The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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Night and dawn alternate.

It's already dawn.

At this moment, Yuya Aragaki climbed up and immediately reached out to pull Ai Haibara, who was following behind him, out of the passage.

Unexpectedly, after being pulled out by him, Ai Haibara still looked at him strangely, with a look of disgust on her face, and rubbed the hand that Yu Aragaki had pulled on her clothes.

[Pah, you lolicon! No wonder you took me in back then!!]

In that instant, it seemed that Yuu Aragaki understood the meaning in Ai Haibara's eyes.

"Cough cough..."

Chapter 224 You...you huge pervert!

"Cough cough..."

Aragaki Yu coughed awkwardly twice before quickly turning his head away to avoid Haibara Ai's gaze.

Facing Nishikawa Mutsumi, who was still frozen at the door, he said calmly, "The treasure you mentioned, haven't you noticed that it's all clearly written on the door?"

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Mutsumi Nishikawa disregarded everything else and scrambled to the door, carefully examining the hidden door.

After searching for a long time, she finally found a line of small characters on the inside of the hidden door.

I would give this castle, and this view, to the first person who finds it.

"Hahaha, I don't believe it..."

Having witnessed all of this, Nishikawa Mutsumi collapsed to the ground. Staring at the boy through the hidden door, her eyes were lifeless, and two streams of tears slowly flowed down her cheeks: "I can't believe it. I killed so many people just for this. I actually had my face surgically altered to look like an ugly old woman!"

The river not far from the castle shimmered, and the sun rose and set in the sky. From the rooftop of the castle, it was indeed a breathtakingly beautiful scene.

Ignoring the dejected Mutsumi Nishikawa, Yuu Aragaki, Professor Agasa, and the members of the Detective Boys, they gathered on the rooftop to admire the castle's most precious treasure.

"so beautiful!"

Ayumi tucked her little hands in her pockets, her eyes shining as she looked at the scenery before her.

"Yes, yes!"

Mitsuhiko and Genta watched the sun slowly rise in the sky and echoed each other's sentiments.

Professor Agasa stood behind the Detective Boys, looked at them who were finally unharmed, and then at the beautiful scenery outside. He nodded with great satisfaction.

Although last night was indeed thrilling, we managed to get through it without serious incident, successfully apprehended the murderer who had been hiding for so many years, and fulfilled the castle owner's request by finding the treasure within the castle.

They even achieved the original purpose of the trip: to take these children to see a sunrise in the forest.

This can be considered a win-win situation.

Conan echoed, "Yes, perhaps for the owner of this castle, this is indeed the most precious treasure left to his family."

Ai Haibara leaned against the wall, gazing at the beautiful scenery outside the door, and sighed silently: "It's a pity that there are always some people who don't understand these things. People die for money, and birds die for food!"

……

An hour later, the arrival of the police cars startled Mitsuru Mamiya and Noble Mamiya, who were still fast asleep in the castle.

After listening to Professor Agasa's account of the terrifying events of the previous night, Mitsuru Mamiya peeked out from the hidden door in the roof, looked at the scenery that came into view, and sighed somewhat forlornly.

But when he thought about how he had been living with a murderer who had killed so many people for the treasure in the castle all these years, he couldn't help but feel a chill of fear.

Soon, seeing a beautiful view from the castle rooftop, Mamiya Mitsuru let go of everything and completely gave up any obsession with treasure.

After all, it's already something to be thankful for to be alive enough to see such a view.

Meanwhile, Mamiya Norihito watched as the murderer, Nishikawa Mutsumi, was taken away in the police car, and breathed a sigh of relief.

As the police car escorted the murderer away from the castle and gradually disappeared into the distant woods, Noble Mamiya finally fulfilled his long-cherished wish.

As for why he has lived here for so many years.

In fact, he never had much expectation or thought about the treasure in this castle.

He simply wanted to find out the truth about everything that happened back then.

After gathering all his thoughts, he cast a grateful glance at Aragaki Yu, who was surrounded by a group of children not far away.

He was extremely grateful that he had found this guy, who was called an Onmyoji but was actually more like a detective, to help him.

If it weren't for Yu Aragaki, the murderer who killed his mother and grandmother back then would probably still be living by his side, at large.

However, at this moment, Aragaki Yu had no time to respond to Mamiya Noble.

He barely managed to escape from the encirclement of Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta, and arrived at Ai Haibara's side.

Ignoring Ai Haibara's slightly disgusted look, Yu Aragaki whispered to her, "Ai, please don't take what I said earlier to heart. I only said that to distract the culprit."

