Conan: I am really a good person

Chapter 413 Animal World ⑤

The forest in the dark is extremely scary, but also very beautiful.

A future jumped carelessly over one stone after another, leaping over the gurgling stream, its fluffy tail sweeping the green leaves on the branches.

He was sometimes on the left, sometimes on the right, and sometimes on the top, following Suzuki Sonoko in a mysterious way, like following a rabbit.

If any animal that had dealt with him saw it, they would immediately close their eyes and mourn for the poor victim, and then realize that something was wrong in their cautious and obedient manner, "You played with the new victim, so you can't play with me again?" They would think about why he was like a deer, moving nimbly and pleasing to the eye, and the whole fox either lowered its head and looked down or leisurely looked to the side, and when a rabbit was reflected in its pupils in the dark, it was like a magical mural.

This is not the state of a future 'teasing' animal.

...But he felt that he was really in good shape because he was really busy.

Busy covering up lies.

He would drive a python from a few kilometers away to serve as the first hurdle, drive a group of lions over as the second hurdle, and then get a few cheetahs over...

So I would only take time to keep an eye on Suzuki Sonoko and determine her location.

On his return again, a future smelled dog in the air.

Anyone who has raised a dog knows that dogs have a special smell, a smell shared by many furry animals. Logically, animals with a keen sense of smell should be able to distinguish it better, but because they have been together day and night and could not smell the scent of dogs around them, he reacted immediately and looked towards the dark jungle.

There is a very cautious rabbit in the dark jungle. Suzuki Sonoko has no doubt about a future lie and believes that this journey must be very dangerous. She also trusts this conclusion more when she encounters a group of pythons and lions. Now, she is moving forward quietly like a plush ball. The speed is very slow, but the effect is very good.

There is a pair of eyes in the dark jungle, a pair of eyes illuminated by moonlight, belonging to a hunter.

Those are the eyes of a dog, and it is like a fish in water in the snow. It takes about half an hour to wash it, but it may not be able to wet the innermost layer of hair. Bathing should not be called bathing, but renovation. It is a large dog, Alaska.

A leisurely footstep in the future stopped.

He sniffed, and sniffed again. As he sniffed again and again, his shiny and oily tail drooped listlessly, and his fox ears, which had been standing up, also drooped.

Before he turned and walked away, bright eyes in the darkness approached.

An Alaskan quietly walked up to a future and imitated him, peeking at the rabbit through the gaps between the green plants in the jungle. "Long time no see. What a coincidence. Are you eating rabbits now?"

"—You are the 'Messiah', right?"

The future tail drooped and drooped, and he wanted to just squeak perfunctorily, but because the fox's cry was a whimper, he was not very willing to make a sound, so after a few seconds he responded sincerely, "Yeah."

A few more seconds passed without him even glancing at Alaska, his tail continuing to droop as he lazily called out the name of his former companion to prove that he was not 'Satan', "Zhu Fu."

Without looking, he knew that Zhu Fu Jingguang was looking at him with suspicion.

…even though it’s fake.

...Although he knew that Zhu Fu Jingguang was pretending to be suspicious, Zhu Fu Jingguang also knew that he knew it.

"Well, today's Red Fox is the 'Messiah,'" Zhu Fujingguang nodded in a serious manner, and then asked seriously, "What's wrong?"

how could it be this……

Seriously? Not so serious.

Happy? Not really, at least there is no future to be discovered.

How to describe it?
After thinking for a while, Zhu Fu Jingguang asked, "Why are you happy and unhappy at the same time?"

Also tracking a rabbit.

When it comes to being nervous, the Future One is quite nervous. Specifically, he is not an animal. He has the ability to hunt but does not hunt. However, he is not a vegetarian and will just take the prey of other animals with a clear conscience.

Stalking a rabbit is definitely not for eating.

But if he was going to tease them, he wouldn't have to drive all kinds of animals over, right? He was naturally gifted at teasing animals. He could come up with a plan just by wagging his tail. He could come up with several easy and effective methods in a few seconds, instead of using this laborious and unprofitable method.

Up to now, the rabbit wasn't even injured, just a little embarrassed and tired... probably because of the long journey.

This undoubtedly shocked the "future victims": What! Did this guy fail? Did he fail in his prank? Really?! Impossible! This guy must have a fever and was secretly lazy. How could an animal escape the ancient Greek god of pranks!
The animals who complained to Zhu Fu Jingguang that the cricket was going crazy again were all terrified.

"What was your first sentence?" Ichijou asked slowly.

what?
Zhu Fu Jingguang recalled in confusion, "Long time no see, what a coincidence, did you eat the rabbit?"

Even though he had recently met with a future unilaterally, and 'long time no see' was fake, and 'what a coincidence' was also fake, but it's not necessary to settle the score just by meeting and talking for a few minutes, right?

While Zhufushi Jingguang was thinking, Ichijo Mirai also thought and answered: "Probably."

He raised his tail and wagged it, looking thoughtful, "Maybe I have lost even more of my humanity..."

"I actually have an appetite."

what?
Zhu Fu Jingguang: "..."

He took a few moments to react, and after ruling out the first two sentences that didn't match at all, he had to confirm that one of the future answers was: "Do you eat rabbits?", "Probably."

"...You," he asked, "don't you want to hunt?"

"Yes," the one who said he had an appetite was a future, and the one who was justified was also a future, "Who hunts? I don't know how long it has been since I washed it. I see how much dirty rain and mud it has been soaked in, and how many times has it rolled on its clean fur. I can't even eat myself, so how can I eat prey?"

