The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

"That's right, that's right! This is really a great place! The scenery is beautiful, and the best part is that there's no entrance fee! If I could also have a beer, it would be the best reward for my hard work! Hahahaha!" Kogoro Mouri, who was driving the car, also grinned and laughed.

"Hey! Dad, you need to drive carefully!" Ran complained, seeing Kogoro Mouri getting a little carried away.

At this moment, Xiaolan noticed the unfamiliar surroundings outside the car window. It was completely dark, and the dark forest was exceptionally quiet. Xiaolan couldn't help but ask with some worry, "Dad, did we really take this road when we came here?"

"No problem! Although I don't know where we are, I've been driving downhill the whole time, and I definitely didn't ask any questions..."

boom!

Just as Kogoro Mouri was making his solemn promise, the car suddenly made the sound of a tire bursting.

Maori Kogoro:……

Ran and Conan: ...

Aragaki Yuu helplessly covered his eyes; he had been wondering why this trip had gone so smoothly.

It went so smoothly it was almost unbelievable.

Unexpectedly, this happened on the way back.

Sure enough, Conan exists in this world; no surprise.

After Kogoro got out of the car to check, he discovered that the tires were completely ruined and the car could not be driven because they had been cut by sharp stones.

Left with no other option, the group got out of the car and tried to call a towing company for help, but found that they couldn't get a signal.

Xiaolan said with considerable dissatisfaction, "Honestly, Dad, you said there was no problem! In the end, we not only got lost, but we also got a flat tire! My good mood for the whole day has been ruined."

"Alright, stop nagging! Let's hurry up and think of a solution. Look at the sky, it looks like it's about to rain." Kogoro Mouri looked up at the dark clouds in the sky with some worry.

After calculating the distance down the mountain, Xiaolan said helplessly, "But it's still at least twenty or thirty kilometers down from here! Without a car, how are we going to get down the mountain?"

Kogoro Mouri looked around and speculated, "Besides, in this desolate wilderness, there probably aren't any houses nearby. If all else fails, we'll just have to spend the night in the car!"

"Oh no, Dad! I don't want to spend the night in this gloomy place." Xiaolan looked at the dark and gloomy surroundings and couldn't help but shiver.

The sky was dark, and the deep forest seemed to be filled with ghostly figures.

"Haunted by ghosts?" The thought of this phrase suddenly brought back memories of the ghost-catching work that Aragaki Yu had mentioned.

"Hehe, with Aragaki Yu here, even if there are ghosts, it's not a big deal!" Ran laughed awkwardly, her body involuntarily wanting to move closer to Aragaki Yu.

【Huh? Wait a minute! Where's Aragaki Yu?!】

Ran then realized that Yuu Aragaki, who had just been beside her, had disappeared without a trace, and even Conan had vanished along with him.

No... there can't really be ghosts!

Looking at the eerie forest, Ran couldn't help but lean against the car, shrinking into herself. She asked Kogoro Mouri in a trembling voice, "Dad... Dad, where are Aragaki and Conan?"

"Huh! That's strange, they were just here a moment ago, where did they go?" Because he was busy checking the car and paying attention to the weather, Kogoro Mouri also didn't notice the movements of Yuu Aragaki and Conan.

"H-How could this be!" Ran panicked upon hearing Kogoro Mouri's words.

"Conan! Aragaki! Where are you?! Come out quickly!" Looking at this forest that looked like it could devour people, Ran finally couldn't help but shout.

Chapter 85 Conan in a Coma

"I'm here, Sister Xiaolan!"

Conan's head suddenly popped out from the bushes.

"Ghost, ghost!"

Startled by the head that suddenly appeared beside her, Xiaolan instinctively closed her eyes and threw a punch.

“Little… (Lan) ah…”

A sharp pain shot through his eye socket, and Conan felt stars appear before his eyes, his vision blurring.

Who am I? Where am I?

Covering his bruised and swollen eyes, Conan, already dazed, staggered a couple of times before finally collapsing to the ground with a thud.

"Conan... Conan?!" At this moment, Ran realized that the voice she had just heard sounded like Conan's.

She opened her eyes in confusion, only to find that Conan had collapsed in front of her at some point.

"Conan... Conan!" Ran knelt down in a panic, helped Conan up, and checked on him.

Conan struggled to open his eyes, feeling dizzy and disoriented: "Ran-neechan..."

"Conan! Are you alright?" Ran asked, her voice tinged with anxiety and a hint of fear. "I'm telling you, I really saw a ghost just now! You weren't attacked by it too, were you?"

Maori Kogoro:……

Conan:? ? ?

Upon hearing Ran's words, Conan's vision went black, and he completely fainted.

"Conan!!!"

From the mountains and forests came Xiao Lan's mournful cries.

At that moment, Yu Aragaki walked over from a distance.

