After retirement I became a guardian of troubled youth

The distance between the two people got closer, Kaitou Kidd seemed to be able to do a job with ease, and seemed not at all worried that he would be caught by the other party.

Ueno Hikaru stood and let him approach, motionless, and didn't look like he was about to arrest someone.

It is clearly a completely opposite position, but there is no atmosphere of tension at all.

Kaitou Kidd laughed, stood still in front of Hikaru Ueno, spread his hands, and winked at him.

"Didn't you say you want to catch me? Why don't you come?" He raised the corners of his mouth, as if he was at his mercy.

The crown was held in the palm of his right hand, reflecting the bright moonlight.

Hikaru Ueno's eyes swept over there for a second, and then fell back on Kaitou Kidd.

He looked at the other party's provocative smile, and shook his head calmly, as if he didn't agree with him at all: "I'm only responsible for watching you, not arresting you."

"Oh——" Phantom Thief Kidd dragged out a long and weird voice, a little yin and yang, "the division of labor is very clear."

He suddenly asked without beginning or end: "You guys have a tacit understanding?"

Hikaru Ueno thought about it seriously, and denied: "Not at all."

Just because Luanbu didn't recognize him all night, there can be no tacit understanding between them.

So Kaitou Kidd laughed again, sounding quite happy.

"Why are you laughing?" Hikari Ueno didn't understand.

"Hmm...why?" Phantom Thief Kidd murmured, looking at him with a funny face, "Because you don't have a tacit understanding with others."

Kaitou Kidd's statement made Ueno Hikaru feel very inexplicable.

But Kaito Kuroba under Kid's skin doesn't think so.

It doesn't matter how much earlier my brother and other people have known each other than him, and how long they have been together longer than him.

——They didn't have a tacit understanding.

But before Kokaito and Ueno Hikari, there was no shortage of such things.

Jiang Gutian Elementary School especially likes to hold all kinds of messy activities.

Fun parent-child sports meeting, campus open day, etc.

Every event is an excellent opportunity to increase the goodwill and tacit understanding between the two parties.

During the time when Ueno Hikaru was there, Jiang Gutian Elementary School took the first place in every "parent-child activity" by the two of them.

Whether it's two-person three-legged or you draw I guess.

Or some other game.

No one is more tacit than them.

The arc of Kaito Kidd's mouth widened a bit.

Hikaru Ueno: "...?"

Kaitou Kidd did not answer his doubts at this time, but brought him new doubts: "If you meet someone who has a good understanding with you in the future, remember to cherish it."

Hikaru Ueno: "...??"

He just felt that this Mr. Thief might be somewhat abnormal.

Kaito Kuroba didn't know what Hikaru Ueno was thinking at this time.

He just became more and more unscrupulous after he judged that his brother didn't really recognize him.

It may also be because of the little bit of unhappiness that was hidden.

How can you recognize other people but not him?

Just because he was the last one?

Kaitou Kid took a step forward and approached Hikari Ueno.

The distance between two people is no longer a question of "can or cannot be caught".

Each other's breath intertwined in the night wind.

Hikaru Ueno subconsciously took a half step back, looking down at him.

The moment their eyes met, the erratic sense of familiarity quietly returned.

It was this sudden sense of "familiarity" that made Hikaru Ueno pause subconsciously.

So in the next second, Kaitou Kidd stretched out his hand to him, pressed against the tip of his nose, and gently raised the mask on his face.

Hikaru Ueno was stunned, his pupils dilated in a daze.

And before he came back to his senses, the mask fell to the ground with a "clang".

Without the barrier of the mask, Kaitou Kidd can really look at him.

Ueno Hikaru looked away and glanced at the mask thrown in the corner.

"Don't be so nervous." Phantom Thief Kidd spoke again, in his usual frivolous and mature tone, "I won't eat you again."

Hikaru Ueno looked at him silently, a little weird feeling gradually surged in his heart.

He knows that in this world, there are some people who enjoy being "sultry".

I have to say that the behavior of those people is indeed somewhat similar to what this Mr. Thief is doing now.

He frowned slightly.

Fortunately, my younger brothers are kind, upright and respectful of women, so they didn't become like this.

If Kaito Kuroba could know the psychological activities of Hikaru Ueno, he would definitely feel very wronged.

Phantom Thief Kidd is not gentle, considerate and polite to which woman?The gentleman's demeanor has already been smoked, okay?

It was only in front of his brother that he was a little presumptuous.

Unfortunately, he doesn't have the unscientific ability to read minds.

So he just blinked innocently and raised his hand again.

Hikaru Ueno had been prepared this time, and he simply took a step back.

In the next second, the top of his head suddenly sank.

Phantom Thief Kid put something on top of his head.

Hikaru Ueno pursed his lips, looked at him, and raised his hand to grab the thing pressed on top of his head.

A delicate ruby ​​crown.

Hikaru Ueno stared at him in bewilderment.

"Return it to its original owner." Phantom Thief Kidd bent his eyes slyly, and patted him on the top of his head twice naturally, "Little Prince."

