Conan's Exorcist Detective

Chapter 7: Art Museum Horror

Haruhiko Kousaka looked back and saw two young girls standing on the steps of the art museum. One of them was very promising, and the other one, wearing a hairband, was looking at him excitedly.

It was Ran Mouri and Sonoko Suzuki.

In addition, there was a little boy wearing a blue suit and a red bow tie next to Ran Mouri, who was looking at Haruhiko with curiosity.

Kousaka Haruhiko sighed and thought that this time he was right.

Kudo Shinichi has become smaller, and the light of the Death God elementary school student is shrouding the art museum. Today is destined to be a restless weekend.

Haruhiko walked up to them and said hello: "What a coincidence, you guys are here to visit too?"

"We're all from the garden. We heard something supernatural was happening here, so we had to come and see what was happening." Xiaolan said helplessly, "Is Kosaka-san here to see what's happening too?"

"A client asked me to come here to help her deal with a small problem." Haruhiko explained.

Suzuki Sonoko looked suspicious: "Are you lying again?"

Haruhiko noticed that she had dressed up specially today. The clean white T-shirt and denim shorts showed off her figure perfectly. She had no makeup on her face, and the youthful aura unique to girls of this age was overwhelming.

Are you here just to catch handsome guys?

However, he still said righteously, "How is that possible? Our firm's purpose is to meet all the client's requirements."

Yuanzi curled her lips, obviously not believing what he said.

"Are these your friends?" Mrs. Manaka's voice came from behind.

Haruhiko Kousaka briefly introduced the few people to each other.

Mrs. Manaka said with a sad face that she had not yet contacted her husband, so she asked Haruhiko to look around the art museum first, and she would go and talk to the director in charge to see if an area could be cleared for Haruhiko to perform the exorcism ceremony.

After saying that, Yumiko Manaka walked into the art museum.

Haruhiko had no choice but to go visit the art museum with Sonoko and the others.

Everyone walked into the hall of the art museum. There were not many people in the entire exhibition hall. The scene was very quiet, giving people a feeling of defeat.

There are framed paintings hanging on the walls all around, and there are also specially enclosed sculptures in the hall. Overall, the artistic atmosphere is still very strong.

It's just a little deserted.

Haruhiko recalled the case that happened here.

The boss Manaka, who is also Manaka Yuta's father, bought this art museum and originally agreed to continue running it, but not long after, he sold everything here and converted it into a hotel.

This breach of promise caused dissatisfaction among many staff members in the museum, but there was nothing they could do about it.

However, the curator here is a ruthless man who planned a sophisticated murder plan.

He wore knight armor that concealed his face, and imitated the way knights killed demons in oil paintings, killing Boss Manaka by nailing him to the wall with his sword.

He is indeed an artist, even killing a person is so artistic.

I don’t know whether Manaka Yuta’s father is dead or alive now, but judging from the fact that he hasn’t answered the phone, he has probably been nailed to the wall.

Kousaka Haruhiko glanced at his rice cooker and saw no reaction.

Do we have to find the body before we can start the process of exorcising the evil spirit?

Haruhiko was just wondering when suddenly a soft object touched his arm.

Haruhiko turned his head and saw Suzuki Sonoko with her arm around him, her face full of excitement.

"What are you doing?" Haruhiko looked alert.

Yuanzi pointed at a tourist in the distance and said, "Handsome guy, don't you see it?"

Haruhiko looked in the direction of his finger and saw a long-haired man standing in front of a painting. He must be an artist as he had a unique artistic aura.

Haruhiko nodded: "He is quite handsome, then go and chat with him, don't let him get away."

Suzuki Sonoko punched Haruhiko.

"You are my follower now, and you are required to come out at this time." Suzuki Sonoko scolded.

"Me? What can I do?" Haruhiko asked in confusion.

Suzuki Sonoko began to explain her battle plan: "Isn't there a supernatural incident happening here? When he walks into the exhibition hall, I will follow him. You make strange noises in the dark to create the feeling that something supernatural is happening. I will take advantage of the situation and pretend to be a weak little girl."

Suzuki Sonoko's eyes were shining, and she seemed extremely satisfied with her battle plan.

Haruhiko Kousaka felt helpless. He actually wanted to go and see what happened to Mr. Manaka's body, but he couldn't just leave Sonoko alone.

Forget it, let me finish this scene with her first.

Not long after, the man walked into the dim exhibition hall further inside, just as Sonoko had predicted.

Suzuki Sonoko hurriedly followed, and did not forget to turn back and wave to Haruhiko.

So Haruhiko followed under the sympathetic gaze of Mouri Ran and Conan.

Walk through a dim corridor and come to another exhibition hall.

Haruhiko stood at the corner and observed, and found that there were only Sonoko and the long-haired man in the exhibition hall.

It's quite suitable for scaring people.

Haruhiko thought for a moment and scratched the knights' armor on both sides of the corridor with his nails. The creepy sound echoed in the empty art gallery.

The two people in the exhibition hall looked at each other at the same time.

Haruhiko noticed that Suzuki Sonoko's body was a little stiff. Could she be scared too?

I'm really impressed. She's so timid yet dares to come up with such a method. She's really trying her best to hook up with a handsome guy.

Haruhiko decided to make a quick decision. If someone came later, the effect might not be so good. He was also very curious about whether Boss Manaka was dead or alive.

He stretched out his hand, gently took off a knight's helmet, held it in his hand, and then rolled it towards the two people in the exhibition hall like a bowling ball.

Gulu gulu~
The helmet continued to move along the red carpet and finally stopped in front of Suzuki Sonoko's brown leather shoes.

Yuanzi screamed instantly.

