Chapter 678 Another Existence

"It's nothing." Qianzhu smiled slightly and shook his head. After a pause, he slowly said, "Speaking of which, I received an invitation yesterday. It's somewhat similar to the one you received before, but also different."

"What invitation?" Dr. Agasa asked, somewhat confused.

Qianzhu fell silent, then shook her head. "It might just be a coincidence. I'm just overthinking it."

Ai Haibara instinctively felt that something wasn't so simple, and immediately asked him, "What time is it on the invitation?"

“It will be on this day next month,” Qianzhu replied.

Ai Haibara then asked, "And what about the signature?"

Chizuru thought for a moment and said, "There was no signature, only the date, and the location was the newly built aquarium in Beito Town. As for the specific details, it didn't say anything, only that I must be there."

Ai Haibara fell into thought upon hearing this.

The content was indeed completely different from what Death had written in the letter, but Chizuru said it was similar to the letter they had received. Could it be that Chizuru had discovered something but was not planning to tell them?

The person eavesdropping at that moment was also very puzzled.

A letter? What letter?

He had planned to listen for any further information, but there was a sudden knock on his door.

"Brother Ang, are you in your room?"

The voice of Kawasato Machi came from outside the door, so Okiya Subaru had no choice but to put down the eavesdropping device and get up to open the door.

"What's wrong?" He looked down at the little pink-haired boy in front of him.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask where the tea leaves are."

Kawakita Machi rolled up his sleeves, seemingly fiddling with something.

“Tea? The tea is in the second cabinet on the right in the kitchen,” Okiya Subaru replied, bending down. He then asked, “What do you need the tea for?”

Kawakami Masachika waved his hand, turned around and ran downstairs, saying, "Don't worry about it for now, you'll find out later."

Although Okiya Subaru was puzzled, he didn't dwell on it and returned to his room to continue listening.

Until he heard Machi Kawakita's voice in his headphones—

"Brother Qianzhu!" Chuan Shengzhenzhi rushed towards Qianzhu as soon as he appeared. "I want to ask you for a favor!"

"What kind of help?" Qianzhu seemed somewhat surprised.

Kawasaki Machi whispered a few words in his ear, then pulled him up and walked towards the door, "Let's go, let's go!"

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Dr. Agasa leaned over and asked a question.

"It's nothing, it's nothing!" Kawasaki Machi replied without turning his head, and then pulled Chizu away.

Then they appeared in the kitchen of the Kudo residence.

After tinkering with it for a while, Kawasaki Machi brought what he had made to Okiya Subaru's room, knocked on the door, and then immediately slipped away.

As soon as Subaru Okiya opened the door, he saw a dish with a note next to it that read: Thank you for taking care of me lately.

He paused for a moment, then shook his head helplessly and brought the food in.

Kawasaki Machi pulled Chitake back to Professor Agasa's house. When asked by them, he put his hands on his hips with an air of arrogance and said, "Of course, it's to thank him for taking care of me these past few days."

As they chatted, Qianzhu opened a book, his loose hair slightly obscuring the enigmatic smile on his lips.

...

Some time after Conan returned from the UK, the Detective Boys gathered at Agasa's house again. When Chitake brought some snacks over, Conan seemed to be on the phone with someone, but Mitsuhiko and the other two were not there either.

He casually placed the snacks on the table, walked over to Ai Haibara's side, and asked in a low voice, "Ai, what happened?"

Ai Haibara nodded, crossed her arms, glanced at Conan who was looking up information on the computer, and said in a cold voice, "Yes, I called Ms. Mouri about something, and found out that a guy had a bomb strapped to his body and ran to the Mouri Detective Agency, asking Mr. Mouri to deduce the murderer of his sister."

"And what's a bit of a problem is that the guy plans to kill the murderer after finding him and then commit suicide."

After saying that, she shook her head slightly, then turned to look at Qianzhu, "Well, you don't need to get involved in this matter. Edogawa should be able to handle it."

"I see..." Qianzhu nodded slightly, her gaze turning to Conan.

This part of the story should be what happened after Sera Masumi appeared, right?

He clicked on the 'live stream' to confirm, and indeed saw Sera Masumi's figure inside the Mori Detective Agency.

After turning off the panel, he pulled Makoto aside and said, "Then I won't bother you anymore. Makoto and I will go to the side."

Qianzhu pulled Zhenzhi to the sofa and opened a bottle of milk for him.

Chizuru glanced at Conan, who was already on the phone in Shinichi Kudo's voice, then turned back to think for a moment, before suddenly gesturing to Ai Haibara, indicating that she had something to do and would be leaving first.

Ai Haibara nodded back at him.

On the way back, 01, who had been staying in the system space recently, suddenly popped up.

Qianzhu looked at it with a puzzled expression, then gently rubbed it with her hand. "What's wrong with you lately? You seem too quiet."

01 scratched the top of her head sheepishly upon hearing this, [No, not really, just a tiny bit, um... insights?]

"Is that so? That's good." Qianzhu looked completely unsuspecting. He whispered something and then held it in his hands, stroking it.

01 chuckled and affectionately rubbed her fingers against his.

While Qianzhu was washing up, 01 checked the progress of the main storyline. Seeing Qianzhu emerge, 01 asked curiously, "[Host, all the other main characters have gained emotion points, but what about this guy?]"

"Just let things take their course. After all, humans are emotional creatures."

Qianzhu wiped her slightly damp hair, smiled and answered softly, seemingly unconcerned.

[That's true... and I've accumulated quite a bit of emotional energy lately.]

01 Muttering to himself.

Although it doesn't view the panel, it still keeps track of the mood points that are frequently added to its account.

Thinking about how much time it has been spending in the space recently, 01 couldn't help but sigh deeply.

It's not that it's been inactive lately, it's just that the events that happened to its host in their past life are too important to it.

Moreover, the pattern of its appearance "there" is becoming increasingly strange and chaotic, even though what it sees still appears according to the timeline from the past to the present.

And it vaguely felt a sense of strangeness, as if it came from another aspect of existence?

Seeing that 01 seemed to be lost in thought again, Qianzhu seemed a little helpless, but she did not choose to disturb it. Instead, she stroked the fur of the black cat and the little pigeon and went back to her room.