A week passed, and I was craving Korean food, so I rode my bike to the market to buy groceries.
On the way, I saw Conan and the Detective Boys looking for something, so I stopped my bike for a moment and said hi.
"It's been a while.
What are you looking for?"
"Onmyoji brother, hello.
Well, you see..."
The Detective Boys said they were looking for a cat.
'This is the bathroom murder case episode.
Seriously, that death god kid.'
"Want me to help with onmyoji techniques?"
"Wow~ That'd be great~"
But Conan said with a pouty face.
"But this is our job.
If we leave the Detective Boys' work to adults, there'd be no point in forming the group."
Hearing that, Ayumi took Conan's side and said.
"That's right, if we get help from adults, there's no meaning in making the Detective Boys."
"Really? Then I'll just do a reading for you."
"Okay~"
I pretended to do a reading roughly.
Doing this a lot, I was getting the hang of it, and I actually felt like a real onmyoji.
"Hmm... I see what looks like the same person twice... Two people, but it's one person."
"Huh? What does that mean?"
"Well, I don't know either. That's what the reading showed.
Anyway, see you later.
I hope you find it soon."
"Goodbye~"
I was about to ride my bike again when the Detective Boys waved goodbye.
I waved back too.
Conan still had that pouty face.
'Kid, I was trying to make it easier for you...'
Lately, Conan's wariness toward me had increased a lot.
It was probably because of what happened when Shinichi's parents came and I got one over on him.
Or maybe his parents scolded him that day.
The next day, as expected, the brother murder case was in the newspaper.
The two were twins, and the younger brother killed the older brother and then disguised himself as the older brother, so Conan wandered around unable to find the body.
'I wonder if he solved it well with the hint I gave him.'
A few more days passed, and while I was talking with Ran, she said we should visit the Mouri Detective Agency since it had been a while.
I didn't want to go empty-handed, so I decided to bring snacks for Conan and some seafood I received as gifts.
"You don't have to bring that..."
"This is leftovers.
I got so much.
I even gave some to the housekeepers and still had some left.
I'll make something delicious for you again.
If I leave it, I'll have to throw it away."
All of it was true.
The CEO of a seafood distribution company gave me a ton after I handled something for him.
"Aigoo, really... You don't have to..."
Contrary to her words, she didn't look like she was refusing.
Because it was 'snow crab'.
She was practically drooling.
"Hahaha, your words say one thing, but your body is honest.
You're about to drool."
"Gulp... W-Was it that obvious?"
Ran swallowed and said, embarrassed.
We rode the bike and arrived at the office.
"Oh~ Snow crab!"
As expected, this time too, Kogoro was thrilled.
"It's just, I got too much.
It would be a waste to throw it away."
"Son-in-law, throwing away snow crab brings bad luck.
So let's make sure we finish all of it.
Hahahahaha"
Just then, Conan came into the agency with some girl.
"Uncle.
There's a client here."
"Huh? A client?"
The girl who came with Conan was a very cute-looking high school student.
Kogoro said, looking at the girl.
"That girl?"
"Yes."
"Then come inside first and write your name, address, and phone number here..."
I figured it would take a while, so I put the seafood in the fridge for now.
Ran helped me next to me.
"So, what brings you here?"
"Well, I'm trying to find someone.
He suddenly disappeared and isn't going to school.
I don't know what to do... This is his photo."
The girl showed a photo, and the person she was looking for was Shinichi.
Ran, Kogoro, and Conan were extremely surprised seeing the photo.
"This is! Shinichi!"
When we said that in surprise, the girl hurriedly asked.
"You know Shinichi? Please tell me!! Where is he right now?"
Hearing that, Ran explained.
"Shinichi is away 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 hesitated for a moment and then said.
"Shinichi is my boyfriend."
At those words, Ran was so shocked that she asked again loudly.
"Whaaat~!!!??? Shinichi is your boyfriend????"
"Oh, yes..."
"Th-That..."
Conan hurriedly tried to smooth over the situation, pretending to defend Shinichi (himself) and said.
"You must be mistaken.
It might be someone who looks similar..."
"No!! It's definitely him! We even kissed!!"
"What, what did you say??"
Kogoro added fuel to the fire with his words.
"Shinichi, that guy, using a case as an excuse to go around playing with girls."
Ran was incredibly angry and trembled as she said.
"Ah... I see? I don't care about that guy anymore.
I'm going to marry Jin in the future anyway, so it doesn't matter anymore!!!"
'Oho~ This is getting fun...'
I went over to the phone set up in the office for a moment and hacked it so no calls would come in for a while.
In the original, a call comes to Professor Agasa and Conan uses that to buy time, but I blocked it in advance.
'I can't waste this good opportunity.
Kuhahahahot!'
Kogoro said.
"Well, it's late today, so let's start tomorrow.