I guess half of it was acting, and the other half was affected by the environment. I was really a little scared.

Haruhiko saw that Suzuki Sonoko played the role of a weak girl perfectly. If he didn't know her true nature, Haruhiko would have been unable to help but rescue the girl who was squatting in the middle of the red carpet, hugging her shoulders and shivering.

What follows should be the clichéd story of a hero saving a beautiful girl, and then I can hurry to find the body of Boss Manaka.

But what he didn't expect was.

The handsome guy with long hair and melancholy look actually let out a heart-wrenching scream just like Sonoko.

Then he took big strides like a madman and ran towards the corner where Haruhiko was hiding.

Haruhiko quickly hid behind the armored knight, pressing himself against the wall. Without even turning back, the long-haired handsome man ran back the way he'd come, paying no attention to the "weak and helpless" Sonoko squatting beside him.

It’s not known whether Suzuki Sonoko was acting convincingly or was really scared, but she still maintained the posture of a weak girl.

She didn't realize that the handsome guy she wanted to chat up had abandoned her and ran away.

Haruhiko sighed and walked forward to announce to her that the battle plan had failed.

He came to Yuanzi, who was squatting on the ground, and patted her thin shoulders gently.

Suzuki Sonoko is like a robot doll whose switch has been flipped.

She stood up quickly, leaned forward, and hugged Haruhiko directly.

"What's that sound? It scared me to death!" she asked in a trembling voice.

Haruhiko could smell the expensive shampoo coming from the man's hair and couldn't help but take a deep breath. "That was a high school student, with fate strangling his throat, making a final sacrifice for his young lady."

Yuanzi suddenly looked up, his eyes wide open.

At this moment, the empty exhibition hall was so quiet that it was suffocating. The unique lights in the exhibition hall reflected the light from the artworks and refracted on Yuanzi's fair jaw, making her skin look like soft moonlight.

Haruhiko suddenly felt that Sonoko-san looked quite pretty from this angle.

Immediately afterwards, a force came from the chest.

Haruhiko's body fell backwards.

Sonoko kept her punching stance: "Asshole! What are you doing?"

Kosaka Haruhiko sat on the red carpet with an innocent expression: "I didn't do anything. You carried it up here by yourself."

"I..." Sonoko was speechless for a moment, then she suddenly remembered something, "Where is that handsome guy?"

"He's even less courageous than you. He would have been scared away long ago." Haruhiko stood up. "I think you should have let Xiaolan play the role of the villain to intimidate that long-haired handsome guy, and then you would appear and fight the villain off. Maybe it would have had an unexpected effect."

"Asshole! I didn't expect to meet such a coward. My perfect plan is wasted." Sonoko looked unhappy.

Haruhiko: "Okay, let's go find Xiaolan. They'll misunderstand after such a long time."

Yuanzi was stunned: "What misunderstanding?"

"Uh... maybe there's a misunderstanding about our battle plan," Haruhiko explained.

Suzuki Sonoko nodded and agreed with this statement.

The two were about to leave the exhibition hall.

Suddenly, there was a sound of nails scraping against metal under my feet.

Both of them froze in their tracks, their eyes fixed on the helmet of the knight who had made the sound.

"What did you put in it? A small toy?" Yuanzi asked in confusion.

Haruhiko frowned: "It's not me, I didn't do anything."

"Then what is this voice..." Sonoko's face turned pale instantly.

Haruhiko was also a little confused. Could it be that the supernatural legend of this art museum was true?

creak creak-

The creepy metallic sound came from inside the helmet again.

The two held their breath, and Sonoko signaled Haruhiko with her eyes to go and see what was going on.

Haruhiko rolled his eyes and prepared to kick the helmet.

at this time,

ah---

A piercing scream came from a distance.

Stimulated by the sudden sound, Suzuki Sonoko's already extremely nervous mood could no longer be contained.

She screamed and threw herself into Haruhiko's arms.

But perhaps she was too frightened and used too much force, knocking Haruhiko directly to the carpet.

At this time, Haruhiko was lying on his back on the ground, Sonoko was riding on him, her hands on his chest, and her scattered hair hanging on his face.

Once again, Haruhiko Kousaka felt the smell of that expensive shampoo up close.

Just then, a familiar voice came from the entrance of the exhibition hall.

"Sonoko, what's wrong with you?" Ran Mouri's voice sounded from above her head, but she stopped abruptly halfway through her words.

Haruhiko knew what the other person's expression was without even looking.

"Ah...ah, sorry, I didn't know you were..." Ran Mouri's tone was a little flustered.

Haruhiko looked up and saw that Ran Mouri's face was red, as if she had seen some big secret.

She covered Conan's eyes with her hands.

Haruhiko exchanged glances with her.

Ran Mouri immediately looked away, apologized, and pulled Conan back out of the exhibition hall.

Before Conan left, he kept looking at Kousaka Haruhiko with a puzzled expression, as if to say, "It's impossible. There's no way anyone likes Sonoko."

"Eh? Why did Xiaolan leave?" Sonoko seemed to come back to her senses from the shock, but was still sitting on him.

Haruhiko looked at Suzuki Sonoko who was riding on him and said, "Miss, don't you think our posture is a little ambiguous?"

Yuanzi only realized it belatedly, and her face suddenly turned red.

She quickly got up and chased after him, still shouting, "Lan, you misunderstood. Things are not what you think..."

Haruhiko Kosaka also stood up.

He kicked the knight's helmet on the ground.

A gray mouse emerged from the helmet and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Haruhiko bent down to pick up the helmet and walked out of the exhibition hall.

If I'm not mistaken, Boss Manaka's body has been found.

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(End of this chapter)