A Tribute to Sherlock Holmes[Comprehensive]

People from the Metropolitan Police Department quickly arrived at the scene. Apart from the dead Kusuki Sami, there was only Kudo Shinichi and Hiratsuka Izumi at the scene.Therefore, the situation of the latter two is destined not to be released from the scene casually.What's more, there was also a reasoning fanatic whose brain was 90.00% occupied by cases among the two of them.

Megushisan from the First Search Section came along, and he and Kudo Shin nodded and greeted each other.Seeing the old acquaintance, the criminal policeman, who always had a fierce expression as if he was still interrogating a prisoner, heaved a sigh of relief.

Glancing at Izumi Hiratsuka with his back turned to him, Mu Mu thought it was Mao Lilan at first, but after calling his name, he realized that it was Izumi Hiratsuka who he had met in the early years, but now he definitely can't remember it.

Hiratsuka Izumi and Mao Lilan are more and more similar, which is one of the reasons why Kudo Shinichi feels that Hiratsuka Izumi has an awkward sense of disobedience to him.But Kudo Shinichi couldn't deny that since seeing Izumi Hiratsuka two years later, she has long hair and she indeed looks a bit like Mourilan.

Perhaps based on the appearance, sometimes even Hiratsuka Izumi's words and deeds give people the illusion that she overlaps with Mao Lilan.

After cooperating with the police investigation, it was already late at night when he was allowed to leave.Although Hiratsuka Izumi has been refusing Kudo Shinichi to send her back, but she couldn't resist him, because she was taken as the reason that "it's not safe for a girl to be alone", and the police officer Megure, who was searching the first section, also had a stern face. exhorted.

So, Hiratsuka Izumi compromised.

In this regard, Kudo Shinichi was a little helpless.How can he be a person who is afraid of danger and trouble? After being infused with APTX4869 and turned into Conan, he has already fallen into a situation where there is no turning back.

The two of them were sitting on the late-night tram. In the empty carriage, the white lights made the atmosphere even more gloomy.

Kudo Shinichi was sitting beside Hiratsuka Izumi, thinking about tonight's case, and occasionally glanced at the girl beside him.He still felt that Hiratsuka Izumi was weird, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.Just like along the way, Izumi Hiratsuka acted like a frightened weak girl.

He looked dazed and didn't speak, and there was even a bit of fear and anxiety in his eyes-this was exactly the reaction a person would have when he heard the news of the sudden death of someone he knew well.

"Hiratsuka, Manager Kusuki is a very important person to you, right?"

Kudo Shinichi's question made Hiratsuka Izumi frowned uncomfortably.

Regarding the relationship with Sami Kusuki, Izumi Hiratsuka had already made it clear when she was routinely questioned, and she couldn't believe that Shinichi Kudo, who was by the side, didn't hear it for a while.

She looked at the wise young man in front of her with an unbelievable look, then shook her head and said, "Kudou-kun, don't you think it's too much to still have such doubts at this moment?"

There is an indescribable complexity in the tone.Her implication is that at this moment you are still doubting her relationship with Sami Kuomu, do you think her sadness is all faked?

This time, Kudo Shinichi was really taken aback by Izumi Hiratsuka's appearance.The girl's pupils were trembling, and her eyeballs were flushed from holding back her tears. Anyone who saw her pitiful appearance would feel distressed.

Is it too realistic?Or an expression of true feelings?It is already unclear.

"Sorry, I didn't take your feelings into account."

Kudo Shinichi didn't expect that an ordinary rhetorical question would cause Hiratsuka Izumi's reaction so strongly, perhaps it was because the girl was stimulated that she became so sensitive.

But his question has already been best answered.

Even if Izumi Hiratsuka didn't answer directly, her performance was convincing enough. Her relationship with Sami Kusuki was so good that her death plunged her into an inescapable pain.

After sending Hiratsuka Izumi back to the apartment, Hiratsuka Izumi once again expressed that he was fine by himself.She opened the door of the apartment, lit the lamp, and the hallway was illuminated by the indoor lights, where she and Kudo Shinichi overlapped with each other.

"Kudou-kun, thank you for sending me back." Izumi Hiratsuka turned around and bowed to Shinichi Kudo quite formally, "Then, I hope that Kudo-kun will do what I said and stop interacting with people like me. gone."

At the moment of closing the door, Kudo Shinichi slammed on the door panel to prevent Izumi Hiratsuka from closing it.He stared at the girl in front of him with an expression that was approaching numbness, catching the other's sight as if he wanted to pin the latter, not letting her escape.

"How can I rest assured to leave you alone?"

