Ke Xue exorcists demons and starts with immobilization

Unfortunately, he's not here.

"Waaah... How could it have turned out like this..."

Ran Mouri got out of the bathtub somewhat flustered, her pretty face flushed with a healthy blush from soaking in the hot water for more than ten minutes.

After draining the hot water from the bathtub and cleaning it again, Ran Mouri left the bathroom.

At this moment, Eri Kisaki had already come out of the bedroom and was sitting on the sofa in the living room watching TV.

"You're out! Did you have a good shower?"

Eri's complexion had returned to normal, and she casually asked a question.

"Comfortable……"

Ran Mouri felt a little guilty, and then ran to her room to dry her hair.

901 is a suite suitable for a family of three, with three bedrooms. Eri Kisaki reserved a room for her daughter so that she could stay there when she came over.

The remaining one will be used as a guest room, reserved for a friend whom I rarely see.

About forty minutes later.

dong dong dong-

"Xiaolan, are you asleep?"

After taking a shower and wearing her pajamas, Eri Kisaki gently knocked on her daughter's bedroom door, only to find it ajar. She pushed it open with a gentle push.

Ran Mouri was seen with her head resting on the dressing table, fast asleep.

"This child..."

Eri Kisaki smiled slightly, a helpless smile playing on her lips, and quietly helped her daughter to the bedside.

Unexpectedly, the movement was too strong, and Ran Mouri woke up, throwing herself into her mother's arms, and they both fell onto the bed.

"Mom...don't be angry...okay..."

A coquettish voice rang out, tinged with a hint of timidity.

After "watching" her mental movie in the bathroom, Ran Mouri inexplicably relaxed. While drying her hair and thinking, she unknowingly fell asleep.

"Silly child, how could your mother be angry with you?" Eri gently stroked her daughter's hair.

Ran Mouri buried her face in her mother's arms, her voice muffled: "Just now at the door... Mom, I just... didn't have time to tell you..."

Eri Kisaki could only say softly, "Mom is really not angry... Dating is a very normal thing."

"..." Ran Mouri fell silent, seemingly not quite believing it.

Eri Kisaki could only explain, "Okay, it was all too sudden... I didn't mean to scare you. It was my fault."

Ran Mouri then lifted her face, moved from her mother's arms to her mother's shoulder, and said, "Mom, you didn't do anything wrong. It's my fault for not telling you beforehand..."

The little misunderstanding between the mother and daughter was thus resolved.

Then, Ran Mouri asked shyly, "Um...Mom, what do you think of...Chu Jun?"

Eri Kisaki paused for a moment, then asked, "So what do you think of him?"

After asking the question, without waiting for her daughter's answer, Eri Kisaki teased, "However, for Ran to take the initiative, it seems that Chu Zhong is more to your liking than that Kudo boy."

As a mother, Eri Kisaki naturally knew her daughter's true inner self—a gentle and even somewhat timid nature.

Perhaps due to the influence of her broken family, Ran Mouri, the daughter, is always cautious and keeps a certain distance from what she truly desires, not daring to get too close... just like the humble posture she occasionally displays when facing her.

The fact that such a daughter would take the initiative to approach her so warmly makes her feelings quite obvious.

"Mom! Shinichi and I are just friends!"

Ran Mouri was extremely embarrassed: "Chu Jun, he... he's not the same as Shinichi... how can you compare them..."

Seeing that her daughter was getting a little impatient with being teased, Eri gently patted Ran Mouri's back. "Alright, tell Mommy, why do you like Chu Zhong? What have you been through together?"

Ran Mouri thought for a moment: "Chu Jun is very strong..."

He then recounted his previous sparring experiences in the martial arts room... Of course, some things that couldn't be said were omitted.

"And he cares about me a lot..."

Ran Mouri recalled the undisguised anxiety and concern Chu Zhong had shown towards her and Sonoko when the gunshots rang out that afternoon.

It seemed that Chu Zhong would go berserk if they were injured... an emotion that was completely irrational, yet could be vaguely sensed.

It was obvious that Chu Zhong held them all in the most important place in his heart.

Even though he didn't say it, his expression betrayed everything.

However, Ran Mouri couldn't tell Eri about the shooting, lest her mother worry, so she could only change her expression to 'concern'.

"That's all?" Eri Kisaki frowned slightly.

Ran Mouri thought for a moment, then shook her head.

We've only known each other for a short time, and haven't had the chance to experience anything else together.

"Just because he's strong and showed some concern, you started to like him?"

Eri Kisaki seemed to want to confirm this answer again.

Ran Mouri realized her mother seemed dissatisfied with the answer, and lowered her voice: "And... love at first sight..."

"It's just... I really want to be close to him... Just thinking about him makes me feel better..."

As Eri listened, her brows furrowed deeper and deeper. Suddenly, she leaned close to her daughter's ear and said, "Don't tell Mom, you two have already..."

Ran Mouri's face immediately turned bright red: "Ta-da! Of course not! What are you thinking, Mom?!"

As if in retaliation, Ran Mouri suddenly asked, "Then, what was the trigger for Dad and Mom to start...?"

Before she could finish speaking, Eri Kisaki's expression froze.

Ran quickly changed the subject: "Um... Mom, Dad had some really exciting deductions today..."

After hearing about Kogoro's performance at the murder scene today, Eri Kisaki's expression softened considerably, and she said calmly, "Perhaps it was just good luck, a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse."

