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Chapter 17 - First Appearance

She said nothing more and after taking her room card, she left with the police officers. To be honest, no matter what case happened in the hotel, it had nothing to do with her. Because her last mission was yesterday evening and it was a sniping mission.

She had already faked the target's death and the police officers should have processed the scene. Her superior wouldn't suddenly trick her by sending an investigation, would he?

Amamiya Yuki felt that her superior wouldn't be that stupid. 

It has been six years since she became an undercover agent and even though most of the time was spent with the time acceleration and could still be changed with the time dungeon thing, she knew her comrades were all very reliable.

So she calmed down.

That's when she saw the barrage.

[There's a detective commission to Kanagawa. Is this a new case?]

[There are a lot of new cases, especially because of the changes in the plot]

[But isn't it good that there's no tragedy this time?]

[Yes, yes, yes]

[This time it's a murder in the pool. Conan is still wary of Amuro Toru hahaha]

[Oh, a new suspect! What a beautiful girl!]

[So cute!]

[Is it a minor?]

[Tsk, tsk, they wouldn't make such a beautiful woman the murderer, would they?]

At this time, Amamiya Yuki had just stepped out of the elevator. She somewhat understood why she was suspected.

Because she had been on the rooftop for a while.

But she was not here to kill anyone.

She was here to take a look at the scenery and calculate whether to do her mission here or the other place. However, the mission was cancelled at the last moment due to an intelligence leak and everyone retreated.

The other codenames members were busy investigating while Amamiya Yuki went back to rest after making the arrangements for her team.

Tsk, she shouldn't have gone to the rooftop then.

She looked around the scene and saw a lot of familiar people. Conan and Amuro Toru were crouching beside the corpse, Inspector Yokomizo from Kanagawa and then her eyes fell on Mouri Kogoro and Mouri Ran on the side. Her originally calm expression finally showed surprise.

Mouri Ran, who was originally a bit scared and panicked, also looked at the last suspect and her eyes widened in surprise.

"Yuki?"

"Ran?" Amamiya Yuki replied softly, her tone was filled with confusion.

Seeing the questions on Amamiya Yuki's face, Mouri Ran quickly said, "I was here with my father who's a detective. Why are you here, Yuki San?"

Conan, who was originally focusing on the corpse, immediately moved when he heard Mouri Ran's voice. No, who is this girl and how come Mouri Ran knew the other party?

[Holy! Mouri Ran knew the new characters?]

[Then she can't be the murderer, right? It's too tragic.]

[When did the Conan story lack tragedy? You should not be so complacent.]

[More importantly, who is she? How come there's no foreshadowing before?]

"Ran Neechan, do you know her?" Conan immediately asked.

"Ah, Yuki San is my friend. We usually communicate online because she's busy with her work," Mouri Ran replied with a gentle smile and then frowned with worry because Amamiya Yuki is the suspect in this case.

"Ahem," Inspector Yokomizo interrupted and quickly introduced himself. After that, he asked Amamiya Yuki. "We called you here because some people say that Miss Amamiya has some connection with the deceased, Miss Ooka Mika. So, we would like your cooperation in the investigation?"

Amamiya Yuki held a confused look on her face. "Inspector Yokomizo, right? I don't think I know any Miss Ooka Mika."

But she knew the deceased.

She's a low ranked member in the organization who participated in the mission last night that was finally cancelled. But Amamiya Yuki never told her name to these low ranked members.

They should only know her codename.

'It seems that I need to clean up some lower ranked members and send them to prison.'

She felt uncomfortable with so many people watching her.

Whether it was unintentional or not, it's better to send them to prison.

Hmph!

"Hmm?"

After hearing her answer , everyone turned to look at the hotel staff. 

"Like I said before, Miss Ooki only asked for Mr. Takeuchi room number and Miss Amamiya room." Seeing the questioning gaze from Amamiya Yuki, he quickly added, "Of course, I never told her about this! Our hotel respects the privacy of the customers very well and will never do anything like that."

Amamiya Yuki retracted her gaze as she sensed two people were looking in her direction.

It was Conan and Amuro Toru.

Were they suspecting her?

Conan was looking at Amamiya Yuki's hand and could see the thin calluses there. Even though Amamiya Yuki specifically used cream and lotion to keep her hand smooth, the frequent mission made it difficult for her to keep her hand clean. Thankfully, the number of sniping missions was less, so her callouses were not very noticeable.

Because of this, her hand looked rather smooth, just like a pampered girl.

The question is, how could Mouri Ran know the other party but he didn't?

Conan didn't remember seeing Amamiya Yuki before.

[Conan is confused hahaha]

[He didn't understand why he had never seen Amamiya Yuki before but Mouri Ran actually knew the other party.]

[Then again, we also don't know who she is]

[Amuro Toru was also scrutinizing the girl, but he's just analyzing the case and didn't think that Amamiya Yuki will be the culprit]

[Hehe]

[I'm curious about this new girl too.]

