Ding Dong.

The doorbell continued to ring, and Hinata Sou turned to look at the door.

"It's the kids, right?" Nanami said on the screen, "Hinata-kun is very popular with kids."

"Such a random ringtone does sound like a child's. As for pleasing children..." Hinata Sou sighed, "I think it's just because my voice is similar to that of the child named Conan that they are curious about me."

Nanami Chiaki laughed, "It's true, Hinata-kun's voice is really similar to Conan-kun's. I was dazed when I heard it for the first time."

“It’s like the protagonist in different games is voiced by the same voice actor!”

"Nana." Hinata Hajime looked at her helplessly, "Stop teasing me. How could I be the protagonist?"

Nanami Chiaki pulled up his hood, "No, I think Hinata-kun is very much like the protagonist. Whether in the game or in real life, Hinata-kun is deciding his own life. No matter what choices he makes or what goals he finds, he is very firm. So, Hinata-kun is his own protagonist."

Hinata Hajime's eyes were a little evasive, and he was a little ashamed of what Nanami Chiaki said. Before he met Nanami Chiaki, he was not a person who was confident in his life. He even had a little inferiority complex and found it difficult to accept the fact that he had no talent.

What kind of protagonist is this?

Of course, he didn't say these words to Nanami Chiaki. He just nodded to her, then turned around and walked to the door and opened it.

The moment the door opened, three children rushed in. Yoshida Ayumi looked up with bright eyes, "Hinata brother, good morning!"

"Good morning." Hinata Hajime squatted down, "What can I do for you?"

"They want to play with you." Edogawa Conan sighed, looking at the children beside him with a little helplessness in his eyes, "Because they think your voice is similar to mine, they think it would be fun to play with you, so they dragged me to find you."

"If I have time, I will definitely play with you, but I'm very busy now." Hinata Sohei said to them calmly: "I am an adult, not Conan, and I need to work, just like you have to go to school every week."

Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko raised his hand, "What does Hinata-nii do for a living?"

"Uh..." Hinata Hajime turned his eyes and continued, "I'm a programmer."

"Huh?! Is it a programmer?"

“Very similar.”

Kojima Genta tilted his head. "Did we disturb Hinata-san from coding? I heard programmers are very busy and need a lot of inspiration!"

"Ah! Sorry, we didn't know." Yoshida Ayumi apologized quickly, "We just wanted to invite Hinata brother to go out and play together."

Hinata Sou smiled and said, "It's okay. Next time you can let Conan contact me. Conan has my number."

"Huh?" Edogawa Conan was stunned for a moment, "Ah, okay, I get it."

So Conan Edogawa left amid his companions' complaints, "Conan didn't tell us." The door closed behind them. When he was about to leave, Conan Edogawa looked back with a complicated look in his eyes.

When Hinata Hajime said that his job was related to programming, Edogawa Conan subconsciously looked at the computer screen next to him.

The computer was not turned off, and the interface of a game was displayed on the lit screen. It was obvious that Hinata Hajime was playing the game before they came over. However, this was a two-player game and it was in two-player mode. Of course, it was not impossible for one person to play a two-player game.

But Conan Edogawa looked around and confirmed that there was only one set of gaming equipment there.

He is now increasingly wondering what might be different about Hinata Hajime from normal people, for example: does he have an imaginary friend?

Even: the imaginary self.

"Should we think of a way to help him? This won't work." Edogawa Conan said worriedly.

At this time, they were in the cafe downstairs of the Maori Detective Agency. Several children were eating desserts. Haibara Ai was pulled over by them. At this time, she was sitting opposite Edogawa Conan reading a book. When she heard what Edogawa Conan said, Haibara Ai raised her eyes and looked at Edogawa Conan.

"What are you struggling with?"

"Hinata." Edogawa Conan looked around carefully, making sure that the people around him were far away and could not hear him before speaking, "Don't you think Hinata sometimes becomes strange? Not to mention the color of his eyes, sometimes he will become quite indifferent, which is not a normal change for a person."

Huiyuan Ai sat on the chair, her eyes still on the book, and answered very perfunctorily, "Is that it?"

"What else?" Edogawa Conan sighed, "If you are sick, it is best to go to the hospital and receive treatment under control."

"Kudo, sometimes you care about others but you don't even realize that your way of caring is wrong." Huihara Ai calmly turned to the next page, "I see that you not only think this way, but you even act on it. When will your emotional intelligence improve a little bit?"

"well?"

Huiyuan Ai didn't even raise her head, "Aren't you a detective? Don't you see it?"

"What do you see?"

