Let’s go back to this morning.
At that time, Date Kou was handing over the mission and preparing for various matters before returning to Tokyo in the afternoon; while in Tokyo Beika-cho, the protagonists started their daily mission.
"Sister Xiaozi, we need to borrow Brother Songjiang for a while!"
The door of the cafe was flung open and the Young Detectives rushed in.
There were no other customers at the time, so the child's excited voice was particularly loud.
Azusa Enomoto was studying a recipe and was almost scared by them and threw the recipe into the sink.
She put down the recipe helplessly and said, "Why do you need my permission to see Songjiang-kun?"
This is not because Song Jiangxun is also reckless when being scolded, it is really hard not to have a hallucination of an old mother and her stupid son who doesn't live up to expectations...
Edogawa Conan complained in his heart.
Yoshida Ayumi laughed a few times: "Because Sister Xiaozi looks very powerful!"
"Ayumi has such a sweet mouth~"
"By the way, where's Brother Songjiang? We agreed to go camping together two days ago." Edogawa Conan lay on the counter, his eyes full of suspicion, "Could he have heat stroke or hypoglycemia again?"
"How can my body be so bad? Also, am I not awesome in Ayumi's eyes?"
An angry voice came from the side.
Yoshida Ayumi was caught, and couldn't help showing a somewhat embarrassed expression, and quickly waved her hands and said: "No, no! Brother Songjiang is also super awesome!"
"That's more like it!~"
The blond young man came out from the kitchen holding a big bag of food and put the food on the table. The aroma of the food immediately spread out.
"Wow, what delicious food is this? It smells so good--" Kojima Genta was the first to come over, with his saliva hanging from his lips.
Matsue Shigure took off her apron and put her hands on her hips with some pride: "These are all the incomparable delicacies I made! They are brand new versions! They are different from those voluptuous bitches before!"
The members of the Young Detective Team fell silent for a moment.
Yoshida Ayumi said cautiously: "Brother Songjiang, did you really do all this?"
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya showed his half-moon eyes: "Every time I come here, I can see Xiaozi sister scolding Songjiang brother - cooking failure."
Kojima Genta patted his stomach and said with difficulty: "I suddenly feel hungry..."
Edogawa Conan couldn't bear to watch it anymore, and said tactfully: "It doesn't seem that exaggerated, right? Well, we have prepared food for this camping trip, Brother Songjiang, you don't need to bring so much."
Don't think I can't hear your subtitles!
Songjiang Shiyu suddenly showed a sad expression: "I suspect you dislike my cooking skills and I have evidence!"
"No!" several people answered in unison.
"That's great!" The blond young man smiled brightly and pushed the bag in front of them. "Then take them all!"
“…It’s over!” The young detectives immediately showed a suffocated expression.
Seeing that Matsue Shigure even bullied children, the system couldn't help but disdain: "If you had said that Amuro Toru instructed you to do it, they wouldn't be so scared."
Songjiang Shiyu snorted, "No way, this is a delicacy that I suddenly realized! It's not the work of that golden retriever."
System: "You are also a golden retriever."
Matsue Shigure: "Bullshit, I'm pale gold! Rounding it off is equivalent to white hair. If I work harder, I can develop into a common XP!"
System: "Don't be poisoned by the second dimension!"
Matsue Shigure: "Don't add weird quirks, system-chan."
System: “…” I feel disgusted.
Three days have passed since the Oolong incident in which the police arrested the police. Amuro Toru's attitude towards Matsue Shigure is not only 180 degrees of enthusiasm and consideration, but also 150 degrees of gentleness and courtesy.
It seemed that because he was feeling guilty, he had been responding to all his requests in the past few days.
"Mr. Amuro, can you help me get the magazine?"
"good."
"Mr. Amuro, how do you make your sweet and icy sandwich?"
"I'll teach you."
"Mr. Amuro, do you have anything to do this afternoon? I heard there's a big purchase going on at the mall."
"Can I cover for you? Sure."
"Mr. Amuro...Mr. Amuro...Mr. Amuro!"
"Please, speak!"
Azusa Enomoto, who was watching from the sidelines: “???”
Isn't it Mr. Amuro who usually dislikes the clumsy Matsue-kun? How much leverage does he have to have for him to do this!
So curious!!
"Hehe~" Matsue Shigure couldn't help but laugh in his heart when he thought of how Amuro Toru seemed considerate and gentle on the surface, but was actually forcing himself to endure it in his heart.
