——Café Poirot.
Amuro Toru checked the time. It was the afternoon, which was the time when people felt sleepy. There were not many customers in the cafe. At this time, the door was opened from the outside. Amuro Toru smiled and said subconsciously, "Welcome~"
But when his eyes met the face of the guest who closed the door and turned around, the blond waiter's body suddenly froze at this moment.
That unforgettable figure, walking towards him with the same familiar smile - it was like the past had come to the present.
...hiro?
The sunlight penetrated the glass windows of the cafe, casting a golden veil over everything in the room. The black-haired man who suddenly appeared in front of her raised his lips slightly, and under the warm sunlight, it was as if he was filtered through a soft light filter.
Because of the light, the man's face was a little blurry, but the blur was not exaggerated enough to make Toru Amuro unable to distinguish the facial features of the person in front of him.
The black-haired man has sharp features, and his upturned cat eyes make him look even sharper. However, this feature that should have made people feel sharp was softened by the smile on his lips, and was easily suppressed, making people subconsciously ignore the defensiveness that his appearance would bring.
The young man with black hair and cat eyes had a gentle and quiet temperament, and was tall but not thin. He seemed to be about to say something to Amuro Toru, but the door of the cafe was opened again, and a child's voice interrupted his words.
"It's you! The policeman from that day!" Ayumi Yoshida, who had noticed the black-haired young man entering the Café Poirot from outside, shouted in surprise because he looked familiar.
The man was startled when his identity was exposed. He looked towards the place where the voice came from, and the smile on his lips became gentler: "It's you, kids."
Amuro Toru also came back to his senses because of the children's voices. He finally reacted and realized that the man had already died, and the person in front of him was not his best friend. Amuro Toru restrained himself from showing a complicated expression, pursed his lips and watched the exchange between the few people calmly.
Soon, Toru Amuro extracted all the information from their conversation.
To put it simply, Edogawa, Conan and others just discovered that the other party was the policeman who helped them solve the bomb case some time ago.
Then I couldn't help but follow.
Speaking of bomb cases, the ones related to these kids should be referring to the Teiko Elementary School bomb case reported in the newspapers some time ago. However, the newspapers only reported on a few kids from the Junior Detective Team - after all, compared to the police solving a case, reporters and the public prefer to read more special and interesting news.
It's more interesting when elementary school students solve problems that even the police can't, isn't it?
Now it seems that the situation was not entirely resolved by the children. The reporter gave all the credit to the children because he knew that the public preferred news about individual heroism and condemned the Japanese police for being useless.
Because the organization seems to be investigating something recently, it is difficult to contact the Ministry of Public Security for the time being. Amuro Toru, who is not paying attention to the situation here, made an accurate inference.
Yoshida Ayumi quickly grasped the point and took the opportunity to introduce herself: "I'm Yoshida Ayumi! Mr. Policeman, just call me Ayumi--"
Several children followed suit and introduced themselves, and the black-haired policeman reacted immediately. He squatted down and looked at them at eye level when the children ran over.
"You all." The policeman lowered his eyes, as if he hadn't noticed the waiter standing beside him, nor did he notice that the other party had some weird reaction when he heard him say his last name.
The policeman simply introduced himself to the children: "My name is, Morobu Sora."
"——Nice to meet you."
Hearing this name, Fūya Rei felt relieved. It was indeed him... his only younger brother whom he had known since childhood, Morobuchi Sora.
After greeting the children, Zhu Fu Kong Liang stood up naturally, looked around the remaining seats in the cafe, and asked with a smile: "How about I treat you to cake?"
Yoshida Ayumi's eyes lit up, but she still said reservedly, "Is it okay? Officer Moroku."
Zhufu Kongliang was stunned by the address and touched his earlobe awkwardly: "Just call me by my name, Ayumi - um, can I call you that?"
"I'm not on duty right now, so calling you police officer seems a little unfamiliar, right?"
The black-haired young man's tone was so gentle that it was impossible to refuse.
Yoshida Ayumi was a cheerful person, so she called out, "Mr. Kong Liang!"
"You too." After talking to Ayumi, Zhufu Kongliang naturally did not ignore the other children who were staring at him, and called their names one by one.
Zhu Fu Kong Liang also received their answer of agreement.
Because of the previous bomb incident, these children already had a very good impression of him, and they were all surprised to see him again.
When Zhu Fu Kong Liang sat down with them, a blond waiter appeared beside him and placed a menu in front of him.
"Is this guest's first time here?" Toru Amuro said with a polite smile that is unique to service staff. However, this smile on his face seems particularly close and makes people feel no sense of distance.
"Yes." Zhu Fu Kongliang glanced at the menu before looking up and asking curiously, "Do you have any recommendations?"
Before Amuro Toru could say anything, several children couldn't help but say, "Amuro-san's sandwiches are so delicious!"
"And strawberry cake—"
“The cookies I made earlier were also great!”
The children chattered a lot, but Zhu Fu Kong Liang did not show the slightest bit of annoyance. Instead, he listened carefully and thought, "This is really difficult to choose..."
"But I haven't had lunch yet, so I'll just choose a sandwich to fill my stomach~" Zhu Fu Kong Liang made a happy decision and said to the blond waiter, "One sandwich and a cup of signature coffee. Thank you."
"Thank you for your recommendation. It helped a lot." The black-haired young man looked at the children and asked, "What do you want?"
After Toru Amuro wrote down the order, the children decided to leave the place temporarily.
The children, led by Ayumi Yoshida, all had rosy cheeks and looked particularly happy.
