They went back only the tires of his car were flat but he forgot to bring his spare tires and the sky was almost dark right at the moment.Yuuki could use magic to create tires and he also had been stared by Haibara for a while but he didn"t want to make them since Conan was just too sharp. He could create them later when Conan was away from him but now he couldn"t do it.
"We have no choice, let"s stay here," Yuuki said.
"Yeah, I don"t mind staying in the car," Conan said.
"Eeeeehhh!!!" Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko were startled when they heard that they would stay in this mountain.
"What do you mean by "Eh?" we have camping equipment now or do you want to stay outside?" Conan asked.
"B - but these mountains are very creepy," Ayumi said with a scary expression.
"A - a monster might appear, right?" Mitsuko looked around.
"Y - yeah, those from the old tales, t - the Onibaba t - that eats a people, that"s called "Yamanba...."," His skin was very pale when he told this story to everyone.
"Y - Ya - Yamanba!!!" Mitsuhiko and Ayamu were scared.
"That"s just an old tale, there is no way that it is real," Agasa told everyone to calm them.
"But sometimes a tale is coming from a real thing that happened in the past, there"s probably a real monster in this mountain," Yuuki said jokingly.
They became very scared when they heard him.
"Oh, that house is also fit to become the home of Yamanba," Haibara said.
"Eh?" They turned their heads and saw a big house with only a single light there. They didn"t see any house beside that house in this area.
"Stupid, there is no way, that is true," Conan said to everyone.
"It"s a pretty big house, so why don"t we ask them to let us stay for the night?" Agasa said.
"But that house is a bit strange, why is there such a big house in the middle of this mountain?" Yuuki asked.
"Right...." Haibara said while looking at everyone, "It looks as if it were just luring us in, saying "Follow me...Follow me....""
"EEEEEHHHHH!!!!"
"Anyway, decide which one you"d rather have, staying out here or in that house?" Conan asked.
"L - let"s go to the Yamanba"s house!!" Mitsuhiko said.
"Eh?" Ayumi and Haibara looked quite surprised at his answer.
"B - because I will protect both Haibara and Ayumi with my life," Mitsuhiko said.
"Thank you, then I wonder if you"ll let yourself be eaten in my place?" Haibara asked.
"T - that"s a little bit, but I think Genta will be the most delicious since he has a lot of fat," Mitsuhiko said while looking at Genta.
"I - I think you"ll also make a good side dish too," Genta said.
"How stupid, let"s get over there," Conan said.
Yuuki ignored the conversation between children and took his cigarette. He wanted to lit it only stopped when he felt someone was holding his leg. He looked down and saw there was Ayumi there.
"Onii-Chan, protect me," Ayumi said with a scared expression.
Yuuki had a complicated expression on his face. He sighed and took off his cigarette. He picked Ayumi on his arm and said, "Don"t worry, I will protect you, Agasa is pretty big and I"m sure Yamanba will be quite full after eating him."
"Why did you involve me in this conversation too? Also, why do I have to be the one who will be eaten?" Agasa said.
"Ah, that"s right, there Professor," Mitsuhiko looked quite a relief.
"Yeah, Professor has a lot of fat too," Genta also looked very relieved since he wasn"t the only one who was fat.
"You guys!!" Agasa felt pretty hurt by everyone"s words.
"Hey, hurry up!" Conan shouted.
"Ah, wait for us, Conan!!" Genta said.
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They arrived in front of the big house that was located in the middle of this mountain.
"Well, this is a pretty impressive thatched house," Yuuki said.
"Somehow it doesn"t look like Yamanba"s house," Genta said.
"You know Yamanba should be living in a small hut," Mitsuhiko said.
"Also, she has a kitchen knife, right?" Ayumi said.
"Yeah, a huge butcher knife right?" Genta said.
"Hee....Hee.....Hee...."
Everyone was startled when they heard this creepy voice. They turned their heads slowly and saw someone there holding a rather conspicuous knife in her hands.
"That is...."
She said with a scary expression while looking at them.
"A knife like this?"
"THE YAMANBA!!!"
"AAAH!! WE WILL BE EATEN!!"
"ONII-CHAN, PLEASE HELP ME!!"
"Grandma, do you live here?" Conan asked her calmly.
"Yes, that"s right," Grandma said.
"I"m sorry for the trouble, but can you let us stay for a night since we have a flat tire," Yuuki said. He felt that his pants were being pulled by them and it was very troublesome.
"Oh, really? If that"s true, you should"ve said it earlier, I thought you were with brats that came here at this hour from the foot of the mountain to ruin my garden," Grandma said.
"Well, I don"t have anything special to treat you, but you can stay here, please come in," Grandma said.
"Thank you very much!!" Everyone said at the same time.
They entered the house and looked around the house. This would be their first time to enter such an old house but the house was still quite good and it was very clean.
"Hmm? Is there someone who lives with you?" Agasa asked.
"No, I live by myself," grandma said.
"But these slippers look like they"re meant to be for someone," Agasa said.
"That"s for my grandson who left to become a chef 10 years ago, I only left them waiting for him to remind me of that time," grandma said. She started to tell the story of her grandson and they had learned her name was Tanaka Iwae.
Yuuki looked at the goldfish inside the aquarium since it was pretty big. He also looked at the obsidian ornament inside since it was quite rare to see such a big obsidian inside an aquarium.
"UWAAAAAA!!!!"
They were startled and looked at Mitsuhiko who had just screamed.
"What"s wrong?" Yuuki asked.
"T - there is someone outside the door!!" Mitsuhiko said.
Ayumi and Genta became scared and thought it was a real Yamanba.
Conan sighed and opened the door to see who would enter the house this time.