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

Kitagawa Taki handed the wooden box to Koizumi Akako.

After taking it, Koizumi Akako examined it carefully. She could tell that the wooden box was quite old and that the wood used was high-quality boxwood.

After looking outside, she was about to open it to take a look when Kitagawa Taki stopped her.

Kitagawa Taki placed his hand on the lid of the box and began his deceptive tactics: "You can't open it, it will hurt you. There are offensive spells sealed inside."

He mistakenly called a storage artifact an attack artifact.

Koizumi Akako nodded with a hint of disbelief.

Sonoko, who was standing to the side, was curious as to why Kitagawa Taki hadn't shown any talismans or anything, but she guessed that Kitagawa Taki must have his reasons, so she didn't say anything.

"Taki-kun, what would you like to eat tonight?"

At that moment, Akemi Miyano came downstairs.

"Sonoko, you're here!" Akemi Miyano greeted Sonoko warmly when she saw her.

“Miho-nee!” Sonoko replied.

Since their last visit to the villa, the two women have been calling each other sisters.

In Sonoko's view, although Miyano Akemi and Kitagawa Taki were living together, she had already gotten together with Kitagawa Taki and had definitely left Miyano Akemi behind. Therefore, she didn't have much hostility towards the gentle Miyano Akemi.

Akemi Miyano also has a good impression of Sonoko, who is younger than her younger sister and is cheerful and generous.

"And who is this?" Miyano Akemi looked at Koizumi Akako beside her.

“This is my friend, Koizumi Akako,” Sonoko introduced.

"Hello, Ms. Koizumi. I am Miyazaki Miho, and I am Taki-kun's assistant," Miyano Akemi greeted him.

"Hello."

Koizumi Akako glanced at Miyano Akemi, realized she was just an ordinary person, and lost interest.

Kitagawa Taki said, "Sonoko and Ms. Koizumi, please stay for dinner!"

He wanted to find out what Koizumi Akako was up to.

Koizumi Akako had no concept of politeness and immediately agreed, "Okay."

"Then Miho, I'll trouble you to cook a couple more dishes." Kitagawa Taki winked at Miyano Akemi.

Akemi Miyano smiled and said, "No problem, you two chat first, I'm going upstairs."

"Where did Miss Koizumi transfer from Teitan?" Kitagawa Taki asked after Miyano Akemi left.

Koizumi Akako didn't hide anything, "Ekoda."

Ekota? It's Ekota again!

Kitagawa Taki remained calm and continued, "May I ask what Ms. Koizumi's family does? I think Ms. Koizumi is not only very beautiful, but also has a special kind of charm!"

Koizumi Akako was extremely pleased with this flattery and immediately let out her signature infectious laughter.

"Oh, hahaha!"

Realizing she had lost her composure, Koizumi Akako quickly regained her composure, "Ahem... My family doesn't do anything special, we're just an ordinary family."

An ordinary family? I don't believe you for a second!

Kitagawa Taki nodded, but inwardly he was full of complaints.

Sonoko felt a little jealous after hearing Kitagawa Taki's words. "Taki, let's go upstairs and see if Miho-nee needs any help."

Kitagawa Taki asked curiously, "Help? Sonoko, you can cook?"

Sonoko smiled sheepishly, "Hehe, I'm learning from my older sister."

"Don't make any culinary disasters!" Kitagawa Taki joked.

Sonoko clenched her fist. "With my strength, I definitely won't!"

Her previous experience making chocolate gave her a lot of confidence in cooking.

The three of them then went upstairs together.

Ai Haibara was reading a book on the sofa in the living room, or more accurately, a fashion magazine.

Kitagawa Taki introduced Koizumi Akako and Haibara Ai to each other.

Compared to Akemi Miyano, Ai Haibara was much more indifferent, simply nodding.

Chapter 60 Don't you need to chant incantations?

When Ai Haibara saw Akako Koizumi, she harbored resentment towards Taki Kitagawa.

She had been here for a while, but she had never seen any male friends around Kitagawa Taki; they were all girls, and all of them were stunningly beautiful.

When Koizumi Akako first saw Ai Haibara, she felt that she was different from other children, and that she was even looking at women's fashion and accessories.

"Little sister, are you watching these things at such a young age?" Koizumi Akako couldn't help but ask.

