After a lunch break, the Miyauchi family had managed to calm down.
By the afternoon, his parents were already muttering about whether to plant something in the courtyard, while his eldest sister had taken Renge to a spot in the courtyard to sunbathe.
As for Miyauchi Hikari, she was currently frolicking all over the mansion, needing to carefully observe and study every single room.
She was already fantasizing about her future life as a noble Tokyo girl, waking up every day under the service of a butler and maids, enjoying a meal prepared by a master chef, and then going to school in a luxury car.
To prevent his second sister's expectations for the future from getting too high, Miyauchi Hikage mercilessly crushed her dreams.
"I've already contacted a real estate agent to help find a suitable apartment. After school starts, you'll usually live at the apartment, which will be convenient for commuting to and from school."
As expected, Miyauchi Hikari, upon hearing this, had a look of shock on her face. She pointed a trembling hand at her younger brother, not understanding how such cold words could come out of his mouth.
And Miyauchi Hikage's way of dealing with it was very simple.
He took out his wallet, pinched out a few 10,000-yen bills, and waved them in front of his sister.
Looking at the five portraits of Fukuzawa Yukichi in front of her, Miyauchi Hikari subconsciously swallowed.
Back in the countryside, this was almost more than her allowance for a whole year.
Knowing that this trick was effective, Miyauchi Hikage continued to speak, "This is your allowance. From now on, you'll usually live at the apartment. You can come over to play during the holidays, but you can't bring other people over. And don't talk about our family's situation at school. If someone asks, just say we're ordinary students from the countryside."
Listening to the conditions and requirements proposed by her younger brother, Miyauchi Hikari knew that she wouldn't be able to live the life of a rich young lady from a TV drama.
She pouted, a little aggrieved. Before she could even start to act pitiful, she heard her younger brother's voice again.
"If you can do that, I'll also cover your living expenses at the apartment. And after Mom and Dad go back, I can take you to Shibuya and Ginza to buy a few new outfits."
As the money was stuffed into her hand by Miyauchi Hikage, plus the grand promise of Shibuya and Ginza, Miyauchi Hikari instantly forgot her earlier grievance.
Thinking about it carefully, her personality probably really wasn't suited for being a noble young lady. In a place like this, if she wanted to go to the kitchen for a snack at night, she would have to walk for half a day.
She might as well just obediently live in the apartment arranged by her younger brother and be an ordinary Tokyo high school girl.
After easily settling the matter of Miyauchi Hikari, Miyauchi Hikage took another satisfied turn around the mansion.
Although he was in Beika Town, and would probably encounter various murder cases in the future, with Conan around, he didn't have to worry about this kind of thing at all.
As long as he wasn't dragged into the main Conan plot before he had developed his own strength, he didn't care how much of a mess Conan's side got into.
Standing by the windowsill, Miyauchi Hikage glanced at the somewhat dilapidated Kudo residence in the distance, then at the Dr. Agasa residence next door, which was built to the specifications of a research institute, and finally, his gaze fell on the iron gate at the entrance of his own courtyard.
His cute little sister was currently at the courtyard gate, chatting with a few children who looked to be about the same age.
Seeing Renge getting along with children her own age in a well-behaved manner, Miyauchi Hikage was somewhat gratified.
Asahigaoka was indeed too small. Even though Miyauchi Hikage had changed many things and had also increased the population of Asahigaoka quite a bit, there were still too few playmates of Renge's age in the village.
If she could make a few friends here in Tokyo, that would also be quite good... wait, children of the same age?
Miyauchi Hikage suddenly sensed a problem.
He looked carefully at the gate.
The one talking to Renge was a little girl with a headband. And beside her were two boys, one skinny and one chubby.
And not far behind the three of them, a child with glasses was looking at this mansion with a contemplative expression, lost in thought about something.
A drop of cold sweat appeared on Miyauchi Hikage's forehead.
You really know how to pick your friends, Renge. On your very first day in Tokyo, you've gotten involved with the infamous Junior Death-Courting League.
He had previously only been worried that Miyauchi Hikari would become the king of the kids, but had overlooked Renge.
Who could have thought that Renge, who was just here for a couple of days, would, while sunbathing outside, so coincidentally run into the Junior Detective League, who were all visiting Dr. Agasa, and that they would actually strike up a conversation?
Miyauchi Hikage subconsciously wanted to go downstairs and bring his cute little sister back.
Conan himself was not a problem. The "death god" aura and such wouldn't affect a child.
But those little brats around him were really good at courting death. A group of six or seven-year-old kids wandering around crime scenes all day, probably more familiar with corpses and murderers than with their own parents. Their main principle was to run wherever there was danger, and they wouldn't listen to reason at all.
Miyauchi Hikage was really afraid that in the blink of an eye, this group of kids would lure his cute little sister to some crime scene.
Renge already had a slight tendency towards being deadpan. What if she was stimulated again and developed some mental problems from the fright?
But after taking a few steps, he shook his head again.
No, actively interfering will easily be noticed by that Conan guy.
Anyway, Renge is only playing here for two days, and tomorrow we're going to other places in Tokyo. I'll just let Renge play with them for a while today. But it has to be within my line of sight.
Thinking this, Miyauchi Hikage took out a few portions of the agricultural products they had brought from Asahigaoka from their luggage.
He had originally planned to prepare a more exquisite housewarming gift to visit Dr. Agasa after he had settled down. Now, because of the Junior Detective League, he could only use these local products from the countryside to greet Dr. Agasa first.
He used the all-purpose Hamon to slightly stimulate his facial muscles to make himself look more relaxed.
After thinking through the upcoming conversation in his mind, Miyauchi Hikage took the packaged agricultural products and some washed fruits and walked downstairs towards the gate.
As he got closer, he heard Ayumi talking about a kidnapping case she had just encountered a few days ago, and at the same time, stating that it was thanks to her own cleverness that she was able to smoothly escape from the clutches of evil.
After finishing, she even seriously told Renge that she must be careful of the bad guys outside when playing.
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Miss Yoshida Ayumi, do you want to listen to what you yourself are saying?
If you could tell who the bad guys were, you wouldn't be taken hostage every other day, and still hold the record for the most kidnappings in Conan to this day.
It really is better to let Renge stay far away from them. If Renge gets infected, then this world has no reason to exist anymore.
Seeing the rare, cautious look on Renge's little face, as if she had taken Ayumi's words to heart, Miyauchi Hikage hurriedly walked forward to stop the chanting.
"You're all children who live nearby, right? Would you like some fruit?"