"The culprit is—"

At the same time, Conan Edogawa also pointed a finger at the three of them.

The two said the same answer at the same time, "Ayahime Terasaki."

Terasaki Ayhime looked calm and said slowly: "This kid should stop making trouble. What conflict between me and Ryosuke can make me kill him?"

"Ryosuke Koyama should have known about the relationship between you and Mr. Ishii, and threatened you to pay him back."

Conan Edogawa pushed his glasses, the white light reflected by the lenses was so calm and shocking.

"Maybe he even said something that went too far and broke the bottom line... With Koyama Ryosuke's character, he usually harass you a lot."

A polite smile froze on her face, and Terasaki Ayahime's expression became more rigid.

"It will only be more unreasonable to you if you make such a disrespectful behavior to a woman you meet for the first time in the presence of your girlfriend."

The long-term accumulation of friction coupled with the threat of aggressiveness made her take advantage of the opportunity when the other party relaxed his vigilance to attack him.

After listening to Conan's words, Mie Fukuda was stunned for a few seconds.

She let go of Ayaki Terasaki's hand and moved the chair very slowly.

The four legs of the chair scratched the ground harshly, attracting everyone's attention.

"Cai, Cai Ji..." Fukuda Mie stared blankly at her friend, as if she had never known her before, "Is this true?"

"...Yeah." Terasaki Ayaki finally abandoned all disguises and crossed her arms.

She didn't smile anymore, her face was full of disgust, "He's really annoying, you just think he's good everywhere."

"But I should have deleted all the messages he sent me. How did you make sure it was mine?"

"You all found the mobile phone from Ishii, so you shouldn't doubt me first anyway. Or should you believe me when Ishii said he didn't know?" Terasaki Ayaki raised the corners of her mouth and said nonchalantly, "And Ishii is not I haven’t seen him before. He was the one who helped me drag the fainted Xiaoshan into the hot spring.”

"Although I asked him to do this, if it really counts, it shouldn't be me who did it."

"Did you say so, Ishii?"

Ishii Ken pursed his lips, remained silent, and lowered his head.

He didn't say anything, but Fukuda Meihui couldn't believe that the two of them would join forces to do such a thing anyway.

Her breakdown was much quieter than before, with tears shed, she sat in the corner and stopped talking to anyone.

Conan Edogawa put Ryosuke Koyama's cell phone away, and slowly revealed the decisive evidence they found.

"You and Mr. Ishii both brought sake into the hot spring area, but when you came out, your wine bottle was gone. Mr. Ishii's bottle of wine was not opened, and we finally found it in Mr. Ishii's room. As for your wine bottle, we searched all over the hot spring area and found the empty bottle in the trash can in Mr. Ishii's hot spring dressing room."

"Although you have washed the top with hot spring water, you can still detect the luminol reaction. And the wine in the bottle, no doubt, is all in Koyama Ryosuke's stomach."

If it wasn't for the detection of alcohol, Officer Yasui wouldn't have thought it was an accident at first.

After all, accidents like drowning in hot springs due to drunkenness are not uncommon every year.

Terasaki Ayaki stretched out her hands, waiting for Officer Yasui to handcuff her, "So, it's Meihui's fault. If it wasn't for Meihui's clamor, it must be murder, and finally found the wound on Xiaoshan... I wouldn't have down to this point."

"But you can't blame me, who knew that Xiaoshan took the spare key directly?"

Hearing Terasaki Ayahime's "justification", Fukuda Mie still couldn't sit still.She rushed over, slapped Terasaki Ayahime, and then slapped her into a ball.

Taking advantage of their wrestling time, Alvy dragged Edogawa to make a random step, and joined Mao Lilan at the door.

She yawned, and said slowly: "I never thought that this case could involve me, no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with me."

"Although I can understand, but..." Mao Lilan pointed at her neck, blushing with embarrassment, "Do you want to change into a high-necked dress?"

Miss Witch didn't react for a while, she raised her hand to caress the neckline, but then she realized something and turned her back.

She puffed up her cheeks, stretched out her index finger, and kept poking Mr. Detective's shoulder, "You know that, right? Why didn't you remind me before going out!"

Edogawa Ranpo, who knew he was in the wrong, kept silent, but no matter what Alvira looked at, those narrowed eyes were filled with the light of a successful trick.

Now that the matter has come to this point, she has nothing to do, so she can only complain that "it's too much", and ask Mao Lilan to buy suitable clothes for herself.

After solving the case, the four of them spent a noisy Christmas together.

It wasn't until the evening that after Alvira saw off Mao Lilan and Edogawa Conan, the two boarded the tram back to Yokohama.

She leaned sleepily on Edogawa Ranpo's shoulder, just about to tell him to remember to wake herself up when she heard Yokohama, but she heard him asking very calmly, apparently after deliberation.

"After we go back, shall the two of us move out?"

