Two hours later, the rain finally stopped, and the Hattori residence returned to tranquility. The fierce battle was over.
Yuu Hoshimiya lay on the floor, while Shizuka Hattori lay prone on his chest, her face flushed red.
Her beautiful eyes were closed, her hair was disheveled, and her body was still trembling slightly, as if savoring the afterglow.
Their heartbeats gradually synchronized. Yuu patted Shizuka's snowy shoulder and kissed her forehead.
After a long time, Yuu finally released Shizuka's lips.
"Shizuka, is the tea sweet?"
Shizuka didn't answer, her beautiful eyes fixed intently on Yuu.
The tea passed into her mouth carried a taste that made her feel intoxicated.
At this moment, Shizuka's gaze toward Yuu was infinitely complex.
Yuu let go of her hand, sat back on the cushion, and said, "Shizuka, it will be hard for you for a while. When things are settled, come home with me."
Hearing this, Shizuka's heart trembled. Her eyes opened, and a touch of tenderness appeared in her gaze.
After the contract was completed, they had been honest with each other.
Shizuka's worldview had been reshaped, and she now knew Yuu's purpose.
She had originally thought Yuu was just using her to achieve his goals. Even though she was contracted, she couldn't help but feel a bit resentful.
The contract didn't change a person's thoughts or will; it just ensured that even if she felt resentful or angry, she would ultimately choose to forgive.
Yuu understood this, which was why even after contracting them, he still spent a lot of time with his women.
Of course, the "chained" ones were a different story.
Hearing that Yuu intended to take her home, Shizuka was naturally overjoyed, and her slight resentment vanished completely.
Unable to control herself, she lifted her head with effort and kissed Yuu on the lips.
At the end of the kiss, she bit his lip lightly, then acted nonchalant as she stood up and smiled. "Yuu-kun, I will help you. But my son is here, and Osaka is my home. I don't want to leave for now."
Yuu's gaze narrowed slightly. Motherly love was indeed great.
He wasn't a villain; he had no intention of doing anything to Heiji.
But if Heiji left Osaka on his own to pursue his detective dreams, that would have nothing to do with him.
That day was still far off, and talking about it now would only ruin the mood.
Yuu thought for a moment and decided to go along with Shizuka for now.
A moment later, Shizuka struggled to stand, her graceful figure revealed under the light. She slowly put on her kimono, piece by piece.
"Heizo and the others will be back soon. Yuu-kun, you should go back and rest early. I'll clean up here."
Yuu watched as Shizuka dragged her exhausted body to clean up the traces of their battle, then walked slowly down the corridor back to her room, clutching her lower abdomen.
Watching Shizuka's figure disappear, Yuu went to the large bathhouse in the backyard, washed up, and returned to his room to rest.
Around 10:00 PM, Heiji and Heizo finally returned home, walking along the wooden corridor.
Although Conan wasn't there, Heiji wasn't incompetent. They had naturally encountered another case during their trip.
Without Yuu's interference, Heiji finally stood tall and solved the case independently.
When Yuu returned to the room, Ran was already asleep.
He tried to keep his footsteps light to avoid waking her, but as he slipped under the covers, she woke up anyway.
"Brother Yuu, when are we going back to Tokyo?"
Yuu held Ran as they lay on the futon. Ran rested her head on his chest and asked softly.
"Why? Tired of it after only two or three days?"
"No, I was just asking. Staying at the Hattori house all the time feels a bit... imposing!"
Ran pouted. "Besides, it's only been two days, and you've already..."
Yuu patted Ran's back gently and interrupted her.
"My fault, my fault. If nothing comes up, we'll go back tomorrow or the day after. We've seen most of Osaka anyway."
"Mmm!"
Ran rubbed her head against his chest, then spoke again: "Brother Yuu, hold me. It's been a long time since we were alone together."
Yuu smiled bitterly. Ran wasn't wrong; there was always someone else around.
Sonoko, Eri, Seimi, Kazuha...
But truth be told, Ran definitely occupied more of his time than any other woman.
