Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

Miwako nodded, then looked at their little fingers joined together: "How long does it usually take to pull this?"

"There's no time limit, it depends on your mood," Wen Shui said.

Sato Miwako quickly withdrew her hand.

Then she said goodbye to Wen Shui and drove her red Mazda away into the night.

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After crossing several intersections, while waiting for the traffic lights.

Miwako Sato casually rested her hands on the steering wheel, her slender, fair fingers tapping rhythmically.

Whether it was psychological or not, she felt a tingling sensation in her little finger that had been hooked with the warm water.

Could it be the power of the contract?

Sato Miwako suddenly found it a little funny; how had she been infected by that kid's influence?

However, it seems that Wen Shui and Shu have a magical ability to draw people to their own frequency.

Just now, for example, I unwittingly made her do something that violated the code of conduct for criminal police officers, agreeing to leak confidential case information to him.

Looking back now, it seems like I was a bit too hasty.

Deep down, Miwako Sato didn't have high hopes that Onami could find any useful clues from the victims' information.

Because of the victims' information, not only are the police officers here scrutinizing it repeatedly every day.

They even gave it to criminal experts at the FBI for help in the study, but no significant findings were made.

Miwako was more interested in the similarities between Nukumizu and Shinichi Kudo in terms of their physical constitution and their ability to handle similar situations.

While accompanying a wealthy young lady on a villa vacation, he encountered two murder cases, each involving a case within a case. The brutality of the murderers' methods ranked among the top murder cases nationwide this year.

Warm water and trees might become the first men chosen by the Slit-Mouthed Woman.

Miwako Sato had always held this expectation.

That's why she often reminds Wen Shui to contact her immediately if he notices anything unusual, because she's worried that he might be silenced by the Slit-Mouthed Woman.

But since I've already promised him, I should keep my word.

The person in charge of looking after those documents seems to be Watanabe, the one who blushes whenever he sees Yumi.

"In that case, I'll take Yumi with me to attract his attention, and then find an opportunity to get my hands on the information," Miwako thought.

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The next afternoon.

Mouri Detective Agency.

After school, Conan went to the aquarium with his new friends, while Ran was participating in club activities, so only Kogoro Mouri was at the agency.

Xiaolan's curry beef stew last night was delicious.

Uncle Mori accidentally drank a little too much and is still feeling a bit hungover.

He fell asleep with his legs propped up on the desk, surrounded by empty beer cans, while the television played a replay of Yoko Okino's interview program.

Uncle Mori was completely unaware that a woman had quietly entered the detective agency while he was sleeping.

The woman glanced around, her eyes lingering on the ashtray piled high with cigarette butts and the stack of empty bottles on the table, a clear expression of displeasure flashing across her face.

"Cough cough!"

The woman coughed heavily twice.

Kogoro Mouri woke up with a start, and because of his sleeping posture, he fell right off the chair.

Uncle Mori, who was lying on the ground, rubbed his eyes and found that what appeared in front of him was a pair of sexy legs wrapped in flesh-colored stockings, with straight and rounded calves.

Look slightly upwards.

Her shapely buttocks, encased in the uniform skirt, were as plump and full as a peach, perfectly showcasing the charm of a mature woman along with her slender waist.

Uncle Mori sprang to his feet, fawningly saying, "Miss, are you in some kind of trouble? I am the famous detective Kogoro Mori, and I recently solved..."

Uncle Mori, who was about to boast about his recent achievements, suddenly froze on his face with a smile.

After recognizing the woman's black-rimmed gold-rimmed glasses and bun hairstyle, Uncle Mori's expression changed instantly: "Tch, it's you?"

Eri Kisaki retorted sarcastically, "What did I do wrong? Are you going to say next that you'd help me to the end even without a fee?"

"What brings you here?" Uncle Mori changed the subject, sat down in a chair, and lit a cigarette.

Eri Kisaki frowned slightly: "Smoking is bad for your health."

"Did you come all this way just to ask me if I wanted a cigarette?" Uncle Mori had a sour face, but he still put out his cigarette and opened the window behind him to let the air circulate.

Eri Kisaki crossed her arms: "I'm worried about whether you've fulfilled your responsibilities as a father."

"What are you saying? What's wrong with Ran being with me?" Uncle Mori retorted.

"Take a look at this first," Eri Kisaki said coldly, taking a newspaper out of her bag and tossing it to Kogoro Mouri.

Kogoro Mouri picked up the newspaper and saw a headline: "Underdog 'Hokushin no Hikari' Makes a Stunning Comeback to Win the Summer Prize!"

"Huh? It actually turned out to be a surprise hit. Damn it, I should have bought this one."

Uncle Mori slapped his thigh in regret.

"Look, page two!" Eri Kisaki said through gritted teeth, enunciating each word clearly.

