Chapter 22



"If you don't believe me, come and try it, Edogawa!"

Haibara Ai's voice sounded like the devil's whisper, echoing in Edogawa Conan's ears.

He stared stiffly at the brand new sandwich that was held in front of him with a changed side. The red, orange, white and green fillings inside were particularly eye-catching and lived up to the title of "the latest and most beautiful" at all.

But! Is this thing really edible?

Even Huibara almost cried because it was so unpalatable!

No, that's not right. When has Huibara ever cared about other people's self-esteem?

"Conan, why don't you try it? Ai said so, so it shouldn't be bad." Yoshida Ayumi encouraged, "Matsue-nii is also looking forward to getting more feedback."

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya also nodded, and when he saw Haibara Ai actively feeding Conan Edogawa a sandwich, he felt a little uncomfortable: "It's rare for Ai to be so enthusiastic..."

Do you want this kind of enthusiasm?

Conan Edogawa complained crazily in his heart, but in the end, he still bit the beast with a fearless attitude in front of everyone.

"Ah...I think I saw Sister Xiaolan."

An angel who looked like Mao Li Ran seemed to appear in front of Conan Edogawa.

Ah~ She is still glowing!

"! Conan!"

The members of the Young Detective Team hurriedly supported the staggering Conan, and then looked at Matsue Shigure who was standing beside them with a "so horrible" look of condemnation.

Songjiang·No One Can Force You·Shigure: “…” Not really.

"I think it tastes okay!" he told the system aggrievedly.

"The specially marinated sweet and sour tenderloin is just the right amount of sweet and sour, sprinkled with just the right amount of cumin and pepper. It's juicy and has a sweet and salty flavor when you take a bite. It's seasoned with lettuce, a layer of light cream and minced garlic..."

The system got a headache when it heard this: "Do you honestly think this is delicious?"

Matsue Shigure exclaimed: "But Amuro Toru said that this seems to be fine!"

"..." The system thought of Toru Amuro, who had been tortured by Matsue Shigure to the point that his hair had started to fall out in recent days, and it seemed to understand why the other party would say that.

Huihara wrapped up the sandwich in her hand without changing her expression and stuffed it into the pocket inside her backpack: "I saw the bus, let's get ready to go."

"Conan, are you okay?" Matsue Shigure waved his hand in front of Edogawa Conan and poked his cheek, trying to be rescued from the mosquito coil eyes by him.

Hey, it feels good.

Edogawa Conan took a breath, feeling the salty-sweet taste in his mouth lingering for a long time. He waved his hand and said, "I'm fine, let's go."

The bus had stopped next to them. Kojima Motota shouted happily and rushed up first, followed by the other two children.

Matsue Shigure looked at Edogawa Conan's pale face and felt that he was also very powerful.

This is the protagonist of the world, the chosen one... and he was almost knocked down by a sandwich!

Seeing him walking unsteadily, Matsue Shigure directly picked up Edogawa Conan and held him in his arms. Just as he was about to lift his legs, he felt a pulling force at the corner of his clothes.

I saw Haibara Ai, who looked like a small red mushroom, standing next to him at some point, with her head down and silent.

Matsue Shigure: “!”

Yes, he just met Shirley and had never hugged her before, but now he hugged Conan on the spot... If you put yourself in her shoes, Shirley might be jealous!

He simply leaned over and held Haibara Ai in his other arm, making sure they were on equal terms.

In reality: "Hehehe, such a cute kid, I can show off three of them at once!"

System: “…” Oh my God, who can capture this monster?

***

"Ah!" The whole person flew into the air, Huihara Ai screamed unconsciously and grabbed the young man's arm.

She looked at Conan Edogawa in confusion.

Just now, she did want to get closer to Matsue Shunya for some reason, but Haibara Ai never expected that he would just pick her up...

A's personality changed so much that Haibara Ai had a bad feeling for some reason.

"Let's get in the car, guys, help put in a coin!"

