Solving cases with Detective Conan's science? No, I'm a cultivator!

Kitagawa Taki cursed under his breath, controlled the steering wheel with his left hand, and stretched his right hand out the window to throw a fireball.

Before Mira's horrified eyes, the SUV exploded.

"You...you didn't kill them, did you?"

"What? They want to kill us, but I can't kill them?"

Kitagawa Taki glanced in the rearview mirror; the pink motorcycle had stopped following after the explosion.

"The tail's finally taken care of." Kitagawa Taki glanced at the still-shaken Mira out of the corner of his eye. "Scared?"

"No way!"

……

SAKURASAKU HOTEL.

Xiaolan, dressed in a formal gown, squatted outside the hotel entrance, debating whether or not to go up there.

"Fine, I'll just tell the truth..."

Xiaolan finally made her decision, and she got up and walked into the hotel.

As I passed by the glass wall outside the hotel, I saw my reflection in the glass.

She couldn't help but imagine Kitagawa Taki coming to marry her as her prince charming...

Little did she know that inside the hotel, Inspector Megure and Wataru Takagi were looking at her with puzzled expressions.

Inspector Megure asked curiously, "What is the princess doing?"

Takagi Wataru said, "Uh... this glass only reflects your own image from the outside, so the princess probably doesn't know that."

Inspector Megure's lips twitched. "It's best not to let the princess know."

They waited until Xiaolan finished her daydream before taking her back to the presidential suite.

Ran was still wondering what to say when Keith directly revealed her identity and even called Kogoro Mouri over.

Are you really Lan?

Kogoro Mouri leaned close to Ran and said incredulously.

Xiaolan was speechless. "Huh? You can't even recognize your own daughter?"

Inspector Megure interjected, "Ahem, Ran, Princess Mira said she would return after the banquet, right?"

"Yes, I didn't know there was such a big disturbance at the banquet. I'm sorry."

Xiaolan lowered her eyes.

Takagi Wataru said, "Ran, you don't need to feel guilty. This isn't your fault."

As he spoke, his gaze fell upon Keith, who was on the phone.

Keith is on the phone with the woman who is stalking Kitagawa Taki and Mira.

“Mr. Keith, I’m afraid I can’t complete your request! The princess is now in the hands of the man who exposed the sommelier at the hotel.”

"He somehow wiped out a group of people who wanted to harm the princess. It exploded with a 'boom,' which really startled me!"

"However, judging from the princess's appearance, she was not coerced, but followed him voluntarily, so she should be safe."

After a moment's thought, Qi Si said, "Okay, I understand. Thank you for your hard work."

Then, he hung up the phone.

Inspector Megure spoke up at the opportune moment: "Mr. Keith, let's resume the search for the princess now!"

“There’s no need for that.” Qi Si walked to Xiao Lan’s side, a smile playing on his lips. “Isn’t the princess right here?”

Kogoro Mouri's expression turned cold. "What do you want to do?"

Keith said calmly, "The princess cannot disappear."

Kogoro Mouri didn't care about anything else and said, "Ran, go change your clothes, we should go back."

Xiaolan refused, "Well... if it's just to fill in for the princess until she returns, I'm fine with that."

Kogoro Mouri was taken aback. "Ran, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Inspector Megure also advised, "Ran, just like what Takagi said, you don't need to blame yourself for this!"

Seeing this, Keith took out his headset and said, "Protect the princess!"

Then, a large group of bodyguards rushed into the room and forcibly kicked Kogoro Mouri and his two companions out.

Keith reminded him, "From now on, please strictly abide by diplomatic rules!"

After watching the three of them get into the elevator, Keith returned to his room and gave instructions to the head bodyguard, Ruira:

"I'll prepare another room. You stay here and protect the princess."

Xiaolan was immediately embarrassed when she saw Ruira.

It turns out that Ruira had been chasing after the princess when she bumped into Ran, who happened to be with the princess. Ran mistook Ruira for someone with ill intentions and attacked her.

Ruira was already surprised by how much Xiaolan looked like the princess, and coupled with her underestimation of her opponent, she was easily defeated by Xiaolan.

Xiao Lan then dragged the princess all the way to the park.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't know you were the princess's bodyguard, I'm so sorry!" Xiaolan apologized.

In fact, Ruira was in an even more embarrassing situation. He was knocked down by a young girl, but fortunately only Keith knew about it, otherwise he would have no face to be the head of the bodyguards.

Ruira said, "You don't need to apologize. It was my carelessness that caused this to happen. If anyone should apologize, it's me."

……

the other side.

in the car.

Kitagawa Taki asked, "So, Your Highness, where would you like to go?"

Mira crossed her arms. "Didn't we agree that you'd take me out to play?"

"Then let me rephrase my question: Your Highness, what do you like to play?"

"Hmm...a game?!"

Chapter 195 Tomorrow Morning

Kabukicho.

Located in the heart of Shinjuku, it's a typical city that never sleeps.

Mira found this place very novel; it was something she had never seen before.

Freed from the "confinement," she was like a carefree bird.

"Why are they all standing on the street holding up signs?" Mira asked, pointing to the girls dressed in various colors on the roadside.

Kitagawa Taki pulled Mira through the crowd, "attracting customers."

Mira took a closer look at one of the women dressed as a bunny girl. "3000 yen an hour for all-you-can-drink? Is this how bars attract customers?"

Kitagawa Taki glanced at the scantily clad bunny girl and said with a smile, "Kids shouldn't ask so many questions."

Mira puffed out her chest and retorted, "I'm 20 years old, what do you mean 'little kid'?"

Kitagawa Taki glanced at her ample bosom. "Big girl, we've arrived at the arcade."

Mira got completely absorbed in the game as soon as she entered the arcade.

"Go, go!" Mira carefully manipulated the claw machine's handle, and a cat plush toy was grabbed.

"Great!" Mira exclaimed excitedly, patting the machine with her hand.

It seemed that the doll fell down because of the machine's vibration.

"Ah—" Mira's smile froze.

Unwilling to give up, Mira put in more game coins and tried again...

"Why is this so difficult?" Mira couldn't help but feel discouraged after repeated failures.

"Come here!" Mira grabbed Kitagawa Taki, who was watching the commotion, and pulled him up. "I don't believe it, there's definitely something wrong with the machine!"

Kitagawa Taki set his sights on the cat plush toy that Mira had initially wanted to grab.

Mira watched Kitagawa Taki's actions closely, but there was nothing unusual about it; she only saw that the doll was easily and successfully captured.

Kitagawa Taki handed the doll to Mira.

Mira took it with one hand and covered her mouth with the other, asking, "How did you do that?"

"It's just a matter of practice. For your first time, you've done a great job!"

Kitagawa Taki didn't want to undermine Mira's confidence.

"Come on, play that with me!" Mira's eyes were now fixed on the two-player game console next to her.

……

Mira dragged Kitagawa Taki to try out all the rides in the arcade.

"Shall we go get something to eat now?" Kitagawa Taki noticed Mira's expression and subtle movements; she was clearly hungry but too embarrassed to say so.

Kitagawa Taki chuckled inwardly. Although the princess seemed quite willful and capricious, she still had this side to her.

"Mmm!" Mira nodded repeatedly.

Kitagawa Taki took Mira to a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.

"This is sushi?!" Mira's eyes lit up.

"But why are you going around and around like this?" Mira asked, pointing into the store.

Kitagawa Taki explained simply: "You can have whatever sushi you want."

"I didn't know you could do that!"

The two quickly found seats.

Mira watched as plates of sushi passed by, and couldn't wait to pick up a plate that looked the best.