"Little, little mourning?" Before Mourning could open the door of the detective club, the door had already been opened. At the same time, Ayumi looked at Xiao Aizhong anxiously.

"Has anyone been here?" Glancing inside the activity room, Motota and Mitsuhiko didn't know where they had gone, leaving Ayumi alone.

"Did you see anyone leave when you came?" Ayumi asked about her when Xiao Ai asked.

"Could it be ......" Xiao Ai seemed to think of something, and then turned and ran towards the place where he had just passed by.

"Wait for me......" Looking at Xiao Ai who left, Ayumi also followed.

"You say, could it be him?" asked Ayumi as she ran, looking around for the somewhat familiar figure.

"I don't know...... However, I hope that's him. Xiao Ai looked around and replied at the same time.

"But my instincts tell me it's him. Ayumi said with certainty.

"His familiar feeling, and his lilac hair. Even though he was wearing a fox mask, I could see the fox's smile under his mask. Ayumi replied, a few tears already hanging from the corners of her eyes.

"Don't worry, we'll find him. Looking at Ayumi's tears, Xiao Wai couldn't say anything about his questioning, so he had to comfort the other party.

She actually wanted to ask the other party, why didn't she leave him, only a few seconds, only a few seconds, and she could get to the detective club.

But so what? Actually, didn't I pass by him? I saw him beside me, but because his eyes were not on me, he made the wrong choice because of the unfamiliar feeling.

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault that I didn't keep him. Ayumi said in a trembling voice as she wiped away her tears.

"Listen, Ayumi, it's not your fault. If you do say that you are wrong, it is not your fault. I rubbed shoulders with him when I went to the detective club, but the unfamiliar familiarity made me make the wrong choice. So, now let's stop trying to find out who's right and who's wrong, okay? What we're going to do now is find him. Xiao Ai put her hands on Ayumi's shoulders and wiped away her tears as she spoke.

"Well, if it's confirmed to be him, we're going to beat him up. Ayumi said as she waved her little fist and smiled.

"Hmm. Xiao Ai nodded.

Ten years ago, in Kitanosawa Village, Niigata Prefecture, a teenager smiled and said, "Wait for me, I'll be back." And everyone blindly believed in him and because he had created one miracle after another. Although he will be worried, everyone believes that he will perform miracles again and then return to everyone.

Then, a miracle happened, and everyone was saved. The boy, however, was drowning in heavy snow.

At the beginning, even now, I have always believed in it. Even if the golden time of rescue has passed, he must still be alive.

It's just that when it was carried out, the whole village was dispatched, and even the people of the police rescue team were all rescued. I spent a whole week around the snow-covered area, but the boy still couldn't be found.

Now, Kitanosawa Village no longer exists. But those who once lived there do not forget the heroes who saved them all.

Whether it was the elderly, or the young people of the time, or the children who have grown up now.

They would always tell the story of the hero at one time, and their children would always listen to it as a story.

Perhaps, in ten years, or twenty years, or a hundred years, they will leave with the name of this hero, and no one will remember the deeds of that hero.

However, for Xiao Ai, she does not need a so-called hero.

She just wanted him to be by her side.

Selfish? It's very selfish, but so what?

Aren't all people selfish?

It's better to be a hero than to be forgotten sooner or later.

But she could understand what he was doing. After all, he's just that kind of person. In the same way, he has always been a hero in his own mind.

Always, always......

That year, all that was left was tears.

That year, the Junior Detective Corps was one less person.

That year, every year after that, there was one less smiling face in the photo.

That year, I listened to the music he left behind.

That year......

That year, there was just so much going on. Because of his departure, everything changed.

However, everyone has always held on to the hope that he is still alive. After all, no one saw him die.

"Where the hell are you?" In the campus, two girls can be seen running almost all over the campus as if they are looking for something, but the results are obviously not very optimistic, even if the first time to notify the announcement and ask the campus people to help search together.

However, it turned out that many people saw the person they were talking about. However, no one knows when he left.

However, they had to skip the afternoon lessons.

Because, after finding the person who had seen the man, and then asking for oral sketch portraits. They decided that they had to find him, no matter what means they used.

So, I found Officer Takagi and Officer Sato, who had been promoted to the police department, to help investigate the surveillance and look for the portrait.

As for Takagi and Sato, the portrait also made them seem very excited, so they used people who could use it to find it.

However, every time I found someone, I was already in a hurry by the time everyone passed.

If it weren't for the fact that he did appear on the surveillance screen, everyone would think that there was no such person at all.

However, as the location was updated, although watching the messy map move above, it was an exciting moment for Ayumi and Xiao Ai.

That's, where they used to go.

Then, they drove from station to station with the updated map.

Often, it's all about slowing down.

And one step slower is a loss forever.

Then, it was night.

Although no one gave up. However, the person disappeared from the city's surveillance and was never found again.

seaside

I don't know why, the two of them are here.

Maybe he has been discouraged? Even though the light is so close, he still can't grasp it and loses it.

"Time has passed, everything around me has changed, and I'm still in the same place. 」

In my ears, there was a burst of singing.