"Wow, Conan Ai is guilty! I want a hug from Brother Matsue too!"

"Brother Songjiang and Xiao Ai got along so well the first time they met. Is this love at first sight?"

"Yuanta, love at first sight is about love! It can't be used here!"

"Brother Songjiang, you didn't take your bag!"

Matsue Shigure put Edogawa Conan and Haibara Ai in their places and said casually, "Just leave them there. I'll ask Mr. Amuro to come and get them later."

Everyone subconsciously showed an expression of relief.

Conan Edogawa couldn't help but mutter: "Mr. Amuro won't come for such a small matter..."

Before he finished speaking, the young detective saw Matsue Xun, who was sitting in front of him, pick up his cell phone and call Amuro Toru.

"Hey, Mr. Amuro, I left my bag of sandwiches at the bus stop. Can you come and get it for me?"

Then, Edogawa Conan clearly heard Amuro sigh in the noisy environment and said, "Okay, I'll put it back in the cafe for you later."

"Please~" After hanging up the phone, the blond young man turned around and threw the phone at him childishly.

Edogawa Conan: "..." Damn it, he even turned on the speaker.

Brother Songjiang, this is a sure thing!

What happened to Mr. Amuro? How could he control me?

Watching the two childish ghosts interacting, Haibara Ai couldn't help but smile faintly.

After Songjiang Xunye turned his head, she tugged at Conan Edogawa's sleeve: "I have something to ask you."

"What?" Edogawa Conan replied in a low voice.

Huiyuan Ai lowered her eyes and spoke softly, but she concealed the truth: "I'm not sure if he is the one I know. I want to get more clues from you."

"After all...he doesn't seem to know me." This is the truth.

***

Matsue Shigure slumped in his seat alone, his expression blank.

He is so tired. Are these two cubs so heavy?

He carried him from under the bus to his seat, and after only a few steps, he came up from behind and felt as if his two arms were not his own.

Even if you feel nothing after blocking the pain, you are still powerless!

Wow... I won't be so stubborn anymore. You can't let the kids do all the work of setting up the tent when camping, right?

The system poked him: "You have worked with Conan on more than three cases. In the future, maybe the comics will have your independent perspective. Don't be so salty!"

Matsue Shigure was frightened and quickly sat up straight, rubbing his arm gently: "What will happen then?"

System: “It has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that you can learn about the supporting characters and things about you from the comics.

For example, if your students hide in the dark and say you are a pig, you will definitely not know it, but a comic book might be drawn, and then you may be "spoiled". "

Songjiang Shigure was furious: "Who dares to say that to me!"

System: “…Just giving an example! No, that’s not the point, asshole!”

Matsue Shigure: "What about the downside?"

System: "If you act too bizarrely, comic book readers might have opinions, and then - you know that forces are mutual, right? If they set things up for you, it might be even harder to act in order to make it reasonable."

Matsue Shigure: "Oh my god! In this unscientific world where even 18-year-old high school students can become elementary school students, Newton actually cares?"

System: "You can ask his brother Niubi, but in the end, stop playing games. Don't say anything else. At least control your expression and don't act like an idiot."

Oh, yes, your account game has taken confidentiality measures, and the different character reactions when you switch accounts will be rationalized, so this is not included in the scope. "

Songjiang Shigure: “…” He racked his brains but couldn't figure out how to justify his mixed identity.

Come to think of it, if he can justify the difficulty of his character's hell, why can't he express his joy of completing a Candy Crush game?

He said with tears in his eyes: "Do I have to use the expression of an academic paper when playing Candy Crush from now on?"

System: "What's that expression?"

Songjiang Shigure: "I was in so much pain, the ground was collapsing, I was dying, and I wanted to kill my mentor."

System: “…It’s not that serious.”

Matsue Shigure once again defeated the useless silicon-based creatures with his outrageous logic. He opened the comic and his face really appeared on it again.

Last time at the Jiujing Psychological Counseling Room, the comics were only drawn from the perspectives of Toru Amuro and Conan Edogawa.

