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“My mother left Ai a few tapes, but I never had the chance to give them to her. Not long ago, I hid them in the bathroom of my father’s friend’s office.”

Kitagawa Taki asked, "So, you just want to retrieve the cassette tape?"

"Uh-huh."

"Okay, I'll go in a bit."

Chapter 51: While others are stealing crystals, you're just picking mushrooms in the jungle?

Dejima Office.

This is the design firm of Sohei Idejima, a friend of Akemi Miyano's father, Atsushi Miyano.

Kitagawa Taki followed the navigation and drove to the vicinity of the office. Then, he changed his appearance and walked to the entrance of the Dejima office.

Although it's called a firm, it's not actually located in a typical office building, but rather in a detached house.

According to Akemi Miyano, the house was lent to Sohei Itoshima's office by Atsushi Miyano, but little did they know that this loan would last for thirty years.

bang bang bang

Kitagawa Taki pretended to need to urinate and knocked loudly on the office door.

A few seconds later, a man's voice came from inside the house, "Coming!"

"Who are you?" Sohei Izushima looked at the unfamiliar man in front of him.

Sohei Izumi is a fat old man with glasses and a goatee.

"Excuse me, may I use the restroom?" Kitagawa Taki asked, clutching his stomach and stamping his feet.

If he can borrow it, then everything will go smoothly; if he can't, then Kitagawa Taki will have no choice but to break into a burglar's house at night.

He's at least a friend of my father-in-law, so I'll give him face and not resort to force.

Sohei Izumi glanced at Taki Kitagawa a few times, and finally nodded. "Okay, the toilet is right there."

As he spoke, Sohei Izumi pointed with his finger.

Thank you so much.

Kitagawa Taki rushed into the restroom and locked the door.

Akemi Miyano's hiding place was quite secluded. Kitagawa Taki gently lifted the toilet tank lid, reached under the float, and sure enough, there was something there.

He forcefully peeled off the waterproof tape covering the item and successfully removed the small box that was tightly wrapped in plastic.

Kitagawa Taki put the box into his bracelet, stayed in the restroom for a few more minutes, then opened the door, thanked him again, and left.

As Sohei Izushima watched Kitagawa Taki's departing figure, his expression changed. He slammed the door shut and headed straight for the restroom.

He wanted to see what was in the toilet; people were "visiting" the island office every few days.

Not long ago, a strange woman asked to use the restroom. Since then, people have been breaking and entering every now and then. Fortunately, nothing has been stolen. Today, a strange man asked to use the restroom.

Today, he was more cautious and kept a close eye on the man outside to make sure he hadn't left the restroom.

Sohei Izumi searched the toilet again and again, but couldn't find anything suspicious, so he had to give up.

……

Kitagawa Exorcism Office.

Kitagawa Taki used a knife to remove the packaging from the box and handed it to Miyano Akemi.

Akemi Miyano asked with concern, "Taki-kun, did the process go smoothly?"

Kitagawa Taki replied, "Smoothly, I pretended to need to pee and asked to use the toilet, and it was done in just a few minutes."

Akemi Miyano chuckled, "I also pretended to be borrowing the toilet before."

After laughing, Akemi Miyano looked at the recording box in her hand, her mind racing. She still had some memories of her mother, but Shiho probably couldn't even remember what her mother looked like.

"I went upstairs and gave it to Shiho."

Composing herself, Akemi Miyano took the recording box up to the third floor and knocked on Ai Haibara's door.

"Please come in."

“Sister.” Ai Haibara looked up, slightly surprised, thinking it was Taki Kitagawa.

Ai Haibara immediately noticed the recording box in Akemi Miyano's hand. "What's this?"

Akemi Miyano looked on with a nostalgic expression. "This is a cassette tape that your mother left for you. It contains birthday wishes from your mother to your 20th birthday."

Ai Haibara was stunned by Miyano Akemi's words.

Mother……

This word was even somewhat unfamiliar to Ai Haibara, as her parents died in an accident before she could remember anything, and her memories of her mother were blurry...

"Shiho, listen to this!" After saying that, Akemi Miyano put the recording box on the table, turned around and left the room, gently closing the door behind her.

