Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

"Huh? How could this be so outrageous?!" Miyamoto Yumi slammed her hand on the table.

The surrounding guests all turned to look in their direction.

Yumi Miyamoto shrank her neck and lowered her voice, saying, "But from an objective point of view, the heiress of the Suzuki Group does seem to be more attractive than the female police officers of the Metropolitan Police Department."

"Yumi, you're really going to make me angry." Sato Miwako pouted in dissatisfaction.

Yumi Miyamoto quickly raised her hands in surrender: "Just kidding, just kidding. Do you want me to teach you a few tricks for handling younger men?"

“I don’t need it. I’m just a collaborator with Wenshui,” said Miwako Sato.

"You could consider it. Young, cute guys are really good at taking care of people."

Miyamoto Yumi smiled ambiguously, saying that women of their age tend to be quite open and unrestrained when chatting in private.

"So Wenshui-kun went on vacation. No wonder I couldn't get in touch with him," Miike Naoko said with a sudden realization.

Then she noticed that Yumi and her senior, Sato Miwako, immediately looked at her with suspicion.

Miike Naeko quickly explained:

"It's not what you think. My cousin, Kazama Aoi, called yesterday and said she remembered something very important and wanted to tell Nukumizu-kun, but she couldn't get through to him on the phone."

Sato Miwako and Miyamoto Yumi then remembered that Nukumizu seemed to have accepted a request regarding Kazama Aoi.

"By the way, what are the results of the warm water investigation?" Sato Miwako asked.

Miike Naoko: "It probably hasn't come to a conclusion yet. I asked Aoi what important thing she remembered, but she was evasive and didn't tell me."

"I see," Miwako said.

Miike Naeko added, "However, I can clearly feel that Aoi's mood is much better than before. I'm not sure if Wenshui-kun is a great detective, but he must be a very gentle and helpful person."

"A kind and gentle person?"

Sato Miwako carefully considered this assessment.

Then, as if suddenly remembering something, she asked Miyamoto Yumi, "By the way, Yumi, what kind of places do you think young people generally like to go for leisure these days?"

"Huh? You've already decided to take the initiative?" Miyamoto Yumi asked in surprise.

"No, it's my mom. She's been trying to set me up on blind dates again. I don't have time for that," Sato Miwako said with a wry smile. "That's why I'm thinking about how to fool her."

"Oh, I see."

Yumi Miyamoto looked regretful: "For two people, they usually go to amusement parks and movie theaters more often. For a couple's hotel, I recommend the one near the Tokyo Skytree; there's a pharmacy downstairs, so even if you accidentally get..."

"I don't need that kind of thing, it's just something to get by!"

Miwako quickly interrupted her best friend.

Through her elegant short black hair, one could vaguely see a faint blush rising around Miwako's ears.

Mrs. Sato has indeed been nagging Miwako to go on blind dates lately, but just talking about it won't convince her mother.

We must take some action.

But right now she has neither the inclination nor the time, so it's definitely impossible for her to deal with blind dates.

Just now, after hearing Miko Miike say that Kazuki Onamizu was a kind and gentle person, a battle plan suddenly flashed through Miwako Sato's mind.

There shouldn't be any problem using lukewarm water to fool her mother.

Besides, I still owe that kid Wen Shui a favor, so I can take this opportunity to go to the amusement park with him to relax and then treat him to a meal.

Then, when Wenshui isn't looking, take a few slightly intimate photos together; that should be enough to appease Mom.

And most importantly, warm water is safer. That guy is several years younger than her, so he wouldn't have any ulterior motives towards her.

Thinking about it this way, warm water and trees are practically perfect tools.

By the way, I'll try to go to the police station tomorrow and ask if there are any surveillance missions near the amusement park. That way, I can also help relieve some of the pressure on the police station.

"Time Management Master Miwako" smiled brightly.

Just then, her phone, which was on the table, rang.

"Hey, it's me."

Miwako answered the phone, and her expression quickly turned serious.

After hanging up the phone, Miwako Sato frowned.

Yumi Miyamoto asked, "There's a case? But aren't you off work already?"

“It’s the Slit-Mouthed Woman,” Miwako sighed. “Another person has been killed, and I just joined the Special Investigation Headquarters a few days ago, so I don’t have any rest time right now.”

At the same time, the waiter brought over three bowls of ramen.

Sato Miwako looked at the steaming ramen in front of her, licked her lips, and then took out a banknote from her pocket and placed it on the table.

"Sorry, this meal is on me. Please finish the noodles for me."

Miwako clasped her hands together in a pleading gesture, then hurriedly ran out.

Naeko Miike watched the red Mazda speed away and asked worriedly, "Is it really okay for Sato-senpai to push himself like this?"

“Miwako, she’s been like this ever since I met her, and no one can change her mind.” Honyumi picked up a noodle with her chopsticks and gently blew on it a few times.