Readers know that A is also related to Matsue Jun, and that Matsue Jun is also suspected of having amnesia. Amuro Toru suspects that Matsue Jun is also A, but nothing else is known.

Matsue Shigure easily accepted the explanation of amnesia. He indeed had no memory of his previous identity, and his boss's words "You seem to have recovered a little" also provided some explanation.

It's actually a good thing.

And now...

The enthusiastic and cheerful blond young man in the picture immediately stopped smiling when he saw Haibara Ai and stared at the road. Haibara Ai, who was usually particularly cold, glanced at him cautiously.

[The main storyline is great!!! Finally I don't have to choose between you love me or I kill you!]

[How can you tell it's the main plot? The Junior Detective Team is all here, so it's probably just some minor case they encountered during their outing]

[You didn't read the previous episode #link#, in which Matsue Junya's appearance involved the organization's new members A and Toruko.

Moreover, after his first appearance and saving the Young Detectives, the old thief gave a special close-up of the police academy team (probably related to the police academy team), and the main character configuration was nailed on the board.]

[It's not that complicated, just one sentence – does this look make me look like an ordinary person to you?]

[Matsue brother! Giegie! Your forehead is a muddy dog! !]

[(Head on pants) Upstairs, no amount of harmonics can stop you from falling off your pants!!]

[By the way, what is going on here? Does Songjiang Xun also know Xiao Ai? His reaction seems a bit strange, and Ai-chan... she actually took the initiative to approach a stranger? ? ]

[But the radar didn't move! ! Unscientific!]

[It seems to be moving again. #Picture# Ai-chan’s face looks much worse than at the beginning, and the lines next to it are shaking]

[That's impossible, right? Haibara was scared by Toru Amuro and Shuichi Akai at the beginning, how could she take the initiative to get close to the organization's people?]

[+1 Touko also suspected that Songjiang was A, a member of the organization]

[Wuwudoupengai looks like a little cat. She is jealous of Songjiang. She can be close to Ai-chan.]

Since Matsue Shigure discovered that "there are familiar faces everywhere", there are fewer blocked words in the forum, but looking at the "radar" filling the screen, he still fell into deep thought.

He remembered that Shirley used to study biology and pharmacology, so how come she is also involved in physics now? Can a genius do whatever he wants?

Skip the parts you don't understand and continue reading.

[Is it possible that A is also related to Songjiang Xun, and Songjiang Xun is also tainted with his aura, and then captured by Ai-chan]

[Then Ai-chan chose to endure A's aura because she was close to Songjiang's.]

[Grass, it's stained with the breath, how did it get stained? (dog-head rose.jpg)]

[Why did ABO get set up for no apparent reason (little face turned yellow.jpg)]

[You guys actually found out. I’ll reveal my identity. A and the beautiful Songjiang were both in my bed last night!]

[How much did you drink upstairs?]

[How can you open this broken road? A has been confirmed to be the black player. If Songjiang is related to him, he can’t be a good person.]

This comment received a lot of likes, and before Matsue Shigure could protest, the next page was about the oolong incident with the sandwich.

With his achievement of "almost crushing Conan with a sandwich", he was honored to join the Red Camp.

Reason: If Song Jiangxun were to take action, no one would be able to come out of the cafe alive.

Matsue Shigure: “…Fuck!” He didn’t want this compliment at all!

Then came the scene where he carried the two children into the car. Haibara Ai's expression was not only surprised, but also contained some fear.

There was a bubble next to it, pointing out the conclusion in a somewhat panicked manner.

[He was so different from before, so different that... for the first time, I began to doubt my intuition.]

[Fuck? ? ? Are you going to do it so quickly? Don’t you need to do another stupid three-choice case? Just tell us that Huiyuan knows Matsue? Is the old thief possessed by someone else?]