——I am good at soothing children and I like children very much. At least that’s how I show it to others.
As they watched Morobuchi Sora conquer all the children with just a few words, Conan Edogawa and Toru Amuro, who made subconscious analysis, had such thoughts flashing through their minds.
Before the meal was served, Zhu Fukongliang answered the children's questions one by one with a smile. No one would have thought that such a patient and gentle policeman would now be doing two things at the same time and start complaining in his heart.
Conan, do you remember that you are actually a high school student? Why do you act cute so naturally?
Not only did he complain about this pseudo-elementary schoolboy who seemed so calm and reliable the last time he met him, Zhufu Kongliang adjusted the highly high-tech translucent screen in front of him that looked like the operating interface of a game.
The above message refreshed at a rate of one second, and it moved in Zhufu Kongliang's vision. Zhufu Kongliang skillfully ignored this part of the message and clicked on an interface that looked like a forum, where the information was also refreshed at an extremely fast speed.
After clicking [Only view the original poster], the message above still stopped at yesterday's comic screenshot. That is - after Detective Conan solved the bomb case at Teitan Elementary School, he and several children from the Junior Detective Team were photographed and hung in the newspaper.
After taking a quick glance at the news above, Zhu Fu Kong Liang put on a coaxing smile, but in his heart he analyzed: It seems that the comics have not been updated to his official appearance.
——Zhufu Kongliang, also known as Qimu Kongliang. He is 22 years old this year, just graduated from the police academy, and was specially recruited into the explosive disposal class in advance. He is currently a rising star in the police force.
If it weren't for the accident when he was 13 years old, Morobuchi Sora Ryo would never have chosen Beika Town as his workplace, nor would he necessarily have chosen to become a police officer.
When he was in the second grade of junior high school, he got a thing called a forum system. Various accidents happened in the process. Anyway, with the help of his younger brother, after he really mastered the system, the forum system entered a long-term stuck state due to their violent behavior.
This pause lasted for nearly ten years, and all the information in it stopped at that year.
Simply put, this system is connected to a higher-dimensional three-dimensional world than their own. For them, the world of Saiki Sora is the so-called comic world. It is the so-called two-dimensional world.
After receiving this news in the second year of junior high school, which is the age of the so-called second-year syndrome, Saiki Sora Ryo did not have the slightest idea of being shaken by the worldview. He just looked up and asked his pink-haired brother standing in front of him calmly: "Kusuo, do you know that we are in the world of comics?"
The younger brother Kusuo said without even opening his mouth: "I know."
Saiki Sora was also very calm: "You know, then it's okay."
Are normal junior high school students so calm? At only 13 years old, Sora Saiki has a lot to say about this.
When you were five years old, you discovered that your one-year-old brother was a genius with an extremely high IQ. Before you had any other thoughts, a year later, you discovered that your second brother, who had just been born, was a person with natural super powers.
Then you won't be surprised by any news from the world's UC shock department.
My younger brother has super powers, so is there any problem with me living in the two-dimensional world?
No! Even if the world were to end tomorrow, Kusuo would still be here!
No, don't give up on treatment. ——If Kusuo were here, he would definitely say something like this.
In short, the worldview has not been refreshed much, and Saiki Sora has no idea that he lives in a two-dimensional world.
If it were just that, it would be fine - but out of curiosity, through the news in the forum, Saiki Sorao discovered that his brother died as soon as he appeared in the plot!
Kusuo Ayumu, help me! ! My brother is dying! ! ! No, my brother is already dead--! ! !
Kusuo Ayumu still had a blank expression on his face. He finally calmed down after watching his brother, who was still suffering from chuunibyou, act stupidly for a week.
A week later, 13-year-old Saiki Sora said: I have figured out this system, I want to save my brother!
Kusuo Ayumu: Oh, it seems it’s not over yet.
In short, Morobu Sora, who was still Saiki Sora at the time, spent several years without being able to fully understand the forum system.
At this time, Saiki Sora, who was not yet in the position of Sora, determined the answer after some exploration. His only chance was to join the subsequent plot that had not been updated.
So now, after he turned 22, when the real story reached the end of the serialization, the system that had been suspended in time suddenly lit up as he expected - and the unchanging information in it also started to refresh and tick again at that moment.
Leaving aside other comics, "Detective Conan", which had been suspended for nine years under the eyes of Sora Saiki, has started updating again.
This time, Saiki Sora... no, now Morobuchi Sora, seized the opportunity, which was the bomb case just mentioned. And the latest update - he, Morobuchi Sora, finally appeared in the manga "Detective Conan"!!!
Although——only half of his face was shown, but he still made an appearance!!!
The general plot of yesterday's updated comic is to solve the bomb case from the perspective of Conan Edogawa. At the most critical moment, a hand that is large enough for a child takes over his action, and the tone in the text box looks very steady: "You have done a great job, kids."
In the next frame, the man with only half of his face exposed raised his lips slightly, a gentle smile that was full of confidence and yet made people unable to help but trust him: "--Leave the rest to me."
As a result, the active forum immediately exploded. Regarding the appearance of this obviously new character, nearly half of the people in the Detective Conan-related forums were curious about the identity of this character and guessed the position of this new character.
Unfortunately, he only appears for a short while, and their conversation is completed in a long frame before Conan leaves and the perspective changes.
In other words, he only showed one hand and half of his face, and the hairstyle and everything else were quite mysterious.
But, I look pretty handsome from this angle, don't I? Zhu Fu Kong Liang touched his chin and sighed.