After a week passed, thinking of local cuisine, I was riding my bike to the market to do some shopping. Then, I saw Conan and the Detective Boys children looking for something, so I parked my bike for a moment and greeted them.
"Long time no see. What are you looking for?"
"Onmyoji, hello. It's nothing but..."
The Detective Boys said they were looking for a cat.
'This is the bathroom murder episode. What a grim reaper guy.'
"Shall I help with onmyodo?"
"Wow~ That's great~"
But Conan said with a pouty face.
"But this is our job. If we leave the Detective Boys' work to adults, there's no reason to have formed the detective team."
Hearing that, Ayumi took Conan's side and said.
"That's right. If we receive help from adults, the meaning of forming the detective team disappears."
"Is that so? Then, I'll at least tell your fortune."
"Great~"
I pretended to tell their fortune roughly. Doing this, I've gotten the hang of it and feel like I'm becoming a real onmyoji.
"Hmm... It seems like I see the same person twice... Two people, but one person."
"Huh? What does that mean?"
"Well, I don't know either? The fortune came out like that. Anyway, see you next time. I hope you find it quickly."
"Goodbye~"
As I was about to ride my bike again, the Detective Boys waved and said goodbye. I waved back. That Conan guy still had a pouty face.
'That guy, I reduced his trouble...'
Lately, Conan's wariness towards me has increased a lot. It seems like it's because of that time I got the better of him when Shinichi's parents came. Or perhaps he got scolded by his parents that day.
The next day, as expected, the brother murder case was in the newspaper. It was a case where twins, the younger brother killed the older brother and disguised himself as the older brother, and Conan wandered around unable to find the body.
'I wonder if they solved it well with the hint I gave.'
After a few more days passed, while talking with Ran, I decided to visit the Mouri Detective Agency for the first time in a while. I didn't want to go empty-handed, so I planned to bring snacks for Conan and the seafood I received as a gift.
"You don't have to bring such things..."
"This is leftover from what I ate. I received too much, you see. I gave some to the maids, but there's still left. I'll make delicious food again. If I just leave it, I'll have to throw it away."
All of that was true. I briefly helped the seafood distribution company owner, and he sent me a lot.
"Oh, really... You don't have to..."
Contrary to her words, her face wasn't refusing. Because it was 'king crab'. She was actually drooling.
"Hahaha, you say that, but your body is honest. You're about to drool."
"Sip... Did, did it show?"
Ran swallowed her saliva and said shyly. We rode the bike like that and arrived at the office.
"Oh~ It's king crab!"
As expected, Kogoro was very pleased this time too.
"It's nothing but, I received too much. It would be a waste to throw it away."
"Son-in-law, if you throw away king crab, you'll be punished. So let's finish it without leaving any, hahahaha"
Then, Conan entered the office with some girl.
"Uncle. A guest has come."
"Huh? A guest?"
The girl who came with Conan was a high school student who looked quite cute.
Kogoro looked at the girl and said.
"Is that the girl you're talking about?"
"Yes."
"Then, come inside first and write your name, address, and phone number here..."
I thought it would take a while, so I first put the seafood in the refrigerator. Ran helped from the side.
"So, what brings you here?"
"It's nothing but, I'm looking for a person. He suddenly disappeared and doesn't seem to be going to school. I don't know what to do... Here's a photo of him."
The girl showed a photo, and the person she was looking for was Shinichi. Ran, Kogoro, and Conan were very surprised when they saw the photo.
"This is! It's Shinichi!"
As we said in surprise, the girl asked urgently.
"You know Shinichi? Please tell me!! Where is he now?"
Hearing that, Ran explained.
"Shinichi isn't home because of a difficult case. He calls sometimes, but we don't know where he is either."
"I see..."
"Um, what business do you have with Shinichi?"
The girl thought for a moment and said.
"Shinichi is my boyfriend."
At those words, Ran was so surprised that she asked again loudly.
"What~!!!??? Shinichi is your boyfriend????"
"Ah, yes..."
"That... such..."
Conan hurriedly tried to resolve the situation by pretending to take Shinichi's side and said.
"You must have mistaken him for someone else. Someone similar or..."
"No!! I'm sure! I even kissed Shinichi!!"
"What, what did you say??"
Kogoro added fuel to the fire by saying.
"That Shinichi guy is using cases as an excuse to go out with girls."
Ran, perhaps very angry, trembled and said.
"Ah... is that so? I don't care about that guy anymore. I'm going to marry Cassian in the future, so it doesn't matter now!!!"
'Oh ho~ This is getting interesting...'
I approached the phone in the office and hacked it so that no calls would come for a while. In the original, Dr. Agasa would call, and Conan would use that to buy time, but I blocked it in advance.
'I can't waste this good opportunity, kuhahahahat!'
Kogoro said.
"Well, it's late today, so starting tomorrow, I'll contact you as soon as I find Shinichi."
"Please take care of it."
Like that, the girl left, and Conan tried to say something to Ran, but he couldn't even speak due to Ran's scary expression.