Kudo Shinichi let out such a low growl, his aura shocked Izumi Hiratsuka.The latter stared wide-eyed in shock, like a frightened kitten, staring back blankly at him no longer daring to move.

All in all, the concerns and skepticism of uttering this sentence are mixed.Kudo Shinichi was worried that something would go wrong with Izumi Hiratsuka, who is currently in a bad state, and at the same time he couldn't let go of his doubts about Izumi Hiratsuka.

The two stared at each other for a few seconds, and Izumi Hiratsuka sighed suddenly. She arched her two slender eyebrows sadly, and said softly, "I will drag you into danger. Isn't Sister Sami's death the best thing?" proof?"

"Do I seem like a timid person?" Kudo Shinichi raised his eyebrows and asked back.

The girl was startled and fell silent.

"Hiratsuka, what are you thinking about?"

The girl paused for a few seconds, then shook her head, "I don't know anymore."

Is this dodging the question?It was obvious that she had always approached her before, entrusting and inviting him to dinner, but now she wants to cut off contact suddenly, what does this mean?

Thinking about it better, maybe Izumi Hiratsuka, like Haibara Ai, felt that he was the root of sin and didn't want to drag others down.If you think about it badly, Izumi Hiratsuka has something to hide, for example, after throwing out the name Chablis, he suddenly has to draw a line.

"I don't want to see the people around me gone anymore." Izumi Hiratsuka lowered her head, holding the hem of the skirt tightly with her hands on her legs, suppressing a tremor in her voice.

"Hiratsuka..."

Kudo Shinichi called the girl's name softly, he wanted to say something to comfort him, but found that the words were too poor.Sure enough, he was not good at appeasing girls.

As a result, the atmosphere suddenly fell into a brief silence, until Izumi Hiratsuka spoke again, followed by a long list of narratives.

"Kudou-kun, do you know that after my parents' accident, this desire became stronger and stronger. When I saw Lan again, I was so happy, and then, I found out that you were actually there. So, I will want to continue Hanging out with you." The girl said, her eyes darkened, "Yes, I admit that I invited you to invite you to dinner twice on purpose, and I planned it in advance. But I don't know what will happen. It has become the current situation...they are here, Miss Zuomi died because of me...so don't have anything to do with me anymore."

It was as if he was forced to be helpless to spit out such a calculated but sympathetic behavior.In this way, on the contrary, everything she did from the moment she appeared until now was completely washed away. It was just a trick of a little girl who couldn't bear to be alone.

All the doubts about her so far have been explained.Although... still very strange.

Seeing Izumi Hiratsuka's slumped appearance of taking all the responsibility on himself, Kudo Shinichi was a little sullen.He stepped forward, pinched the girl's thin shoulders, and shook her as if to wake her up, "Are you so sure that Manager Nanmu died because of you!"

"It's Chablis."

Haibara Ai had mentioned this name to him during the day, but when he heard it again from Izumi Hiratsuka, Kudo Shinichi inevitably frowned and lowered his expression.

"Chablis?"

Izumi Hiratsuka looked into the boy's serious eyes, and took a deep breath, as if he had made some major realization.

"I once tried to hack into their database in a certain block, but my computer was infected with a virus. The name of the virus was Chablis. Because of this behavior, I was discovered by them. But I think those are just The contest in the electronic world, besides, I have always used virtual positioning, they couldn’t find me, and for a long time after that, nothing that might threaten me happened, I thought the matter would be over It's over..."

"Then do you know where you are now?"

The girl nodded, "I know, it's very dangerous."

"Now that I know, it's even more impossible for me to let you go alone."

"Kudou-kun..."

"What's more, this time they took the initiative to take action, which is a rare and good opportunity to seize clues."

"Kudou-kun, are you really... not afraid?"

"I have never been afraid of fighting them so far." The iconic confident smile reappeared on the face of Heisei Holmes, and he patted the girl's arm vowingly, "So, I will not ignore your affairs. As long as But, Hiratsuka, there may be some things that need your help."

Thinking that the next answer could only be yes or no, Kudo Shinichi was waiting, but he didn't expect that the girl gave a "hmm", put her arms around his neck, and rushed into his arms.

This hug caught Kudo Shinichi by surprise, and he didn't know what to do for a while.Just when he came back to his senses, he felt the soft body in his arms trembling slightly.

Probably... because I was really scared, right?

"Thank you……"

Izumi Hiratsuka said thank you in a low voice, and she said it many, many times until the voice gradually faded and was replaced by her even breathing.

She fell asleep.

The author has something to say: I fell asleep while hanging the washing machine on my neck.