The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"what happened?"

"Green bell peppers or carrots, which do you like to eat?"

In the fresh vegetable section of the convenience store, Xiaolan was holding a bag of green peppers in one hand and a bag of carrots in the other, and asked Aragaki Yu.

Yuu Aragaki glanced at the price tags on the two bags of vegetables; they were both on sale for only 100 yen each. Compared to the price of the beef already in his shopping cart, it was like night and day.

"Buy them all!" As soon as he finished speaking, Yuu Aragaki silently added in his mind, "Anyway, it's not like we're short of another hundred yen."

"Why do you look so gloomy?" Miyano Akemi walked up to Aragaki Yuu with a smile, carrying a bunch of fresh vegetables and fruits, and casually put them into the shopping cart in front of Aragaki Yuu.

Good heavens, it was only then that Aragaki Yuu noticed a bottle of red wine mixed in with the others.

Well, it's not expensive, only a few tens of thousands of yen.

Aragaki Yuu suddenly felt a toothache.

"What, you're already worried about your wallet?" While Ran went to pick out other items, Miyano Akemi leaned down and whispered teasingly in Aragaki Yu's ear, "You said you'd treat everyone to dinner, you know."

It turned out that when they were on Shikishima, everyone believed that the gold on the Ryujin was buried in the collapsed cave. The next morning, after the police arrived on Shikishima and took Aoki away, the village chief Mikami and others stopped making things difficult for Kogoro Mouri, and the group left Shikishima safely.

To celebrate their safe escape, Ran Mouri suggested that they all have a good meal together when they got home.

Having successfully completed Gin's task, Yuu Aragaki, in high spirits, also volunteered to take on the responsibility, saying he would cook a proper meal to reward everyone.

However, as soon as Kogoro Mouri returned to Beika Town, he received an invitation to a drinking party, so after apologizing to Yuu Aragaki, he ran off without saying another word.

After all, for him, eating with a few young punks is nothing compared to having a few drinks together.

On the contrary, Sonoko Suzuki, after hearing on the phone that Ran and the others had returned, insisted on joining the dinner party together.

"Of course!" Aragaki Yu put on a distressed expression and said to Miyano Akemi with a wronged look, "Look, not only did Gin not pay the commission fee for this trip to Shikishima, but I not only had to pay for the trip myself, but I also had to pay your salary, Ms. Ayami. Now we have to pay for this big meal. What a loss! It's a huge loss! Why don't you have pity on your little brother, Ms. Ayami, and just forget about this month's salary?"

Hearing Aragaki Yu's complaints, Miyano Akemi rolled her eyes at him and whispered with narrowed eyes, "Little brother Aragaki, you're not being honest. Don't think I didn't notice, you kept a lot of gold dust while you were moving the gold bricks!"

"!!!"

Startled by what he heard, Aragaki Yu instinctively reached out and covered Miyano Akemi's mouth. He then nervously looked around before finally relaxing when he realized no one was paying attention.

"Miss Yamei, you can't just say things like that!"

Miyano Akemi looked at Aragaki Yu with a smile, then shooed away his hand, which was still covering his mouth, with a look of disgust, and asked teasingly, "Little Aragaki, do you still think it's expensive now?"

Aragaki Yu deliberately put on a fawning tone and said, "It's not expensive, of course it's not expensive! Miss Yami, what else would you like to buy? Don't be shy, just pick whatever you want. Is this much beef enough? How about two more boxes? No, let's just get a few more pounds! This little bit makes it seem like we can't afford it!"

Akemi Miyano smiled and patted Yuu Aragaki's head, while making her other request: "Hmm, good boy! And remember to call me 'older sister'!"

"Yes, Sister Yamei!"

"Also, you absolutely have to meet the person I told you I'd introduce you to last time!"

"Yes, Yami-nee!...? Hmm?"

Suddenly, the image of the person in the white coat appeared before Aragaki Yu's eyes. He knew that the person Miyano Akemi was pointing to must be her sister—

Ai Haibara, ah, not yet.

It was her younger sister, Shiho Miyano.

However, Yuu Aragaki still doesn't understand why Akemi Miyano is so determined to introduce him to her sister.

Looking at the well-behaved Aragaki Yu, Miyano Akemi's beautiful eyes were already smiling into crescent shapes.

She couldn't help but mutter to herself, "Oh, my good-for-nothing sister Shiho, this is all I can do for you!"

……

"What are you talking about? Brother Aragaki, come and help me out!"

Conan, who was sent by Aragaki Yu to buy ice cream, was carrying a pile of ice cream taller than himself. Amid the surprised gazes of the surrounding customers, he shuffled unsteadily to Aragaki Yu's side.

Conan, who wanted Aragaki Yu to lend a hand and take the ice cream, was saddened to find that Aragaki Yu was flirting with the lady next to him and completely ignoring him as he approached. Therefore, he couldn't help but speak up to remind him.

It was only then that Aragaki Yu noticed Conan's face was buried in the pile of ice cream. Seeing this comical scene, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but chuckle. After taking a picture of Conan with his phone, he reached out and rescued Conan, apologizing as he said, "Ah! Conan, I'm sorry! You're so short, I didn't even notice you! I thought the ice cream had come to life and walked over by itself!"