"Then, I'll go buy some vegetables."
"Come with me."
"No, I'll go quickly on my bike and come back."
"Okay."
I went outside and took out [Jack Sparrow's Compass] from my inventory. This case was about Mamoru, the younger brother of a football player named Hideo, who was kidnapped and forced to lose in a match. His girlfriend, Ryoko, couldn't stand it and came to ask the famous boy detective Shinichi for help. I planned to resolve this matter as quickly as possible and return to the office.
Since this was a fight against time, I moved quickly using the [Goro Goro no Mi] ability, quickly knocked out the kidnapper Naoki and the kidnapped Mamoru, carried Mamoru, laid him down at Hideo's house, took out the necessary vegetables from my inventory, and returned to the office. It seemed to take about 30 minutes. It took some time to lay Mamoru down at Hideo's house. Now, it should resolve itself.
"I bought the vegetables~"
"Oh~ you're back."
Kogoro seemed to have waited for the vegetables to come because he wanted to eat the king crab quickly.
"It took a while? You didn't spend a lot of money this time too, did you?"
"I didn't buy that much, but I was late because I brought a bottle of sake from home for you, detective."
I showed the sake. Seeing that, Kogoro said with a bright face.
"As expected! My son-in-law knows what's up. Hahahaha"
I prepared the king crab by steaming it to make it easy to eat, and made seafood stew with the other seafood.
"Mmm~ It's been so long since I've eaten king crab."
"Indeed. Thank you, Cassian~"
"No problem. I received too much, so I didn't know what to do with it. It's good to share it deliciously with people around."
We enjoyed the king crab, and I even made fried rice with the crab innards.
"Ugh~ I ate too much... Since it was delicious, I overdid it today."
"Phew~ I'm going to gain weight too."
"Ran, you could gain a bit more weight."
At those words, Ran said shyly.
"Oh~ Cassian, really..."
Conan was quietly silent. It seemed like he was deeply thinking about how to resolve this situation.
'Fufufu, it's already too late.'
For today, the office phone won't work, so no matter what Conan tries, it will be hard for him to contact as Shinichi by changing his voice.
"Then, see you next time."
"Take care on your way home."
"Cassian, thank you for the meal today. Next time, I'll definitely make something delicious for you~"
"Okay, I'll look forward to it."
I returned home. My relationship with Ran seems to be getting better, so I was in a good mood. And I got one over on the grim reaper.
After a few days passed, when I went to school, Ran came and suggested we go on a hot spring trip together.
"Dad said his alumni reunion is at a hot spring. So we decided to go too. But since dad got to eat seafood last time, he said Cassian should come along this time too."
I was grateful that Kogoro invited me, who has no relation, to his alumni meeting at the hot spring. Or perhaps he doesn't consider me an outsider anymore.
"I had nothing to do on the weekend, so that's good."
On the day of the hot spring trip, we set off for the hot spring with Kogoro, Conan, Ran, and me. Conan had a very dissatisfied face because I was coming along.
'It's all showing, you guy.'
This time, we took a train to a prefecture and then moved by bus. In my heart, I really wanted to take out the vehicle from my inventory immediately. It was too inconvenient. Moreover, since I'm a celebrity, I had to give autographs sometimes, making it worse.
'Sigh... I need to hire a driver.'
Anyway, we arrived at the hot spring inn. Looking at the hot spring inn, it was the same place from the original.
'Whenever you go out with Conan, a murder case inevitably happens, so he really is a grim reaper...'
We unpacked at the inn and were about to rest a bit before entering the hot spring, but I saw Ran taking Conan with her. I immediately grabbed Conan.
"Conan should enter with me."
Seeing that, Ran said.
"He's still young, so it should be fine, right?"
"Is that so? Since I lived abroad before coming to this country, I don't really know. Sometimes when I go to public baths, it's really shocking to see girls running around in the men's bath. In foreign countries, the parents would be arrested by the police immediately. It doesn't seem good for education."
"Is that so? Then let's ask Conan."
Conan's face turned red, and he fidgeted with his hands and said.
"I... um..."
"Okay, men's bath it is!"
As Conan was thinking for a while, I grabbed him and entered the men's bath. Conan tried to say something as he was being taken, but perhaps he gave up, he just obediently followed to the men's bath. Conan kept making a dissatisfied expression while in the bath. So I asked.
"Did you want to bathe with your sister that much?"
"No... that's..."
His face turned red again, and he was flustered.
"Oh ho~ I didn't know Conan was such a pervert?"
"No, I'm not..."
"You're not?"
"..."
Conan couldn't find words for my question and just sat quietly in the bath. After enjoying the hot spring for a while, I got up from the bath, and Conan was very surprised and flustered seeing my huge johnson, but I just showered as if nothing happened, washed Conan's head, rubbed his back, and we came out together.
"It's good to enjoy a hot spring bath after a long time. Right, Conan?"
"I was very shocked."
"Huh? By what?"
"It's nothing."