Hui Yuan Ai was a little nervous.
Even though she knew and experienced the pain of turning back into a primary school student, and knew that this pain would soon end and theoretically there would be no problems, she still couldn't help but worry.
Generally speaking, there will be a very short interval between the feeling and the change back.
However, Fengyuan had felt this way for a long time, but it was only now that he could not suppress the pain, so in just the next moment, he turned back to the appearance of a primary school student.
There was darkness before my eyes.
However, this was not because there was something wrong with the antidote that caused him to go blind or something, it was just because he was huddled up in his ill-fitting high school uniform.
He took a deep breath, and then gently pulled down his school uniform to expose his head.
"How do you feel?" Haiyuan Ai asked. She could even see wisps of steam still rising from Fengyuan's head, but those steams quickly disappeared.
"Everything is normal." Fengyuan replied, "It's okay."
Although it was more comfortable to lean on the edge of the bed or simply lie on the floor, Fengyuan still sat on the edge of the bed as before, with his hands on the bed and looked at Haibara Ai.
The only difference from before is the difference caused by the change in body shape. Another brief silence followed.
What he was about to say was interrupted like this. Haiyuan Ai stared at Fengyuan's hand that was supporting the bed twice, and then looked away and stared at Fengyuan's eyes.
"satyr!"
"Eh?"
"Big pervert!"
"...Yes, I am a pervert." Fengyuan decided to admit it honestly.
"snort."
Hui Yuan Ai snorted, turned his head away, and then showed a disgusted expression. "I've been hanging out all day and it smells terrible. Go take a shower."
There is no taste...
Feng Yuan sniffed quietly and didn't smell anything.
He didn't run or sweat when he was wandering around Qingshui Temple. He had just returned to the settings of an elementary school student, so naturally there was no peculiar smell.
However, after understanding the deeper meaning of Haibara's sad words, Fengyuan had no idea of defending, but immediately ran towards the bathroom dragging his ill-fitting clothes.
After running two steps, he turned back and took away the elementary school students' clothes he had brought. Haiyuan Ai watched Feng Yuan leave his sight, and then couldn't help but touch his hot cheek, feeling a little annoyed.
She still couldn't seem to resist this guy.
When Feng Yuan finished washing and came out of the bathroom, Hai Yuan Ai was sitting on the side of the bed, leaning against the pillow at the head of the bed.
Under the quilt, she was obviously bending her legs and curling up into a ball. And even though the air conditioner was on and it was still warm in the room, she still pulled the quilt high, even covering half of her face.
She didn't react at all to Feng Yuan's return, she just stared at the tablet on her lap.
Neatly wearing elementary school students' clothes, Fengyuan picked up the quilt on the other bed, and then sat next to Haibara Ai. His heartbeat started to beat faster again.
If it weren't for the extremely severe pain, Feng Yuan would have felt like he was going to look like a high school student again.
Haiyuan Ai looked like he was reading the paper with great concentration. Fengyuan wisely decided not to say anything at this time, lest Haiyuan Ai change his mind, so he muffledly arranged his pillow and quilt.
However, when he got into his quilt, he still heard Hui Yuan Ai's breathing becoming more rapid.
My own seems to be the same...
Speaking of which, I felt a little stressed when I spoke before...
After coming back to his senses, Maplehara picked up his detective team badge on the bedside table and ended the call. The sounds in my ears suddenly became a little more normal.
Haiyuan Ai put the tablet away with a sullen face and placed it directly under the pillow. Then she stretched out her bent legs, her upper body slid off the pillow, and then lay down on the bed.
Her quilt was still pulled high, and only her twinkling eyes and delicate nose were exposed.
"Are you going to sleep?" Fengyuan asked.
"Yes." Hui Yuarai responded in a low voice. Because her mouth was blocked by the quilt, her voice sounded muffled.
"Then, should I turn off the lights?"
The light that was still left in the room was turned on between the two single beds, that is to say, on his side.
After hearing Haiyuan Ai's low response again, Fengyuan half stood up, turned off the light, and then got into his quilt in the darkness.
With a little moonlight coming in from the curtains, Fengyuan looked at the ceiling intently for a while, then turned his head and looked at Haibara Ai.
