The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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"Okay, I'll take you there." Since he had already been shown that room before, Aragaki Yu turned around and began to lead the way.

"..."

Conan was about to explain to Yuu Aragaki why he went to that kind of place when he found that Yuu Aragaki seemed completely uninterested in it.

Suddenly, a feeling of having energy but nowhere to use it welled up in his heart, as if there was a breath stuck in his heart with nowhere to vent it, which made him feel depressed.

But seeing that Aragaki Yuu had led the way for him without hesitation, Conan didn't know what to complain about, so he could only hang his head in frustration and silently follow.

Conan sighed helplessly, "Oh well, I'll just have to wait until I find the treasure here before I can properly show off and explain it to you."

"Pfft~"

Ai Haibara, who had been following Aragaki Yu closely, naturally noticed all of Conan's little expressions. Seeing the great detective suddenly embarrassed, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Conan: "..."

I'm so angry!

……

"Wow, these pieces are arranged so beautifully!" Ayumi Yoshida leaned on the windowsill, looking at the chessboard in the yard.

Conan, standing next to Ayumi, was thinking as he drew the chessboard and the distribution of pieces he saw through the window onto his notebook.

"Where is it? I can't see it at all!" Genta, standing behind Ayumi, anxiously leaned out the window.

"Please, stop pushing me, Genta!" Ayumi, who was being squeezed, couldn't help but complain.

"Wow, you can see it from this window too!" Mitsuhiko excitedly poked his head out of the window of the next room and looked at the chess pieces on the lawn.

"Really! Let me see too." Genta, who couldn't see outside because Ayumi and Conan had been blocking the window in front of him, hurriedly ran to the next room.

"Genta, don't run around so noisily!" Dr. Agasa, seeing Genta's increasingly unruly behavior, couldn't help but remind him, fearing it would displease the host.

"Okay, Professor Agasa!" Genta replied nonchalantly.

"Is there some special meaning to the arrangement of these chess pieces, or...?"

Conan looked at the chessboard and pieces he had drawn in his notebook, then plopped down on the ground, scratching his head as he began to ponder the meaning of this chess set.

"This is wonderful!" Aragaki Yu suddenly leaned down, looked at the chessboard drawn on Conan's notebook, and said with a smile, "Isn't this Conan's favorite password?"

"Huh!?" Conan was startled by Aragaki Yu's sudden appearance. "Aragaki-nii, what...what are you talking about? I just thought these chess pieces were arranged beautifully, so I wanted to draw them."

Seeing the enigmatic smile on Aragaki Yu's face, Conan suddenly felt tense for some reason.

He inexplicably felt as if he had been seen through.

Ha ha……

This... this can't be possible, it must be my imagination...

I think that way because I stayed up too late reading a detective novel yesterday.

I've been hiding it so well, there's no way anyone would suspect me!

Conan didn't know where his confidence in this came from.

"Shinichi Kudo..."

However, the next second, the words spoken by Aragaki Yu made Conan's eyes widen in horror, as if he had seen a ghost. The notebook in Conan's hand slipped out of his frozen hand and fell to the ground.

At that moment, Yuki-onna floated into the room through the window, carrying Hotaru, and landed on Aragaki Yu's shoulder.

She turned her head and looked around the room, somewhat bewildered: "Huh, why do I feel like someone wants to see me?"

Then, the little tengu, carrying the demon sword princess, flew back, wobbling and unsteady.

It seems they've had enough fun outside.

"Phew, I'm exhausted!" After putting the Demon Blade Princess down from his back, the little tengu finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Demon Blade Princess, tell me, have you been turning into the moon again lately...!?"

boom!

Before the little tengu could finish speaking, a jet-black longsword struck him on the head.

Thump~

The next moment, the little tengu staggered and fell to the ground, losing consciousness.

"!!!"

Hotaru stared in shock at the scene before her. Just as she was about to rush forward to save the suddenly deceased Tengu, she saw the seemingly nonchalant Yaodao-hime standing to the side, whose eyes were filled with murderous intent. She then decisively slipped into Aragaki Yu's pocket.

"Hmm, the little tengu is just asleep, I shouldn't go up and disturb him! Waaah, so scary..."

The Snow Woman seemed unfazed by all of this, simply sitting on Aragaki Yu's shoulders with a smile, swinging her legs as she watched the show.