Conan: "Heh..."

Seeing Aragaki Yu stuff all the ice cream into the shopping cart, Conan felt relieved but not joyful. Instead, he felt as if his heart had been stabbed.

After gesturing to his height as a primary school student, Conan squatted down in a corner, looking rather withdrawn.

[Ha! That despicable Black Organization, it's all your fault! I, Shinichi Kudo, will remember this grudge!]

"Huh? What's wrong with Conan?"

At this moment, Ran, who had selected a lot of inexpensive and high-quality ingredients, walked over to the group and looked at Conan, who was looking dejected in the corner, and asked in confusion.

"I don't know, maybe he's heartbroken." Aragaki Yu shrugged, indicating that it had nothing to do with him.

"Oh, is that so?" Ran glanced at Conan in the corner with some skepticism, preparing to give him a good scolding when she got home.

How can children fall in love so early!

Chapter 119 Human joys and sorrows are not the same

Having not seen Ran and Yuu Aragaki for several days, and with Yuu's cooking on her mind, Sonoko Suzuki had been waiting at the gate of the Aragaki residence for quite some time.

When Aragaki and his friends rushed home from the convenience store and saw Suzuki Sonoko, she was kicking pebbles on the street out of boredom.

"Yuanzi, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!" As soon as Xiaolan saw Yuanzi, she immediately ran to her side.

"Ran, Aragaki, long time no see!" Sonoko greeted Ran and Aragaki excitedly upon their return, but her expression suddenly fell when she saw Conan at their feet. "What? That brat again!"

Conan: "Heh..."

"And who is this lady?" Sonoko finally noticed Miyano Akemi, who was walking at the back, her hands full of things just like Aragaki Yu's.

Looking at this exceptionally mature and intellectual woman, she asked Xiao Lan beside her with a mixture of gossip and wariness.

"She is……"

Before Ran could answer, Miyano Akemi spoke first, smiling as she introduced herself to Suzuki Sonoko: "I am Hirota Masami, you could say I work for Aragaki Onmyo-ya. You must be Sonoko, right? I've often heard Aragaki mention you. Nice to meet you."

"Hello, Ms. Yami."

For some reason, Sonoko Suzuki felt that there was something strange about the tone of Hirota Masami's words.

But looking at her bright and gentle face, Sonoko Suzuki could only comfort herself by saying that it was probably just her imagination.

At Aragaki Yu's invitation, the group entered Aragaki Yu's home one by one.

Upon entering the house, Akemi Miyano expertly took out various drinks from the refrigerator and began to serve the group.

This scene left the homeowner, Yuu Aragaki, and Ran, among others, completely stunned.

However, Yuu Aragaki didn't think much of it and naturally assumed that Akemi Miyano's behavior was her job as an employee to entertain guests.

Ran and Sonoko, however, began to whisper and discuss something, their eyes occasionally glancing at Akemi Miyano and Yuu Aragaki.

The gossipy or sensational remarks made Conan, who "accidentally" overheard them, roll his eyes.

Before long, Akemi Miyano, with her gentle and approachable personality, easily blended into Ran and Sonoko's conversation.

In no time, the three women were chatting animatedly and becoming very close.

A few minutes later, Aragaki Yu was tidying up the ingredients in the kitchen when he saw Conan walk in with a disgruntled look on his face.

It turned out that Conan had been forced into the kitchen to help Aragaki Yu by Ran and the others, who said that it was inappropriate for men to be around when women were chatting.

……

Unlike the harmonious scene at Aragaki's family home.

Inside a research institute at this very moment.

On her way back to her room from the laboratory, Shiho Miyano happened to brush past Gin and Vodka, who were visiting the research institute.

As luck would have it, at that very moment, Vodka was reporting on Aragaki Yu's work to Gin.

"One billion yen... Akemi Miyano... sank to the bottom of the sea."

Shiho Miyano only caught a few scattered words.

In an instant, an ominous premonition welled up in her heart.

Shiho Miyano couldn't help but recall her sister's rather strange behavior lately, and how she had been inexplicably assigned to work at a bank.

In the past two days, Shiho Miyano discovered that she was unable to get through to her sister on the phone.

She initially thought that Akemi Miyano was unable to make a call due to her mission.

But now, combined with what she had just overheard Vodka's report to Gin, Shiho Miyano's face turned deathly pale.

Without much hesitation, Shiho Miyano went straight to Gin and Vodka, her face filled with anger and anxiety as she questioned Gin, "Gin! What did you do to my sister!?"

"Huh!?" Gin glanced at Shiho Miyano, who was rushing over, with some surprise, wondering what had gotten into this woman all of a sudden.

However, when he noticed the anxious and fearful expression on Shiho Miyano's face, and recalled what Vodka had said on the way, he seemed to understand something.

"Hmph~"

Gin squinted at Shiho Miyano, who was glaring angrily at him, and couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

It looked just like a little wildcat with its fur standing on end.

"I personally saw her off."