Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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"Actually, I've heard some things about this before,"

Mori, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

“Yumi’s parents divorced when she was very young, and she grew up with her grandparents.”

"How come we didn't know that?"

Noriko Ayashiro, Mori's classmate, looked puzzled.

"I overheard it by chance,"

Mori said, "Yumi has always been a strong-willed person, how could she tell us these things?"

"So, Aunt Yumi is afraid of marriage because of her parents' divorce, which is why she doesn't want to get married?"

Xiao Lan covered her mouth in surprise and asked, "Does Uncle Zhi know about this?"

"That's something only the two of them probably know,"

Mori sighed.

"However, they both bear responsibility for how things turned out this way."

Mori and his classmates were all listless because of the case.

On the other side, Sato was also watching Matsuda complain.

"What's wrong with you? You were listless yesterday, and you're still like this today?"

"I can't help it, I've had too much going on these past few days, I'm probably a bit tired," Matsuda said casually.

"Sigh, I was planning to go to the Kamo River Ocean World with you after we came to Chiba,"

Sato said somewhat dejectedly, "I've been wanting to see the orca show there for a long time."

"If you want to go, let's go now."

Matsuda checked the time; it wasn't even noon yet.

"If we go now, we can still have most of the day to play. We'll head back to Tokyo in the evening."

"Weren't you tired?"

Sato snorted and hesitated, "Besides, we came here on business, but we're going to the aquarium to play. Isn't that inappropriate?"

"Of course I'm tired from handling cases, but how could I be tired from spending time with you?"

Matsuda laughed and said, "As for whether going out to play is a good idea, look at the time. If we take the train back to Tokyo now, we'll be off work by the time we get back. In that case, we might as well just stay here and have some fun. Inspector Megure will definitely understand."

……

Matsuda originally thought that going to the aquarium would definitely be a date for the two of them, Sato.

But unexpectedly, just before setting off, Sato invited Ran and Conan as well.

In the ocean world, two girls walked ahead chatting and laughing, with Matsuda and Conan following behind them.

"Why did you have to come along, you brat!"

Matsuda glared at Conan: "You've ruined my peaceful time together!"

Do you think I wanted to come?

Conan glanced sideways and replied, inwardly scoffing.

That jerk! Instead of complaining to Sister Xiaolan, all he does is yell at me!

The four of them took a walk around the aquarium.

Finally, we arrived at the orca show venue that Sato had been looking forward to.

"Wow, orcas look so cute, they're just like giant dolphins!"

Sato looked at the large black and white creature in the pool below and exclaimed excitedly.

"Yes, orcas are really smart. They can understand even the most complicated commands from their trainers."

Xiao Lan nodded excitedly from the side.

"Actually, orcas belong to the dolphin family, and they are highly intelligent..."

Conan began to show off his knowledge.

The two girls listened attentively while watching the orca performance.

Matsuda looked around and asked in confusion, "Isn't this supposed to be a popular show? Why does it seem like there aren't many people here?"

Chapter 70 Conan Who Doesn't Need to Go to School

"It's a workday. Do you think everyone can come out and play during work hours like you?" Conan said irritably.

"I'm out here for work, but what about you and Ran?" Matsuda asked in surprise. "It's a weekday, and you two don't have to go to school?"

The longer I stay in the world of Detective Conan, the stronger the feeling of what year it is becomes.

Matsuda has given up on keeping track of time; he just lives one day at a time.

"We arrived in Chiba the day before yesterday!" Conan said helplessly. "The day before yesterday was a day off. If we hadn't been involved in a murder case and had to stay to give a statement, Ran and I would have rushed back to Tokyo for school yesterday morning!"

"Hmm, if a murder occurs, you don't have to go to school. Does that mean you can play around all year round, Conan?" Matsuda teased.

"I'll say it again, I'm not Death!"

Conan snapped, "Isn't it normal for a detective to be at a murder scene?"

“It’s normal for a detective to appear at a crime scene, but it’s not normal for a murder to occur every time you, the detective, show up!” Matsuda retorted.

this……

Conan immediately fell silent.

Actually, after hearing Matsuda call him the Grim Reaper so many times...

Conan sometimes wonders if he really has some kind of unlucky aura about him.

Otherwise, it would be too much of a coincidence that something bad always happens wherever we go.

Thinking of this, Conan took out a sachet from his pocket.

"This thing is completely useless," he muttered.

"Isn't this something from the Mihara Shrine?"

Matsuda looked at the sachet in Conan's hand and felt it looked familiar. He snatched it, opened it, and found that it was indeed the protective salt from the old shrine priest of Beika Shrine.

"Didn't you say you didn't believe in this thing? Why are you still carrying it?"

Matsuda looked at Conan strangely. This kid had actually started engaging in superstitious activities?

"This was a gift from Ran!" Conan blushed.

It's truly shameful for someone who firmly believes in science to carry around such superstitious things.

As the two were talking, they heard the surrounding audience suddenly become excited and raise their hands.

Sato and Ran, who were in front of them, also stood up excitedly, raised their hands, and shouted, "Pick me! Pick me!"

Matsuda, who was visiting the aquarium for the first time and hadn't paid attention to the shows below, asked curiously, "What's going on?"

"Isn't it that the trainers select people to go down and get up close to the orcas?"

Conan, who had visited other aquariums, guessed.

Just as he said, the trainer in charge of the performance looked at the enthusiastic tourists around her.

Four lucky audience members were quickly selected from the seats in the four directions.

And the person chosen from Matsuda's position was naturally the "lucky one," Ms. Ran Mouri.

"What a pity! We went to so much trouble to come all this way..."

Sato looked down enviously and walked to Ran by the orca pool.

"Sister Xiaolan has always been very lucky,"

Conan smiled smugly.

"Whether it's a street lottery or a shopping mall lottery, as long as Sister Xiaolan participates, she almost always wins the grand prize. Even when playing mahjong or other games that rely on luck, Sister Xiaolan always wins easily."

"Xiao Lan is so lucky. Compared to her, I'm just..."

After hearing Conan's words, Sato seemed to remember something and suddenly sighed.

"Alright, the Ferris wheel explosion three years ago wasn't your fault,"

Matsuda gently pulled her into his arms.

"Besides, I'm perfectly fine now."

Because of his father's accident when he was young, and Matsuda's accident three years ago,

Sato always believed that all of this was due to her bad luck.

Anyone who gets close to her will be cursed by her.

This is also why Sato has been hesitant to commit to a relationship with Matsuda.

"I really don't want to see something like what happened three years ago again..." Sato murmured softly.

"Don't worry, I promise that something like what happened three years ago will never happen again."

Matsuda, with his arm around Sato, watched as the usually spirited female detective suddenly revealed a more feminine side.

The stark contrast made Matsuda almost unable to contain himself.

He was about to lower his head and kiss her.

Then I heard a loud cough from the side.

The voice came from a pretty girl with short, brown hair that went past her ears, wearing sunglasses and dressed in a neutral style.

She pointed to Conan beside her: "Officers, it's not appropriate to do this in a public place, especially with children here..."

"ah!"

The thin-skinned Sato instantly sobered up.