However, facing the girl's coquettishness now, what could he say? He could only obey.
Even in the dark, Yuu could feel the astonishing heat radiating from Ran's face.
His large hand reached out without hesitation.
Sensing the heat of his hand, Ran trembled slightly, goosebumps rising on her arms as her face turned crimson instantly.
Yuu kneaded her full breasts like dough, his fingertips dancing, pinching, plucking, flicking, and strumming.
Ran felt incredibly comfortable, letting out a soft moan and twisting her waist.
Yuu laughed smugly. "Ran, how is it? Does it feel good?"
Ran had no time to answer before Yuu gently pulled on the tips with both hands.
Feeling a twinge of pain, Ran quickly replied, "Good! It feels good! Brother Yuu, don't pull!"
Yuu released his fingers and resumed his gentle caresses, eliciting comfortable hums from Ran.
Suddenly, Yuu felt his nose tickle. He twitched it, shook his head, lowered his head, and extended his tongue to lick gently!
Hiss!
As his tongue licked the swollen tips, Ran's body shook, and she let out a soft, delicate moan.
Ran closed her eyes, but the slippery sensation seemed to pour into her heart strand by strand, making her body tremble continuously.
Her breathing grew heavier and heavier as Yuu opened his mouth and licked the swollen parts over and over again.
After a while of intimacy, Yuu pulled Ran into his arms, feeling two soft mounds press against his chest.
He patted her back gently. "Ran, it's late. Let's sleep!"
"Mmm!"
They were guests in someone else's home. Sleeping together was one thing, but doing more wouldn't be appropriate.
Ran lifted her head and kissed Yuu gently on the cheek, then nuzzled his chest to find a comfortable position, closing her eyes to sleep.
It was a reassuring scent—the scent of Brother Yuu!
Ran soon calmed down and fell asleep, but Yuu seemed to fall asleep even faster than she did!
Yuu had expended a massive amount of energy today.
A crazy 1v4 combo at the Toyama house, followed by a hearty battle with Shizuka in the tea room!
But Shizuka had it worse. Although she didn't expend as much energy as Yuu in the first round, the second round nearly made her pass out.
If not for the healing magic and the dual cultivation effect, she wouldn't have lasted.
Yuu's expenditure was huge, but his recovery speed was even faster.
After sleeping for four hours, his stamina and energy were fully restored.
Waking up and seeing it was still early, he simply held Ran and continued to rest.
Sleeping enough didn't mean he couldn't sleep more.
The next morning, around 8:00 AM.
In the Hattori residence, apart from Heizo who had left early for the police headquarters and Shizuka who had risen early to prepare breakfast, everyone else was still fast asleep.
No, Ran had woken up early too, but she was still in bed, seemingly playing a prank!
Shizuka hadn't slept well last night and had dark circles under her eyes.
However, the peace of the Hattori house was soon broken by noise. The doorbell rang, followed by Kazuha's voice and the sounds of others arguing.
Shizuka opened the door, and a group of people swarmed in.
Kazuha was being marched in by a girl with brown hair, followed by five children and a chubby old man.
It was Sonoko Suzuki, Professor Agasa, and the Detective Boys.
Sonoko held Kazuha by the shoulder. "Kazuha, confess! Is Teacher Hoshimiya here? Ran is unbelievable too! It's a perfectly good holiday, and she ditches me to run off with Teacher Hoshimiya! Unforgivable!"
Sonoko's aura was imposing!
"And you, Kazuha! I took such good care of you in Tokyo, and you lied to me too!"
Kazuha admitted defeat obediently and apologized immediately.
However, Sonoko started trying to barge into the rooms to search, and the three curious children beside her wanted to join in the chaos!
Only the two "fake children," Conan and Ai, stood their ground with their arms crossed, not running around.
At that moment, Shizuka, standing behind the door, shouted coldly: "Impudent! Where do you think you are? Have you no manners?"
Shizuka's fully unleashed queenly aura instantly silenced the crowd.