"He understands his condition very well and doesn't think he needs treatment." Huiyuan Ai took a sip of coffee. "Whether his temperament changes to be like another person or he greets everyone in a gentle tone, he has memory and doesn't think there is any problem. He is very rational."

"Since it does not affect normal life, physical health, or the individual, it is not considered a disease."

Conan Edogawa was stunned for a moment, then he put his hand on his chin and thought for a few seconds, then Conan Edogawa raised his head and looked at Huihara Ai, "Huihara, you just said that I have low emotional intelligence?"

"Of course."

"Is there?" Edogawa Conan frowned, "I'm just thinking seriously about the solution."

Huibara sighed, she closed the book and looked at Edogawa Conan subtly, "When you deny that you are not a person with low emotional intelligence, you should take practical actions to refute me, for example, go and confess your feelings to Xiaolan now."

"Why?!"

"See, your emotional intelligence is still low." Haibara Ai concluded.

Edogawa Conan: ...

Does confessing to Xiaolan have anything to do with emotional intelligence?

On the other side, Hinata Hajime breathed a sigh of relief after returning to his computer.

"Okay, now that the kids are gone, we can get back to playing games, Nanami?"

"I'm here." On the screen, Nanami Chiaki was sitting on the ground with a virtual game console in her hand. The girl was staring at the game in her hand, "Wait until I finish this game. I've already defeated the boss. It will be over soon."

One minute later, the sound of a game victory came from the game console. Nanami Chiaki let out a long sigh with a very satisfied expression.

"It's finally over!" Nanami Chiaki stretched her back lazily, "I just played a game that combines strategy and combat, so it took me a long time to get to the boss level. I think next time I can leave the strategy part to Hinata-kun, and I only need to be responsible for the combat!"

Hinata Hajime shook his head to refuse, "Don't throw things you are not good at to others."

"Is that so? Well, I'll try my best!" Nanami Chiaki encouraged herself, and then she blinked, "Oh, by the way, I told Hinata-kun that I found some strange information, so I went to investigate, but on the way to investigate, I encountered a strange thing."

"Strange thing?" Hinata Hajime wondered.

Nanami Chiaki nodded, lowering her head and reminiscing, "This world is really peaceful, but there are still some cases of injury. I was going to investigate one of them, but I met a girl on the way. The girl was surrounded by many boys."

"Huh?" Hinata Hajime was surprised.

"Those people seemed to be pursuing this girl." Nanami Chiaki said, "There were about seven or eight men. They were either carrying flowers or rings, proposing to the girl together. The girl looked a little impatient and seemed to keep rejecting them, but those men were not willing to leave at all."

Hinata Hajime sighed, "It's a scene that only appears in games."

"Yes, but the girl looked really distressed." Nanami Chiaki sighed, "I called the police for her, and I left after the police arrived. Then I thought, if reality is like a strategy game, and the person being conquered falls in love with the character being manipulated, it will be very troublesome."

"Being liked by too many people can become a pain. It's an unimaginable feeling." Hinata Hajime held his chin with one hand. "But in our world, no one has the time to fall in love anymore. Even Kuzuryu and Heya-san haven't made any progress."

Chiaki Nanami sighed, and after a moment she tilted her head. The next moment, a piece of data appeared in front of Chiaki Nanami.

In order to organize the data, Hinata Hajime and Nanami Chiaki created a program together. This program will collect a large amount of information and filter out some data through fixed conditions. If Hinata Hajime was alone, he would not choose this, because the amount of information is too large and too complicated, and problems will arise if the intelligent system is not managed well.

But now Nanami is here, and as the AI, Nanami is perfectly placed to manage this program.

"Hinata-kun, there is a case that meets the requirements." Nanami Chiaki passed the data to Hinata Hajime, "It's a serial killer. The victims have a strong sense of despair. Among the criminals identified by the police, there is a person who meets the requirements very well. It is suspected that he is seeking revenge against society out of despair. Hinata-kun, do you want to go and take a look?"

Hinata Hajime stood up, "Okay, we finally got a clue, we can't let it go, Nanami, where is the location?"

"Swimming pool."

…

Hinata Hajime came to the swimming pool. Although it was the weekend, there were not many people in the swimming pool. The police ambushed the criminals in advance, but they were discovered by the criminals. They had to start a chase. There were not many people in such a big swimming pool.

Some bad guys have called the police. Hinata Hajime came here to find out whether this is a desperate case or not. Of course he will not disturb the police.

[It seems that there is no scent of despair fragments.] Hinata Hajime squatted down and looked at the pool, the water surface reflected in his green eyes, [The police had a confrontation with the criminal here before, if they stayed for a long time, they would definitely leave a scent, so, is it a mistake?]

