Fuyuki Canteen

Mysterious offline gatherings in chat rooms.

Sure enough, as expected, the pseudonym that Kuroba randomly jumbled up the syllables was useless.

Indeed, this group of guys would just giggle and call him "little red" and "little herring" in a rippling tone that would make people's skin crawl, and then test each other with deep meaning in their words.

To be honest, I really don't want to be involved in this kind of situation... although I won't reveal my secrets.

Hei Yu began to feel thankful that he didn't pretend to be that lively and outgoing nature that he usually has, otherwise he would have to say a few more words.

"I'm super curious... what kind of work does Xiao Lin do?"

"Well, a mere financial planner is naturally inferior to Mr. Bai Lan."

"Hey, what a surprise, Xiao Lin also works as a financial planner! He looks like someone who deals with words!"

"Well, is that right? I think Bai Lansang's temperament is incompatible with the president of the company~"

"It's just a family business. I have someone to take care of it for me. It's just a name. It's nothing. Where's Xiaozhi?"

"Me? I'm working part-time in a detective agency. I'm just an insignificant person."

"A detective agency? It seems interesting."

"It's just some miscellaneous work. It's not worth mentioning to take the younger generation to find lost cats or something."

"What about Merlin?"

"Haha, I'm just a squat at home. According to modern terms, I should be a standard otaku?"

"Huh—I can't tell at all—"

"That's right. Mei Jiang looks more like an artist."

"Waiter, another cup of marshmallow chocolate! What do Xiao Linya, Xiao Zhi, Mei Lin and Xiao Herring want to drink?"

"Excuse me, I'd like a glass of lemonade with ice."

"I don't need it. I already drank a cup of American black coffee when I was working~"

"Coke, let's have a cola. In summer, I still have to drink iced cola, please ask the boss to have a big cup~"

"Then I'll have lemonade too...but please add more honey, boss, please."

"Wow, are small herrings afraid of sour? Why don't you drink Coke with me?"

"Actually, it's okay. It's just that I prefer sweet drinks."

"Why don't you drink hot chocolate with me~?"

"Ah, let's forget about that. It feels a little hot today...?"

Kuroba shy away from the kindness of the famous person named Prynne Jesso.

In his self-introduction, he said that he is an Italian, and he did show a character that fits his nationality. He was so enthusiastic that it was a bit overwhelming.But Kuroba looked at his skin and hair and side face that were getting lighter under the sunlight, and always felt that the squinted light purple slender eyes carried an indifference that didn't match the temperature of the smile.

No matter how you look at it, this guy is not a normal person.

Although the overall look is normal, even a bit nonsensical and strangely light and fluffy, it is like a glass of crushed ice covered by marshmallows.No, it's better to say that the feeling is more annoying than ice...

Merlin on one side also gives people a similar feeling.

But it wasn't very obvious, those dark purple pupils didn't match his refined appearance, and there were still some gentle emotions.

He didn't talk much during the chat, he just listened, and he looked very happy. Occasionally, when it came to topics related to himself, he would smile lightly, but he would not let the atmosphere cool down.He is a person who likes to listen more than Bai Lan who likes to take the initiative, and Kuroba can't see through him.Fortunately, he doesn't talk much, and his personality doesn't show the sharpness of Bai Lan, and he seems to be easy to get along with.

As for the administrator Gan Li, also known as Orihara Rinya, Kuroba felt that he was very secretive.

It can be seen from the chatting process that he is a person who is good at listening and answering conversations, and it can be seen that he is very good at speaking skills.This kind of personality is nothing unusual, and many professionals are like this. In addition, he himself said that he is a financial planner, and he usually has to deal with many customers. If he is not good at speaking skills, he will not be able to make a difference in this profession.

But the problem is that Orihara Rin's personality doesn't match the one shown in the chat room at all.There are only two possibilities for such a situation. Either his core is a girl like Gan Le, or his image in the chat room is the same as himself, an independent personality that is deliberately constructed and completely inconsistent with his own personality.

Kuroba's intuition has always been accurate.

He was not willing to answer Bai Lan's words, so he could only talk to a senior who died in love who claimed to be Dazai Osamu who seemed to have no sense of danger.Although this guy doesn't feel that much better, at least he doesn't have such a strong sense of threat, and Kaito doesn't dislike his frivolous look that seems to be pretending to be smiling.

"I have a relative's child, who is also boarding at the detective agency now." Kuroba showed a curious expression after Dazai revealed the nature of his work, "Does Mr. Dazai often receive invitations to solve mysteries?"

"That's not true." Osamu Dazai smiled, but Kuroba sensed a subtle trace of casual perfunctory from his tone, "It's just some household chores between neighbors, mediating disputes, finding people and cats, maintaining city order Something. Not as great as Little Herring's kin."

what the hell.

Do private detectives still maintain order in the city these days?

