Conan: The Romantic Daily Life of a Ghost Detective

"Wait a minute, we don't know what's going on inside yet. What if there are several murderers? If we go in, we'll just be throwing our lives away."

If it were when he was still Shinichi Kudo, Conan would have rushed in long ago. But since his body shrunk, he has suffered several setbacks, which has changed Conan's impulsive personality quite a bit.

Conan then called the police from a nearby phone booth.

Officer Takagi was nearby and arrived in less than five minutes. When he took his men to the bathroom, the body had mysteriously vanished.

What shocked Conan the most was that the person who opened the door for them was the mustachioed uncle who had been lying in a pool of blood earlier.

The corpse they mentioned was also dismissed as a child's prank, and Officer Takagi was apologizing to them at the door.

Conan was sitting in the phone booth, pondering the whole story, when Wen Shui and the others arrived.

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Wen Shui smiled and waved to Conan: "Hello, little Conan."

Conan couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Upon seeing this, Ran immediately displayed her excellent athletic talent, grabbing Conan off the phone booth: "Conan-kun, you can't sit on the phone booth, that's very impolite!"

After Conan's thoughts were interrupted, his brain experienced a brief period of blankness.

When he came to his senses, his jealous nature immediately kicked in.

"Sister Ran, didn't you go to Yu County to find Uncle Mori? Why are you with Wen Shui... uh, why are you with Brother Wen Shui?" Conan said somewhat discontentedly.

Ran: "Things over there are over. Dad has gone home to rest. I just went to investigate the case with Wen Shui and Ai."

Conan looked at the two of them suspiciously.

However, when he saw that Ai Haibara was also present, his jealousy lessened considerably.

At that moment, Takagi Wataru's voice came from across the street: "I'm sorry to have disturbed your rest, Mr. Tanaka. I'll take my leave now."

Takagi Wataru seemed to be preparing to leave with his men.

Wen Shui hurried over and greeted him with a smile: "Officer Takagi, I think things might not be that simple."

"Huh, Wenshui-kun?" Officer Takagi looked at Wenshui in surprise.

Then he immediately pulled the warm water aside and whispered, "You heard it from Conan and the others, right? But I just checked the crime scene. The bathroom is very clean. It should just be a child's prank."

Wen Shui shook her head: "I find this very suspicious. Can I see the scene?"

Officer Takagi looked troubled.

The middle-aged man in pajamas standing nearby, after hearing Wen Shui's words, said with dissatisfaction:

"When are you guys going to stop this? I still need to work on the plot of my novel. If you keep wasting my time like this, I won't be able to submit the manuscript by the end of the month."

Wen Shui looked at the man with a small mustache. He was wearing a bathrobe and had a towel draped around his neck. His wet hair showed that he had just taken a shower.

His disguise skills are quite good. If Wen Shui remembers correctly, this person seems to be a brother-complex.

He admired his older brother since childhood, and even after his novelist brother went astray, he would secretly impersonate his brother to seek psychological comfort.

Wen Shui smiled and said, "It won't take long, Mr. Tanaka."

Tanaka Tomofumi looked at Officer Takagi and asked, "And who is this kid?"

“He’s a high school detective who often helps us out,” Officer Takagi explained.

Tanaka Tomofumi was startled, and his fake beard almost fell off.

However, he quickly regained his composure and pursed his lips: "Seriously, first it was a few brats, and now it's young punks. Does your Metropolitan Police Department have no one left? No wonder they haven't been able to catch that Slit-Mouthed Woman for months. It's really worrying."

Officer Takagi's face flushed red and then turned pale, and he couldn't utter a single word of rebuttal for a long time.

Wen Shui: "Since Mr. Tanaka feels he has been wronged, wouldn't it be a good opportunity for us to investigate and clear your name?"

"Hmph, do as you please."

Tanaka Tomofumi said coldly, "However, I will tell the newspaper reporters about what happened today, so that they know that the reason why the Metropolitan Police Department has not been able to catch the culprit of the Slit-Mouthed Woman for several months is because they have wasted their energy on such trivial matters."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the entrance.

Takagi gave a signal, instructing his officers to follow the other person inside.

Then Officer Takagi asked Wen Shui with a troubled expression, "Hey Wen Shui, are you really sure you can handle this? Officer Sato found an important clue over at Kanda River and is waiting for me to go and support her."

"Probably, but the investigation shouldn't take too long."

Although Wen Shui had read the original novel, he arrived at the scene later, so he couldn't appear too confident.

“But I just told her it was just a bunch of kids playing around and I’m on my way. If we don’t find the body, Sato-senpai can be really scary when she gets angry.” Officer Takagi said with a worried expression.

Wen Shui: "Don't worry, I'll explain to Officer Sato later."

No sooner had Wen Shui finished speaking than Officer Takagi's phone rang.

After pressing the answer button, Sato Miwako's stern voice came through the receiver: "Takagi, what are you up to? Why aren't you here yet? If you don't come soon, that Okra Officer will take over the investigation."

