[Conan Magic Kaito] Starfall Night

Originally, because all the audience present could not escape the suspicion for the time being, they should have stayed in the lobby to wait for orders.But no matter how you say it, you can't let him go to the toilet, so Ai stayed behind after his interrogation, and then acted cute and pitiful to the criminal police at the door, and was finally released.It would be bad if she never came back after going to the bathroom after being released, but fortunately she is a celebrity and can wash her face.

The kitchen is located on the second floor and occupies a rather large area.The door was open, and Ailiu knocked on the door, and saw the people in the kitchen who were checking the wine rack one by one, walked in curiously without even looking back.

"Xiao Ai, are you not going back?"

"Well, I'm going to find out what kind of wine is in the cake and bring some samples back with me."

Huiyuan took paper and pen, and kept recording the name of each bottle of wine on the wine rack.

"I also know that staying here is a bit dangerous, but Mr. Kudo seemed a little nervous just now, right? Did something happen?"

The nib in Huiyuan's hand paused for a moment, then moved again.

"...He said that when the incident happened just now, my face was captured by the live camera. It is likely that 'they' will find out."

"Ehhhhhhhhhhh!?"

Of course Airu knew who 'they' were referring to, and although she subconsciously covered her mouth, she couldn't help but screamed loudly, and the calm Huiyuan finally frowned when she heard her scream: "You It's too loud."

"Of course it will be big!" Airu leaned closer to Huiyuan, "It has been more than ten minutes since the incident happened. If the people from the organization are watching, it is not surprising that they have rushed to the hotel by now, okay? Why don't you go!"

Airu stared at Haibara so tightly that Haibara had to look directly at her for a few seconds, then she sighed and looked away, picking up a new bottle of wine.

"This is an opportunity. As long as you can understand the specific ingredients of the cake, the antidote may also be a big step forward. It is worth the risk."

Although this sounded reasonable, Airu still had goosebumps when she thought that the only object in this world that could be defined as an "enemy" was wandering around this hotel.

"The risk you have to take is your life? If you are found and killed, there will be no antidote..."

"even so!"

Haibara forcefully covered up Airu's ending, and Airu looked at her in surprise, only to see a serious expression on Haibara's face that she had never seen before.

"Even so, I still don't want to give up."

Huiyuan put down the wine bottle and smiled faintly.

"You also saw her expression just now... Kudo-kun didn't tell her about the transformation back. I'm afraid there is no way to tell her, after all, she will become a child again soon."

"It is for her good not to see her."

What Shinichi said not long ago emerged in Airu's mind. The famous detective who is always full of confidence and seems to be able to solve any incident has never shown such a complicated expression.

"Don't you feel anxious looking at those two people?" Huiyuan asked her, but for some reason, she couldn't answer for a while.

"I was the one who made them two suffer so much....Now that things have happened, I can't evade my responsibilities because of fear." Hui Yuan's voice lowered. "So whenever I get the chance I'll take it, whenever I can, I'll try."

"Although it looks like he doesn't care, even he will feel pain when he lies to the person he likes."

Seeing Airu's staring eyes, Haibara smiled narrowly this time, but in Airu's eyes, there was an untouchable loneliness in this smile.She really wanted to ask Hui Yuan, what's wrong with you?

"Xiao Ai, you..."

But on the way to speak, in less than two seconds, her mind no longer knew where to go.

Lying because I like it?

It's for her own good, so I don't see you?

Even Shinichi Kudo, who seems to be slow in this regard, would show that expression because he likes it?

Do you actually feel pain in your heart because of this last resort?

……

So, what about Kuroba Kaito?

……

"Kudo-kun."

Haibara's indifferent voice pulled Ai Liu's consciousness back to reality.At some point, Shinichi walked into the kitchen with a look of displeasure, and stood in front of the two of them.

"... Mr. Kudo."

"I heard from the doctor, what are you doing! Go back!" Shinichi ignored Airu directly, and looked at Huibara who left the dazed Airu aside and continued to take notes.

"I do not want."

"you……"

The quarrel was about to start again, and Ai Liu, who could foresee the next development, raised her forehead and ran to them to separate Shinichi and Haibara who were staring at me and glaring at you.

"By the way, wouldn't it be better not to go back now?"

"what?"

"If Xiao Ai has been discovered by the organization, isn't it very likely that they are ambushing or monitoring around the hotel?"