"Hmph." Ai Haibara rolled her eyes at Yuu Aragaki, then turned her head away, feigning a look of lingering fear, and said, "Who knows? Some people might have some strange fetishes. Maybe someone picked me up back then just to satisfy their own whims!"

"Ai, how is that possible?!"

Ai Haibara finally turned around and looked at Yuu Aragaki, who was leaning down: "So, how do you want to explain your behavior, sir with the strange fetish?"

Looking at Yuu Aragaki's sincere face, Ai Haibara had already come to believe in her heart that he wasn't that kind of person.

After all, when he rescued me, besides taking off my clothes and giving me a bath, he didn't seem to do anything else...

"Um……!?"

Ai Haibara suddenly froze, her face flushing slightly.

However, she touched the bread she had specially prepared for Aragaki Yu, which she kept in her bosom, and decided that no matter what Aragaki Yu explained, she would go with the flow and forgive him.

Yuu Aragaki certainly doesn't want to leave any strange labels in other people's minds.

Under Ai Haibara's scrutinizing gaze, Yuu Aragaki quickly interjected, "Just think about it, how could I possibly be interested in a body that doesn't distinguish between front and back... um...!?"

(?▼益▼)

Aragaki Yu couldn't continue speaking halfway through his sentence.

Ai Haibara, her face flushed red, glared at Yuu Aragaki. After throwing the bread she had hidden in her arms at him, her expression turned extremely ashamed and indignant: "You, you... you pervert!"

"..."

Even Hotaru, who had been hiding in Aragaki Yu's pocket, had a slightly flushed face. She rummaged out of the pocket, climbed onto Aragaki Yu's shoulder, hugged her chest, and looked at Aragaki Yu with an unfriendly expression, saying, "Brother, you really went too far..."

Aragaki Yu was somewhat embarrassed: "Uh..."

Well, now, not only in Ai Haibara's mind, but probably in Hotaru's mind as well, her image has been ruined.

……

Chapter 225 Invitation Letter

"Stare~"

In the living room of Yu Aragaki's house, Akemi Miyano is sitting opposite Yu Aragaki, looking at him with a wronged expression.

"Hey, Ayami-nee, could you please stop staring at me like that? I'm getting a little uncomfortable with it," Aragaki Yu said to Miyano Akemi, putting down his chopsticks with a hint of helplessness.

Although the homemade breakfast brought by Akemi Miyano was indeed delicious, under her fixed gaze, Yuu Aragaki found it utterly tasteless, like chewing wax.

"Hmph~" Miyano Akemi hummed softly with a nasal sound.

Yuu Aragaki naturally knew why Akemi Miyano had such an expression; it was simply because he hadn't brought her along on the last request.

Akemi Miyano, who styled herself as the "chief" employee of the Aragaki family's Yin-Yang House, was naturally dissatisfied with this.

The reason why Yu Aragaki didn't bring Akemi Miyano along was because he felt that he would definitely encounter Conan and his friends during this mission.

Ai Haibara was no exception.

Yuu Aragaki didn't think that this was a good opportunity to let Ai Haibara and Akemi Miyano meet.

After all, if the two of them were to meet without any preparation, with so many people around, it would be very easy for them to be exposed to the organization's attention.

Therefore, Aragaki Yu intentionally did not inform Miyano Akemi about this request.

The day after he returned, he was caught red-handed by Akemi Miyano, who came to his door.

The reason why Akemi Miyano knew all this was because she had actually been here yesterday.

With the intention of helping her younger brother and boss, Yuu Aragaki, tidy up his house, Akemi Miyano happily arrived at Yuu Aragaki's home, only to be shocked to find that a sign reading "Out for Work" was hanging under the sign of the Aragaki Family Yin-Yang House.

(╯°□°）╯︵┻━┻

"A commission...!?"

Akemi Miyano froze on the spot. As an employee, she had not received any work-related messages.

It's like an employee returning to work after a holiday only to find the company deserted and no one notified them that the company has moved.

……

Seeing Miyano Akemi's puffed-up cheeks, Aragaki Yu's mind raced, but his face remained calm and composed: "Ayami-nee, the client took me directly to the location, so there's no need for you to drive me..."

"So, Aragaki-kun, you mean I'm only fit to be a driver..."

Akemi Miyano's face darkened slightly. She looked at Yuu Aragaki with a half-smile, but there was a hint of danger in her smile.

"Hehe... How could that be, Yami-nee? I just wanted you to have more time off!" Although Yuu Aragaki contacted Vodka, Gin's personal driver, the moment Miyano Akemi said those words, he didn't want to show any strange thoughts in front of Miyano Akemi, so he could only quickly smile apologetically.