After a long while, the room was left with the heavy breathing of only two people.
Of course, for those with dirty thoughts, face the wall. The two individuals were purely here for scientific weight loss and immune system enhancement; they didn't do anything else.
Giving Senichi a disdainful look, Ayako smoothed out the wrinkles in her clothes and headed to the kitchen to prepare the meal. Senichi, on the other hand, went to the bedroom to change into pajamas, washed his hands, and sat on the sofa waiting for dinner.
"What's for dinner tonight?"
Senichi casually asked while aimlessly switching channels with the remote control.
"Natto."
"Eh?" Hearing Ayako's words, Senichi suddenly turned his head with a face of disbelief. "No way? Natto!?"
Even the usually composed and calm Senichi couldn't maintain his composure upon hearing the dinner menu from Ayako.
Even if this man received news of a certain important person, there would be absolutely no reaction. However, upon hearing the type of dinner his beloved spoke of, the voice involuntarily raised several decibels.
You should know that, in Senichi's mind, natto is classified among the dark dishes, along with Wakasa Space and canned mackerel.
This is definitely not something Senichi wants to eat!
He jumped off the sofa and headed straight to the kitchen, but the ingredients that quickly caught his eye informed Senichi that Ayako was obviously joking.
Dinner was grilled eel and rice.
"You..."
Ayako smiled slightly. "This is a little retaliation for your previous actions."
"If you say it like that, then I'm very willing to accept the retaliation." Senichi smiled at her words, earning a disdainful look from Ayako.
Although grilling eel requires tools, it is not a problem for Senichi's luxurious kitchen, and Ayako's cooking skills are impeccable.
Soon, a luxurious eel and rice dish that would make Genta's mouth water was placed on the table.
Although a serving of eel and rice for dinner looks simple, it actually offers three different ways to enjoy it.
Directly pairing eel with rice is one way – the delicate and delicious fish meat, combined with slightly sweet sauce, creates a delightful experience when paired with white rice.
If you sprinkle seaweed or wasabi on it, it becomes another way to enjoy the meal. If you enjoy porridge, you can even have tea-infused porridge halfway through the meal. It can be said that it completely avoids the feeling of monotony from consuming a single flavor.
No wonder Genta, that food-loving chubby kid, loves eel and rice so much; it truly is a rare delicacy.
After dinner, Senichi once again drove Ayako home. Although the back-and-forth was a bit troublesome, people in love always find joy in such activities.
And soon, there won't be a need for these troublesome back-and-forths anymore.
...
Time flies like a white steed. In the peaceful daily life without any cases, time disappears in the blink of an eye. Perhaps you yourself haven't realized it, but the knife of time does not miss anyone.
Invisible facial hair has grown a bit more, and the vibrant skin has lost a bit of elasticity in moments of inadvertence. Perhaps one day, when you carefully look in the mirror, you'll suddenly discover a somewhat unfamiliar version of yourself.
Perhaps it's because of Hattori's recent visit, bringing two consecutive cases, that the first five days of this week have been unusually calm.
However, Senichi knows that this calm is just the tranquility before the storm because... the elementary school students are about to have a break!
This is indeed an exceptionally terrifying thing because the school break for elementary students means Conan has the freedom to move without having to go to school every day...
And most cases tend to happen during Conan's leisure time.
On a Saturday night, the alarm phone rang directly. When Senichi and the others arrived at the camping site outside the Tokyo area, they unsurprisingly saw Conan and a few others.
"Detective Senichi!"
"That's great! If Detective Senichi is here, the case will surely be solved quickly!"
Facing the joyous and excited group, Senichi smiled and reassured them before starting to inquire about the situation before and after the incident.
In summary, it was a routine camping trip, well... perhaps the camping trips of these little ones don't have many "routine" moments...
This time was no exception. Dr. Agasa was driving, and the kids were singing songs when they encountered a group of four college students at the campsite. They joined them for a meal, and everyone continued the journey together.
In the evening, under the guidance of the college students, Conan and the others drove a RV to a platform on a mountainous road nearby to enjoy fireworks. On their way back after watching the fireworks, they came across the deceased lying on the road.
After questioning, they obtained a preliminary understanding of the four individuals.
Reiji Fukuura was a tall young man, and he had a slightly rebellious vibe with an earring in his left ear.
The other man was Takuto Meshiai, a chubby guy wearing a hat, giving off a simple and honest appearance.
As for the deceased, Yasumi Shirafuji, she disappeared after dinner and was later found as a corpse.
The only remaining woman among the three, Haruka Tendo, had somewhat black, flowing hair. The RV belonged to her uncle, and according to her companions, she could be described as a proper beauty.
"When she disappeared, didn't you notice anything?" Senichi asked the group.
"At that time, her bicycle, which she had placed on the car, was also missing. We thought she might have gone ahead of us to the fireworks viewing spot."
Haruka Tendo heard this and explained. "Because we often come here, everyone is quite familiar with the surroundings..."
"Is that so..." Senichi nodded and looked at the group again. "Then please tell me the situation before and after discovering the body, starting from when you drove to the platform."
The three exchanged glances, and Reiji Fukuura, who was driving, spoke up. "At that time, we took the kids to see the fireworks, and we didn't see Yasumi's figure all the way.
While we were discussing, I suddenly felt like I hit something. I immediately made a 90-degree emergency brake. At that moment, I even thought it was Yasumi..."
"But later, when I went down to check with a flashlight, I realized it was a false alarm," explained Takuto Meshiai. "What Reiji hit was a wooden railing, and I think the road railing from above had corroded and fallen onto the lower layer of the road."
"I can testify to that!" Conan raised his hand. "I found the broken railing near the fireworks viewing platform."
"After the fireworks were over, we still didn't see Yasumi..." Reiji Fukuura's expression turned grim. "And this time, what blocked the center of the road was not a broken wooden railing but Yasumi's body..."
After hearing the details leading up to the discovery of the body, under normal judgment, Yasumi likely suffered an accident or an unexpected incident that led to her death.
In this case, the three people who had been traveling together in the RV naturally became free from suspicion.
Well, from the surface perspective, that seemed to be the case.