Chapter 26: The Haunted Old House
Didan Primary School
During the break, the little loli Ayumi came to Conan's position with an expectant expression on her face: "Conan, after school, come with us to kill monsters!"
Conan was confused: "Monster? What monster?"
Genta walked over with his arms folded across his chest: "Forget it, Ayumi, Conan can't do it. He definitely can't help."
Conan: “···” What’s the matter with feeling like hitting someone?
Ayumi was a little reluctant: "But if it's just me and Genta, I'm worried that we won't be able to destroy the monster."
"So," Conan was speechless, "where is the monster you're talking about?"
Ayumi looked at Conan: "It's in the old house on 4th chome!"
"An old Western-style house on 4th chome?" Conan was stunned.
"Yeah," Ayumi's expression turned horrified, "It is said that after the owner of the house was killed five years ago, the house became scary."
Oh, is that the one you're talking about? Conan remembered that the case seemed to be a roving crime, and the police had limited manpower and finally left it unsolved.
"The wife and son of the owner of the house also moved away, and later the house was occupied by an evil spirit!" Ayumi tried her best to make her tone sound scary.
"Evil spirit?" Conan was confused. When did this happen? How come he didn't know about it?
"In the middle of the night, horrible sighing sounds are often heard from the house. Any dog that accidentally runs in will be found turned into bones and thrown on the roadside the next day." Ayumi's tone became more and more terrifying.
"Besides, I saw with my own eyes last night that there were, there were will-o'-the-wisps floating in the window of that house!"
"Ah!!!!" Ayumi suddenly screamed.
"Uh!"
Seeing Conan's expression, Ayumi asked excitedly: "How is it, are you scared?"
Conan lowered his eyes, speechless. Please, I was scared by your scream, okay?
"How can there be monsters in this world!" Mitsuhiko, who was reading a book, looked disdainful. "In this scientific age, monsters and ghosts only appear on TV and in movies. They are all lies."
Yuanta walked over unhappily and dropped his fist on the table: "Why, do you mean Ayumi is lying?"
Ayumi's expression immediately became aggrieved.
Mitsuhiko stammered: "No, that's not what I meant..."
"In that case," Genta grabbed Mitsuhiko by the collar, "You have to come with us tonight to prove that monsters really exist in this world! If you don't come, I won't let you go!"
"Hey, I want to go too?"
In this way, under Genta's pressure, Mitsuhiko and Conan were dragged onto the pirate ship together.
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After hearing this, Youya had a speechless expression on his face.
He went to the street to buy daily necessities and was on his way home. When he passed by here, he saw four sneaky figures hiding in the bushes.
At first he thought they were thieves or something, but after catching them he found out that they were actually some little brats from the Junior Detective League.
Fortunately, he stopped quickly, otherwise it would not just be Conan's head that would be hit.
He looked helplessly at the four little brats in front of him and said, "So, this is why you didn't go home after dark, but came here?"
"Destroy the monster?"
Yuya rolled his eyes at Conan: Kids like to make trouble, and you, a high school student, join in the fun?
Conan was holding the bump on his head and felt very aggrieved. What could he do? These naughty kids would not listen to him at all.
Rather than letting them run around and get into trouble, it would be better for me to come along and keep an eye on them. But I didn't expect to meet Yuya.
When Ayumi saw Yuya, she happily rushed over and hugged his thighs: "Brother Yuya, can you also help to eliminate the monsters?"
Yuya had a headache.
Ever since he rescued these little brats from the big thief last time, You has become acquainted with them.
They met a few more times after that, and You also treated them to a lot of snacks, so they became familiar with each other.
Especially Ayumi likes Yuya very much - you know, a handsome and gentle big brother can be very lethal to little girls.
"No, I still have to go home..." Youye wanted to refuse.
It was late at night, and he had things in his hands and really didn't want to play with a few little ghosts. Besides, there was only a man who was locked up to escape the crime of murder and an old woman in this so-called haunted house. Conan could handle it alone.
Professor Agasa made a lot of high-tech equipment for Conan, so he should have no problem dealing with two ordinary people.
"Ding!"
"Solve an old case in an old villa. Task reward: a number of reward points." The system suddenly issued a task.
"...But, my home is not far from here, so it's okay for me to play with you for a while." Youye changed the subject.
"Great!" Ayumi jumped up happily.
"Okay, everyone, take out everything you've prepared!" Yuan Tai shouted when he saw this.
"This is the baseball bat I use to kill monsters!" Yuantai raised the metal bat in his hand.
Youye's eyebrows jumped. How did you bring this thing out from home?
"I prepared some snacks for when you're hungry!" Ayumi opened her small backpack, which contained a bunch of snacks.
Yuya nodded. Ayumi was more presentable since at least she brought some food.
"I brought four flashlights and a compass to prevent myself from getting lost." Mitsuhiko took out the things he brought from his bag.
Yuya looked at Mitsuhiko with admiration. Although he was a little kid, Mitsuhiko was indeed the intellectual leader of the Junior Detective Team besides Conan.
The three of them took out their things, but seeing that Conan didn't move, they couldn't help but ask: "Conan, what about you?"
Conan laughed dryly: "I didn't prepare anything..." Is it necessary to prepare so many things just to explore an old house? It's not like we're attacking the devil's castle.
"Ah? You don't even know how you died!" Yuantai was a little dissatisfied. Conan was too unreliable!
Ayumi also agreed: "That's right, if you're not careful you'll be killed by monsters!"
Mitsuhiko also nodded in agreement.
Hey, hey, hey, don’t you not believe in monsters? Conan saw that Mitsuhiko stood on the side of Genta and the others, and couldn’t help but be speechless: "Ahahahaha, I will try my best not to die..."
"Conan, you can't do this!" Yuya suddenly squatted down and slapped Conan on the head.
Conan lowered his eyes and looked at Yuya with murderous eyes. What do you want to do?
Yuya ignored Conan's gaze and continued to play the role of an adult: "You knew there were monsters inside, but you didn't prepare anything. I'm afraid you won't be the first one to be killed."
"Compared to Yuantai and the others, you are really unqualified!"
"That's right!" Yuantai and the other two echoed and looked at Conan with contempt.
Why are you playing with them too? Conan questioned Yuya with his eyes.
Yuya answered Conan with the same look: Since we are here, of course we have to have fun!
Conan's mouth twitched wildly.