【Quick new】Third person

Chapter 10 Ten. Accidental or Inevitable | Accidental or Inevitable

Recap

"If you like that person, everything is worth it. I believe in his beliefs, I implement his justice, I abide by his agreement, and then..."

"I said, so this is owed to me temporarily, and I will have to pay it back in the future!"

The biggest news today is——

"The phantom thief Kidd who has been silent for several months will appear again!"

The police are overwhelmed, the Phantom Thief fans are ecstatic, and everything is the same as before.The protagonist of the topic is standing leisurely on the edge of the playground of Mihuacho Primary School, with green grass at his feet.

"How should I put it, I'm surprised."

"I think this is the second time I've heard you say such a thing, right? Miss."

Kuroba Kaito lowered the brim of his hat.The sound of children's laughter on the lawn not far away came to his ears, so he also curled the corners of his mouth in a good mood. "I take it as a compliment."

Hui Yuanai beside him glanced at him, the boy was wearing a blue T-shirt with a black jacket on top, and dark gray jeans underneath, the most low-key kind of ordinary clothes, restored to the original with some curly hair There is a peaked cap on her shaggy hair.No one would have thought of the legendary experience of the guy standing here watching the elementary school students play football - a high school magician, a phantom thief, and a detective's stand-in.

"How about it, are you still used to being Kuroba Kaito?" the girl joked, "I'm still wondering how long you can hold back."

"I can't help it... That guy Qingzi has been arguing all the time... But this time someone came out under my name to attract people's attention, but there are indeed some chores that have accumulated and need to go back to deal with." But it is obviously a headache. When he saw the little figure in front of him dribbling the ball, his helpless words also brought a smile.

Seeing the boy's gentle expression, Haibara sighed.Qingzi, a name that occasionally comes out of the young man's mouth, she doesn't even know her last name, but just thinking about it, she knows that the other party is probably similar to Mao Lilan.The story of a talented man and a beautiful woman is so vulgar that it is also an eternal pure and precious emotion.She respects this, but she is also worried about him—because among the people and things that occupy his heart, the most important thing is written in those gray-blue eyes.Following his gaze, he could easily find the little figure wearing glasses from the crowd.

"You should know that it is impossible to hide it from him forever."

"Of course I know."

"Well, but now it's time to give him a long vacation. This is the first time since I've known him that he hasn't been in contact with a case for such a long time." As she spoke, she also smiled, with a hint of With a teasing taste, "It's good to be protected by you."

"Cough... on your side, is the new antidote going well?"

"It's already been made, but he can't try it now, can he?"

At the same time, under the applause of Yoshida Ayumi, Edogawa Conan raised his foot beautifully and scored the goal.

"Anyway, thank you for your hard work, Miss." Kaito Kuroba turned around when he noticed that the boy was about to look in this direction. "Please also after that, I'll take a step first."

"No, I want to say thank you."

"Um?"

"Thinking about it carefully, I seem to have been rescued by you many times, such as... the roller coaster at Yokohama Amusement Park... or something."

"Well~" The boy waved his hand, walked to the distance, and disappeared at the corner of the street after a while.

"Huiyuan?"

Several children walked up to her with the ball in their arms, and the leader couldn't help looking for something behind her.

"Who was that just now?"

The girl smiled and shook her head without answering.

—A savior like you.

"Speaking of which," Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya took a step forward and followed Edogawa and Haibara, "After a long time, Kaitou Kidd sent a new invitation letter, this time the target is not the Suzuki Foundation, but It’s a not-so-famous jewelry store in Mihua Town.”

"Oh~"

Hui Yuanai glanced at the people around him calmly, but he was sensitive enough to notice her gaze.

"What's wrong?"

"fine."

"Speaking of which, will Phantom Thief Kidd really appear?" Edogawa Conan said casually, kicking the stones on the side of the road.

"Why do you say that?" Hui Yuanai raised his eyebrows with a subtle expression.

"Because of that notice..." Isn't it too simple?It's almost counterfeit... He doesn't know if it's appropriate to say that. Before, out of curiosity, he also went to the Internet to find news related to Kaitou Kidd. Most of the notice letters in it were layer upon layer of interesting puzzles, and it even cost him a lot of money. A lot of thinking.But this time the preview is too straightforward and simple, and the goal is also very inconspicuous.He didn't think that the newly opened small jewelry store in a place like Mihua Town would have famous products worthy of the phantom thief himself.On the contrary, things are like the kind of people who use the name of the phantom thief to attract public attention to their jewelry store for the sake of attracting people's attention. Even if the phantom thief does not appear in the end, there is no loss to themselves.

