Detective Conan: Developing a younger version of Ran Eri, and the stunning Yukiko.

Yukari Mimura gritted her teeth in anger. She never expected that her senior brother had planned this all along. He was truly cunning!

Yagura Morio glanced at her, put down his teacup, and said calmly, "If you want this Grandmaster position, I can give up competing with you and let you have it. However, you have to agree to one condition."

"What are the conditions?" Yukari's eyes lit up immediately.

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168. Like a snake burrowing into a hole, it fiercely attacked the garden.

Chapter 168

"I want you to marry me!" Morio Yagura said with a wicked grin.

Upon hearing this condition, Yukari immediately flew into a rage: "Impossible! I will absolutely not agree to it!"

"Heh, since that's the case, then you can forget about getting the Grandmaster title..."

Before Yagura Morio could finish speaking, the lights suddenly went out, plunging the entire room into darkness.

"Huh? What's going on?" The two were shocked and quickly looked around.

Then they witnessed a horrific scene.

A snake's shadow flashed across the white window paper of the wooden house. One of the snakes stood upright and crawled past the side of the wooden house.

Incredibly, judging from the snake's shadow, its body was as thick as a water bucket!

The business queen seemed to have transformed into a female beast that only cared about swaying her hips, and that ultimate pleasure could only be obtained from Shiraishihara.

Even with her vast empire of wealth, she could hardly afford such a wonderful experience.

"It's so full...it's all the way in...it's at the very back..."

Tomoko Suzuki's face flushed, and pink hearts appeared in her eyes.

Shiraishi Hara gently pinched Suzuki Tomoko's slender waist, fully enjoying the pleasure this exquisite mature woman was giving him. Suddenly, the shadow of a snake darted out of the window, startling him greatly.

"snake!"

"What?"

Suzuki Tomoko was completely absorbed in the waves of happiness and was unaware of this unexpected situation.

"The snake is right outside the window!"

Tomoko Suzuki quickly turned her head to look and indeed saw a large snake. Although it was just a shadow, it was frightening enough!

"Ah! How could there be such a huge snake!"

Snakes are common in the mountains, but snakes this big are extremely rare.

Suzuki Tomoko trembled in fright and hugged Shiraishi Hara even tighter. In the chaos, a certain crucial part of her body was accidentally pushed open...

Yukari Mimura and Morio Yagura, who were the first to notice the snake's shadow, had already fled the villa in a panic, eager to find out what was going on.

They could hardly believe that such a huge snake could appear on the mountain. It could hardly be called a snake; it would be more accurate to call it a giant python.

"Could it be a snake demon from the lake?" Yagura Morio seemed to recall something terrifying, and swallowed hard in fear.

His reminder brought to mind the legend of that lake for Mimura Yukari.

There is a lake in Qingming Mountain, where people used to hold tea parties. Legend has it that a woman was brutally murdered, her body was thrown into the lake, and then she transformed into a giant snake to seek revenge.

"That's right...didn't a woman die in the lake today?"

"Ryoichi's girlfriend...that woman named Rie..."

The more they thought about it, the more terrified they became. Could they have really run into a snake demon?

"How could a snake demon possibly exist?"

Yagura Morio slowed his pace, trembling, and muttered to himself to encourage himself as he walked towards the direction where the snake had appeared outside the villa. "I'll see who's playing tricks on me!"

Although Yukari Mimura was scared, she mustered her courage and slowly followed behind her senior brother: "Senior brother, you're right, someone must be up to something!"

As soon as the two reached the window of the house, they saw the enormous, snake-shaped creature and were so frightened that their legs went weak and they almost wet their pants.

"Snake! Snake! A huge snake! Ahhh!"

A giant snake was standing tall, its upper body looking down at the two of them, which terrified them so much that they were frozen in shock.

"Ahhh! Help! Help!"

……

Ran, Sonoko, and Masumi were all in the same room, still awake, chatting together cross-legged.

"Do you guys feel like something's not quite right?" Xiaolan suddenly asked.

"Ran, are you saying that Master Ryozo is strange?" Sera Masumi, who was deep in thought, looked up and asked.

“Speaking of Master Ryozo, he is indeed a bit strange.” Sonoko replied casually, “I feel the same way. His opposition to his son Ryoichi dating Ms. Rie probably wasn’t just because he looked down on her profession. There might be other reasons behind it.”

"Actually, that's not what I wanted to say... I meant Aunt Tomoko!" Ran said somewhat shyly.

"Huh? Sonoko's mother?" Sera Masumi was taken aback; she had never thought about this before.

"Ran, what's wrong with my mom?" Sonoko asked.

"She seems to be very close to Shiraishi-kun. Although she looks very serious on the surface, I think that's just her disguise. Moreover, she even brought Shiraishi-kun to her room, which makes me feel uneasy."

Upon hearing this, Sonoko immediately became anxious: "Ran, don't overthink it. My mom isn't that kind of person. She knows I like Shiraishi-kun, and she wouldn't do anything to betray me."

"What is all this nonsense?!" Sera Masumi felt completely bewildered.

Just then, a man and a woman screamed, startling the three women.

"Snake? Are there snakes?"

"If there's a snake, there's a snake. Why are you so scared?"

"It sounds like there are still cries for help. Let's go check it out."

The three women immediately got up and started working.

They turned on their phones' flashlights and headed west. When they arrived at the villa's gate, they saw two people who were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground, unable to move.

"Are you all alright?"

