Conan: I am really a good person

Chapter 411 Animal World ③

The wilderness at night is too dangerous.

As a rabbit that grew up in the city, Suzuki Sonoko is like a round, juicy, soft persimmon. Even the mice passing by can't help but take a few more glances and want to pinch her, and the dangers she encounters are even greater.

Fortunately, there are still some friendlier animals.

Stumbling along the wreckage of the spacecraft she had discovered in the dark, she stepped over crocodiles, jumped over the river, avoided poisonous snakes, flew through a jungle holding an eagle's claws, and finally jumped down in a panic.

She bumped into tall trees a few times and bounced into a nest of soft grass seeds.

The grass was very soft, so soft that Suzuki Sonoko lay down on it to relieve the aches and pains all over her body. As she lay there, she shrank from a large cotton ball to a small cotton bag. Shrinking like this, the injuries and pains on her body seemed to be mostly relieved.

But soon, she realized something was wrong: the 'grass' was moving.

It was not the movement of being blown by the wind, but the movement of ups and downs, and with heat, which made Suzuki Sonoko, who had been jumping around in the wind, feel like she was resting by the fire.

The world seemed to have suddenly become quiet. There was no longer the previous sense of wilderness where there was danger every three or five steps. It was as if all dangers were far away from this place. There was not even the sound of insects chirping, and the wind was quietly quiet when it blew.

What's even more wrong is that Suzuki Sonoko felt the gaze.

There was a feeling of being stared at from behind.

The rabbit hair on the back of its neck slowly stood up, and Suzuki Sonoko froze like a rabbit: "..."

She didn't move, and the wind didn't move either.

The trees stood silently, no longer making any sound of branches rubbing against each other, insects seemed to have become extinct, and the world was so quiet that even the sound of a snowflake falling could be clearly heard.

Suzuki Sonoko slowly turned her head and looked behind her stiffly.

She saw an obscure darkness.

Although the grassland is pitch black at night, you can still see far away at a glance. However, the jungle at night is different. Sometimes you can't even distinguish your own hair when you stretch out your claws. With the overlap of various dark shadows, non-nocturnal creatures can often only see varying shades of black.

Something seemed to be surging in the obscure darkness, causing the 'grass' to move slightly. Suzuki Sonoko stared at it intently, and after slowly getting used to the darkness, she recognized a pair of snake-like eyes in the obscurity.

A pair of eyes became clearer and clearer, almost close at hand, staring coldly at her from above. The moment the moonlight quietly shone over her, their vertical pupils showed cold, reflective golden-red light.

It's a fox.

Also clear in the moonlight was the bright red fox hair. The red color spread from the tips of the fox's ears, around his white muzzle and front neck, all the way to Suzuki Sonoko's body, and the end never appeared in her peripheral vision.

Good news: 'grass' is grass.

The bad news: it's fur.

It was obvious that the owner of the beast's eyes was inexplicably given a just blow by a heavy object falling from the sky and was in a state of attack.

His pupils were astonishingly bright, like burning flames, yet crystal clear, reflecting the prey who finally realized the danger belatedly and faced it head-on.

Suzuki Sonoko's eyes were round. She didn't move, just stared intently. There was no change in her pupils, neither shrinking nor trembling.

She just stood there, looking very strong and calm as she stared into the beast's eyes.

The beast's eyes are approaching.

The fox's wet black nose pressed against her brown furred nose.

The red eyes and the green eyes were still staring at each other, without either side shifting their gaze. As their eyes met, the golden-red vertical pupils became more and more erect. Suddenly, the fox's white muzzle moved, revealing its sharp, snow-white fangs.

Suzuki Sonoko: "..."

She remained silent, staring straight at the fox. Even when she saw the fangs, her ears didn't twitch, as if she was extremely determined.

Some rabbits are still alive, but they are already dead.

If the fox came closer with its fangs bared, she would have rolled her eyes and fainted in the next second without actually biting. But the fox didn't do that.

Not only did the fox not come closer to eat the rabbit's head raw, it also blinked its eyes, and its pupils became round again. Its platinum ears twitched a few times, and it turned over with its tail swung, brushing Suzuki Sonoko down, and then approached the dizzy rabbit.