So what does it mean to maintain order in the city?Cleaning up the street rioters or something?

Kuroba, who was not sure whether Dazai was lying for a while, fell into deep thought.

He wondered if it sounded too weird to complain about Dazai's job.After all, this man seems to have excellent conditions in all aspects, and he shouldn't be engaged in such a low-level job.Sure enough, I still didn't tell the truth, and was misleading my thinking direction.

Kuroba, who realized this, felt a little reluctant to speak again.

He silently drank the lemonade with a lot of honey added to him by the boss with a dead fish eye in his heart, and when the words of the four men with polite smiles on their faces occasionally affected him, he would act them out and try to Don't be tricked into stealing real information.

Let's be honest, these guys are really invulnerable.

It is impossible to tell how much of what they say is true and what is not.The skill of mixing true and false information to confuse others is really top-notch.

Kuroba felt like sitting on pins and needles, and swore in his heart that he would rather be locked in a room with Hakuba Tan, Hattori Heiji, and Kudo Shinichi for an hour than stay here for a minute.It was a mistake for five people to play Tai Chi with each other, and the damned unexpectedly sweet marshmallow biscuits didn't taste good in your mouth...

No, it's still very fragrant.

The crispy biscuits with rich milky fragrance are filled with homemade white marshmallows, which are as soft as clouds to the touch.On the one hand, the crispy taste has pure milk flavor and the aroma of baked wheat, and on the other hand, the soft and delicate taste is sweetness that dissolves lightly on the tip of the tongue.The contrast of the two flavors and the superimposition of each characteristic sweetness make Kuroba, who is a loyal sweet party, satisfied.

The craftsmanship of the boss is still worthy of recognition.

The lingering sweetness of the marshmallow cookies nicely counteracts the slight acidity of the lemonade.

The refreshment of the classic summer drink also counteracts the overly rich sweetness of the biscuits.

All in all, the more you eat, the more energetic you are.

For the sake of the snacks that Bai Lan promised to treat, it's better to stay here for a while.

Anyway, if the enemy does not move, I will not move, so if you come to poke me, I will deal with it.

Kuroba thought so by letting himself indulge in desserts to dilute the strange atmosphere of the four men around him.

Fortunately, he is not bored for long, and an unexpected character comes to his rescue.

There are not many customers in the afternoon, and there are many empty tables in the store.

Kuroba finished eating a piece of marshmallow biscuit, and raised his hand to get the lemonade that he had already drank more than half of.

This piece of marshmallow sandwich turned out to be blueberry, no wonder it is a little bit blue-purple.But the taste doesn't really go well with lemon... Just as he was thinking about these messy thoughts, the wind chime at the door of the store suddenly rang after a long absence.

Kuroba glanced at it to confirm whether the person who came was Suzuko or her friend, but his eyes froze for a moment.

It was a black-haired and blue-eyed teenager with slightly curly hair and a fair and delicate face. He was dressed in a British college style that Heiyu had never seen before. He wore a black hooded short cloak with exquisite details, and inside was a white shirt, The classic combination of blue tie and red v-neck sweater suits his gentle temperament very well.

Kaitou, who also has a lot of experience in fashion, commented like this.

But that's not the point.Kuroba recognized it at a glance, this boy was Fujimaru-kun who shared a table with him last time in the store and exchanged social accounts.After returning, the two of them chatted happily on the mobile phone. Fujimaru-kun's personality is really strong, but I don't know why he always said that he was in a place with no signal... Wait, this is not the point.

Kuroba Kaito, who stopped the unfolding of memories in his mind in time, looked at them curiously.

That's right, it's them.Fujimaru-kun did not come alone.

Beside him is a cute girl wearing a British school uniform that seems to be a couple's style.She has bright golden eyes and bright orange shoulder-length short hair, tied into a small single ponytail on one side. The orange shirt and bow tie fit her well, but for some reason it looks a little familiar, yes Where did you meet...but that's not the point.

The point is that the atmosphere of the two is very close, and they don't look like siblings at all. Could it be Fujimaru-kun's girlfriend?

Kuroba, who knew that Fujimaru had a cute junior, immediately started to think about it, but he didn't miss the unusual behavior of the two of them.

They stood at the door, not immediately going to the counter to order, but playing with a strange and cute little animal.

Standing on the orange-haired girl's shoulders, the child looked a bit like a cat, with a fluffy tail, but pointed and longer ears, and his nimble eyes seemed to be staring intently at Fujimaru who bent slightly to talk to it.Fujimaru had a helpless expression, and the orange-haired girl was also talking to them, apparently talking about something.

But does the fur color of this little animal look familiar?

Kuroba once again felt that subtle sense of familiarity.

The author has something to say:

I forgot the time when I was doing my homework yesterday. When I was about to write an update, I found that it was almost two o'clock in the morning...

Then I have to change it today (laughs)

One more today.