The two strolled around the shopping area.
In the end, the two only bought two headbands.
One has devil horns, and the other has cat ears.
The headbands aren't very expensive; even if you buy two, the cash you got back from getting game currency is enough to cover the cost.
It was not only enough to cover the expenses, but there was also some money left over.
After receiving the change, Kōyū put the money in his pocket, picked up the bag containing his headband, and walked with Ai toward the arcade.
Back in the arcade, Kouyu saw Hattori Heiji leaning against the wall, hugging the hamster plushie and chatting with Conan.
"Why haven't they come out yet?" Hattori Heiji had just looked up when he saw Kōyū and the other person walking out of the shopping area.
As Kōsuke approached, Hattori Heiji asked, "Kōsuke, have you seen Kazuha and the others? How much longer will they be?"
“I saw them.” Kōyū nodded and said, “But I wasn’t shopping with Kazuha and the others, so I don’t know how much longer they will take.”
"It's really slow..." Hattori Heiji nodded to indicate that he understood, glanced in the direction of the shopping area, and then complained.
"They should be here soon too," Guangyou said, glancing at the time.
"Mm," Hattori Heiji responded.
After answering Heiji Hattori's question, Kōyū turned to Ai Haibara and whispered, "When you put on your headband later, I'll take a picture of you."
"No." Ai refused without much thought.
"I'll just take one picture." Guangyou held up one finger, still trying to persuade him.
"Absolutely not!" Ai shook her head, refusing again.
"Alright then." Guangyou didn't insist any further after hearing that.
...
After waiting for another three minutes, Kazuha and Ran walked out of the shopping area.
"You guys are so slow." Hattori Heiji said, holding the hamster plushie in one hand and watching Kazuha approach.
“There’s a lot of stuff inside…” Kazuha was about to explain when she noticed the hamster plushie Hattori Heiji was holding.
Kazuha stopped in her tracks the moment she saw the hamster plushie.
Xiao Lan also stopped walking with her.
"Kazuha, I think that's for you." Ran covered her mouth with her hand and said this to Kazuha with a smile on her face.
"Could I have mistaken you for someone else?"
Upon hearing what Kazuha said, Ran couldn't help but chuckle softly, though she could understand why Kazuha reacted that way.
“I’m sure I didn’t mistake it.” Xiaolan urged He Ye with a smile, “Alright, let’s go over first. We’ll find out soon whether that doll was given to you or not.”
"Hmm." Kazuha took a deep breath, took another step, and walked up to Hattori Heiji.
Ran stood next to Kousuke, and even Conan, who was originally standing next to Heiji Hattori, made room for them.
"Conan, why does Hattori suddenly want to play the claw machine?" Seeing that Ran's attention was on Kazuha, Kouyu leaned over to Conan and asked softly.
"I don't know either." Conan was also stunned for a second when he found out that Heiji Hattori was going to catch that hamster plushie.
"Although I haven't heard Hattori say it himself, the answer is quite obvious." Conan looked at Hattori Heiji and smiled.
"Whatever Hattori's reasons for wanting to try his luck at the claw machine, as long as the result was good, that's fine." Kōyū recalled the incident while queuing and repeated it.
“That’s right.” Conan nodded, agreeing with Mitsuyu’s statement.
The two then fell silent, focusing their attention on Kazuha.
...
"Here, take this." Hattori Heiji saw Kazuha walk up to him, stretched out his hand, and handed the hamster plushie to Kazuha.
"Heiji, why did you suddenly want to play the claw machine?" Kazuha asked, her cheeks slightly flushed as she took the hamster plushie.
"Does it have to be a reason?" Hattori Heiji asked, frowning slightly.
"Of course there are!" Kazuha said, trying to calm herself down as she changed the subject.
She looked much better now, and the blush on her cheeks was slowly fading.
“There must be a reason for doing something, even if it’s just a sudden urge to play claw machines,” Kazuha explained.
"If I had to give a reason..." Hattori Heiji raised his chin slightly, thought for a moment, and then answered Kazuha.
"Actually, I just saw you try so many times, and this hamster plushie looked like it was going to fall off, so I wanted to try to grab it."
"Is that all?" He Ye frowned slightly and asked again.
"That's all, what else is there?" Hattori Heiji added after finishing speaking, "It's also to prevent you from saying things like 'It's a pity I didn't catch that hamster plushie' when you go back to Osaka."
"Heiji, thank you!"
This answer isn't actually a perfect answer. In Kazuha's mind, a perfect answer would be something like, "I want to give this doll to you."
However, Kazuha knew very well that the perfect answer she envisioned was almost impossible to come out of Hattori Heiji's mouth.
If Hattori Heiji were to say something like that one day, it would be an absolute miracle.
This reason is quite good now: I didn't want her to feel sorry for me, so I took out the hamster plush toy and gave it to her.
While it's possible that Heiji Hattori didn't want her to bring it up again after returning to Osaka, Kazuha was more inclined to believe the former.
Something that's not obvious is better than nothing.
"You're welcome..." Hattori Heiji covered his mouth and yawned before asking the others, "Is there anything else you want to buy?"
"I've bought everything I needed." Kazuha held the hamster plushie in one hand and raised her other hand to indicate the shopping bag in her hand.
"I've bought mine too," Xiaolan said.
"I'm almost done too." Guangyou thought for a moment, and after confirming that there was nothing in the shopping area that would attract him, he said it with certainty.
"I've bought it."
After receiving responses from the group, Hattori Heiji gestured for them to leave the gift shop.
"Now that we've already bought them, let's go."
"Um."
After responding, the group walked towards the entrance of the gift shop.
...
On the way back to the theme park after leaving the gift shop.
"Ran, what should we do next?" Kazuha asked with a smile as she walked beside Ran, holding a hamster plushie.
“If we follow the route we discussed earlier…” Xiaolan stopped and pointed to her chin with her finger.
After thinking for a moment, Xiaolan took out a park map and pointed to an item on the map that was a roulette wheel thumbnail.
Then, Xiaolan spoke up, saying, "According to the route we discussed before, the next attraction should be the Ferris wheel."
"Then let's hurry up and go!" Kazuha was in a good mood, and the corners of her lips turned up slightly as she spoke.
...
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