I'm in Detective Conan, but it's a chaotic battlefield.

Ran seems convinced that Goro Daimon is actually Shinichi Kudo in disguise, and even says things like, "Once I find the evidence, I'll make that bastard pay."

This put Conan in a dilemma.

He had been hesitating for a while about whether to tell Xiaolan the truth, but he couldn't make up his mind.

Due to a combination of factors, Conan naturally developed a deep-seated fear of Chen Nuo.

Chen Nuo seemed to be the embodiment of that terrifying organization and the mad scientist.

It brought him a strong sense of oppression.

However, this fear is not endless.

For example, when his childhood friend Ran Mouri feeds someone else a marshmallow that she's bitten and that's covered in sweet saliva, right in front of him.

Fear will be instantly driven away by anger.

Conan couldn't care less about the possibility that the other person was a member of the Black Organization. He quickly ran over to Kogoro Mouri, hoping to get him to notice what was happening.

But Uncle Mori was chatting up the girl in front of him. This girl looked a bit like Yoko Okino, which made her especially attractive to Uncle Mori. So he completely ignored Conan and even slapped Conan on the head a few times.

When Conan covered his head and looked at Ran again...

The two guys got even closer.

Ran's beautiful figure, wrapped in a yukata, was almost pressing against that bastard's arm.

Conan couldn't resist any longer and snatched the fox mask from the little girl next to him.

He ran outside the crowd, activated his leg-enhancing shoes, and, just like when he knocked out the criminals before, kicked the mask at Chen Nuo's head like a soccer ball.

"Let's knock him unconscious first, and he shouldn't see us if we hide behind the crowd, right?" Conan thought to himself.

But then, Conan was dumbfounded.

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Chen Nuo felt something fly past the back of his head, and it seemed to have landed in a pot at an oden stall, causing quite a commotion.

However, Chen Nuo had no time to spare.

The softness before my eyes was simply too alluring.

Although Ran Mouri reacted quickly and took measures to resist before Chen Nuo could put his face close to hers.

However, the two were too close together.

Furthermore, Chen Nuo's kiss was not a gentle one, but rather a desperate attempt to evade an attack from the shadows. Therefore, he lowered his head quickly and forcefully.

So Xiaolan only managed to cover her face with the cotton candy in her hand.

At most, she would turn the side with her saliva on it to the side so that Chen Nuo couldn't eat it.

then……

Chen Nuo buried her face in the soft, white cotton candy.

He flattened the marshmallow little by little, but soon encountered an obstacle.

The "obstacle" collided with his mouth, and the sensation felt even softer than a marshmallow.

Even through the flattened marshmallow, Chen Nuo could feel the trembling on those hot lips and the faint scent of peach.

Because of the flattened marshmallow, Chen Nuo couldn't see Xiao Lan's expression; he could only see the white marshmallow covering the girl's face, pressed into a mask shape.

However, Xiaolan's delicate and upturned nose tip, perhaps due to its shape, pierced through the cotton candy mask and was exposed to Chen Nuo's eyes.

The girl's small, delicate nostrils trembled slightly, conveying her flustered state of mind.

There was silence for a moment.

As if bewitched, Chen Nuo gently licked the tip of her delicate nose.

Chapter 9: Xiaolan's Wish Will Turn into a Battleground

Unlike the soft and sweet texture of marshmallows.

Xiao Lan's porcelain-like, pert nose had a slightly faint scent, and a smooth, slippery texture, like a piece of milk jelly.

Chen Nuo, who only scratched the surface, could only offer these rough assessments.

"What are you doing?" Xiaolan asked, her hands trembling as she moved the cotton candy away, her face flushed as she looked at him.

The moist touch on the tip of her nose froze her in place like a spell, preventing her from using karate to smash her opponent like a telephone pole.

Xiao Lan held the cotton candy to her chest, clueless about how to react.

Meanwhile, many tourists visiting the festival noticed the young couple kissing in the street using cotton candy, and some even showed expressions of eager anticipation.

Chen Nuo was also in an awkward position.

He didn't know why he suddenly acted so irrationally; perhaps the medication Shirley gave him affected his brain.

Just when he didn't know how to explain it.

—Click!

The flash of the camera illuminated Xiaolan's profile.

The sound of a camera shutter being pressed could be clearly heard even in the midst of a lively festival.

The two turned around and looked.

They spotted a dark-skinned man to their side, holding a camera and taking pictures of them.