[Before this, the only people Sulli knew were people in the organization besides her sister!! But since he was in the organization, why did Hagiwara and Matsuda seem to know him? I can’t figure it out…]

[Could it be that Songjiang is fake? Ai-chan even said that she doubted her intuition, it must be a scam!]

[Preview: Below is a choice between Songjiang Xunye and three others]

Matsue Shigure: "???"

Not only the comment section, but even I myself am full of question marks.

Based on his understanding of Shirley, she would never get so close to her without confirming that he was the real person.

He was already prepared to be exposed, but looking at this development... Is Shirley trying to cover his vest again?

Yes, his personality is so different from A's, Shirley probably will be able to tell them apart quickly.

Matsue Shigure closed the comic, pursed her lips, and felt inexplicably lost.

Normally, he didn't want to be exposed but ended up being exposed. Now, he finally made up his mind to have a tacit understanding with Shirley, but she started to doubt him instead.

Matsue Shigure: "Oh my god, my goose seems to have flown away, woooo."

System: "Isn't it normal to be suspicious? I'm also wondering why my host is such a fool."

Songjiang Shigure: "If you scold me, I will make a scene!"

The scumbag player began to torture the system from all angles in his mind, and actually made a decision in his heart.

As for A's vest, Gin is also eyeing him covetously. Getting close to Shirley will indeed bring risks to her. Since she also has doubts, it is better to do this.

Therefore, whether he is A or he has "amnesia" now, he will not tell Shirley these two things.

It's also good to just treat it as a stranger you're getting to know.

***

"Matsue...Brother has such a good personality." Huiyuan Ai said to Conan with her lips stammering, "The man I know has a bad temper and is very violent. He never allows anyone to get close to him."

——Except her.

No, even she didn't touch A's skin when he was awake.

Not to mention picking her up tenderly and lovingly like now.

"But personality changes over time. Please be more specific and I'll look for the details."

Conan Edogawa thought for a moment and said, "I remember telling you about Brother Songjiang's personality problem."

He said this in Haibara Ai's ear, and he was afraid that Matsue Xun, who was sitting in front of him, would find out.

"When we first defuse a bomb in the elevator, Brother Songjiang was very serious. Although he told others that he was working with me to defuse the bomb, in reality I only helped pass the tools... I could feel his familiarity with bombs and his confidence in defusing them."

Huihara Ai summed it up succinctly: "He can defuse bombs, and he is very calm and serious."

——This doesn’t match A, but it may be a skill learned later and doesn’t mean anything.

Conan Edogawa nodded. He had come across at least eight hundred bomb cases and perhaps worked with bomb disposal police many times. He was very sensitive and had smelled the fleeting aura on Matsue Shunya, which was similar to theirs.

"But he seemed unwilling to expose this matter, and pushed the responsibility to me, and then he was sent to the hospital because of a leg injury..."

"Leg injury?!" Huihara Ai subconsciously covered her mouth to lower her voice, staring, "What's going on? You didn't tell me this!"

Conan Edogawa was stunned: "It's just a bruise on the knee. It might be because he kneeled on the elevator for too long. But kneeling on one knee shouldn't cause such serious injury..." However, Matsue Junya's physique was poor, so it was nothing.

Huiyuan Ai's face suddenly turned ugly: "And then?"

"Then we sent him to the hospital, where he stayed for a few days and then went back."

Conan Edogawa recalled that he didn't expect that Matsue Xun would also be hospitalized, but it seemed that there were other problems besides the leg injury.

However, it was basically common knowledge that Song Jiangxun was in poor health, so he did not inquire about it carefully.

Huiyuan Ai was a little flustered. Could it be that A's leg hadn't been healed yet? If it was just a bruise, how could he be hospitalized? But if there were sequelae...

She was almost driven crazy because she was locked up in the interrogation room for several days by the organization for some reason. A was unable to walk and was trapped in a small room most of the time. He must be feeling upset about this incident.

Haibara Ai had never poked at his scars in front of him, and she was relieved when she saw that Matsue Xun could move freely. But the result - the result!

