Conan: About the fact that I have a black brother

"Oh my god, another explosion."

"It's been peaceful for so long, what's going on this time?"

"I don't know. They say two cars were driving in the wrong direction, causing a large-scale collision and rear-end collision, and that's what happened."

Ono Hirakawa, who went to the office early to prepare for class, heard several instructors gathered together discussing today's news as soon as he entered the room. When they saw Ono Hirakawa coming in, they only paused briefly and greeted him, without avoiding him at all.

"What happened?" Ono Hirakawa asked curiously, "I seemed to hear an explosion?"

"Two cars were traveling in the wrong direction and rear-ended each other, causing the fuel tank to explode," Instructor Hirata explained to him. "It was rush hour at that time, and the chaos caused all the cars on the bridge to lose control, resulting in this situation. Traffic in that area is paralyzed now, right?"

Instructor Murakami frowned as he held the newspaper. "It was one or two o'clock yesterday morning. It should have been resolved by now... By the way, is today's practical class about traffic duty?"

"Yes." Onizuka Yazo replied, "I was just planning to add evacuation."

"Okay, instructor. I'll go get the supplies." Ono Hirakawa added tactfully, receiving a polite 'thank you for bothering me'.

Ono Hirakawa left the office, thinking about the conversation between the instructors just now. He always felt a sense of familiarity. Thoughts rose and fell in his mind. He wanted to reach out and grab it in a daze, but it dissipated the moment he was about to touch it.

Traffic duty is a basic course, which is not very difficult. There are many details that need to be paid attention to, and it tests students' adaptability. Ono Hirakawa is not from the Ministry of Transportation and is not familiar with these things, so Onizuka Hachizo took on most of the teaching tasks, and Ono Hirakawa was lucky to take on the role of the suspect.

He could complete the theory class in the afternoon alone. During the class, Ono Hirakawa did not pay special attention to Kamisaka Naomi, but he could always sense her cautious and inquiring gaze. She found that Ono Hirakawa really did not mean to care, and slowly relaxed.

After get off work, Ono Hirakawa originally planned to hand the things directly to Morobushi Kagemitsu, but the other party had been out of contact. Ono Hirakawa could not continue to stay near the secret meeting place of the two, so he had to leave first.

Suddenly, he remembered something, took out his cell phone and called Kenji Hagiwara.

The moment the call was connected, Ohno Hirakawa heard the confusion on the other end. It was obvious that Hagiwara Kenji was surprised that he took the initiative to call him: "Ohno? Are you off work? What do you want to talk to Kenji-chan about?"

His voice was as usual light and upturned, and he concealed the slight surprise very well. Ono Hirakawa stroked the pieces in his pocket and said, "Yes, I'm off work, and I found a pub. Do you want to have a drink together? I'll treat you, and it's more fun when more people drink."

The other party was silent for a moment: "Okay, but I still have a while before I get off work, please wait a little longer."

"That's fine. How about we go to the one on the commercial street?" Ono Hirakawa suggested, and after a moment's thought, he added, "It's the one we often went to when we were in the police academy."

"No problem!" Hagiwara Kenji agreed readily, "I'll be there as soon as possible."

After the call was hung up, Oono Hirakawa turned around with an expressionless face, while Hagiwara Kenji on the other side also restrained his shallow smile.

Matsuda Jinpei's workstation was next to his. He noticed when he was on the phone, and stood up to watch Yu Junran accept the socializing: "Where did he ask you to go?"

"It's the izakaya where the police academy often goes to for social gatherings." Hagiwara Kenji replied, "Is Jinpei going with him? From what he said, he probably wants you to come with him."

"Yeah. Anyway, there's nothing to do." Matsuda Jinpei agreed immediately, "I have to finish writing the report first, Hagi, how much do you have left to write?"

"There are so many more..." Hagiwara Kenji's eyes turned into two sunny-side-up eggs, staring at Matsuda Jinpei pitifully, "Little Jinpei, can you write some for me~"

"Oh, forget it then." Jinpei Matsuda sat down without answering the question.

"Xiao Zhenping, you are going too far. Did you intend to push all the reports to me from the beginning? That's too much!"

"Nothing."

It was already half past six when the three of them met at the izakaya. Hagiwara Kenji greeted Ohno Hirakawa, who was sitting in the corner, with an apologetic look on his face: "Sorry Ohno, we were too busy by mistake. Did you wait too long?"

"No, I just got here too." Ono Hirakawa said, "The izakaya is having an event today, and I just got the idea on a whim."

"Is it necessary to be so polite?" Matsuda Jinpei watched the two of them pushing each other back and forth, and felt bored. "Haya, long time no see."

Oono Hirakawa raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked at Hagiwara Kenji: "How do you know all this?"

"I didn't tell him!" Hagiwara Kenji denied it flatly, but after this incident, the subtle barrier between the three of them disappeared temporarily.

"I ordered whatever I wanted." Ono Hirakawa handed over the menu. "I ordered the wine according to your previous habits. If you don't like it now, don't criticize me."

"Let me see." Jinpei Matsuda took the menu and ordered a few more skewers of yakitori.

Ohno Hirakawa smiled and took out a business card from his pocket: "This is the first time that Ohno Hirakawa and Matsuda Jinpei meet. We must be polite. This is my business card."

"You're so fussy." Matsuda Jinpei sneered, but took it without hesitation. The moment he touched the business card, his expression changed slightly, and then he put the business card in his pocket, "I don't have a business card with me. I'll give it to you next time I see you."

"It's okay. I'm just being polite." Ono Hirakawa smiled and noticed the two people in front of him had subtle expressions. "What do you mean by that?"

"I'm still not used to this face." Kenji Hagiwara sighed.

"It's as creepy as a foreigner smiling kindly at me." Jinpei Matsuda commented sharply.

Ono Hirakawa was speechless: "That's what I wanted - and, it's too much to say that."

The three of them laughed together, and they looked a bit like they did when they were young and energetic.

Unfortunately, things have changed and people have changed, the past is just the past.

The message that needed to be delivered had been delivered, and the things that needed to be given had been given. Ono Hirakawa drank a few glasses of wine, pretended to be drunk, and began to eat his food slowly.

Matsuda and the other man also said they had to go to work the next day and refused to drink more, so the three of them started chatting with the leftovers and sobering up at the same time, but by the end they had run out of topics to talk about.

"I have to lead morning training tomorrow morning." Oono Hirakawa was the first to suggest leaving.

Hagiwara Kenji raised his eyebrows slightly, then smiled: "The same goes for me and Jinpei, so let's go back and rest."

"Okay." Ohno Hirakawa nodded. "Keep up the good work, police officers."

"The same goes for you, hard-working instructor."