The New Year passed quickly, and the winter vacation went by quickly. The students all had fun, but a few kids still liked to make a lot of noise around Hinata Hajime.

So Hinata Hajime became the temporary caretaker of the children because of his overly easy-going personality.

So Hinata Hajime sat on a bench drinking a drink and watching several children riding the carousel. Haibara Ai was also on it, but Edogawa Conan did not go on it. It was not that he did not like to ride it, but he gave the ride to Yoshida Ayumi so that Yoshida Ayumi, who liked carousel, could ride it one more time.

He was also criticized by Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Genta Kojima: It's too much to try to please others in this way!

"So where are Xiaolan and Sonoko?" Hinata Hajime looked at Edogawa Conan, "Normally, you would be with them."

"Ran and Sonoko went shopping with their classmates, and I don't want to go with them to help them get things." Conan Edogawa sighed, "Have you ever gone out with a girl, Hinata-san? To be honest, I really admire them for being able to walk so much and try on so many clothes."

"no."

"Huh? There has never been one?" Edogawa Conan was a little surprised, "Hinata brother, you don't look like someone who has no luck with women."

Hinata Hajime twitched his lips, "I'm very ordinary. I didn't have many female friends when I was in school."

Of course, I don’t even have many male friends.

"It's not a bad thing." Conan Edogawa sighed, "I used to go out with Xiaolan, but she rejected me because I kept talking to her about Sherlock Holmes."

Hinata Hajime looked at him helplessly, "How can you talk about Sherlock Holmes on a date? Xiaolan is not a detective."

"I just want to tell Xiaolan what I like. After all, I want to be the Sherlock Holmes of the Heisei era!"

“Isn’t it Reiwa now?”

"It's obviously Heisei."

At this moment, the children who were playing on the merry-go-round got off. They ran over happily and grabbed Hinata Sou, then pointed at the roller coaster not far away with bright eyes. They watched the roller coaster rush out quickly and the people on the car let out miserable screams. Hinata Sou said no.

Some of them are still first graders. They are not tall enough, and the equipment of the roller coaster may not be able to protect them. Therefore, they are not allowed to go on.

The elementary school students quickly smacked their lips, and then their attention was immediately attracted by the next attraction.

Watching them rush up quickly, Hinata Hajime yawned while standing there. At this moment, he suddenly felt a pair of eyes staring at him.

He turned his head and saw a woman in a JK school uniform.

The girl stood at the entrance of the amusement park, her eyes fixed on the inside of the amusement park. When Hinata Hajime looked at her, she did not move at all. Three seconds later, she looked away, turned around and left, as if she came here just to take a look.

"Hinata-san?" Conan Edogawa came over from above, "Is there anything over there?"

"Nothing." Hinata Hajime shook his head.

"By the way, when will Xiaolan and Sonoko come back?"

"It should be soon." Conan Edogawa glanced at his watch, then he looked outside the amusement park, and then he waved his hands vigorously towards the opposite side. When Hinata Sou turned his head to look over, he saw Xiaolan and Sonoko walking towards them with bags on their backs and tickets to the amusement park in their hands.

Suzuki Sonoko quickly ran over, "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Hinata!"

As she said this, she stuffed a bag of snacks into Hinata Hajime's hand and said, "This is a thank you gift for asking you to look after our kids. Thank you!"

"No need. I'm free anyway."

"How could that be? These kids are so troublesome. It's ok when there are adults watching them, but they will be naughty without adults watching them." Suzuki Sonoko said seriously, and then called a few children over, "Hurry up and thank Mr. Hinata."

The children were given snacks and were very happy. They were also very obedient, so they shouted in unison, "Thank you, Hinata brother!"

Hinata Sou smiled, and at this moment, he looked at Mao Li Ran who was sitting on the bench. Mao Li Ran was holding her bag and seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Xiaolan?"

It seemed that this shout brought Mao Lilan back to her senses. She shook her head quickly, "Sorry, I suddenly thought of something."

"What makes you so upset?"

"What else could it be? That Kudo Shinichi who didn't come back even during the Chinese New Year." Suzuki Sonoko sighed, "When we were outside, we talked about Kudo with our classmates. They said that Xiaolan was like this after Kudo never came back. I really don't understand them, and that bastard Kudo, who didn't even come back to visit after being away for so long."

