I, Minami Kotori, Son of the Sun

The Kaito showdown is scheduled for Saturday night, and Birdie has more important things to do at the moment.

"I don't want to go to class." The bird fluttered on the table, rubbing its bouncy face against the damn math textbook with a look of despair.

Well, maybe to the invincible King of Creation, attending classes isn’t that important.

The two childhood friends who had just finished class and gathered in front of Xiaoniao's desk saw this scene.

"Little Bird..." Umi twitched her lips. The little bird before was not like this.

Becoming the King of Creation has changed this girl a lot.

Even if you are a king, you still need to study hard.

She tried to put herself in the bird's shoes.

Just imagine that you now have the power to surpass all mankind, holding the sun and the moon and picking the stars...

Well, learn nothing!

"I don't want to go to class either." Honoka felt like she had found a soulmate. Whenever she complained like this in the past, Kotori and Umi would always persuade her.

Now, she has a loyal companion again.

"Little bird!"

"Honoka!"

The two looked at each other affectionately, and they felt that they were both wanderers in the same world.

"Forget about Kotori, but Honoka, you need to study hard, you idiot!"

"eccentric!"

So, the two childhood sweethearts started a duel again, and the bird turned its head and looked at the "specially concerned" user on the phone.

"Hey, Bai Li, are you done? Come and keep me company." He sent a voice message in a low voice.

The other party quickly replied: "Study hard, I just got in Dad's car."

"Wow, you actually abandoned me for another woman..." The bird sobbed twice symbolically and sent another voice message.

The other party has not responded yet, so I guess he is repenting deeply.

"There's something wrong." Actually, there isn't anything wrong.

Bai Li raised his eyebrows. Didn’t we make an appointment long ago?

Today, Xiaozou has something important to say to her, the great god.

Ignoring the complaining woman on the other end of the phone, Bai Li turned his head and looked at the uncle sitting in the main driver's seat: "Dad, what's going on with Xiaozou?"

Dad didn't answer immediately, but started the engine, looked in the rearview mirror, and the car slowly entered the main road.

It was the first time he drove so properly, as if he had transformed from a racing driver into a machine.

He frowned and remained silent.

"Dad..." It was the first time that Bai Li saw such a serious expression on his father's face.

The uncle who usually has a cheerful face now has sadness in his eyes.

It's like the sadness of seeing a loved one die in front of you.

"Ten years ago, Xiaozou's mother was murdered."

The vehicle continues to drive.

At some point, he stopped. There was a red light ahead and traffic was flowing around him.

At some point, he lit a cigarette with trembling hands using a dusty lighter that had been sealed for years, and the air was filled with smoke.

Bai Li coughed twice.

"Ah! Sorry! I forgot about you..." He couldn't finish his words as a tender hand stopped him from putting out the cigarette.

"Dad, keep on smoking."

Compared to the heavy past, these smokes are too light.

The traffic continued to surge, and the old man finally stopped smoking. He forced an ugly smile with his wrinkled face: "I quit smoking a long time ago."

Bai Li was silent: "So, has the criminal been found?"

"No, not yet. We only know that the blood type is A." Dad said calmly, and seemed to have returned to his old self.

"Why didn't you tell us!" Bai Li clenched his fists, "Little Bird, we could have..."

Dad took a deep breath, as if trying to hide something: "I am a coward, I just hope that Xiaozou can be safe."

Coward?! Dad, what are you talking about!

Back then, you used your body to block the spider monster's attack, protected the bird, and dared to fight Gorugom's monster with just an iron rod. So what!

You are not a coward at all! But, why!

How can you say such things when the person you love has been killed?

"That's the person you love!" Bai Li asked loudly.

"I know, but I can't abandon Xiaozou." Dad clenched his teeth.

"At that time, Xiaozou was at the crime scene."

Wha, what?

"She witnessed the crime and saw the murderer's appearance, but the murderer did not kill her." Dad recalled that day, he didn't know whether he should hate the murderer or what.

Thank him for his mercy and not killing his only daughter?

When he rushed home, he saw his daughter covered in a blood-stained coat, kneeling on the ground with a dazed expression, not moving.

His eyes were looking at his bloody wife.

The despair at that time even made him unable to speak.

He was just so powerless.

"She has traumatic memory disorder. She has forgotten everything that happened before that, including her mother." Daddy tried hard to hold back his tears. "I rejected the police's decision to try to get a hypnotist involved. I don't want her to recall that scene again."

Bai Li remained silent. Perhaps, if he were in her place, he would make the same choice.

Is it to seek revenge for the dead loved one, or to protect the only living one?

When this becomes a multiple-choice question, she might collapse.

Because, whenever he thought of the one in ten thousand possibility that the bird would leave him, his heart would almost stop beating.

She raised her head and looked at her father's profile, feeling sympathy, sorrow, and, admiration from the bottom of her heart.

Dad, he was a great man, a great father, and a great husband.

He endured it all alone for ten years.

"I will help you find the real murderer." Bai Li said seriously.

Now, there is only one result when my dad says this to me.

Xiaozou recalled what happened ten years ago.

Damn it! At that time, she was only five years old, five years old...

. . .