Instantly knocked awake by this sudden question, Miss Witch sat up straight and said "Eh?" in a daze.

Mr. Detective spread out his palm, put her hand into his own, and clasped his fingers tightly. With a certain calmness, he said slowly, "Think about it carefully, and give Mr. Ranbu an answer as soon as possible."

"Wait, do you mean... just the two of us living together? What about the president, will he be alone? And will the president agree?"

"You don't have to worry about anything else, I only care about whether you are willing or not."

Edogawa Ranpo looked ahead, seemingly full of confidence, "As long as you agree, other problems will be solved by Ranpo-sama."

"Then I can."

Alvira moved closer to his ear, covered her mouth with her palm, and said in a very low voice.

"I agree that you can do that kind of thing, how can you not agree to move out to live together? As long as I don't ask me to move back to the president's house to live with you, I can do it."

The tip of Miss Witch's ear was almost bleeding.

But this is indeed her idea.

"Living under the same roof" happened before she moved out of Fukuzawa's house.

And "sleeping in the same bed" and things more intimate than "sleeping in the same bed", she also agreed.

Not to mention she's an adult.

So... There is no need to worry too much about cohabitation or something!

As soon as the words fell, before Alvira was ready to sit back in her seat, Edogawa Ranbu kissed her on the forehead.

He clenched his hands a little tighter, looking at her with a rare serious look.

"I can definitely get the president to agree."

Miss Witch rubbed her forehead and blinked, unexpectedly finding a little nervousness under his calm appearance.

As if she had discovered a new world, she put all her shyness behind her, "So Ranpo-sama is also worried about the president's disapproval?"

Mr. Detective flushed his cheeks, showing timidity in front of her for the first time.

"It's not just this matter, there are other things to tell the president!"

Alvira was extremely curious, leaned closer to him and asked, "What do you mean by other things? What is the reason for being so nervous when I meet you for the first time?"

But no matter how much she asked, until they returned to Yokohama, Edogawa Ranpo made up his mind and didn't say a single word related to this matter.

Alvira was so angry that she asked the last time in a super loud voice in front of the president.

But still unanswered.

After confirming that no one would reveal the answer to her at this moment, the little witch had no choice but to return to the residence with Akiko Yosano with a stomach full of doubts.

Fukuzawa Yukichi sighed when her shadow disappeared from the field of vision, looked at Edogawa Ranpo standing at the door of the house and said, "She has already gone back."

The little detective looked back, followed Fukuzawa Yukichi, and walked into the house.

The two sat down at the dining table in tacit understanding, looking at each other silently.

After an unknown period of time, Edogawa Ranpo still couldn't sit still.

He took off his hat, held it in his hand, pursed his lips and asked, "Can I be recognized?"

Coming-of-age ceremony is held on the second Monday of January every year.

And Alvira, who is 20 years old this year, will inevitably participate in next year's coming-of-age ceremony.

The kimono ordered two years ago was made as early as this summer and sent to Fukuzawa's home, but it has been a long time since I found a chance to give it away.

If you don't give away this year, will this kimono be given by Edogawa Ranpo?

Similar conversations have happened many times in Fukuzawa's restaurant since the kimono was delivered.

But this time is different.

Fukuzawa Yukichi learned what happened to them in Hakone through Yosano Akiko before they came back.

Yosano Akiko had already guessed the direction of the matter when she learned that Ranpo Edogawa had prepared her luggage.

Throughout the day, she kept worrying about it, and finally asked the little witch's attitude before she relaxed.

However, when she turned around, she found Fukuzawa Yukichi standing silently.

After talking with Yosano Akiko, Fukuzawa Yukichi finally made a decision.

The silver-haired man stood up, walked to the storage room, took out a cardboard box, and put it on the dining table.

"Find a suitable time and give it to her."

Now he is in extremely complicated mood.

If it hadn't been for an afternoon of buffering, he might not have realized that his child was really no longer a child.

He even learned to respect the wishes of others.

Although this other person seems to be only Alvira at present.

The next day, Edogawa Ranpo brought this kimono directly to the detective agency.

As soon as he saw Alvira, he waved and called her name.

"Didn't you keep asking what it was all about yesterday?" Mr. Detective pointed to the cardboard box he put on Alvira's work station, and said with a smile, "That's it!"

Miss Witch opened the cardboard box unsuspectingly, and was taken aback by the neatly folded exquisite kimonos in the cardboard box.

"Where did this come from? Why did you suddenly think of sending me this?"

Her golden eyes were full of surprises, she took out the kimono, and took out the accessories inside, carefully examining the patterns on the kimono.

Just as Edogawa Ranpo was about to answer, Oda Sakunosuke, who had sent the children to school, pushed open the door of the detective agency.

He looked at the kimono in Alvira's hand, and said naturally: "Are you two getting engaged? Then I'll prepare an engagement gift."

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