She pinched the hem of her clothes, her face almost blue, but she continued to ask: "Then what? Is there anything else?"

Edogawa Conan nodded and repeated what happened in the Jiujing Psychological Counseling Room.

"It happened before I went to you to ask about the true identity of Songjiang Xunye. Brother Songjiang was hiding from Mr. Amuro, but Mr. Amuro didn't tell me the reason."

The young detective couldn't help but frowning when he said this: "But later I asked Inspector Megure who was there, and he told me that Mr. Amuro was looking for information on the computer, and suddenly sparks came out of the computer socket!"

"I guess he wanted to retrieve Mr. Songjiang's information from it, but I don't know why he failed."

Haibara Ai thought to herself that since A had never failed in the field of computers, it would be impossible to find his information.

"Oh, by the way, here's my guess." Edogawa Conan whispered, "I suspect that Brother Songjiang is a little afraid of the dark, and his temper will be much more irritable in the dark. I feel like he even wants to scold me..."

To say that he cursed was an understatement; it was truly a scene of "Toilet Horror".

Conan Edogawa felt a little guilty when he talked about it, after all, he was really in debt at that time.

"Mr. Amuro seemed to know something, and he deliberately turned off the power switch when he left, trying to test Brother Songjiang. We waited for him to come out at the door."

Haibara Ai's breathing suddenly became a little faster, and her face, which had just turned blue, now became even darker.

She almost gritted her teeth and asked, "And then?"

Conan Edogawa was totally unaware and said in a somewhat complaining tone: "Brother Songjiang is too sensitive. He seemed to feel that someone was investigating him, and he hid in there for half an hour before coming out. I was almost burned to carbon by the sun——"

"Snap!" A crisp clapping sound successfully made the children singing in the back row stop and turn their attention to the front.

The blond young man sitting in the front also turned his head with some curiosity.

"Hiss!" Conan Edogawa rubbed his thigh with a distorted face, feeling a painful and hot spot on it.

The instigator had a cold face and red eyes: "Edogawa, can you please not lean on me when you sleep? I can't push you away no matter how hard I push, it's so annoying!"

Edogawa Conan: “???”

Is Huibara going crazy? Framed, naked frame-up!

Before he could even start talking, he felt the murderous aura coming from all directions, attacking him from all sides.

Yoshida Ayumi clenched her fists and said angrily: "I didn't expect Conan-kun to be such a person! Ai is so thin, what if he hurts her!"

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's eyes almost turned into knives: "Conan, you are really going too far. Did you secretly play video games last night and that's why you are so sleepy? I'm going to tell Xiaolan."

Kojima Genta rubbed his head. He didn't know why everyone was so excited, but he nodded anyway: "I'll punish you by not having eel rice for lunch!"

Conan Edogawa: "No..."

He really wanted to explain, but looking at Haibara Ai's deathly gaze, he didn't dare to say that Haibara Ai was just talking nonsense.

But how did he offend this girl just now?

As for Songjiang Xunye, who had been sitting in the front and had not spoken a word, he said sinisterly: "Conan, I just came up with four more sandwich recipes. Come and try them out with me!"

Conan Edogawa: “!!” This could really kill someone!

At this time, Huiyuan Ai spoke up, and she said calmly: "Brother Songjiang, I will accompany you in the experiment. As for Edogawa-Ayumi, he will be left to you."

Yoshida Ayumi understood immediately and waved her fist: "Leave it to me, Ai-chan! Humph, Ayumi will punish Conan!"

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Genta Kojima also nodded.

Mitsuhiko suddenly responded: "Hey? Ai, are you serious about trying the sandwich for Brother Matsue?"

***

"Are you really okay?" The blond young man looked at her with concern, "Do you want to sit next to me?"

Huihara Ai's nose was sore. She stretched out her hand to block the sun and said softly, "It's really okay. I'll just sit here."

Song Jiangxun also nodded and turned back. He sat by the window without closing the curtains. The sunlight from outside shone through the glass, shining warmly on him.

