Yukimura's shadow

"What, I wanted to come to listen to the story—" Mori Kogoro let out a long sigh of relief, and scratched his head resentfully, "I thought I was here to explain homework to elementary school students... I was taken aback. "

Nobuo Harada also smiled embarrassedly, and endured the fact that the two girls had dropped out of school a long time ago.

"It's really embarrassing, please sit down quickly. What do you want to hear?" Mori Kogoro has always been a big-hearted person, so he immediately diverted his attention.

"Solve the case!" Kana said.

"Catch the bad guys!" Xiaoyi said.

"The detective's... process..." the little boy Futa.

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that he seemed to be speaking too bluntly, so he hurriedly looked around and found that no one had any strange reaction to his answer, so he was relieved.

"It's not just us, everyone is very curious about the story of the famous detective." Nobuo smiled slightly and settled the three children down. "It's spread all over the nurse's desk. Everyone adores you."

"Eh? What a shame... Hehehe..."

When he heard that the angels in white adored him, Mori Kogoro felt a little flustered, and scratched his head with a smirk.

"What should I say first..."

There is a lot of snow outside the window, but the house is very friendly.The whole afternoon just slipped away in the conversation, and Mori Kogoro didn't quite remember what cases he talked about.

But usually the cases he handles are accompanied by death, so it is difficult to tell the too bloody scenes, but children are not easy to be fooled.

Just like that kid named Futa, he looks like he should be about the same age as Conan, and his brain turns quite fast. Although he looks timid and weak, he often asks about key points when he opens his mouth. Not to reveal one more thing that he tried to hide.

"The little guy is quite smart." He praised without hesitation, although in comparison, he still felt that Conan was smarter.

"He is interested in these things." Shinfu paused.

"Speaking of which, he suggested to visit you." Nobuo touched Fengta's head, and the latter lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Hey -- the little guy is very discerning~ Maybe he has the potential to become a detective~"

Feng Tai lowered his head even lower, as if extremely shy.But in a place where no one can see, his expression is a little panicked.

At this time, Mori Kogoro happened to be talking about a case that seemed to be abducted but was actually murdered. After hearing this, Nobuo frowned slightly, as if thinking of something.

"Speaking of which, I heard that there have been disappearances in this area recently." As he said this, the three children beside him also looked over.

"Well, have you read the report too?" Mori Kogoro narrowed his eyes slightly.

"It's a pity that I am like this, and I can't help much." He sighed, pointing to his leg that was in plaster, with a look of regret.

"Hey... It's been a long time since this happened... Don't you have any clue?" Nobuo asked nervously.

Mori Kogoro frowned in distress, "Don't mention it, I'm not very familiar with the trial area of ​​this case, it's difficult to get some key information to help analyze..."

"Hey...that's really a waste of resources." Nobuo Harada exclaimed, a little unworthy for him.Feng Tai on the side also nodded, seeming to agree with him, or thinking about something.

"It's so close to the hospital, it's better that nothing happens." Nobuo was a little worried, but he thought about the security of the hospital again, and felt relieved.

"Impossible, impossible, the hospital is still very safe!" Mori Kogoro smiled and waved his hands. In his opinion, this young man was a little too worried.

"It's time to change the dressing." While speaking, someone knocked on the door, and then two nurses came in pushing a small cart.

"Ah, it's already this point." Seeing the nurses coming in, Nobuo realized that it was getting late.

"What? Are you leaving?"

"Well... Thank you so much, I was bothering you this afternoon. We should go back too."

Nobuo stood up and bowed slightly to him. Although the three children were still a little unsatisfied, they also knew that it was time to go back.

"Eh? It's okay to play a little longer, right?"

"In a little while, the Pediatrics Department will be making ward rounds." The nurse on the side reminded him kindly.

"Oh..." Mori Kogoro nodded regretfully, and then said with a smile, "Come and walk around when you have time, I'm bored by myself."

Nobuo was just asking for it, so he nodded in response.

When going out, I happened to meet Mao Lilan and Edogawa Conan who were carrying big bags.There was a corner of the bag protruding from what looked like a Christmas item.

It turns out that Christmas is coming... No wonder the pediatric ward is prettier again.

Thinking is just a matter of light and flint, Nobuo Harada nodded politely towards the two, and then left here with the three little beans.

Mao Lilan didn't take him seriously, she was uncomfortable with so many things in her hands, and she was about to go in when she saw Conan

Staring at other people's backs with fascination.

Xiaolan glanced at it, but found nothing special.

"Conan, what are you looking at?"

"...It's nothing, sister Xiaolan, let's go in quickly." Conan blinked and pushed Xiaolan into the ward.

----

Nobuo did not expect Cicada to come over at this time.

Due to his illness, he always had nosebleeds without warning, which didn't have much effect on the body, but it was kind of annoying anyway.

"Nosebleed again?" Cicada asked with disgust in her tone.

"Sit down for a while, don't worry about me, just wait a while."

Nobuo knew that he didn't like the smell of blood—no, it should be said that he hated it extremely, but he restrained himself a little in front of him.