After saying that, he immediately added, "But the rabbits from the city should be very clean..."

“I should be thinking this way…”

His tail wagged again, and the first and second sentences were completely different.

Zhu Fu Jingguang once again: "..." "Please don't show your teeth at me when you are expressing your views," he said politely, "No matter how you think about it, it was me who was forced to soak in the river for half a day before I could have a normal fighting class with you, right?"

"No matter how you think about it," said Ichijo Mirai politely, "when we fight, I find that your innermost hair is still dry, so I'm the one who collapses, right?"

At this point, it is obvious who the victim is.

Although there was some disagreement on who the victim was, they reached a consensus that the victim was obvious and stopped talking about it.

After a while, Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at the rabbit fluff ball that had been moving very tenaciously since the beginning of the conversation and thankfully moved a full twenty meters, and asked seriously: "Why do you have an appetite for rabbits?"

"What about other animals on the fox's diet?"

"What about other small animals that appear to be clean and don't normally go to places you consider dirty?"

Uh, well, this...

Ichijou thought for a moment and replied very loyally: "I'm willing to let you take the first, second, and third bites of the can, and just help me open the can."

Translation: The surface of the can is too dirty, so I won’t chew it. I’ll only eat the inside.

Another translation: to eat for free.

However, as long as he didn't chase the dog and ask, "Don't you think it's strange? Why are there canned food without humans?" Such illogical questions that confuse the dog, Zhu Fu Jingguang would remain calm.

He was used to it, and expertly suppressed his objections, "It sounds like you still have no motivation to hunt yourself, and no appetite for other animals."

So, why do you have an appetite for this rabbit?
Zhu Fujing went to see the rabbit: during the time it took to talk for a few words, she moved forward another three meters!
But the problem is, a fish will never take a bite of food that has been touched by dirt.

But the rabbit was lying on the ground and pushing forward carefully.

She looked like a whole chestnut ball of fluff, which might whet the appetite of carnivores, but her soft belly, stained with the color of mud, would never whet the appetite of a future animal.

...Isn't this unreasonable?

After repeatedly looking at her, Zhu Fu Jingguang reminded, "First of all, she is intelligent and can speak, so she is not prey."

"Secondly, she was hiding from carnivores and sneaking around on the ground."

"Yes," the future replied immediately, "I have been lying there for an hour and a half, and 30 minutes of that time was spent trying to avoid the python."

He sighed, "What perseverance!"

"If she had lived in the wilderness since she was a child, she might have tried to catch carnivores in reverse. But growing up in the city is not bad, it's cute."

"Want to eat."

Zhu Fu Jingguang: "..."

and many more……

No, brother, wait a minute...

'cute'?
Is this a word for prey?
It seems like, probably, maybe, probably, it shouldn’t be?
Instead, it's a bit like...

However, the animal who said this was a future. Zhu Fujingguang looked at the future and saw his eyes shining in the moonlight. He quickly denied the incredible guess and said with relief: "Impossible, you, absolutely impossible."

Ichijo Mirai was still staring at Suzuki Sonoko. He realized that they had to squat forward, otherwise they would not be able to see Miss Rabbit's short ears, which would tremble alertly at the slightest movement.

He had been looking at Suzuki Sonoko for the most part, and most of his conversations with Morobushi Keiko were spoken and forgotten casually, so he glanced over in surprise when he heard the words, "What?"

"Have you been infected by me? Why are you suddenly crazy? Go forward, she is moving away."

After moving forward, Zhu Fu Jingguang was silent for a while in the shadow of the tree, and asked casually: "What is the specific manifestation of your 'appetite'?"

Ok?
Hearing the casual tone, Yitiao Weilai also answered casually, "How else can appetite be expressed? It's just the desire to eat. It's still a very new feeling for me. It's probably that I want to eat, but I don't want to eat at the same time?"

After that, he gave another reason, "Maybe it's because she looks delicious, but in the end, she's still not good enough to eat, right?"

Ichijo Mirai himself was also surprised that he actually had an appetite.

That appetite was created when Suzuki Sonoko was speaking.

When she answered each sentence timidly but as a matter of course with her dark green eyes shining, a very subtle feeling arose from the future body, as if the frozen blood was reviving and the heart was beating. Suddenly, he felt a little uncomfortable and itchy and wanted to do something. In short, he immediately started to move busily.

It is a feeling that is difficult to describe and hard to judge.

Even if it was a future, he thought about it for a long time before carefully judging while looking at Suzuki Sonoko's back and the increasing subtle feeling: it was appetite.

What kind of unspeakable state will a fox have when it is hungry? Of course, it is the appetite when it is hungry.

This may be a sign of diminishing human nature… He is not a real fox, but he actually wants to eat a rabbit!
However, human nature has decreased, but not completely. In a situation where the sense of morality is already thin and almost non-existent, Ichijo Mirai is relieved to find that he still has morals and humanity: while wanting to eat, he can actually convince himself to just think about it and not actually eat it.

And it was so easy to convince himself, just like the sun rising, water flowing to the lowest place, and he had no appetite, etc. It took him only a second to convince himself.

Although not completely convinced.

...Not really eating it, but it’s okay to chew it, right?

After a few swishes, use your nose to nudge it and take a few light bites. Just take a few light bites. That should be fine, right?

What a genius decision!
He asked himself happily and answered: "Yes."

Then the tail started wagging again.

(End of this chapter)