Haiyuan Ai was facing away from him.
Just like when camping before.
In fact, when I went camping with real elementary school students and slept in the same tent together, they slept together like this quite often...
But this time it was obviously different.
Huihara Ai feels the same way. She always felt that Kudo was somewhat dangerous tonight.
So she quietly pulled up some quilts and wrapped herself tighter. As we all know, except for some local ghosts who do not follow martial ethics, no danger can be taken against the people in the quilt.
Feeling the quilt pressing against her tightly, Haihara Ai relaxed slightly. But it’s obviously not comfortable like this…
Kudo is also an elementary school student now...
There shouldn't be any danger...
Thinking this way, Haiyuan Ai relaxed a little.
Really, I feel like I can't sleep tonight...
"Hey," after struggling for a moment, Haiyuan Ai simply turned around to face Fengyuan, "Aren't you going to sleep? Why are you still looking at me?"
"No way, I'm just used to sleeping on my side like this..."
"..."
The light in the room was only a little bit of moonlight, so Haibara Ai couldn't actually see Maplehara clearly. However, this hazy darkness also gave her the courage to look at him directly, so she looked at him quietly, and the room fell into a brief silence.
The single bed is very narrow.
Haihara Ai could even feel Fengyuan's body temperature coming through the quilt, and at the same time, she could vaguely hear his even breathing.
These realities from the senses also made Haihara Ai truly aware of the current situation.
She and Kudo were lying side by side on the bed.
The temperature of the face began to rise again. She wanted to touch her face, but she was a little embarrassed to be looked at like this all the time. then--
"Turn around." Hui Yuarai urged.
"No." Darkness once again increased Fengyuan's defense.
"Turn around!"
"No."
"I can't sleep like this!"
"I just want to look at you."
"...Here you go again, no matter how nice you say it, it won't do." Haiyuan Ai said fiercely, "Forget it, I don't care about you."
Anyway, it’s just a look, nothing will happen.
Thinking in his mind, Haiyuan Ai turned around again, leaving his back to Feng Yuan, and then closed his eyes. Although he could still feel the sight behind him, as his mood gradually calmed down, Huihara Ai felt a little relieved.
Time continues to flow.
Fengyuan didn't know how much time had passed. For a moment, he seemed to have lost the ability to estimate time.
Maybe a long time passed, or maybe only a few minutes passed, but Fengyuan gradually calmed down. Other things in his mind once again returned to their proper place, allowing Feng Yuan to start thinking.
In this way, his line of sight is no longer so direct.
And as if he noticed this change, Hui Yuan Ai next to him turned around to look at him again.
"Can't sleep?" Feng Yuan asked softly.
"It's not because you are as childish as a child," Haihara Ai said angrily, "Then, what are you thinking about - the case?"
"...How do you know?" Fengyuan admitted.
The murder case is not over yet. If it is not solved early, there may be another person killed. Naturally, Maplehara cannot just forget about it.
"I guessed it." Haiyuan Ai said with a slightly proud tone, "So Mr. Detective has encountered another problem?"
"That's right, there's no idea about that code word. Do you want to hear it?"
"Okay." Hui Yuan Ai responded. I couldn’t sleep anyway.
Feng Yuan did not turn on the light, but in this darkness, he faced Hai Yuan Ai and talked about the case.
There is not much information about the case so far, and Maplehara quickly finished his story.
"Blood-colored ceiling?" Hui Yuan Ai asked curiously.
"Yeah. But I think it should have been painted with blood-colored paint, because only the middle part of the radioactive blood stain was dripping with blood. And those bloody footprints leading to the window, it can't be that the prisoner was lying upside down. It was left behind from walking on the ceiling..."
"It's painted..." Haiyuan Ai thought for a moment, "Are there any of those people who are good at painting?"
Generally speaking, the first person to suspect in this kind of case is his companion who was with the deceased, so Haibara Ai asked this question.
"I asked Conan to ask An Chi Keiko about this."
He thought of this when he was retelling the case with Conan, so he asked Conan to use Kudo Shinichi's mobile phone to send an email asking about it, and received a reply immediately.
Conan also forwarded the reply to him.