He roughly expressed his thoughts to Hui Yuanai, who burst out laughing.

The smile was so meaningful that the little detective was completely confused.

Because Kudo Shinichi was going out to handle the case, Edogawa would stay at Mori's house for three days, which was proposed by Mori Lan.He said it was a borrowing, but he didn't know until he arrived at the Maori office that his daily necessities, pajamas, and several sets of clothes that had been here for a long time were still intact.

"Sister Lan, I'm back."

"Welcome back! Wash your hands and eat, shall we?"

The boy put down his schoolbag and watched Mao Lilan working in a corner of the kitchen wearing an apron.The usually noisy uncle detective seemed to be out, and the TV was not turned on, so the house seemed extremely quiet, only the sound of bubbling bubbles coming from the cooking pot on the stove.He helped to set the table and chopsticks, and the moment he stood on the small stool and opened the cabinet door, he realized that his body was making this series of movements so skillfully.

"I'm starting." Three dishes and one soup, the combination of meat and vegetables is just right, and the taste is also very good.The boy bit the tip of his chopsticks, and looked at Mao Lilan in front of him—a gentle and virtuous but not weak girl, her character and personality were so good that she couldn't find any faults at all...the type that most people would like.If it is such a person, it should be very appropriate to stand beside Kudo Shinichi, right?

So why am I thinking about this?

"Speaking of...if I hadn't come back at the beginning of the new year, I would have had the unbelievable thought that Conan is Shinichi."

The little palm holding the chopsticks paused for a moment.

"…how could be?"

"Because you are really similar, whether it's habits, tastes, attitudes... and you are both people who forget about themselves when they encounter a case."

"But I..." Haven't been involved with any cases since February?

It's not that there are no such opportunities. Obviously, there have been moments when guests came to visit Kudo's house or Li's office, but they will always be diverted by some things just right, and when they want to ask about the case later, they will be caught prevarication, or the case has already been solved.Thinking about it this way, the current self is really well protected.This is something that even he can react to, no matter how slow he is, not to mention that Kudo Shinichi's attitude of not wanting him to intervene in those matters is very obvious.This can also be explained by common sense - "Which child is running around the scene of the murder all day long!! It will have nightmares!" said the boy with hot cocoa.

I still remember that person had just taken a shower at that time, and his whole body looked hot, and his somewhat messy forehead hair was casually laid on his forehead as if he had been rubbed randomly with a towel. "If you are too free, read more books, the books here—" He pointed to the bookshelf behind him that was much taller than him, "You will like it~"

The tone is uplifting.That Kudo Shinichi looks more like a child than him.

Mao Lilan served a bowl of hot soup, seeing that the boy suddenly stopped talking, he was not in a hurry to interrupt his thinking.She always seemed to be used to such things—whether it was Kudo Shinichi or Edogawa Conan.They will be silent suddenly, frowning slightly, and sometimes they will raise their hands and chins, and their eyes will fall on something in front of them, but that is only the sustenance of their sight, and the things that they want to look at mentally may have spanned to infinite distance The place.They were recalling, thinking, and then showing such serious and focused expressions.

In fact, she was a little regretful, because she couldn't share this nuanced thinking about the world with them.It's not about the sensual differences between men and women, they're just...not soul mates on this level.Just like standing at the scene of the case again and again, she would try her best to help, and even get involved, but in fact she still didn't really enter that space.She even felt that the mature girl, Hui Yuan Ai, was closer to the little detective than she was in many cases.It would be great if she could also be the kind of person who enjoys deciphering with them and likes to challenge unfathomable things.

Sometimes there will be such regrets.

"Wait..." The boy seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and his expression became a little weird.

"Sister Lan, do you mean that Brother Shinichi has the same habits and tastes as me?"

"Huh? That's right. Whether it's the food you like to eat, the style of songs you often listen to, especially the books you like to read..."

"So," he paused, trying to organize his words, "did I... like hot chocolate before?"

Ask "I" not "he".It seemed that some of the doubts I had accumulated during this period suddenly found an outlet, and the questioning of Kudo Shinichi itself was incredible.

