The Pirated Onmyoji of the Detective World

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"Speaking of which..." Yuu Aragaki suddenly reminded Conan, "If those kids want to go back to Beika Town, they have to take the Loop Line train from Midoridai Station, right?"

"!!!"

Upon hearing Aragaki Yu's words, Inspector Megure and Conan, who were standing nearby, suddenly felt a jolt in their hearts.

Conan immediately took out his Detective Boys badge and prepared to contact Hikimi and the others.

……

"To reiterate, this train will not be stopping at any stations for the foreseeable future. Also, if passengers find any suspicious items in the carriages, please do not touch them; please inform the train conductor immediately. Thank you..."

Inside the station, the train's public address system was continuously broadcasting the announcement.

"What's the suspicious item?" Genta asked his companion, somewhat puzzled, as he sat in his train seat.

Mitsuhiko replied in a very serious tone, "It's just some weird stuff!"

Genta was clearly dissatisfied with Mitsuhiko's answer, and said somewhat angrily, "What I mean is, what kind of things are suspicious items!"

"How would I know?" Mitsuhiko shrugged.

"..."

Just as Genta was about to lash out, he suddenly heard Conan's voice coming from Ayumi's detective armband.

"Ayumi, can you hear me? Where are you right now?"

"Conan!?" Ayumi seemed a little happy to hear Conan's voice: "We're on the loop line now!"

"Sigh, I knew it..."

Conan sighed slightly upon realizing that Aragaki Yu had been right.

Genta asked Conan anxiously, "Conan, what's going on? Why can't the trains stop?"

Mitsuhiko, who was standing next to him, suddenly remembered the explosion that had happened not long ago, so he lowered his voice and asked quietly, "Conan, could it be that someone has planted something with the word 'explosion' on this train as well?"

"No, you don't need to worry, how could such a thing happen!" After hesitating for a moment, Conan decided not to tell them about it, fearing that the Junior Detective League kids might do something audacious again.

"So, that bomb wasn't necessarily planted only on the trains on the loop line, understand?"

However, something unexpected happened to Conan: Inspector Megure was making phone calls to his subordinates who had already gone to various stations on the Loop Line.

"!!!"

Conan thought to himself, "This is bad," and hurriedly turned off the microphone on his armband. But it was too late. The word "bomb" was clearly transmitted to Ayumi and the others through the detective armband.

"bomb!"

"I knew it!"

Sure enough, the people on the other side of the detective's armband heard the word clearly.

"Then we're all doomed!" Ayumi's voice was already trembling with tears, clearly showing her extreme panic.

"No way!" With no other option, Conan turned on the microphone on his armband again and confidently reassured them, "I will definitely find the location of the bomb!"

“Conan…” Hearing Conan say that, Ayumi was a little touched.

Meanwhile, Genta jumped off his seat, waving his fist and saying, "How can we leave this to Conan alone? We have to do our part too! This is the time for the Junior Detective Team to step in!"

"That's right! It looks like those bombs were planted on the train!"

"Alright, the Junior Detective Team is on the move!"

Ayumi and Mitsuhiko were also energized by Genta's words and jumped off their seats, rushing out as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

"Please, don't be impulsive!" Conan, lying on the hospital bed, was startled by their words. He was about to dissuade them when he discovered that they had already cut off the call from the detective's armband.

"Okay, I understand!" At this moment, Inspector Megure finally ended the call and turned to Kogoro Mouri and Yuu Aragaki, saying, "The headquarters has already drafted a joint countermeasure. I'll be going to the Kyoto Railway command center in a bit; you two can come with me!"

"Okay, I'll go with you right away!" For some reason, Kogoro Mouri seemed to be recalling his time as a detective, and saluted Inspector Megure.

"I think I'll pass," Aragaki Yu shook his head at Inspector Megure. "I think I'll stay at the hospital and keep an eye on Conan. If the culprit keeps calling, I can notify you officers immediately."

"Huh!?" Conan looked at Aragaki Yu in shock, frantically shaking his hand in refusal, "No...no need, Aragaki-nii-san, Professor Agasa is enough for me!"

"No, I think you still need it, Conan." Aragaki Yu smiled and repeated each word to Conan.

"Um..." For some reason, Conan felt that Aragaki Yu's gaze was full of hidden meaning, as if something very bad would happen if he refused again.

"Hmm..." Although he was extremely unwilling, he could only nod weakly.

"Then thank you for your trouble, Aragaki! Let's get going, Mori." Inspector Megure didn't think much of it. Time was of the essence. He nodded to Aragaki Yu and then called Mori Kogoro out of the ward, preparing to head to the railway command center.

