Nishimiya Shoko clasped her hands to her chest, nervously glancing at Yukino Yukinoshita beside her.

"Leave it to me."

Yukino Yukinoshita nodded slightly and took out the key from her backpack.

Since her soul hasn't been switched back yet, in her family's eyes, Yukino Yukinoshita is 'Shoko', so she naturally has to role-play.

"Shoko, you're back?"

The door opened, and a kind and gentle voice quickly rang out.

Yukino Yukinoshita hesitated for half a second before managing a weak smile on her pretty face:

"...Grandma, I'm back."

Kiyono Makoto: "..."

Stop laughing! You're not gentle at all, and your acting is terrible!

"stare--"

Yukino Yukinoshita gave her a cold look, then said nonchalantly:

"Grandma, why did Yuzuru and...Mom fight?"

Yukino Yukinoshita deeply understands that humanity has its limits.

She could solve advanced mathematics problems, but she just couldn't pull off that gentle and ingratiating smile of Shoko.

It's worth mentioning that on the way there, Nishimiya Shoko had already sent a message to her mother on her phone, saying that she had found out Yuzuru's whereabouts and that her mother didn't need to worry, so Mrs. Nishimiya went to work.

Mrs. Nishimiya is just an ordinary person; concealing the truth is the best option.

"Yuzuru..."

Grandma's hair was already gray. She looked at Yukino Yukinoshita carefully for a couple of moments, then her gaze quickly fell on Shoko. As if she saw through something, a kind smile, weathered by life's experiences, appeared on her face.

"It seems Yuzuru got into a fight yesterday. He was covered in dirt and had bruises on his face. When Yaeko came home from get off work, she saw him and scolded him a few times, and then they started arguing..."

Yaeko?

This was the first time Kiyono Makoto had ever heard of Mrs. Nishimiya's name.

"Thank goodness she's not called Yae no Miko..."

Silently complaining to himself, Kiyono Makoto quickly recalled the two delinquents who had chased Yuzuru in the swimming pool before.

So, could the fight be related to those two people?

"Hey, is Yuzuru's injury serious?"

In her nervousness, Nishimiya Shoko blurted out a concerned question.

Grandma raised her head and looked at Yukino with a kind expression:

"Don't worry, it's normal for kids to fight... Have you eaten yet? Shall I prepare some food?"

"Grandma, we've already eaten." Yukino Yukinoshita gently shook her head, politely declining, "...I'll take my friends to the room to play for a while."

The first hurdle was easily overcome.

The three quickly arrived at the second floor of Er Yi Wu Qi Jiu Kf? ?U(V) Chan Er.

"This is Yuzuru's room."

Nishimiya Shoko quickened her pace, stopped outside a room, grasped the doorknob, and gently turned it.

The door was not locked and was easily opened.

Upon entering the room, a faint, pleasant fragrance wafted into Kiyono Makoto's nostrils.

Regardless of her clothes or hairstyle, Yuzuru Nishimiya is very androgynous, but her room is surprisingly girly... A boy's room probably wouldn't smell nice, right?

Kiyono Makoto narrowed his eyes, silently searching for clues.

The room wasn't big, and while it wasn't super tidy, it wasn't messy either, and it had a lively, lived-in feel.

There was a wooden bookshelf against the wall, filled with light novels and comics. On the desk was a camera and many developed photos... many close-ups of dead animals, and a few scenic photos from our trip to Hachijojima.

“The room was too tidy, there were no signs of resistance or struggle.” Yukino Yukinoshita crossed her arms and said in a cold voice, “The window was locked from the inside. After discovering that her sister was missing, no one would have bothered to lock the window. So… it’s a classic locked-room mystery.”

Makoto Kiyono took over the conversation:

"The locked-room disappearance cases in Detective Conan are all deductive tricks; people don't actually disappear into thin air. But in the real world, there really are supernatural forces. I suspect it's some kind of spatial teleportation ability that instantly teleported Yuzuru away."

Upon hearing this, Nishimiya Shoko immediately became worried:

"But we've searched the entire room and haven't found any clues... How are we supposed to find Yuzuru?"

"Wait, let me see it from a different perspective."

Kiyono Makoto silently activated his eye for observing entries.

