The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

This startled Yuto Aragaki, who reached out his hand and involuntarily flinched, causing the cookie in his hand to fall to the ground.

Aragaki Yu:......

Damn it, such delicious snacks, what a waste!

Yuu Aragaki glanced at the box of pastries on the table, a conflicted feeling creeping over him: "Sigh, this is the last one."

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on her, Chika sat down angrily and continued to complain, "I finally managed to find some time out of my busy schedule, can you please stop talking about this person who died two years ago!"

Aragaki Yu's hand, which was reaching for the cookies on the ground, paused slightly. He couldn't help but steal a glance at Takahashi Ryoichi next to him.

It was quite obvious that the resentment in his eyes had intensified.

Upon hearing this, Ota Masaru was somewhat displeased with Chikako's attitude and scoffed, "As expected, people change their tone of voice once they become famous."

"What! You bastard..." Chikako glared at Ota Masaru as if her hair had stood on end.

Seeing that her friends seemed about to start arguing, Ayako quickly stepped in to ease the tension, saying, "Alright, alright, you two stop talking. I'll go make dinner now, everyone go and rest."

Ryoichi Takahashi also stood up, grinning sheepishly, and said, "I'll go outside and fix that broken roof. The weather forecast says it looks like it's going to rain soon."

"I'm sorry, thank you for your help then, Takahashi. Please be careful." Ayako was also a little worried that the roof might leak if it rained, so she thanked Takahashi.

"Ok."

After Takahashi left the hall, among the remaining people, Hiroki Kakutani suggested that everyone play cards together.

However, Chikako wasn't really interested and casually said she was going for a walk before leaving the villa.

Xiaolan had originally planned to go to the woods with Yuanzi to admire the maple leaves.

Unfortunately, the weather turned against them, and it started to rain immediately.

Looking at the drizzling rain outside the window, Xiaolan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Sonoko suddenly leaned close to Ran, pointed at Ota Katsumi, and whispered, "Ran, what do you think of that guy? He looks handsome and a bit cool, which is my type."

"Huh?" Ran glanced at Sonoko in surprise, then followed Sonoko's gaze to Ota Masaru not far away, and said with a hint of helplessness, "Really?"

Seeing that Ran didn't seem interested, Sonoko suddenly realized and said, "Right, right, Ran, you already have Shinichi. Oh, no, that guy hasn't shown up in ages. I should say that you already have a better new love by now!"

After saying that, Sonoko looked at Aragaki Yu, who was still sitting in his seat, with an envious expression.

Xiaolan's face flushed red instantly, and she looked at Sonoko, who was talking nonsense, with a hint of reproach: "Sonoko! What are you saying!"

Conan, who had been by Ran's side the whole time, initially seemed a little embarrassed when he heard his own name called.

But when Sonoko mentioned a "new love," she suddenly became alert.

It wasn't until she noticed the way Sonoko was looking at Aragaki Yu that she realized what was happening.

"Is Aragaki harboring any improper thoughts about Ran?!"

As Conan pondered this, his face paled...

Just then, Ota Masaru, whom Sonoko had mentioned, unexpectedly invited Ran to go for a walk together.

Xiaolan wanted to refuse, but Ota Masaru didn't give her a chance. He pinned her against the wall and then dragged her to take a walk in the rain.

Yuu Aragaki could clearly see a hint of jealousy on Sonoko and Conan's faces, as if flames were raging behind them.

At this moment, Conan had forgotten about Sonoko's earlier joke about Ran and Yuu Aragaki, and invited Yuu Aragaki to follow Ota Masaru and Ran together.

Seeing Conan's extremely jealous expression, Aragaki Yu found it very amusing and was about to agree to go out and have some gossip together.

But suddenly he remembered something.

He hesitated for a few seconds, watching Ran about to step out the door, and instead of immediately responding to Conan's invitation, he said quietly, "I don't really want to go, it's raining outside."

"It's just raining, you can just use an umbrella." Conan was a little puzzled as to why Aragaki Yu had suddenly become so fussy.

"Hey Conan, did you know that strange things are most likely to appear in the forest on rainy days?"

Xiao Lan, standing at the door, noticeably slowed her pace.

Conan, however, was puzzled and said, "What? You're not talking about bugs or something, are you? What's there to be afraid of?"

Before Conan could finish, Aragaki Yu continued his description: "It's not just cute little creatures like bugs, snakes, and scorpions. With those, you just have to be careful not to get bitten. I'm talking about those ghosts and psychopathic killers that like to appear on rainy nights..."

