Chapter 51 Reunion (Catching Bugs)

When reactivating the Blue and Orange Wine vest this time, Akiyama Kanade made some minor adjustments to this face. He pushed the skin color all the way to the pale side.

On that Valentine's Day night three years ago, Blue Curacao was badly injured and soaked in cold water for a long time. It's reasonable for the body to have some sequelae, right?

The face-shaping machine in the game has been upgraded and can now make special settings for the body, so he added the debuffs of disability and accumulated injuries.

This time there is no need to pretend. After putting on this vest, Akiyama Kanade really feels the heavy restraint coming from her body.

Maybe the effect was too good. Jinpei Matsuda was now determined to take him to the hospital for examination.

Akiyama Kanade didn't know how the topic had turned to this. Originally, he wanted to test the other party's attitude towards him and whether the public security had revealed the true identity of Kyushu Haruki to Matsuda Jinpei.

The two of them didn't say much. Matsuda Jinpei stared at his face for a while, then suddenly said, "I'll go to the hospital with you to get a physical checkup."

Akiyama Kanade:?

Although it was part of the plan to let Jinpei Matsuda realize that he was in poor health, it was obviously not the right time and he was not ready yet.

Let me use an inappropriate metaphor.

It's like a newlywed couple, the wife isn't ready yet, but the husband wants to take her for a pregnancy checkup.

With Akiyama Kanade's strength, it was not difficult to shake off Matsuda Jinpei, but the expression on the other party's face was a little scary, and he instinctively felt that it was better not to provoke Officer Matsuda at this time.

Just think of it as a way to appease him.

Matsuda Jinpei held Kyushu Haruki's wrist tightly and took him down to the first floor of the station.

"Captain?" The policeman from the Explosion Division looked strangely at his captain and the handsome man whose wrist he grabbed. The latter's eyes were fixed on his wrist that was grabbed by someone. After realizing that someone was looking at him, he frowned and glanced back indifferently.

...It feels so cold.

At this time, Haibara Ai, who was among the crowd waiting to be evacuated on the platform, also saw Kyusho Haruki being pulled out by Matsuda Jinpei.

When Conan Edogawa was analyzing with her what had happened at the station, he saw that the girl's expression suddenly showed an unconcealable shock.

Although she quickly forced herself to return to normal.

However, Edogawa Conan had already followed her gaze.

In fact, there are many people at the end of Haibara Ai's sight, but there is one person who is so outstanding in appearance that it is hard not to notice him at a glance.

It was just like a handful of snow that suddenly fell in the summer.

"Do you know him?"

"...I don't know her." Huihara Ai obviously didn't mean what she said.

So it was him? He wasn't dead, so he did this to help her?

...But why would he do this? He must be too busy to take care of himself at this moment.

Huiyuan Ai wanted to go up and ask where he had been these past few years, but she knew now was not the right time. She avoided the inquiring gaze of her fellow detectives and coughed lightly, "If there is nothing else, I will go back with the doctor."

"Officer Jiu Sheng?"

It has been a long time since I heard anyone call this name. Akiyama Kanade was stunned and looked at the person who came.

The young female police officer looked surprised and walked towards him quickly.

"It's really you! Why are you here? We were worried when you suddenly resigned without even saying goodbye. Are you coming back now? Are you going to continue to be a police officer? ... Uh, I'm sorry."

Because she was so happy to see her long-lost friend, Sato Miwako spoke too quickly and brought up a topic that should not be discussed.

Because of his leg injury, he is no longer suitable to be a police officer.

She rubbed her cheeks sheepishly.

"It's okay, I don't mind." Akiyama Kanade smiled at her and said comfortingly.

The first time he saw Sato Miwako, Akiyama Kanade subconsciously tried to break free of his wrists, but as soon as he exerted force, Matsuda Jinpei noticed and tightened his grip. He looked at the profile of the curly-haired officer, and he could still see some residual anger on that face.

By the time Officer Sato finished his words, Akiyama Kanade had already given up struggling and instead grasped the hand that was holding his wrist, forcefully squeezing the knuckles and interlocking their fingers.

The sleeves of his kimono were wide, concealing all the undercurrents hidden beneath them.

Matsuda Jinpei's ears turned red without him noticing and he cursed secretly in his heart.

But I still insisted and didn't let go.

He glanced towards the culprit.

The pale-faced man hunched his shoulders a little, blinked blankly and innocently, but his fingers under his sleeves exerted more force.

Even though no one would notice what the two were doing under their sleeves, Matsuda Jinpei still felt guilty.

The station matter has been officially handed over to the Investigation Division.

Because many police officers in the Investigation Division knew Jiu Sheng Chun Shu, this place became a focus of everyone's attention.

Jinpei Matsuda's palms felt increasingly hot.

The man who was afraid that he would be angry just now now looked at his sleeves that were too long with a look of regret.

Matsuda Jinpei decided not to think about what he was planning, lest he really couldn't help but beat him up.

When I was in the police academy many years ago, I would never have thought that Jinpei Matsuda would one day be so patient.

He glared at Jiu Sheng Chun Shu, signaling him with his eyes not to act rashly, and then said to the people who gathered around him: "Don't you need to investigate the whereabouts of the criminal? I have to take Chun to the hospital now. You can talk about it next time if you have anything to say."

"Jiu Sheng, are you sick?"

"You don't look very well."