Words began to float on all the items in the room.

The description above Shoko's head is: Hidden Giant Bo, Gentle and Resilient, Yamato Nadeshiko.

Yukino Yukinoshita's entries include: Second Miss, Ice Queen, Cat Encyclopedia, Perfectionist, Housework Master... and Flat-chested Alien.

Kiyono Makoto shifted his gaze and continued scanning other objects.

In daily life, most objects only have the most basic white labels, occasionally blue labels will appear, and objects with purple labels are quite rare.

At this moment, among a pile of white entries, a purple entry exuding an ominous aura suddenly appeared.

It was a dressing mirror on the desk, looking ordinary and unremarkable.

A purple entry quietly floated above the mirror.

【Mirror of Vengeful Spirits: A mirror tainted with the aura of vengeful spirits, through which these spirits can freely traverse the mirror's inner world】

"Shoko, when did your sister buy that mirror?"

Kiyono Makoto raised an eyebrow and asked.

"Huh?"

Nishimiya Shoko blinked, her gaze falling on the mirror, and she gently shook her head:

"Strange... I don't remember Yuzuru having a mirror on his desk. Since Yuzuru often has to organize photos, and his desk isn't very big, a mirror would take up a lot of space. He probably bought it in the last few days."

Before she could finish speaking, Nishimiya Shoko quickly realized what was happening:

"Yuzuru's sudden disappearance, could it be related to the mirror?"

"It must be. I saw the entry for vengeful spirits in the mirror..."

Kiyono Makoto nodded slightly, just as he was about to explain, Nishimiya Shoko had already impatiently picked up the mirror.

next second.

Suddenly, ripples and vortexes appeared on the surface of the mirror, and a pale, bloodless right hand suddenly emerged from the mirror and grabbed Nishimiya Shoko's wrist.

"……careful!"

In the blink of an eye, before Kiyono Makoto could even think, he grabbed Shoko and the two of them vanished instantly.

pat.

The vanity mirror fell to the ground, spun twice, and then came to rest in front of Yukino Yukinoshita.

"..."

Yukino Yukinoshita did not touch it rashly, but instead cautiously took half a step back, distancing herself from the mirror.

"Kiyono mentioned the term 'vengeful spirit' just now, and then she and Shoko disappeared together. Did that trigger some kind of mechanism... or is it that the vengeful spirit didn't leave and was just lying in wait?"

In either case, Yukino Yukinoshita had no intention of putting herself in danger.

The situation is unclear now, and her responsibilities outside are even more important.

For example...

Call for reinforcements!

Call in reinforcements immediately!

The three of them came over to scout ahead, and they haven't told everyone the specifics yet. Now they have to call all their teammates over.

"Thank goodness I didn't switch bodies with Shoko, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to explain it to Grandma at all..."

Yukino Yukinoshita looked serious and took out her phone to call for help.

at the same time.

In the realm of vengeful spirits.

"Shoko, are you alright?"

Kiyono Makoto knelt on the ground, looking at the long-haired girl in his arms.

Her soul hasn't been switched back yet. Although it's Yukino's face, she's already used to calling her Shoko. Moreover, the aloofness she felt at first sight has been worn away and faded by Shoko's gentle aura.

"I'm fine..."

Nishimiya Shoko's pretty face turned slightly pale, and she felt a little dizzy. She nervously looked around:

"Kiyono-kun, where is this place? We're clearly in Yuzuru's room, aren't we?"

Kiyono Makoto stood up, took the girl's soft hand in his, and said in a steady tone:

"We've just been pulled into a mirror."

"Huh?"

"This must be a world in the mirror, or a space constructed by vengeful spirits."

As Kiyono Makoto spoke, he looked around.

The two were in a gloomy alley, where a faint stench permeated the air and the walls were covered with distorted black graffiti, making them feel uneasy.

The sky overhead was fragmented by all sorts of power lines, making it look disjointed.

It was impossible to tell whether it was day or night; if I had to describe it, it was more like dusk, with the sky a hazy yellow as a downpour was about to hit, and the air so stuffy that it was hard to breathe.

"It's just the two of us; Yukino-san didn't come in..."

Kiyono Makoto's gaze swept across the alley, and he said softly:

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