[Detective Conan] If the Yuanshan family gave birth to a boy

72.

The lamp on the bedside table flickered twice quickly due to the common voltage fluctuations in summer, and the orange light seemed slightly dimmer than it was not long ago. ——It seems like Hattori Heiji's mood at the moment.

The room was silent for a while.

Rin Toyama was lying on the bed with his head resting on his arm, quietly looking at his friend above. ——The famous detective in Kansai stared at his eyes, frowned, and spoke slowly after a long while: "I haven't finished talking yet, how do you know what I've decided to do?"

"I can tell by the look on your face."

"...Then for whom am I determined to give up reasoning?"

"Hey, I never said that I don't want you to be a detective! A famous detective in Kansai can't retire when he is 17, right?" In order to ease the atmosphere, the boy stretched out his fingertips Rubbed the end of her boyfriend's eyebrows, then held the other's wrist, "Isn't it good now?"

"Not good! Unless—"

"Unless what?"

"Unless you don't run around with me anymore."

"So what's the difference between that and breaking up?"

"It's different! I don't have to go out to deal with cases every day! Usually I will come to accompany you! Besides... even if I don't take you with me, you are still mine!" Hattori Heiji tried to explain, but he This aspect seems to be very stupid, "I don't have to worry about you if you stay at home—"

"But I want to follow you." Toyama Rin also frowned, "Just like your problem of not answering the phone or replying to emails when you encounter a case, I really don't worry about you alone. What if something happens? manage?"

"I'll be fine!"

"Then who was the one who was shot last time? Who was pushed off the boat and thrown into the sea last time? I don't understand why you object since my parents didn't stop me from running around with you Do you want to protect me? Then you might as well just tie me to the bed, after all, the most you can do is to be crushed to death by the house in the event of an earthquake, or to piss yourself off!" Rin Toyama turned his head away from Heiji, chest The degree of ups and downs can be seen that he is now on fire.

"...I didn't want to quarrel!" Hattori Heiji spoke again, sounding anxious and angry, "I know you care about me, but you are not a detective, you are stupid and stupid, and you are not in good health. Wouldn't the old//sly and cunning guy suffer a lot?! I can handle my affairs by myself, you don't need to help!"

Rin Toyama let go of his hand.

Obviously changing the tone of voice can express this kind of emotion warmly and considerately, but in the end, using Heiji's expressive way of expressing loneliness makes Toyama Rin have the urge to beat him violently.

"Yes, I'm stupid and stupid, and I'm not in good health. I'm so burdensome and I don't know it. I'm really sorry for the above." The boy directly pushed Hattori Heiji up, "Okay, I compromise. Just do as you said , I won’t follow you in the future. You can go wherever you want, and you don’t have to tell me anymore.”

Hattori Heiji, who was thrown away, realized that he had said something wrong just now, so he hurriedly apologized.

"No, Rin, I didn't mean to, right..."

"Okay, I'm going to sleep."

"cold!"

Rin Toyama reached out to turn off the desk lamp, ignored Hattori Heiji's repeated apologies, turned his head and lay down, with his back to him.

I don't know how long it took before the boy felt that Heiji lay down next to him, with his forehead against the back of his neck, and he reached out to wrap his arms around his waist.

"You are not a burden."

The fingers around his waist tightened, grabbing his clothes.

"If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be what you are now. I really just want... No, I must, protect you."

For a while, only shallow breathing could be heard in the room.

The boy silently clenched his fists. ——He suddenly thought that the incident many years ago was not only a nightmare, but also the beginning of everything.

He saved Hattori Heiji, but also put a lot of pressure on him. ——His existence will consciously or unintentionally remind Heiji what all this is because of.Then it was engraved in Heiji's mind over and over again like this, driving Heiji to focus on him again and again, to be attracted by him, until he completely fell into it, and regarded him as the most important person to him.

Half is like, half is responsibility.

