In the world of Detective Conan, the female characters are all acting strangely!

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"Spider-Man!"

In room 2102.

Hideko Kamijou is chatting with Akiko Sayama.

Just now, Akiko Sayama came to knock on the door, wanting to ask her to help contact Natsume so they could meet in her room.

She thought about it for a moment and then agreed.

Akiko Sayama must have something to ask of Natsume. She wanted to see what price Akiko Sayama would have to pay if Natsume agreed.

no way.

She suffered a significant loss tonight.

Although Xia Ye is super handsome and the experience was good, strictly speaking, it wasn't a huge loss.

But if someone else has experienced the same thing—

Maybe I'll feel better that way!

This kind of mentality is indeed a bit dark.

But that's perfectly normal!

As we were talking about something, a "thump" came from the balcony outside the window.

The two looked up at the window and saw a person wearing a spider bodysuit appear on the balcony.

These past two days, the Spider-Man news has been making headlines in Dongdu. Of course, they'd heard about it, but—

Isn't Spider-Man active in Tokyo?

Why did you come to Izu?

And when Xia Ye takes off the spider mask—

The expressions on their beautiful faces were utter disbelief!

In the end, it was the more mature Hideko Kamijou who recovered the fastest. She quickly opened the window, looked at Natsume, and said:

"Hurry up and come in, don't let anyone else see us!"

"It's alright~" Xia Ye waved her hand, removing her spider suit, and smiled slightly: "I jumped straight down from upstairs, no one will notice~"

"You are actually...?"

Hideko Kamijou's beautiful eyes held a complex expression.

Now she feels that Xia Ye didn't take advantage of her today; on the contrary, she profited!

This shift in thinking was sudden and rapid.

But there's no way around it; as adults who prioritize self-interest, we naturally have to consider the benefits first when doing anything.

Now she's inexplicably become Spider-Man's woman. Even though it was just a one-night stand, he left his contact information!

And now he's appearing before me as Spider-Man, which means—

I'm practically her lover now, aren't I?

As a woman who has been naively naive in Japanese society for many years, she is not a simple-minded young girl.

Being a mistress certainly doesn't sound pleasant, but it depends on whose mistress you're talking about—specifying Spider-Man's superhuman abilities aside, the news says he has close ties with the Suzuki Group, even being business partners. Based on that alone, she has no complaints.

but--

Why did you suddenly reveal your identity?

"Oh, this~" Xia Ye's lips curled up, "You just texted me hoping I'd come over, and I thought you wanted to rekindle our old flame and have a late-night rendezvous, so I rushed over as quickly as possible. I didn't expect—Miss Mingzi is here too~"

"You really are——"

Even though Hideko Kamijo had come to terms with it, she still blushed when Natsume teased her so blatantly in front of Akiko Sayama.

"Miss Akiko wants to see you about something~"

"Oh?" Xia Ye looked at Sayama Akiko and said calmly:

"Ms. Akiko, let me make this clear first: I didn't actually want to get involved in this case you orchestrated. As for why I told Ms. Hideko your identity, that was a deal between us, and it has nothing to do with the case. Besides, she's already paid me."

Akiko Sayama had recovered from the shock of Natsume being Spider-Man, and she wasn't surprised to hear Natsume's words.

Xia Ye saw through his identity from the very beginning, but he had no intention of revealing it.

Clearly, he didn't care about the murder he committed, nor did he want to get involved. I should have been grateful to him in my heart and not bothered him.

however--

Now, however, we're the ones who need to trouble him.

However, this was a last resort.

After all, I don't care if I go to jail.

But Ah Cong—

Ah Cong just impersonated the Duke of Dark Night to try to clear himself of suspicion, which constitutes the crimes of harboring a criminal, perjury, and assaulting a police officer. If he is discovered, he will be arrested and imprisoned, which is too unfair to him. He clearly knows nothing!

and--

We're getting married soon.

How disappointed he would be if he went to jail himself!

and also--

Akiko Sayama bit her lip lightly. Actually, she didn't want to go to jail either. Although murder in Japan wasn't punishable by death, it still carried a sentence of at least ten years. By the time she was released after ten years, A-Cong would definitely have already married some woman!

That was originally my own happiness!

I really don't want to give up!

With this in mind, Akiko Sayama made up her mind.

Although mistakes should be punished.

But if one could truly escape punishment, who would refuse?

After all, people are inherently selfish!

"I can pay you too!"

Akiko Sayama already knew what the so-called reward was when she was chatting with Hideko Kamijou.

This made her understand.

Even with a girlfriend as cute as Ran.

Xia Ye doesn't reject other women either!

This is indeed an opportunity for her.

only--

That's just the price of information.

