Gray Plains was a little nervous.

Even though she knew and experienced the pain of being a schoolboy again, and knowing that it would soon be over and that nothing would theoretically go wrong, she couldn't help but worry.

Generally speaking, there will be a short interval between feeling and changing back.

However, Kaedehara had already felt this way, and it was only now that it was difficult to suppress this pain, so in just the next moment, he changed back to the appearance of an elementary school student.

There was darkness in front of me.

However, it wasn't because something went wrong with the antidote that caused him to go blind or anything, it was just that his whole body was shrunk in an ill-fitting high school uniform.

He took a deep breath, then gently pulled his uniform down, revealing his head.

"How does it feel?" Ash Hara asked, she could even see wisps of steam still bubbling from Kaedehara's head, but the steam quickly disappeared.

"Everything works." Kaedehara replied, "It's okay." ”

Although it was more comfortable to lean on the edge of the bed or simply lie on the floor now, Kaedehara still sat on the edge of the bed as before, with his hands on the bed and looked at Ashbara.

The only difference from the previous one is the difference due to the change in body size. A brief silence followed.

What was about to be said was interrupted like this, and Ash Yuan looked at Kaedehara's hand on the bed twice, and then looked away to stare at Kaedehara's eyes.

"Pervert!"

"Huh?"

"Great pervert!"

“… yes, I'm a pervert. Kaedehara decided to take it seriously.

"Hmph."

Gray Plains snorted softly, tilted his head, and then showed a look of disgust. "After a day of wandering outside, it smelled bad and died. Go take a shower. ”

What a taste...

Kaedehara sniffed quietly, but didn't smell anything.

He didn't run or sweat when he was wandering around Kiyomizu Temple, and he just restored the setting of elementary school students, so naturally there would be no smell.

However, comprehending the deep meaning of Gray Yuan's lamentation, Kaedehara didn't have any idea of justification, but immediately dragged the ill-fitting clothes towards the bathroom.

After running two steps, he folded back and took the clothes of the elementary school students he had brought. Gray Yuan Ai watched Kaede Yuan leave his sight, and then couldn't help but touch his somewhat hot cheeks, and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

She still didn't seem to be able to refuse this guy.

When Kaedehara finished washing up and came out of the bathroom, he was sitting on the side of the bed, leaning back against the pillow next to the head of the bed.

She was visibly bent in the quilt, curling herself into a ball. And even though the air conditioner was on in the room, it was still warm, and she still pulled the quilt very high, even covering the small half of her face.

She didn't react to Kaedehara's return, just stared intently at the tablet resting on her lap.

Neatly dressed in the clothes of an elementary school student, Kaedehara picked up the quilt on the other bed, and then sat down next to Gray Yuan. Once again, his heart began to beat faster.

If it weren't for that extremely intense pain, Kaedehara would have felt like he was going to be a high school student again.

Ash Yuan Wai looked very absorbed in reading the paper, and Kaede Yuan very wittily decided not to speak out at this time, so as not to change the hexagram of Gray Plains, so he tidied up his pillow and quilt in a muffled voice.

However, when he got into his quilt, he heard Ashbara's breathing become a little faster.

It seems that my own too...

Speaking of which, I felt a little stressed when I spoke before...

Coming back to his senses, Kaedehara picked up his detective group badge on the bedside table and ended the call. The sound in my ears suddenly became a little more normal.

Ash Yuan Wai stiffened his face, put away the tablet, and placed it directly under the pillow. Then she stretched out her bent legs, her upper body slid down with the pillow, and she lay down on the bed.

Her quilt was still pulled high, with only a pair of flickering eyes and a delicate nose exposed.

"Are you going to sleep?" Kaedehara asked.

"Hmm." Gray Plains replied in a low voice. Because her mouth was blocked by the quilt, her voice sounded a little muffled.

"So, am I turning off the lights?"

The light of the lamp that was still left in the room was turned on in the middle of the two single beds, that is, on his side.

After hearing Ash Yuan answer in a low voice again, Kaede Yuan half-got up and turned off the light, and then slipped into his quilt in the darkness.

