Christmas.

Although this is not a traditional festival in Japan, many shops are celebrating it. Of course, it is more of a gimmick for promotion than a celebration. Hinata Hajime is walking on the street wearing a long windbreaker, his eyes looking at the beautiful lights around him.

This is a scenery that Hinata Hajime has not seen for a long time.

Before high school, Hinata Hajime was suffering from his talent. After entering Hope's Peak Academy, he had no mood to appreciate the surroundings. After participating in the human experiment, several years passed in the blink of an eye.

When Hinata Hajime wanted to see such scenery again, the scenery had already disappeared from the world.

All he faced was war, a battle between hope and despair, people were dying every moment, and every day was not worth remembering.

There were quite a few people on the street, and many night market stalls were out, and everywhere was a beautiful sight. Hinata Sou walked in, he exhaled, and looked at the white mist appearing in front of him, and for some reason he started to smile.

This world is so peaceful.

very nice.

If his world were to return to normal, it would be just as wonderful as it is here.

At this time, Hinata Hajime saw a stall selling straw cakes. Hinata Hajime stood there and watched for a while, then decided to follow his heart. He walked over and started to choose snacks.

Just as he handed the money to the proprietress, he felt his windbreaker being pulled. Hinata Hajime blinked, and when he turned around, he saw Conan, Haibara Ai and the three children from the Junior Detective Team.

"It's you." Hinata Hajime squatted down.

"Merry Christmas!" the three children shouted happily.

"Well, Merry Christmas." Hinata Hajime opened the package and shared the straw cakes with the children in front of him, "Eat it, it's delicious."

The three children looked at the straw cakes in their hands with bright eyes, and then shouted in unison with a smile, "Thank you, Hinata brother!"

Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara, who were also given straw cakes, looked at each other, and in order not to look weird, they pretended to be children and shouted thank you.

After receiving the money from the boss lady, Hinata Hajime looked at the time, "Why are you guys out at this time? Isn't today Christmas?"

"Everyone is outside, we just caught a thief!" Kojima Genta said while biting a straw cake, raising his hand: "Uncle Maori and Sister Xiaolan sent the thief to the police station, and we are waiting for him here, and then we saw Brother Hinata here!"

"Dr. Agasa went shopping." Huihara Ai said, "Don't worry, although there are many people here, most of them are acquaintances, so kidnapping and the like won't happen."

Conan Edogawa twitched his lips, "Haiya, you're being so casual."

"Anyway, let's wait here for the adults to come back!" Yoshida Ayumi said, "Isn't Hinata brother going home?"

"Hmm? Go home?"

"Oh, right, Hinata brother is here for vacation, right? Because Hinata brother doesn't seem to be working at all." Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko touched his chin, "Today is Christmas, and New Year will be here soon. Shouldn't we go home now? Our winter vacation is over."

Hinata Hajime was somewhat helpless, "Because I can't go back for the time being, I have no choice but to spend Christmas here. I can't go back for the New Year either."

"Wow, that's terrible." Kojima Genta said, "It's New Year's Day, but we can only be outside."

So Edogawa Conan and Haibara Ai saw the three children gather together to discuss something. Of course, even the three adults present knew what they were discussing even if they didn't hear.

"Won't your family be worried? You won't even go back for the New Year." Edogawa Conan asked, "Do they know you're here?"

Hinata Hajime fell silent for a moment before he spoke.

"If it's family..." Hinata Hajime said, "There are no blood relatives anymore."

"So some festivals and so on don't mean much to me, so don't worry."

After being brainwashed by despair, everyone in the 77th class began to spread despair around the world. The first to suffer were their relatives. When despair spread to the entire world, countless people had died, including Hinata Hajime. Everyone in the 77th class no longer had any blood relatives.

That's why they were able to return to Jabbawok Island together after all the despair.

Conan Edogawa and Ai Haibara were stunned for a moment. They looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Hinata Hajime is really a very good person. He is friendly and never makes people feel uncomfortable. This kind of personality makes them feel that even if Hinata Hajime may have experienced something bad, he must have a very happy family.

It turned out that he was the kind of person who had no relatives by blood.

This really surprised them.

"Well, do you want to celebrate Christmas together?" Edogawa Conan invited after coughing, "Many of us are planning to celebrate Christmas together."