Kudo?

For some reason, I felt that the name sounded familiar, and then Hinata Hajime suddenly remembered that Haibara Ai seemed to have called Edogawa Conan this.

In other words...

Hinata Hajime looked at Edogawa Conan next to him and saw his guilty expression.

"Don't say that. Shinichi might have something wrong." Mao Lilan said softly, "He called me before, so he should be back soon."

"I think Kudo-kun has never left Xiaolan's side." Hinata Sou said, "No matter where he is, he will protect you."

Mao Lilan forced a smile, "Thank you, Mr. Hinata."

[So Conan also has emotional issues to deal with.] Hinata Hajime murmured.

[So when are you going to deal with your emotional issues?] Kamukura Izuru answered.

Hinata Hajime: ...

It’s better to hurry up.

So Hinata Hajime said goodbye to the children, took the snacks that Suzuki Sonoko gave him and went home, trying to avoid the topic.

However, no matter where Hinata Hajime goes, he cannot escape from Kamijou Izuru. After all, they are the same person, living in the same body, and can communicate anytime and anywhere. Kamijou Izuru has always been tolerating Hinata Hajime, but that does not mean he can always tolerate him.

So, this is what happened.

In the spiritual space, Hinata Hajime was lying on his back on the ground, with Mirror Lake next to him. What he could see was the endless pale white sky and Kamijou Izuru who was holding his shoulders.

Kamiya's long hair fell down on his chest. The man who was in the same boat as him spoke, "What's your answer?"

"Ide-ryu." Hinata struggled for a moment, but found he couldn't escape, so he gave up the resistance helplessly, "Don't do this."

"Why?"

"Anyway, let me go first." Hinata Hajime said.

Kamijou Izuru looked at him, and after a moment he let go of his hand, and Hinata Hajime was finally able to sit up.

He breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the ground looking at the mirror lake.

This is their spiritual space, and only here can they meet each other, but everything here is actually imagined by them. In other words, all their encounters are fake and are just the collision of their thoughts in their brains.

They cannot exist together, nor can they become new individuals.

Hinata Hajime will always be Kamuzura Izuryu, and Kamuzura Izuryu was also just Hinata Hajime at the beginning.

This is an unsolvable problem.

"Izuru, you are so keen to ask me for the answer, is it because you think it's interesting?"

"Boring."

"Um?"

"This is a very boring thing." Kamiya Izuru sat next to him with a calm expression. "Whether you respond or not, or respond to anything, it's boring to me. I have already seen all the possibilities. Things that I already know certainly don't interest me."

Hinata Hajime looked at Kamuzuru Izuru, "Then why do you keep asking?"

"Because I want to know." Kamukura Izuru said, "Although I have seen the future, I want to hear you speak for yourself."

This is a very special feeling. Although he understands all the consequences and knows all the futures, Kamijou Izuru wants to see what kind of future Hinata Hajime chooses. Kamijou Izuru finds that he has a preference, and he only hopes that Hinata Hajime will choose that future.

They are one person, with the same feelings, even if they cannot have the same concerns, but thinking about the same things.

"Like this."

Hinata Hajime smiled, lowered his head, and moved his hand forward little by little.

He held Kamizuru's hand, and Kamizuru looked at him, and neither of them said a word.

After a moment, Kamizuru Izuru withdrew his gaze.

They looked in different directions, not even facing each other, but their hands were tightly clasped together.

…

Although the problem has not been completely solved, it has been delayed at least.

Hinata Sou sighed, he opened the window, the cold air outside the window instantly blew on his face, his body trembled, he rubbed his face, and then looked outside.

It was already dark and the lights outside had been on. The sparrow that Hinata Hajime had left behind had long been released. The moment he went out of the window, the heartless little creature quickly climbed onto a branch and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Of course, for Hinata Hajime, it was a good thing that he didn't need to continue taking care of this little thing.

Just as he was about to close the window, the window opposite was suddenly pushed open, and a woman's voice pierced Hinata Hajime's ears directly.

"Don't come over here!"

Hinata Hajime was stunned for a moment, "This voice, Xiaolan?"