This is also what she thought of when she said just now, "It's not surprising that they have rushed to the hotel now".More than ten minutes have passed, and now Huiyuan has lost the best time to leave.

"If we go out now, the danger of being caught is very high. We can't pretend like Kidd..."

In the middle of speaking, Airu slowly stopped word by word like a cassette tape recorder.Because I've been thinking about him just now, it's really confusing that his name is unconsciously floating in my mind now.

(Yeah... If it was him, even in such a critical situation, it would be...)

"Ai Liu?" Shinichi narrowed his eyes and looked at her.

"...Ah, um." Airu didn't pay attention to the subtle question in his eyes, "There are police in the hotel now, so don't worry about them breaking in for the time being. I'll think about the next thing later, I'll stay here now Is it safer?"

Ai Liu didn't say it out of consideration for Hui Yuan's mood, she was also very uncertain.

(What am I thinking...how could he be involved. And, after all, he never told me his contact information...)

Thinking of this, Ailiu couldn't help showing a wry smile when she thought about her recent behavior of confirming emails on time like an owl in a clock.

Shinichi pondered for a moment, looked at the indifferent Haibara again, and finally nodded as if giving up.

"Okay. I'll think about what happens after the case is resolved. Don't run around. Especially Huiyuan!"

"Then I'll stay here."

"...No, wait, you should go with me. I just said that you are an assistant, and if I let you stay here, you will pretend to take away the wine and cakes."

Huiyuan was somewhat dissatisfied: "Just a little..."

"I've never heard of a thief sneaking into the kitchen to steal these. Alright, let's go." Xinyi grabbed Huiyuan's arm and walked out. When he reached the door, he suddenly remembered something, and looked back at Airu.

"And you. Just now your manager was looking for you everywhere with a ghostly expression on his face."

Ai Liu watched the young man finally leave a schadenfreude smirk to herself, and Hui Yuan disappeared at the kitchen door, and couldn't help making a grimace.

××××××××××

Naturally, mobile phone ringtones are not allowed during the piano performance, so Ai Liu's mobile phone has been turned to silent, and after that kind of thing happened, I didn't think to turn it back.

Leaning against the carved railing on the second floor, Airu took out her mobile phone, and as expected saw a bunch of calls from Urakami and emails asking where she was.

Pull down again, and what appears is an email that has not been logged in as a sender.

The moment she saw it, Airu's fingers suddenly trembled and she clicked.

"Hey, isn't this a murder incident!? Are you okay? The pale face was broadcast?"

……

Airu read the short email carefully, and read it twice, but she wasn't even sure if she understood it.Originally, it was just fingers shaking, but as the whole person reacted, even the hand holding the phone began to shake.There has never been such a thing, just received an email asking about An Pi, just that, it makes her feel like tears are coming out of her eyes!

Kaitokuroba...Because the sender's name is so simple and easy to understand that people can't understand it.

She looked up at the ceiling and blinked a few times, trying to command herself to hold back her tears.

It was the best of times and the worst of times.

Kaito sent the email 10 minutes ago, but after imagining Urakami's ghostly expression, Airu called her first and told her to go back to the lobby immediately.Then, while walking, he answered Kaito's email.

"I'm fine. But I would like to ask you as a magician, is it possible for laymen to achieve cross-dressing without professional props?"

After she sent it out, she wondered how it was possible.

Sure enough, Kaito quickly replied.

"It's unlikely, right? By the way, what's wrong with you?"

"I'm just asking casually, please don't worry."

There was no way to explain it to him anyway.

"...You are not the murderer, are you?"

What kind of misunderstanding is this?

Gritting her teeth, Airu resisted the urge to throw the phone out.

"Jokes are also divided into those that are not allowed and those that are not."

"Isn't this all unavailable!?"

Just such a conversation made Airu feel very happy.Thinking about it carefully, I haven't spoken to Kaito for a month.

Kaito didn't seem to be bothered at all, and his tone was as light as ever, and there was nothing more annoying to Airu than this.It is extremely embarrassing to think that the only person who is troubled is myself.

Arriving near the lobby, the sharp-eyed Airu immediately saw Urakami standing at the door looking around, temporarily put away her phone and walked over.

"Where did you go? You were finally liberated from the police. Fortunately, you disappeared so quickly and I was looking for it for a long time."

"I'm sorry...what's wrong?"