Hikaru Ueno: "?"

In the next second, the smile on the other party's face suddenly calmed down and turned into a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Kaitou Kid looked past Hikari Ueno to somewhere behind him.

Then the next moment, his eyes moved back again, and fell on Ueno Hikaru.

That sincere smile appeared faintly again.

"A piece of advice to my little prince." Kaitou Kidd said.

He stroked Ueno Hikaru's hair affectionately, and took a step back.

"Stay away from those who treat you badly."

Before Hikaru Ueno could react, Kaitou Kidd suddenly took a few quick steps back, stepped on the railing and jumped lightly, gracefully sinking into the darkness below.

Like a white dove falling into the abyss.

A moment later, that figure appeared in the air again.

This time, he has spread his wings.

The white wings embraced the moonlight, drawing a nearly heart-shaped arc in the night sky, and gradually moved away.

Hikaru Ueno turned and looked behind him.

Edogawa Ranpo, Nakahara Chuya, and Dazai Osamu.

All three had taken off their masks and stood side by side not far from him.

A renewed light leaked from the half-open door.

Three handsome young men in uniforms stood on the edge of the light, like noble young masters who had sneaked out.

Luanbu laughed and spoke first: "Long time no see!"

The next moment, the smile on his face disappeared suddenly, and he changed into a sad look: "It's been a long, long time since you came back."

There was a faint complaint in the young man's voice, but it didn't make people feel irritable.

Rather, I am more sorry.

It's really Ranbu's pitiful expression like that of a wounded kitten, it's really poignant.

Ueno Hikari lowered his head involuntarily and said softly, "Sorry."

Luanbu waved his hand generously immediately, and said with a smile: "It's okay."

He paused, and added a supplementary condition: "As long as my brother stays here."

Ueno Hikaru nodded solemnly: "Yes."

He will never leave the world again.

Or, after leaving here, is there anywhere else he can go?

Luanbu smiled happily, clapped his hands, and said, "That's all right, I believe in you~"

"However, why did you come up here by yourself?"

Hikaru Ueno replied truthfully: "I want to catch that thief and give it to you as a gift."

Osamu Dazai next to him heard the words, he didn't hold back, and laughed.

Hikaru Ueno was puzzled: "?"

"It's all right." Osamu Dazai shook his head, "The idea is very good, I hope my brother will continue to persevere."

Luanbu glanced at him and asked Ueno Hikaru: "Did you catch it?"

Hikaru Ueno nodded slightly.

"It's okay," Luanbu smiled, "There will always be a chance to see you again in the future."

He paused for a while, and under Ueno's bright gaze, he followed the other party's heart and said, "It's not too late for you to catch him and give it to me at that time."

Hikaru Ueno nodded.

Ranpo: "Ah, speaking of it, the guest who insisted on clinging to me just now is my brother?" He raised it naturally, as if he really didn't realize that person was Ueno Hikaru from the beginning to the end.

Hikaru Ueno was still a little bit unwilling to give up: "Didn't you recognize me?"

"Hmm..." Luanbu stroked his chin with a serious expression, "Because my brother left without saying a word for many years. So in order to 'punish' my brother, I don't know him~"

So... you still recognize him, right?

Ueno's eyes widened in surprise.

Luanbu looked at him like this, laughed, opened his arms towards him, and tilted his head slightly: "Why don't you come and hug me?"

He blinked: "Didn't the book I read before say that when we reunite after a long absence, we should give each other a big hug?"

Hikaru Ueno stepped forward, hugged Ranbu in his arms, and gently moved upwards.

The young man looked down at him and smiled, the moonlight shining all over his body.

Ueno Hikaru and Edogawa looked at each other in disorder, and hugged him tightly in their arms.

He stuck to the other side's ear and whispered softly: "Long time no see."

Edogawa turned his head in disorder, corresponding to Osamu Dazai and Chuya Nakahara who were standing, and curled the corners of his mouth happily.

This is a really provocative and ostentatious smile.

……

Edogawa Conan, who was hiding at the door, watched all this silently, and began to doubt his previous speculation.

Could he be... thinking too much?

After all, if Ueno Hikaru is really the experimental product of that APTX4869 analogue, Mr. Ranpo will definitely notice and take action.

But so far, it seems that he has no such behavior at all.

But it was not only Mr. Ranpo's attitude that really made him doubt his point of view.

more importantly.

These people seem to be... real brothers.

Edogawa Conan squeezed the phone, the lens reflected slightly.

He lowered his head, hesitated for a moment, and sent a message.

"Your brother is going to be snatched away, you really don't want to come and see?"

The news on the other side was returned in time.

The short four words reveal endless sadness, helplessness and bitterness.

"Transfer procedures."

That's the inconvenience of minors.

Unlike some adults, they can abandon their jobs and take a walk-and-go journey.

He also needs to transfer schools.

what.

Edogawa Conan couldn't hold back and laughed.

— Absolutely no sarcasm.

Just simple, a little distressed.

The elder brother is almost gone, and some minors are still bald and transferred to another school.