[Conan Doujin] The Mystery of Theseus

Puzzle23 their similarities are □□□□.

After Edogawa briefly explained their current location, the call ended.Considering that the walking speed of human beings is really limited, the pace of exploration is slower when the destination is unknown, not to mention that the pace of the two people who are exploring will be dragged by the curry and the game center along the way from time to time. The location is not far from Hattori's house.

Twenty minutes later, the running figure of their familiar partner appeared in the field of vision.On his forehead, a few strands of hair wet with sweat clung tightly.

"I... Let me tell you, you guys!" Holding his knees out of breath, Hattori's unfinished coat was hanging on his body like this, "Just say it when you come! Suddenly you called, I didn't do anything to prepare..."

"Well, it's okay, we don't have any plans for today anyway..."

While speaking, Hattori, who finally realized that his current image was not in order, straightened his coat.The T-shirt inside the coat is a bit out of season, and it looks like indoor underwear that I have been wearing all day and I am too lazy to change.

Edogawa and Kuroba lowered their half-moon eyes and waited for Hattori to catch their breath, their expressions were indescribably subtle.They looked down at Hattori's sneakers.

The color of the sneakers doesn't match the indoor clothes, so I probably put them on in a hurry before going out.

This guy really stayed at home all day without making any preparations...

Inexplicably feeling angry, Edogawa, who didn't want to bring up the embarrassing memories of a few hours ago, simply opened his mouth to bring up other topics. "Let me ask you, Hattori," he shoved his hands back into his jeans pockets, "what would you have done if we had given you advance notice of our arrival?"

"How?" Hattori, who finally had enough breath, put on a coat casually and ran out of the house, straightened up, "I will definitely pick you up at the station! Besides," he patted his chest triumphantly, "Follow Me, you don’t even need to do travel guides, I can take you all around in just one day—”

He opened his fingers and counted down the interesting places that he was familiar with so much that he could talk more and more specifically than the guide words, and by the way, complained again about the nonsense behavior of the two friends who had no plans to travel, which wasted time and money.Seeing Hattori, who was so chatty as to be like a guide elf on the game map, Edogawa and Kuroba looked at each other clearly, and couldn't help laughing in Hattori's eyes that didn't understand.

"What are you laughing at?" Hattori who was interrupted was not displeased, but just sighed in a serious manner.He looked at the purple night sky reflected by the city lights, "Ah, it's so late, no matter where you go, it's no longer fun—"

"Well, it's true that we didn't say anything wrong beforehand." After confirming that Hattori was indeed here and that the connection between them could be easily established, Edogawa, whose original purpose was not to travel around, waved his hand , "Hei Yu and I are planning to go back today."

"Hey?"

"Aha?"

Two exclamations sounded at the same time.

"It's fine with Hattori, why are you so surprised..." He glanced helplessly at Kuroba, who was full of "I haven't played enough", Edogawa deeply understood what it means to age prematurely.When there is a childish guy around, I have to accelerate my growth into an adult.

"Uh, I'm a little confused about the situation." Covering half of his face with his left hand, Hattori raised his other hand to indicate that he needed a certain amount of buffer time, "You mean... you guys have been wandering around for a day without doing anything, and now Planning to go back?"

Edogawa and Kuroba looked at each other again.

"Of course."

"certainly not!"

Edogawa glared at Kuroba.Why is this person so unreasonable?Can't it go according to plan?Now that Hattori has met and talked to the above, no matter how you look at it, there is no more reason to stay here...

Although he got two completely different answers to his own question, after being stunned for two seconds, Hattori twitched the corner of his mouth. "You two..." The corners of his mouth were curved with envy and powerlessness, "Sometimes it really looks like ah."

"Like? With this guy?" Hei Yu patted his face, "If you're talking about face, 1 people have already said that."

Yes, that's how many people have said that since a high school detective hit the headlines and news stories.

Even now that Kudo Shinichi is absent...

