The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"What does this have to do with me sleeping in?" The Snow Woman tilted her head in confusion, her big eyes full of question marks.

"Sigh..." Yaodao-hime sighed, and looking at Yuki-onna who still hadn't reacted, she continued, "You forgot? Didn't Master tell you a long time ago to remind him what day it is every day?"

"Oh right!" Yuki-onna slapped her forehead, finally remembering, "I completely forgot that the Onmyoji is someone who can't remember dates!"

"Shh! Keep your voice down, Yuki-onna!" Seeing the Yuki-onna lost in her own world, Yoto-hime covered her mouth with a dark face.

Aragaki Yuu, reading a book on the sofa: ...

All he wanted to say to Yaodaoji at that moment was, "Stop covering it up, I heard everything you two said clearly."

Aragaki Yu involuntarily closed his eyes and covered his face with the book.

He still feels embarrassed when he thinks back to what happened this morning.

Early in the morning, Yuu Aragaki, who was still sound asleep, was awakened by a loud cell phone ringing.

He groggily grabbed his phone and answered the call: "Ha~tch~ This is Aragaki Yu, that guy..."

But what came through the phone was Xiaolan's anxious voice.

"Aragaki! Why are you still sleeping! Today is the Japanese language test, how could you oversleep like this..."

"Mandarin? Test?"

Classes today?!

Aragaki Yu, who was still sleepy, suddenly perked up.

Wait, wasn't yesterday Saturday a day off? How come there's an exam today?

He glanced at his phone in a panic and saw dozens of missed calls from Xiaolan and Yuanzi.

Interspersed among them were several Mandarin teachers and other unidentified numbers.

Upon closer inspection of the time, I realized...

Ha ha……

Sure enough, today suddenly became Wednesday.

"Why didn't the Snow Woman warn me?" Aragaki Yu complained, wanting to ask the Snow Woman about the situation.

Only then did I realize that she had exhausted her spiritual power in yesterday's battle with Koizumi Akako and was still fast asleep.

"Ha, it's all Koizumi Akako's fault!" Aragaki Yu thought to himself.

("Achoo!" Koizumi Akako, who was attending class at Ekoda High School, suddenly sneezed.)

Finally, after rushing to school, Shinjuku Yu still missed today's Japanese language test.

Finally, after assuring his Chinese language teacher that he would definitely get an "A" grade in tomorrow's makeup exam, Aragaki Yu managed to escape this ordeal.

……

"Sigh, I'm really suffering!" Aragaki Yu, lying on the sofa, was on the verge of tears.

Chapter 72 Conan = Daruma

More than half an hour later, Aragaki Yu closed the book in his hands once again.

However, this time it wasn't because of the sound of Yoto Hime playing video games that bothered me.

It wasn't because he had already finished reading the novel he was holding.

That's right, Aragaki Yuu, who has a makeup exam tomorrow, is not reviewing his textbooks at this moment.

Combining the original owner's memories with his own intellect from his previous life, he could even get the Snow Woman and the Demon Blade Princess to help him cheat if all else failed.

Yuu Aragaki wasn't too worried about tomorrow's makeup exam, which is why he dared to assure his Japanese language teacher that he would get an "A" grade.

He had just finished reading the secret manual that Gin had sent him earlier—

The novel *Ghost Blows Out the Light*

"Damn it, you could have just sent it! Why is it only the first volume?" Aragaki Yu, who was engrossed in reading it, complained through gritted teeth.

"Sigh, I wonder where I can get the sequel to the novel."

Suddenly, while struggling with his hair, Aragaki Yu had a flash of inspiration: "Wait, speaking of which, there seems to be a large library nearby. I've heard it has a lot of Chinese books. Maybe we can find the sequel to this novel there."

They left without warning.

After glancing at the time on his phone and realizing it wasn't yet the library's closing time, Aragaki Yu didn't have time to explain to Yuki Onna and Yoto Hime. He grabbed the two little ones and hurriedly headed towards the library.

Snow Woman: ? ? ?

As Yuu Aragaki held the demon sword princess in his hand, before leaving home and closing the door, she watched helplessly as the character on the TV screen was knocked to the ground because she stopped controlling the character, her eyes filled with tears.

"Rest in peace, Yagami! Wait for me to return and avenge you!"

……

At this moment, in the library, Conan is accompanying the Junior Detective League in the children's lending area to complete their book reports, which are their homework.

