stand-in creed

No matter how you think about it, it's weird!

Although an elementary school student installing a surveillance camera in his parents' bedroom is weird no matter how he thinks about it, in the eyes of Hayato Kawajiri, the weirdest thing is undoubtedly his father.It was so weird that Kawajiri Hayato asked himself the same question over and over again——

who is he?

I don't understand.

However, looking at the writing on the blackboard of "When the Demon Encounters", Hayato Kawajiri came up with such an idea—it was almost like being possessed by a ghost.

"Jingle Bell--"

The school bell rang.

Hayato Kawajiri packed his schoolbag, put on his schoolboy hat, and started on his way home.

The sun has already set on the western horizon, and the gorgeous dusk is shrouded in the sky. According to what the teacher taught in the Chinese class, this moment is undoubtedly the time of dusk, and it is also the time of encountering demons in the legend of Japanese ghosts walking at night. .

However, on the way home, what Kawajiri Hayato saw was not a demon, but a wonderful foreigner when he passed the overpass in front of Morioh Station.

"..."

The blond foreigner, who was nearly two meters tall, was holding a sketchbook and a pencil without saying a word, looking out the window at the street scene of Morioh Town.

This foreigner was none other than Nero Zeppelin.

However, compared to the question of who Nero Zeppelin was, what surprised Kawajiri early people was the way Nero painted.

"This, this guy...doesn't draft at all?!"

Under Kawajiri's shocked eyes, Nero wrote.

Whoosh whoosh.

The paintbrush left afterimages in the air, dancing on the drawing paper of the sketchbook.

"...Did this foreigner draw the street scene of Morioh Town so "accurately" without drawing a draft!

"If you just don't make a draft, it can probably be explained by the detached painting skills, but more importantly, the way this foreigner draws is also very weird! It's not a part by part, line by line, but from From top to bottom, from left to right, the scenery was split into lines with no continuity at all, and it was drawn on a sketchbook like a "printer", and——

"—It took only 1 minute to draw it!

"—Even the finished product is like a "black and white photo"! ! ! "

Kawajiri Hayato was completely dumbfounded.

This is not a phenomenon that can be explained by the saying "primary school students have no knowledge".No matter how you look at it, this foreigner's painting skill is not something that can be described by adjectives such as genius and excellence, and it can be called abnormal!

"...Uncle, uncle?"

"Ok?"

Nero also noticed that there was a little ghost next to him who had been watching his painting, but he didn't respond.

Nero doesn't like children.

Not only do I dislike children being pestered when they ask questions, but I also dislike the noise children make when they are alive and kicking.

However, out of politeness, coupled with the "purpose" of my recent actions, since this brat has spoken out, it seems that I should respond to this brat a little bit.

"What's the matter, kid?"

"Is uncle a painter?"

"Painter?" Nero was stunned for a moment, and then looked at his sketchbook, "Did you ask this after seeing this street view? Sorry, uncle, I'm not a painter, and a painter is not such a cheap thing .”

"... Cheap?" Kawajiri was stunned.

Looking at the street view sketched by a pencil, which is comparable to a photo, Kawajiri Hayato just wanted to ask where is it cheap?

However, Nero shrugged his shoulders: "Just simply "copying" what you see on paper, but not injecting the emotions you want to vent into the painting and the emotions that can be felt by the audience, it can't be called a painting." Home!At best, it can only be regarded as an amateur for drawing and playing, and a substitute for a camera.

"Probably because I don't have enthusiasm and interest. I guess I will never be a painter in my life."

"..."

Can't understand.

Kawajiri Hayato blinked in confusion: "If you're not interested, why are you drawing?"

"Because of my uncle, I believed in the evil of a person I knew, and decided to try to become a person who "has a desire to explore everything" and even "loves everything in the world". It seems that doing so will make my work go more smoothly.It's even the reason for talking to elementary school students like you, who I usually don't want to talk to at this moment.

"As a result, it seems...it doesn't work at all.

"Obviously I just want to take a short-cut, but before I know it, I seem to have taken a long road that I don't know where to go."

Although the mouth so Tucao.

But Nero knew in his heart that Kishibe Rohan's theory was correct.

It is precisely because Nero understands this that Nero believed his evil and took a sketchbook, trying to let himself temporarily forget about Yoshikage Kira, and let himself "grow" to be able to overcome all misfortunes in the world of humans.

But in practice, it is too difficult.

The reason is that although Nero has extreme rationality, compared to cartoonists who seem to be able to do this easily, Nero knows that he lacks one crucial thing——

--enthusiasm.

Chapter 80

Nero is a man, not an omnipotent god, not to mention that a god may not be omnipotent.

Nero Zeppelin's rationality knows that he should grow in the direction that Kishibe Rohan said, but after actual experience, he will find that this is simply outrageous.

Such as unicorns.