He looked outside carefully and saw Mouri Ran standing by the window, with Mouri Kogoro and Edogawa Conan behind her. He immediately understood what had happened. Hinata Hajime quickly closed the window and rushed out of the room. While running past, Hinata Hajime also saw Amuro Toru.

It was obvious that he had heard the sound, so he hurried over as quickly as possible.

"What happened?"

"I don't know." Amuro Toru looked puzzled, "Ms. Mori is not usually like this."

Hinata Hajime subtly sensed that something was wrong.

Arriving at the second floor with Amuro Toru, the door was not closed. The moment Hinata Hajime opened the door, he felt that the inside of the Mori Detective Agency was as cold as an ice cellar.

The window was pushed open and the curtains rustled in the wind. Ran Mouri was sitting on the windowsill crying. Neither Kogoro Mouri nor Conan Edogawa dared to go over.

Even though this was the second floor, Mao Lilan would not get hurt even if she jumped down, but they didn't dare.

"Ran." Maori Kogoro finally worried like a father, "What's wrong with you, Ran? Don't do anything stupid."

"Sister Xiaolan." Edogawa Conan stood there, "It's so cold, let's go back to the room."

"Why me?" Mao Lilan didn't know why she kept crying. She seemed to be completely unable to hear what Mao Li Kogoro and Edogawa Conan said. "No one cares about me, whether it's my mother or my father. Even Shinichi doesn't want to come back. What did I do wrong?"

“I’m so sad.”

Kogoro Mori looked at his daughter, and Toru Amuro hurried over to hold him back to prevent him from doing anything wrong because of his worry.

On the other side, Hinata Sou felt something was wrong, and he stood there calmly.

Mao Lilan was still crying. At this moment, Hinata Hajime saw a very faint black breath coming out from her shoulder. It was so faint that it blended into the darkness. If you didn't look carefully, you really couldn't see it clearly.

As expected, it was another fragment of despair.

"Then let's go find Shinichi tomorrow!" Conan Edogawa was desperate and said, "Actually, Shinichi told me during the day that he had already boarded a plane to Japan and wanted to give Xiaolan a surprise, and he also asked me not to tell you."

Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment, tears hanging on her eyelashes, "Really? Is Shinichi really back?"

"Yes! It's true!"

Conan Edogawa put his hands behind his back and gestured to Hinata Hajime, who quickly understood what Conan Edogawa meant.

He approached Mao Lilan who was sitting on the windowsill step by step from the side, and when she was not paying attention, he grabbed her arm and pulled her down from the windowsill.

"Ran!" Maori Kogoro broke away from Amuro Toru and quickly hugged the girl who was still crying, "I'm sorry, Ran, I'm sorry."

Hinata Hajime hurriedly closed the window, and then looked at Mori Ran who was hugged by Mori Kogoro. Her eyes were looking at the empty space, and her tears never stopped.

This was the first time Hinata Hajime saw Maori Ran cry.

"After returning from the amusement park, Xiaolan was not quite right." Edogawa Conan stood next to Hinata Hajime, his voice was very low, only the two of them could hear, "Xiaolan and I grew up together, no one knows her better than me, so I noticed something was wrong immediately."

"What's wrong?"

"Emotions." Edogawa Conan looked at Hinata Hajime, "Ran has become weak, no, I should say she has become quite weak. She had a quarrel with Uncle Maori tonight because Uncle Maori started watching TV after dinner. She suddenly exploded after she cleaned up the dishes."

Hinata Hajime silently made note of it in his heart.

"It should be an emotional breakdown." Conan Edogawa's voice sounded a little self-blaming, "She started talking about her mother and said that Uncle Maori was irresponsible. The outburst was very sudden, and Uncle Maori was scared. Just when he asked Xiaolan what happened, she opened the window and wanted to jump out."

After saying this, Edogawa Conan closed his eyes.

Although this was the second floor, he was completely panicked when he saw Ran Mouri trying to jump down.

This is not right. This is really not right. What happened to Xiaolan?

"I don't know what can make a person's emotions become like this. Xiaolan is a very strong person, she absolutely can't be like this." Edogawa Conan looked at Hinata Hajime, "Hinata brother, do you know why?"

"Maybe it's because of despair."

"Despair?"

"Um."

The same real despair as in that game.