You don't need to rush or visit tourist attractions. Once you leave the city streets, you'll be surrounded by pastoral scenery. It's no exaggeration to say that Biei is scenic everywhere.
It is not grand or dramatic, but if you can calm down, you can appreciate the natural beauty hidden in its straightforward narrative style.
On their way to the next low point, Kōyū and Ai passed by the location where the Japanese Seven Stars cigarette advertisement and cigarette box packaging were filmed, and saw the Seven Stars Tree, which is famous for this.
Interestingly, besides the Seven Star Tree, Biei also has several other named trees, the kind that are marked with their names on maps.
The Ken and Mary Tree, named after an advertisement, and the Family Tree, named for its resemblance to a family of three...
With his crush sitting in the back seat chatting with him, and surrounded by beautiful pastoral scenery, Guangyou found the journey to the next destination anything but boring.
After spending more than half an hour, the two arrived at their destination—Shin-ei no Oka.
After riding his bicycle for so long, Kōyū felt a little tired, so he and Ai sat on the hill and looked at the field in front of them.
March is not the flower season in Biei, and the sunflowers, one of the characteristics of Shinei-gaoka, have not yet bloomed at this time.
Sitting on the hill, they looked out at a vast expanse of green, dotted with tiny white specks.
The white plant was a small, ordinary plant that neither Kousuke nor Ai knew, but against the backdrop of the wilderness, it gave people a sense of vitality.
"Kuangyou, do you remember this painting?" Ai took out a notebook from her small bag, turned to a page, and handed it to Kuangyou.
"Why did you bring this with you?" Guangyou asked, somewhat surprised.
This notebook contains many records, including many drawings he made in it that are related to Ai Haibara.
After taking the notebook and glancing at it, Guangyou smiled.
He nodded and said:
"Of course I remember. It was a dream I had before. In the dream, you were wearing a white dress, standing in the middle of a sea of flowers..."
He couldn't continue speaking halfway through his sentence.
He saw Ai Haibara standing beside him, wearing a sleeveless white dress.
After pausing for a second, Kōyū quickly picked up Ai's coat from the grass, put it on her, and muttered to himself:
"You little rascal, don't you ever feel cold?"
After putting the coat on Ai, Kōyū looked up and saw a faint smile on Ai's lips.
He deliberately put on a stern face and spoke to Ai in a lecturing tone:
"What are you laughing at? What if you catch a cold?"
Faced with Kousuke's "reprimand," Ai met his gaze but remained silent.
After a few seconds of eye contact, Kwang-woo couldn't hold back any longer. A smile crept across his face as he asked her:
"You brought the painting and the dress here specifically for this?"
"That's one reason," Ai frankly admitted. She then asked Kōyū, "How does it feel to have your dream come true?"
“Very good.” Guangyou’s smile widened. “Actually, I already experienced this feeling when I met you.”
“Me too,” Ai chimed in.
"Oh, right, I also have something to give you."
Ai's words reminded Kōyū of something.
He took a brown paper bag out of his backpack and handed it to Ai, saying:
"It should be a gift, but whether it's a gift or just a bunch of useless stuff depends on how you look at it."
"What is that?" Ai asked, puzzled.
"Just open it and you'll see," Guangyou said without further explanation.
With a sense of doubt, Ai opened the brown paper bag and took out the contents.
After a moment of surprise, Ai looked up at Kousuke, a hint of delight in her icy blue eyes.
She pursed her lips, trying to suppress the upward curve of her lips, but without success.
Even though the item was already in front of her, she still asked Guangyou with some uncertainty:
"My identity information?"
The brown paper bag contained various documents and identification information that could prove her identity.
The name and photo on these documents and materials are not Shiho Miyano, but Ai Haibara.
"Hmm." Guangyou nodded and said, "I don't know if this counts as a gift."
Japan's identity system was in a state of chaos at this time.
Even without legal documents, Ai Haibara's daily school life in present-day Japan would not be affected.
However, for example, if you want to travel abroad by plane, it will be very troublesome without proper documentation.
A while ago, he specifically asked Amuro Tooru to help him solve this problem.
While they were still having fun in Sapporo, Amuro Tooru messaged him saying that everything was settled, so he asked Amuro Tooru to send him all the documents.
"Yes, of course it counts." Ai lowered her head, looking at her documents, and asked Kōyū, "You said you were going to the convenience store this morning to pick up a package?"
"Um."
At the time, he estimated the timeframe and had Amuro Tooru send the documents directly to Biei.
"However, whether this information is useful or not depends on your perspective."
Looking at her smiling face, Kwangyu said, "Even though you didn't say it, I think I know what you're thinking."
"Mm." Ai knew what Kousuke was talking about and nodded in response.
She suddenly remembered something and said to Guangyou in a gentle tone:
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Ai Haibara. I look forward to working with you in the future."
Even though he already knew the answer, Kousuke was still very happy when Ai told him again in a unique way, through her "self-introduction," that "she would not take the antidote and would not leave."
He also imitated Ai and "reintroduced himself":
"My name is Guangyou. I hope you will take good care of me in the future."
"Let's take some photos," Ai said, taking off her coat and placing it on the grass beside her before walking a few steps forward.
This time, Guangyou didn't stop her. He took out his camera from his backpack and took several photos of her.
A sea of flowers, a white dress, and the smile on her face.
That dream, that painting, has become reality at this very moment.
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