Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

Chapter 28 Don't Leave Her Alone
Next to the takoyaki stall, Dr. Agasa was waiting in line.

The popularity of this takoyaki shop is really good, and there are actually two limited purchases.The doctor tied up a small ball with his signature and put it in his mouth. The large pieces of octopus were very elastic, and the batter was fried just right. With the sauce, Dr. A Li quickly finished the first box.

The poor scientist who was forced by the big devil to lose weight swallowed his saliva when he looked at the remaining portion.

No, this is for Yuji.

But he is not here now, and the octopus balls will cool down soon.

Dr. Agasa kept swaying from side to side.

The doctor put the takoyaki in his hand and opened the transparent plastic lid with trembling hands.In his eyes, the takoyaki seemed to be shining brightly at this moment, and the scent crawled from his hands to his shoulders, and then penetrated through his nostrils. The doctor was tempted by it.

"Is this okay? With your figure, if you eat too much of this thing, your body will not be able to bear it."

A girl's cold voice rescued Dr. Ali from the temptation of takoyaki.

The doctor looked for the voice, but saw a super beautiful girl.

With wavy, slightly curly short hair, a little reddish-brown, and ice-blue eyes, he looks like a character from a comic book.

Dr. Ali seemed to realize that it was impolite to look at others like this, so he scratched his head and explained: "I'm sorry, because you look like a girl in a manga I have seen."

"It's Rei Hayashihara in "Edogawa III", right? I was shocked when I first saw it."

Dr. Agasa put the takoyaki in his hand back into the plastic bag with difficulty, and then breathed a sigh of relief.Looking up, the girl from before was gone again.

"Am I hallucinating?"

For the first time, Dr. Ali doubted his mind.

Fishing for goldfish is a must-have event in the Fireworks Festival, and the only thing that can compete with it is dart throwing.There are a lot of people here, and the red-brown-haired girl from just now is also there.

"Ms. Matsumoto, I saw my sister. Thank you for helping me find her."

Finally found!
Sayuri Matsumoto also breathed a sigh of relief and gave the other party a thumbs up: "Then go ahead, don't leave your sister alone again! That would be too pitiful."

"I see, bye."

"Goodbye, Miss Hirota."

Following the flow of people, Sayuri Matsumoto walked to the side of the river. At this moment, some people had already spread paper on the ground, and many people were standing. Everyone was looking forward to the fireworks tonight.

Unlike the lively gathering, the shrine is much calmer at the moment.On the shrine, Yuji and Usami Yuzuki walked past the torii gate and walked to the water house. After washing their hands and gargling their mouths, they put 5 yen into the incense box and clapped their hands.

Japanese incense seems to pay more attention to the meaning. For Saiqian, it is generally 5 yen at most.Because 5 yen in Japanese is the same as getting married, most people will prepare 5 yen coins with them before visiting the shrine.

"Surprisingly, there are not many people here."

Yuji sat on the steps of the main hall, smelling the natural atmosphere around him, the sound of music and the crowd in the distance seemed to have calmed down.

When he was free, the boy began to look at the girl's outfit, which included a white yukata and a red bellyband. In the girl's right hand was a candy apple, and in her left hand she was holding a fan that she had just bought from a vendor. There was another girl on the fan who looked like her. The name has the same character for "rabbit".

"Kudou-san... please don't stare so directly... I'm a little shy."

Yuji woke up in an instant, he smiled awkwardly, and began to make excuses for himself: "Because Usami-san is very beautiful in a yukata."

"…Really?"

Usami sat down next to the boy, and the candy apple in her hand dropped to the ground. Looking at the bare bamboo stick, the two laughed again.

"Ah, what a waste." The girl looked at Yuji with pity as she picked up the candy apple.

"It's okay, it just fell on the board, and it's still edible on the other side."

Usami Yuzuki took out a comic from her bag. She sat there and read it under the moonlight.

"Kudo-kun...I decided to give up singing."

The young man seemed to have heard something incredible. He turned his head suddenly, his face no longer calm.

"why?"

"When I was five years old, sister Sayuri encouraged me to sing, but because I sang so well, I was excluded by my classmates in kindergarten. So when I was in elementary school, I didn't dare to sing. At that time, it was Kudo's classmate helped me."

Usami held the comic and looked at Edogawa III in it: "It's really reliable, just like Edogawa III. He is obviously a Shiba Inu, but he wears a blue suit and talks with a red bow. It's like It’s like a fairy tale.”

...No, it actually comes from reality.

"When I was in middle school, I began to realize that I didn't really like singing that much. Now, I want to use my own voice to perform Kudo-san's manga. So I went to participate in the voice actor selection and passed the preliminary selection successfully. "

Yuji looked at the pamphlet in Usami's hand. In this episode, he added a new character, Inoue, a girl. Compared with the boys in the Boys Adventure Group, she liked Edogawa III more.

"The selection of the child's voice actor will start in a few days. Kudo-san can help me practice, is the word correct? This is the paragraph on page 20."

Yuji moved closer to the girl, trying to imitate the tone of Edogawa III in the animation.

"Inoue, why do you always stay by my side?"

"Because Edogawa III is very reliable, isn't it?"

"Stop lying, I can tell at a glance that you are not telling the truth!"

"Are you telling the truth? Then tell you, because I like you."

Yuji kept looking at the manga, and Usami kept looking at Yuji.

"Aren't you going to continue?" The young man didn't hear the conversation below, so he raised his head and asked.

"No, I already have confidence!"

Yuji watched the girl put the book back into the bag, and then patted the dirt on his body.

In an instant, the sound of fireworks came from the river.Red, green, and brilliant light spots suddenly appeared in the sky. The glow floated from a distance and dissipated over the shrine.

From just one point, countless rays of light fell, turning from orange light to colorful silver sparkle trees. The boy and girl were surprised by such beauty, and quickly woke up.

"It's over."

Yuji put his hands behind his forehead, and returned to the river with the girl.

Dr. Ali held the already cooled takoyaki in his hand. When he saw the boy who came back, he said regretfully: "The takoyaki here is really delicious, but it will die if it is cold. Yuji, otherwise, don't eat it." Alright."

"It's okay, the lunch boxes at school are usually cold."

Yuji didn't notice the guilty face of the doctor, he opened the box and found that there was only one small ball left inside.

The young man looked at the doctor whose beard was stained with sauce, and looked helpless: "Have you already eaten a box?"

"…Yes."

"Forget it, go back."

　The determination of the heroine of this book must at least wait for the assassin in her pupils.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)