In the world of Detective Conan, however, he was bound to the Naruto System.

Chapter 165 Conan's Red Face vs. Mika

Chapter 165 Conan's Red Face vs. Mika

Benkei Onsen Ryokan was the group's destination. The name was taken from a monk named Musashibo Shikei. Inside the ryokan was a wooden sculpture depicting him as he died fighting with a square arrow.

Because this person's experiences are very much in line with the so-called Bushido spirit, he is a relatively famous figure in Japanese legends, and his figure can also be found in many games.

Akutagawa Hiko and the other young people didn't join Kogoro Mouri. The older man was happy to relax and chat with his old classmates, reminiscing about the past and joking around. The atmosphere was quite relaxed and pleasant.

With Akutagawa Hiko, who knows his true identity, present, Conan still had some self-respect and didn't say anything about taking a mixed bath with Mouri Ran, so naturally there was no perk.

It's lunchtime now, and the hot spring water has just been changed. Apart from a few people, probably no one else would be taking a hot spring bath at 2 PM.

After a quick rinse, Akutagawa Hiko sat in the warm pool and let out a long, relaxed sigh. Conan didn't need him to worry about him; he was much more skilled at hot springs than Akutagawa Hiko.

Akutagawa Hiko picked up a glass of orange juice, took a sip, and saw Conan with half his face submerged in the water blowing bubbles. He teased, "Are you cosplaying as a kappa?"

To be honest, if Conan's white coin atop his head were replaced with a green lotus leaf, it would actually look quite similar.

Conan surfaced, half his face flushed red from being submerged, while the other half retained its original skin color, creating a striking contrast.

But he couldn't care less about that now. Conan explained with unparalleled ease, "You know, didn't you think—the atmosphere at this class reunion was a little strange?"

Seemingly wanting to explain his discovery but unsure where to begin, he gestured wildly for a while before dejectedly burying his face back into the water.

Although it felt strange, he had no evidence and didn't know where to begin.

Akutagawa looked at Conan in surprise. Could it be that this guy was about to break the ironclad rule that detectives can only solve cases after the fact and cannot foresee or prevent cases from happening in advance?

It's important to know that in the original storyline, the crimes that Conan prevented were all due to their long timeframes, which resulted in significant flaws, which is why he had to step in to stop them.

However, the signs in today's case weren't actually very obvious. How did Conan discover them?

"It is a bit strange, Ms. Yumi and Mr. Nakamichi seem to have some kind of secret. But are you the kind of person who pries into everything?"

Despite Conan's outlaw persona in the story, where he does all sorts of things like breaking and entering, tampering with evidence, freely entering and leaving crime scenes, and spying on other people's privacy, those are all methods he uses to solve cases.

Although Conan is very curious, he is still a law-abiding citizen.

Conan shook his head, temporarily putting the problem out of his mind. He hoped that he was just overthinking things, or perhaps he was just being overly sensitive because he desperately wanted Akutagawa Hikaru to have an ordinary and perfect trip.

I hope so...

After soaking in the hot spring and changing into a clean yukata, having just finished my lunch break, and with nothing much going on around the hotel, I naturally joined Kogoro Mouri's class reunion.

When they met up, Sonoko Suzuki laughed heartily at Conan's half-red face, saying, "You little brat, what kind of look is that?"

Conan looked at Akutagawa Hiko reproachfully. He had only just noticed that his face was half red and half white from being soaked in the water. Don't think he didn't notice; besides Sonoko laughing openly, the other two were also chuckling.

Who was he doing this for?!

Ran coughed a few times and patted Sonoko, who was laughing so hard she was almost out of breath and completely disregarding her image: "Okay, stop laughing, Conan's other half of his face is going to turn bright red too— *chuckles*"

Well, Xiaolan couldn't hold it in and successfully made herself laugh.

Akutagawa Hiko touched his own false conscience, and in order to maintain the little boat of friendship, he led Conan to the restroom: "You guys go first, I'll take Conan to take care of this."

On the way to the hall where Kogoro Mouri and the others were, Ran looked at Sonoko, who seemed lost in thought, with a puzzled expression: "Sonoko, watch where you're going! What are you thinking about?"

Suddenly, a virtual lightbulb went off next to Sonoko's little head: "Do you think it's okay if I go to the hot springs now and get a Conan-style makeover, then have Hiko take me to get it done?"

Ran Mouri was immediately bewildered by Sonoko's whimsical ideas and quickly tried to dissuade her.

"That's right. With my charm, Miss Suzuki, I don't need to resort to such petty tricks."

While using his chakra to heal Conan, Akutagawa Hiko tried his best to suppress his laughter, but Conan's frustrated expression was simply too much to bear: "Sorry, I'm a professional. I don't usually laugh unless I can't help it—"

With a tremor of his hand, Conan's entire face turned completely red. Under the watchful eye of Death, Akutagawa Hiko quickly adjusted his chakra levels to restore Conan's complexion to normal.

Conan rubbed his slightly numb face, something that had never happened before when he soaked in hot springs, causing his face to turn bright red.

Akutagawa ruffled Conan's hair and changed the subject, saying, "Didn't you think the atmosphere at Uncle Mori's class reunion was a bit strange? Well, we should hurry up and go take a look and observe carefully."

Conan instantly perked up.

Yes, that matter is more important.

Moreover, the fact that Ah Yan still has the mood to play pranks is actually quite reassuring. People who tend to keep quiet about everything are often the ones who run into problems more easily.

Conan couldn't help but sigh when he thought about how many cases he had handled that had resulted from misunderstandings caused by not saying certain things. A little kid had somehow developed a sense of world-weariness.

However, he seems to have been hiding his identity from Xiaolan all along, and doesn't seem to have much right to criticize those who are not frank.

However, he did it for Xiaolan's own good; the Black Organization was simply too dangerous.

Wait, what about those others who kept things from important people? Didn't they have their reasons?

And so, in his internal struggle of attacking his right brain with his left, Conan rejoined the main group with Akutagawa Hiko.

In an instant, Conan switched into work mode, keeping a close eye on Horikoshi Yumi and Nakamichi Kazushi, since Akutagawa Hiko had just mentioned the two of them.

However, everyone else also received Conan's fair and impartial scrutiny.

As a detective, Kazushi Nakamichi has a much sharper eye than the average person, but Conan's training is not in vain, and he can always hide himself in time.

Having found nothing, Nakamichi scratched the braised egg on his neck, thinking about his plan for the day, and wondered if he was being too paranoid, so he rejoined the conversation.

Apart from Akutagawa Hiko, no one noticed that Conan's glasses reflected a chilling white light.