The barrage was noisy and Amamiya Yuki smiled slightly when she saw the rising popularity.

How fragrant…

"So, Miss Amamiya didn't know the other party?" Inspector Yokomizo asked again.

"I don't remember her, but if she knows my name, perhaps we have met in the past?" The girl's tone sounded doubtful and it was obvious she was confused.

Inspector Yokomizo nodded and then looked at the other two people. One middle aged man who's named Takeuchi and the other one is a middle aged woman who was looking at the corpse with disgust.

Amamiya Yuki's brain moved quickly as she analyzed their relationship and then her eyes turned a bit strange.

It couldn't be Conan's death halo at work, right?

"Alright, can you tell me your relationship with the deceased, why you're here, and what you're doing last night from 8 PM to midnight?"

"I'm her colleague," Takeuchi started while wiping his sweat. "We worked in the same company and I rarely met with her. I swear."

"Huh uh."

"And I'm here for vacation of course! I… I went to the rooftop at 8 PM with my wife and we encountered Miss Amamiya who's heading back…"

Inspector Yokomizo paused his pen and turned to look at Amamiya Yuki.

"It seems so?" Amamiya Yuki looked like she was thinking as she said, "I did see this gentleman and the madam, but I remember the two of you had a disagreement right upon arrival and the lady immediately left."

The middle aged woman frowned and said, "It's just a normal couple dispute! There's nothing wrong with it! We made up again afterwards!"

"But you two slept in different rooms." Inspector Yokomizo stared at the two people.

"That's because we have booked the room! It'll be a waste not to use it." The woman explained hastily.

She's lying.

The two of them were clearly still having a dispute with each other, but Amamiya Yuki pretended that she didn't see anything. She had seen so many people lying during her mission before going undercover.

Tsk, it was troublesome.

"When did you get back from the rooftop?"

"I went back not long after my wife and then I have been staying in my room for a long time." 

Inspector Yokomizo didn't comment and turned to look at the middle aged woman. "It's your turn."

"I went to eat and then bumped into my husband. I head to the rooftop and after disagreement, I come back down. I have been staying in my room until midnight. I remember calling for room service at 11 PM to buy some snacks."

Inspector Yokomizo nodded and then asked, "Why did you come here?"

"Of course it's for vacation!"

Really…

Everyone could see her guilty conscience.

The middle aged man sneered. "Just say that you're here to follow me. Don't think that I don't know you're doing that."

The middle aged woman's face twisted. "It's all your fault! Who made you cheat with that b*tch Ooka Maki! Don't think I don't know you have been meeting her secretly!"

"I didn't!"

The two people started to tear each other apart and Mouri Kogoro coughed. "Well, I was here under Madam Takeuchi's request to follow her husband and receive the evidence for him cheating."

Amamiya Yuki blinked her eyes.

Has Amuro Toru become a Mouri Kogoro disciple at this period of time?

"Then, how about you, Miss Amamiya? Why did you come here?" Inspector Yokomizo asked.

"I'm here for vacation," Amamiya Yuki replied with a wry smile. "The company has given me a paid leave for today."

"Company? Aren't you a student?" Mouri Kogoro was stunned.

Given Amamiya Yuki's appearance, she looked like she was only 16 years old. And since she knew Mouri Ran, it was obvious that Mouri Kogoro mistook her as a student.

Inspector Yokomizo also looked at Amamiya Yuki's appearance and then thought about it for a moment.

"Mr. Mouri, do you have some misconceptions about me?" Amamiya Yuki looked helpless. "I'm already 30 years old."

*Cough*

"Thir… 30???"

[The hell? 30 years old? If you tell me she's 16, I'll believe it more!]

[F****! This is even more baby face than Amuro Toru]

[Damn, I'm envious now!]

[How could she be 30 with such a face?]

[I protest! She doesn't look old at all!]

[Such a beautiful face and she's already 30?]

The barrage exploded and Amamiya Yuki kept the same helpless smile on her face. But internally, she was screaming loudly in happiness.

It's not in vain that she pestered Vermouth for beauty tips three years ago.

*cough*

But this can only be done once.

Anyway, she got nearly 100,000 popularity points directly from this. It was obvious that most of it was from the girl's resentment to the production team.

"You…you're really 30?" Even Mouri Ran looked shocked.

"Ran, we have known each other for years and you're still surprised?" Amamiya Yuki looked confused and she tilted her head.

"Ah well, you never told me your age before." Mouri Ran coughed and rubbed her cheek sheepishly. She didn't dare to mention that she thought Amamiya Yuki was her peers.

With that kind of face… it seemed that there was no problem mistaking her for high school students.

[Hahaha! Ran is feeling guilty]

[But if I have such a friend… I'll definitely mistake her age too]

[So cute!]

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