The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

(Yuki-onna: ???)

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"Ah, I'm so full! It was so delicious!"

Sonoko put down her chopsticks with satisfaction, not forgetting to praise them.

When Aragaki Yu looked at the empty ramen bowl in front of Sonoko, not even a drop of broth remained, he knew that she wasn't just making excuses.

Of course, even the bowls in front of Ran and Aragaki Yu were spotless.

"Indeed, it's a very good ramen shop. Let's come again next time!" Aragaki Yu concluded with great satisfaction.

Aside from the waiters being a bit of a surprise, everything else, from the atmosphere of the restaurant to the taste of the ramen, was impeccable.

Amuro Tooru, who had been secretly observing this area from behind the bar: ...

"No, please don't come!"

Amuro Tooru, the king of part-time jobs, has already started to consider whether he should change his part-time job options.

He recalled seeing a coffee shop recruiting employees a few days ago.

Why don't you try it yourself?

The only thing that Yuu Aragaki found somewhat regrettable was that no case had occurred by the time they finished their ramen.

"hateful!"

Chapter 128 Following

"Goodbye, guests. Welcome to visit us again!"

Amuro Tooru, overjoyed at the thought of changing jobs the next day, opened the shop door and prepared to see Aragaki Yu and the other two out of the ramen shop.

Anyway, I won't see them again next time they come... Hahahaha!

However, as soon as the door was opened, Amuro Tooru froze on the spot when he saw the man lurking suspiciously in front of him outside the shop.

While Aragaki Yu and the other two were still chatting and laughing, they suddenly noticed Amuro Tooru, who had suddenly stopped in his tracks. Somewhat puzzled, they followed his gaze to the door.

A man with long brown hair was seen huddled behind a trash can next to the shop entrance, staring intently ahead as if he were spying on someone.

The man was clearly startled by the sudden sound of the shop door opening. He turned around, glared fiercely at Amuro Tooru, and then continued to sneak forward.

Toru Amuro: ? ? ?

Completely bewildered, Amuro Tooru suddenly felt that he was having a run of bad luck today, running into all sorts of strange people.

"That man? Could he be following that lady up ahead?"

Sonoko walked outside the shop and looked in the direction the man had left, only to find that the suspicious man had been secretly following a young woman.

"What? Is he a pervert? Or a stalker?" Xiaolan frowned.

She had always disliked such things, and she rolled up her sleeves, ready to rush up and teach that lewd man a lesson, but was pulled back by Aragaki Yu beside her.

"Aragaki, why are you stopping me?" Ran looked at Aragaki Yu's hand, which was tightly gripping her arm, with a puzzled expression.

"No, Xiaolan, if you just rush up and beat someone up without even knowing what happened, what if they try to extort money from you!"

Xiaolan said anxiously, "But he's a perverted stalker! We can't just stand by and do nothing about him."

Aragaki Yu explained helplessly to Ran, "But you don't have any evidence. He can just say he was passing by! Besides, we can't just judge him by appearances and make a hasty conclusion. What if he's just a detective who doesn't look very reliable?"

Xiaolan: "..."

Upon hearing Aragaki Yu's words, Ran immediately thought of her father's usual demeanor and surprisingly felt that what Aragaki Yu said made unexpected sense.

Xiaolan asked hesitantly, "Then... what should we do? Call the police?"

“What’s the use of calling the police, Ran? Don’t you know that the police usually only appear at the end of the story?” Aragaki Yu shook his head, rejecting Ran’s suggestion. “By the time those police figure out the situation, it’ll be too late.”

"Yes, you're right." Ran, who had gone through many cases with Conan and her father, had to admit that what Aragaki Yu said was true to a certain extent.

Toru Amuro:......

As a member of the Japanese Public Security Bureau, his face darkened once again.

Do these people really have to say such things to my face?

What's even more infuriating is that, considering the work abilities of most of his colleagues, he was surprised to find that he couldn't come up with any compelling arguments to refute them.

"You'd better think of something quickly, Aragaki!" Sonoko, standing nearby, also seemed a little anxious.

“How about this, let’s follow him and see what’s going on.” Aragaki Yu hesitated for a moment, then said just before the furtive man disappeared around the corner, “If we’ve misunderstood him, that would be for the best. If that man really has something up his sleeve, then the three of us can stop him before anything happens.”

"Okay, let's do it that way!" Ran and Sonoko nodded in unison in agreement with Aragaki Yu's suggestion.