——Let you toss around in the second round and let you steal the horse!
"Okay, let's go! There shouldn't be many people on the bus now."
After bullying the system, the Boy Detective Team, and Amuro Toru in his mind, Matsue Shigure felt much better. He picked up the food first and walked out.
***
The young detective team walked out a little slower and chatted.
"Conan, didn't you say Ai would come today? Why hasn't she arrived yet?"
"Let me see... She has already texted me and said she is waiting for us at the bus stop."
"Then let's go quickly! She hasn't met Brother Songjiang yet, we need to introduce them to each other!"
"Wait a minute, let's buy some sandwiches first. Do you really want to eat what Songjiang brother made?"
Everyone: "Oh yeah!!"
Conan Edogawa suggested buying sandwiches, but his mind was not on the sandwiches. He kept looking outside, trying to see the bus stop directly.
Haibara Ai had indeed never met Matsue Shunya, but he had already shown her a photo of Matsue Shunya in advance.
After parting with Toru Amuro that day, he immediately went to Dr. Agasa's house and found Haibara Ai who was concentrating on researching the antidote for APTX-4869.
***
"Gray! Look at this photo! Do you have any impression of him?"
Conan Edogawa held up his mobile phone and posted a photo of Shunya Matsue.
It was a daily photo. A blond young man was wearing a brown apron worn in a cafe and was serving food to customers on a tray. His blue eyes were exceptionally bright under the light and filled with a gentle smile.
The sun was shining brightly outside the window at that time, and Conan Edogawa was sitting by the window. He subconsciously took a picture of this scene.
Haibara Ai was originally muttering impatiently something like "You're disturbing my work again", but when she saw the photo, she froze in place.
"Haibara?" Conan Edogawa shook his hand at her reluctantly.
"Edogawa!" Huihara Ai's voice suddenly rose, and even broke a little. She held his shoulders with both hands and said excitedly, "Where did you get the photo? And when was it——"
"Calm down!"
Conan Edogawa felt like his brain was about to be shaken, he stuffed the phone into Haibara Ai's hand and briefly told her about Matsue Shunya's situation.
"I feel that Mr. Amuro's feelings towards him are not right, even more excessive than when he tested Mr. Akai." Edogawa Conan frowned and said in a knotty tone, "You also know that Mr. Amuro is a public security officer, so Matsue Shunya's identity..."
Huiyuan sighed, her fair face flushed with excitement. She frowned and said, "So what if they are the police? Can they attack others at will? Are you just going to watch him test you? Oh, yes - you really will."
"Well, the situation was special!" Edogawa Conan was a little embarrassed. He coughed lightly and quickly got back to the topic, "Haibara, so Matsue Jun is also a member of the organization?"
"What if he is? What do you want to do?" Huiyuan Ai suddenly asked back, "I remember you told me some time ago that he was the one who risked his life to defuse the bomb and save you, right?"
Conan Edogawa was speechless for a moment, but fortunately he had experienced a lot and was no longer the young man he was at the beginning. Facing Haibara Ai's uneasy look, he actually relaxed a little.
Anyone who can make Haibara so nervous, even if he is a member of the organization, can't be a bad person, right?
"I won't act rashly. Didn't you see what happened in Curacao?" Edogawa Conan sighed, "Habara, you know me."
Huihara Ai pursed her lips and said, "I need to meet him before I can make a final decision. Edogawa, I'll leave it to you to arrange."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and ran into the room, slamming the door shut without giving Conan Edogawa any chance to ask any questions.
Edogawa Conan: “!!”
He rushed over and shouted at the top of his voice: "Huihara, cell phone! My cell phone!"
…
After finishing his recollection, Conan Edogawa couldn't help blushing when he thought about all the tricks he had used to get a date with Matsue Shunya.
"But I really didn't expect that Songjiang brother would be so susceptible to children's coquetry." Edogawa Conan muttered softly, "Why does he look more childish than Xiaolan sister?"
"Conan! Hurry up!"
“Here it comes, here it comes!”
***
When Songjiang Shigure arrived at the bus stop, there were no other passengers at the bus stop, only a little girl in a red hoodie sitting quietly on a chair.
He put the heavy bag of food in his hand next to his seat and took a breath.
This damn debuff made Songjiang Shiyu run straight towards the evolution of Lin Daiyu. He stayed up late last night to play Candy Crush. When he woke up today, he felt uncomfortable all over his body!