"Is it a recurrence of the leg injury?"

Amid the chatter, Matsuda Jinpei's expression became worse and worse, but the man beside him was calm and composed.

"I'm sorry to have worried you. Officer Matsuda said he would take good care of me, so I'm fine."

What is this guy talking about!

He never said anything about taking care of him!

In the end, Matsuda Jinpei managed to get Kyushu into the car. After fastening her seat belt, the curly-haired officer said gloomily, "...hand."

The two were still holding hands.

He avoided the dark-haired man's gaze.

In a place where no one could see, the man's eyes completely gave up on concealing his true feelings. His burning love filled every inch of the air.

Even breathing is hot.

The man seemed extremely reluctant to let go of their clasped hands. He then used his eyes instead of his fingers to caress the face of the person in front of him, from the eyebrows to the bridge of the nose, from the chin to the lips... and finally lingered on the lips suspiciously for a long time.

Jinpei Matsuda originally thought that after not seeing each other for three years, the other party's feelings for him should have faded... at least not to the level of love anymore.

It would be best if the two of them could return to a friendship.

Now he realized that he seemed to be too naive.

Those grey eyes knew how to hide their true colors in front of others, but when no one was around, they almost wanted to eat him.

However, Jinpei Matsuda at this time is no longer the same person he was three years ago.

He still has a lot of accounts to settle with this guy.

Of course, I won’t be scared off by one or two explicit glances.

On this side, Akiyama Kanade was worried.

Jinpei Matsuda's reaction was totally different from what he had imagined.

Except for the fact that the other person's ears blushed briefly when the two of them held hands at the beginning, after that, no matter what eye or body movements he made secretly, the other person was very cold and didn't respond at all.

...I have no idea what he's thinking. He doesn't seem to be angry, he just doesn't respond.

But if you say that the other party doesn't care about him, he won't forcefully take him to see a doctor.

So what are Officer Matsuda's feelings towards Haruki Kyusho now?

Matsuda's heart is like a needle in the sea.

He still has a long way to go to understand this man.

On the other hand, after watching Matsuda Jinpei put the person into the car, Sato Miwako still felt uneasy. Kyusho Haruki's face was really bad. She found that Matsuda Jinpei didn't dare to use too much force when putting the person into the car, and the person's weak body seemed to be unable to withstand even a gust of wind.

How did his body become like this?

Three years ago, after the bombing, when she went to the hospital to see him, the man's face had not yet turned as pale as it is now.

Just like winter snow, it will melt away with the spring breeze.

Noticing the worried look on Sato Miwako's face, before she could ask, Inspector Megure said, "Go check on him. His condition is really worrying. Takagi, you go with Sato."

Takagi Wataru, who was still in the dark, quickly responded, "Yes!"

They both got into their own cars.

"Who is that handsome man? Officers Sato and Matsuda are both concerned about his appearance."

Yeah, who is that man? Wait——

"You, you guys——!" Takagi Wataru looked at the young detective team who had sneaked into the car at some point through the rearview mirror with a headache.

Ayumi said: "Officer Takagi, don't worry. Although that big brother is indeed very handsome and the best-looking person Ayumi has ever seen, Ayumi will still support Officer Takagi!"

"……Thank you."

No matter what, Takagi Shigeru was still touched.

"But I've never seen that person before. He should be a friend of Officer Sato, right?" He whispered, "He should be just an ordinary friend..."

Haha, Edogawa Conan smiled. In his opinion, Officer Sato's concern for that man was just that of an ordinary friend.

But the man in the white kimono did make him very concerned.

The other person appeared right after the incident at the station, and made Huihara show that expression again...

Huiyuan Ai met his gaze and snorted coldly, "I won't tell you anything, but you'd better not mess around."

There really is something there.

…

The group found Matsuda Jinpei and the man in the white kimono who was taken away in the hospital's waiting area. There were many people in the waiting area, and he was sitting on a bench with his bamboo cane beside him.

Jinpei Matsuda seemed to be angry with him, and his expression was not very good.

The man in kimono just smiled, coughed, and said to him: "I know my own body, why waste my energy?"

"What do you know?" The curly-haired officer said coldly, "Wait here, I'll give you a checklist."

He paused, then added viciously, "If you dare to sneak away, I will beat you so hard next time that you can't even get up!"

Miwako Sato stood leaning against the wall at the entrance of the waiting room, looking at the back of the man in kimono, but did not go forward.

Takagi Wataru was too embarrassed to ask, but the Boy Detective Team didn't have that much concern.

Conan Edogawa gently tugged at the hem of Sato Miwako's clothes and asked in a low voice: "Officer Sato, who is he?"

Miwako Sato was no longer surprised by the young detectives appearing at any time, but she still felt as if she were in another world when she heard them bring up this issue.

When the Ferris wheel bombing happened, almost every TV station was reporting on the young police officer who paid a huge price to protect the people from the bomber. It was a hot topic at the time and few people had not heard of it.

"…has it been so long?"

Miwako Sato quietly recounted to the Junior Detective Team what happened that year, how the young police officer saved Jinpei Matsuda at a critical moment, and how the doctor diagnosed him as unfit to continue being a police officer due to his physical burden.

"After that, he suddenly resigned and disappeared. We didn't know where he went..."

While they were talking, the man in kimono seemed to sense something and suddenly looked towards them. It was unknown what he saw, but he was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked over.