It is almost noon now and the sun is very hot, but Songjiang Xun doesn't feel it at all. Instead, he sticks closer to the window, like a sunflower trying hard to absorb light and store heat.

Only then did Haibara Ai realize that Matsue Shunya had been rubbing the muscles on his arms with his hands crossed, as if he was a little exhausted from the movement when getting on the car.

It's just that short of a distance.

My health is still as bad as ever...

Although his spirits didn't seem to be any better.

Haibara Ai knew that A had severe fear of darkness. He would become extremely anxious and uneasy when in a dark environment, and in severe cases he would even have a faint.

She didn't know the reason for the occurrence, but she knew with her toes that it was related to the group of crazy and inhumane scientists in the organization.

Not many people in the organization know about this, but quite a few too. At least those who have worked with A are aware of it.

Including bourbon.

When she was halfway through listening to Conan Edogawa, she couldn't help but imagine the scene of beating the blond policeman to a pulp. When she heard that the two of them teamed up to pull the power switch and left Matsue Xun in the bathroom for half an hour, Haibara Ai really couldn't help it and she took action!

Song Jiangxun went to see a psychiatrist just to control his emotions. In order to investigate his identity, they actually dared to use this method which could even aggravate his condition!

Ai Huihara felt that not picking up Conan Edogawa, opening the window and throwing him out was already the greatest patience she could show.

"Habara..." Conan Edogawa's weak voice sounded, "What's going on? I'm really going to be beaten to death by those little brats."

"It would be best if you beat him to death!" Huibara Ai rolled her eyes.

Conan Edogawa had a bitter face. No way, what had he done to offend Haibara Ai? Why is it so hard to guess a woman's mind!

He said helplessly: "Are you really not going to tell me what happened? Although I think what Mr. Amuro did was indeed somewhat immoral..."

"Shut up!"

"Just one question." Edogawa Conan said quickly before Huihara Ai tried to shut him up with her eyes, "Is Matsue Junya a member of the organization?"

He only needs to confirm this one thing to connect many clues!

Although Mr. Amuro was reluctant to tell him, Conan Edogawa believed that Haibara Ai would never lie to him.

Huihara Ai turned to look at him impatiently, raised her chin slightly, and said coldly: "No!"

They are persecuting A in this way even though they don't know his identity yet. If A's identity is really exposed, who knows what the police and the FBI will ask him to do!

A had been used by the organization for long enough and suffered enough. Now that she finally stood in the sun, how could she bear to give up...

Haibara confused Ai grabbed her hood, ignoring Conan Edogawa's unwilling questioning, feeling.

Since A still knows hacking skills, is still afraid of the dark, and still has so many traces of the past, then why... does he seem to not recognize her at all?

"Habara, I really didn't doubt Brother Matsue at first, because of what he said, 'When Mr. Amuro started to operate the computer, I felt an uncontrollable fear, as if he would use this to hurt me, and I was afraid of him.'"

Conan Edogawa had a good memory and roughly repeated it.

He said: "I always felt that something was wrong with him at that time. Normally, he and Amuro-san had a good relationship - you also heard the phone call just now! But at that time he said he was very scared, and I felt a little strange..."

Haibara Ai came out of her hood at some point, staring at Conan intently with a strange expression: "So, so you treat him like this?"

Conan Edogawa was keenly aware of the complex emotions in Haibara Ai's words and couldn't help but want to ask more questions, but the latter simply pulled the red hood over her head and shrank into a self-contained mushroom.

He could only give up in disappointment.

Haibara Ai hid under the hood, bit her lips, and tried hard not to cry out.

She understood it immediately.

Song Jiang Xunye didn't just forget her, he completely forgot the past.

He just protected himself out of habit, almost instinctively deleting the data and doing all the cleanup work, but subconsciously forgot all of it afterwards.

What he was afraid of was not Bourbon who controlled the computer, but his past self who also had blond hair, wore black clothes, and used hacking methods to take the lives of countless people.

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