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"Who are you, the one who has helped me repeatedly in recent times?"

The girl raised her arms and said sincerely, "The unknown knight wrapped in black."

"If you are willing to fulfill this humble wish of this princess, please take off the mask that is as dark as the night and face me with your true face."

A male voice rang out from the other side of her, and answered with a slightly gentle tone:

"If this is really the princess' wish, I am willing to present this face with ugly scars to her under the moonlight."

As the man spoke, he took off the paper bag on his face, and his handsome face with numb expressions was exposed to the air. His gray-green eyes were full of a look of being played with.

"That's right, Brother Kong, you acted very well."

The girl with short hair and a headband looked at the scene in front of her excitedly, her fists clenched in excitement.

What's so great about this... Noel complained silently in his heart, but when he turned around and met Sonoko's excited eyes, he barely understood that the other party was probably only interested in his face.

Although I like it very much...

Noel threw the paper bag aside in disgust. Even though he had done something similar before, it was out of necessity. He didn't have such bad taste! And this speech was too embarrassing. He had stopped doing this a few years ago. It was too childish.

(In fact, I still wear bandages today.)

Xiaolan, who was standing by, breathed a sigh of relief, put down the script in her hand, and said with a smile: "I'd like to trouble Brother Kong to help me with the rehearsal this time. The garden party is coming soon, and I'm a little worried that I won't be able to act well..."

"Don't worry, Xiaolan. With your current level, there will be no problem," Sonoko said to her best friend with a smile. Then she turned to look at Noel and asked with sparkling eyes, "Brother Kong, do you really want to play the role? This role is perfect for you."

Even though they had just met, Yuanzi already called him Brother Kong in a familiar manner. Besides wanting to address him the same way as her best friend, there was definitely some lust in it.

"Yuanzi, please stop bothering Kong." Instead, Xiaolan spoke first: "I just came here to disturb you suddenly."

"Sorry, sorry, I just didn't expect that the brother Kong you often mentioned, Xiaolan, is actually so handsome." Suzuki Sonoko looked at Noel again and let out a long sigh. God knows how curious she was to hear the name of a handsome man from Xiaolan's mouth. Today, she came here specifically to find out under the pretext of acting.

I didn't expect she was so beautiful, and her style is a bit melancholy, which is really amazing.

Suzuki Sonoko didn't have any particular thoughts, she was just a face control and was happy to appreciate the beauty of various handsome men. (I am the same)

"If you ask me, just ignore that detective who's nowhere to be found. I think Kong Ge is pretty good." Yuanzi naturally said this in a low voice to her best friend, but Yinuoer's hearing was naturally clear, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

I have to say that Sonoko really wants to give the detective a sense of crisis all the time. She is worthy of being the number one CP fan of the Shinran Party.

"Don't worry, it's not a problem." Noel smiled and said, "But Conan didn't come with us?"

"That brat ran to Professor Agasa's place right after school today." Sonoko rolled her eyes and said, "I think he went to look for the little girl who lives at the professor's house."

"Conan seems to be worried about something recently." Xiaolan said worriedly: "I wanted to bring him here, but he left before I could say anything."

"What a troublesome little devil."

"Ding-ling-ling——" Xiaolan's cell phone rang, and the caller was the detective everyone was talking about.

"Sister Xiaolan, where are you now?" Conan's voice sounded a little worried, and it was obvious that he finally realized that his childhood sweetheart did not return home on time.

"I'm at Kong's house. What's wrong, Conan?" Xiaolan heard the boy's worry and explained softly.

"No...nothing." The voice on the other side seemed a little surprised, but then said: "Please tell Brother Kong for me that the detective team is going out to play this weekend. Do you want to join us?"

"I won't go. I have something to do over the weekend." Noel waved his hand and responded. Now he would rather not get involved in scientific plots. After all, Vermode is about to have a new skin, and it is not too cautious before he has figured out a solution.

If the detective team goes out to play, in the early stage, they are mostly exploring and deciphering secrets, and no murders will happen. The information backed up in the Noel Ark has not sent any reminders, so there should be no big problems.

Thinking of this, Noel relaxed, and after rehearsing a few more times with Xiaolan and sending the two high school girls away, Noel decided to draw a comic in the remaining time.

There is no other way, because all the drafts I have saved are gone. If I don’t draw something, the editor-in-chief will cry.

———

"Ran is at Kong's place." Conan put down the phone and looked at Haibara Ai, smiling bitterly.

"So after you discovered Kong's tendency to commit suicide, you were worried about his mental state and didn't dare to disturb him rashly, only to find out that your sister Xiaolan had been there for the whole afternoon?" Huihara Ai emphasized the pronunciation of "your sister Xiaolan", obviously an example of someone who would not forget to mock when she finds an opportunity.

"But it doesn't matter. Given Xiaolan's personality, maybe she can be helpful." Conan breathed a sigh of relief. If he was facing someone who wanted to leave the world, letting him see more of the beauty of the world might be able to hold him back. The detective did not deny that the smile of his childhood sweetheart was an indispensable motivation for him to move forward.

Is she...

Haibara Ai suddenly thought of the girl mentioned by the detective. That smile was gentle and inclusive, as hopeful as the morning sunshine, but not too dazzling to make people unable to open their eyes. It was indeed beautiful, enough to awaken people's desire for kindness in human nature.

"I hope so..." The girl could only say this, but her tone was a little sad.

"Is there any problem?" The detective keenly felt that the girl had other intentions, but found that she had no intention of explaining, so she turned around and walked away.

"I'm going to the basement, don't bother me."

The girl locked the door and sat on the chair with mixed feelings.

If Natsukawa Sora was really just a person who was desperate with the world and wanted to commit suicide, perhaps after coming into contact with all kinds of beautiful things, he would give birth to the idea of ​​living.

But Natsukawa Sora is not just Natsukawa Sora, he is also Grappa. For a person whose hands are stained with sin, what will he think when he sees the beauty of the world?

Haibara Ai didn't know that she was not Grappa and didn't understand the other person's thoughts. Or maybe at the beginning, she didn't understand why a person who was originally highly regarded in the organization would suddenly want to commit suicide, and ended up being thrown into the laboratory.

Given his current physical condition, he has no chance of survival. If left alone, he can only hold on for a few years at most. This is assuming that he takes good care of his body. In other words, the identity of Xiachuan Kong will disappear sooner or later.

However, as a bystander, what can I do?

The girl was a little confused. She didn't want her actions to affect the other party, but it was not her character to let it go.

She recalled the night when she first saw him as Grappa. His intimidating aura was totally different from the person she had been in contact with during this period. This made her think about a question:

Is the other person's mental state really normal?

If it is really what I think, it is too sad.

———

On the weekend, Noel once again chose not to take medicine. Relying on the fact that the organization had no recent tasks, he completely treated himself as Xia Chuankong. He sat in the underground playroom and wrote furiously, deciding to give his editor a surprise.

"Ding-a-ling--"

The phone suddenly rang, and Noel looked at the caller. It was Ayumi Yoshikawa?

Aren't they going camping? Are they complaining because I didn't join them?

Noel answered the phone, and before he could say anything, he heard the girl's trembling voice:

"Kong, Conan...Conan...is injured."

"What's going on?" Noel asked subconsciously, and then he heard a cool and tender voice from the other side, saying calmly: "He was shot in the left side of the abdomen. Although the bullet did not remain in the body, the heavy bleeding may have injured the kidneys. The situation is very dangerous."

In an instant, Noel felt his mind go blank and the paintbrush in his hand fell to the ground with a bang.