"..."

After Inspector Megure and Kogoro closed the door, the entire ward suddenly fell silent.

At this moment, only Conan, who was lying on the hospital bed with a heavy heart, and Aragaki Yu, who was standing at the window gazing into the distance, remained in the ward, while Professor Agasa stood there, somewhat confused about the situation.

The atmosphere in the ward suddenly became somewhat eerie.

"Cough cough..."

Finally, Conan, lying in his hospital bed, couldn't take it anymore. He coughed twice and said, "Big brother Aragaki, I'm actually much better now. You don't need to stay here..."

Because Aragaki Yu was in the hospital room, Conan was a little hesitant to act as a detective. He was also very anxious as he noticed that time was ticking away.

"Oh!" Aragaki Yu, who had been staring out the window, immediately turned to look at Conan after hearing his words. "Are you completely alright now, Conan?"

"Hmm...hmm!" Conan felt a little uncomfortable under Aragaki Yu's gaze, but he still nodded, suppressing the awkward feeling.

However, even he himself could feel how forced his expression was at that moment, which made people suspicious at a glance.

“Alright then.” However, Aragaki Yu didn’t seem to notice this, and instead nodded with great satisfaction.

Just as Conan was eagerly waiting for Aragaki Yu to say goodbye, his next words left Conan speechless with surprise.

Even Professor Agasa, who was standing to the side, looked at Aragaki Yu in shock.

"Now that everything's alright, let's get going!"

"!!!"

Conan and Professor Agasa looked at Aragaki Yuu, who was tidying up his somewhat disheveled clothes, with puzzlement.

"Set off? Where are we going?"

Aragaki Yu, who had already turned and walked towards the door, turned back and rolled his eyes at Conan, who was still lying motionless on the bed. "Go check out the scene," he said. "You won't get any useful information staying here. Conan, don't you want to go?"

"what……!?"

Although Conan did have this idea, the reason he wanted to send Aragaki away was more or less because he had the intention of sneaking out to investigate.

However, Conan still felt a little strange that Aragaki Yu brought up this matter at this time.

Furthermore, why would Yu Aragaki invite a child like himself to go along?

"Could it be that he knows something!?" Conan was suddenly startled by this thought and couldn't help but look suspiciously at Aragaki Yu at the door.

However, Yuu Aragaki seemed oblivious to Conan's suspicious gaze, and instead continued to urge, "What are you still standing there for, Conan!"

Seeing Conan's indifference, Aragaki Yu deliberately added a puzzled expression and explained, "That's strange. Since Kudo entrusted everything to you, he shouldn't have prevented you from going to the scene. That's completely out of character for a detective."

"So...so that's how it is!" Conan finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

He almost thought he was about to lose his elementary school student persona!

"Yes, right! Shinichi-nii-san did say that to me, I almost forgot, hahaha..." Conan chuckled awkwardly, scratching his head, and then continued along with Aragaki Yu's words.

Then he immediately jumped off the hospital bed, put on his shoes, and started looking for his coat.

Chapter 238 Inspector Megure suddenly misses his younger brother

"Let's go, Professor Agasa!"

Yuu Aragaki waved to Professor Agasa, who was still standing there in a daze.

"What, I have to go too?"

Professor Agasa's mouth dropped open in surprise as he pointed at himself.

He thought that Yuu Aragaki only intended to kidnap Conan, but he didn't expect that he would be dragged along as well.

Yuu Aragaki glanced at Professor Agasa and frowned slightly: "What nonsense are you talking about, Professor Agasa? If you don't go, who will drive?"

Dr. A Li: "..."

Even Conan, who was putting on his coat, paused slightly and glanced at Aragaki Yu with surprise.

But upon further reflection, he realized that what Aragaki Yu said made a lot of sense, so he followed Aragaki Yu's gaze and looked at Professor Agasa as well.

"Okay, fine..." Professor Agasa nodded somewhat helplessly. He had originally planned to take advantage of the opportunity to go out for a nice meal while he was alone.

Professor Agasa doesn't know why, but Ai has been so strict with her diet lately; she hasn't tasted fried chicken or hamburgers in a long time.

"Then I'll trouble you, Professor Agasa, to drive the car to the hospital entrance first." After instructing Professor Agasa, Aragaki Yu opened the door and looked around.

After confirming that there was no one in the corridor, Yuu Aragaki quickly called out to Conan, "There's no one outside now, let's go quickly. If the hospital staff find us, you might not be able to escape."

"Hmm!" Conan nodded. Although he knew he was not seriously injured, he also knew very well that the doctor would not allow him, an injured person, to run around.

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Family restaurant.