TV, right?"

"Isn't that a bit far-fetched?" Ai Haibara couldn't help but say.

"What do you think?"

Ai Haibara thought for a moment and said, "I think it would be better if she got caught stealing from the store and then the manager threatened her to stay at the restaurant after get off work..."

Amuro Tooru, who always maintained a professional fake smile, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"Have you two made your choices? I recommend the banana milkshake." Amuro Tooru interrupted Miyano Shiho's speculation. This woman was definitely trying to annoy him on purpose, and he didn't want to listen anymore.

Because of Vermouth, Amuro Tooru and Miyano Shiho's relationship has never been good, and he's used to it.

On the contrary, he was curious about the attitude of Wen Shui and Shu, who owed the organization a large sum of money. He felt that this kid didn't seem to have any sense of crisis.

Are we really just enjoying our youth to the fullest?

Or did Sherry make him some promise that allowed him to ignore the trouble of owing a huge debt? Amuro Tooru pondered to himself.

"We've made our choices." Ran and Sonoko Suzuki handed the menu to Tooru Amuro.