Ai Haibara: Just Sew His Mouth Shut

"Dad, why are you drunk again! The doctor already told you to control your drinking, but you still went to drink sake."

"Well... I just had a small drink..."

"It's already 10 o'clock, and you reek of alcohol. This is hardly a casual drink!"

"Fujino- Senior, it's really kind of you to take this drunkard home so late..."

The Mori family father and daughter argued for a while. Ran scolded her father resentfully, then thanked Fujino and dragged him home.

"Take care, Mouri-niisan."

Fujino knew without much thought that the Mori family would probably be physically benevolent and filial to each other again tonight.

Unfazed, he returned to his room on the fourth floor, opened the system interface, and looked around. "Five Detective Coins, that's an unexpected bonus. Looks like I can upgrade my equipment."

He had a lot of equipment: a hidden blade, Assassin's Robe, Soap Set, Vespania Ring, and Okamoto Peach Blossom 0.01...

However, after a quick glance, his gaze finally settled on the [Black Ghost].

[90% success rate in enhancement]

"I wonder if the enhancement effect can extend the duration..."

Fujino pondered for a moment, then used a Special Grade Advanced Enhancement Gem to enhance the Black Ghost.

Throwing in a top-grade gold gem can increase the success rate of enhancement by 30%.

However, he didn't feel sorry. Generally speaking, the enhancement rate is ninety percent, but as someone with bad luck, he would assume it to be zero.

100% success rate

[Consume one Detective Coins to upgrade]

[Enhancement Successful]

[Black Ghost (+1)]

[The host can detach their shadow from themselves and move freely for up to 2 hours; cooldown time: 5 minutes]

"Charge for five minutes and you'll be able to use it for two hours..."

Fujino glanced at the improved effect and smacked his chin. "Enhancement +1 is the same as that DNF game. No wonder they're such shady merchants."

The two-hour duration was double the previous one. For Xiao Hei, the longer the activity time, the better. After all, how can a real man only last an hour?

"Although this thing has no side effects, it's quite mentally taxing... One hour is fine, but if it's for two hours straight..."

Fujino murmured, pulling a red emblem from his pocket. "Using the Flame Medal could replenish some mental resistance and recovery ability, but it's too little."

Although he never experienced any problems with Xiao Hei due to insufficient mental strength, he did experience it when controlling the Soul Lotus.

It feels like my body has been hollowed out...

The Good Doctor Heals Thyself skill can also increase mental recovery, but the upgrade is a bit expensive. The Flame Medal doesn't provide much mental power bonus, but it can be upgraded for free. I'll wait for the next time I draw some gems and look for an opportunity to upgrade.

"But speaking of which, I wonder how they're doing with the Twilight Mansion matter..."

Fujino stood up and suddenly remembered the incident at the Twilight Mansion.

He remembered that the female manager had said thirty days...

To be honest, he didn't know how those thirty days were calculated either.

Anyway, the other party hasn't contacted him yet.

But there's no rush, just don't let it drag on for twenty years.

Time flies, Fujino hasn't received any work these past few days. Time has even returned to normal for a rare moment, and he's enjoying a relaxed and comfortable life like an ordinary person.

He had just been thinking about the Twilight Mansion when the female manager sent him a message.

After the assets of the Twilight Mansion were tallied, Ōgami still owed the bank 270 million yen.

This is the amount of money remaining to be repaid after the assets of the bank have been sold.

This guy must have taken out a loan of over 500 million.

After all, he was a Great Detective, and Twilight Mansion was such a huge mansion, so Fujino had somewhat anticipated its value.

After rounding down the 270 million yen figure, Fujino successfully acquired Twilight Mansion, leaving him with only 25 million yen.

We've gone back to square one.

However, he wasn't bothered by the nearly 300 million yuan.

After all, it's a villa made entirely of gold!

This wave of real estate investment has made him incredibly wealthy, and even if he didn't understand gold, that amount of gold would appreciate in value with the market price, gradually becoming more valuable...

Financial products are classified as such.

"Aww!"

A white lion roared and leaped through a ring of fire, drawing thunderous applause from the audience.

Fujino sat in the audience, dressed in a black suit and a black trench coat, arms crossed, watching. Around him sat the members of the Junior Detective League, all looking excited.

He couldn't appreciate this kind of performance where people tease animals.

Conan and Ai Haibara, these two little adults, are pretty much the same.

It would probably be different if it were a college student, but for high school students like them, it's still too naive.

As for why he's here...

It all started yesterday when these kids wanted to see the world-touring circus performance, but Professor Agasa wasn't there, so they had to ask him to bring it up.

In short, having nothing to do during his vacation, he brought these kids over.

"It's so beautiful!"

"Those animals are so cute!"

"Especially that lion, its performance was really good!"

The little ones chattered away, Ayumi picked up a white lion pendant and laughed, "After all, Mr. Leon is the main character in the performance, and there's even a pendant as merchandise!"

Wow~

Mitsuhiko leaned closer. "It's so cute, really adorable! Where did you buy it?"

"I bought this before the show started."

Ayumi smiled and asked Ai Haibara, "Haibara just bought two too."

"Huh—"

Conan looked at Ai Haibara speechlessly. "You actually have this kind of interest?"

"Ah... compared to someone who spends all day tirelessly searching for bloody murder cases, my hobby is much better."

Ai Haibara, wearing a blue mini-skirt, a light green sweater, and ankle boots, her brown hair swaying slightly, glanced at Conan, retorted, and handed another white lion pendant to Fujino.

"The phone charm... it's really cute, thank you, Ai."

Fujino took the pendant, glanced at it, then casually ruffled Ai Haibara's fluffy hair and took out his phone to hang on it.

"..."

Ai Haibara raised her hand and tidied her hair.

I'm used to it.

"Tsk, one for you, one for him."

Conan clicked his tongue. "Doesn't this make them couple pendants?"

Ai Haibara: "..."

She turned around and gave Conan a resentful look.

This kid is being a bit too talkative!

Let's just sew his mouth shut.

"Who is that guy?"

At this moment, Genta pointed to the crowd not far away. "That guy seems to be a celebrity, he's surrounded by so many reporters."

"He is the organizer of this circus, Randy Hawk."

Ai Haibara opened the circus travel guide. "The people of Oklahoma in the southern United States... made their fortune in oil in their early years, and because their family had many animals on their farm and their family loved animals, they started to hold Paul and Annie circus performances all over the world, according to the guide."