Chapter 74 Kurokawa Kaoru: My coffin? ...

Chapter 74

"Kurokawa!"

Sawada Tsunayoshi was the first to react, looking at the cake that had fallen to the ground after Kurokawa Kaoru and Kuroba Kaito disappeared. His eyes widened as he looked in Reborn's direction, bewildered, and he said, "What should we do, Reborn? Kurokawa and his friends were hit by a bazooka from ten years ago."

"Calm down."

Reborn said in a deep voice: "Ten years from now, the bazooka will only last for five minutes. After five minutes, the two of them will be back."

Among them, Rambo is the only one who has used a rocket launcher that was developed ten years later, but the consequences of using it are not clear.

Not far from them, Mr. Kurokawa, who witnessed his son disappearing on the spot, was almost speechless. When he heard Reborn say that he would be back in five minutes, although he didn't know the specific reason, he calmed down a little.

After a few minutes, it was almost time, and everyone looked at the place where Kurokawa Kaoru and Kuroba Kaito disappeared, thinking about asking them what they saw ten years later after they came back.

but--

"Not back."

The uneasiness in his heart finally had a reasonable explanation at this moment. Seeing the seriousness on Reborn's face, Sawada Tsunayoshi's breathing became rapid, and his voice was trembling: "Kurokawa and the others... can they come back?"

“…”

Kurokawa Kaoru, who is being cared about by Sawada Tsunayoshi and others, is now in a state of confusion.

The lush forest was filled with corpses, but whether it was a coincidence or someone did it on purpose, all the corpses carefully avoided the position where Kurokawa Kaoru was, even more than five meters away from him.

Beneath him was moist soil, as if it had rained not long ago. Suddenly, it was dug up by a shovel, emitting a unique fragrance of soil.

It seems I've been transported to a world ten years in the future, Kurokawa Kaoru thought to himself. It's funny, he'd been thinking about borrowing a bazooka from ten years in the future to study, but before he could even ask, he'd already become the user of a superpowered bazooka.

Unlike rebirth after death, the feeling of coming to the future with the body of a teenager is more or less novel.

But...if this is ten years later, doesn't it mean that before I arrived, I was already in this woods ten years later?

Kurokawa Kaoru's brows furrowed.

What happened? Why did I appear here ten years later?

Kurokawa Kaoru soon came up with a reasonable explanation for this problem. Not far from him, there was a "container" whose shape and decoration didn't quite fit in with the forest. And judging by the card that had fallen beside it, it clearly belonged to him.

"Date of death: x month x day xxxx year, Kurokawa Kaoru."

Picking up the card that fell on the ground and looking at the content on it, Kurokawa Kaoru laughed. He didn't know whether he should be disappointed or had long been accustomed to such things happening.

But... ten years later?

Kurokawa Kaoru's eyebrows raised.

Did I actually live this long in this life? I thought I'd died on the day of Sawada Tsunayoshi's succession ceremony.

The rocket launcher from ten years later can only bring the person to the time ten years later, but because Kurokawa Kaoru was still wearing that exquisite Lolita dress when she was hit, when a detective who had already promised to come and "collect the body" at this time came over, he was almost scared by Kurokawa Kaoru.

"You...you are Kurokawa Kaoru?"

Hearing the other party's voice, Kurokawa Kaoru was stunned for a moment, then reacted and turned around.

"Kudo Shinichi."

A girl with delicate features, but speaking in a boy's voice, was honestly a bit scary. Fortunately, Kudo Shinichi had already met Kaito Kid and Vermouth, and when he was still Edogawa Conan, he had also used a voice changer to imitate other girls' voices, so it didn't seem strange to him anymore.

but--

"Are you really Kurokawa Kaoru?"

Kudo Shinichi asked uncertainly.

Seeing the other party's confusion, Kurokawa Kaoru raised his eyebrows and rolled his eyes in annoyance: "Even if I am the same as I was ten years ago, you have seen me in women's clothes before. Why do you react like this?"

What did she look like ten years ago? In women's clothing? Kudo Shinichi frowned, his expression becoming even more confused.

"Have I ever seen you in women's clothes?"

“…”

Kurokawa Kaoru was surprised by Kudo Shinichi's reaction. He didn't think his memory was that bad, especially since he had dressed up as a girl quite often. If he hadn't severed his connection with Kudo Shinichi over the past ten years, he wouldn't have reacted this way.

Thinking of this, Kurokawa Kaoru's expression changed slightly, and he looked up at the other party: "Let's not discuss other things first, let's talk about you, why are you here?"

It would have been fine if Kurokawa Kaoru didn't say anything, but once the topic was brought up, Kudo Shinichi's expression looked a little weird.

In fact, even Kudo Shinichi didn't know how to answer - a week ago in the afternoon, a man wearing a black windbreaker and black sunglasses came to him. At first, Kudo Shinichi thought the man was a member of the Black Organization. Who would have thought that the man would say such a thing when he saw him for the first time.

