The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

Miho Nishitani also stood up from the sofa and escorted the three of them to the door of her apartment, bowing deeply in gratitude as she said, "Then I'll be troubling you all for the next few days!"

"You're welcome. I think that with Nagai Tatsuya's personality, if you anger him, it won't be long before he retaliates against you. This matter will be resolved quickly. Ms. Nishiya, you should also be careful. If you find anything wrong, call us immediately."

After reminding Ms. Nishitani again, Aragaki Yu, Ran, and Sonoko walked to the door, nodded in farewell, and left.

……

on the way back.

Ran and Sonoko were still worried about Ms. Nishiya: "Aragaki, do you think Nagai Tatsuya will really do something to Ms. Nishiya? Will we really be able to protect her in time?"

"Don't worry, as long as we stay close to Miss Nishiya, there won't be any problems. If things really get really bad, Ran can always have you protect Miss Nishiya!" Aragaki Yu reassured him.

"Huh?!" Ran was surprised and flustered by Aragaki Yu's words. "Close protection!? I, I definitely can't do it!"

Seeing Ran's caught-off-the-box expression, Aragaki Yu smiled and continued, "Don't worry! I think Nagai Tatsuya might not be able to resist taking action against Nishiya-san as soon as the police investigation is over tomorrow."

"Huh? Aragaki, how did you know about this?" Ran asked Aragaki Yu, puzzled.

"It's a secret!" Aragaki Yu smiled, his eyes narrowed. He wasn't going to explain to Ran that the little tengu he sent to follow Nagai Tatsuya had discovered that Nagai Tatsuya had already prepared the tools to kill Nishitani-san.

"Damn it! Aragaki, just tell us!" Ran and Sonoko scolded Aragaki Yuu, seeing his expression of having a secret but refusing to tell them.

"Secrets lose their power once they're told."

Although he said that, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but imagine the scene that would happen if his shikigami appeared in front of Ran.

That must be very interesting!

"Hmph! That's too much!"

"Oh? Right!" Aragaki Yuu suddenly stopped and looked at Ran and Sonoko with a serious expression.

"What's wrong!? Aragaki, is something wrong?" Ran and Sonoko looked at Aragaki Yu's preoccupied expression and couldn't help but become nervous.

Ran and Sonoko couldn't help but worry: "Could it be that something went wrong with the plan?!"

"I'm telling you, Xiaolan, the garden..."

"Hmm! gulp~" Ran and Sonoko nervously swallowed.

"What day is tomorrow? Do I have to go to school?" Aragaki Yu asked seriously, scratching his head.

Ran and Sonoko: "..."

……

The next morning, Yuu Aragaki had just gotten up and finished breakfast when he received a call from Miho Nishitani.

"Hmm? Ms. Nishitani, you said you spotted Tatsuya Nagai outside the family restaurant?"

"Yes, Aragaki, I'm just about to get off work and I'm changing in the locker room right now!" Miho Nishitani replied softly.

Because she was worried about the wolf in the rice flower garden and the stalker Tatsuya Nagai, Miho Nishitani was terrified of being alone at home at night. So she always chose to work the night shift at a family restaurant and rest at home during the day.

Therefore, this time is exactly when she gets off work.

"Ms. Nishitani, you did as we agreed and called the police early this morning to investigate Tatsuya Nagai, right?" Yuu Aragaki asked Ms. Nishitani for confirmation.

"Of course, I did exactly what you said, Detective Aragaki. I called the police first thing this morning, and I just confirmed with them that they had already conducted their routine investigation and interrogation at his home, but they didn't find anything."

"Hmm!" Upon hearing this answer, Aragaki Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and then continued to instruct Ms. Nishitani, "Okay, then don't go out yet. Once we arrive, you can walk home as usual! Don't worry, we will protect you secretly."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you, Detective Aragaki!"

Yuu Aragaki could tell that Ms. Nishitani's voice didn't sound very panicked, so he hung up the phone with peace of mind and started to notify Ran and Sonoko.

Although he felt there was no need to notify the two of them, he believed it would be easier to resolve the situation on his own.

But since he had promised to bring the two of them along yesterday, Aragaki Yuu naturally wouldn't break his promise, since he would need them to help him get various cases in the future.

In the world of Detective Conan, no matter what, you have to cling tightly to the Grim Reaper!

Chapter 134 Waiting for the rabbit

Half an hour later, Yuu Aragaki arrived near the family restaurant where Miho Nishitani worked, accompanied by Ran and Sonoko.

It must be him!

"That's right, it's him! Even though he's wearing a hat, I'm sure I won't mistake him!"

At the corner of the road, Aragaki Yu, Ran, and three others were discussing something while looking at a furtive figure under a telephone pole in the distance.

The figure was wearing a black baseball cap and had a handbag slung over his shoulder. He was leaning against a telephone pole, looking around as if searching for something.

Although he had lowered the brim of his hat, making it impossible to see his face from a distance, Aragaki Yu and the others could still confirm that he was Nagai Tatsuya, whom they had been following for a long time yesterday.

As expected, he showed up again today.

Not long after, Ms. Nishiya, who had received a text message from Yuu Aragaki, walked out of the family restaurant alone as usual and headed towards the train station.

At this moment, Tatsuya Nagai finally found his target. Although he was a little puzzled by Ms. Nishiya's behavior of leaving the store half an hour later than usual, he still slowly followed her.

As Nagai Tatsuya looked at the woman walking in front of him, he felt annoyed that she not only refused his love but also ignored his threats and dared to call the police again to deal with him. A cruel smile crept onto his lips.

However, what he didn't notice was that while he was following Miss Nishitani, three tails were also following him.

Along the way, Nagai Tatsuya did not do anything strange. Just like always, he simply followed closely behind Ms. Nishiya at a distance.

