Conan's Science Manga Artist Kudo Yuuji

"Yakitori, deep-fried pork cutlet, sukiyaki, and drinks."

Sitting by the kotatsu in the living room, Yuuji watched the comedy show on TV and put his feet into the quilt to keep warm.

"We need to eat more tonight, because we have to go to the shrine for New Year's worship after midnight." Akiko used a colander to scoop out the tofu and meat, stirred the raw eggs into liquid, and shared them with Ai.

On the sofa next to them were two sets of kimonos, which Yuuji had specially asked his mother's acquaintance to order from Kyoto for Akiko and Ai. Picking up a piece of pork chop, the boy took a sip of the aroma of sukiyaki and relaxed.

"I heard that Aunt Eri will go back to the Mori family today." Hiroki fiddled with the robot dog in his hand, and thought of Conan again: "Would it be a bit inappropriate for him to be in someone else's house?"

"Nothing is inappropriate. My brother is already the default son-in-law of the Mori family." Yuuji took a sip of coffee and turned the channel to the comedy show.

"You should remind them to be careful." Ai leaned against Akiko: "In the eyes of those who don't know, that girl is committing a crime."

Indeed, Xiaolan is now 17 years old, and according to Japanese law, she can get married. If people knew that she was in love with Edogawa Conan...

Yuji shook his head and decided not to think about such a disappointing thing on the first day of the new year.

"By the way, the third-year junior high school students will go on a school trip to Kyoto after the new semester starts, and we will go there too." The boy took out his mobile phone and showed Akiko the notice from the class teacher.

"The deer in Kyoto seem to be very famous." Akiko held an orange juice in her hand: "The rice cakes in the cabinet are also delicious, so let's buy some back when the time comes."

It was a souvenir given by Usami before, and Yuji agreed to it, watching the countdown on TV and toasting with his family.

"Then... Happy New Year!"

………

"It's really cold outside!" Yuji held a hot water cup, locked his door after Akiko and Ai changed into kimonos, and walked east with the three of them.

"It's a pity that there is no train at this time, so we can only walk." Akiko held Ai's hand and exhaled a breath of hot air while looking at the stars in the sky.

"It's okay. Although our house is far from the Beihua Shrine, it is closer to the Haido Shrine." Yuji held his hands behind his head and kept exhaling.

"But this way we can't go to worship with Conan and the others, right?" Akiko found that the pace of the two boys slowed down, as if they were taking special care of them, so she smiled slightly.

"If it's Uncle Mori, he will definitely be drunk. His family will not go to worship today. Probably wait until tomorrow morning."

Not far from Haido Shrine, the lanterns tied to the pillars with strings illuminated the dim mountain road. There were a lot of people at this time. In order not to get separated, the four people walked hand in hand through the torii.

"That's a living shrine maiden, not cosplay!" Yuji looked at the four or five shrine maidens in the shrine, took out his mobile phone and took pictures excitedly.

"Do you want to buy a talisman?"

After putting in the money for incense and making a wish, Yuji took the three of them to the sales counter and bought many talismans. Akiko's talisman was for a smooth relationship, Ai's was for a successful study, and Hiroki's was for a safe and peaceful life.

"Why did you buy so many?" Hiroki looked at the talismans in Yuji's hand and moved them speechlessly.

"That is to say, don't you think this is like a card collecting game?" Yuji pointed at the stall: "And their amulets are wrapped in cloth bags outside, and you can't see what's inside at all. It's very similar to a card drawing game!"

"Don't be like this, I suddenly feel that this amulet is useless." Xiao Ai looked at the academic success in her hand, thought about it and still wore it around her neck: "But I appreciate your kindness."

"Speaking of which, what wish did you make just now?"

Looking at the three people who were a little calmer, Yuji raised his finger and pointed at the incense box over there: "I hope Edogawa III can be liked by more people!"

"I hope I can live like this with my sister." Xiao Ai pulled Akiko's hand, raised her head and looked at her, and suddenly found that Akiko's face was a little blushing.

She noticed something was wrong.

"Isn't that what my sister thinks?!"

"No, no, no, I also hope to live happily with everyone forever." Akiko tapped the floor with her clogs: "But I still wish to see the prince again. I seemed to feel him on the bus before."

Wow, Ai's expression suddenly became so scary!

Yuji coughed and pointed at the lottery booth.

"Come and draw lots to see how lucky you are this year."

After getting the lottery tickets, the four of them opened them at the same time and saw that Yuji had a bad luck, while the other three had a good luck.

"It's okay, at least it's not a bad luck, and isn't there a saying! If it's at the lowest point now, it will only rise later."

The boy turned his head to look at the back and found that the comments were indeed a bit bad, so he tied it to the branch, hoping to take away the bad luck.

"The person you like will be hurt, be careful."

Back home along the way he came, Yuji turned on the air conditioner in the living room and chose to turn off the quilt.

"Let's sleep in the living room tonight!" The boy looked at the sky outside the window, which was already somewhat bright, and closed his eyes as he lay down in the kotatsu.

"Good night!"

"Good night!" x3

………

"Happy New Year, Xiaolan!"

"Happy New Year, Yuji."

Looking at her brother who came to pay New Year's greetings, Xiaolan generously let Yuji change his shoes.

"Have you been to the shrine?" Yuji sat in the living room, took the coffee handed by Xiaolan and looked around.

"Yes, my father drew a very bad fortune, and he went back to sleep with his head covered."

"Great misfortune? What is that?"

Putting her finger on her chin, Xiaolan brought a bowl of rice cake soup: "The comment says, don't sleep, your neck is in danger."

Is it true, is the rice flower shrine so effective?

"Mom went back this morning, Conan is still sleeping." Xiaolan supported her head with her hand: "By the way, Dad said in advance that if you come, he will give you the New Year's money."

Get up and take out a small paper bag from the drawer in the living room and put it in front of Yuji. Seeing that the boy accepted it without hesitation, Xiaolan also laughed happily.

"We are going to Kyoto for a school trip after school starts, but this morning, Senior Heiji called and said he wanted to invite us to travel before school starts."

Yuji put the New Year's money in his pocket, put the phone in front of Xiaolan, and pointed out the place he had agreed with Hattori Heiji to her: "It's a resort island called American Island. Legend has it that there are mermaids on it, and there is a shrine maiden who eats mermaid meat and becomes immortal. Sister Xiaolan, do you want to go together?"

"Traveling? It sounds good. Teitan High School will not start school until a while, and Conan has finished his winter vacation homework."

After considering it, Xiaolan accepted Yuji's invitation. She thought of Yuzuki and Kaori, so she asked again: "Will Yuzuki and Kaori go too?"

"Kaori is going back to her hometown in Kyoto, and Usami's family will also visit relatives during the New Year."

Yuji put away his hands and planned to go back: "So only we and Senior Heiji will go."