However, at this moment, the Yuki-onna and Yoto-hime on Aragaki Yuu's shoulder had disappeared.

It turned out that just as Kogoro Mouri's car had a tire blowout and was forced to stop, Yu Aragaki and Conan went into the mountains to find a way out.

The Snow Woman and the Demon Blade Princess shakily stood up from Aragaki Yu's shoulders, hurriedly told him that their stomachs were upset and that he shouldn't bother them if anything happened, and then disappeared into the Yin-Yang Domain without looking back, never to be heard from again.

……

"Conan?" Looking at Conan, who was just running around with him just now, now lying silently in Ran's arms, Aragaki Yu couldn't help but feel a little puzzled.

"Aragaki! Conan... he... he was attacked by a ghost, and he's almost dying!" Ran's voice was clearly trembling with tears.

"Yuu Aragaki, don't listen to Ran's nonsense. It's nothing serious. Conan was just knocked unconscious..." Kogoro Mouri, who witnessed the whole thing, explained with a dark expression.

"Oh." After taking a few steps closer, Aragaki Yu noticed the bruise around Conan's eye and roughly guessed what had happened.

[Alas, poor Conan.]

Looking at Aragaki Yu and Conan who had just run out, Mouri Kogoro couldn't help but complain, "Where did you two run off to?"

“Staying here isn’t a solution, so Conan and I just checked out the surrounding area.” Yuu Aragaki gestured in the direction he came from and continued, “There’s a place with lights on not far from there; someone should live there. Why don’t we go ask them for help?”

Looking at the sky that was about to rain, and Conan who had fainted in Ran's arms, Kogoro Mouri hesitated for a moment before nodding: "That's all we can do for now."

Led by Yuu Aragaki, Kogoro Mouri, carrying the still unconscious Conan, and Ran headed towards the house Yuu Aragaki had found.

Upon closer inspection, they discovered that it was a temple built beside a cliffside waterfall.

Above the temple gate hangs a plaque that reads "Shanni Temple".

Looking at the temple before him, Kogoro Mori couldn't help but exclaim with relief, "Thank goodness! Now we're finally saved!"

"Why would this temple be built in such a sparsely populated place?" Ran looked at the gloomy environment around the temple and couldn't help but tug at Aragaki Yu's sleeve, asking cautiously.

"I don't know, maybe it's just a personal hobby!" Aragaki Yu glanced at the temple and casually replied.

He always felt as if he had some kind of impression of this temple.

The group entered the temple grounds of Shanni Temple. The interior of the temple was elegantly designed and far removed from worldly affairs.

Perhaps because it was already dark, the group did not see any monks in the courtyard.

Finally, we met the old abbot in the main hall of the temple.

"Excuse me, what brings you all here?" The abbot, dressed in a straw raincoat, looked at Aragaki Yu and his companions, who had suddenly arrived, with considerable displeasure. "From what I can tell, you're either from a newspaper or a television station!"

Upon hearing this, the abbot suddenly widened his eyes and roared at the group, "You lot would better leave now! This is not a place for worldly people like you!"

His unfriendly attitude and stern voice startled the group.

Kogoro Mori hurriedly explained, "No, we got stuck around here because our car had a flat tire! So we came to ask if we could borrow your temple to make a phone call, or if we could find some lodging?"

"What?" The abbot's face suddenly loomed close to Kogoro Mouri's. "You lot want to stay here?"

"Yes, if it's inconvenient, we'll leave immediately..."

"Haha, of course! If you wanted to stay overnight, you should have said so earlier! I thought you were reporters here to cover that incident!" The abbot's attitude immediately changed after learning that they were tourists who had unfortunately had a flat tire and came to stay overnight.

"An interview? What do they want to interview about?" Ran, who was behind Kogoro Mouri, asked, puzzled.

"No, nothing at all! Hahaha, it's just a personal matter!" The abbot rubbed his hands together with a smile, looking at the god of wealth. "If you stay overnight, it includes a vegetarian meal and the cost of a tour. It's 10,000 yen per adult and 8,000 yen per child."

"Wh...what, ten thousand yen!" Kogoro Mouri was startled by the amount the abbot announced.

“If you don’t want to, you’ll probably have to walk for six hours down the mountain,” the abbot said with a gloomy look in his eyes. “And besides, it’s raining outside.”

"No, no, no... I didn't say I wouldn't stay somewhere else!" Kogoro Mori quickly added.

"Haha, really! That's good!" When the abbot saw Kogoro Mouri pull out his wallet from his pocket, his wrinkled face immediately broke into a wide smile.

As Shinju looked at the old abbot, a sense of unease crept into his mind.

In such a remote place, 10,000 yen a night for accommodation is indeed quite expensive.

In addition, it was a remote and sparsely populated place, so it's no wonder that the abbot was so happy when he learned that the group had come to stay.

Can you be unhappy?

After all, it's rare to find someone willing to be taken advantage of.