The more this is the case, the more eager to monopolize and protect. ——It sounds like the kind of relationship that many people expect, but it is not a good sign.Rin Toyama didn't want Hattori Heiji to turn into a control freak someday.

He wished he could stand side by side with Heiji. ——I hope Hattori Heiji will come to him with a commission letter like before, saying that he needs his help and company.

The dark-skinned boy was still gently massaging his friend's stomach with his palm, and seemed completely sleepy.

Rin Toyama sighed, turned over to face his boyfriend, closed his eyes and found a more comfortable position in Hattori Heiji's arms, the familiar breath around the tip of his nose made him calm down a lot.

Emotion is a wonderful thing.It makes teenagers like the feeling of snuggling up to another person. Although this kind of tenderness seems not suitable for getting along with boys, they are all used to it and even feel very at ease.

"cold?"

"I'm still the Rin Toyama who rushed to fight for you when he saw you being bullied. This won't change," he said.

"……Um."

"Let's separate for a while."

"Huh?! What does this mean?!" Hattori Heiji grabbed Toyama Rin's shoulders, forced him to look at him, and frowned again.

"Literally.——I need to think about some things, and when I think about it, I'll come to you."

"Not breaking up?"

"……no."

"Then...then how long do you need? In case you think about it for two or three years—"

"It won't be that long."

"……Oh."

Toyama Rin closed his eyes and kissed the corner of Hattori Heiji's mouth, then pried open the other's lips and teeth, and slowly deepened his kiss until the other's breath was turbulent, and his hands clamped his waist...

There are too many contradictory things in the world.

Just like light and shadow, water and fire, and like these two people who are destined to have no sleep tonight.

It's just sad because I care too much.It's just that they're both thinking about each other, that's all.

Rin Toyama packed his things early the next morning, and Hattori Heiji was still naked and sleeping on the pillow in the dark.

He was really tired, he didn't even know that his friend got out of his ring and got out of bed.But it's no wonder that Heiji had been running around outside during the day yesterday to investigate the case, and returned to the room very late at night, and then had sex with Toyama Rin twice, almost tossing until five o'clock in the morning.There is not much physical strength left, and if you don't take a good rest, your body will probably protest.

Originally, the boy wanted to tell Heiji to go back to Osaka after he woke up, but when he was washing up, he received a text message from Toru Amuro, who said he was in a hurry and wanted him to help.So a few hours ago, Rin Toyama, who had just let go of saying that he would be separated for a while, directly left a message on Hattori Heiji's mobile phone, and took his luggage to Tokyo.

Of course, he was scolded by the sleepy detective for sneezing wildly in the co-pilot of the Mazda.

"Damn!!! They all did it with me after that!!! As a result, everyone disappeared when I woke up!!! What's the difference between this and being ruthless!!!"

He thought that Rin Toyama didn't intend to be separated from him, so he slept in peace, but he didn't expect that he would be left here alone when he came together, feeling very depressed.

[How long will we be separated?Even if a friend is in a hurry, at least you have to wake me up and say something before you leave, right? ! 】

Hattori Heiji wanted to call Toyama Rin and yelled at him, but the number was dialed, but the call button was delayed. ——This kind of sudden disappearance, I wish he could do more by himself.Does Toyama Rin feel this way every time he leaves?

【...Forget it, that guy is rarely willful. ——Isn’t it just waiting? !How long can I wait! 】

Hattori Heiji fell back on the bed, pulled the air conditioner to his chest, lay on the pillow and read Toyama Rin's message again, and began to be in a daze.

【In fact... I really want to take you by my side all the time...】

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"Have you caught a cold?" Amuro asked, turning his head.

"...But, maybe." Toyama Rin certainly didn't know that Hattori Heiji was calling him an asshole. Anyway, he was in poor health, and it wasn't the first time he had a cold for no reason.He took out a Kleenex and pinched his nose, then looked down at what Toru Amuro had just handed him.

A transparent evidence bag marked RM-7-13-I, containing an old magnetic tape. ——There is a white label on it, and the outside of the label has been dyed brown by something.