As the destination got closer, there were fewer and fewer people around. Even the wind had a hint of sadness.

Like a lament.

We have arrived at the cemetery, the end of this journey.

"Do you need me to take you in?" Dad's voice was hoarse.

"No need, just keep moving forward, right?"

Dad nodded, got out of the car, and watched Bai Li go away.

The petite figure with fluttering white hair was hazy and seemed to overlap with the person he loved.

"Xiaozou..." Watching Bai Li disappear at the end, he leaned on the black car.

He sat down slowly, and without knowing when, a lit cigarette appeared in his hand.

. . .

"Xiao Zou, I'm here." Bai Li called softly, and the girl not far away turned around.

"Thank you for coming." The voice was as indifferent as ever, but there was a kind of sadness on the unchanging face of Sanwu.

As a god, she could see the crying soul in the body that no longer had strong emotional fluctuations.

[She lost all her memories before the age of six, and her emotions and actions became indifferent, just like a newborn baby]

Bai Li recalled his father's words.

Looking closely, behind her was a small grave with a bunch of white flowers placed on it.

Very new, just put down.

"Do you remember?" Bai Li asked tentatively. She didn't dare to think about how cruel such a thing would be for a fifteen-year-old girl.

"Did Dad tell you?" There was no answer, but it was already an answer.

Bai Li ran up to her and hugged her without saying a word.

Her body was shaking and she was crying.

“My Lord God…why…” Xiao Zou suddenly felt a little sore in his nose, looking at the little girl who buried her head in his chest.

She hasn't felt this way for a long time.

How long? Ten years, maybe…

But, the one crying was not her, but the god who was supposed to be high above.

"My Lord God, why are you crying?"

Obviously, this is my business, isn't it?

"Because, because..."

Because you, idiot, can't cry anymore!

Even if you are so sad deep down, even if your soul is about to be torn apart by sadness, you still won't cry!

Their heights were not much different, and Xiao Zou only felt that her heartbeat was very similar to the heartbeat of the God.

The frequencies gradually converged and the sound gradually grew louder, as if they were the same heart.

. . .

"Okay, stop crying, Bibo~" Seeing that the crybaby god was very sad, Xiaozou could only use all his strength to mobilize his facial muscles.

Made a face.

"What is that? It's so ugly." Bai Li didn't know whether to cry or laugh, but for a moment, his tears were really stopped by the girl's funny expression.

She let go of Xiaozou's waist and silently took a few steps back.

Obviously, she was supposed to comfort Xiaozou, but Xiaozou didn't shed a single tear while she was crying her heart out.

"It's all this body's fault."

"Yeah." Xiaozou nodded, seeming to agree with this statement.

"You believe me!"

"I believe you."

The atmosphere fell silent and Bai Li didn't know what to say for a moment.

"You, still remember that time..." Bai Li finally spoke.

Although this is cruel, the murderer must be caught so that Xiaozou's mother can rest in peace.

Xiaozou nodded slowly, and then began to calmly narrate everything that happened that day.

Even through that indifferent face, Bai Li could see a soul that was frightened and terrified, but still screaming at the top of its lungs.

The girl finally took that step. She chose to avenge her mother. She embraced courage.

. . .

"Thank you, God."

"Don't call me a god." Bai Li shook his head. "I am different from those guys who are high up in the sky."

If the gods were really watching over the sufferings of the world, how could they allow such a vicious murderer to go unpunished?

"So, what should I call you? Sir?"

"Just call me Bai Li, if you don't mind."

Come from the people and go to the people.

Now, she prefers this name as a human being to his previous life when he was full of longing for a god.

"Bai Li..."

Bai Li nodded with a little satisfaction. This was the proof that she was recognized.

"elder sister?"

"what?"

"No, can't I?" Xiao Zou tilted his head and looked at Bai Li pitifully.

The latter was suddenly struck by such a look.

Perhaps, Xiaozou lacks maternal love because he lost his mother.

As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father, and an elder sister is like a mother...

"You can call me whatever you like."

"Can I call you Sister Baili?"

Well, it’s quite nice to listen to. Xiaozou’s voice is really nice. So what if I’m the elder sister?

Anyway, she is already Conan's father, so having another baby won't make a difference.

Bai Li convinced herself, and besides, if they were just sisters, Xiaoniao had no reason to refuse.

"Ichimodo! Leave everything to Onee-sama! I'll help you catch that guy!"

"Sister Baili is so weak, is that okay?" If someone like Xiaoniao said this, Baili would probably be in a tantrum for a long time, but...

Xiaozou probably really cares about the cute vampire sister who is a head shorter than him.

"You! Anyway, I will let your little bird sister take action!" Bai Li couldn't bear to lose his temper with the sister he just recognized.

She is a little weak, but she has an invincible stand [Minami Kotori]!

Bai Li held Xiao Zou's hand and said, "Let's go back. Dad is waiting anxiously."

"Yeah." She nodded and ran with Bai Li.

In the sunlight, she turned around and seemed to see a young sister with white hair smiling at her.

Tachibana Hibiki, that person's name is engraved on the tombstone.

"Mom..." A teardrop quietly fell.

No one noticed, including Xiaozou himself.