What she wanted Xia Ye to do was far more complicated than simply gathering intelligence, so—

Akiko Sayama gritted her teeth, took a step forward, and hugged Natsume's neck tightly, pressing her body close to him and standing on her tiptoes!

"Wow~"

Hideko Kamijou watched the scene unfold, and when she saw Akiko Sayama's decisive action, a look of surprise appeared in her beautiful eyes.

He couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "Tsk tsk, this is a woman who is about to get married, and she actually did such a shameless thing in front of me!"

But that makes sense—

She is now at her wit's end.

We must grasp at this last straw tightly.

Paying such a price is actually worthwhile.

Soon after.

Xia Ye put his arm around Sayama Akiko's waist, looked down at her slightly flushed face, and said softly, "Is this a good idea? I heard from Ran that you and Maeda Satoshi are getting married soon after this trip, and you two seem very much in love. Are you sure you want to do this?"

“It’s okay—” Akiko Sayama pretended to be indifferent. “The infidelity rate among Japanese women is very high. Some of them have no feelings for their partners, so they cheat on them. Others, although they have deep feelings for their partners and are very loving, will still cheat in order to seek excitement. Just think of me as that kind of woman!”

"Is that so?"

Xia Ye knew she was just putting on a brave face.

however--

He doesn't care.

After all, he's not a good person.

How could anyone refuse treats delivered right to their door?

"Then I'm not welcome!"

"and many more!"

Hideko Kamijou finally couldn't hold back any longer and spoke up. She could tolerate those two kissing so openly in front of her for so long, but now—

"You weren't planning to stay here...?"

"How could that be~" Xia Ye released Sayama Akiko's slender waist, a faint smile on her face.

"Although I don't mind—"

"But Miss Akiko will definitely be shy~"

"That's more like it!" Hideko Kamijou stretched, her curvaceous figure on full display before the two men. "In that case, you two should find another room to take care of things. I won't charge you the agency fee~"

"As for the agency fee—here's some~"

Xia Ye casually took something out and tossed it to her.

Hideko Kamijou hurriedly caught it, only to find that it was a small spray bottle and a delicate, openwork silver pendant.

A cartoon skull had been drawn on the small spray bottle, but instead of looking scary, it was rather cute. Inside the hollowed-out center of the exquisitely crafted silver pendant, a jade ball of emerald green spun nimbly.

"what is this?"

"The second prototype of the super-powerful, non-delayed sleeping potion—a single spray can instantly knock out an elephant. And that pendant contains the antidote; wearing it will grant immunity to the potion's effects—" Xia Ye explained, then added with a half-smile, "Your method of drugging me was too crude. You can have this toy; it's very convenient~"

"this......"

Hideko Kamijou blushed slightly, but still carefully put the item away. If it was really as powerful as Natsume said, this thing would be quite useful; at least it would easily deter lewd thugs.

“Miss Akiko—” Natsume looked at Akiko Sayama and asked again, “Are you really sure?”

"I've made up my mind!" Akiko Sayama bit her lip and nodded firmly. Now that things had come to this, there was no point in backing down. Strictly speaking, her actions just now were already considered infidelity. Since that was the case, it didn't matter if she went any further!

For my own happiness and Ah Cong's!

“Alright, I’ll go take care of things now—” Xia Ye walked towards the balcony. “As for the payment you need, you can bring it to me personally whenever it’s convenient for you after we get back to Tokyo.”

"I understand~"

Akiko Sayama breathed a slight sigh of relief that she didn't have to "pay" right away, but then she realized that she was essentially taking out a loan. Things were certainly easier now, but she would know the cost when it came time to repay.

but--

As long as we can get through this safely.

It was all absolutely worth it!

"I never expected you to be so decisive!"

After Natsume jumped off the balcony, there was a brief silence in the room before Hideko Kamijou spoke first.

"That makes sense, though. It's just a physical injury; compared to spending over a decade in prison, it's nothing."

"I did it for A-Cong~" Akiko Sayama said, as if explaining to Hideko Kamijou, or as if trying to convince herself.

"He was impersonating the Duke of Darkness to try and protect me. If I get caught, he'll definitely be implicated too, so—"

"Alright~" Hideko Kamijou didn't expose her, a meaningful smile appearing on her pretty face. "Then let's exchange numbers, that way we can look out for each other when we get back to Tokyo. After all, we've been through the same thing~"

Akiko Sayama opened her mouth, wanting to say that she was different from Hideko, but after thinking for a moment, a bitter smile appeared on her pretty face. What was the difference? If there was any difference, it was that Hideko was single and could find any man she wanted, while she, on the other hand, still had a fiancé—

In truth, what I did was far more despicable than what she did!