"That's amazing, non-members..."

"No, maybe I should call you Sherlock Holmes and Watson?"

“Cool guys…”

Thinking back to what had just happened, James, who had just lost his trace, lifted his glasses and walked in the alley.

He crossed several alleys, crossed a road, and stood on the side of the road. Just as he stopped, a black tool cart braked sharply and stopped right in front of him.

He stepped forward, pulled the car door, and sat in the passenger seat.

"Looks like you're not out of luck today."

Sitting in the driver's seat was a man in a knitted hat.

"Hmm. There were two young men who seemed to recognize the wrong person and wanted to kidnap me..."

"Oh? It's a shame that I missed the scene where you showed off your talents..."

"No," James took off his glasses and wiped them carefully, "before I could make a move, they fell..."

"Oh... No wonder," the man in the knitted hat said with a blank expression, no wonder he saw the group of children on the side of the road, "those two little children, right?" ”

"You know, too?"

"Ah, that's impressive..."

The man in the knitted hat replied nonchalantly, seemingly uninterested in continuing the topic. He grabbed a cigarette as he stepped on the gas pedal, then lit it.

But even though the topic ends here, the riddler-like conversation continues.

"Still, it's amazing," James said, wiping his glasses as he glanced at the man next to him, "that you would cut that long hair off so resolutely..."

The man in the knitted hat is the long-haired man that James had mentioned to Dr. Asa that he was going to meet.

"Let's start again... Because my lover dumped me..."

"And then, why did you come to me?" Putting the glasses back on, James pressed the frame, "Is it possible for you and your lover to break the glass and reunite?" ”

"Hmm... I'm going to make her regret it for the rest of her life..."The man in the knitted hat said in a cold tone, "Who told her to dump me in the first place..."

……

"The man in the knitted hat, his name is Shuichi Akai."

While on the street, Kaedehara recognized the man who was driving the tool cart and glancing at them, and he didn't intend to hide it from him.

However, this topic is not suitable for talking on the street, when there are not only passers-by, but also police. So when he returned to the doctor's house, he continued the topic with Gray Plains.

"We met him last time in a bus incident. Later, when Conan and I went to take notes, he was there, and I remembered his name. Because there were only a few people who got on the train at Rice Park Station at that time... So he's also the object of suspicion for me and Conan..."

"And since you're feeling again today," Kaedehara continued, looking at Gray Plains, "So last time... Is it him too? ”

Ash Yuan sat on the couch, remembered for a moment, and then shook his head slightly.

"He gave me a strange feeling..."

Gray Yuan said, hesitating because he wasn't sure, "For a moment, I felt the aura of the organization very strong, but the next moment it seemed that I couldn't sense anything... However, it is also possible that his car is driving too fast..."

"But now that your induction radar is responding..."

Kudo is still using this strange statement... But after thinking about it, Gray Yuan Wai decided to forget it, so he left it to him, so he took his words and continued:

"That means he's a member of the organization. But I don't have an impression of the name Shuichi Akai ... It's not surprising that people in the organization are generally referred to by code names, not to mention that this is not necessarily their real name..."

"It's my real name."

"Huh?" Gray Yuan was a little surprised, and raised his head to look at Feng Yuan, who was standing beside her, looking at herself.

"At first I just thought the face was a little familiar, and I remembered the name when I knew it."

Kaedehara sat down beside Gray Plains, "Ten years ago, I met him. Although no one mentioned his full name at the time, his family called him Shuichi. And although he looks much more mature and cold now than he was then, there are many similarities. ”

It was a chance encounter ten years ago.

On that day, the Kudo family went on a trip and brought Moriran with them.

Yukiko Kudo took Shinichi Kudo and Moriran to play on the beach by the sea when she was a child, and Yusaku Kudo rushed the manuscript in the hotel because the deadline for delivery was coming soon.

Running around and playing detective games, Shinichi Kudo stumbled upon a young version of Shuichi Akai enjoying the beach and sun under a parasol.

The young Kudo Shinichi hears the conversation of the Akai family and makes a mistake about Akai Shuichi's identity, making Akai laugh at it, and after that, a car crash occurs on a cliff by the beach.

Shinichi Kudo and Shuichi Akai, who were still elementary school students at the time, worked together to solve the incident.

"Speaking of which," Kaedehara recalled, recalling briefly, "he called me a disciple of Sherlock Holmes after that. ”

"And then?" Gray Yuan said curiously. Shuichi Akai shouldn't have noticed her, plus she just listened to a story, so she didn't feel scared.

"I told him he was about the same as Watson."

“… Swindler. Gray Yuan stared at Kaede Yuan for a while before speaking, looking a little unhappy, "How many people have you told that the other party is Watson?" ”

Akai Shuichi too, Miss Mao Lilan of the office may be too, plus himself...

"That's what Kudo Shinichi said before, and it has nothing to do with the current Kudo Shinichi." Kaedehara argued solemnly.

“……”

Gray Yuan glanced at Kaedehara angrily, but he still felt that he made a lot of sense, after all, Kudo Shinichi has now become two people, "You remember it really clearly, it's been ten years..."

"yes, I told you, my memory is very clear."

"What kind of person do you think he is?" Gray Yuan said lamentation, and then asked himself, "Since you said that he is Watson, then you must think that he..."

Gray Yuan mourned halfway through and did not continue.

This man, who was recognized by Kudo and considered Watson, became a member of the organization, and that aura in him seemed to be strong...

So did herself.

In the game a few days ago, Kudo also jokingly called himself Miss Watson... And she used to be a member of the organization...

"Ten years ago he made a good impression," Kaedehara replied, "and now... I don't know. ”

……

This is the end of the hijacking.

It has different meanings and implications for different people, but what is the same is that time continues to flow.

At this time, the girls, whether they really want to give it to the boy they want or just do favors, are busy making bitter and sweet chocolates.

Although Kaedehara is not sure if winter has passed, anyway, on this day of heavy snow for several days in a row, Valentine's Day in the cold winter is coming.

(End of chapter)