Conan: Life between Green Plum and Skyfall

After telling the story on the piano in a gloomy tone, Hirata Kazuaki looked at Xiaolan's frightened and evasive eyes, and Conan who was holding Xiaolan's legs because of fear, and inadvertently revealed a satisfied smile.

"I've said everything I need to say. Now, please wait here for a moment! I'll be back soon!"

After saying that, Hirata smiled at the four people, then turned around and walked inside without looking back.

"Dad, Dad, how about we stay away from here? I always feel like it's gloomy here!"

Xiaolan tightened her clothes and hid behind Uncle Maori with a trembling voice. She picked up Conan and held him in her arms.

Normally, she was most afraid of gods, ghosts, and the like! Now, hearing that there was a piano next to her that involved ghosts, she felt her legs go weak!

Conan in her arms also felt very bad! I thought I was experiencing the benefits of brain waves, but I didn’t calculate the strength of Xiaolan’s hands when she encountered scary things!

In her arms, not only did he not feel the warmth of the pillow, on the contrary, Conan felt like he was about to suffocate!

"Xiao-Sister Xiaolan..."

Conan spoke weakly. After hearing Conan's voice, he mistakenly thought that Conan was also afraid, so he said in a low voice with confidence:

"Look, Conan is scared too! So, let's go hide over there!"

Looking at Conan who began to roll his eyes in Xiaolan's arms, Megure hesitated for a moment and said:

"Tell me, is there a possibility that Conan's voice is so weak because he is almost suffocated by you?"

"?! Conan!"

Upon hearing this, Xiaolan was stunned at first, then quickly put Conan down.

The arm that was strangling his neck finally disappeared, and Conan took a few deep breaths. Then, with a few tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, he said breathlessly:

"Really? I almost died! Xiaolan...Sister Xiaolan, please don't strangle me next time you come across these things!"

He was almost killed by Xiaolan! He didn't die at the hands of the enemy, but at the hands of his own people. Was there something wrong?

[System prompt: You have acquired the skill: Breath Holding...]

"Get out of here!"

Seeing his system also joining in the fun, Conan scolded in a low voice.

"Sorry, sorry, I'll be more careful next time!"

Xiaolan clasped her hands together and apologized. But at this moment, she suddenly had a sense of déjà vu. Where did this scene seem to have happened before?

But before she could think about it, Maori and Megure next to her looked at each other and nodded.

"Xiaolan, wait for us here, let's go in and check it out!"

Without waiting for Xiaolan's response, Maori cautiously pushed the door open a crack. After confirming that the door was not locked, he checked the situation inside through the crack, then nodded to Megure and walked in.

"wait wait wait!"

Before Xiaolan could react, the two of them had already pushed open the door and walked into the room that was said to contain the 'cursed piano'.

Seeing that both of them had gone in, Xiaolan looked around. It was empty and she could hear nothing except the noise of the people making trouble outside.

At this moment, a cold wind blew through, perhaps because a window was not closed properly, and Xiaolan shuddered. But despite this, she was still a little hesitant when looking at the door in front of her.

Seeing this, Conan knew what Xiaolan was thinking. Knowing that there was no risk, he sighed softly and then held Xiaolan's hand:

"Sister Xiaolan, it's so cold and scary outside. Let's go in and stay with Uncle Mori and the others! After all, Inspector Megure is a police officer! Ghosts and other things should be afraid of the police!"

Seeing Conan say this, Xiaolan also gave herself a step and reason in her heart:

"Yes, it was Conan who wanted to go in! Conan was scared! It was definitely not because I was afraid to stay outside alone, nor because I felt safer around Inspector Megure!"

After repeating it several times in her mind, Xiaolan smiled again:

"Okay, since Conan is scared, then Sister Xiaolan will go in with you!"

"Thank you, Sister Xiaolan~"

In the room, looking at this room without any decorations and only a piano, Megure and Maori frowned:

"Brother Maori, have you discovered it too?"

Mao Li nodded when he heard this:

"That's right! Normally, he would just leave! At most, he would ask us to wait for a while, but why did he say that he couldn't let us leave?"

"Yes, and I don't quite understand why he added that story later! Why did he specifically emphasize the curse of the piano in front of us? He didn't leave until he saw Conan and Xiaolan's frightened expressions."

Megure also added a sentence.

"Unless, this room is hiding some unspeakable secret! That's why he made up a ghost story to prevent us from coming in!"

"That's right. He was afraid that Conan would wander around out of boredom and enter this room. That's why he made up that ghost story, hoping that we, especially Conan, a restless kid, would not enter this room!"

As the two of them were discussing the issues in the room, Conan's voice rang out:

"What do you mean by calling me a hyperactive kid?! I'm very quiet, okay?!"

He was really angry! When had he ever run around everywhere to hide his identity?

"Sorry, sorry, I meant that at your age, you should be a very curious child!"

Seeing this, Megure hurriedly said. However, he muttered in his heart:

"You're not noisy, but you're a troublemaker! No matter where you go, you always encounter some strange things. Why don't you talk to your colleagues when you get back so that they can focus on you, little brat, and check your situation in advance no matter where you go?"

Of course, Megure was just thinking about it in his mind. The Metropolitan Police Department did not have enough manpower to track an elementary school student.

After taking a look at the two people who came in, Megure said to Maori:

"Brother Maori, let's each take one side and dig out the secrets in this room!"

Maori nodded, and then, under Conan's speechless gaze, he walked towards a corner of the room, checking if there was any change in the sound of the wooden floor under his feet. Meanwhile, Inspector Megure began knocking on another wall in the room.