It is undoubtedly impossible for a person who has no interest in insects at all, and even has a psychological resistance to all insects, to become a person who has a desire to explore insects with only "rationality" in just a few days things.Even though Nero really put his mind to it, looked for the unicorn on the trees in Duwang Town, and seriously drew it in his sketchbook, he still had no interest.

Hate bugs even more.

This is also a matter of course.

Not to mention that Nero just wandered around Morioh Town in "ten days", sketching everywhere.Just look at the students who are struggling with academics in those schools and you will understand.

Everyone understands the truth.

Everyone knows that having a desire to learn and even falling in love with learning can improve your grades by leaps and bounds, but the problem is that in the "more than ten years" from elementary school to university graduation, I have never seen a student who doesn't like learning because he understands the truth I fell in love with learning all of a sudden.On the contrary, parents and teachers can recite the truths fluently, but there are many students who get bored and sleepy when they are really learning to do their homework.

If just understanding the truth can make people grow, this world is probably more heaven than heaven.

Golden rectangle?

Does that kind of thing mean anything to me?Is it possible that I can still kill Yoshikage Kira?

Thinking of this, Nero couldn't help but yawned.

Reason gave Nero motivation.

But sensibility did not give enthusiasm to Nero, who was full of action.

"...If you have the time, wouldn't it be nice to investigate the case for ten days?"

Nero thought so.

Immediately, Nero glanced at the pupils beside him.

"Hurry up and go home, kiddo.

"It's going to be sunset in a while. It's dangerous for a kid like you if you don't go home at night, right? The family will be worried too."

Nero waved his hand.

But before the primary school student left, he left first.

draw?

Golden rectangle?

draw a fart.Gold shit.

Nero felt that he would rather be bombed by the killer queen than do such a sleepy thing.

Thinking of this, Nero put the sketchbook in his bag and prepared to leave.

Seeing that Nero was about to leave, Kawajiri Hayato couldn't help asking: "Well, what do you do, uncle?"

"I……?"

Hearing the boy's question, Nero turned his head.

After thinking about it, Nero still declared his family name.

"Nero Zeppelin, a detective."

"...Detective, detective?"

Kawajiri was taken aback.

Regardless of whether Nero was surprised or not, he was about to leave—it was time to finish his meal.

Curious about everything?

Primary school students don't need it, do they?Is it possible that an ordinary elementary school student can know where Yoshikage Kira is... The reason is this, but since I have already done this, I have been bored for ten days, and I am justified in being bored for a while own dedication.

"Kid, what's your name?"

"Hayato Kawajiri."

"Kawajiri...?"

Nero's drowsy eyes lit up a little.

Immediately, Nero asked in a bit of trouble: "My Japanese is not very good, but if I remember correctly, shiri means buttocks in Japanese, right? Why do Japanese people use such words as surnames?"

"No, no, that's not the case!" Hayato Kawajiri hastily argued, "口 doesn't just mean the butt, but also the "end"!Many surnames in Japan are derived from place names. Kawajiri means "the end of the river", and has nothing to do with the butt! "

"Well, Kawajiri-san, although I don't have any interest in your affairs, but like a student who has to complete homework assigned by the teacher, in order to grow, I have to ask you one thing-you seem to be very distressed look."

"Hey?"

Kawajiri was taken aback for a moment.

Nero said as a matter of course: "The eyes are gloomy. When walking, he bowed his head and hunched his back. No matter how he looks at it, he looks preoccupied. So he failed the exam, or he was robbed by gangsters on the way from school, Threatening to beat you up if you don’t hand over how much pocket money you have every day?”

"No, it's just..."

Kawajiri had already said something, but swallowed it back.

Should I speak to this detective?

Then again, is this foreigner really a detective?Is it really okay to tell a stranger what happened at home and how I secretly installed a monitor in my parents' room?

What's more, the so-called detectives have to charge commission fees, right?

I don't have that much pocket money.

Kawajiri Hayato did not speak.

But Nero nodded: "This tangled expression...it doesn't seem to be an urgent matter, and you haven't thought about whether you should tell me this stranger you have never met. Since you don't want to tell me, I will Don’t listen, I’m just asking casually, then goodbye, Kawajiri kid.”

After speaking, Nero walked towards the distance.

But Hayato Kawajiri suddenly stopped Nero.

"that!"

"Ok?"

Nero turned around.

Kawajiri Hayato said nervously, "Uncle, you...are a detective, right?"

Nero nodded.

Hayato Kawajiri continued: "If... I mean if, in case I need to entrust you, where should I find you?"

"Room 324 of Du Wang Hotel—the premise really has to be an "event".If it was just a bunch of curious kids coming to my door for a detective story, I'd blow you away. "

"……Um."

Kawajiri Hayato nodded.

Seeing that the elementary school student he met by chance seemed to be fine, Nero left.

hungry.

Time to touch.