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Chapter 981 A Childlike Diary
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The bedroom door of Xiangyuan Zhengtang was pushed open.

The furnishings here are exactly the same as those in Xiang Yuanguang's memory of his grandfather's room. There is nothing different about them. Looking at these familiar furnishings, the nostalgia he felt earlier surged into his heart again.

You can go back to those familiar places, but they are now deserted.

"If Grandpa were still alive, perhaps things wouldn't have turned out this way."

He whispered to Yuan Guang.

As the last Minister of Justice of the old Ministry of Justice and a key figure who led the reform of the entire Japanese judiciary, Masaharu Mukai's abilities are likely no less than those of Mukai himself.

If Xiang Yuanzhengtang were still alive, then it's highly likely that Xiang Yuan wouldn't be handling things alone.

"excuse me."

They frequently conduct illegal searches at various murder scenes.

Conan, who was used to climbing over the blockade as naturally as drinking water, unusually stood at the door with his hands clasped together, and only went inside after he finished speaking.

It's not that he's feudal or superstitious.

Rather, Xiang Yuanguang himself clearly believed in ghosts and gods, so as Xiang Yuanguang's friend, he naturally couldn't say anything discouraging in front of Xiang Yuanguang.

Besides, this was the room of Xiang Yuanguang's deceased grandfather.

Perhaps Xiang Yuanguang still believes that his grandfather's soul remains in the world?
That's what Conan was thinking.

But in reality, Xiang Yuanguang didn't think so.

He knew very well what kind of person his grandfather was.

If he had remained in the afterlife like those other deceased who refused to be reborn, Grandpa probably wouldn't have had such a peaceful end to his life.

As for connections and favors, those will definitely not be left for Xiang Yuan.

After all, if Xiang Yuanzhengtang is still taking action to deal with the problem when things have really come to that point, he must be going all out. There is no future if the current problem cannot be solved.

Therefore, Xiangyuan Zhengtang's passing should be peaceful.

His soul wouldn't remain in the world of the dead like others, and Xiang Yuanguang didn't think he could see Xiang Yuanzhengtang's spirit here.

"There seems to be a small gift box over there...?"

Chiaki Nanami's voice rang out.

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yuanguang and Conan shifted their attention to the box, and sure enough, they could see a box with only a corner sticking out from the top of the cabinet.

It was tied with a bow and had some cartoon character-style decorations on top.

It looks like a gift box, and the kind that's meant for kids.

"A gift box?"

Xiang Yuanguang, the tallest among them, easily took the gift box down.

This is a height that Conan and Ai Haibara could never reach even if they tried their best after shrinking down.

After noticing this.

Ai Haibara and Conan's expressions both darkened slightly.

However, Conan quickly regained his optimism.

Now that the reverse targeted drug for APTX-4869 has been developed, how far away is the development of a permanent cure? In at most six months, he will definitely be able to turn back into the high school detective Shinichi Kudo.

Then, he won't have to suffer from his height anymore, just like he does now.

Of course, given Shinichi Kudo's height, he would probably have to stand on tiptoe to reach the box on top of the cabinet, since the cabinet is indeed quite tall.

"There's a lot of dust; it looks like it hasn't been cleaned. Should we wipe it down?"

Looking at the appearance of the gift box, Asai Narumi frowned and asked.

He had already taken out his handkerchief while asking the question.

Xiang Yuanguang wasn't surprised that the box appeared to have been left uncleaned.

The gift box is indeed placed in a very off-center location, and the part that is tilted away from the cabinet door is most likely because someone moved the wardrobe when cleaning it.

This is why the gift box placed on top of the wardrobe slides along with it.

If the person responsible for cleaning doesn't have the habit of looking up at the wardrobe, they probably won't realize there's a gift box there until one day it falls off the wardrobe.

"Well, thank you."

Xiang Yuanguang took the handkerchief without any hesitation and wiped away the dust.

He didn't feel the need to be polite to Asai Narumi.

Dude, being so polite is just being a stranger.

Chiaki Nanami, standing nearby, watched their interaction with great curiosity, wondering what the relationship was between Hikaru Gen and the female doctor in the white coat with a single ponytail.

—No one had ever told her about Asai Narumi's gender.

However, if someone told her that Asai Narumi was not a woman but a man, Nanami Chiaki probably wouldn't feel strange about it.

The intelligent program that was brought into Noah's Ark was created by her friend.

That friend's name is Fujisaki Chihiro. Like Asai Nami, she likes to dress up as a woman, and she is even considered a girl if she simply wears neutral or masculine clothes.

This is thanks to the fact that a friend had already experienced a similar case.

Even if Chiaki Nanami really knew that Narumi Asai was a boy, she would be able to accept this fact quickly.

"What's this? One of the toys that Zhuge Liang gave to Zhang Fei?"

As soon as Xiang Yuanguang opened the gift box, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The nostalgic feeling I had was instantly swept away.

The gift box also contains a notebook.

However, unlike the notebook found in Xiang Yuanguang's bedroom before, this notebook seems to be even more... childish.

Just by looking at it, it doesn't seem like a diary in Xiangyuan's style.

Moreover, this diary is a single piece, with a small lock on the cover and a toy next to it that is hard to describe but looks quite complicated.

Toys are made up of many small parts.

However, if it could be disassembled, there should be something hidden inside.

Xiang Yuanguang guessed that it was the key to unlocking the children's notebook.

Otherwise, he wouldn't know what Xiang Yuanzhengtang's mentality was in storing this little toy together with his grandson's diary. It couldn't just be a keepsake, could it?
"This... I can't handle it."

Asai Narumi glanced at the toy in Minato's hand, then shook her head.

He has never played with any toys since he was a child.

After all, he was an adopted child, and the moment he left the hospital, he was thinking about how to become stronger, how to investigate the truth behind his father's death, and how to take revenge.

Toys were never on his radar from the start.

Conan, who had previously unlocked the combination lock, frowned upon seeing this thing.

Layer upon layer, winding and turning.

Unlike the previous combination locks, the educational toys that Xiang Yuanguang is now showing him are all about skill and specific techniques, even though he didn't learn how to quickly disassemble them in Hawaii.

However, fortunately, there was another person on site who knew what to do.

"give it to me."

"It's Nanami Chiaki," she said softly.

"It will only take a minute."

(End of this chapter)