"Chocolate? No, Conan, you don't like very sweet things, and so does Shinichi. You drink tea more often. Maybe you drink coffee to stay up late at work."

It feels like the boy's face becomes more...subtle as he continues talking?Mao Lilan couldn't imagine what kind of trouble this fact brought him, "Conan?"

"It's okay, I'm just curious... Hey, sister Lan, let me tell you about the past between me and Shinichi brother?"

Although I have told the boy intermittently about their past stories before, from the mouths of Mao Lilan, Dr. Ali, and those children.It was a series of experiences that sounded incredible, and it can really be said that it was born and died many times.When he heard it before, he felt that he was living a life of ups and downs like in a detective novel. In the face of everyone boasting about himself, he... how should I put it, he probably accepted it with a strange attitude.But is this really something a primary school student can do?

As for Kudo Shinichi, in addition to knowing from the people around him, he can also easily search for news about this person from the Internet.Such two people, a well-known detective and an oversized schoolboy, have lived together peacefully under the same roof for more than three months.The seemingly peaceful days turned out to be unharmonious.If you think about it...

There are many doubts, right?

"Has Shinichi-san been with me for so long before?"

Faced with the boy's question, Mao Lilan didn't know how to answer it.

"It doesn't seem like it really happened. Every time Shinichi appears, Conan is not there. But sometimes Shinichi will call and ask you to help when handling a case."

"That's why..." Mao Lilan laughed, this is one of the most incredible thoughts in her heart, "Why did I ever wonder if Conan would be Shinichi. Ah, but once..."

"How about once?"

"That meeting just ended a case, when I returned to Mori's office, I almost believed that Conan was Shinichi for various reasons, but when I was asking you, Shinichi just appeared After that, I dismissed the idea."

"I see..." the boy nodded thoughtfully.

——That's right, okay, so why do I also have some crazy ideas?

Mao Lilan didn't know the mental activities of the person in front of her, so she continued to recall with her chin propped up.

"I still remember that it seemed to be raining that day, because when Xinyi came, his shoulders were wet, and then I ran up to get him a towel. When I came down, I saw you standing on the side of the road, and Xinyi had already left. ...Ah, that workaholic is—”

Are you a workaholic?He thought of the figure stuck in the pile of materials, and this remained unchanged as before.

"But..." Mao Lilan also showed a puzzled expression.

——So how come there are so many coincidences?Two people who clearly know each other but hardly appear at the same time.When one appears, the other must disappear.Is there really such a thing?

Chance is probably another kind of necessity, just like what Mao Lilan wanted to say next, she swore she really just remembered it suddenly.

"But it was strange at that time. There were a lot of feathers falling on the roadside."

"feather?"

"Well, it should be... a pigeon?"

The boy froze.

It was a feeling like an electric shock.A lot of corners, details and clues were strung together at once.For a moment, there were many words floating in his mind, everyone's voices were mixed together, key words were extracted and rearranged...

There was the answer he was looking for.

"Wait... is there a mechanism here on the sofa..."

"Pfft, it's magic, magic."

"What do Conan and Shinichi want to eat?"

"Oolong tea and lemon pie."

"Just like him."

"Speaking of which, the other person Sister Lan mentioned today who is very similar to Brother Shinichi, strange...what, who is he?"

"Phantom Thief KID, a...uh, pretending thief."

"Posturing thief?"

"Did you describe it that way before?"

"I'm also thinking, and I'm working hard to become someone like you."

"Brother Shinichi, Hattori-san and the others are still coming to play today, cheer up a little bit, hey!"

"...Who is that..."

"Kudou?"

"If it's Shinichi-san, I'll fall asleep on the sofa behind you."

"Speaking of which, Conan."

"Um?"

"How do you think you're doing now?"

"I am fine."

"Don't you feel bored? I mean, if it was you, the homework would be too easy. And those kids at school..."

"So...why are you bothering so much? It's not a simple case, is it for someone?"

"Well, he's very...a guy with a sense of justice, I'm just doing these things for him temporarily..."

With a click, Mao Lilan, who happened to be immersed in the memory, was startled.

The chopsticks fell to the ground, and the boy stood up abruptly, his small palm trembling involuntarily.

"How about I come up with a puzzle, and when you solve it, you will know whether you are a qualified detective or not."

"Tell me?"

"Three persons."

"...What kind of puzzle is this, a word game?"

"Maybe it's the secret of 'you, me, him'."

TBC