Toru Amuro:......

Even though he had been an undercover agent for the Black Organization for so many years, Amuro Tooru, a member of the Japanese Public Security Bureau, had never been as speechless as he was today.

Although he disliked others belittling the police, Amuro Tooru was acutely aware that his colleagues were indeed quite unreliable...

The cases they solved were usually solved either by all sorts of strange detectives or by ending in suicide.

No wonder there are more and more famous detectives these days.

Moreover, Amuro Tooru has recently begun to notice that nowadays, when Japanese people encounter various difficulties, they are more inclined to hire detectives rather than call the police for free help.

This is truly a misfortune for our family...

He thought to himself helplessly, "Could it be that the credibility of the Japanese police has become so poor in the eyes of today's young people?!"

However, watching the three guests gradually run away, his feelings towards the boy named Aragaki changed drastically.

Although his behavior is strange, he still has some insights and abilities!

However, the thought of that boy's evaluation of the Japanese police made Amuro Tooru's eye twitch involuntarily.

"Damn it, this guy actually dares to look down on the police!"

After repeatedly confirming that no one was around, Amuro Tooru walked to a corner and silently took out his phone from his pocket.

He described the situation in detail to his subordinates in the public security system via text message.

They must contact the local police and work together to resolve the incident, in order to restore the image of the Japanese police in the minds of these young people.

Soon, I saw "Received" in my inbox.

Amuro Tooru nodded with great satisfaction, then completely destroyed the chat history and turned back into the ramen shop.

……

To avoid losing sight of their target and to prevent the three of them from attracting too much attention by staying together, Aragaki Yu, Ran, and Sonoko discussed it and decided to split up.

Yuu Aragaki stayed by the man's side, keeping a close eye on him and the woman being followed.

Ran and Sonoko stayed far behind the man, observing the situation. If anything happened, they could call the police or rush to help immediately.

Disguised as a passerby, Aragaki Yu, just to be on the safe side, secretly released the Yuki-onna from the Yin-Yang Domain, sending her to catch up with the woman being followed at the front.

Along the way, the three groups of people coexisted peacefully.

However, Yuu Aragaki noticed that this suspicious man kept taking something out and gesturing at it.

From a distance, it looks a bit like a camera shaped like a lighter.

This scene further confirmed to Aragaki Yu that people who use such special tools are generally either detectives, stalkers, or paparazzi.

However, looking at the man's lewd appearance, Aragaki Yu felt that the latter was more likely.

After all, in the world of Detective Conan, apart from Kogoro Mouri, all the detectives who have appeared have either been handsome men and beautiful women, or were handsome men and beautiful women in their youth.

People like Kogoro Mouri are truly rare.

He became a legendary detective, and it's really thanks to having a good son-in-law like Shinichi Kudo.

Chapter 129 Strange Woman

Just as Aragaki Yu was lost in thought, the young woman who was being followed suddenly stopped. Both the furtive man and Aragaki Yu were startled, thinking that they had been discovered and their whereabouts exposed.

However, she simply turned around and slowly walked towards the vending machine on the street. She took out coins from her wallet and inserted them into the machine. After a "clunk" sound, she took out a bottle of drink from the dispenser.

The man who had been following her breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, and, not forgetting to hide in a corner, took a few photos of the woman with a lighter-shaped camera in his hand.

However, not long after, Aragaki Yu looked at the woman who had already walked away with the drink with some suspicion, and frowned slightly.

After the man who had been following them caught up, Aragaki Yu didn't rush to catch up with the two of them. Instead, he walked to the vending machine where the young woman had just bought a drink.

Ran and Sonoko, who were trailing behind, only saw Aragaki Yu stand by the vending machine for a moment, seemingly lost in thought. They wanted to go up and remind him to hurry up if he wanted to buy a drink, otherwise he would lose track of the woman and the man following him.

But remembering what Aragaki Yu had said about not running out without his instructions to avoid exposing himself, he could only stay silently at the back, stamping his feet in frustration.

Then, without making any purchases, Shinjuku slowly squatted down, opened the partition of the pickup slot, reached in, rummaged around inside, and actually took something out.

"Katzman?"

It turns out that it happened just one minute ago.

The snow woman who had been following the woman floated back to Aragaki Yu's side and complained to him that the woman was secretly holding the same drink in her hand, but still wanted to buy another bottle from the vending machine.

Beika Town, Kazman, a sneaky stalker, a beautiful woman being followed but behaving strangely...