Urakami pointed to the hall, where several monitors from the Surveillance Section were collecting something.The audience who were originally left in the hall were gone, but there were still a few people nearby who seemed to be staying to watch the fun gathered and chatted.

"The police have started a formal investigation. Let's go back? We don't know what will happen if we stay here..."

"Eh?"

"What are you surprised about?"

"Well, I, I plan to stay here for a while..."

"Stay here? Why?"

"The police, the police also need to have one or two witnesses to continue to provide testimony when they collect evidence next?"

"...You don't look like someone who will assist the police." Urakami squinted, "And the police said just now that they have locked down a few suspects, so everyone else can go."

(No way! Mr. Kudo Shinichi, you move too fast!)

"This, that's it. In short, I want to stay. After the matter is cleared up, I will wait for Ms. Sonoko and the others to leave together."

"But the murderer is still in this venue..."

"Miss Youlan will be fine here." Airu patted her on the shoulder as if to reassure her, "Don't we have to get up early to go to Kanagawa tomorrow, please go back and get ready."

Urakami checked the time.

"...You must tell me when you go back, is it okay?"

"learn."

Watching Urakami's leaving back, Airu finally breathed a sigh of relief.Although staying here doesn't help much, but it's better than nothing. If possible, it's best to wait until Conan and the others turn back into children before taking them away quietly.After all, Lan and the others will definitely stay here until Shinichi leaves, and they can still come in handy when necessary.

"Huh? Mail..."

A notification sounded in the pocket, and Airu opened it, and found that it was Kaito again.It contained his mobile phone number and a short request of "Call me right away!"

"...Cut..." It was really an unpleasant imperative tone.Thinking so, Ai Liu still saved the number in the phone.

What should I say after the call.

Or what would he say.

Ailiu dialed the phone, and at the same time, she was also mentally prepared.

The phone rang once and was picked up.

"Hello? Is it Ai Liu? Are you still in the hotel now?"

"Eh, um, yes..."

"I was really just joking just now." Surprisingly, Kaito on the other side of the phone seemed to be more nervous than her, one sentence after another, "But are you really okay? You haven't been involved in any strange things, have you?"

"...Well, I'm really fine."

After all, Kaito, who was just sitting in front of the TV, had no way of understanding the current situation.Airu was so sure, there was nothing he could do about it.

"Really, that's good." He thought for a while, then said again, "Then, do you want to..."

He originally wanted to ask Ai Liu if he wanted to pick her up, but Ai Liu interrupted him softly.

"May I ask a question, please?"

In an instant, Kaito's intuition was that she would bring up what happened a month ago again.

"Ah."

But he didn't refuse, but gripped the phone tightly.

(Ask again, ask again, maybe I can get the answer...)

However, Airu didn't ask the question he expected.What he said in a brisk tone made all the tension in Kaito's body go to zero.

"Senior Kuroba, you have emails and phone calls... Could it be that you are worried about me?"

"...Are you an idiot!? Of course! I'm so worried!"

"Hehehe..." Ailiu laughed, "Is that so, thank you, Senior Kuroba."

"what……?"

"Sorry for worrying you. But really, really thank you."

"No, what does that mean—"

The phone hangs up.

Kaito looked at the phone inexplicably, did it really hang up?Really hang up like this?She didn't even ask about Kidd?is it possible?is it possible? ?

"Is cross-dressing something that laymen can do without professional tools?" She didn't tell him the reason for asking about it.

It's not that simple no matter how you look at it.She wouldn't really be involved in the murder, could she? Was she really treated as a suspect?No, no, in that case, she shouldn't be able to call and send emails freely now.Besides, if she really killed her, she wouldn't have to show that frightened expression. Wait a minute, if it's the first murderer with poor mental quality, it's also possible...

(What am I thinking!)

Kaito hit his head, and if he thinks about it further, he can write a novel about a girl idol who is actually a murderer under the moonlight behind her back.

It has been nearly half an hour since the live broadcast was cut into the advertisement just now, and it seems that there is no plan to resume at all. No matter how you say it, the investigation process cannot be broadcast live.If you want to understand what is happening at the venue, you have to watch the late-night Internet news, or tomorrow's morning paper——

Or, there are other faster ways.

If there is a girl in distress at this moment, then what appears under the moonlight should not be a murderer, but a strange thief with a gentleman's smile.

The author has something to say:

Watching Kuaiqing in the animation occasionally produces an unspeakable sense of guilt. Why?

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