Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

Is it just good luck...?

Matsumoto Kiyoshi was thinking to himself as he walked out of the conference room with FBI Agent James.

The men in trench coats, knowing that an internal meeting of the Metropolitan Police Department was about to take place, tactfully left.

Inspector Megure's smile returned: "Considering that our colleagues who came to help are not very familiar with this place, I think we should assign them to our investigation team."

Inspector Megure quickly finished arranging for the detectives from out of town, and then said to Miwako Sato, "Sato, take Inspector Fujiwara to the records room later. He still wants to conduct a separate investigation with his subordinates."

Miwako Sato was texting with Numizu when she was called on. She immediately put down her phone and subconsciously replied, "Okay, Officer Okra, please come with me."

The meeting room fell silent instantly.

Then a burst of laughter erupted.

Officer Fujiwara, whose face resembled okra, looked even uglier, transforming into a cooked okra.

Sato Miwako looked embarrassed. While apologizing, she used one hand, which was behind her back, to text Wen Shui.

【It's all your fault for talking about okra juice, making me embarrass myself in front of my boss...】

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After Detective James Black left the Metropolitan Police Department office building.

I drove to a secluded street corner, across from an office building. A waitress at a snack shop on the first floor was wiping the windows with a cloth.

Not long after, Agent Judy, dressed in an office lady outfit, walked out of the building.

After getting into the car, Agent James asked, "Where's Carmel?"

Judy: "I'm going to buy lunch. Oh, by the way, what do you want to eat? I'll have him bring it back with me."

James: "Could you get me a coffee?"

Judy took out her phone and texted Carmel.

After a period of adjustment, she has gradually mastered the art of manipulating Agent Carmel, and the big guy is now talking back to her less and less.

James asked, "Did you find anything new when you met that president?"

Judy shook her head helplessly, then quickly noticed something was off about the other person's expression and asked suspiciously, "Your mustache is sticking up higher than usual. Have you discovered some important clue?"

"It wasn't me, it was the Metropolitan Police Department here that discovered it."

Agent James opened his laptop and showed Judy the copied document.

Judy tapped rapidly on the keyboard with her slender fingers, browsing through the file on Matsuzaka Ume.

Meanwhile, Carmel returned with lunch. He handed the coffee to James and the milk tea with coconut jelly to Judy.

Then, sitting in the back seat, I ate a hamburger while looking at the information on the computer.

After reading it, Judy couldn't help but sigh: "I never expected that the Metropolitan Police Department, which we least expected to succeed, would discover such an important clue in the end."

Detective James smiled and said, "I told you before not to underestimate the people here, but this time it's not entirely thanks to the Metropolitan Police Department. The one who found the clue was that detective named Wenshui Kazuki."

“Warm water and trees?!” Judy’s eyes widened.

Carmel: "Waaaaah..."

He was a little shocked, but because he was eating a hamburger, he choked and his face turned red.

At that moment, several patrol cars with flashing lights passed by them.

Agent James glanced at the patrol car's taillights and pushed up his glasses: "Looks like the Metropolitan Police Department has already started its operation. I heard that MI6 has also sent people over. We might get beaten to it."

Carmel finally recovered.

With an unusually serious expression, he said, "That won't do. Even if it's just for the sake of those colleagues who died investigating Shiraiu Pharmaceuticals, we must find evidence of their crimes first."

Judy gently bit the straw and finished the rest of her milk tea in one gulp: "Speaking of which, it seems MI6 has also lost quite a few excellent agents..."

"Ok?"

She was speaking when her expression suddenly froze.

Then, quickly tear open the sealing film of the milk tea cup with your hands and find a black button-shaped object wrapped in transparent gel at the bottom of the cup.

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Meanwhile, two blocks away in front of a Western restaurant, a white Mazda RX-7 FD3S was parked.

Amuro Tooru, sitting in the car, took off his headphones.

Then he placed a black square box machine on the passenger seat and turned off several buttons in succession.

"What bad luck, I was interrupted at the most crucial moment." Amuro Tooru muttered to himself with a regretful expression.

Then he took out his phone and quickly sent a string of numbers to an unknown number.

Although this proactive operation came at a high price, at least we obtained an important piece of information from the FBI.

So, the FBI agents traveled all the way to another country to help investigate a serial murder case, but their real target was Shiraiu Pharmaceuticals?

But what is the connection between these two things?

Did Sherry already know this secret, which is why she investigated the Slit-Mouthed Woman murder case with Numizu and Kazuki?

How much do Wen Shui and Shu know about the inside story of this matter?

Although important clues were discovered, a series of inexplicable mysteries followed.

