Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Before the detectives arrived at the Twilight Villa, Shoichi had already brought Ai along.

When they arrived, there were only maids in the villa.

Ai looked at the villa with curiosity.

This must be the place where those detectives were murdered, right?
"The owner here only invites detectives, and you're not a detective. Wouldn't it be suspicious if you came here?" Ai asked.

"What's suspicious? Do you know what's going to happen here?"

Shoichi looked at Ai and asked mischievously, "You wouldn't happen to be the mastermind behind summoning those detectives, would you?"

"You are!"

Ai pouted.

I am not the mastermind; the mastermind is just someone right next to me.

Zheng Yi helped Xiao Ai adjust her hat, almost burying her eyes inside.

He said with a smile, "I'm not the mastermind; I'm just a buyer."

"Buyer?"

“That’s right, a buyer who wants to buy this villa,” Zheng Yi said.

He contacted a middleman and proposed to buy the villa.

Because Zheng Yi has a very good reputation, there is nothing he cannot get if he wants it.

So the owner of this villa got anxious.

He was eager to find the treasure inside the villa and was very worried that the villa would be taken away by Zhengyi.

So they gathered so many detectives to solve the mystery from back then.

After entering the villa, Zheng Yi gently knocked on the wall.

Ai looked at Shoichi and felt that his actions and eyes were very strange.

It feels like this guy is about to gnaw on the wall plaster any moment from now.

"Miss, please prepare a room for me," Zheng Yi said.

“Two,” Ai added.

The maid looked at Zheng Yi with a conflicted expression.

“Mr. Zhengyi, it seems the master didn’t invite you, and you don’t have an invitation either,” the maid said.

"Can't I come without an invitation?" Zheng Yi said, dissatisfied.

The maid looked timidly at Zheng Yi, not daring to say anything out of turn.

Zheng Yi's reputation was widespread, and she, a mere maid, dared not refuse him.

"It's just a matter of having an extra pair of chopsticks. It's such a small thing that it shouldn't bother your master. Go and prepare two rooms for me."

"But we don't have enough rooms," the maid said softly.

This villa has been uninhabited for a long time.

The empty room was covered in dust, and she was the only maid in the entire villa.

There's simply no way to clean all the rooms.

So the rooms she cleans are only enough for the guests.

Even when Mr. Mori said he was bringing his family, she only had time to clean one room for him.

Zheng Yi said with dissatisfaction, "You don't expect me to sleep on the sofa, do you? I'm a guest."

Tears were already glistening in the maid's eyes.

Ai glanced at the maid, afraid that she would say something like, "Why don't you squeeze in with me?"

"Let's clean out two more rooms," Ai said.

Zheng Yi raised an eyebrow.

He didn't bring Curaçao with him, and besides, he hasn't worked here in a long time.

The "we" that Ai is referring to probably doesn't include him, right?
Zheng Yi glanced at the lobby again.

This place isn't cleaned properly either; this maid has a lot to do.

The maid led Zheng Yi and his companion to the two adjacent bedrooms on the second floor and bowed apologetically.

He said he would come over to help clean the rooms as soon as she finished cleaning the lobby.

Zheng Yi opened the door, but seeing the mess inside, he had no intention of going in.

Ai doesn't seem to mind.

He rolled up his sleeves and began cleaning his room.

Masakazu walked into the room Ai was cleaning, wiped down a chair, and sat down. "Ai, let's squeeze in tonight," Masakazu said.

"not good."

"Anyway, you're still a child, why worry about so much?" Zhengyi said indifferently.

Ai turned around and looked at Masakazu with a very unfriendly expression.

You know, I just look like a child, right?
"Go clean your room right now." Ai pushed Masakazu out.

Zheng Yi stood outside the door.

Leaning against the wall, he looked at Ai, then at the walls of the room, and then at the door.

"Oh!"

Ai was stunned when she heard the door close.

"What's wrong with you now?" Ai shouted angrily at the door.

If I don't open the door, the dust in the room will choke me to death.

"A golden house hides sorrow."

Zheng Yi said from outside the door, "I'm going to hide you."

"Hehe, you seem quite interested in Chinese history."

Ai opened the door and looked at Masakazu without expression.

But you're clearly a half-baked guy.

Emperor Wu of Han built a golden house to house his beloved concubine, A'jiao, but her fate was far from pleasant.

Seeing that Shoichi was not behaving himself, Ai pushed him into the room as well, forcing the guy to work with her.

However, after Zheng Yi joined, the cleaning speed did not increase; in fact, it slowed down.

The two of them worked all afternoon to clean one room.

Ai glanced out the dark window, crossed her arms, and looked at Masakazu.

It will probably be tomorrow morning before the second room is cleaned.

Is this also within your calculations?

Zheng Yi pinched Ai's stern face, leaving two gray marks on her cheek.

Ai gave Masakazu a disdainful shove.

"I'm going to take a shower."

Zheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go too."

"Ok?"

Ai stood there, looked up, and stared wide-eyed.

"What are you thinking? A villa this big can't possibly only have one bathroom, can it?"

Zheng Yi poked Ai's forehead with his finger, accusing the girl of only thinking about such wonderful things.

It's true that a villa can't possibly have only one bathroom, but it doesn't even have a hairdryer.

After Ai walked out of the bathroom.

Zheng Yi took a towel and carefully dried Ai's hair.

However, Ai Haibara felt that Shoichi's purpose was not pure.

While he was rubbing her hair, he gave her several strange hairstyles while her hair was still wet.

When those hairstyles were coming out, Zheng Yi smiled in a very annoying way.

But since she didn't see Masakazu take out his phone to take a picture, Ai didn't make a fuss.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

Just as Ai felt like her hair was about to catch fire from being rubbed, there was a knock on the door.

"It seems the last victim has arrived as well," Zheng Yi said in a low voice.

While Zheng Yi was cleaning the room, several victims had already arrived; this should be the last victim.

"The victim?" Ai looked at Shoichi in the mirror.

There are no outsiders here, so are you not going to pretend anymore?

"No, it's the detective, the last detective has arrived." Zheng Yi corrected his slip of the tongue.

The maid heard the knocking and quickly went to open the door.

"You must be Mr. Mogi, Mr. Mori, and Ms. Senma. I've been waiting for you for quite some time. Please come in." (End of Chapter)