If we find Shinichi, we'll contact you right away."
"I'll be counting on you."
And so the girl left, and Conan tried to say something to Ran, but he couldn't even speak seeing Ran's scary expression.
"Then, I'll go buy some vegetables."
"Let's go together."
"No, I'll ride the bike and be back quickly."
"Okay."
I went outside and took out [Jack Sparrow's Compass] from my inventory.
This case was about Hideo, a soccer player, whose younger brother Mamoru was kidnapped and he was being forced to lose the game.
The girl who couldn't stand by, his girlfriend Ryoko, came to ask the famous boy detective Shinichi for help.
I intended to resolve this as quickly as possible and return to the office.
This was a race against time, so I used my ability [Rumble-Rumble Fruit] to move quickly, knocked out the kidnapper Naoki and the kidnapped Mamoru instantly, carried Mamoru and laid him down at Hideo's house, took out the needed vegetables from my inventory, and returned to the office.
It seemed to take about 30 minutes.
It took some time laying Mamoru at Hideo's house.
It should work out fine now.
"I bought the vegetables~"
"Oh~ You're here."
Kogoro looked like he was waiting eagerly for the vegetables because he wanted to eat the snow crab quickly.
"It took a while? Did you spend a lot of money again?"
"I didn't buy that much, but I brought a bottle of sake from home for the detective, so I was late."
I held up the sake.
Seeing that, Kogoro said with a bright face.
"As expected! My son-in-law knows what's up.
Hahahahaha"
I steamed the snow crab, prepared it so it was easy to eat, and made a seafood stew with the seafood and set it out.
"Hmm~ How long has it been since I ate snow crab."
"Right.
Jin, thank you~"
"No.
I got so much that I didn't know what to do with it.
Sharing it deliciously with people around me like this is what's good."
I even made fried rice with the crab innards after we ate the snow crab deliciously.
"Ugh~ I ate too much... It was so good that I overdid it today."
"Phew~ I think I'll gain weight too."
"Ran, you could gain a little more weight."
At those words, Ran said, embarrassed.
"Aigoo~ Jin, really..."
Conan was quiet and didn't say much.
He looked like he was thinking hard, trying to figure out how to solve this situation.
'Hehehe, it's already too late.'
"Then I'll see you next time."
"Get home safely."
"Jin, that was great today.
Next time I'll definitely make something delicious for you~"
"Sure, I'll look forward to it."
I returned home.
My relationship with Ran seemed to be getting better and better, so I felt good.
And I got one over on the death god.
A few days passed, and I went to school, and Ran came and said let's go on a hot spring trip together.
"Dad said his class reunion is at a hot spring.
So we're going too.
And Dad said since we got seafood from you last time, we should invite Jin along this time."
Kogoro invited me, who had no relation, to the hot spring for his class reunion.
I was grateful.
Or maybe he doesn't think of me as a stranger anymore.
"I had nothing to do this weekend anyway, so this works out."
On the day of the hot spring trip, Kogoro, Conan, Ran, and I departed for the hot spring.
Conan looked quite displeased that I was coming along.
'It all shows on your face, kid.'
This time we took a train to Tochigi Prefecture and then a bus.
Honestly, I was dying to take out a car from my inventory.
It was too inconvenient.
Plus, being a celebrity, I sometimes had to give autographs, which made it worse.
'Aigoo... I should recruit a driver.'
Anyway, we arrived at the hot spring inn.
Looking at the inn, it was the same place I saw in the original.
'Since we're going out with Conan, a murder case is bound to happen, as expected of the death god...'
We unpacked at the inn and rested a bit, and were about to go into the hot spring when I saw Ran taking Conan with her.
I immediately grabbed Conan.
"Conan has to go in with me."
Seeing that, Ran said.
"He's still young, so isn't it okay?"
"Really? I lived overseas and came to Japan, so I don't know well.
Sometimes when I go to bathhouses, little girls come into the men's bath and run around, and that was really shocking to me.
If it were overseas, the parents would be arrested by police immediately.
I don't think it's 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... well..."
"Alright, men's bath it is!"
I grabbed Conan, who was hesitating, and went into the men's bath.
Conan followed obediently, having given up.
Conan kept making a displeased face while in the bath.
So I asked.
"Did you want to bathe with your sister that badly?"
"No... that's..."
He blushed again and got flustered.
"Oho~ I didn't know Conan was such a pervert?"
"It's not like that, I..."
"You're not?"
"..."
Conan couldn't finish his words at 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 shocked seeing my huge johnson and panicked, but I just acted like nothing happened, showered, washed Conan's hair, scrubbed his back, and we came out together.
"It's nice to enjoy a hot spring after a long time.
Right, Conan?"
"I was super shocked."
"Huh? By what?"
"It's nothing."