Amuro Tooru frowned, silently watching the traffic on the street, lost in thought.

Chapter 51: The Tragic Battlefield Triggered by Ai's Pregnancy!

To Wen Shui's surprise, just when he thought he had found the key to solving the case...

The investigation has once again reached a stalemate.

Because Matsuzaka Ume can't be found.

Even with the Metropolitan Police Department's involvement, they were unable to find any trace of Matsuzaka Ume or Yoshinaga Midori, who was suspected of using a false identity.

Of course, this is partly due to the fact that the Metropolitan Police Department is quite incompetent in the Conan world.

But Wen Shui felt things might not be that simple.

In short, while maintaining contact with Miwako Sato, Wenshui continued her mundane daily life on campus.

To his surprise, the turning point came from Xiaolan's love of food.

As Wen Shui and the others nestled on the sofa, reviewing the items they found at Matsuzaka Ume's house, Ran suddenly noticed that one of the snack boxes being used as an ashtray was a recently released seasonal limited-edition item.

Moreover, this flavor can only be purchased near the Kanda River.

Although it's possible that someone else bought it for him, the clues in Wen Shui's mind told him that there was definitely something fishy going on.

Therefore, the next target of the Wenshui gang's investigation became the low-rent apartments near the Kanda River.

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That morning, Wenshui took a car to the vicinity of the Kanda River.

Today is the first appearance of the [Wen Ai Detective Team], and since the place we are going to is quite special, Wen Shui dressed up specially.

She styled her hair like an adult and wore relatively mature casual clothes.

That's right, because today only Wen Shui and Haibara Ai are working together on the investigation.

Xiaolan was originally going to come too, but something seems to have happened at Uncle Mori's place in Yuxian where he was drinking with his old classmates. She called in the morning to say that she had to go to the Yuxian Local Police Station.

Sonoko Suzuki remains elusive and unpredictable these days.

I heard that her mother took her to a golf tournament that many famous people who frequently appear on television attend.

Thus, the arduous task of finding Matsuzaka Ume's whereabouts suddenly fell on the shoulders of Nukumizu and Ai Haibara.

Wen Shui thought this was a good idea; Ai Haibara was probably the most reliable person in the Detective Boys besides him.

Compared to Ran, who is easily attracted by street snacks during the investigation, and Sonoko, who inexplicably blushes and gets angry with him.

Ai Haibara is definitely a reliable partner.

After leaving the station, Atsumi walked along the banks of the Kanda River.

As he walked toward the place he had arranged to meet Ai Haibara, he looked around at his surroundings.

The Kanda River is an important river that flows through the center of Kyoto City. It is about 25 kilometers long and passes through eight wards.

The warm water arrived at the south bank of the river near Shinjuku Ward.

Because Matsuzaka Ume's hiding place may be in the nearby low-rent apartment area.

Rows of cherry blossom trees are planted along the roadside near the riverbank, but it is June now, long past the cherry blossom season.

When the wind blows, all the lush green leaves on the tree sway together, making a rustling sound. Sunlight pours down through the gaps between the leaves, casting dappled patterns of light on the ground.

Above the Kanda River embankment, just across a small road, are rows of low-rent apartments.

The apartment is similar to the one in Wenshui, but it's not as well-organized, and the architectural styles are quite different, so they must have been built in different eras.

The only thing these nearby apartment buildings have in common is that the rent seems very cheap.

As a result, many students attending universities nearby choose to rent apartments here, making it one of the largest gathering places for young people in the Tokyo metropolitan area.

However, since most of the people there are students, it's not as chaotic as the area around the Kabukicho.

But it's certain that there will be a mixed bag of people, after all, they're all at an age where hormones are raging, so it's understandable that they might do some bold and outrageous things.

After walking along the path beside the riverbank for about ten minutes, a pedestrian bridge spanning the Kanda River appeared in front of Wenshui.

It's that classic scene of the male and female protagonists confessing their love, which often appears in anime.

On the pedestrian bridge where cherry blossoms are falling in abundance, after a round of banter, the male and female protagonists either rush towards each other and kiss, or turn away, as the sentimental background music begins to play.

There happened to be a girl on the pedestrian bridge at that moment.

She was wearing a black short-sleeved chiffon blouse, with a pink long-sleeved knit top casually draped over her shoulders, the sleeves tied loosely in a knot at her chest.

The lower body is a white, fitted midi skirt, with the two colors of fabric meeting right at the waist.

This made her already slender waist look even more delicate.

This outfit gives her a warm, wintery feel, like the kind of woman who would get up in the middle of the night to make hangover soup for her husband when he comes home from a social engagement.