The three women hurriedly went forward to check the situation and discovered that the man and woman were actually Master Liangzang's two disciples.

"Snake, snake demon, it's terrifying."

"We...we just saw a snake demon! It was a huge snake!"

Ran and Sonoko exchanged a glance. They weren't particularly scared; they were more afraid of ghosts than snakes.

Sera Masumi found it strange: "You two are both grown up, you shouldn't be this afraid of snakes, right?"

"You! You don't understand! That wasn't an ordinary snake at all!" Yagura Morio seemed to still be immersed in terror, his face full of fear.

Yukari Mimura spread her arms wide and shouted, "How could there be such a big snake in the world!"

The three women were somewhat surprised, thinking, "Are you kidding me?"

"Oh right, isn't there a legend about a snake demon at Qingming Lake on the mountain?" Sonoko suddenly remembered this, and (damn) a chill ran down her spine.

Xiao Lan then realized that what the two adults in front of her were seeing were not ordinary snakes, but snake demons! Involving supernatural phenomena, she immediately turned deathly pale with fright.

Only Sera Masumi remained calm. As a prospective high school detective, she didn't believe in monsters or ghosts at all.

"This is too strange. If only one person saw it, it might be a mistake, but both of them saw it. Could it really be a snake demon from the lake? Something's not right!"

Sera Masumi took out her phone and told Shiraishihara about it.

However, Shiraishihara was not in the mood at the moment. Just now, he had released his scorching energy on Suzuki Tomoko and was now in a cooldown state, so he didn't want to move at all.

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169. Sera Masumi's disappointed look, brother, I want...

Chapter 169

"Master actually fell asleep. He's really unreliable. It seems that I, as his apprentice, have to handle this."

Sera Masumi reassured the two, "You two calm down first. Can you tell me the specific details of seeing the snake demon?"

Yagura Morio nodded and said, "My junior sister and I were talking when suddenly the lights went out for some reason."

Then we saw a huge snake shadow flicker past the window. Thinking someone was playing a trick on us, we left the house and chased after it.

Then we saw that enormous, serpentine creature—it was terrifying!

The mountain villa in the tea garden is not a traditional Chinese courtyard house, but a traditional Japanese building enclosed by openwork bamboo rafts.

Through the window, you can see the entire view outside the house.

“But there shouldn’t be such a big snake on the mountain. As the master’s disciples, you should understand this,” Sonoko said, looking puzzled.

"That's right... there's no way a snake that big could exist!" With Shiraishihara not around, Ran could only hug Sonoko tightly.

"Miss Mimura, did you really see that giant snake?" Sera Masumi turned her gaze to Mimura Yukari, who was still trembling.

Upon hearing Sera Masumi's question, Mimura Yukari covered her head in fear, exclaiming, "I saw it! I saw a huge snake! It's so scary, so scary..."

Sera Masumi frowned. Both of them had seen it, so it seemed unlikely that she had mistaken it...

Although Shiraishihara was not very interested, he did not intend to abandon the three women, after all, he had also seen the snake shadow.

He glanced at Suzuki Tomoko and saw her lying on her back on the tatami mat, her eyes rolled back, drool dripping from her mouth, and a large wet patch beneath her. She was fast asleep and probably wouldn't wake up anytime soon.

He got up, draped a blanket over Suzuki Tomoko, and left the room to go to the room next door where the master's disciple was.

The scream just now came from the master's disciple.

He stepped into the house, walking around and looking around. He noticed a table with two antique ceramic teacups on it, still containing some tea. Presumably, the two of them had been drinking tea and talking here earlier.

There's a power switch on the wall, with exposed wiring, and it looks like the circuit is used to control the lights.

"Could it be some kind of mechanism? What are these two disciples of the master up to? They've scared both Tomoko and me quite a bit."

After being startled, Tomoko hugged him tightly, and accidentally got stuck in a certain position, almost making him dizzy with pleasure.

Next, Shiraishihara went to Ryozo's room, but it was empty.

He saw the nanny doing housework and asked her where Liangzang was.

"You mean, sir? He went to see Mr. Liangyi," the nanny said.

Shiraishi responded with an "Oh".

Suddenly, Xiaolan's startled cry of "Ahhh!" came from outside the door.

Shiraishi's expression changed instantly, and he rushed out.

"What happened?"

"Master, you've finally arrived."

Sera Masumi raised her hand and rubbed her forehead: "Ran just picked up something, and after seeing it clearly, she was so scared that she threw it on the ground. Can you come and take a look?"

Xiaolan was afraid of this thing, but Zhenchun showed no fear and even held the object in her hand.

Everyone crowded around to take a look.

Upon seeing this, Sonoko gasped in shock, clearly quite frightened. No wonder Ran screamed.

"Such large scales?"

Shiraishi frowned slightly, sensing that this was not a real object, but rather a man-made prop.

"Ahhh!"

Upon seeing the scales, Yagura Morio was terrified and covered his head, shouting, "That's it! These are scales that fell from the snake demon! The snake demon I saw was covered in brown scales, like it was wearing a layer of armor!"

Yukari Mimura said with a look of horror, "That must be it. Rie-san drowned herself in the lake, and she must have turned into a giant snake like in the legends, coming to seek revenge on the murderer!"

This statement is clearly self-contradictory, but at the moment no one is in the mood to dwell on it. Mimura Yukari's words are easy to make people think about.

"rustle……"

Suddenly, a sound came from nearby, and everyone became alert instantly. Fortunately, they were all gathered together, so they weren't so scared that they wet their pants.