Ai Haibara looked up at Akako Koizumi and said calmly, "A love of beauty is a woman's nature."

Koizumi Akako's lips twitched. "Are you a woman? Are all young girls these days so obsessed with fashion?"

Kitagawa Taki couldn't help but chuckle.

Sonoko went into the kitchen to help Akemi Miyano, and before long, a meal was ready.

The dinner table.

Kitagawa Taki casually asked, "By the way, since Miss Koizumi is from Ekoda, have you ever heard of the Forest Witch?"

Koizumi Akako was taken aback. "Forest? Witch?"

Could this be referring to her? Has she been exposed?

Thinking of this, Koizumi Akako couldn't help but glance at Kitagawa Taki, but Kitagawa Taki's expression didn't change.

Kitagawa Taki explained, "Yes, I've heard that there's a witch deep in the forests of Ekoda."

Koizumi Akako laughed and said, "I'm not too sure either. I've only heard that witches are very powerful beings. They possess powerful magic and can create all sorts of magical and powerful items and talismans. They can even set up powerful magic circles!"

When praising herself, Koizumi Akako didn't blush at all.

Kitagawa Taki found this strange; Koizumi Akako couldn't explain it clearly, yet she went on to talk about so many witch abilities.

Furthermore, given that Koizumi Akako deliberately concealed her identity, Kitagawa Taki suspected that she was likely connected to the witch.

But Koizumi Akako is about the same age as Sonoko and Ran, so she shouldn't be the witch that Yamamoto Masaki's grandfather mentioned.

Unless Koizumi Akako has some kind of age-preserving technique, she may look like a young girl, but her actual age is unknown.

Kitagawa Taki couldn't help but glance at Koizumi Akako.

But Koizumi Akako immediately sensed it; her sixth sense was equally strong, and she always felt that Kitagawa Taki's eyes were malicious.

The meal ended quickly, and Sonoko and Koizumi Akako said goodbye to everyone and left.

“That woman is a bit strange,” Ai Haibara said abruptly, taking a sip of tea.

"Hmm?" Kitagawa Taki was thinking about how to deal with Koizumi Akako when Haibara Ai's words piqued his interest.

"Ai, why do you say that?"

"Feeling." Ai Haibara uttered two words.

"Forehead……"

Is this what they call a woman's intuition?

“Koizumi Akako is definitely not an ordinary person. She must have had ulterior motives for coming to our house,” Kitagawa Taki said.

"You two were having such a good time, I thought you were letting your guard down because you thought she was pretty."

After saying that, Ai Haibara took the tea and walked towards her room.

"Hey, Ai, do I look like that kind of person?" Kitagawa Taki said, somewhat amused and exasperated.

……

late at night.

Koizumi's family.

The basement of the villa.

Koizumi Akako moved her entire magic room from inside the castle to this location.

"Is the ceremony ready?" Koizumi Akako asked.

The butler replied, "Everything is ready, Miss Hongzi."

Koizumi Akako put on a red cloak and walked to the magic furnace, which contained an unknown green liquid.

Beneath the magic furnace was a magic circle, and next to it was a giant magic book.

"Alright, let's begin!"

"Bring up the dragon's whiskers, the mermaid's tears, and the kappa's eyes."

"Yes." The butler presented the tray.

Koizumi Akako added them one by one into the magic furnace. These things were just called that; they weren't actually dragon whiskers or anything like that, but they were all precious materials.

Koizumi Akako went to great lengths to win over Kitagawa Taki.

"And here's another strand of hair, as a clone of Kitagawa Taki." She found it on the sofa when Kitagawa Taki wasn't looking; it was short black hair, definitely Kitagawa Taki's.

A flash of green light appeared, and a doll that looked exactly like Kitagawa Taki appeared in front of Koizumi Akako.

Koizumi Akako reached out and caught it, murmuring, "You will soon be my possession."

……

Kitagawa Exorcism Office.

The talisman on Kitagawa Taki's body had already taken effect on its own, and he was trying to figure out what was going on.

At that moment, Koizumi Akako quietly arrived at the rooftop of the office building.

Koizumi Akako aimed the awl at Kitagawa Taki's doll and smashed it down with a hammer; this pain would be transmitted to Kitagawa Taki's real body.