"Mrs. Kuroba is a very kind and cheerful person."
They sat together in the courtyard to enjoy the cool air. Shuichi Akai held a glass of water in his hand and listened carefully to the chat of the straw hat old man.
"I remember, when she first moved here, it should have been eight years ago..."
The old man was remembering and watering the flowers with a water pipe.
【Eight years ago...】
Without recalling anything worthy of his attention, Akai Shuichi made a note of this time.
"Of course, in the beginning, Mrs. Black Feather didn't actually have much contact with us neighbors. She always walked alone, I guess..."
With that said, the old man came close to Akai Shuichi's ear and whispered:
"Mrs. Kuroba must have just divorced at that time, and she was feeling uncomfortable..."
"You keep calling her Madam because she said she is married?" Akai Shuichi asked.
People with families are much easier to find than people who are alone.
"That's not true. In the past few years that Mrs. Black Feather has lived here, she has never mentioned anything about her family to us... However."
After a pause, the old man suddenly laughed, with an unserious expression on his face.
"Old man, I'm already old. Can I still not tell whether a woman is married or has children?"
[Then you are still quite powerful. 】
"Mrs. Kuroba is definitely married, and she is definitely a mother."
The old man said with great certainty.
"It's just that we have never met her husband and children. She moved here alone. It probably has something to do with her husband and children... Ah, by the way."
The conversation suddenly changed, and the old man said again: "Although I say so, Mrs. Black Feather has not lived here alone in these years."
"what do you mean?"
"I remember it was five years ago, right? Yes, it was five years ago. At that time, a young man also moved into Mrs. Black Feather's villa. The young man, like Mrs. Black Feather, looked Asian. Appearance, his name...is called heart."
The old man pronounced the word with a less than standard pronunciation.
【It’s Mamiya. 】
Akai Shuichi made a judgment immediately.
"Is this young man's name Mamiya Kokoro?"
"Mamiya Kokoro? Not sure."
However, the old man shook his head.
"Mrs. Black Feather has always called him directly, so we all followed suit. We don't know whether it is his first or last name. You Asian names are really weird..."
After a little rant, the old man continued: "Five years ago, this young man suddenly moved into Mrs. Black Feather's house, and I don't know where he was brought back by her.
However, this young man has a very good personality and is very polite. Under his influence, Mrs. Kuroba, who had always been a loner, gradually became cheerful, and later she often came to see us. Neighbors gathering for dinner or something...
Having said that, the relationship between these two people is actually very serious, not the kind of relationship you think of as a young person. "
As if he knew what Akai Shuichi was thinking at this time, the old man suddenly turned his head to look at him and said quietly.
"Why are you so sure?" Akai Shuichi asked with a smile without feeling embarrassed at all even though he was exposed.
He had indeed suspected the relationship between Mamiya Shin and Kuroba Chikage just now.
"Because of the way they get along." The old man explained.
"As long as I have lived, I have seen a lot of lovers and couples of all kinds. I can tell those two people at a glance. They are definitely not that kind of relationship between men and women. If I have to say it, I think More like a master and a disciple.”
[Master and disciple...]
The old man's judgment was completely consistent with the information on the postcard. This Kuroba Chikage was most likely the person who taught Mamiya Shin's disguise technique.
"But two years ago, these two people all moved away." The old man suddenly sighed, with a sad expression as if he had lost a good friend.
"Do you know why?" Akai Shuichi asked.
Two years ago, it happened to be the time when Mamiya entered the FBI.
He vaguely felt that there might be some connection between this mysterious Chikage Kuroba and Mamiya's entry into the FBI.
“I don’t know, they moved away suddenly and didn’t greet us in advance. When we woke up early the next morning, they were gone.
After that, neither Mrs. Black Feather nor the young man came back. However, Mrs. Black Feather's villa was still regularly cleaned by some housekeepers. Although I also asked these people, They also don’t know..."
Having said this, the old man seemed to be a little depressed. He turned off the water pipe in his hand, stood up and patted the ashes behind him.
"Okay, that's all I know. No one has lived in Mrs. Black Feather's villa for two years. Young man, don't waste your time here. Go back quickly..."
With that said, the old man no longer cared about Akai Shuichi and turned around and returned to the room.
[Eight years ago, five years ago, two years ago...]
Shuichi Akai, on the other hand, silently wrote down these points in time that he thought might contain clues.
Of course, he did not leave directly, but got up and walked to the front door of the villa next to Kuroba Qiankage again, and took out a master key from his pocket.
Before coming, he had already anticipated the possibility of this situation, so he brought a master key from the headquarters.
With a "click", he opened the locked door and walked in.
"..."
"Amusement City! Amusement City! Amusement City!"
In Tokyo, Japan, in the newly built amusement park of the Suzuki family, three little animals lined up in a row, holding an ice cream in their hands and walking excitedly among the crowd.
"Really, why did I come here to take care of these little brats just after I was discharged from the hospital?"
Behind them, Mouri Kogoro put his hands in his trouser pockets, his face full of displeasure.
"I also want you to relax, uncle..." On the side, Suzuki Sonoko said with a smile as she walked side by side with Mao Lilan.
"Tch, how can being with these naughty little brats be called relaxing? It's fine if they don't cause trouble for me. If I didn't have to pay the ticket, I wouldn't come..."
"Dad..." Mao Lilan looked at him helplessly.
"Isn't this wrong? I really don't understand. Are today's parents so worried about their children playing around outside?
Really, when I see you next time, I will definitely talk to the parents of these three boys. If you ignore your children like this, something will happen sooner or later..."
While a few people were chatting, Conan next to him remained silent, staring closely at the stuffed bear that was sending balloons around in the fountain square ahead.
According to the information he found on the media account of this amusement park this morning, the employee inside this stuffed bear is Miyano Akemi.
(﹃) Speaking of which, no matter the anime or comics, it seems that the parents of these three little ones have never been revealed, right?
(End of chapter)
