Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Hehe, I knew that Kazuha-senpai would come from Kyoto."

Holding on to the street lamp, Yuuji squinted his eyes and looked at Toyama Kazuha who sighed at him, and waved continuously.

"Yeah, it's worth it that I asked Hiroki to photoshop the photos."

The boy looked at the phone and saw a woman and a woman standing together with Ooka Kazuha and Hattori Heiji's faces, making a heart shape with their mouths grinning and showing their white teeth.

"How's it going, Kazuha-senpai, are you jealous?"

"Jealous or something, why did you photoshop Heiji's face onto Xiaolan?" Toyama Kazuha looked up at the dusk in Kyoto and said bitterly, "I miscalculated. Why is it so cold here?"

Compared to Osaka, Kyoto had a damp and cold feeling after the rain. In addition, it was already early November, and Toyama Kazuha, who was only wearing her autumn school uniform, couldn't help rubbing her shoulders. But the next second she felt warm on her body and realized that it was the coat that Yuuji had just put on.

"Ah, it's so warm."

Yuanshan Heye smiled and thanked the boy: "But don't do such things as photoshopping next time, Xiaolan is so pitiful."

"Is it Xiaolan who is pitiful?"

Yuuji thought of a plan in his mind, and then suggested, "Let's go have dinner first, and we'll talk about it after we're done."

"I don't know why you called me to Kyoto in this way, but for the sake of dinner, I'll listen."

After sitting in the sushi restaurant with chopsticks in hand and listening to the boy's request, Toyama Kazuha felt very regretful and asked herself in her heart whether she had to eat this meal.

"What do you mean by pretending to be a couple?"

Toyama Kazuha took out her wallet from her pocket, as if she was going to return the dinner money to Yuuji.

"They are a couple who have feelings for each other before pretending to be a couple. You have a very poor understanding, Kazuha-senpai." Yuuji used chopsticks to drop a few drops of sweet soy sauce on his belly, and then put it into his mouth: "Senior Heiji has already started to prepare a plan, is Kazuha-senpai really going to wait for him to take action?"

"You...you...what are you talking about? I don't understand."

Yuanshan Heye turned his head stiffly and looked at the menu on the wall, his words trembling.

Unnerved by the boy's sharp gaze, she had no choice but to lower her head: "If Heiji has made up his mind, then I just need to..."

I just need to wait for him to confess and then say yes... I can't bring myself to say that.

"In this way... doesn't it seem that I am inferior to her in every way?"

Obviously, what makes her most proud is her feelings for Hattori Heiji, but if the relationship is so cowardly, there is nothing to be proud of.

"Oh, in that case, I should also respond." Yuanshan Heye clenched his hands and made up his mind.

"That's right, Kazuha-senpai." Yuuji leaned back against the wooden chair: "Love is war, and the best defense is offense."

"You are so arrogant. I remember Kaori and the others saying that you never attack..."

The boy was silent for a moment: "I like to be passive."

The topic was closed.

……

"Three means..."

"Of course, besides these two, Yuji has a girlfriend."

"Who...is it?" Kuroba Rize asked hurriedly.

Although Minami Kaori and Usami Yuzuki are very likely her mothers, it is still uncertain, and it is also possible that it is the third person.

"How can I tell you?"

She had secretly read the materials brought back by Uncle Jirokichi. Although she didn't know where the girl named Miyano Shiho who looked very similar to her came from, she always reminded her of the substitute literature on TV. Could it be that Yuji was actually... something that had troubled her for a while, so it was difficult to speak out now, and Yuko had asked her not to tell the woman's name to anyone.

"Well, they should know. You can just ask them later."

Kuroba Rize raised her head and looked at Yuzuki and Kaori, and found that both mothers were staring at her. The moment their eyes met, she showed a smile that seemed to see through everything, and quickly lowered her head.

It was confirmed. That was the look the mother monkey gave the baby monkey. Grandma had mentioned it to her.

Rize, who used to be able to talk to them, now didn't even have the courage to open her mouth. She didn't know how to face her real mother, so she had to sit still.

"Ah, the photo Yuuji sent!"

After finishing their meal in the restaurant and preparing to return to their rooms, the group saw Jie Yue shouting and their faces suddenly changed. They all came over and showed the same expression the next second.

"Hattori, you're not interested?"

Seeing Xiaolan also going over, Kudo Shinichi was a little curious, but after noticing the indifferent expression on Hattori Heiji's face, he hesitated and decided not to go with her.

"Anyway, I just saw something new and interesting..."

With his hands in his pockets and eyes closed, he walked towards Yuzuki. Hattori Heiji looked at the strange man tying a scarf on Toyama Kazuha in the photo and stood there in a daze.

"Hattori-senpai, wow! Hattori-senpai has turned pale!"

"Did Yuuji say where he is?"

Kudo Shinichi also saw the photo, and asked Yuzuki to send him a message with suspicion.

"It was said that it was on the street in front of the station. He happened to go buy limited edition figures and just took the picture on his way out." Kaori and Rize put their faces close together and took out their phones to read the message sent by the boy.

"Yuuji said that he is following Kazuha-senpai now. The two of them are kissing each other, and Heiji-senpai is green with envy."

"Ahem!" Kudo Shinichi coughed twice, then held Hattori Heiji's shoulder and said, "Well, think positively. He may not be your boyfriend or something. Don't you have confidence in your relationship?"

Apparently, Kudo Shinichi's words brought the Osaka detective back to his senses a little. He pursed his trembling lips, and when he looked up, he found that Kudo was looking at Xiaolan with a melancholy look in his eyes.

"To truly love someone is to believe everything about her and to be happy together."

"Shinichi..."

"orchid…"

"You two, are you really trying to comfort me?" Hattori Heiji glared at the couple whose hands were already holding each other, his shoulders drooping in frustration.

"Then please come with me..."

"Ah! Sorry!" Sonoko took advantage of Hattori Heiji's words and quickly clasped her hands together: "A-Zhen has been waiting for me at the martial arts hall in Shangjing for a long time, so I'm sorry."

"I can't do that either." Sera Masumi shook his head. "My brother seems to have met a junior who plays shogi recently. His name is Kuzuryu. He happened to be playing shogi in Kyoto today and asked me to accompany him to the competition."

The two of them did have something going on, but on the other hand, Sonoko and Sera Masumi weren't really that close to Hattori Heiji, and they had no intention of going to watch the fun.

"We can't either. It's already bedtime for the kids."

Several people watched Kaori tossing Kurofa Rise in her hands, and although the girl wanted to go, she was so tired from a day's work that she could not open her eyes, so she gave up.

"So you're the only ones accompanying me."

Hattori Heiji looked at Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan holding hands and said: "I will never mock you in my heart again."

"Oh, Hattori, actually I just found out that there is an autumn festival on the river not far away, so..." Kudo Shinichi scratched his head.

"...Damn it!" (End of this chapter)