Cold sweat broke out on Professor Agasa's forehead. He laughed awkwardly, "Madam, I'm sorry. You were standing behind the door, so we didn't see you. The children didn't mean any harm; we're just here to find Mr. Hoshimiya!"
Seeing this young girl, Sonoko, mention Yuu in every other sentence, Shizuka felt a bit jealous. She narrowed her beautiful eyes and directed her pressure toward Sonoko.
Even though she knew about Yuu and Sonoko's relationship, it didn't stop her from being jealous.
Not just Shizuka; many beauties were like this. They only tolerated it better when facing their close friends.
So, when Noah arranged Yuu's schedule, she usually grouped mothers and daughters, sisters, or close friends together.
Similarly, Yuu didn't bring Sonoko this time because he was afraid this bold girl would cause trouble.
"The children might not know better, but you are old enough. Didn't your parents teach you manners when visiting someone's home?"
Reprimanded by an elder, Sonoko stuck out her tongue and apologized straightforwardly.
She was in the wrong, after all. As a young lady of a wealthy family, she still had basic etiquette.
Soon, guided by Kazuha, everyone sat obediently on cushions in the living room to wait.
The noise at the door naturally woke Yuu up. He immediately felt movement on his body. Opening his eyes, he was met with a breathtakingly beautiful sight.
Ran could be so bold sometimes!
Early in the morning, Yuu felt as if he had entered a mysterious illusion.
Such a scene, such beauty, such pleasure—how could he encounter it if not in a dream?
Before him was a delicate pink lotus flower he had tasted many times before.
The lotus was extraordinarily tender, a pale pink, smooth and devoid of any fuzz.
The petals were tiny and symmetrical, filled with aesthetic beauty.
They were dotted with sporadic water droplets, like gathered dew, emitting a faint fragrance that made one salivate.
The lotus grew in the valley, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth to become this divine creation.
Above Yuu, two flawless full moons hung upside down in mid-air, trembling gently and emitting dazzling halos of light.
If not an illusion, how could there be two flawless full moons?
Yuu's nostrils flared. Drawn by his soul, he moved his head closer to the pink lotus.
His tongue darted out, nimble and practiced, curling the dew on the lotus into his mouth in one go. It was incredibly sweet, bringing comfort to his entire body!
Celestial music rang out instantly. Yuu's eyes reddened; knowing what he had swallowed, he was deeply moved.
Fire blazed in his eyes. Looking at the remaining dew essence on the lotus, a glint of greed flashed, and he opened his mouth wide to taste this rare and precious holy object.
His tongue recklessly swept every drop of dew from the petals into his stomach.
Though delicate, the lotus was impervious to all harm.
Yuu, experienced from before, knew the key to tasting this holy object was to harvest the nectar produced by the lotus itself.
Hidden beneath the petals, the nectar was far more fascinating than the external dew.
Yuu's fingertips stroked the petals with extreme gentleness, then applied slight pressure to spread them open, revealing the flower within.
The flower emitted a maddening fragrance. If anyone else were here, they might have attacked Yuu to claim the holy object for themselves.
But there was no one else; only Yuu enjoyed this feast.
The nectar in the flower seemed ready to overflow. Yuu immediately caught it with his mouth, pressing his lips against the lotus blossom.
The unparalleled fresh, crisp fragrance pierced his heart, causing his entire body to relax. His pupils contracted repeatedly, and his spirit shook.
The celestial music sounded again. Listening closely, it seemed to be the voice of a female bodhisattva, the sound pouring into his heart and intoxicating him.
Yuu's tongue probed into the flower, greedily harvesting the nectar from the supreme pink lotus.
Like a python entering the abyss, or a dragon emerging from the sea, he greedily swept every drop of liquid into his stomach.
His nimble tongue scraped the flower over and over, not missing a single drop, intent on squeezing out every last bit of residual liquid.
It felt like a moment, yet also like an eternity. The holy lotus being tasted by Yuu grew even more vibrant in color, as if it had gained a life of its own.