Meanwhile, Yuu Aragaki, Ran, and Sonoko followed her all the way until Ms. Nishitani arrived safely at the apartment, without seeing any indication that Tatsuya Nagai intended to attack her.

Seeing Nagai Tatsuya crouching by the flowerbed, staring intently at Miss Nishiya's apartment door, Ran, who was observing his every move from a distance, couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. She turned to Aragaki Yu beside her and asked, "Aragaki, do you think he would really do something to Miss Nishiya? But today he seems to be doing the same thing as before, just spying on and following Miss Nishiya!"

Before Aragaki Yu could explain, Sonoko chimed in, "No, Ran, I think you're wrong! Look at his outfit today, he doesn't look very proper at all, and that bag he's carrying looks really heavy. I bet it's filled with a murder weapon to kill Nishitani-san!"

"Hmm!" Clearly, Ran had been convinced by Sonoko's words, and she couldn't help but concentrate her attention even more, keeping a close eye on Nagai Tatsuya's actions.

Even Yuu Aragaki glanced at Sonoko Suzuki with some surprise, silently giving her a thumbs up for her wit.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, after confirming that no one was paying attention to him, Tatsuya Nagai began to wander around the apartment, and even sneaked upstairs to observe something.

It wasn't until more than half an hour later that Tatsuya Nagai quietly left the apartment.

"What is he doing?" Ran looked at Tatsuya Nagai's departing figure, somewhat puzzled.

"Huh? He just left like that?" Sonoko was also very puzzled.

“Let’s scout it out!” As Yuu Aragaki pulled the little tengu out of the Yin-Yang Domain and had it follow the departing Tatsuya Nagai, he explained to Ran and Sonoko, “I think he plans to sneak into Miss Nishiya’s room after she finishes her night shift and falls asleep.”

"Huh!" Ran didn't quite understand Tatsuya Nagai's behavior. "But sneaking into someone's room during the day?"

In Xiaolan's mind, such things should only happen late at night when everyone is asleep.

“Of course not.” Aragaki Yu shook his head, denying Ran’s point of view.

Seeing that Nagai Tatsuya's figure had disappeared from his sight, Aragaki Yu emerged from the corner where he had been hiding, stretched his body which was a little sore from being curled up, and walked straight toward Ms. Nishitani's apartment.

Seeing this, Ran and Sonoko quickly ran out and caught up with Aragaki Yu.

As the three walked, Yuya Aragaki explained to Ran and Sonoko, "I think Tatsuya Nagai's decision to sneak into Ms. Nishitani's house during the day was a well-thought-out and very wise choice."

Yuu Aragaki pointed to the apartment in front of him and said, "First of all, this is an old-style apartment building with no security cameras around. Most of the residents are at work during the day, so the building is basically empty. Therefore, committing the crime during the day greatly reduces the chances of being discovered. Secondly, choosing daytime will also make Ms. Nishiya more likely to lower her guard, right? I think Tatsuya Nagai also knows that Ms. Nishiya is more likely to fall asleep during the day after finishing her night shift."

As Yuu Aragaki explained to the two of them, he arrived at Ms. Nishitani's door and gently knocked.

"Miss Nishitani, please open the door, it's us!"

Creak~

As the door was slowly pushed open, Ms. Nishitani's slightly nervous face appeared before the three of them.

Ms. Nishitani visibly relaxed upon seeing Aragaki Yu and the others, and then quickly ushered them into her room. On the coffee table in the room were three cups of freshly brewed black tea, which Ms. Nishitani had obviously prepared for Aragaki Yu and Ran Sonoko as soon as she returned home.

"What's wrong? Miss Nishiya, are you nervous?" Aragaki Yu looked around the room, then at Miss Nishiya, and asked with a smile.

People only try to distract themselves by doing things when they are stressed.

It was obvious that Ms. Nishitani was in this situation at the moment; otherwise, she would not have needed to prepare black tea for everyone before they entered.

"Hmm." Miss Nishitani nodded. After all, the guy who wanted to kill her had been following her all the way. Although she knew that Yuu Aragaki and the others were also nearby, she couldn't help but feel her heart pounding. It took her a lot of effort to calm herself down and pretend that she hadn't noticed anything.

"How...is he?" Miss Nishitani asked anxiously.

"I've already scouted the location and gone back to prepare." After taking a sip of his red tea, Yuya Aragaki replied, "People usually enter a deep sleep two to three hours after falling asleep, which is also the time when they are hardest to wake up. Therefore, it is the best time for Tatsuya Nagai to sneak in. I think he will sneak into your room in about two hours!"

"So that's how it is." After learning that Nagai Tatsu also planned to sneak into her room, Ms. Nishitani actually relaxed.

She understood that since Aragaki Yu had said those words and knew about Nagai Tatsuya's plan, he must have already taken countermeasures.

"Then what should we do?" Xiaolan asked疑惑地, "Should we just call the police?"

"No, we'll do it ourselves!" Aragaki Yu said with a smile. "Let's set up a trap and wait for him to walk right into our trap."

"As for the police..." Aragaki Yu paused when he mentioned this, then sighed and said, "Let's wait until we've settled everything before notifying the police. If we call the police, it might alert them, and it won't be so easy to deal with Nagai Tatsuya later."

"Yes, you're right!" Unexpectedly, after Aragaki Yu finished speaking, the three women agreed with his opinion in unison.

(Amuro Tooru: Heh...)

Chapter 135 Counterattack

Downstairs in the apartment building, Tatsuya Nagai was hiding in some inconspicuous corner.

After confirming that there was no sign of activity in Ms. Nishitani's room, he took advantage of the fact that no one was around and quickly slung his heavy bag over his shoulder, heading to the back of the apartment building.