The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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"Hmph~" Miyano Akemi silently turned her head to the side.

Yuu Aragaki is a little confused. What's wrong with this world? Isn't it better to slack off during holidays?

What's with all this scrambling for jobs? It's not like I'll lose a single penny of my salary...

"That's a castle! I dream of living there." Miyano Akemi frowned slightly, muttering unconsciously, "And it doesn't even cost any money..."

"..."

Aragaki Yu finally understood: Miyano Akemi was treating the commissioned work as a paid vacation.

"Sister Yamei, I promise I will definitely let you know if I have any requests in the future."

To ease the tension, Aragaki Yuu decisively used his third social skill: "Next time for sure!"

Although he said that, in his heart, Yuu Aragaki felt that with his own agency, he might not be able to get a single case for ten days or half a month.

It won't be long before Akemi Miyano forgets about it.

Miyano Akemi, of course, was unaware of Aragaki Yu's thoughts. After receiving his assurance, she finally put on her usual smile again.

The two exchanged a smile, both feeling very satisfied.

……

Ding-dong, ding-dong~

The doorbell rang suddenly the very next moment.

A strange sense of unease crept into Aragaki Yu's heart.

It can't be such a coincidence; surely some kind of commission is coming up right now.

Yuu Aragaki wiped away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead, watching as Akemi Miyano, as an employee, very proactively and consciously walked to the entrance and opened the door.

Strangely, Akemi Miyano did not invite anyone, such as a client, into the house. Instead, she talked with the visitor in the entryway.

From the conversation between the two people in the entrance hall, Aragaki Yu could only vaguely hear words like "tea party" and "invitation".

Just as Aragaki Yu was filled with doubt, Miyano Akemi had already seen the visitor off and returned with an envelope after closing the door.

"It's just a messenger, it seems to be an invitation to some kind of tea party." Miyano Akemi handed the envelope to Aragaki Yuu and then began to tidy up the things on the table for him.

Akemi Miyano was quite pleased that Aragaki Yu had finished the breakfast she had made herself.

In this respect alone, Yuu Aragaki is much more reassuring than his younger sister; at least Yuu Aragaki isn't a picky eater.

“Teiji Moriya…” Yu Aragaki frowned slightly as he looked at the sender’s name on the envelope.

Upon hearing the name mentioned by Aragaki Yu, Miyano Akemi's hands, which were tidying up, suddenly paused, as if she was thinking about something.

Soon, Akemi Miyano's expression turned to surprise, clearly remembering who this familiar name was: "Aragaki-kun, you mean this invitation was sent by Teiji Moriya? He's a professor in the Department of Architecture at Tokyo University, and one of the top architects in Japan!"

Aragaki Yu opened the envelope, quickly glanced at the invitation inside, and summarized its contents: "Hmm, if nothing unexpected happens, it was sent by him. Moriya Teiji said in the invitation that he invited us to a tea party he was hosting at his home on Tuesday afternoon, April 29th."

At this moment, Aragaki Yu's brows began to furrow.

He also had quite a few impressions of this name.

If he remembered correctly, Teiji Moriya was a fanatic who firmly believed that "art is an explosion".

In the original series, it also plays an important role in the plot, seemingly having blown up quite a few impressive things.

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“Teiji Moriya, huh…” Yuu Aragaki muttered softly.

He looked at the invitation in his hand with some confusion.

In the original series, Teiji Moriya was a character who appeared in the first theatrical film.

At this point, Ai Haibara shouldn't have appeared yet.

However, due to his own intrusion and the disordered timeline, Aragaki Yu quickly stopped worrying about it. Since the timeline was already so messed up, it didn't matter if it got a little more out of place.

As for what Teiji Moriya actually blew up in the movie, Yuu Aragaki really couldn't remember.

Akemi Miyano scratched her head in confusion: "But why would such a famous architect invite you?"

Being specially invited to a tea party by someone of high social standing, especially when the guests at the tea party appear to be celebrities from all walks of life, is clearly no ordinary event.

It's not that Miyano Akemi looks down on Aragaki Yu, but in her opinion, Aragaki Yu is still too young, and given the current state of Yin-Yang House's business, he doesn't fit the role.

“Perhaps his original intention was to invite my parents.” Aragaki Yu quickly realized this. “They seemed to be quite famous in high society when they were alive.”

"Oh, I see." Miyano Akemi looked enlightened. "Shall we go?"

"Hmm... Go ahead, of course I'll go!" Aragaki Yu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said.

