Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Chapter 1298 Peeping and Entrustment

Yuya returned home after shopping at the supermarket. Just as she was about to open the door, she suddenly felt a gaze secretly observing her.

He casually pretended to rummage through his pocket for his keys, while glancing around discreetly—no one was there.

The other party seemed to have noticed something, and the feeling of being spied on vanished instantly.

Is someone spying on me?

Yuya frowned slightly, but calmly found the key and opened the door.

Once inside, Yuya immediately took out her phone and sent a message: "Have you noticed any 'eyes' lately?"

After a while, a reply popped up—nothing.

Yuya stared at the screen, lost in thought—since Vermouth impersonated Kaito Kid and disguised herself as Yusaku Kudo, the Black Organization had not taken any further action.

It was as if Vermouth had acted alone that time, just to visit Conan.

Just then, footsteps approached from afar. Yu looked up and saw Curaçao walking over wearing an apron.

"You're back? Why are you standing at the door and not coming in?" Curaçao asked, puzzled, while reaching out her hand.

Yu handed over the bag she was holding and asked, "Have you noticed anything unusual lately?"

Curaçao paused, then shook her head. "No. What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, maybe it's just my imagination," Yu said casually.

Curaçao gave an "oh," glanced at Yuya but couldn't see anything, said "curry for lunch" and then turned and went back to the kitchen to cook.

Yuya made himself a cup of coffee, stood by the window, and peeked out through a crack in the curtains—of course, there was nothing there.

Neither Curaçao nor Subaru Okiya noticed that they were being watched. So, the other party was after them?

who is it?

If he wasn't part of the organization, could it be a prisoner from one of his past cases who was released from prison and came to take revenge on him?

Because Kogoro Mouri had been targeted by released prisoners, Yu couldn't help but consider that possibility.

Just as Yuya was deep in thought, his phone suddenly vibrated.

He took it out and glanced at it; it was a message from Conan—come to the agency right away!

"Tell Mio I'm going out for a bit!" Yuu called out towards the kitchen.

Shiho Miyano worked through the night in the lab last night, and she's probably still fast asleep in bed right now.

"Understood," came Curaçao's reply from the kitchen.

Soon, Yuya arrived at the Mouri Detective Agency.

Upon entering, they saw a suitcase, and Conan and Ran Mouri were sitting listlessly on the sofa.

Yu was taken aback for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Are you... going on a trip?"

Suddenly, a painful wail came from the direction of the toilet. Yuu glanced over instinctively and recognized the voice. It sounded like Kogoro Mouri's, with a faint crackling sound mixed in.

"Uncle, what's wrong?"

Ran Mouri said with a pained expression, "Dad was going to take us to Nagano Prefecture, but I don't know what he ate wrong, he's been in the toilet for half an hour now."

Conan nodded weakly.

Yuya's eyebrows twitched as she listened: "He's been having diarrhea for half an hour, won't something bad happen? Should we take him to the hospital for a checkup?"

Ran Mouri: "That's what I was thinking, but Dad said we couldn't ignore the client's affairs, so he had us call you here."

Yu understood: "He wants to give the commission to me?"

Ran Mouri nodded: "Yes, because the agreed date is today, and it wouldn't be good to postpone it at the last minute..."

Yuya asked in confusion, "But, if I'm feeling unwell, the other person should understand, right?"

Ran Mouri's expression immediately turned awkward, and she stammered, unable to say a word.

At this moment, Conan said with his half-moon eyes downcast, "Isn't it because Uncle spent half of the commission fee on a big meal? The client said that if it is postponed, the commission fee should be returned first. I guess he thinks Uncle is unreliable and plans to find someone else."

Yu suddenly realized, and at the same time was somewhat speechless. This was indeed Kogoro Mouri's style.

“Fine,” Yuya scratched his head. “Anyway, I have nothing else to do.”