The flower trembled in waves, and then, from the depths of its heart, a stream of liquid sprayed out—the Essence of the Lotus.
It was far more precious than the dew or nectar from before!
Yuu dared not delay. His tongue curled like a python, swallowing all the Lotus Essence.
His body began to tremble. The taste of this essence was incomparable to anything in the heavens or on earth.
Every cell in Yuu's body swelled, his soul shuddered, and his aura could no longer be concealed. In this moment, he erupted—like a flash flood, like a volcano.
Entering a state of unity between heaven and man, where spirit and flesh merged, Yuu found his true self.
Even after the eruption, Yuu remained incredibly powerful.
Looking at the illusion before him, the self-assured Yuu felt he could become its master.
His large hands reached up, capturing the two flawless full moons, doing as he pleased with them.
Yuu held the moons, kneading them into various shapes with ease.
As the halos of the two white moons crossed, the entire world flickered between light and dark.
However, Yuu soon noticed strange fluctuations in the void between the moons.
Yuu frowned, sensing something extraordinary.
He pushed the two moons apart with force, his pupils trembling violently.
A great fortune! A massive blessing!
At the intersection of the two flawless moons, there was a companion to the holy object—shaped like a daisy, and also pink.
Yuu grinned. His luck was truly flourishing; just after harvesting the nectar of the pink lotus, he had discovered another treasure.
Without hesitation, Yuu sent two fingers toward the intersection of the moons, intending to pluck the daisy.
But the pink daisy was already sentient. As it expanded and contracted, a massive suction force emerged, pulling Yuu's index and middle fingers inside.
Yuu silently recited the Immovable Wisdom King Mantra to resist the suction.
But the spirit daisy wouldn't give up. As his fingers entered its inner world—its domain—it tried to crush them into nothingness.
Immense pressure from all sides squeezed Yuu's fingers.
Yuu frowned. His fingers became like swords, sharp and unstoppable, piercing straight through. His speed exploded, and his sword-fingers thrust rapidly, turning the inner world upside down before quietly withdrawing, hiding his merit and fame!
Looking at Ran, who had collapsed weakly, unable to withstand the might of his sword technique, a smile appeared on Yuu's lips.
"You little girl, trying to sneak attack me while I sleep? Now you know my power!"
Ran turned her small head, giving Yuu a light glance with her beautiful eyes before lying back down on her own.
Yuu patted her perky butt, producing a crisp sound. "Alright, time to get up. I think I heard people outside!"
Ran swallowed the contents of her mouth before struggling to sit up.
At first, the group in the living room managed to stay quiet, but three real children couldn't sit still for long and soon began whispering!
Genta whispered to Mitsuhiko, "That pretty lady just now was so scary! She's the scariest lady I've ever seen!"
Mitsuhiko nodded. "She feels even scarier than Ran-neechan's mom!"
Ayumi put a finger to her lips. "Shh! Be careful she doesn't hear you, or we're dead!"
The two boys immediately covered their mouths, daring not to make another sound. Sonoko, having been scolded, sat obediently and waited.
Just then, Heiji Hattori walked through the living room yawning. Seeing so many people, especially Conan, a look of joy appeared on his face.
As for Kazuha, he had given up hope.
More importantly, having solved two cases in two days, he couldn't wait to show off to his best friend.
As for the others, Heiji selectively ignored them.
Seeing the disheveled Heiji, especially the sleep crust in the corner of his eye, Sonoko couldn't help but speak up: "Hattori, you're way too sloppy! Receiving guests like this is so rude!"
"And we've been sitting here forever without even a cup of tea. What's the meaning of this?"
Sonoko vented her dissatisfaction from Shizuka's scolding onto Heiji, and her points were valid.
Veins popped on Heiji's forehead as he glared at Sonoko with dead-fish eyes, cursing internally.
Suddenly, Genta pointed at Heiji's face and laughed.
"Look at that huge booger in his eye!"
The three kids looked over, and Ayumi gasped, "It's true!"
Heiji covered his face and fled in embarrassment, leaving the room erupting in laughter!