"So I did this just because I wanted to. You don't need to feel guilty about it and think that I was hurt because of you..."
Hoshino Aoi paused for a moment, as if she was considering her words, and Amuro Toru had no intention of disturbing her, just looking at her silently.
Seeing that she seemed to have finally organized her words, and as if wanting him to listen to what she said, she spoke almost word by word:
"What I did has nothing to do with you, so my injury has nothing to do with you either. It was just the necessary price I paid to achieve my goal. Everything was based on my own thoughts and what I wanted to do, so there's no need for you to feel guilty about it. As long as you're fine, that's all that matters."
Hoshino Aoi couldn't help herself for a moment, or maybe she just happened to be talking at this point, anyway, she blurted out, "As long as you are fine, that's all that's enough."
As soon as she finished speaking, she realized something was wrong, and she couldn't help but frowned slightly, and added softly:
"Anyway, what I mean is, you don't have to take it too seriously. I just did what I wanted to do."
Her intention was not to put pressure on Amuro Toru.
And Aoi Hoshino really doesn't think she has done anything big.
In her heart, she was just fulfilling the wish she wanted to fulfill.
Of course, some of it was due to Toru Amuro, but more of it was because she wanted to do it.
Amuro Toru also saw the seriousness in her eyes and fell into silence.
It was a long while before she heard his deep voice slowly ringing in the silent car.
"I see."
He said.
Then there was silence again.
Hoshino Aoi felt a little uncomfortable.
She turned her head to look at Toru Amuro. In the dim light, she could only see his tightly pursed lips, as if he didn't know what to say.
Hoshino Aoi blinked, keenly sensing a hint of complex emotions from his appearance.
"Zero?"
She called out in a low voice.
Seeing that he came back to his senses because of her voice, she curled the corners of her lips and whispered teasingly to him:
"Are you so moved by me that you can't speak?"
"yes……"
There was a hint of sigh in Amuro Toru's voice:
"I really don't know what to say."
But it wasn't because of what she said.
Or rather, it wasn't entirely because of what she said.
With the help of the power of darkness, Toru Amuro concealed the thoughtfulness in his eyes tightly, without revealing it at all.
"I have to go now."
Hoshino Aoi really didn't notice that he was lost in thought at the moment.
She just felt that the moonlight tonight was too beautiful, and was worried that she would be tempted by Amuro Toru's beauty and say something she shouldn't say.
So after the two of them fell into silence again, she pursed her lips and took the lead in saying goodbye.
"I think Vermouth has already received the news. Since it involves Kudo Shinichi, she will definitely call you."
And she...
Shuichi Akai must have learned from Conan Edogawa that she was sent back by Toru Amuro.
so……
Hoshino Aoi shrugged.
"It's because we both have such a hard life that we both have people to deal with."
"In that case, I'll leave the FBI to you."
Amuro Toru smiled.
Just as Hoshino Aoi said, Vermouth will definitely call him and ask him why he stayed near the Mori Detective Agency.
In addition to Vermouth's matter, he had another thing to do, so it was naturally inconvenient for him to stay any longer.
but……
He sat in the car, staring at Aoi Hoshino's back as she left.
One step, two steps, three steps...
She walked slowly into the door.
The slim figure gradually disappeared from his sight.
She didn't look back.
He didn't get out of the car either.
Just didn't leave yet.
Until a room on the second floor was lit up, the familiar figure appeared at the window again. In the dim light, he seemed to meet her eyes, but it seemed not, everything was just his illusion.
But Toru Amuro still curved his eyebrows and smiled at the figure from afar.
"Ring, ring, ring—"
The ringing of the phone interrupted the two people looking at each other from a distance.
Toru Amuro gradually concealed the smile in his eyes.
"Vermouth."
He took out his cell phone and saw the expected call.
Toru Amuro didn't answer the call in a hurry. It was not until he started the car and his hand touched the cold steering wheel that he answered Vermouth's call just as the phone was about to hang up automatically.
"Bourbon, you're not addicted to being a waiter at a coffee shop, are you? The mission with Shirley is over, so why are you still there?"
Perhaps because he had not answered the phone before, there was a hint of impatience in Vermouth's voice.
It wasn't obvious, but when Toru Amuro heard it, it made him more certain of his guess.
"The matter concerning Shirley has indeed been thoroughly investigated, but the matter concerning Maori Kogoro..."
He smiled meaningfully:
"I still have some things to investigate clearly, so until I have done so, I plan to continue lurking beside Detective Maori. Perhaps I can find out something interesting."
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