With a little moonlight streaming in through the curtains, Kaede looked at the ceiling for a moment, then turned his head to look at Gray Hara.

Gray Plains was facing away from him.

Same as when camping before.

In fact, when you go out camping with real elementary school students and everyone sleeps in the same tent together, it's not uncommon for them to sleep together like this...

But this time is clearly different.

Gray Yuan Wai also thinks so. She always felt that Kudo tonight was dangerous.

So she quietly raised the quilt a little more and wrapped herself a little tighter. As we all know, except for some local ghosts who do not speak martial virtues, no danger can be used against the people in the quilt.

Feeling the quilt clinging to him, Gray Yuan Ai breathed a sigh of relief. But it's obviously not very comfortable...

Kudo is also an elementary school student now...

It shouldn't be dangerous...

Thinking like this, Gray Yuan Wai relaxed a little.

Really, I always feel like I can't sleep tonight...

"Hey," after a moment of confusion, Gray Yuan Wai simply turned to face Kaede Yuan, "Aren't you going to sleep?" Why do you keep looking at me? ”

"Why, I'm just used to sleeping on my side like this..."

“……”

The light in the room was only a little moonlight that came through, so Gray Plains couldn't actually see Kaede Hara. But this hazy darkness also gave her the courage to look at him directly, so she stared at him silently, and the room fell into a brief silence.

The single bed was narrow.

She could even feel Kaedehara's body temperature coming through the quilt, and at the same time, she could faintly hear his even breathing.

These truths from the senses also made Gray Yuan Wai truly aware of the current situation.

She and Kudo were lying side by side on a bed.

Once again, the temperature on the face began to rise. She wanted to touch her face, but she was a little embarrassed to be looked at like this. And so—

"Turn around." Gray Yuan urged.

"Don't." Once again, darkness increases Kaedehara's defenses.

"Turn around!"

"Nope."

"I can't sleep like this!"

"I just want to look at you."

“… Again, it can't be said nicely. Gray Yuan said fiercely, "Forget it, I don't bother to care about you." ”

Anyway, it's just a look, and it won't be good.

Thinking in his heart, Gray Yuan Wai turned around again, left his back to Kaedehara, and then closed his eyes. Although he could still feel the sight behind him, as his mood gradually calmed down, Gray Yuan Wai faintly felt a little at ease.

Time continues to flow.

Kaedehara didn't know how much time had passed, and for a while he seemed to have lost the ability to estimate time.

Maybe it was a long time, or maybe it was only a few minutes, and gradually Kaedehara calmed down. The other things in his mind were once again restored to their rightful place, and Kaedehara began to think.

In this way, his gaze is no longer so direct.

And as if sensing this change, the gray plain mourning beside him immediately turned to look at him again.

"Can't sleep?" Kaedehara asked softly.

"It's not because you're as naïve as a child," Gray Yuan said angrily, "And then, what are you thinking about - the case?" ”

“… How do you know? Kaedehara admitted.

The murder case is not over yet, and if it is not solved sooner, there may be the next deceased, and Kaedehara naturally has no way to leave it behind.

"Guess." Gray Yuan's tone was slightly smug, "So Mr. Detective has a problem again?" ”

"Sort of, that code hasn't had a lot of ideas. Want to hear about it? ”

"Okay." Gray Plains replied. I can't sleep anyway.

Kaedehara didn't turn on the lights, just in this darkness, facing Gray Yuan and talking about the case.

There is not much information about the case at the moment, and Kaedehara quickly finished it.

"The blood-colored ceiling?" Gray Yuan said curiously.

"Hmm. But I think it should have been painted with blood-colored paint, because only the middle part of the radioactive blood was dripping blood from below. And those bloody footprints leading out of the window, they can't have been left by the prisoner walking upside down on the ceiling..."

"It's painted," Gray Yuan thought for a moment, "Are there any of those people who are very good at painting?" ”

Generally speaking, the first thing to suspect in this kind of case is his companion who was with the deceased, so Gray Yuan Ai asked.

"I've asked Conan to ask Keiko Sakura about this."

He thought of this when he recounted the case to Conan, so he asked Conan to send an email to Shinichi Modo's mobile phone to ask about it, and he got an immediate reply.