Cicada didn't refuse, he walked to the shelf, put the newly bought lemons in, and frowned.

"I'm in a bad mood recently? Why are the lemons gone so quickly?" He probably bought it last week, and the frequency before was not so fast.

"Eh? Really?" Nobuo's voice came from the bathroom, accompanied by the sound of water, a little inaudible, "Maybe it's because I've met more friends recently, and I've given them away more often."

"I didn't pay much attention."

Cicada stopped holding the lemon, and her face became gloomy.This is not something that Nobuo Harada would say.

"oh, I see."

"Ah."

Since you say so, then I believe it.

Soon, the nosebleed stopped, and Nobuo came out of the bathroom after cleaning up.Cicada was sitting on a chair playing with her mobile phone.

Just then the nurse came in pushing the dining cart.

"Excuse me. It's time for dinner."

Cicada got up to help the nurse put the dining board away, and Nobuo sat back on the bed obediently.

"Have you eaten?" He turned to Cicada while ordering.

"Eat." Cicada lowered her eyes and replied in a deep voice.

Nobuo nodded and turned his attention back to his dinner.He was a little surprised by the extra dish on the plate.

"Eh? I didn't order this, did I?"

"This is the Christmas meal given by the hospital~" The nurse replied with a smile.After taking care of everything, she left with a smile.

"Please use it slowly." When going out, he closed the door carefully.Nobuo and Cicada were left in the room again.

"Ha, Christmas meal, it's really a bit of a surprise." Nobuo poked at the special meal with great interest.

"It tastes good, do you want to try it?"

Cicada snorted coldly and sat on the side, not commenting.

For a moment, the only sound in the room was the sound of the collision of tableware in Nobuo's hands.

After a long time, Nobuo slowly put down his chopsticks and hesitated to speak...

"It's been a long time since Christmas."

Cicada froze for a moment, pursed her lips and said nothing.

Nobuo glanced at him, and put away all the used tableware, so that the nurse could collect them later.

"That Christmas five years ago—" He seemed to have to bring it up.

"Halloween."

Cicada couldn't bear to interrupt him any longer.Then he raised his head, trying to keep a smile on his lips.But no matter what, he couldn't hide that his voice became low and murderous due to excitement.

"It's Halloween."

He repeated it again.The hand that was originally on the armrest began to exert force unconsciously, and even the whole body began to tremble slightly.Nobuo on the hospital bed vaguely noticed that something was wrong with him, and quickly focused his attention.

"A holiday for witches, pumpkins... bugs."

Cicada secretly took a few deep breaths, then snorted disdainfully, raised his chin slightly, changed his sitting position, and perfectly and quickly concealed his inner impulse.The light golden hair swayed slightly with his movements, and on the exposed left ear, a silver ring shone slightly, and then it was buried in the hair.

"Cicada—" Nobuo called him uneasily. He wanted to get up, but Cicada's cell phone rang at this moment. He jumped up as if he was amnesty, and then went into the bathroom.

"I'll answer the phone." He moved extremely quickly, as if fleeing in a hurry.He didn't want Nobuo to see his bloodthirsty appearance.

Soon there was a buzzing sound from the bathroom. The cicada usually speaks in a low voice, and it was even more inaudible through a wall at this time.

He seemed to be responding to something and asking something, and soon there was the sound of washing his hands.

With a click, the door of the bathroom was pushed open, and Cicada walked out of it with an impatient face.He took a few steps in place, then pulled his coat over his body with one hand.

"I'm sorry, the boss has something to do. He asked me to help."

"Hmm... Pay attention to safety, it's not easy for your security guards." Shinfu paused, his tone full of concern.As he spoke, he stared at each other without blinking.

Cicada was taken aback for a moment, then quickly raised her head and smiled, "Don't worry."

Yes, he works for a security company and is an elite guard.That's why there is so much money to give Xinfu medical treatment.

"Let's go." He took off the raincoat hanging at the door and put it on his arm, waved his back to him, and went straight out.

He noticed that Nobuo had been staring at him, and he let him stare very relaxedly, but what he didn't notice was that he subconsciously didn't dare to meet Nobuo's eyes from the beginning to the end.

"...Be careful on the road." Nobuo whispered.

He was answered with a curt hmm and the sound of the door closing.

Nobuo pulled the corner of his mouth to show a wry smile, and kept reassuring himself that he didn't hear the voice that foretold death, but he couldn't feel relieved no matter what.

He simply got up and stood at the window, and it wasn't long before he saw Cicada walk out of the building.It was still snowing outside, and Cicada, wearing that transparent raincoat, walked outside step by step.

The night was too dark, like a glutton's big mouth, which seemed to be able to swallow him in the darkness in a blink of an eye.

Nobuo touched the glass window, exerting force unconsciously, with a calm and terrifying expression on his face.

Did Cicada really think...he hadn't noticed anything for so many years?

The author has something to say: This chapter should have been updated last night, but the stupid Ajar accidentally lost the document, so he had to rewrite... 3400, rewritten [-], and vomited blood.

But it will be updated today, and you can see the second update in a while

☆、The boy who walks in the dark night