……

Chapter 212 "Shinichi Kudo..."

"Shinichi Kudo..."

Upon hearing Aragaki Yu's words, not to mention Conan, who was already petrified with fright.

Even Ai Haibara looked at Yuu Aragaki with suspicion and uncertainty, her hands clenched tightly, her expression conflicted.

"Hey Conan, are you going to take pictures of these codes and secretly send them to Shinichi Kudo next?" Yu Aragaki laughed as he picked up the notebook that had fallen to the ground in fright and stuffed it into Conan's hand.

"No, that's right! Aragaki-nii-san, I, I was just about to send it to Shinichi-nii-san so he could help me solve the mystery! Hahahaha..."

After listening to everything Aragaki Yu said, Conan realized it was a false alarm and quickly echoed her words.

Seeing that Aragaki Yuu showed no sign of suspicion, Conan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was absolutely terrifying! I almost thought my true identity was about to be exposed!

Fortunately, Yuu Aragaki only thought that he had been secretly contacting Shinichi Kudo all along.

After all, his usual behavior is sometimes not what an elementary school student should be able to do, so it's normal for Aragaki Yu to have such doubts.

Having figured everything out, Conan suddenly realized that Aragaki Yu's suspicions might actually be a good thing for him...

In this way, even if he performs exceptionally well, he will only assume that Shinichi Kudo is secretly helping him behind the scenes.

Thinking of this, Conan's emotions instantly changed from fear to joy.

Meanwhile, Aragaki Yu was quite satisfied. After all, it was quite amusing to occasionally provoke Conan like this and see the terrified expression on his face.

However, looking at Ai Haibara's face, which was turning white and then black, not far away, Yuu Aragaki was also surprised that there was actually someone who was so frightened by him.

Haibara Ai:"……"

(╯°□°）╯︵┻━┻

Just as Ai Haibara was gritting her teeth and sulking, Ayumi's scream suddenly rang out: "What are you two doing! Don't you know you'll fall?"

Startled, Conan quickly poked his head out of the window and looked outside.

Genta was hanging outside the window next door, struggling to stay afloat only by Mitsuhiko and his own arms.

"What an idiot!" Fearing something might happen to Genta, Conan could only rush anxiously to the next room.

Seeing this, Ai Haibara had no choice but to follow.

These kids are such a handful...

When Conan and Ai Haibara rushed into the room, Genta had already been dragged back into the room through the window by Yuu Aragaki, who had arrived a step ahead.

"Huff, huff, huff... I almost died, I almost died! Big brother Aragaki, thank you so much!"

Yuan Tai, who had survived the ordeal, collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, still feeling lingering fear about what had just happened.

Conan, who rushed over, finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that Genta was alright. He leaned against the wall to calm his tense emotions.

But a few seconds later, Conan seemed to have thought of something, and a puzzled look appeared on his face.

"Strange, the window in this room opens onto this wall, and the window in the next room also opens onto this wall. But I just ran from the next room, which is quite a distance, so where did all that space in between go?!"

Conan examined the wall beside him while tapping on it repeatedly to test its strength.

dong dong~

Listening to the echo coming from the wall, Conan looked up at the clock on the wall, and a smile appeared on his lips when he thought of the chess pieces arranged on the lawn.

He finally understood what was going on!

While everyone was gathered around Genta, whether comforting him or criticizing him, Conan dragged a chair over from the side, stacked a few books on it, and tried to stand on it, just enough to reach the clock on the wall.

Then, Conan, standing on tiptoe, began to fiddle with the hands of the clock, muttering confidently, "There used to be many secret passages like this. As long as you move the hands to a certain position, you can... oh dear!"

With a gasp from Conan, he vanished from the room.

The people in the room turned around in surprise after hearing the sound of a chair falling over. They saw only a chair that had fallen over and books scattered all over the floor near the wall.

Genta pointed to the books on the ground with some confusion and asked, "Why are there so many books here? Where's Conan?"

"He was just here, wasn't he?" Mitsuhiko scratched his head, looking somewhat bewildered.

"He probably went to the bathroom!" Aragaki Yu said, glancing at the clock on the wall and squinting.

He noticed that the position of the hands on the clock on the wall was completely different from before.

After hearing what Aragaki Yu said, everyone had an expression of sudden realization: "Oh, I see!"