"Ah! So cunning!" Yoshida Ayumi heard Conan Edogawa's voice and ran over quickly, "That's exactly what he was going to say!"

"That's right." Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya nodded vigorously. "We were just discussing how to tell our families."

Haibara Ai smiled like a little kid, "I also think it would be nice if Hinata-nii came along."

"Come on!" Kojima Genta took Hinata Hajime's hand, "It's fun! We can also go to the New Year temple together to ring the bell!"

Just like this, Hinata Hajime was dragged forward by five children. He smiled helplessly, and the straw cake bag in his hand almost fell to the ground. When they pulled Hinata Hajime to where they were, Mori Kogoro and Mori Ran had just returned from the police station. They were surprised when they saw Hinata Hajime.

This is the first time Hinata Hajime and Mori Kogoro meet.

The children were talking about Hinata Hajime at the same time. Although it was confusing, the two adults still understood what they meant.

"Then let's do it." Maori Kogoro patted Hinata Hajime's shoulder, "I heard that you are a policeman. Megure often told me that you are very capable. We must have a drink together!"

[How passionate!] Hinata Hajime sighed in his heart.

[Because you don’t know how to say no. ]

[But if I refuse, the children will be hurt.] Hinata Hajime looked at Yoshida Ayumi and the other two who were happily talking to each other, [If you want to help others, you must continue to maintain your feelings.]

Kamukura Izuru bent his knees, put his arms on his knees, and let his long black hair fall to the ground.

【Let me give you a warning. 】

【warn?】

【This body has a very low alcohol tolerance. 】

【so?】

【Don’t drink alcohol. If you must, drink a few glasses and then fall into a deep sleep. 】

【……】

It was indeed a very enthusiastic Christmas. The children gathered together to play checkers, Xiaolan and Sonoko were admiring the night view nearby, and a few adults were chatting idly. They waited until the dishes were served before calling everyone to eat together. At the dinner table, Hinata Hajime was constantly urged to drink by Maori Kogoro.

"But I don't drink." Hinata Hajime refused, "Really, I really don't drink at all."

"Is there still a man who can't drink?" Maori Kogoro was surprised, "Hinata, you didn't drink when you were in the police station?"

"Ah, yes." Hinata Hajime nodded seriously, "I never drink."

Although he has never been to the so-called bureau.

"It's good to be a man who doesn't drink, but you can still drink a little at a time like this. Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you get drunk, we all know each other." Maori Kogoro filled the cup in front of Hinata Hajime with wine, "If you get drunk, just sleep at my house, let Conan squeeze in with you, anyway, you two are like brothers."

"Hey..." Edogawa Conan twitched his lips, "Even if I let Hinata brother live here, can he really sleep there?"

Hinata Hajime, an adult male nearly 1.8 meters tall, how could he sleep in an elementary school student's bed?

Finally, I had a glass of wine.

But Hinata Hajime forgot Kamijou Izuru's advice. He just drank one glass, thinking that he should drink as little as possible so that he could at least return home sober.

When Edogawa Conan realized that something was wrong with Hinata Hajime, he was looking down at the pattern on the floor.

"Brother Hinata?" Edogawa Conan carefully pushed Hinata Hajime.

"What's wrong?" Hinata Hajime looked at Edogawa Conan seriously, "Do you want to go skateboarding at this time?"

"Huh?" Edogawa Conan blinked, "I don't have any."

"Oh." Hinata Hajime rubbed his eyes. "I feel a little sleepy. But speaking of skateboarding, I have skated before, but not in real life. It seems that I skated when I was thinking about something. That road is particularly difficult. If you fall, you have to start over."

“It took several tries to get on the right track.”

Conan Edogawa twitched his lips, "Hinata brother, are you drunk?"

"Drunk?" Maori Kogoro blushed as he looked at Hinata Hajime, "But he only drank one glass, right? Is his alcohol tolerance so poor? He got drunk after one glass of wine? That's why he said he can't drink."

Hinata Sou stood up, holding onto the chair, and even apologized very politely, "Sorry, I'm really a little sleepy, so I'm going home first, see you tomorrow."

"Are you really okay?" Suzuki Sonoko held onto Mao Lilan's arm, "Won't Mr. Hinata fall on the road? It's snowing heavily outside, and the road is very slippery."

