Conan, My Neighbor Kurosawa Jin

"But it's not as lively as it was in the countryside before, and it can't be called lively. How should I put it? Yes, it should be called atmosphere!

There were many temple fairs and festivals where I lived before, but the ceremonies were not so big, there were not so many people, and there were not so many good food and fun things.

But the various rituals at the temple fair are indispensable, and there are regulations on when and what to do. People in the village believe in these, so compared to these, the village is more about customs and atmosphere.

It’s such a busy time at this time, even we kids have to arrange a lot of things! "Imaguchi's eyes lit up as he spoke. He introduced various local customs to Gin, and then complained about the cumbersome customs and rituals.

"Did you live in a remote place before? Never heard of these customs?" Gin narrowed his eyes slightly as he listened to those weird customs. These customs are so ancient, and they seem to be far away from Tokyo.

Although he was not particularly familiar with Imaguchi, he could see that Imaguchi was not the kind of person who was very ambitious and wanted to work his way up from a small place to a big city. On the contrary, he is a bit lazy and has a more happy-go-lucky personality. He probably prefers to stay nearby rather than traveling all the way to a strange place.

"Yes, it is a relatively remote village. Those customs were passed down a long time ago. People in the village rarely interact with the outside world, so they are more traditional." Hearing Gin's question, Imago's subconscious mind made him suddenly He woke up, nodded and explained, but did not give any specific information about the village.

After all, if the organization wants to find someone, it will definitely conduct various investigations, and neighbors like Mr. Kurosawa will definitely not let him go.

Imaguchi didn't want to have a place to hide if he was exposed one day. He still liked the place he chose before. He had been hiding for so many years without being discovered. It was a good place.

"So that's where you grew up?"

"That's not true. My brother and I lived in Tokyo before, and our address kept changing with his job. Later, after my brother's accident, I didn't want to stay here anymore, so I moved away. Later, I moved to a village and lived there until I just came back when I was in high school.”

Sensing the confusion in Mr. Kurosawa's eyes, Imaguchi knew that his previous behavior did not seem like he had just come to Tokyo, so he explained half-truthfully.

In fact, he couldn't remember where he originally lived, but it was always in those places. And he should have been to Tokyo before, but he couldn't remember clearly. The reason why I chose this place is because I thought there would be fewer members in the organization and it would be less easy to be exposed.

"High school?" Gin looked at the wine in front of him. High school students shouldn't be able to drink it, right?

"Because of my poor health, I entered school late and am several years older than my classmates!"

Although he is several years older, Imaguchi, who is currently just 19 years old and an adult but cannot drink, feels guilty.

Looking at Imaguchi's expression, Gin already understood. Just when he was about to say something, he suddenly heard the noise and the sound of police cars.

Imaguchi turned his head and looked around, and heard others saying that the shrine not far away was on fire and there were casualties.

So now the police are investigating the cause of the fire. Although the fire is not big and the casualties are not many, the weather is so cold now. Under normal circumstances, fires will not happen, let alone cause casualties.

This led to someone suspecting that someone had deliberately set the fire, so the police were called.

Imaguchi frowned and looked at the shrine. He didn't expect it to be on fire. Fortunately, the fire was not particularly big. Otherwise, with so many people attending the temple fair, the casualties will be heavy!

Imaguchi Xin and Gin were no longer interested in eating and chatting. Fortunately, they had almost eaten, so they stood up and walked aside.

The police who made routine inquiries were quickly on their side.

"Hello, have you ever been to the shrine? Is there anyone who can prove it?"

"No, at most I just bought some things near the shrine and didn't go in. The two of us are together and can testify to each other." Imaguchi shook his head sincerely. He had never been to the shrine today. As for the witness, apart from the stall owner, only Mr. Kurosawa can prove it!

After all, he and Mr. Kurosawa were only separated for a while when they were shopping, which was only about half an hour. How could they both go shopping and go back and forth to the shrine? It was simply impossible.

"Me too." Gin said coldly.

The police officer looked at it and thought there was no problem, so he continued to ask the next person.

As a result, even after everyone was questioned, no suspicious suspect was found. Judging from the inspection of the shrine, the fire seemed to be an accident. There were some people injured in the fire, but most of them were minor injuries. Only one person died because the fire was too intense. As for the identity, it has not yet been confirmed.

The police had no choice but to let everyone go. After all, they could not find any reason or evidence for deliberately setting the fire. Even if someone really set the fire, the other party might have left long ago after so long. In the end, the case was finally concluded as an accident. .

After something like this happened, the people at the temple gradually dispersed. Now I didn't want to go shopping anymore, so I packed up and prepared to go back.

Imaguchi took out his cell phone and looked at it, and was surprised to find that it was already late. He originally thought it was just seven or eight o'clock, but he didn't expect that it was already past 9 o'clock, almost 10 o'clock.

"Time flies so fast!"

"It's not too early, let's go back!" Gin said with a glance.

"Okay." Imaguchi didn't care, he just thought that he had been playing for too long.

In fact, it was indeed the case. When Imaguchi Xin and Gin went to buy food separately, it took them much longer than he thought.

Just queuing at each stall takes five or six minutes, and now that he has bought a lot of things, it will take an hour no matter what, and the half hour he said is just what he thinks.

The reason why Gin had time to complete all of this was not only because he took too long to wander around, but also because he secretly moved Imaguchi's watch to slow down time until he could find a chance to adjust it after he returned.

Therefore, Imaguchi felt that time passed very quickly, so much so that it took him two hours to eat.