Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Jinpei Matsuda began to think about how many years of hard work he would have to put in to buy the aquarium.

The police salary alone would not be enough, right? But he should be able to afford the gifts.

Before he knew it, he was being led by the hand to a gift shop. The boy's hands were soft and warm. After he let go of his hands, Jinpei Matsuda stared at his palms with a sense of loss.

He looked at Yashiro standing in front of the shelf, facing a whole wall of various penguin dolls, and seemed to be in a difficult decision.

From Matsuda Jinpei's angle, he could see his green eyes gently shimmering, making him look approachable. The iconic braid hanging down from his ear swayed as he moved.

Matsuda Jinpei stared at Yayoi's face, no longer caring whether this behavior was polite or not.

He thought that the similarity in appearance in the photos and videos was the limit, but after actually meeting her, that idea was completely overturned.

It's not just a look-alike.

Jinpei Matsuda looked into those eyes. He remembered that the original work often gave close-ups of those eyes, mostly gentle glances, and it seemed that just looking at them could calm one's mind, making people involuntarily trust that he could solve everything.

In the original work, many of Saitaka Yayoi's behaviors are not dignified at all: staying up late to play games, being lazy in the morning, queuing up to visit comic conventions, skipping meetings to buy limited edition desserts, and often saying shocking things... It makes people wonder if the White side is about to be doomed with such a leader.

However, as long as I look into those eyes, I will feel that nothing else matters. As long as he is there, everything will be absolutely fine. This is all due to the trust he has gained through his achievements time and time again.

As the comic series continues to this day, those cute and unreliable behaviors from before are almost no longer seen, and he has rapidly grown into a respectable leader.

Everyone seems to like the current Yayoi, and Yayoi has also learned to maintain this setting to make everyone feel at ease.

The child in front of me is more like the later one.

"Stop laughing." Jinpei Matsuda reached out and put his hand on his head, rubbing it twice.

He saw that Yayo was just looking up at him and didn't express any dissatisfaction with his behavior, so he used some strength to stroke it. This time he finally saw Yayo's surprised expression, and Matsuda Jinpei finally smiled.

This was the first smile he had seen since he met Xi Gao Mi Shi.

Matsuda Jinpei was one of the best in the police academy where handsome guys were everywhere, but he never cared about such things and always looked stinky.

A face that looks like it doesn't allow strangers to approach it.

Such a smile is particularly rare, and a girl next to him even blushed when she accidentally saw him.

Matsuda Jinpei bent down slightly, so that his eyes were level with Nishitaka Yayoi, and looked into those eyes and said seriously: "Now that you are here, why not relax a little? This world does not need you to save it..."

Xi Gao Yashi was really surprised at this point, and blinked several times in succession: "You... know?"

"Of course." Matsuda Jinpei said quite proudly, taking his hand off Yayoi's head, and finding that he had messed up her hair, he used his fingers to help straighten it out, "I've liked you for ten years, how could I not recognize you."

“Puff—cough cough cough!!!”

Suddenly, someone beside me started coughing violently, as if he had heard something he shouldn't have heard...

"Shinichi! Are you okay?" A girl wearing the same uniform as him was standing next to the boy who choked on the water. She took out a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it to him, looking at him with some worry.

"This guy's distraction is getting worse and worse. He even chokes when drinking water." Another short-haired girl wearing the same uniform said with her hands on her hips, very dissatisfied.

"I... cough cough... I'm fine," Kudo Shinichi tried hard to calm his cough, but the reaction from the soda choking his trachea was even greater. He coughed and glanced at the two people next to him.

He was just visiting the aquarium as part of an extracurricular activity organized by the school. Xiaolan and Sonoko both said they wanted to go to the gift shop first. He was not interested in shopping, so he just came along to accompany them. He didn't expect to hear such an exciting topic.

What did he just hear? The man next to him said to the obviously underage boy next to him, "I have liked you for ten years"?

Kudo Shinichi really has no prejudice against the LGBT community, but the current situation... is it a crime? How old was the brother next to him ten years ago?

The precocious fifth-grade student Kudo Shinichi, who was already considering whether to call the police, pretended to drink a glass of water to calm down, turned his head and met the boy's eyes.

"Mi, Mimi..." He choked again this time. Coke even sprayed out of his nose. He covered his mouth with his hands and coughed out a terrifying cough.

"Shinichi!" Ran Mouri, who was standing by, was startled again and hurried over to help him calm down.

Kudo Shinichi's face turned red, and he coughed and pointed at Yayoi who was standing over there, but he couldn't say a word.

Nishitaka Yayo and Matsuda Jinpei looked at each other and bent down in front of Kudo Shinichi.

She came over, reached out and gently stroked his face, and said gently: "Don't worry, take a deep breath..."

An inconspicuous light appeared faintly on the hand that touched Kudo Shinichi. The lights in the store were very bright, so the faint light was even less noticeable. Only Matsuda Jinpei's eyes fell on his hand.

