It seemed to have triggered some painful memories, and Conan shuddered.

"Hey, you guys! Why are you so slow?!" Yuanzi's loud voice came from not far away. "Hurry up, hurry up, we want to ride the roller coaster!"

This time, Conan and Yoruichi Toyama stared at each other, and both shuddered.

...

After helping Conan overcome his concerns and resolve to confess his feelings, Yoruichi Toyama racked her brains again to persuade Sonoko not to go on the roller coaster.

Fortunately, in this timeline, Dr. Kazato has just been captured, and one of the distillery's assassins has not yet appeared, so neither the lava drift nor the Ferris wheel has been cursed.

To help Conan, Yoruichi Toyama first persuaded Kogoro and his wife that young people are more likely to get along, and asked the elderly couple to find a place to strengthen their relationship alone.

Then, under the pretext of buying cold drinks, he and Akemi dragged Sonoko away, leaving Conan, no, Shinichi Kudo, who had been planning this all along, plenty of room to maneuver.

They walked all the way to a very remote cold drink stall, where Yoruichi and Akemi, who were pulling Sonoko on either side as if they were kidnapping her, finally let go.

To appease Miss Suzuki, Yoruichi Toyama quickly took out her wallet and said that she would treat the ladies to whatever they wanted to drink.

Mingmei chuckled, grabbed the wallet without hesitation, and headed towards the cold drink stand.

Sonoko, who had been somewhat dazed the whole way, suddenly came to her senses and waved quite casually.

"Alright, I knew you were covering for that brat Conan a long time ago!"

Yoruichi Toyama stared in surprise.

Sister, you're amazing!

No wonder Conan uses you as one of the frontmen in his deductive duo.

Seeing his expression, Sonoko became even more smug.

"That brat Conan, he's so precocious. I see you and Mr. Amuro from the coffee shop are quite close to him."

"But his feelings for Ran... I'm not trying to be mean, but Ran has a husband. Shinichi Kudo is only temporarily abroad. Do you believe that as soon as he comes back, Ran will run straight to him without even looking back?"

"Besides, even without Shinichi, the age difference between them is too big, isn't it? One is 7 years old and the other is 17 years old, this..."

"Fifty years from now, one will be 57 and the other 67," Yoruichi Toyama said with a smile, "Don't you think they're a mismatch?"

Sonoko thought for a moment, then stared blankly.

"No... really? You think that kid still has a chance?"

"I just think that stimulating Xiaolan's emotions a bit more might help her recover her memory."

Yoruichi Toyama shrugged, just in time to see Akemi returning with drinks, so he thanked her and the three of them shared the cold drinks.

"Alright, anyway, I'm just here to accompany the Crown Prince in his studies today. He doesn't need it, so I'm happy to have some peace and quiet."

Yuanzi, with a straw in her mouth, looked quite magnanimous.

"I'll go over to Xiaolan's place later. But you two, weren't you here on a date today?"

"If you're going to do it, then hurry up and go! Why are you bothering me, this third wheel!"

"Huh? This..." Yoruichi Toyama, reminded by a word, just felt a little embarrassed when she felt Akemi's expectant gaze beside her.

Whether it was the "special mission" that had eased his tension or he had finally found some "dating" feeling, he finally mustered up the courage to take Akemi's hand again.

"Well, we'll have to excuse ourselves now..." He nodded hurriedly to Sonoko and then ran off.

Mingmei was dragged behind him, staggering as if he were trying to control a husky that was about to break free.

Single queen Sonoko, with one hand on her hip, took a slurp of her iced coffee and said disdainfully, "Idiot!"

...

Yoruichi Toyama ran almost all the way to the most secluded corner of the amusement park before stopping and apologizing to Akemi with some embarrassment.

"Actually, I just wanted to find a quiet place so I could talk to you..."

"What, what do you want to do... rafting or a haunted house...?"

Mingmei's expression seemed to indicate that she was trying her best to avoid giving him a disapproving look.

But then he smiled.

"I was just about to say something too..."

Doropica Amusement Park is a tropical theme park decorated with tall coconut trees, white sand beaches, and pebbles.

The two relaxed and walked along the shady pebble path, listening to the lively sounds coming from the amusement park rides in the distance, which created a warm and romantic atmosphere.

"Yoruichi!" Akemi called softly.

I don't know when it started, but she stopped calling me that without any formal address.

Just like Yoruichi Toyama had long been used to calling her "Akami".

"You said...you like me," her gentle voice was like a rare breeze on a summer day, yet she carefully chose her words, "I actually felt it a long time ago..."

"But I still want to ask you, before me... before you... did you have anyone else... who you liked..."

"N-no." Yoruichi Toyama answered truthfully without much thought.

Then I realized something was wrong.

Logically speaking, girls shouldn't like their boyfriends having exes... right?

However, I've heard that being a lifelong single person also faces a lot of discrimination, because of the lack of experience...

So, what is the correct way to answer this...?

As the husky fell into another dilemma, Akemi let out a soft laugh.

"I didn't mean anything by it, I just wanted to know..."

"I want to know your past, everything about you..."

As she spoke, she stopped and looked directly into Yoruichi Toyama's eyes, as if she had made up her mind.

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