Takagi Wataru simply tossed the phone to Nuku.

Warm Water: "Hello, it's me."

"Let Takagi answer the phone!" Sato Miwako still maintained her authority at this crucial moment in the case.

Warm Water: "You'd better be gentle with me."

Sato Miwako then recognized Wenshui's voice. She paused for a moment, then said excitedly, "Oh, why did you go over there? Did you make another new discovery? Do you need any help? I'll have Takagi help you. Please feel free to use Takagi-kun."

Miwako Sato's rapid-fire voice came through the receiver.

Ran and Ai Haibara's eyes suddenly looked a little strange.

Wen Shui quickly added, "You don't have to be so gentle, I'm not used to it."

"Why are you causing so much trouble, kid?" Sato Miwako regained her usual tone. "What's going on over there?"

Wen Shui briefly explained the situation.

Subsequently, Sato Miwako generously allowed Takagi to cooperate with Onami throughout the process, and she then contacted others to assist her in investigating Matsuzaka Ume's rental house.

"Officer Takagi, thank you for your help this time," Wen Shui said politely.

Officer Takagi shook his head: "It's nothing. If there really is a body in this house, you've essentially saved my life, Brother Wenshui."

That's true. If someone else found the body here after Officer Takagi left.

Even if it was to rush to the aid of his colleagues, Detective Takagi would definitely be punished.

However, what Officer Takagi is most concerned about right now is that this kid seems to have a strange relationship with Senior Sato.

When investigating cases, especially major incidents, Inspector Sato is always decisive and efficient. Even Inspector Megure has been yelled at by her more than once.

But as soon as she heard the sound of warm water, she immediately became much gentler.

When the two chatted on the phone later, they didn't sound like an older sister and a younger student at all. On the contrary, the younger Wen Shui had more of an advantage.

Takagi had a bad feeling about him.

Could it be that my relationship, which I haven't even had a chance to confess yet, is going to die before it even begins?

What Takagi Wataru didn't expect was that the major discovery about the Slit-Mouthed Woman that Sato-senpai mentioned in the Kanda River area was also made by Nukumizu Kazuki.

The series of important clues discovered by Wen Shui reminded Takagi Wataru of a supernatural movie he had recently watched.

It tells the story of how, in some African tribes, the way a shaman passes on his skills is by swallowing the body and soul of the previous shaman.

Could it be... that Wen Shui and Shu ate his classmate, Kudo Shinichi?

So that's why Shinichi Kudo suddenly disappeared during this period?

Officer Takagi walked into the Tanaka house, lost in thought.

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Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department began searching Tanaka Tomofumi's house.

The Detective Boys and Conan followed along, running around.

Wen Shui, on the other hand, was more composed and simply glanced at the layout of the rooms on the first floor.

Wen Shui knew that the body was lying on the second floor watching TV. The reason he didn't expose the murderer immediately was to make the investigation process more perfect.

Let's at least let the murderer reveal the key trick first.

His performance, on the contrary, relieved Tanaka Tomofumi.

They made such a scary statement, I thought this kid had actually figured something out, but in the end he still used the same clumsy methods as these policemen to search.

Moreover, Tanaka Tomofumi was very confident in the brilliant scheme he had just come up with on a whim.

Even Shinichi Kudo, the high school detective who frequently makes the newspapers, couldn't find the body's hiding place.

Not to mention an unknown young man.

Wen Shui: "Mr. Tanaka, what do you think about writing this into a novel?"

As Tanaka Tomofumi was pondering how to get the body out after everyone left, the boy named Wenshui suddenly appeared before him.

Tanaka Tomofumi: "What?"

"Mr. Tanaka must be a famous novelist, right?" Wen Shui smiled innocently. "The mysterious disappearance of the corpse in the bathroom—wouldn't that be a good idea to write a mystery novel about it?"

"I... I guess I'd barely pass," Tanaka Tomofumi stammered.

He was merely impersonating his novelist brother; he didn't actually possess the skills of a novelist.

Wen Shui's eyes lit up: "Great! I happen to be participating in a mystery novel competition soon. Mr. Tanaka, if we start with this story, how do you think we can resolve the mystery at the end without it feeling abrupt?"

"Well... well, the answer to this riddle has to be logical, of course." Tanaka Tomofumi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Warm water bombarded Tanaka with a series of questions, leaving him flustered and overwhelmed.

Finally, he pretended to be angry and said, "Damn it! Why did I have to talk to you about this kind of thing? You guys interrupted my train of thought. I'm going upstairs to rest."

After saying that, he went straight up to the second floor.

Not long after, a man wearing a brown suit, who looked somewhat like the uncle from before but without a beard, hurriedly walked in.

"Excuse me, may I ask what happened at my house?" Tanaka Tomofumi, who had changed his clothes, had a much more amiable expression.

Officer Takagi briefly explained how Conan and his friends discovered the body.

"A corpse?"