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"Looks like you had a good time with those kids."

After seeing off the four children, Morofushi Jingguang couldn't help but teasing that in just one game time, Noel had already turned into a big brother who was super good at games in the eyes of these children. The reluctant look in his eyes when he left almost made him cry.

"Why do I feel like you're calling me childish?" Noel shrunk back onto the sofa again. He was already starting to feel dizzy after the intense exercise just now (in his brain). After all, he wasn't planning on taking any medicine today, so he was still feeling a little tired.

"Noel!" Hongshu changed his reserved look and called out with excitement in his tone. Compared with Brother Kong, he liked the name Noel more. "Sorry for disturbing you for the next few days!"

Hongshu took a week off specifically this time. As a genius, he didn't have to worry about his studies. The only trouble was his father. Ever since the incident with his adoptive father, he had been overprotective of him and it took him a lot of effort to get him to agree to his request to live with a friend. Otherwise, he would have come on the first day Noel returned to China.

"Oh, Hongshu," Noel looked at Hongshu, who had grown a lot taller after not seeing him for a few years. After a rough calculation, he found that he was still not as tall as himself. His tone suddenly softened and he stopped caring about this person who had an overly close relationship with his own Xiaoguang.

"I encountered such an interesting thing on my first day in Tokyo today. I really came to the right place..." Hiroki saw Noel's fatigue and knew about his drugs, so he suppressed the urge to drag him to play a game (hack into a company) and slowly recounted what happened today.

"So you were all involved in the code table case together?" Noel was a little surprised. Of course he knew about this case, but he didn't pay much attention to it. Firstly, it had nothing to do with the main plot, and secondly, no one died. There was no need to test the rules with such a small case. However, he didn't expect Hongshu to be involved in the whole process.

But the person codenamed Xiaobai did not appear in the original novel. Noel thought of what Hagihara Kenji said. The turning point of the case was that the police did not check the location but arrived at the scene in advance. The reason was the informant named Xiaobai.

Is it the butterfly effect, or some unexpected change?

Could it be a time traveler? That's impossible. Xiao Hei said there would be no time traveler. I am just a special case...

Xiaobai, the White Alliance? That organization that was accidentally mentioned before, although it is not in the original novel, but considering that the original novel has not yet been completed and rarely mentions the internal information of the Metropolitan Police Department, is it something that has existed for a long time?

By the way, why does the name Xiaobai feel familiar to me? It seems... Oh my god, isn't this the code name I came up with on the spur of the moment when I was dealing with the Matsuda Jinpei incident? !

What kind of lousy organization actually stole my name, shouldn't they be paid the copyright fee? ! !

"Noel?" Hongshu asked worriedly when he saw that the other party was in a daze, thinking that the other party was feeling unwell because he did not take his medicine.

"I'm fine." Noel rubbed his head to collect his thoughts, turned to look at Hongshu, but couldn't help but let his thoughts wander again.

Having said that, even the boy in front of him was beyond his expectations. They had met in the United States three years ago, and his theory of artificial intelligence made him feel like he was in a supporting role. Xia Tian had no memory of such a powerful character, but this configuration was enough for him to be the protagonist.

Could it be that Hiroki is actually the protagonist of other anime, but I haven't seen it in the summer, but Hiroki clearly wanted to commit suicide that day, Bai Yueguang? Or maybe it's a script of resurrection from the dead, then this world is not just Conan's world, thinking back to the fan fiction in my memory, there are often more than one world, could it be that the author has inserted some unpopular masterpiece into it with his own private goods? Considering Hiroki's Noah's Ark, is it still a sci-fi script about artificial intelligence destroying humanity?

Noel's imagination kept growing bigger and bigger, and finally he shook his head vigorously and stopped rationally.

"I was just thinking about today's case. The informant named Xiaobai might be related to the White Alliance." Noel decided to focus on Xiaobai. After all, this kind of unexpected organization was as uncomfortable as milk dripping on the table.

"It just so happens that you are here too, Hongshu. Can you follow up with me and see who is behind this?" After Noel finished speaking, he noticed that Hongshu's expression was a little subtle, so he asked:

"What's wrong?"

"Noel, I should have told you..." Zhu Fu Jingguang sighed and spoke.

"What did you say?" Noel frowned, feeling that things were not simple.

"I want to use the name you used, Xiaobai." Hongshu raised his hand and explained seriously:

"Xiao Guang and I formed the White Alliance together."

"......"

Noel was silent. For a moment, he couldn't come up with a suitable expression to deal with this matter. He could only sit there blankly until Morobushi Jingguang laughed out loud.

Finally, he yelled out in an embarrassed tone, "Xiao Guang!"