Is this blood?

"For some reason, I can't tell you the details about this tape, but I want you to do me a favor. I want to know the secret code hidden in this old tape, so someone needs to turn all the sounds in it into musical notes .”

It turns out that Rin Toyama is really good at dealing with sound.

"That's all right—"

"You'd better listen to it before deciding whether you want to help me." Amuro smiled, "My colleagues and I have heard it when we got it. In short...it's hard to describe."

Hard to say?

Toyama Rin was a little curious.

"Let me try." The boy tilted his head, crumpled up the tissue in his hand and stuffed it into a garbage bag. He looked up at Toru Amuro who was driving, and suddenly thought of a problem.

If there is no way out, Toru Amuro would not be able to find a high school student to help decode it... There should be many people in the Metropolitan Police Department and the Public Security Department who are engaged in this field. Haven't they solved it yet?

As if anticipating that Rin Toyama would have such a question, Toru Amuro answered: "If it is pure melody, there is no problem, mainly for those non-melody parts, our people can't accurately identify the intonation and timbre. You It should be the most suitable person I can find. After all, there are not many people like you who can completely trust me. Of course, the person who encrypted this recording must have done something to make it not so easy to be cracked. And... The content inside seems to have some negative effects on people, but this effect is only temporary, and it will be better after a period of rest. ——We are here.”

Toyama Rin originally thought that Amuro Toru would take him to the Public Security Bureau, but he didn't expect that the other party would drag him directly to his apartment.

"I thought it's not suitable for you to go in and out there frequently, so I changed the location here. ——In this way, you should be more relaxed." Amuro Toru parked the car, and took Toyama Rin to the elevator for five minutes. building.

As soon as the door was opened, before Rin Toyama had time to look at the layout of the room, he saw a white thing popping out in front of him, and rushed straight to Toru Amuro behind him.

Shiba Inu?

The young man stared dumbfounded at Toru Amuro squatting down and hugging the white Shiba Inu while touching his ears and calling "good boy" with a smile. For some reason, a funny idea of ​​"a tough guy has a tender side" suddenly popped into his head. I made myself laugh.

"Hello is a stray dog. He followed me all the way and refused to leave. I had no choice but to take him in and raise him." Amuro put the brewed coffee on the coffee table, and then turned around Go get a snack.At this time, the Shiba Inu Haro was staring at Rin Toyama on the sofa with his head tilted curiously, and within a few seconds, he wagged his tail and pounced on him. With his belly exposed, he began to twist around for petting, and then The boy was covered in dog hair.

As we all know, cats and dogs have to change their hair twice a year, once for half a year.

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Amuro, when are we going to start working?" Toyama Rin grabbed the Shiba Inu that was trying to kick his nose and face off his shoulder, put one hand on Haro's belly, and lightly touched it Kneaded.

"If you think it's okay, let's start now. ——I have to go to Polo Coffee Shop to work in the afternoon, and I may not be able to watch from the side."

"it is good."

Amuro pulled out a cassette tape recorder from his room and plugged a pair of headphones into it.When handing it over, Rin Toyama glanced at the trademark on it, it was Sennheiser.

"Did Mr. Amuro buy these himself?"

"Well, but the police will reimburse me for it."

"It seems that it won't cost you too much." The boy laughed, watching Toru Amuro took out the tape from the evidence bag and stuffed it into the tape recorder with gloves on.

"Let me know if you feel uncomfortable. - I'm timing here, and I'll interrupt you every time it exceeds 4 minutes."

"it is good."

Rin Toyama put on the earphones, reached out and pressed the play button.

The first dozen or so seconds were almost blank, and only small sizzling sounds could be captured, as if the current of the call was unstable. Toyama Rin was not sure whether he wanted to record them or not.After asking Toru Amuro, he started again, drawing some symbols and pauses on the white paper with his right hand until his voice gradually became louder.Neither he nor Amuro touched the volume keys, so this should be the volume increase of the tape itself.