"Cough cough cough!" He was also choked by the dust!
"Are you okay?" A clear and clean female voice came from the side.
Held before him was a clean handkerchief.
Songjiang Shigure didn't like to bother others. He covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves and waved his hands: "I was just bitten...
"!!!"
The girl had taken off her red hood at some point, revealing her messy brown short hair. Her calm blue eyes were now studying him closely.
Her face was pale, and she was clutching her handkerchief so tightly that she looked like she was trembling with fear.
Matsue Shigure still had his arm covering his lips, and was half a beat late in putting it down. Seeing that the other party was still holding up the handkerchief, he finally took it.
He slowly, slowly shifted his gaze to look at the road illuminated by the sun, as if a flower could bloom directly on the road.
A certain golden retriever who is on the verge of tipping over every day is wailing in his heart: "Is this Murphy's Law? The more you don't want something to happen, the greater the probability of it happening."
"When I agreed to go out with Conan, I specifically asked who would be coming - he didn't tell me that Shirley would be there!"
He has been reading comics recently and found that apart from the Boy Detective Team and the Mori family, the person who appears most often with Conan Edogawa is Shirley, who goes by the alias "Haibara Ai".
He had seen what Shirley looked like when she was a child, and with Edogawa Conan in front of him, Matsue Shigure knew what was going on just by thinking with his toes.
An old acquaintance is added, and it’s an old acquaintance who comes with a radar.
Songjiang Shigure felt that his vest was about to fall off.
System: "Hey, look, it's the baby version of Shirley, let's take a look... Tsk, well, you won a prize."
Songjiang Shigure was so numb that he politely declined the system's joke: "Thank you, I can't laugh."
The system comforted him: "Amuro Toru had doubts about your identity before, and Conan dared to cooperate with him, which means that we will definitely investigate. It's too late to tell Shirley. Now that you're here, just make do with it."
All the ghosts are here!
Fortunately, Shirley had no interaction with him in the first episode, and she was relatively independent and aloof, so it wouldn't be a big deal if he was exposed in front of her.
Of course, the most important thing is that Songjiang Shigure has never done anything naughty in front of her.
Matsue Shigure comforted himself for a long time and his mood calmed down a lot, but he was used to hiding his identity. The other person hasn't spoken yet, so he can't just go up and say "long time no see", right?
What if Shirley really doesn't intend to keep it secret and tells Conan directly, and Conan tells Amuro Toru, and then... he's done for!
It’s better not to say anything. How happy it is to be a public security reporter!
Although he thought so, seeing the young lady looking like she was about to cry, Songjiang Shigure still felt a little bit of guilt.
He really can't stand seeing children cry. Even when Conan, that guy with terrible acting skills, cried in front of him and said, "Matsue brother is the best, I really want you to take me out to play," he would be moved.
If the person who contributed the most experience points to him in the first round was Kenji Hagiwara, then in the second round... it was Miyano Shiho.
She is the only person that A can treat gently within his character.
***
The beginning of the second round is much more exciting than the first round. At that time, Matsue Shigure had just logged into the character card, and when he regained consciousness, he was in a transitional stage where he could not move.
It seems that the game decided that the characters in this round were too difficult to play, so after Matsue Shigure's background was established, an adaptation period was introduced.
During this adaptation period, Matsue Shigure was like a half-immersed and half-spectating RPG player, playing the role of a "experimental subject" and interacting with the "researchers" who came.
Once the characterization is almost done, the film will jump directly to the main feature.
Haibara Ai, also known as Shirley, is a researcher NPC whom Matsue Shigure met during the adaptation period. She is cute, has a proud and cold personality, and is also a little genius, which directly hits Matsue Shigure's cute spot.
Who would be willing to scold such a cute little Lolita?
Not to mention that according to his character setting, he has to be irritable and angry all year round. When he encounters something unpleasant, his irritability will double. How can ordinary players tolerate such a psychopath's role?
So Songjiang Shigure was in a mess every other day, and finally forced himself into the background adaptation link, allowing A and Shirley to establish a special bond.
——In other words, in front of her, you can use another logical line to interpret the character.
This way, you can have the pleasure of sucking little lolita, and more importantly! Songjiang Shigure doesn't have to maintain the character of being irritable and crazy all the time, cutting corners is the most enjoyable!
