The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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Ayumi ran over and righted the chair that had fallen to the ground, then picked up the books that had scattered all over the floor, complaining, "How could Conan just leave his books lying around like that!"

Only Ai Haibara glanced silently at Yuu Aragaki.

She knew this guy was talking nonsense again.

Although Ai Haibara didn't witness Conan's disappearance, she knew very well that he couldn't have simply gone to the restroom as Yu Aragaki had suggested.

……

On the other side, Conan, who had somehow fallen into a secret passage, rubbed his sore butt and got up from the ground.

He looked around at the pitch-black surroundings, a knowing expression on his face: "This castle is definitely not as simple as it seems!"

"It seems things are getting more and more interesting!" Conan turned on the flashlight on his watch and slowly walked forward.

"Stairs?" Following the stairs in the secret passage, Conan cautiously ventured deeper, only to find that he hadn't reached the end after walking for a long time. "It seems quite deep. Where does this staircase lead?"

Finally, the descending stairs came to an end, and the road ahead opened up.

However, as soon as Conan stepped forward, he felt as if he had stepped on something.

He shone his flashlight on the ground with a puzzled look. The sight on the ground made Conan's pupils shrink and the hairs on his body stand on end.

"this……!?"

Lying on the ground was clearly a white-haired, extremely sinister skeleton.

The skeleton stared intently at Conan, its mouth agape, its empty eye sockets seemingly filled with resentment.

Chapter 213 The Strange Firefly

Just as Conan calmed down from the panic of discovering the skeleton and was about to go forward to check the situation, he suddenly felt a malicious gust of wind behind his head. Before he could turn around, Conan groaned and was knocked to the ground.

"Damn it, who is it...?" In a daze, Conan, who had been hit hard from behind, fell to the ground, his vision went black, and he completely lost consciousness.

……

"It seems this place is not simple..." Ai Haibara quietly tugged at Yuu Aragaki's sleeve as she watched the room silently "swallow" Conan's room, whispering a reminder.

While speaking, Ai Haibara couldn't resist climbing onto the chair to examine the clock on the wall.

She always had a lot of doubts about this clock.

In such a luxurious villa, how could there be a clock whose hands don't move?

However, noticing Professor Agasa and Katsuo Tabata slowly approaching from outside, Yuu Aragaki subtly tugged at Ai Haibara's hand: "Yeah, I know."

Ai Haibara noticed Katsuo Tabata suddenly enter the room, so she quietly withdrew her outstretched hand, carefully climbed down from the chair, and then casually patted the footprints she had left on the chair.

When she noticed that Professor Agasa and Katsuo Tabata were both heading towards Genta and Mitsuhiko, and not paying attention to her, Ai Haibara stared intently at Katsuo Tabata's back and whispered to Yuu Aragaki, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this person?"

"I don't know." Aragaki Yu shook his head, but still kindly reminded her, "But you should still be careful with the people here. If you really have to ask them for help, try asking Mamiya Nobleman for help."

Ai Haibara glanced at Yuu Aragaki with some surprise. She could understand what Yuu Aragaki was saying, after all, under the temptation of treasure, no one could be sure that these people would do something terrible.

"Is Nobleman Mamiya really trustworthy?"

Ai Haibara still had a slight impression of this person. According to the gardener Katsuo Tabata, he seemed to be the child of the deceased lady of this manor and her ex-husband.

However, she couldn't quite understand why Aragaki Yu would trust this person.

"After all, they commissioned me to do this investigation! I should at least have some trust in my employer!" Aragaki Yu explained with a smile.

However, when he noticed the "you'd be a fool to believe me" look on Ai Haibara's face, Yuu Aragaki had no choice but to confess: "If my observation is correct, he is not only weak and indecisive, but also lacks initiative. He should be considered a trustworthy and good person."

After all, if Mamiya Takato wasn't this kind of person, he wouldn't have stayed in this villa for four years without finding any clues related to the fire from back then, and only thought of asking a detective or someone else for help today.

Haibara Ai:"……"

She silently rolled her eyes at Aragaki Yu, somewhat speechless at his assessment of Mamiya Noble.

Describing him as weak-willed and indecisive is probably a compliment.

“However…” Aragaki Yu suddenly changed the subject.

Thinking that Yuu Aragaki was about to say something important, Ai Haibara's heart sank and her expression became serious.

"But if you encounter any hidden doors or anything that suddenly open inside the villa, don't go in. I'll go find them," Yu Aragaki earnestly reminded Ai Haibara. "Don't send them in one by one, or it will be very troublesome for me to find you."

Haibara Ai:"……"

deliver……!?

Ha ha……

Will I send it?

Ai Haibara glared angrily at Yuu Aragaki, but when her gaze swept over Genta, Mitsuhiko, and Ayumi, who were being lectured by Professor Agasa, she instantly understood what Yuu Aragaki meant.

If that's the case, then there's no mistake, Aragaki Yu must be referring to Ayumi and the others!