"No, no, that's not what I meant, I mean... other aspects." Seeing Kuroba's hesitation, Hattori immediately changed his words, saying that his expression might be wrong, "I'm not too sure... What you resemble is probably...personality? Charisma?" He racked his brains to search for suitable vocabulary, "In short, it's temperament, aura, and the like, it's just that it's different from me."

The distance between them is not just the distance between cities, Hattori can more or less feel this.

The aura exuded by those two people, which makes people can't help but get close, willing to trust, and willing to dedicate all their strength to it, may be the so-called... the temperament of the protagonist.

On the side, the two people who hadn't considered the connection plan had already started arguing about the unarguable question of "Is it really that similar?"After all, for the parties with individual will, their own existence is undoubtedly unique and irreplaceable, and this is a fact that cannot be changed by any arbitrary evaluation by others.

"I said, two?" Intervening in their argument with a half smile, Hattori vaguely felt like a passing passerby, "It's already so late anyway, why don't you go to my house—"

"I agree—!" Without hesitation, Hei Yu strongly supported his proposal, "Ah, I have been waiting for this moment after going so far~"

And Edogawa, who watched the hands of the watch go farther and farther beyond the scheduled return time, also accepted the fact that they would not be able to return to Tokyo before zero o'clock today anyway.

After a few minutes of walking, the mansion that disappeared after several hours of searching suddenly appeared in front of my eyes.

It doesn't seem like a bad thing to spend the night at a friend's house in a different place.

After greeting Hattori's serious father and beautiful mother, they all rested in Hattori's room.Hattori quickly left the room and said that he was going to open some cans of soda, and the two guests just stayed there doing nothing.

"It looks amazing from the outside." Kuroba sat down in front of Hattori's desk, hugging the back of the chair, "I didn't expect it to be so big inside."

"Are you satisfied now?" Edogawa held the potato chips that Hattori stuffed him before leaving, "Well," he bit off a piece with a "click", "It's not bad to be crazy like this once in a while."

A few minutes later, Hattori returned to the room with soda and snacks, and the bubbling lemon soda made a small crackling sound.They chatted while eating snacks and drinking soda, until Kuroba, who couldn't rest his fingers, took out UNO, poker and Nintendo 3DS from his backpack like magic.Then came the competition time between Kuroba and Hattori, and Edogawa, who was left aside due to technical problems, ate all the potato chips while watching the game.Unknowingly, it was time for a break, and suddenly someone suggested a pillow fight, so Hattori rushed to the storage room to search for pillows, but met his mother on the way.After a stern and serious lecture, the three of them, who were completely sleepless, finally lay down in the room after the lights were turned off.

"I can't sleep at all." In the darkness, Hattori lay on his back with his eyes wide open, "By the way, are you planning to go back tomorrow morning?" He turned over, "Isn't it better to go to bed early?"

"Rather than only sleeping for a few short hours, it's better not to sleep," Hei Yu, who was still fiddling with the phone regardless of whether it hurts his eyes, was lying under the quilt, his face illuminated by the screen was very serious—even though The next second, he yawned.

"Then continue chatting, chatting." For Hattori who stayed at home all day, it was a surprise to have a friend temporarily staying overnight, "Where did we talk just now?"

"About the model that was added in the last update—"

"If you ask me, the operability is really not strong, the impact feeling is terrible, and the hit rate is still very high. I don't understand the significance of adding this machine..."

"But the firepower is super strong, isn't it? The critical strike rate is also high."

"It was killed before the critical strike was fired, wasn't it?"

"That's because your operation is too sloppy. If it was me, it would be..."

Edogawa, who had never played games before and couldn't understand what they were talking about, simply retracted under the quilt and took out the mobile phone next to the pillow, and silently bought the return ticket for the next morning.He couldn't find words to insert the topic, and he vaguely felt like a child who was left outside the time of adults in the middle of the night.And now is indeed good boy's bedtime.

Well, never mind.If some guy misses the car tomorrow morning because he overslept, just leave him and go back to Tokyo.

