"However, that's enough."
Thinking back on the process of their search today, Dr. Agasa felt a sense of disappointment at not finding Kinoshita, but also a warmth in his heart.
Having made his decision, he sighed softly and said to the group:
"I am already very satisfied."
"What do you mean?" Ayumi and the other two didn't react immediately.
The other two had already guessed what Professor Agasa wanted to say.
Raising his head slightly to recall that brief moment, Professor Agasa said:
"Let my memories of her remain intact, in their most beautiful form, forever in my heart."
This topic is rather heavy.
Realizing this, Dr. Agasa began to make fun of himself to lighten the mood:
"Besides, I don't want her to see me bald."
Even so, Professor Agasa still felt lost and empty inside.
As the eldest among them, Professor Agasa didn't want to appear sad in front of the children.
That's not good.
He calmly gestured for the group to leave:
"Let's go, we should head back too."
"I'll take you to a restaurant for a big meal tonight, you can eat as much as you want!"
If Professor Agasa said that normally, he would definitely hear the children cheering.
This time, however, he heard nothing except the footsteps and conversations of other tourists, as well as the ambient noise.
Even Genta, who loves to eat the most, remained silent at this moment.
The group silently followed behind Professor Agasa, preparing to leave the Nocturnal Animal Museum.
Meanwhile, Ai had already taken out her phone, opened her text messages with Kōyū, and wanted to ask Kōyū for his address.
Just as Professor Agasa pushed open the door, a gust of wind suddenly blew into the nocturnal animal pavilion through the crack in the door.
Ayumi, who was following behind, lost her grip on the postcard, and it was blown away by the wind.
Seeing this, Ayumi naturally jogged after him.
Dr. Agasa happened to turn around and see this scene.
A memory suddenly flooded my mind.
One of those scenes vaguely overlaps with the scene before my eyes right now.
The same thing happened in the same season.
At that time, a strong wind blew something away.
He remembered that the thing that was blown away was the hat that Kinoshita always wore on her head.
...
Picking up the hat from the ground, Professor Agasa bent down and handed it to Kinoshita, who was squatting on the ground with his head in his hands for some unknown reason.
"Here, your hat."
I thought Kinoshita would reach out and take it.
But she held her head, squatted on the ground, and shouted at him, somewhat agitated:
"no!"
"You can't look!"
Please!
The pleading tone in his voice startled Professor Agasa.
...
Ai picked up the postcard from the ground and handed it to Ayumi, saying to her:
"You'd better take it carefully!"
"We can't lose it."
"Mmm." Ayumi took the postcard and responded obediently.
Their conversation brought Professor Agasa back to reality from his reverie.
Noticing Professor Agasa's unusual behavior, Conan asked:
"Doctor, what's wrong?"
Composing himself, Professor Agasa didn't hide anything and said:
"It's nothing really."
"I just suddenly remembered something about her hair."
"Hair?" Conan asked, puzzled.
Not only him, but also Ayumi and the other two were somewhat puzzled.
Upon hearing the word "hair," Ai vaguely guessed a possibility.
Because she had experienced something similar before.
"Hmm." Professor Agasa nodded.
He then explained the reason:
"Although her eyes are black, her hair color is slightly different."
"Rather than brown, it's more like..."
Professor Agasa paused at this point, probably reminiscing.
Having heard this, Ai was certain that things were as she had thought, so she continued:
"blond."
"One of the girl's parents must be a foreigner."
"That's why she always wears a hat, and she always pulls it down low."
"Because she didn't want her classmates to make a fuss about her unusual hair color."
“When I was studying in the United States, I was discriminated against because I didn’t look Western enough.”
"Therefore, I can understand her feelings very well."
One of the reasons she didn't have any friends when she was a child was because she was of mixed race.
Although her appearance clearly shows Western elements, it also contains many Eastern elements.
Many noble white children don't want to associate with mixed-race children like her.
Of course, some girls are willing to be friends with her, but those girls don't care about these things.
In the end, they followed the crowd. They didn't ostracize her, but they also stopped saying things like "Let's be friends."
"So, Ai is also of mixed race?" Ayumi asked, observing Ai's appearance.
"Yes, my mother is British."
After answering, Ai asked, "Didn't I say that?"
"No." Ayumi shook her head.
She had never paid attention to these things before.
She only found out about this now that Ai had brought it up herself.
"Ayumi, let me see the postcard." Conan suddenly thought of another possibility.
Taking the postcard from Ayumi, Conan carefully examined the code once again.
"If that's the case, these numbers should mean..."
To verify his hypothesis, Conan turned to Professor Agasa and asked:
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