Chapter 177: Conan opened his mouth, which had been blessed

Seeing the look in Akaso Kaze's eyes, Miyano Akemi secretly laughed.

What she hoped for most was not her own happiness, but her sister's.

Besides Akaso Kaze, who else could be powerful enough to protect Haibara Ai and keep her from worrying about the threat of the Black Organization?

What's more, she had been secretly watching everything that happened this morning.

Lord Akaso seemed to have a very special fondness for her sister...

So, sister, you must be happy~

After strolling for an hour, it was time to go back.

The Disguise Technique only lasted for three hours, and with the travel time, there wasn't much left.

Akaso Kaze carried the bags of clothes, followed behind the two sisters who were holding hands and skipping along, and went downstairs with a smile.

Meanwhile, at the entrance of the mall.

Conan was drenched in sweat, bent over, supporting himself with his two short legs, and panting heavily.

It was a cloudy day, and his solar-powered skateboard had run out of battery halfway there.

He hadn't brought any money, so he could only rely on his two little legs to get here.

"But, I finally made it. I have to find Mom and Akaso Kaze and ask them face-to-face what their relationship is."

Conan felt he couldn't let things continue like this.

Thinking about the day Kudo Yukiko might end up with Akaso Kaze...

Even the slightest possibility made Conan shudder.

Especially when he remembered that he had once called Akaso Kaze "Dad."

He felt like crying but had no tears.

Oh, this mouth of mine that's been blessed!

Behind him, a familiar sound suddenly came from the distance.

Conan turned his head in confusion.

He saw Akaso Kaze opening the car door by the side of the road.

Kudo Yukiko and Haibara Ai were giggling as they sat inside the car.

"Mom, Mom! Wait!"

Conan hurriedly chased after them.

Unfortunately, the distance was too great.

They couldn't hear him at all.

Akaso Kaze got into the car and stepped on the gas.

The supercar flew off in an instant.

Only the lonely, unfortunate soul of the Heisei era was left messy in the wind.

Early morning, Osaka Kaifang Academy, inside the classroom of Class 2-B, the surrounding students were rowdy and noisy.

Hattori Heiji sat at his desk, chin in one hand, looking at the newspaper in his hand, his eyes scanning the Daily Yomiuri to read yesterday's news.

"A murder case occurred at the villa of the president of the Yotsui Group; the famous Tokyo Onmyoji, Akaso Kaze, appeared at the scene and caught the criminal on the spot."

"In addition, a forest fire occurred around the villa. According to President Yotsui, it was caused by the Onmyoji's spellcasting to exorcise spirits..."

"Heh, what complete nonsense."

Hattori Heiji put down the newspaper and slammed his hand on the desk.

Beside him, Toyama Kazuha, who was tidying up her desk, saw this and paused, then asked, "What's wrong with you, Heiji?"

"Nothing! It's nothing!"

Hattori Heiji waved his hand, still looking depressed, tilting his head to stare at the classroom ceiling.

"It's that high school detective from Tokyo, Kudo Shinichi!"

"I used to see reports about him in the paper all the time, but now he's completely vanished, and instead, some Onmyoji who keeps solving cases has popped up."

"Ah? You're upset just because of that?"

Toyama Kazuha curled her lips helplessly and opened her textbook. "He probably has other things to do lately, which is why he hasn't been involved in cases."

"No! Absolutely not!"

Hattori Heiji shook his head. "I'm a detective myself... To a detective, everything else is secondary; only cases are indispensable!"

Saying this, Hattori Heiji clenched his fists. "As the great detective of Kansai, I've always wanted to have a detective-to-detective showdown with that guy!"

"Ugh~" Toyama Kazuha rolled her eyes. "If that's the case, why don't you just go find that spirit medium mentioned in the news?"

"Find an Onmyoji for a showdown?" Hattori Heiji curled his lips in disdain. "I'm a detective, not one of those fraudulent charlatans."

"Hmph, the charlatan you're talking about has already solved several cases."

Toyama Kazuha said, "Dad was telling me yesterday: the Negishi Masaki case, the Hatamoto family murder case, the Bandaged Monster case, the Izu Mystery Tour, and yesterday's Yotsui family kidnapping case—the solving of all these cases is related to him."

"He solved all these cases?" Hattori Heiji was full of surprise.

He had heard of these cases, especially the Izu Mystery Tour, which was rumored to be very mysterious.

It was said that a member of a very powerful organization thought he had provoked an Onmyoji and was cursed to death.