After he finished speaking, Kudo Shinichi suddenly felt better. He no longer felt like coughing, and even the headache from staying up late to read Sherlock Holmes yesterday and being forced to get up early today was gone. He felt relaxed and comfortable, as if he had slept for twelve hours.

He lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly and wiped his mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

——His reaction just now was really too big. He originally thought it was some unspeakable crime. But when he saw the face of the person who was "confessed", as a detective, he felt that everything was understandable.

I like Yayoi.

Moreover, this brother is really similar to Nishitaka Yayoi. If the surrounding environment had not changed, Kudo Shinichi almost thought he had traveled through time.

If he really traveled through "Wheel of Fortune", where should he go to try to scam Nishitaka Yayoi? A dessert shop or a game hall?

"I'm sorry, thank you so much." Mao Lilan noticed that Koujinran was staring at the gentle brother and was distracted. She knew that Kudo Shinichi's old habit had come back, so she took the initiative to talk to him, "Shinichi is always rash."

As she said this, she glanced at her good friend Suzuki Sonoko, hoping that she would continue what she said to prove that it was true.

As a result, Suzuki Sonoko held her hands to her heart and looked at the big brother on the street with her eyes shining.

Mao Lilan: “…”

It's too heartbreaking that even the childhood friend is unreliable.

"It's a small thing. Shinichi is very cute." Saitaka Yayoi said with curved eyes, rubbing the heads of the children one by one.

When he first came to this world, the first characters from the original work he met were Keimitsu Morobushi and Rei Furuya who were still studying at the police academy. At that time, he only wanted to meet the protagonist and in his mind he had to wait seven years to meet Shinichi Kudo.

Later, he came to his senses, and then he discovered that this world was a chaotic hodgepodge, and he completely forgot about the protagonist of this game.

I didn't expect to meet Kudo Shinichi, a real elementary school student today. I am so lucky.

So he also has the aura of a protagonist, right? Even in this way, he can meet Kudo Shinichi.

Kudo Shinichi was a little embarrassed. He had just imagined something strange.

, causing him to choke on water and attracting people's attention. After seeing the face, he discovered that the person actually looked very similar to one of his favorite cartoon characters.

As someone who loves detective works, he would not have been interested in this kind of passionate boys' comic. However, this work is different from traditional boys' comics and focuses more on intellectual battles than combat.

It was also recommended to him by his father, a world-renowned mystery novelist, who said it was a very interesting work, so he started reading it as soon as he saw it.

Of course, his favorite is Yayoi, whose IQ is online from beginning to end and who is the absolute protagonist of the work. Nothing can stump him, and even the most terrible conspiracy can be easily seen through by him.

Moreover, Yayoi has read Sherlock Holmes! The comics even mention it, saying that he admires Sherlock Holmes very much.

He and Yashi both like Sherlock Holmes, so he and Yashi are very close.

Kudo Shinichi was still confused. Seeing that he was fine, Matsuda Jinpei was too lazy to continue wasting time with the kids. He patted Yayoi's shoulder and said leisurely, "We should also go and meet up with Hagi and the others. Let's go."

Nishitaka Yayoi nodded, curved his eyes and said to Kudo Shinichi: "Then I'll go first, Shinichi."

Kudo Shinichi: It feels like Yayoi called my name... Is this heaven?

"If you have any problem, please contact me. You should meet up with the teacher as soon as possible." Nishitaka Yayoi handed the note with her contact information to Kudo Shinichi, waved to them with a smile, and then left the gift shop with Matsuda Jinpei.

The contact note was originally intended for Jinpei Matsuda, but was given to Shinichi Kudo.

It's hard to say what the protagonist's halo is. It seems that as long as you are in this position, you will encounter various events, big and small. The famous high school detective is 17-year-old Kudo Shinichi, but such a reputation will not appear suddenly one day. The accumulation of various previous cases is the most important.

So even if he was only ten years old, Kudo Shinichi might not have encountered cases. Who can tell about his physical condition?

And if this is a joint work, he is still here. It would be unreasonable for something not to happen in such an ordinary aquarium with two protagonists.

But Nishitaka Yayoi was generally relaxed. Even if any case occurred, the police academy team and Kudo Shinichi could solve it quickly. Moreover, he had Matsuda Jinpei, who knew his identity, to help cover for him. As long as the victim was still alive, he could save him.

He was then drowned by the overflowing water from the cistern which suddenly burst.

He fell into the water, but his vision was still clear. The fish in the aquarium tank swam past him leisurely. Fortunately, the fish here were harmless ornamental fish, and there were no giants like sharks.

Then there was a splash of water. When it passed in front of Yashiro, he reached out his hand to touch it. Then a tiny but inescapable whirlpool formed and entangled him.

Yashi opened her eyes wide, a phrase repeating in her mind:

Reservoir brand?!