Professor Agasa and Conan then pushed open the door and walked in. Seeing Kousuke's somber expression, Conan asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Today... sigh, never mind." Kōyū hesitated for a moment and didn't tell Conan, but just said to him, "You wouldn't understand."

Conan: "???"

Damn it, how do you know I don't understand if you haven't even said anything?

After entering, Professor Agasa went straight to the bar to pour himself a cup of coffee, took a sip, and said, "This camping trip was quite nice."

Speaking of camping, Kōyū looked up and asked, "Doctor, have we encountered another case this time?"

"How did you know?" Professor Agasa asked in surprise. "I did run into one. This time it was a case of a car theft gang trying to silence witnesses."

"Because of Conan," Mitsuyu said matter-of-factly. "It would be too unreal if he didn't encounter a case while he was around."

Conan, who had just poured himself a glass of water and taken a sip, looked completely bewildered: "???"

Why am I being brought up again? And I don't seem to be able to refute it?

...

A few days later, in a cemetery

Kouyu, Ai, Uncle Mori, Ran, and Conan stood in front of a tombstone, their faces somber.

The group placed the flowers they were holding in front of the monument. Xiaolan's eyes glistened with tears. She had also heard Uncle Mori talk about the case that night, and the sentimental girl couldn't help but shed tears. After discussion, the proposal for a memorial event for the two, decided by Guangyou, was approved.

After the case was closed, Guangyou used a sum of money to buy the cemetery plot in the name of Takahara Zen and buried the two of them together.

After the memorial service, Uncle Mori and Conan turned and left, with Ran following behind, looking back every few steps.

Kōyū and Ai remained standing before the tombstone. Kōyū stepped forward and said to the tombstone, "Since we couldn't be together in life, I will fulfill your wishes after death."

Ai's eyes flickered slightly, and she said in a voice only she could hear, "I wish you happiness."

The two stood there for a long time, until a few raindrops began to fall from the sky, before slowly turning around and leaving.

Shortly after the two left, a light rain began to fall, which lasted for nearly two hours before gradually stopping.

Two seedlings suddenly sprouted from a small patch of open ground in front of the tombstone, their verdant stems glistening with raindrops.

Perhaps, after a long time, these two seedlings will grow into two beautiful flowers, swaying in the air with the breeze.

Perhaps, Zen and Nanako will become another kind of life in this world, shining with a different kind of brilliance.