As long as he looks for Haibara Ai a few more times when he has nothing to do, he can swear less. Not only can he prolong his life, but he can also avoid the embarrassing situation of not having enough swear words in his reserve.
The system tui him: "You cunning dog host, you make slacking off sound so righteous."
After that, Matsue Shigure acted as a hot-tempered and crazy hacker in front of other people, but in front of Haibara Ai he madly showed his fatherly heart - the heart of slacking off.
He can also solve problems and show off his talent, and confront those members of the organization who usually want to take him to the test together.
For example, Gin smokes, and Matsue Shigure can't get angry and go on strike when he's alone, but as long as Shirley is there——
Minors, if you smell cigarettes, go away!
Anyway, he acted like "Sulli is special" from the beginning, so no matter how angry the other people in the organization were, they couldn't do anything to him.
As for Miyano Akemi... Damn, Shirley actually has a biological sister!
He is not Shirley's favorite adult anymore!
Matsue Shigure was jealous for a long time at that time, but before she had time to think of what to do, Miyano Akemi came to her on her own.
Miyano Akemi immediately revealed that the rye whiskey might be from the FBI, and said that although she was just guessing, she also hoped that Matsue Shigure could help them.
"I have a feeling that the prince is definitely doing something dangerous. Mr. A, please help us!"
When Songjiang Shigure heard this, he thought, great, the issue of the dispute over favor has been resolved.
Although A was unable to arrange all the processes due to his identity, he was very skilled in tampering with and intercepting information.
He didn't know how Akemi Miyano convinced Shirley, but in short, he only provided her with conditions to leave the organization, he would not care about what happened afterwards, and promised to help Rye Whiskey when he needed help.
Although this "help" directly caused A's identity card to fail...
The past is too painful to recall.
Matsue Shigure feels so heartbroken thinking about it now, he wants to drag out Gin and Rye Whiskey and give them a beating.
How much of the goose's growth period did he miss!
System: "So Shirley has become smaller, so you can raise her again?"
Songjiang Shigure smiled shyly: "Hehe~"
"But I am now Songjiang Xunye." At the same time, he clearly corrected the wording of the system, "The identity A has been dead for a long time."
***
Haibara Ai put the hood back on her head and secretly glanced at the blond young man sitting next to her with her peripheral vision. The other person's position happened to block most of the sunlight for her.
Song Jiangxun also seemed to be in a daze. He stroked the handkerchief unconsciously, his eyes fixed on the asphalt road, but without focus.
I don’t know if it was a summer heat cold, but his face didn’t look very good. Even though he was wearing long sleeves, when Haibara Ai handed over the handkerchief to him, she felt the coolness of his fingertips as soon as he touched her.
Well, after coming out of that place, your body will never be able to recover to a normal level, right?
She subconsciously gathered her coat and pinched her arm to try to stop the slight trembling.
This is a sequelae that appeared after leaving the organization. As long as there are members of the organization around, regardless of whether they have discovered her or not, Haibara Ai will tremble uncontrollably.
She was tired of this feeling and was worried that if she behaved abnormally in front of the sensitive members of the organization, she would die faster.
But sometimes, her body's unconscious reaction is much more accurate than her slow brain.
Songjiang Xun is A!
The moment she saw each other, she realized the truth!
The aura of the organization on him has become very faint. If it was a violent and turbulent sea before, it is now a vast and free sky.
Huihara Ai pursed her lips, feeling mixed emotions.
She was genuinely happy for him, but she couldn't help wondering what A had been through all these years? He escaped from Gin's hands, and even his leg seemed to be healed.
More importantly...will he hate her?
In an organization, there is no absolute goodwill and help, everyone has a clear or implicit purpose.
It is a quagmire hidden in darkness that will drag all the cleanliness into it, leaving no possibility of escape.
But Haibara Ai knows that A, who is avoided by most people in the organization and even recognized as a lunatic, is actually a rare pure and gentle person.
They first met when she was twelve years old. At that time, Haibara Ai was not able to conduct research on her own, so she worked as an assistant for another research team in charge of brain development and memory erasure. A was one of the test subjects and the only successful case.
He sleeps most of the time, and becomes very irritable during the rare times he is awake. Only when he sees the weakest and most powerless Haibara Ai approaching, does he calm down a little.
In fact, Huihara Ai also knew that A's temper and madness were not under his control, but were the result of damage caused by the research.