"I have nothing to do with the winery. I came to you to ask for a favor. And... I also know your secrets, such as how you went from a high school detective to a member of the Junior Detective League, and how you changed back again."

When Kudo Shinichi heard the man's words, his first reaction was "I've been discovered", and then he noticed the man's condition.

He sounded mechanical and tired, and even his tone of voice was stiff. It felt as if he didn't belong to this world, which made Kudo Shin subconsciously take a few more glances.

"what do you want to do?"

"A week from now, at this time... no, it should be a few hours later. There's a forest on the hill behind Namimori Town. There's a coffin prepared there. I hope you can help me bury someone."

"Why do you let me do this?"

Kudo Shinichi narrowed his eyes and fixed his gaze on the man. "Putting aside the fact that we don't know each other, I want to know why you knew that someone would die in the mountains behind Namimori Town a week later, and even prepared a coffin for him."

Why?

The man pulled the corners of his mouth. He was obviously smiling, but it looked uglier than crying.

"Because... that coffin is prepared for me."

“…”

"I see."

After listening to Kudo Shinichi's account of what happened, Kurokawa Kaoru nodded and said thoughtfully, "In other words, my future self has found you, and I hope you can help me collect my body."

In fact, if it were Kurokawa Kaoru himself, after knowing that he would die in a week, he would probably find someone who was not a member of the Kurokawa family to help collect his body.

There was no hope for Kuroba Kaito. After all, he was afraid of even a fish and would probably pass out if someone buried him. These Vongola people were mafia after all. He wouldn't even ask his own family for help, so naturally he wouldn't ask other families for help.

As for Gong You——

Thinking of a guy who likes to shout, Kurokawa Kaoru smiled and his eyebrows softened a little.

As for Miya Yu, it's very likely that she would cry because of this. Because the scene he imagined her crying was too horrifying, Kurokawa Kaoru chose to let her go. Besides that, the only people around him were Hattori Heiji and Kudo Shinichi, and maybe Miyaji.

Thinking about it this way, among these three people, Kudo Shinichi is really the most suitable choice.

wrong……

Kurokawa Kaoru's expression froze.

If he remembered correctly, Kudo Shinichi had clearly meant that he didn't know him. Although he didn't know why, if Kudo Shinichi ten years from now didn't know him, then for whatever reason, he wouldn't be able to ask him to do something like this.

unless--

"Are you sure the man who came to see you is really me?"

Unless the person who did this was not Kurokawa Kaoru.

At the same time, Inarizaki Junior High School volleyball team.

"Ayou, you have no idea how much Azhi has gone too far. He actually made me wear a maid outfit. I feel like I'm too embarrassed to face anyone."

"Isn't it great? I saw the pictures Kakuna took."

"Kadona! Didn't you say you wouldn't show the photos to Ayou?"

"What does it matter? Even if I hadn't, someone else would have done it sooner or later."

Seeing Kakuna Rintaro being chased by Oshiro Alan, Miya You felt helpless and took his water bottle from Miyaji.

"Isn't it just a maid outfit? Alan's reaction is too big."

"really."

Miyaji nodded.

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve seen too many female costumes of Kurokawa Kaoru, but Oshiro Alan just wore a maid outfit and didn’t even wear a wig, which is actually very good.

Wait a minute... have I been assimilated by Kurokawa?

Miyaji realized belatedly that he hadn't even been surprised by such things. He shook his head and couldn't help but feel a little amused.

It turns out that I have spent too long with Kurokawa.

After school, the practice was the usual two-on-two. According to the order of the draw, Miya Yuu would be partnering with Miyaji, against Kita Shinsuke and Kakuna Rintaro. After a few quick cool-down exercises, Miyaji stretched, turned to Miya Yuu, and said, "It's our turn, Miyaji."

"My opponent is Senior Bei, so I feel a little nervous."

"If Ah You fails, I will scold you severely."

"Who are you talking about?"

Gong You snorted coldly, put down the bottle in his hand and was about to stand up.

Then--

Stopped where it was.

Miyaji in front had already walked a few meters. Perhaps he didn't hear the movement behind him, so he turned around and his eyes fell on Miyaji.

"What's wrong? Ayou."

Hearing his voice, Gong You was stunned for a moment, then pointed at his sneakers and said, "How should I put it? Actually, I don't know what happened, I just feel... very bad."

Looking in the direction of Gong You's finger, Gong Zhi narrowed his eyes and finally understood the reason for Gong You's abnormal behavior.

The shoes Gong You wore today were bought by Madam Gong at the mall when they were in Hawaii. To make up for the fact that Gong You was the only one missing from the trip, Madam Gong bought them. Given how much Gong You cherishes his sneakers, a brand new pair would last him a year at most.

But this pair of shoes, which I had only worn less than three times, just now, without any warning.

The shoelaces broke.

TBC.