Uncle Mori reflexively shrugged, then turned to the second page of the newspaper, where a striking headline read:

[The Bandaged Man Murder Case in Gunma Prefecture!]

The accompanying image below is a color illustration of Wen Shui standing at the bridgehead, making a peace sign at the camera.

"Huh? Isn't that Wen Shui and Shu? How come he's in the newspaper?" Uncle Mori looked incredulous.

Seeing Kogoro Mouri's reaction that he was unaware of the situation, Eri's expression darkened further: "I mean, shouldn't you be more concerned about your daughter's life? She went through such a dangerous situation, almost died there, and you didn't even know? All you do is drink every day..."

Eri Kisaki poured out all her grievances at once.

"Stop talking!" Kogoro Mouri retorted, his face flushed, but he didn't sound very confident.

But you can't really blame Uncle Mori entirely.

Ran, having learned that she was deemed unfit to be a detective, wanted to surprise her parents by catching the culprit behind the Slit-Mouthed Woman's murder. Therefore, she didn't tell her father about what happened at the villa and asked Conan to keep it a secret as well.

This newspaper was only published this morning; Uncle Mori is still hungover and hasn't had a chance to read it yet.

Despite feeling guilty, Uncle Mori couldn't help but retort to his estranged wife's barrage of accusations: "Damn it, I've been wanting to get back at that kid for a long time. I'll teach him a lesson this time."

"You should consider your daughter's feelings a little. You're so reckless when things happen," Eri Kisaki said coldly.

"Stop arguing, I know exactly how to raise my daughter!"

Just like before, the two couldn't see eye to eye and started arguing as they talked.

Half an hour later, Eri Kisaki turned and left with a cold face: "This is none of your business. I'll talk to Kazuki and Numizu. You can continue drinking your beer."

"I don't need you. I'm Ran's guardian. I'll show that kid what the great detective Kogoro Mouri is all about."

Uncle Mori called out from behind.

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After leaving the Mouri Detective Agency, Eri Kisaki went to meet a client nearby.

After finishing my work, on my way back to the law firm, I happened to pass by Wen Shui's apartment.

Eri looked up at the sky. The sun was slowly setting. Ran should have already gone home from school by now to cook for that jerk, right?

Eri hesitated for a moment, then decided to talk to Numizu alone.

It's not that she necessarily wants to keep Wen Shui away from Xiao Lan; she's not the kind of parent who tries to destroy her child's dreams. But at least she can't be like Xiao Lan's muddle-headed father, completely ignorant about Xiao Lan's friends.

After parking the car on the side of the road, Eri Kisaki quickly found the address of the Wen Shui family from the bits and pieces of information she had gleaned from Ran's phone call with her.

The main reason is that Wen Shui's house number is very special, unlike the others in the area, so it's easy to find.

221b.

Eri looked at the letter B shimmering with golden light on the address and immediately recognized it as the logo on the backpack she had given Ran.

Eri Kisaki frowned, sensing that things were more complicated than she had imagined.

She knocked on the door, but no one answered. She waited at the door for about ten minutes, but no one came back.

Eri sighed, took a piece of paper out of her bag, and wrote an invitation to Wen Shui, wanting to meet him alone.

He stuffed the invitation into an envelope and then slipped it under the door of Wen Shui's house.

Eri Kisaki then turned and left.

At the same time, Akemi Miyano pressed her back tightly against the wall of the entrance hall of the Nuwa family's house, looking tense.

Only after hearing the sound of high heels fading away did Akemi Miyano breathe a sigh of relief and bend down to pick up the letter from the ground.

A faint scent of expensive perfume wafted from the envelope.

Akemi Miyano's face turned cold as she muttered under her breath, "A thief of pleasure..."

Chapter 48 Miyano Akemi's Assistance

Akemi Miyano knew she shouldn't be there.

But she couldn't suppress the longing in her heart.

Simply listening to her younger sister Shiho recount the mundane details of her daily life after transferring schools wasn't enough for Akemi Miyano to satisfy her inner desires. Only by witnessing firsthand the environment Shiho used to frequent and touching the sofa cushions she had sat on...

Only then can the emotional void in her heart be filled.

After a long internal struggle, Akemi Miyano finally made up her mind today and went to the "secret operation base" that Shiho had mentioned on the phone.

Of course, the reason she was able to easily infiltrate Wen Shui's house was...

It's not because the Miyano sisters inherited the superpower to walk through walls.

As an outer member of the Black Organization, Miyano Akemi, although not as intelligent as her sister, was trained to be a barely qualified member of the organization under Gin's "recycling" management philosophy.

That's why Akemi Miyano in the original work had the ability to plan a bank robbery involving 1 billion yen on her own.