When Ran Mouri saw that Yuya had agreed, she said happily, "That's great! Oh, right, Yuya, don't worry, I'll have my dad transfer the rest of the commission fee to you."

Yu waved her hand dismissively: "No need, what kind of relationship do we have? It's just a small favor."

"No way!" Ran Mouri said seriously, "We can't let Yuya help for nothing. We've only paid half the fee to begin with. Shin... Conan, you have to help out when you go with us. You have to contribute at least half the fee!"

Conan lowered his half-moon eyes and said, "Yes, yes, I understand."

What do you mean by "serving half the commission fee"? Does that mean that the dignified Shinichi Kudo is only worth half the commission fee?

Yuya's brow furrowed—half the commission fee, which is 25 yen, or 250... Hmm, that number is indeed a bit odd.

“However,” Conan added, “Uncle said the client requested four people to come. What about the other two?”

Yu was taken aback: "You still need to specify the number of people?"

Ran Mouri nodded, looking expectantly at Yuya: "Where are Mio and Harumi-nee?"

Yuu scratched his head: "Uh, Mio is still catching up on sleep. She was too tired last night. Harumi-nee is preparing lunch."

Conan: ...Curaçao is becoming more and more like a housewife. She's really adapted. That wretched Yuya, he has two beautiful women cooking for him every day!

Even though one of them was his girlfriend, he was still envious and jealous.

Ran Mouri paused, taken aback: "Catching up on sleep?" Her eyes held a strange expression. "Yuya, not to be mean, but young people should be more restrained..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Yuya blushed. "She didn't sleep all night because of Conan!"

Ran Mouri was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that Shiho Miyano was busy with the antidote. Her face turned bright red: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood."

Yuuya squinted his eyes and said, "Ran, you've become bad. Did Conan corrupt you?"

"No, no!" Ran Mouri waved her hands frantically. "Nothing like that, don't think such things!"

Conan, with his dead fish eyes, was utterly speechless: What do you mean I corrupted you? In my current state, even if I wanted to, I couldn't! Can you speak like a human being?

Just then, a familiar voice came from outside the door: "What do you mean, 'leading astray'?"

The three looked up and saw Amuro Tooru standing at the door with a smile.

Ran Mouri's eyes lit up: "Mr. Amuro, you've come at the perfect time!"

"Huh?" A question mark appeared above Amuro Tooru's head.

after awhile.

Having learned the whole story, Amuro Tooru smiled and nodded: "No problem, the boss and his friends went to the hot springs and the coffee shop is closed for the day, so I'm free this afternoon and all day tomorrow, I can go with you!"

Yuya and Conan were speechless—even if the coffee shop is closed, doesn't the police officer have anything else to do? He's got way too much free time; how is he supposed to protect his lover like this?!

Ran Mouri said happily, "That's great! By the way, if the coffee shop is closed, will Miss Azusa be free?"

Amuro Tooru shook his head: "Unfortunately, she already has plans with someone else tomorrow."

"I see," Ran Mouri said with some disappointment, looking at Yuya, "Then, shall we ask Harumi-nee?"

Yu shrugged: "To make matters worse, Harumi is taking some kids to the amusement park tomorrow."

“This is not a good idea,” Ran Mouri said with a troubled expression. “We’re still short one person.”

Amuro Tooru guessed, "Did the client book a meal or accommodation for four people? Since it's a client request, maybe we should find someone else who likes mystery?"

He looked at Ran Mouri: "I remember, you seem to have a classmate who is a female high school detective?"

"It might be inconvenient for her to say that." Ran Mouri looked a little embarrassed.

Amuro Tooru: ? He was puzzled, but didn't ask any further questions.

Because of what happened at the last birthday party, their relationship with Sera Masumi became somewhat complicated, and because of the holiday, they hadn't been in contact for a while.

He suddenly invited her...

Just as the group was pondering who to ask, a voice suddenly rang out at the door.

"Could you consider me?"