Before closing his eyes, he made a decision in his heart.

In the distant hearing, the two chatting happily are still arguing whether they want firepower or attack range.

"Who suggested not to sleep last night..." In the early morning of the next day, on the train back to Tokyo, Kuroba leaned against the window with a headache.

"Isn't it you?" Edogawa, who was sitting aside, flicked the screen of the phone angrily.Fortunately, they set off in time this time, stepping on the best timing all the way until they arrived at their respective seats.Hattori, who failed to "get ready" and "greet at the station", sent them all the way to the platform, and even bought breakfast himself before they set off.

This is the greatness of friendship... After taking a bite of the soft sandwich, Edogawa lamented the convenience of his friend, and continued to watch the news scrolling on the phone screen.

His fingers stopped, and his mouth stopped chewing involuntarily.

"Hey, look at this," he smacked the sleepy Kuroba with his elbow, "this might not be the one you're looking for—"

"Well, what?" Suddenly returning from sleep to reality, Kuroyu's blurred vision was still not awake.He rubbed his eyes to see the message on the screen that Edogawa handed forward, and then snatched the other party's mobile phone and exclaimed. "What--?!"

In the news space that can be accommodated on a single screen, a brief introduction to the precious gems recently acquired by a certain rich man.The reporter who wrote the news praised the graceful color and impeccable cutting in an exaggerated style, and used the adjectives of the United Nations to show the noble atmosphere of the guests at the scene.

And that gemstone was exhibited last night.

The plot that has ended, if you miss it, you miss it.There is no option to reload the file, and there is no chance to retrain after destroying the account.

"You..." Seeing Kuroba biting his lower lip, as if he was holding back something, Edogawa suddenly felt very sorry, "...is it okay?"

That's right, even if that gem isn't Pandora, no one would be willing to give up before even having the chance to personally confirm it.

As if he felt that he had been staring at the outdated "new" news for too long, Kuroba returned the phone to Edogawa, and cast his eyes out of the window indifferently.The station was empty, the bustling passengers had all boarded the train, and Hattori who saw him off had already gone back.

"It doesn't matter," he sighed lightly, "Anyway, that kind of thing... probably won't be Pandora."

No matter how much fate loves to joke, it wouldn't be too late to start the main story by surprise at such a difficult time.Even if it is unexpected, the Basic Law must be followed.

It should be like this.

The train started, and the sound of steam came from far away and very close.Taking back the phone silently, Edogawa didn't know what to say for a moment.The scenery outside the window is constantly receding, like the flickering video tape of an old-fashioned movie.He vaguely recalled that before he set off to Osaka, the case that the uncle took over was still unsolved.It is very rare to receive an event that has not been cracked for more than three days.

Could it be... He glanced at Hei Yu, who was aimlessly emptying himself with his chin resting on his side.Although no change could be seen in his expression, the sense of desolation and loneliness was written in his eyes.

Could it be...that case that has never been solved should have been taken over by me, the detective "Conan Edogawa"?

Perhaps, that is the original track of everything.And at this moment, they are undoubtedly out of that track, as if actors who deliberately discarded the script stand under the spotlight, roaring out the grand carnival of self-directed and self-acted with high spirits.

In the warm compartment, Edogawa shuddered a little.However, the unreality of the soul leaving the body only lasted for a short moment, like a ball lightning bursting in an instant - dazzling, but not painful.

The detective missed the case, and the phantom thief missed the gem.However, these probably don't matter.Even if this case is missed, Edogawa Conan will not pass by an important figure who will soon play a role in the main line.And the gem that the strange thief missed must not be Pandora.

One adventure was missed and another was lived.Since mass is conserved, it doesn't matter.

After all...everything that will happen will still happen according to the script.

The author has something to say:

Gong Jun has something to say:

After briefly leaving the reality (main line) in which I am, what will the reckless carnival of the two off-line (literally) protagonists lead to?

It seems that the word count is a bit explosive today (Nico~