As for why he treats her specially, it is probably because in her incomplete memory, she still sticks to the principle of protecting the weak?
Haibara Ai still doesn't know A's original identity, but she is sure that he is absolutely a good person.
Later, due to an accident, the researcher in charge of the project died, and A only retained the name "A" and became a "cyber killer" working for the organization.
Her connection with A has not been severed. When A suffers from frequent emotional turmoil due to drugs, the appearance of Huihara Ai can arouse his last bit of rationality and allow him to gain some peace after a long time.
Similarly, A is the only one in this bastard organization who truly cares about her, except for her sister. Not only does he not hate her because she is a researcher, but he protects her very well.
Even after so much time, Haibara Ai can still clearly recall that thin young man who always hid himself under a hood and mask directly confronted Gin just because she showed her disgust for the smell of cigarettes.
I would rather disobey the mission and accept punishment than let her suffer any injustice...
But when the other party was most isolated and helpless, Haibara Ai was unable to help at all.
In a sense, A's death is closely related to the FBI agent Shuichi Akai and the Miyano sisters.
"Hey, you..."
It only took a few seconds for her to come back to her senses from the memories, and Haibara Ai turned her head as if she had just woken up from a dream.
She heard the young man sitting next to her speak hesitantly: "Are you hungry? Do you have low blood sugar?"
When Huiyuan Ai heard this caring greeting, she couldn't help but feel a lump in her throat and almost burst into tears. She quickly lowered her head, glanced at him with her peripheral vision, and responded with a nasal voice, "Hmm."
Song Jiangxun also put the big bag of food on his lap, took out a steaming sandwich from it and handed it to her.
The warm sunlight cast a layer of warmth over his entire body. His light golden hair swayed with his movements, just like his eyes, full of vitality.
"Here, I made it." He laughed heartily.
Huihara Ai took the sandwich subconsciously, and an incredible thought flashed through her mind - he can actually learn to cook?
But looking at the sandwich that looked so good, Huihara Ai felt that she couldn't make the mistake of empiricism.
"Thank you." The little girl took the sandwich obediently, then tore open the bag on the spot and took a bite with complete trust.
Songjiang Shigure looked at her expectantly: "Is it delicious?"
This is a new product he developed under the guidance of Toru Amuro! Even Xiaozi has never tried it, Shirley is the winner!
"Hmm..." When the sandwich made of unknown ingredients went into her mouth, the sour, sweet, salty and creamy taste mixed together and exploded on her taste buds, and Haibara Ai's face instantly turned strange.
"Xiao Ai!"
"Haibara-san!"
"Graybara!"
At this moment, the sound of the Boy Detective Team was heard not far away. Several people trotted over and saw their companions sitting with Matsue Shigure eating sandwiches.
Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya was a little surprised and said, "Huh? You already know each other?"
Yoshida Ayumi looked at the sandwich in Haibara Ai's hand and exclaimed, "It's a sandwich made by Songjiang brother! How do you feel, Ai?"
"This is my latest version!" Songjiang Shiyu looked at her expectantly with sparkling eyes, "It will definitely not fail, right!"
He looks so happy...
Haibara Ai held it in her mouth, unable to swallow it or spit it out.
Seeing her expression, Conan Edogawa raised his eyebrows. For the sake of long-term development, he told the truth: "Brother Songjiang, I think it's not too late for you to put the sandwich back now. We have prepared a lot of snacks."
Matsue Shigure was stunned: "Ah? No, that can't be..."
"Stop struggling." The little detective said coldly, "Look at Huibara...Ah!"
It seemed as if someone had stepped on it hard, and the heel of the shoe rolled around twice without satisfying its anger.
Huihara swallowed the sandwich with great difficulty and gave Matsue Shigure a brilliant smile: "It's still good, very... creative."
"Really?" Songjiang Shigure was moved.
It’s still the little cotton jacket that’s supporting me.
Huiyuan Ai nodded vigorously and said seriously: "Really!"
To confirm it, she took another bite and swallowed it.
I can't hold back my tears!
Haibara Ai quickly turned to look at Conan Edogawa, revealing an extremely scary smile: "If you don't believe me, Edogawa, come and have a taste too!"
Edogawa Conan: “???”
He was clearly speaking for Huibara! What's wrong with this guy?
He is obviously one of us!
Huihara, just blink when you’re threatened——Hey, don’t really cry!!