Ai Haibara's eyes trembled as she took out the cassette tape and put it into the tape player.

After putting on the headphones, I heard Elena Miyano's voice: "To Shiho, who is one year old, happy birthday..."

Elena Miyano's voice was so gentle that Ai Haibara unconsciously closed her eyes, a smile playing on her lips.

At that moment, she felt as if she were right beside her mother, transcending the limitations of time and space...

"You gave it to her?" Kitagawa Taki saw Miyano Akemi push the door open and come in.

Akemi Miyano said softly, "Yes, let Shiho listen to her mother's voice all by herself!"

Kitagawa Taki nodded and continued sketching on the paper.

Akemi Miyano leaned closer and saw that it contained information about some requests, but they had all been crossed out.

"Taki-kun, are these all recent requests?" Miyano Akemi asked curiously.

"Ah."

The information on the paper was compiled by Kitagawa Taki based on the letter of authorization and telephone calls.

"Is it because of us sisters?" Miyano Akemi asked with concern. "Taki-kun, is it really okay for you to refuse so many requests?"

Kitagawa Taki saw that Miyano Akemi was lost in thought again, so he pulled her close around her waist and wrapped her arms around his legs.

"Don't worry, our firm is different from other firms. We might not make any business for three years, but when we do, we'll live off it for three years," Kitagawa Taki said with a smile.

The reason he hasn't been taking on any cases these days is partly because Kitagawa Taki is too busy, and partly because his goals for the exorcism agency have changed; he now wants to take on cases that might involve supernatural powers.

Aside from the shrine maiden on Mermaid Island last year, Kitagawa Taki hasn't encountered another person with magical powers yet.

"Taki-kun, it's broad daylight..."

Akemi Miyano held down Taki Kitagawa's mischievous hand.

"Don't worry, I'm being serious. Akemi, go buy some different colors and styles of stockings these next couple of days..." Kitagawa Taki whispered in Miyano Akemi's ear.

"Ah."

Miyano Akemi felt the heat on her ear, her body went weak, and she let out a soft moan.

She is now completely powerless against Kitagawa Taki, and can be described as having everything he wants.

……

The Suzuki family.

Ayako Suzuki still managed to see through Sonoko's deep-seated feelings.

"A shrine maiden assistant has arrived? And she's even living with us?"

Ayako Suzuki finally managed to get Sonoko to talk, revealing that she was very worried about her silly little sister! Everyone else was stealing crystals, and you were still picking mushrooms in the jungle.

Sonoko added, "There's also a little sister, about seven years old."

Ayako Suzuki shook her head and said, "That's not the point."

"Do you want your sister to investigate her for you?"

Ayako Suzuki found Miho Miyazaki's origins rather strange, as if she had fallen from the sky.

"No, absolutely not!" Sonoko never thought of using her family background to intimidate others.

“Well then, your school is on holiday, right? Why don’t you invite them all together, and I’ll help you observe them,” Ayako Suzuki suggested thoughtfully.

"Sis, will this... will this work?" Sonoko asked uncertainly.

"Your older sister is more than a full twelve years older than you, don't worry!"

Chapter 52 Heatstroke

in the afternoon.

Sonoko and Ran arrived at the Kitagawa Exorcism Office, and Conan followed them eagerly.

"Why don't you go play with your friends? What are you doing following us around?" Sonoko said, annoyed with Conan's tagalong.

Conan responded with a "heh heh."

Sonoko ignored Conan and turned around excitedly, saying, "Taki, let's all go on vacation for the next few days?"

"Vacation?"

"Yeah, we didn't get to do much at the beach last time. Luckily, my family recently bought a villa in Izu, so we can go together."

"Ms. Miyazaki, Ai should come too!"

Sonoko looked at the two sisters expectantly.

"Hey, shall we go too?" Miyano Akemi didn't expect Sonoko to invite them, considering they had only met Sonoko once and had just gotten to know her.

Conan stared at Akemi Miyano, feeling a sense of déjà vu.

Kitagawa Taki said with a smile, "Since Sonoko has invited us, let's all go!"

Anyway, we'll all be family in the future, so let's get to know each other better sooner rather than later.

Everyone started talking about their plans for the future.

Conan then realized that he wasn't part of any of these plans!