Although the invitation wasn't intended for him, Aragaki Yu was still very interested in participating in something that was clearly going to happen.

However, he quickly came to his senses and realized something was wrong: "Wait, you said we... Sister Yamei, does that mean you're going too?"

Yuu Aragaki looked at Akemi Miyano with surprise.

Akemi Miyano said matter-of-factly, "Heh, Aragaki-kun, didn't you say you'd definitely take me next time?"

“But this isn’t a commission… Alright, let’s go together then.” Seeing Miyano Akemi’s eyes gradually narrowing, Aragaki Yu responded sincerely.

"You're so good, brother Aragaki~"

Upon hearing Yuu Aragaki's reply, Akemi Miyano's smile finally brightened.

……

the other side.

In Shinichi Kudo's house, Conan sat cross-legged on the floor of the study, surrounded by open letters.

At that moment, he was holding a letter in one hand and looked excited. After hesitating for a moment, Conan seemed to have made up his mind and rushed out of the house.

More than ten minutes later, Conan dialed Ran's number from a public phone booth.

beep, beep, beep...

"Moxi moxi."

Xiaolan finally answered the phone.

Conan subtly adjusted his voice changer and said in his original voice, "Hey, Ran, it's me!"

"Shinichi!" Ran exclaimed excitedly upon hearing Shinichi's voice. "You've finally shown up! Where have you been all this time?!"

After organizing his thoughts, Conan said, "Ran, listen to me. On Tuesday afternoon, April 29th, someone invited me to a very important tea party. However, I'm currently out handling a case, so I'd like to ask you to go in my place and see what's going on at this tea party."

"A tea party...!?" Xiaolan's voice sounded somewhat puzzled.

"Yes, I received an invitation to a tea party from Mr. Teiji Moriya. I hope you can attend that tea party with Uncle Mori." Conan paused before stating his most important purpose, "Of course, you can also bring that bespectacled brat Conan along!"

"Conan?"

Conan said excitedly, "Yes, you guys can all go to the tea party together. Ran, I'm counting on you. I've already sent the invitation to your mailbox."

When Ran heard Shinichi calling, she was full of anticipation, but then she found out that he just wanted her to attend some weird tea party in his place, and Ran immediately got angry.

"Shinichi, you've taken so long to remember to call me, and it's only because you need something from me!"

Ran's voice was full of anger, which startled Conan on the other end of the phone.

Hearing Ran suddenly fall silent on the other end of the phone, Conan felt a sudden panic.

Before Conan could even think of an explanation, Ran seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and her voice became calm again: "Shinichi, it's not impossible for me to attend some tea party in your place. However, you have to agree to one condition!"

Hearing Ran's words, Conan initially breathed a sigh of relief, but when he noticed what condition Ran mentioned, he tensed up again, and a cold sweat involuntarily appeared on his face: "Wh...what condition?"

"You have to promise me that you'll go to see a midnight movie with me next Sunday."

"But, but..." Conan's words faltered, and he seemed flustered as he thought about his current physical condition, "But because of the case, it's not very convenient for me right now..."

"It's nothing, Shinichi, it's just the time it takes to watch a movie! We haven't seen each other in ages, let's meet in the lobby of Beika Cinema!" Ran noticed the hesitation in Shinichi's voice and couldn't help but threaten, "If you want me to go to that weird tea party for you, you have to come!"

"Xiaolan..."

Conan was about to struggle a bit more when Ran suddenly interrupted his thoughts: "By the way, Shinichi, which do you prefer, red or blue?"

"Hmm?" Conan paused for a moment after hearing Ran's question. Forgetting about how to refuse, he pondered for a moment and tentatively said, "Red...red, I guess..."

Conan was still wondering why Ran had suddenly asked that question, but Ran seemed quite pleased with the answer: "Hehe, it really is red! Shinichi, I knew you'd like red!"

"What's going on, Ran? What's going on?" Conan was a little confused by Ran's words, but he couldn't care less about that at the moment. For him, the most important thing was to figure out how to go to the movies with Ran that day.

Could it be that we should send Aragaki Yu?

"!!!"

The moment the thought popped into Conan's mind, he frantically shook his head to drive it away.

Let's not even talk about how to explain to Aragaki Yu why he should go to the movies with Ran.

Just talking about Yuu Aragaki makes Conan very uneasy.

Conan always felt that Yuu Aragaki treated Ran differently than he treated the other girls in his class.

Furthermore, Yu Aragaki himself has admitted that he thinks Ran is a very nice girl.

If you really let Aragaki Yuu and Ran go see a midnight movie together...