……

"What?! You're saying Conan is missing?!" Professor Agasa stared in shock at Genta and the others.

"That's right! He was in this room, but as soon as we turned around, Conan disappeared from the room!" Ayumi's voice was a little anxious.

"Yes, at first I thought he went to the bathroom, but Conan still hasn't come back." Yuu Aragaki noticed the look in Professor Agasa's eyes and nodded in response.

"Shall we go to the restroom?" At that moment, Takato Mamiya, who was passing by in the hallway outside, noticed the situation in the room. After hearing that a child was missing, he suggested to everyone, "The restroom is on the floor below, so let's go look for him."

"Then I'll stay here and wait. It wouldn't be good if Conan ran back here and we missed each other again," Aragaki Yu said, feigning a worried expression.

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble you, Aragaki! If you find Conan, please contact us as soon as possible!" Professor Agasa asked.

"Then come with me!" Seeing this, Mamiya Noble turned around and prepared to lead the group to the restroom downstairs.

"I..." Ai Haibara, standing to the side, knew perfectly well that Yuu Aragaki's claim of staying here to wait for Conan was a lie.

She knew very well that Aragaki Yuu was definitely trying to take this opportunity to bring Conan back.

Ai Haibara, who was a little worried about Yu Aragaki acting alone, was about to say that she would stay and wait for Conan with Yu Aragaki, but was stopped by Yu Aragaki's eyes.

"You should keep an eye on those kids for me, and make sure they don't wander off." Seeing that the others hadn't noticed them, she quickly leaned down and whispered in Ai Haibara's ear to remind her again, "It'll be easier for me to act alone."

"Okay, alright, you be careful too." Ai Haibara looked at Yuu Aragaki, whose face was full of "no problem," hesitated for a moment, and then turned around and followed the group.

……

"How's it going, Hotaru?" After watching everyone disappear around the corner of the stairs, Aragaki Yu returned to the room where Conan had vanished, took Hotaru out of his pocket, and asked softly, "Have you investigated all the secret doors?"

"Of course, no problem, brother!" Yingcao nodded her little head proudly.

It's worth noting that after Aragaki Yu arrived at this manor, his shikigami didn't just spend their time playing on the chess pieces' heads on the lawn.

The entire manor, inside and out, has been thoroughly explored by Aragaki Yu's shikigami.

The only thing that surprised Shinju was that, faced with the dark and gloomy passageway in the manor, only Hotaru, who seemed the most delicate, dared to go down.

Yuki-onna, Yoto-hime, and Kotengu all chose to feign madness and pretend not to see the secret passage when faced with the task of exploring it.

They even wished they could escape back to the Yin-Yang Realm.

It really left Aragaki Yuu both amused and exasperated.

On the contrary, the adorable Yingcao cheered and eagerly signed up after hearing about the mission. Even before entering the dark passage, her eyes shone as she stared at the gloomy passage, and even the dandelion she held tightly in her hand emitted a strange light.

He looked very excited.

Yuu Aragaki felt that Hotaru's expression seemed a little off.

Chapter 214 The Disappearance of Aragaki Yu

What surprised Yuu Aragaki even more was that after Hotaru came out of the secret passage, she explored almost all the mechanisms and passages inside.

Yuu Aragaki affectionately patted Hotaru's head. He believed that with Hotaru's help, his understanding of the secret passage might be even more detailed than that of Masaki Masuyo, who had been exploring this place for four years.

"Let's go, Firefly!"

After seeing that no one was around, Aragaki Yu skillfully used the clock hands on the wall to open the secret passage, and then, led by Hotaru, slowly walked in.

……

Meanwhile, led by Takashi Mamiya and Katsuo Tabata, Professor Agasa and the members of the Detective Boys arrived at the restroom door.

"Huh? That's strange." After checking all the restrooms, Katsuo Tabata said to the people behind her with a puzzled look, "There's no one in there."

"Are there any other restrooms?" Because he didn't find Conan in the restrooms, Professor Agasa became even more worried.

Nobleman Mamiya shook his head and explained, "Actually, this building is not used much, so this is the only place with a toilet."

Genta, who was usually mischievous, wondered if Conan was planning some kind of prank, so he chuckled and said, "Hehehe, that Conan guy, is he trying to hide somewhere and scare us?"

"That's very possible! Conan, that kid, can be quite childish sometimes!"

"That's it!"

Surprisingly, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi, who were standing to the side, both agreed with Genta's statement.

Seeing the three children suddenly become cheerful, Professor Agasa glanced at them helplessly, muttering to himself, "Aren't you kids yourselves? And Shinichi, how do you even get along with these children?"

Only Ai Haibara, with a hint of worry in her eyes, would occasionally glance upstairs, wondering how Yuu Aragaki was doing and whether he had found Conan yet.

Just then, a servant from the manor suddenly came over and respectfully said to Nobleman Mamiya, "Young Master, dinner is ready."