The tone has changed.

The young man heard the sound of a low cello, similar to the sound of a whip waving, the rattling sound of rats passing by the old wooden floor, the sound of water droplets, and then——

Very heavy drum beat.

All the while, the sound of the drums and the sound of a heartbeat are remarkably similar.So when you hear drums at close range, a part of your brain will mistake the sound for a heartbeat and guide your heartbeat frequency to follow the drums unconsciously.This theory also explains to some extent why people feel excited when listening to drum-intensive or rhythmic music.

But the drumbeat of this kind of music is controllable and the rhythm is regular, so it is often not repelled.However, the sound of the drums in the earphones was completely irregular at this time, fast and slow, high and low, sometimes stopped unexpectedly, and sometimes quite dense.

If the heartbeat is unstable, people will be impatient and flustered, and thus unable to concentrate on what they should do right now.

Rin Toyama clenched the pen in his hand, closed his eyes and forced himself to concentrate.And the drumming stopped at this moment, and the earphones were unbelievably quiet for a while.

The boy just waited like this, waiting for when the low drum sound would sound again, and then suddenly, the silence in the earphone was broken by a sharp sound. — as if someone had scratched white marks on the blackboard with their fingernails, as if a metal chair had been scraped violently across the marble floor.

Then it was blank again.

When the third voice sounded, Toyama Rin stopped writing. ——The first part of the familiar heavy drumbeat is back, mixed with the sound of the water organ and piano, accompanied by the sound of fingers scratching the wooden board, and the sound of praying, mixed with an indescribable sense of mystery.

The boy closed his eyes, and he should not be able to see anything in the dark, but the voice next to his ears made him feel as if there were countless pairs of bright eyes looking at him around him, each with blood and tears.

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"cold?"

The sun is back.

Rin Toyama opened his eyes and found Toru Amuro standing next to him at some point.The young man had obviously pressed the pause button, and he took off the earphones from the young man's head, and handed over the still steaming cup of coffee with the other hand.

"Are you ok?"

The boy looked at Toru Amuro, who was frowning, and finally understood what the other party meant by "difficult to explain in a single word". ——He now feels as if he just crawled out of a dark mine full of devils, the hairs on the back of his neck are standing up, his heartbeat is still fast and slow, and his head is a little dizzy.

"The owner of this tape is a genius.—From the perspective of a musician. He knows how to control people's hearts through sound." Toyama Rin stretched out his hand, stood up from the floor with Amuro's strength, and then talked with him Sit on the couch together.

Haro regarded Amuro Toru's legs as his own nest, and he didn't want to get down after lying down on it.

"so you--"

"Don't worry, I'll 'translate' it for you. ——Except that it's depressing, weird, and requires more concentration. The rest is not too difficult." Toyama Rin brought the cup to his mouth to drink After taking a sip, I felt that my condition was slowly recovering, and then I made some small calculations: "Oh, by the way, since it is a public security project... Will there be any rewards, Mr. Amuro?"

Amuro laughed, and seemed relieved: "I was worried that you wouldn't be able to accept it. It seems that I was thinking too much. ——Of course there is a reward, and I won't treat you badly."

Toyama Rin began to figure out how much the police would pay. ——He wanted to buy a new watch for Heiji, something cooler, preferably with various functions like Kudo's.

Oh, and let's just fire the anesthesia needles. ——In order not to use Heiji against him.For example, "biu" made him fall asleep, and then ran out to arrest people by himself.

"Mr. Amuro."

"Ok?"

"If you have someone you like, will you leave him to protect him?"

"……what?"

"I just said—"

"I hear you, I'm just wondering why you're asking this question all of a sudden."

"It just occurred to me suddenly."

Amuro looked at the people next to him and smiled, "If it was me... definitely would."

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Sure enough, detectives are a virtue.

Rin Toyama came to such a conclusion after combining the situation of Mori Kogoro, Hattori Heiji and Amuro Toru.

But... why isn't he himself?