"The only thing that can stop her now is probably catching the murderer in the Slit-Mouthed Woman murder case."

Miike Naeko looked out the window of the ramen shop at the dense night sky:

"It should be soon. I have a feeling that Wen Shui Jun is close to the Sea of ​​Mist. If he works a little harder, he will be able to discover the treasure hidden in the deep sea."

Yumi Miyamoto looked out the window at the deserted street, just as a large truck drove past.

The elongated halo of the taillights resembled slowly wriggling, viscous octopus tentacles, trying to drag everything around into the deep sea.

She brought the chopsticks to her lips and took a gentle sip.

The octopus tentacles, soaked in broth, are very chewy, and the unique salty and savory flavor of miso immediately spreads in your mouth.

Chapter 44 My First Hand-Holding with Usagi-chan

The dining room of the log cabin villa.

The power came back on shortly after Wen Shui left, but the atmosphere in the restaurant became much more oppressive.

Ai Haibara reverted to her cold, aloof witch persona, Sonoko Suzuki kept playing with her bubble puppy doll, and the others, preoccupied with the bandaged monster, had no interest in chatting.

After a while, Conan broke the silence: "Ran and the others are so slow, I hope nothing bad has happened to them?"

Everyone looked at Conan.

Hiroki Kakutani: "I'll go check on the kitchen."

“I’ll go too.” Sonoko Suzuki, who had been sitting still for a while, immediately stood up.

“I think it’s better not to act alone.” Amuro Tooru shook his head. “I guess they might be making coffee or a late-night snack. I can vaguely smell food.”

Actually, he didn't smell it at all; he just wanted to buy some time for the lukewarm water.

Because Amuro Tooru, after thinking about it for so long, also felt that the murderer might be someone from the villa, and that the reason why Nukumizu and Kazuki hadn't returned for so long must be because they were investigating the truth of the matter.

Sonoko Suzuki sat down again and pulled Conan, who was trying to sneak away, back to his seat.

"But what if Ran and Ayako get into danger?" Hiroki Kakutani asked with a worried expression.

Amuro Tooru: "First of all, Ms. Mori is very good at karate. Secondly, she will scream subconsciously when she is in danger, and her scream is very penetrating."

With that detective named Wen Shui following us, he'll signal us even if we're attacked.

“It’s precisely because of Wen Shui… that I’m worried,” Conan couldn’t help but retort. “I heard from Shinichi that Wen Shui wasn’t interested in solving cases at all before; Ran forced him into the Detective Boys.”

"You brat, are you looking down on the Suzuran Detective Club?" Sonoko Suzuki tapped Conan on the head.

Conan covered his head and looked to Ai Haibara for help with his eyes.

Haibara sighed, put down her coffee cup, walked over to Conan, and pinched his cheek: "Little brother, are you looking down on the Suzuran Detective Club?"

It's somewhat funny that Ai Haibara delivers the exact same lines as Sonoko Suzuki in a completely emotionless tone.

Conan stared at the woman speechlessly, somewhat confused about what she was thinking.

While everyone was debating whether or not to go looking for Xiaolan and the others, footsteps echoed down the corridor.

Wen Shui and her team, holding a camera, appeared before everyone.

Hiroki Kakutani's expression clearly changed.

Sonoko Suzuki: "Why are you so slow? I thought you'd been kidnapped by the bandaged monster."

Wen Shui smiled and said, "Sorry for the delay, but I've already found out who the murderer is."

"Huh?!?!"

Everyone stared at the warm water in shock.

Without wasting any words, Wen Shui began his reasoning. He first switched the camera to Amuro Tooru's tape, and then played the video of Amuro Tooru cooking in front of everyone.

"Warm Water, isn't now the right time to confess?" Ai Haibara said, arms crossed.

The others also looked at Wen Shui with strange eyes, seemingly not understanding why he was playing this video.

Only Amuro Tooru's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

He spent so much time in the kitchen and still couldn't find the camera; it was Wen Shui and Shu who found it instead.

Was it because the other party's concealment was too good, or because they subconsciously felt that this operation was not dangerous and became somewhat complacent?

Amuro Tooru's gaze towards Onami changed slightly.

He suddenly began to look forward to Wen Shui's reasoning.

After playing Amuro Tooru's video, the warm water section played some photos from the memory card that Hiroki Kakutani had hidden under the cabinet.

Then they were the first to solve the mystery of how Ryoichi Takahashi killed Chikako Ikeda.

When everyone learned that Takahashi Ryoichi had moved Ikeda Chikako's head inside his stomach, they all gasped in surprise.

Because Dunzi's suicide was very sudden, at the time no one could quite understand it. Combining Wenshui's reasoning with the mechanism on Takahashi Ryoichi's roof.

The entire sequence of events in the case was easily explained.

Unfortunately, Ryoichi Takahashi is already dead, so he can't kneel on the ground to repent.