Ran Mouri didn't argue, but just chuckled and said, "Dad might be in the newspaper tomorrow, Mom, remember to check it out~"

The mother and daughter then chatted for a while longer.

It was mostly Ran Mouri talking about her father, Kogoro, and his fragmented life experiences, while Eri Kisaki listened quietly.

Eri Kisaki naturally knew the purpose of her daughter's suggestion, but seeing how enthusiastic her daughter was, she couldn't bear to interrupt her.

They talked until almost eleven o'clock, when Ran Mouri said she was tired. Eri Kisaki then told her daughter to rest early and left.

The next day, Ran Mouri woke up early as usual, stretched, but her mood was not as good as the previous days.

"I didn't dream last night..."

Ran Mouri glanced at the clean and tidy sheets and muttered to herself, then blushed. "No! I can't keep thinking about dreams, I should be preparing breakfast!"

There wasn't much food in Eri's refrigerator, so Ran had to go to the nearest shopping street to buy some before rushing back to prepare breakfast and lunch.

After the mother and daughter had breakfast together, Ran gave her mother a bento box and took one for herself.

Then Eri Kisaki drove her daughter to school before going to work.

When Ran Mouri stepped into the classroom, she looked surprised: "Chu-kun? Didn't you say you were busy today? Why are you at school?"

The meeting with Eri is scheduled for tomorrow.

Chu Zhong said matter-of-factly, "Just because I'm busy after school doesn't mean I'm not busy at school."

Besides, Ran is currently staying with Eri, so if he doesn't come to school, how will he have a chance to explore the game?

In addition, Chu Zhong wanted to follow up and investigate Vermouth after school, so suddenly asking for leave would seem abrupt.

"What do you mean by 'available' or 'not available'? Are you two planning to secretly go on a date behind my back again?!"

Garden caught the keyword and started protesting, clinging to Chu Zhong's arm and refusing to let go.

Chu Zhong could only explain, "It's just that Attorney Fei wanted to meet with me."

"Just one meeting?! That's all?!" Sonoko's eyes widened in disbelief. "It's clearly meeting the parents!"

The exclamation immediately drew the attention of the entire class.

Ran Mouri quickly dragged her best friend away from the scene.

As for Chu Zhong, he sat calmly in his seat, unconcerned about the envious or jealous glances he received.

After all, he was going to do something even more enviable and jealous in the dungeon later.

With the set bonus that restores mana on critical hits, dungeons should become much easier.

In particular, I haven't been able to get an S rating in the Garden dungeons, except for special modes.

I wonder what Sonoko's attitude will be in the instance after what happened last time...

Chapter 54: The whole "marital discord" thing is a lie.

Chu Zhong stayed at a hotel last night, just like Kogoro and Conan.

To save money, Kogoro only booked one room and shared it with Conan.

Chu Zhong paid for his own room, so he naturally had a private room.

And it was noted that after the shooting, Conan was like a frightened bird, anxious and uneasy.

Chu Zhong naturally wouldn't pity this troublemaker, so he opened the instance at midnight last night and wiped Conan's memories from the instance again.

Conan needs to be made a little more timid so he won't cause trouble everywhere in the future!

As a result, when I left my hotel room this morning, I ran into Conan and found that the kid had a big bump on his forehead, but he wouldn't say why.

It was only after being teased by Kogoro that Chu Zhong realized Conan had drawn a map on the bedsheets last night.

Unfortunately, Kogoro was fast asleep and didn't know anything. When he was woken up by the stench in the morning, he was furious and punched Conan.

Of course, besides the Conan episode, Chu Zhong also played the Kogoro episode last night.

Kogoro's promotion from 'boss level' to 'leader level' increases the difficulty of the dungeon.

The main changes are that the distance to clear the levels has increased from 30 meters to 50 meters, and Kogoro's health has increased from 1 to 10.

The throwing items have also become more powerful:

"Old Drunkard Beer" → "Drunkard Beer": Increased alcohol content and enhanced corrosiveness of projectiles.

"Old Drunkard Squid Strips" → "Drunken Immortal Squid Strips": Tentacle entanglement ability enhanced.

"Exploding Lung Cigarette" → "Bewitching Cigarette": Boosts morale and increases focus for allies, while reducing focus for the enemy.

"Lucky Steel Balls" → "Extreme Lucky Steel Balls": Can be used as a substitute for gambling currency, making it easier to obtain rewards.

Fortunately, the chocolate summon is an item produced from the Demon King-level Ran Mouri dungeon, and it still has an absolute counter effect on the Kogoro dungeon.

With the help of the chocolate summon, Chu Zhong easily closed the distance. A few immobilization spells and a burst mode were used to inflict maximum vulnerability on Kogoro's heart, and he was easily taken down.

It's worth mentioning that Kogoro in this instance doesn't have any memory of the last time he teamed up to fight Gin in the instance.

Chu Zhong speculates that Sniper Kogoro is an independent form that only appears when Ran is his teammate.

That's a good thing.

After all, Kogoro had been a great help in the Gin instance, and now he was about to turn around and beat him up, showing no regard for his past. This made Chu Zhong feel a little embarrassed.

The rewards also increase after clearing the Boss-level Kogoro Mouri dungeon:

[Cleared the dungeon within five minutes, dungeon rating: S]

[Experience gained: 4000, Spiritual Essence gained: 4400]

Current Spiritual Energy: 64200

[Materials obtained: Cotton yarn*6, Cold iron leaf*2]

Chu Zhong was very curious about the purpose of the fallen material, 'cotton yarn'.