Conan casually flipped through the fairy tale book in his hand on the bookshelf, sighing, "How am I supposed to write a book report on such boring books..."

Then he looked at the bookshelf next to him, and seeing the books on each shelf arranged in a very messy way, he couldn't help but complain, "And what a mess these books are in! Ugh... I can't stand it."

Conan had originally planned to say goodbye to his friends from the Junior Detective League and then go read a detective novel.

But when he thought that this might be the last time he saw them, he reluctantly chose to stay.

Just two days ago, Conan accidentally drank a bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor) from China, brought as a gift by Heiji Hattori, a high school detective from Kansai who had come to the agency looking for Shinichi Kudo.

As a result of a series of unexpected events, Conan unexpectedly reverted to his original form as high school student Shinichi Kudo, although it only lasted for a short period of time.

But this undoubtedly delighted Conan.

He was absolutely convinced that he had found the antidote to the poison that had shrunk him—Chinese Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor).

As for why he only reverted to his original form for a short period of time, Conan thought it might be because he only drank a small cup.

That's right, it must be because I didn't drink enough of the antidote!

Therefore, he had made up his mind that he must finish that bottle of Erguotou tonight and turn back into high school detective Shinichi Kudo.

Then go and take revenge on the group of men in black who made me suffer all this for no reason!

At that moment, a raging fire ignited in Conan's heart.

"Huh, what's this?" Conan suddenly noticed a cardboard box in a bookcase that wasn't properly closed.

Driven by curiosity, Conan immediately crawled into the cabinet, pulled out the cardboard box, and saw many foreign language books still wrapped in plastic wrap neatly stacked inside.

"Original books imported from abroad?" Strange, Conan picked up one of the books and examined it. "Why is this book placed upside down in the box?"

"Normally, shouldn't the spine of the book face outwards?" a questioning voice sounded in Conan's ear.

"Yeah, could it be a printing factory mistake?" Conan replied naturally, looking up and down at the book in his hands with a puzzled expression.

"Huh?" Conan suddenly realized who had just been talking to him.

That voice sounds familiar...

He turned his head toward the source of the sound and saw that Aragaki Yu was also staring at the foreign language book in his hand with a puzzled expression.

Noticing that Conan was looking at him, Yuu Aragaki greeted him with a smile: "Long time no see, Conan."

"Oh...what a coincidence, big brother Aragaki!" Conan replied obediently.

“But this book…” Just as Aragaki Yu was about to reach out and take the book from Conan’s hand.

Suddenly, a large hand reached out from the side and snatched the foreign language book from Conan's hand: "What are you doing, little brother?"

"Ah!" Startled by the sudden hand, Conan turned around and found the librarian, Mr. Tsugawa, standing behind him, holding the very book that had been taken from him.

"This isn't a book for children," Mr. Tsugawa said with a squinty eye and a smile.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Curator." Knowing he shouldn't have touched the things, Conan apologized obediently to Curator Tsugawa.

"It's not closed..." the curator said with a smile, just about to speak.

Suddenly, Aragaki Yu interrupted Director Tsugawa, "Director, may I take a look at this book?"

Director Tsugawa suddenly paused, his smile freezing on his face. Looking at Aragaki Yu in front of him, he hesitated for a moment before explaining, "This book is an untranslated English version, and it contains many obscure characters. Young man, I don't think you'll like it."

"It's alright, I'm very interested in English, and my English has always been pretty good," Aragaki Yu said with a smile.

"Ah, this..." Director Tsugawa's expression grew increasingly stiff. He stammered, "These books haven't been registered and put into storage yet. Young man, if you're really interested, come back to borrow them later."

As soon as he finished speaking, Director Tsugawa didn't wait for Aragaki Yu's response and hurriedly picked up the box from the cabinet and left.

Conan stared blankly at the fleeing Director Tsugawa, then looked at Aragaki Yu, whose face had inexplicably put on a smile, and suddenly felt puzzled.

"Brother Aragaki? Is something wrong?"

"It's nothing," Aragaki Yu said, giving Conan a meaningful look.

Conan didn't believe Aragaki Yu's words at all, since his expression seemed to be just going through the motions.

Just as he was about to press further, the sound of police sirens suddenly rang out outside the library window.

"Conan! Did you see that? It's a patrol car!"

Beside the window, the Junior Detective League, who had somehow returned, looked out at the situation and called to Conan.