"I'll go see Hinata brother off." Edogawa Conan quickly stood up and ran out with Hinata Hajime. Then he saw Hinata Hajime standing at the door of the staircase, wondering what he was thinking.

"Hinata-nii-san?"

"Snow." Hinata Hajime looked at the ground. "It's so beautiful. Snow is great. It can cover a lot of things, right?"

Conan Edogawa looked at Hinata Hajime blankly, "Mr. Hinata, what are you talking about?"

At the same time, Kamiya sighed, "Don't speak, it will make you look like you are talking to yourself in the eyes of others."

"Talking to yourself?" Hinata Hajime murmured, "But am I not talking to you?"

"Hinata-san?" This is Conan Edogawa who is completely out of his element.

[…So I told you not to say anything and go home first.]

"Oh, yes, let's go home." Hinata Hajime walked forward step by step, "I'm so sleepy, I want to go home and sleep."

Conan Edogawa followed Hinata Hajime all the way, watching to see if he would stop talking to himself. Finally, he saw him take out the key and open the door. The moment he opened the door, all the lights in the room lit up. Conan Edogawa didn't breathe a sigh of relief until Hinata Hajime entered the bedroom.

"Although he was drunk, his personality was still good. He didn't make any noise and slept soundly."

As he spoke, Conan Edogawa remembered the drunk Kogoro Mori.

There's really no comparison.

In the bedroom, Hinata Sou closed his eyes, but he did not fall asleep. Instead, he lay on the bed and mumbled softly.

"I really skated, and I argued with everyone, and I used something like a knife to cut the words."

[Yeah.] Kamukura Izuru rarely said he was bored, but responded to Hinata Hajime who became particularly long-winded after getting drunk, [You did it, I saw it.]

"Nanami." Hinata Hajime opened his eyes with all his strength. "When I first met Nanami, she was really strange. There were girls who would fall asleep while talking. And Komaeda, that guy was really annoying. Whether it was before or now, he always liked to say things I didn't like to hear."

[Yes, he is boring, we ignore him.]

“I really thought I was a talented person at first.”

[You have talent.] Kamuzuru Izuru said: [It’s just that Hope’s Peak Academy didn’t see your talent.]

"They just said: I'm too eager for talent, but Hope's Peak Academy is something everyone desires, and everyone is looking forward to entering it." Hinata Hajime muttered like a child, "Well, so, I'm not the dumbest person."

[Chuang, you really should drink more wine. ]

"Why? Didn't you say I have a low alcohol tolerance?"

[But if you drink more, you will fall asleep directly, instead of telling me these things we all know. ]

"You don't like it?"

【no.】

"Why do you say that?" Hinata Hajime opened his eyes, "I was like this from the beginning. I was an ordinary person, but I longed for talents that I didn't have, and felt inferior because of it."

[That's because you haven't discovered your own talent either.] Although he knew that Hinata Hajime was just talking nonsense, Kamukura Izuru still answered seriously, [You have a talent that even I don't have, a talent that Hope's Peak Academy has never figured out.]

Humanity is as gentle as water.

In the spiritual space, Hinata Hajime was sitting on the ground. He looked at Kamijou Izuru in front of him. After a moment, he stretched out his hand and firmly placed it on Kamijou Izuru's shoulder.

Kamukura Izuru knew that this man was not conscious at the moment, so he did not stop him and let him touch her as he pleased.

With this tacit consent, Hinata Hajime pressed his body towards Kamizuru Izuru. He and Kamizuru Izuru looked at each other, his eyes a little blurry due to the alcohol, but he kept looking at Kamizuru Izuru as if he was looking at some treasure.

Just as Kamukura Izuru was about to take his hand away, Hinata Sou spoke.

He said, "Outflow."

"I... like you so much."

He was groggy as if in a dream, unable to control his speech, and just kept saying whatever he liked.

Kamukura Izuru's hands froze, and he just watched Hinata Hajime mumbling all kinds of strange words, occasionally mixing in a word "I like" or two. Finally, Hinata Hajime leaned in his arms, as if he finally found a sense of security, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Looking at the person in his arms, Kamiya Izuru slowly tightened his arms.

He glanced at the Mirror Lake in front of him. The pale sky and the lake were connected together, and the endless mirror surface reflected all directions.

Nothing can escape your gaze.

Kamizuru spoke softly, "I know."