Conan forwarded the reply to him as well.

He picked up his phone on the bedside table, opened the mail, and placed it between the two of them. Gray Yuan simply changed to a lying position, his head leaned next to Kaedehara, squinted his eyes to adjust to the brightness, and then went to read the mail.

"Mr. Izuri is very good at drawing," Kaedehara explained, "Actually, this 'Red Shura Tengu' is their graduation work, adapted from the manga drawn by Dezuki on doujinshi. ”

"Didn't the one who called out the chestnut already committed suicide?"

"yes. Then the rest is Agada Li, who can also help draw two strokes when he helps with chestnut's comics..."

"So, you suspect it's him?"

"Well, it's just a very basic suspicion. Although he seems to be the only one among these people who has learned to draw, if he only paints bloody footprints, he doesn't need to be at a high level, and he can do it for a while..."

"What about the one named Saddle?" Gray Yuan was a little puzzled, "You just asked her directly, don't you suspect that the murderer is her?" ”

"She and my mom seem to know each other very well," Kaedehara explained, "and she thought about giving the code to my dad and asking him to unravel it... If she was the murderer and knew him, there was no reason to take such a risk..."

"And it doesn't matter if she's really the murderer," Kaedehara continued, "they've been classmates and colleagues for many years, and they can't hide anything like learning to paint..."

"Then do they have anything to do with Izukuri's death?" Gray Yuan Ai then asked, "Since the code that is suspected to be the murder notice has the sign of Izukuri, then the murderer's motive may also be related to Izukuri, right?" ”

"It's true that Izuki should have committed suicide, but maybe his motive for suicide had something to do with them. For example, although "Red Shura Tengu" is an adaptation of the manga drawn by Izukuri, there is no name of Izukuri on the credits. There must be some contradiction between them..."

"Since the guy named Ximu is dead, this movie shouldn't be released, right?" Gray Yuan Wai turned his head and asked.

She forgot for a moment that she was together with Kaedehara, so when she turned her head, her head lightly slammed into Kaedehara's head.

Kaedehara realized that the two had just almost stuck together.

He subconsciously let go slightly, looked at Gray Yuan Ai through the light of the mobile phone, saw that Gray Yuan Ai's eyes were slightly narrow, and raised his chin slightly to himself and asked:

"What's wrong? Did it hurt you? ”

"Nope..."

The force just now was not great at all, and he avoided it, so it didn't hurt. And according to the principle of reaction force, the gray plain should not be painful.

"Then go on," Gray Yuan Ai gently wrapped his hand around his ear with his head propped up, "that movie." ”

… It always feels like offense and defense are reversed.

"Oh," Kaedehara came back to his senses, "the movie probably won't be able to be released, but this movie is actually a remake of the graduation work that the five people shot when they were at Gion Art University, and there is a very detailed storyline on the Internet." Want to hear about it? ”

This is also what he checked by the way when he was talking to Conan about the case, and he still remembers it very clearly.

"Okay."

"The story takes place in the Edo period, and there was a Yori named Kuranosuke in the Kyoto Commission. He was bothered by the fact that his wife, Mana, found out about it, and one day showed him the leaf of an octagonal gold plate shining with golden light, and said, "It was the octagonal gold plate I found when I was picking wild vegetables, and it looks very sacred. Kuranosuke felt that the general would like it when he saw it, so he expressed his gratitude to Mana for his kindness. ”

"But since that day, there have been demons in the city of Kyoto every night and they have started eating people. That's because that octagonal gold plate was used by the tengu to seal demons in the past. Later, Tengu Toyu told Kuranosuke that the demon was afraid that he would be sealed again, so he planned to find the person who had unlocked the seal and kill him. ”

Tengu also told Kuranosuke to ask his wife to hide the golden leaves of the octagonal gold plate in her arms, so that if the demon eats it, she can seal it again. Kuranosuke refuses the offer, and Tengu gives him another suggestion to jump off the stage of Kiyomizudera Temple with an octagonal gold plate, so that he can open up a new path. ”

Gray Yuan listened quietly, with his right hand against his head, looking at Kaede Yuan in the darkness without scruples.

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