Conan: I won’t clean up my innocence after joining the organization

But in the end, Ai Tanihara still didn't cry.

She had been used to not crying for a long time and it was difficult for her to cry again.

It's just that the reassuring atmosphere brought by Matsuda Jinpei made Tanihara Ai's spirit much relieved.

With a faint smile, Tanihara Ai spoke.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

She would also sit in her yard and chat with Apello and the others about recent events when she had free time.

I can see them every day.

In her memory, she thought of how Apello would rush up to greet her every time.

The smile in Tanihara Ai's eyes deepened.

If she could hear it, I would be very happy every day.

Matsuda Jinpei glanced at Tanihara Ai, and when he saw her appearance, he also relaxed his grip.

"What are you thinking of?" he asked, looking at Tanihara Ai's expression.

"I remember what happened when I went out to play with her."

With the corners of his mouth raised slightly, Matsuda Jinpei also smiled and put his hand on Tanihara Ai's head.

Subconsciously, he rubbed Tanihara Ai's soft hair, and his hand suddenly froze there as if he was getting an electric shock.

"that."

"Huh?" Tanihara Ai raised her eyes in confusion, as if she saw a hand on her head from the perspective.

Withdrawing his hand, Matsuda Jinpei returned to his previous expression.

He looked a little cynical, but he said with a smile, "It's good to be able to recall these things. If you forget the feeling of being with a person, then that person is really dead. "

……

"You are wrong, why should you forget it," the figure smiled mischievously, "Whether you want to take a step or not is your problem."

"If you really forget this feeling, then your dad will really be dead."

……

The familiar words made Tanihara Ai's whole body stagnate slightly.

This sentence was so familiar that she couldn't forget it even after so long.

This sentence runs through the beginning of her coming to this world, and it is also the first look back at her meeting him before the previous world.

"puff"

The heart rate seemed to increase.

If it had been in the past, with her hearing, she should have been able to hear the sound of her own heartbeat.

Ai Tanihara took a deep breath and wanted to look away from that person, but couldn't.

"like."

She murmured subconsciously.

He lowered his head for a moment again.

Matsuda Jinpei looked confused, "Tanihara, what did you just say?"

"That..." Tanihara Ai choked on her words.

At this time, she was shaking her head in her head.

'It's over, it's over. '

She didn't want to lie to that person at all!

"I……"

"Deng deng deng"

The door to the lounge knocked at this moment, and the old pottery master walked in.

"The things you just made are burned. You can come over and take a look."

Secretly giving her boss a thumbs up, Tanihara Ai stood up from her seat.

"Matsuda-kun, let's go take a look."

The topic was ignored, Matsuda Jinpei also stood up, "Okay."

The cold porcelain cup sat on the table.

Ai Tanihara looked at the cup with some shadows and reached out to pick it up.

'Xiaobai, do you think I got the right color? '

Tanihara Ai looked at the cup in her hand curiously.

[It should be correct] The system looked through the colors of cherry blossoms in the encyclopedia and began to compare them carefully.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief.

It is really a little master of color mixing, and nothing can trouble it.

Just as he was about to take another look, the cherry blossoms originally placed on the cup by Ai Tanihara fell off at this moment.

Tanihara Ai quickly reached out to catch it, and this was the result.

The cup that holds them is broken, but the cherry blossoms are still there.

Looking down at the pile of debris on the ground, Ai Tanihara pursed her lips.

'Xiaobai... I want to cry. '

I have the unlucky feeling of having to come out to find my presence at any time.

This is a cup he and I made together.

Just snap.

Gone.

Like her heart, it broke quickly.

[The host doesn’t cry, don’t cry, we’ll go buy popsicles later] The system comforted him.

[My share is for the host to eat]

The boss and Matsuda Jinpei beside him were both stunned.

Seeing that Ai Tanihara was about to squat down to pick up the porcelain pieces, Matsuda Jinpei grabbed Ai Tanihara's hand.

"Stop picking it up."

It won't be good if your hand gets hurt by then.

"But……"

As Tanihara Ai spoke, something was stuffed in her hand.

When I lowered my head, I saw another familiar cup.

"Well, if you want it so much, just give us to you." Although Matsuda Jinpei said this, his expression was a bit strange.

"This..." Tanihara Ai thought for a moment and spread her hands.

A complete cherry blossom rests quietly in the palm of your hand.

In that strange situation of falling off, it was surprisingly not broken at all.

"Then give this to Matsuda-kun." Ai Tanihara smiled softly and handed the petals in her hand to his palm.

"That's fine." Matsuda Jinpei took it without politeness and put it into his pocket.

Say goodbye to Matsuda Jinpei and go home.

Tanihara Ai carefully took the cup out of the system space.

Following Xiao Bai's instructions, I washed it with water, and the ashes on the cup were washed away.

Tanihara Ai also wiped it clean little by little with paper towels.

The paper towel moved along the palm of the hand and touched the inner wall of the cup lid.

The system always felt like it had seen something and wanted to take a closer look, but in the next second, Ai Tanihara had already closed the cup again.

After finding a delicate box, Tanihara Ai carefully put the cup in again.

"Perfect." Ai Tanihara looked at the porcelain cup that was placed in the glass box and could be seen at any time, and smiled with satisfaction.

[The host] spoke systematically with a bit of hesitation.

"What's wrong?" Tanihara Ai was confused.

The system looked at the cup for a while, but still shook his head, [Nothing, the host doesn’t need you to take care of drinking from the cup? 】

"Need not."

Tanihara Ai shook her head decisively.

"I'd feel bad if I accidentally broke it."

She didn't feel bad about the other cups, even if a few fell to the ground when her hands shook, she didn't feel bad at all.

[Okay then] Seeing the host say this, the system also gave up the idea of ​​looking at the cup again.

With the departure of Tanihara Ai.

The porcelain cups were placed there quietly in the glass display box.

No one will open it anymore.

It seems that a few small words were engraved on the inside of the cup lid before firing.

It was carved by Matsuda Jinpei while looking at the plastic clay that Tanihara Ai was busy with.

<Idiot, didn't you realize that I like you? ＞

But until the cup was completely closed, this sentence was hidden by the darkness.

Endless waiting for the truth that has taken countless years.

Matsuda House.

A cherry blossom was placed on the table. Under the light, each petal of the fired porcelain flower reflected a white shimmer.

It seems to be showing its completeness to the world.

Matsuda Jinpei sat at the table, gently poking the petals with his fingers.

"When will we find out?"

he said.

The words were swallowed up by the night.