He picked up the phone on the bedside table, opened the email, and placed the phone between the two of them. Haiyuan Ai simply changed to a lying position, with her head next to Feng Yuan. She squinted her eyes to adjust to the brightness before reading her email.
"Mr. Deri is very good at painting," Fengyuan explained. "In fact, this time "Red Shura Tengu" is their graduation work, adapted from the manga that Deri drew in the doujinshi."
"Didn't the man named Izuri commit suicide?"
"Yes. Then the only one left is Agata Riki. When he is helping Izuri's comics, he can also help with a few strokes..."
"So, you suspect it's him?"
"Yeah, but it's just a very basic suspicion. Although he seems to be the only one among these people who has learned painting, if you just paint bloody footprints, you don't need a high level. You can do it even if you learn for a while..."
"Where's the one named An Zhi?" Haiyuan Ai was a little puzzled, "If you just ask her directly, don't you suspect that she is the murderer?"
"She and my mother seem to be very familiar," Fengyuan explained, "and she also thought about giving the code to my father and asking him to solve it... If she is the murderer and knows him well, there is no reason to take such a risk... "
"And it doesn't matter even if she is really the murderer," Fengyuan continued. "They have been classmates and colleagues for many years. Whether they have learned painting or not cannot be hidden..."
"Then do they have anything to do with Izuri's death?" Haibara Ai then asked, "Since the code that seems to be a murder notice has Izuri's symbol on it, then the murderer's motive may also be related to Izuri, right?"
"Izuri should have committed suicide, but maybe his motive for committing suicide was related to them. For example, although "Red Shura Tengu" is adapted from a manga drawn by Deri, Deri's name is not on the credits. There must be some conflict between them..."
"Since the man named Ximu is dead, this movie shouldn't be released, right?" Haihara Ai turned around and asked.
She forgot for a moment that she and Feng Yuan were right next to each other, so when she turned her head, she lightly knocked her head on Feng Yuan's head.
Only then did Feng Yuan realize that the two of them were almost touching each other.
He subconsciously stepped aside slightly and looked at Haiyuan Ai through the light of his mobile phone. Seeing the slight narrowing in Haiyuan Ai's eyes, he raised his chin slightly and asked himself:
"What's wrong? Did it hurt you?"
"No…"
The force just now was not strong at all, and he avoided it, so it didn't hurt. And according to the principle of reaction force, Haiyuan shouldn't feel any pain.
"Then let's continue talking," Haiyuan Ai gently wrapped the hair around his ears with the hand supporting his head, "that movie."
…It always feels like the offense and defense are swapped.
"Oh..." Maplehara came back to his senses, "The movie probably won't be able to be staged, but this movie is actually a remake of the graduation work that the five people shot when they were at Gion University of Arts. There are very detailed stories online. Plot. Want to hear it?”
This was something he looked up while discussing the case with Conan, and he still remembers it clearly.
"OK."
"The story took place in the Edo period. There was a Yuri named Kuranosuke in the Kyoto military office. The military leader came to him to discuss what kind of rare gifts to give to the general. He was worried about this. When his wife Mana knew about it, One day, I showed him a shining golden octagonal leaf and said, "This is the octagonal gold plate I found when I was picking wild vegetables. It looks very sacred. I usually put my hands together to pay homage. Today I put it for you." It was picked off]. Kuranosuke felt that the general would like it when he saw it, so he expressed his gratitude to Mana for his kindness."
"But since that day, monsters appear in Kyoto every night and start eating people. That's because the octagonal gold plate was used by the Tengu to seal the monsters. Later, the Tengu entrusted a dream to Kuranosuke, saying that the monster was afraid that he would be captured again. After sealing it, I plan to find the person who broke the seal and kill him."
"Tengu also told Kuranosuke to ask his wife to hide the golden leaves of the octagonal gold plate in her arms. If the demon eats it, it will be sealed again. Kuranosuke refused the proposal, and Tengu gave it to him. Another suggestion was to have him jump off the Kiyomizu-dera stage with an octagonal gold plate, thus creating a new path.”
Haiyuan Ai listened quietly, with his right hand on his head, looking at Fengyuan without any scruples in the darkness.
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