It was late at night.

The pedestrians on the street have also become sparse, and they are probably already returning home to rest.

Akane also called a taxi and rushed back to the manor.

But she didn't notice that there was a person who had been following her, observing her every move, and his eyes had barely taken off her.

She couldn't find out.

The people who can find out about the man's stalking are all capable people.

It's just that even that man, I'm afraid he can't imagine that his every move is also being monitored.

Of course, it was not people who were watching him, but crows.

The ubiquitous, pitch-black crow began to spy on Akane when he decided to follow him, and all his every move was recorded.

Crows swept across the night sky.

Akane got out of the taxi and entered the manor, but found nothing unusual.

A man in a car, looking at the manor from a distance.

The crow circled around and landed silently on the branch of a tree, looking at the car and the man.

A red dot flickered and flickered, apparently smoking.

Shuichi Akai.

I'm in a little unstable right now.

Appearance.

That's understandable.

But some small actions or something, they are almost identical, which makes him a little suspicious.

And this manor ......

"Coffee shop owner, Qingming."

He knows.

Regarding Qingming, Belmode has investigated, and the FBI has also investigated, so he naturally knows some intelligence.

Although there is very little information about Qingming.

However, this manor, Qingming can't hide it, and he doesn't plan to hide it, so anyone who wants to investigate can know it.

But it's useless to know.

In fact, not only Belmode, but the FBI also wanted to send someone to infiltrate the manor to do something, and Belmode's people took the first step, but after entering, there was no movement, and the world evaporated.

As a result, the FBI has done nothing.

Although Qingming didn't want to care about these idle things, since the day he got involved with Gray Yuan, this was unavoidable.

Belmode, the FBI, are all watching here.

Let's not talk about that.

looks so much like Akemi Miyano, and even some habitual small movements are almost identical, which makes Akai Shuichi have to be suspicious.

There is also a precedent for getting smaller.

Since there are one or two, who dares to say that there will not be a third or fourth?

What's more important is that this little girl who is very similar to Akemi Miyano still lives with Gray Hara, and there is almost no information before, if it wasn't for today's coincidence, I don't know that she is so similar to Akemi Miyano.

So......

"Could it be the same person?"

Akai thought about it.

However, there is no way to come up with an answer to such a question just by thinking about it, and it is just useless work.

He understands this very well.

But apart from thinking here, he doesn't know what other way to investigate the truth, "Akemi Miyano" is dead, the Metropolitan Police Department has records, corpses and the like, there is no flaw.

What else can I do?

You can't just rush in, grab that little girl and ask directly, "Are you Akemi Miyano?" or something like that?

Then you have to get in.

As soon as you enter the door, just like Belmode's hapless men, the world will evaporate.

The manor is not something you can get into.

And......

"It's very unlikely."

After all, the little girl didn't seem to remember him anymore.

He could see that it wasn't pretending.

If it's really Akemi Miyano, it's impossible to forget him, even if it's pretending, he can find flaws.

But it's not.

"Is it amnesia?"

It's also possible.

Whatever it is, there is no way to confirm these conjectures.

……

In the manor.

After a long absence, she took a turn outside, and Akane was in a good mood.

I put hot water in it and brought it to change clothes.

After taking a bath, I soaked in the bathtub, and the warm water soaked every inch of my body, as if my whole body could relax.

It is said that a hot bath helps to relieve fatigue.

That's not the point, though.

The manor was quiet and there was no extra sound.

This quiet atmosphere made Akane not think much about it, just lying in the bathtub and looking at the ceiling.

Let your mind fly.

It's just that suddenly, I remembered the man I saw on the street before.

"Hmmm......"

Frowning.

It always felt like the man was a little familiar, but there really wasn't the slightest memory of the other party in his mind.

"Delusion?"

She wasn't sure.

And, if it's a delusion, why don't you have an illusion about someone else, just about that man?

But if it's not a delusion, what can it be?

Don't understand.

I frowned and thought about it for a long time, but I still couldn't figure it out.

Eventually, simply shook your head.

"Forget it, I don't want to."

I can't remember it anyway, and since I don't remember it, it means that the other party is not an important person, and it's nothing if I can't remember it.

……

The investigation of the case is proceeding smoothly.

Although Qingming is here, and it seems to have something to do with Heaven Qinghua, this made Conan very worried before.

But Qingming didn't do anything.

So Conan's investigation went smoothly and without any surprises, and the murderer was quickly found by him.

Paradise Shine.

Because she was known to be the secret that she was not the eldest lady, and the other party took advantage of her reluctance to expose her psychology and treated her as an ATM, pretending to be a very close friend on the surface.

"That's why I said I wasn't a friend!"

Qingming shook his head.

But having said that, he had no intention of helping Heaven Qinghua get away with it, and he didn't hide it.

There is no need to do this.

After all, Heaven Qinghua has nothing to do with him, and this is the second time they have met.

She is also not Asai Narumi of Moon Shadow Island or Shimabukuro Junhui of Mermaid Island, and she failed to make Qingming want to help, so she can only be caught with her hands tied.

However, it doesn't matter.

The case was solved, it was already late, and the group returned to the campsite, and it was time to wash and sleep.

There are also places to take a bath, and Qingming is also well prepared.

Gray Plains Wai went first.

Kiyoshi and Ayumi sat on the ground, eating the fruit they brought.

"Speaking ......"

Ayumi seems to have finally discovered something.

"Where's the rabbit?"

"Let it go."

"Really?"

"Am I going to lie to you?"

"No, it won't."

Ayumi shook her head.

She believed that Qingming would not lie to her, and she always believed it.

It's just a pity, she originally wanted to bring the rabbit back to raise it, after all, she finally caught a wild rabbit, and it looks cute.

But if you put it all down, there's no need to dwell on it.

It's just that......

"Why do you want to put it?"

"Give it back its freedom, wouldn't it?"

"Freedom?"

"Well, freedom."

Qingming nodded.

Freedom is the pursuit of many people and many creatures, but unfortunately there will never be absolute freedom in the world.

But it's nice to have relative freedom.

The little girl doesn't understand these things, anyway, she doesn't have any worries, and she doesn't feel that she is not free, she has parents at home, she is sad at school, and her teachers and classmates take care of her.

Needless to say, Qingming is even more so.

It's good to live a carefree life.

"Freedom?"

Gray Plains, who had just come out of the shower, also heard their conversation.

A little confused.

looked at Kiyoshi and then at Ayumi, and I didn't know what they were talking about.

No tangling.

"Ayumi, it's your turn."

"Hey!"

Ayumi answered.

Grab a change of clothes and walk towards the makeshift bathroom, where Nami Shimogasa and Minaho Shimogasa are there.

Gray Yuan took a dry towel and wiped his hair, walked to the fire and sat down.

The fire is still burning.

Qingming found a lot of dry firewood to add to it, and he felt a little hot when he sat next to him.

The eyes are aimed at Qingming.

Qingqing, who was still talking and laughing with Ayumi, has no expression now, doesn't say anything, and doesn't even look at her.

Sigh to yourself.

This guy still doesn't like to see her!