He asked, "City animals?"

Suzuki Sonoko was dizzy after being hit by the tail.

The fox's tail was fluffy and large, and the most stretched end was almost bigger than her two rabbits. However, this flick and the roll on the ground brought her out of the stiff state of 'alive but actually dead', "!!!"

She realized it belatedly and her fur stood up. She bounced up on the spot, bumped into a thick branch and fell down again. She didn't care about the stars spinning above her head and her ears sticking up. She backed away with her paws together and looked at the fox cautiously, "You, you, you..."

Huh?
The fear and horror only lasted for a few seconds before it suddenly stopped in confusion. Suzuki Sonoko blinked, and then blinked again. Half a fox was reflected in her green eyes. She asked in surprise, "It's you?"

Suzuki Sonoko has seen this fox.

See you in the city.

They had met not many times, only two or three times, and they had always passed by each other. They had never spoken to each other. Logically, Suzuki Sonoko should have no impression of it, but this fox's fur was soft and smooth, and the light-colored tips of its fur were almost jumping with bright colors in the sunlight, like a clear pool of water. The fox only moved slightly, and it was full of spirit, accurately hooking Suzuki Sonoko's eyes.

But when we met before, the fox was not a red fox.

The first time they met was on Suzuki Sonoko's way to school. At that time, the fox was completely black, but not dead black, but a shiny black, like a leisurely big black cat that could easily bump into any animal.

But he stayed with a pack of dogs.

The dogs were all large dogs, including golden retrievers, Alaskans, German Shepherds, etc. Among such a group of adult large dogs, the fox, who was supposed to be a cat, must have been a large cat, was a little small, but he was the leader...

dog?
When Suzuki Sonoko saw him, he still had a dog tag hanging around his neck that only praised himself for being a good dog who didn't bite people. A flick of his big tail made the golden retriever sneeze three times in a row. The dog could only run in one direction while sneezing, sometimes running on the road, sometimes stepping on animals, and finally picked up a squirrel from a group of animals.

He swung his tail again and sat upright like a good dog, his narrow eyes wide open, and the very suspicious and cunning aura seemed to have diminished a little.

So the German Shepherd, who was looking around, also jumped out. He didn't seem to be in a very good mood. He barked loudly as he jumped out, "Kujou Mirai, you wait for me!"

"If you are deliberately teasing me, I will never help you find humans again!!!"

When the German Shepherd jumped out, the Golden Retriever jumped back with the squirrel in his mouth, his eyes dead, "Does this squirrel really know about the legendary human?"

"You're not playing with the dog, are you?"

"Good dog, good dog," the fox dog raised its paw and rubbed the golden retriever a few times, praising him. Then it followed his gaze and looked at Suzuki Sonoko, but stopped praising him. "Can you stop barking so loudly, you evil golden retriever?"

"It's the streets, the public, the blindfolds, the restraints, and there are children too!"

The golden retriever was silent.

The squirrel, which was held tightly in his mouth with most of its head in it, also fell silent.

A moment later, amid a sudden burst of flying animal hair, the Alaskan dog bumped into the golden retriever's mouth to stop the attack, and bumped into an animal on the side of the road to move the fox terrier's foothold away.

Even when running away, the fox terrier is in high spirits, as if playing a jumping game, treating the surrounding animals as temporary resting places, so that even if the golden retriever bites, it can only bite other animals.

Suzuki Sonoko, who was sitting in the car, gradually moved away, but her sight was still there. She leaned her head out to look, and after a long while she exclaimed, "Wow, so handsome."

“Is it a police dog?”

"That's awesome," she narrowed her eyes, her ears stood up, and her short tail wagged slightly, "Good dog~"

Ran Mao Li, who was sitting next to her and also poked her head out, didn't say anything.

After a long time, when they arrived at their destination, she asked, "Is the glass on the window scratched?"

But there was no window when they leaned out?
Then why is it that what she and Suzuki Sonoko saw seemed a little different?

(End of this chapter)