He was wearing a beige suit jacket, and even though his face was covered in sweat, he didn't take it off.

"I'm sorry, that scene was just too perfect, I couldn't resist taking a picture of it." The man put down his camera and smiled apologetically.

"Perfect?"

Xiaolan was clearly still reeling from the shock she had just experienced, and asked in confusion.

“That’s right, I haven’t seen such a perfect scene in a long time,” the man said. “I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Sei Kenichi, and I’m a writer. I’m currently gathering inspiration for my new novel. Please allow me to include this scene in my story.”

The male and female leads kissed through cotton candy at the festival in the finale; nothing could better express the innocent and budding love of youth.

"No, we...we're not a couple," Xiaolan explained hastily.

Sei Kenji was taken aback for a moment: "Huh? Isn't that right? I thought only couples kissed in such a romantic way."

Xiaolan: "Really, it wasn't that. As for kissing..."

She looked at Chen Nuo, equally curious as to why he had suddenly acted so irrationally.

But she noticed that Chen Nuo was looking intently at Mr. Sei Kenichi, who was taking their photos, as if trying to find something on his face.

She was quite certain that it was the expression detectives wore when solving a case.

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Since arriving at the festival venue, Chen Nuo has been intentionally or unintentionally looking for suspicious people wearing thick suit jackets and carrying cameras.

Because he remembered that a case had occurred at the First Night Festival in the World.

The author in front of us, Sei Kenichi, harbored murderous intent because the deceased, Imatake Satoshi, had replaced his novel, which was supposed to be serialized.

The murderer used a disposable camera to take a photo of his alibi before the First Night Festival in the World last year.

When the festival began this year, he first shot and killed Imatake Satoshi at the hotel.

They rushed to the night ceremony site and asked Xiaolan to take photos with the remaining film from her disposable camera.

The two sets of photos, when combined, provided Sei Kenichi with a perfect alibi.

Chen Nuo was initially a little worried that with so many people at the venue, the murderer might not be able to get Xiao Lan to help take photos.

It seems he was overthinking it.

"A naughty kid threw something at me just now, and I accidentally bumped into a cotton candy while trying to dodge it," Chen Nuo explained, glancing at Conan not far away.

Xiao Lan also looked over.

In front of the stall, a burly man was grabbing Conan by the back of the neck and roaring, "You brat, how dare you steal Kana's fox mask! I'll teach you a lesson!"

"Oh, I see." Xiaolan looked down at her toes.

Chen Nuo noticed that although she looked relieved, there was a hint of loneliness and disappointment in her eyes.

Sei Kenichi: "It seems I was overthinking it. But could you please take a few photos for me, miss? I'd like to keep some pictures as souvenirs."

"sure."

Sei Kenji handed the camera to Ran, pointed to the burning "one" character on the mountain, and said, "Please use this 'one' character as a background. I want to preserve the characteristics of this night festival."

Xiaolan first took a photo of him with the character "一" in the background as an alibi, and then took a few other photos to fill in the gaps.

Just then—

A man wearing a brown suit and with coral-like hair suddenly appeared in the frame.

Ran put down her camera and looked at the coral-headed man behind Sei Kenichi with a puzzled expression.

The man with the coral hair pulled out a police handbook, flipped to the page with his photo, and showed it to him: "Are you Mr. Sei Kenichi? I am a police officer from Saitama Prefecture, Yokomizo Sango. I would like to ask you about the case of Mr. Imaizumi Satoshi's murder."

"What? You're saying Jinzhu was killed?!"

On Sei Kenichi's face was a look of shock, the result of repeated practice at home over the past year.

“That’s right, it’s at the restaurant where you and he filed the complaint together.” Yokomizo Sango put the police manual into his suit pocket. “Could you please come with me to the hotel?”

"Ok, no problem."

Sei Kenichi's reaction was impeccable, which made Yokomizo Sango frown.

Ran then returned the camera to Sei Kenichi, who in turn gave her a book as a thank you gift for taking the photos.

Ran watched Mr. Sei's back as he was escorted by two uniformed police officers towards the hotel.

Suddenly, I had a feeling of familiarity.

Almost every time she goes out with Shinichi, they encounter a case, and the detective maniac gets completely absorbed in it, forgetting all about their date.

If I'm not mistaken, at this point...

“Let’s go take a look together,” Chen Nuo said to her with a smile.