[Not every person who is in despair will be chosen by the Fragments of Despair. ]

Hinata sighed, "No one would want to be chosen by the Despair Fragment under normal circumstances. It seems that it will give the Despairer great power, but in fact it is just to force the Despair host into a newer Abyss of Despair. This is why we must deal with Despair events."

【Don't take me with you.】

【well?】

[I have no interest in dealing with hopeless situations to give others hope.]

Hinata Hajime sneered, "I see, it's because I've been asking Deru for help that Deru will help me."

At this moment, Kamuzuru Izuru shifted his gaze slightly and spoke, "Behind me."

【well?】

Hinata Hajime was stunned for a moment, but his body subconsciously moved aside. With a bang, the sound of a blunt weapon hitting the stone slab was very loud. Hinata Hajime opened his eyes wide and saw a man covered in blood showing a ferocious smile to Hinata Hajime.

Is this person the serial killer?

"I can't live any longer." The man laughed crazily, "It would be great to have a back cushion before I die!"

Oops!

Hinata Hajime ran out quickly, but no matter how fast he ran, he could not catch up with the speed of the man pulling the safety pin.

This is not a desperate incident, but an antisocial behavior of a desperate man who does not distinguish between right and wrong. He does not care who he kills, nor does he care whether he lives or dies. His goal is to drag as many people as possible to be buried with him.

With a bang, the grenade exploded in his hand.

Hinata Hajime was directly blown away by the shock wave of the explosion and fell heavily into the pool.

This was the first time Hinata Hajime felt like he was drowning.

The impact of the explosion made it difficult for him to maintain his balance. Water kept surging and gurgling into Hinata Sou's nose. He tried to struggle out, but he couldn't break free from the embrace of the water.

He coughed unconsciously, but ended up spitting more water into his trachea.

He even felt that his vision was a little blurry due to lack of oxygen.

Hinata Hajime was lying in the water. He subconsciously stretched out his hand in the surging pool, and the next moment, a slightly cool hand grabbed his wrist.

Hinata Hajime opened his eyes with all his strength and saw Kamijou Izuru. He was standing on the water, his red eyes looking into his, and his long black hair hanging on the water.

...flow out.

"What a trouble." Kamijou Izuru said this, and he exerted a little force on his hands, and he pulled Hinata Hajime out of the water. Hinata Hajime was all wet, and he fell on Kamijou Izuru with a cough, and his wet hands tightly grasped Kamijou Izuru's clothes.

Kamijū Izuru held Hinata Hajime's body with one hand, and he turned to look to the side. Because of the huge explosion, some people around had noticed it. However, when they saw the bloody body that was blown to pieces, they screamed as if they had seen a ghost.

"I'm fine." Hinata Sou breathed a sigh of relief. He opened his eyes, his emerald eyes showing strength. "You saved me again."

"Instead of thanking you, you should learn how to escape from such a current." Kamiya Izuru used one hand to push away his hair that was stuck to his head. The hair was too wet and all stuck to his skin. "Your talent is meant to be used at times like this."

"Got it." Hinata Hajime wiped the water off his face, "Next time, this kind of thing will never happen again."

In reality, Hinata Hajime grabbed the steps at the edge of the pool and opened his eyes. There was a hint of trance in his green eyes. He carefully climbed up the pool and sat on the other side that was not affected by the explosion. His clothes were wet and stuck to his body. A gust of wind blew over him, making his whole body cold.

He lowered his head, his lips looked pale, and he didn't know if it was because of fear or cold.

But in reality, Hinata Hajime was not afraid nor did he feel cold. He didn't even know what he was thinking.

Some fuzzy fragments kept flashing in Hinata Hajime's mind. His fingers were numb, as if the explosion just now caused problems with his perception. After all, even if Hinata Hajime had been transformed into a human body and possessed all his talents, he was still a mortal. If he was affected by the explosion, he would be injured and killed.

So that must be the reason.

That's why he kept thinking back to that scene, of the God Throne reaching out to him on the water.

"This is terrible." Hinata Hajime murmured, "I can't control it at all."

The police came in late, frowning as they looked at the remains beside them. One of them ran over with a blanket and asked, "Sir, are you okay?"

"No, I'm fine." Hinata Hajime shook his head, "I was just washed into the pool by the aftermath of the explosion."

"How lucky you are," the policeman said with emotion. "But it would be better for you to go to the hospital with me for a checkup. After all, the impact of the explosion is very hidden. It would be bad if it caused damage to the body internally."

Hinata Sou nodded helplessly, deciding not to cause trouble for the police, "Okay."

Although he didn't think it was necessary.

Because Kamuzuru Izuru would never let him get hurt.