"How about sweet and sour tenderloin for dinner?"

"......"

"Want to eat?"

"eat."

A war vanished.

———

"Hello, little one!" As expected, Kenji Hagiwara found that his childhood friend was waiting for him for dinner. The house they rented was just across the street, and they always had dinner together.

"So, what's the result?" Over the years, Matsuda Jinpei has gotten used to Hagiwara Kenji's clingy nickname, or has he become numb to it? In any case, he was too lazy to say welcome back to this person, and simply got straight to the point.

"Well...it seems like there's no problem." Hagiwara Kenji knew that the other person was asking about Sora. After all, the reason he came back late today was to care about Sora's fragile heart.

"Feeling?" Matsuda Jinpei rolled his eyes, feeling that this guy was unreliable.

"Although his sharp tongue is still the same, his eyes are not as sharp as before..." Hagiwara Kenji thought about it carefully and said:

"It feels like nothing matters anymore."

"After all, you've grown up a bit." Matsuda Jinpei also thought of the meeting on the Shinkansen a few days ago. Although the other person's smile was a bit fake, it was obvious that he had learned how to get along with others. It seemed that he was not trapped at home as often as in the past few years.

"I have indeed grown. After all, I'm taller than you." Hagiwara Kenji waved his arms and said something very annoying in a nonchalant manner.

"Your skin is itchy, isn't it?" Matsuda Jinpei flexed his wrist and showed a kind expression, and it was obvious that if the other party said this again, the punch would decisively fall on that charming cheek.

"Ahem," Hagiwara Kenji knew he had to quit while he was ahead, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, do you still remember his younger brother, Hikaru Natsukawa?"

"I know, but..." Jinpei Matsuda also knew that the other party was changing the subject, and he snorted coldly, but still answered the other party's question.

"But you've never seen his face, right?" Hagiwara Kenji added with a smile.

"Is there something wrong with that kid?" Knowing that the other party would not bring up this topic for no reason, and thinking about the fact that he had never seen his face in the several times they met, Matsuda Jinpei asked.

"He looks so much like Kagemitsu." Hagiwara Kenji recalled the other's appearance in his mind. Those blue-purple cat eyes were so beautiful that he had exaggerated them when he was still studying in the police academy. As a result, he was beaten up by Zero and Kojinpei.

"Is it a relative?" Jinpei Matsuda said the most likely possibility.

"Maybe, but Xiaokong mentioned that Xiaoguang is his cousin and was adopted by his family after his parents died." Hagiwara Kenji is very good at asking questions, but he actually got these questions out of Conan. After all, Xiaokong doesn't seem to want to pay attention to him at all.

"Perhaps they are distant relatives of the Fu."

"But they look too much alike." Hagiwara Kenji couldn't help but say, but then he sighed: "But Jingguang is carrying out that kind of mission now, so it's not convenient for me to ask."

"Why are you so curious about this?" Seeing the other party's helpless look, Matsuda Jinpei felt that the other party was just idle and had nothing to do. "How do you feel about working in the Investigation Division today?"

"Hmm...it's quite interesting. He caught an Italian robber right at the start. I think he'll be promoted soon," Hagiwara Kenji thought to himself, poked his childhood sweetheart, and asked, "Why don't you come over and give it a try?"

"Forget it, I prefer dismantling things, and that place is more suitable for you." Matsuda Kenji really thought so. After all, he knew very well the abilities of his young son, and it would be a pity for him to follow him in the explosive disposal team. After all, the other party's wish was just to find a job that would not go bankrupt.

"I thought you would be sad, little Zhenping. Is it really okay to be without someone to accompany you?"

"Well, I see you are really itchy..."

"Bang——"

———

"Conan, you're finally back."

"I'm sorry, Sister Xiaolan, I made you worry." Conan immediately admitted his mistake.

"Forget it, don't do this next time." Xiaolan looked at Conan helplessly, knowing that she had become soft-hearted again.

But this kid had just been nearly kidnapped by Italian robbers, and then he went to Kong Ge's house to play as if nothing had happened. He is really carefree.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you that Yuanzi invited me to her villa. Do you want to come?"

Sonoko, Suzuki Sonoko...

Conan immediately knew that it was the girl who grew up with him and Xiaolan, the second daughter of the Suzuki Group, who had a very troublesome personality...

“I’ll go!”

Elsewhere, someone received a letter and was struggling to make a decision.

His fingers were trembling, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he seemed to have used up all his strength as he uttered the words with difficulty:

"Even...even so, I...I will do it."

"For Atsuko."

He finally said the last sentence firmly, then he tore up the letter and threw it into the sink.