Conan and Sonoko: ? ? ?

"Think about it, isn't that how it's always portrayed on TV? A rainy midnight is the perfect match for a serial killer, isn't it?"

Xiao Lan, whose foot had already been pulled out of the door, instantly changed her expression: "..."

Chapter 44 Attack

As Ota Katsumi stepped outside, he suddenly noticed that the soft hand he was holding had suddenly tightened.

He tugged hard, but found it wouldn't budge. Puzzled, he turned around and saw that Ran Mouri, whom he had just easily pulled away, was now standing still, completely motionless.

Upon hearing Aragaki Yu mention something about ghosts and murderers, Ran's face paled slightly, and she whispered in a trembling voice, "How about we... stay here and play cards instead?"

Ota Katsumi refused to believe it and tugged at the beautiful girl in front of him again.

Well... in the end, I decided to let go.

It's really impossible to pull!

"Yes, yes! Ran-neechan, I want to play cards! Come play cards with me!" At this moment, Conan also ran up and shook Ran's arm, starting to act cute and charming.

After saying all that, Aragaki Yu sat leisurely at the table, watching Conan act cute, and felt goosebumps all over his body.

……

"Ah Qiu!"

Meanwhile, deep in the woods...

After changing his clothes, the person with the straps, who was hiding in the bushes, couldn't help but sneeze, but still patiently watched the movements in the woods.

Just as he was repairing the roof, he happened to see his friend taking a little girl named Ran Mouri for a walk in the woods, and he couldn't help but sigh with emotion—

Unexpectedly, even God was on his side.

It turned out that when Ran opened the door haphazardly earlier, she saw Ryoichi Takahashi changing his clothes.

Ryoichi Takahashi wasn't actually as fat as he appeared; it was all just a disguise he wore under his clothes.

Although Ran didn't seem to realize this at the time, Ryoichi Takahashi was feeling guilty and worried that Ran might affect his murder plan.

So, while Ota was pulling Ran away, he quickly found a place to change his clothes, preparing to hide in the woods and find an opportunity to kill her and silence her.

However, because he was too anxious and excited, he did not hear what Aragaki Yu said later.

Therefore, they were unaware that Xiaolan had given up on the walk.

……

About half an hour later, Ayako Suzuki finished preparing dinner, and everyone gathered in the hall once again.

"Huh? Takahashi, are you sick?" Ayako asked with concern as she looked at Takahashi Ryoichi, who was sneezing incessantly at the dining table.

"Huh?! I...I'm fine, but, it's probably because I got caught in the rain while repairing the roof." Takahashi Ryoichi replied awkwardly, while glancing at Aragaki Yu and Mouri Ran not far away.

It turned out that in the preceding time, Ryoichi Takahashi had braved the increasingly heavy rain and squatted in the woods for a long time, but his target had not appeared.

He only returned to the villa after realizing that he would be exposed if he didn't go back soon, only to find out that Xiaolan hadn't actually gone out.

And the one who started all of this is a boy named Yuu Aragaki!

hateful!

If it weren't for him, I would have already successfully silenced him!

It seems I have no choice but to postpone my plan to eliminate them.

Fortunately, he had just managed to cut the villa's telephone line and the suspension bridge leading to it.

Therefore, I still have plenty of time to carry out my plans.

"Heh..." Takahashi Ryoichi couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

If I could, I would definitely get rid of this troublesome brat myself!

Thinking of this, a hint of resentment flashed in his eyes as he looked at Aragaki Yu.

"Hey, you're being way too obvious!" Aragaki Yu, who had been observing everyone, took it all in and was speechless.

After a period of calm, the atmosphere among everyone was relatively harmonious.

However, because of Atsuko's situation, the group of former university club members were not in particularly high spirits. So after dinner and chatting for a while, they went back to their respective rooms to rest.

……

Night quietly fell.

Following his own plan, Ryoichi Takahashi lured Chikako to the woods with a letter threatening to expose her plagiarism of Atsuko, then murdered and dismembered her.

They then climbed over the balcony of the room next door through Chika's room.

He pressed his ear to the balcony window and listened intently for a while, only to find that there was no sound coming from inside.

Ryoichi Takahashi smiled slyly: "Heh heh, asleep?"

He took a small knife out of his pocket, intending to cut a hole in the glass window to open it.