Picking up a glass of wine, Maoliran sat at a table in an unmanned cabin, somewhat nonchalantly watching himself rippling in front of him. Shaking his glass, Maolilan took a sip of the wine.

In terms of taste, sake is good, but even if you taste it, you just feel tasteless.

"Yo, Xiaolan," a familiar voice sounded behind her without warning. "What's the matter, why is a person drinking here alone?"

“！” With a look of surprise, Moriran turned her head and looked at the doorway where the voice had come from, only to find that there was no one.

"What are you waiting for?" At the same time, a laughing voice came from across the table.

"Shinichi!" Moriran immediately looked back at the front of his body - Shinichi Kudo, wearing a snow-white white shirt, had already picked up the wine glass in front of him. "You're still on the airship?"

"What's the matter, aren't you just waiting for me?" Kudo Shinichi pursed his lips and shook the wine glass in his hand as if he was a little dissatisfied. "Even the wine has been poured, and you say you're not waiting for me?"

"Well, indeed," Maoliran shook his head with a genuine smile. "I have to admit, though, I didn't expect you to actually come—if you didn't, I could only imagine you being here."

"So, I showed up just in time!" The corners of Kudo Shinichi's mouth curled slightly. "Cheers?"

Mao Lilan's eyes narrowed into a crescent shape, and then he took the initiative to send the quilt forward a little. "I feel like you've learned a lot!"

"Huh?" Shinichi Kudo gently collided the rim of his glass with Moriran's and made a questioning sound. "What do you mean?"

"You've never been so empathetic before," Moriran retracted the glass back in front of him, his eyes staring at the slight ripples on the wine. "Before...... You're a dead log! ”

"Huh?" Kudo Shinichi's hand trembled, but he made a nonchalant sound. "So I'm such a dumb wood in your mind?"

"Hmm-" Maoliran raised an eyebrow, a rather playful expression. "At least it used to be, but now I think I might have to change that =,="

"What if one day I become stupid again and become that stupid log again?" Kudo Shinichi took a sip of his wine, and then said with interest.

"Oh?" Mao Lilan showed a somewhat dissatisfied expression. "What's the matter, are you going to take any stupid pills?"

"No," Kudo Shinichi quickly waved his hand. "It's just that maybe I just suddenly opened my mind for a few minutes, and if the true form is revealed in the future, I'm afraid you'll be disappointed."

"I don't think you're going to be stupid that much," Maolilan pouted. "Because if you just open up a little bit like you do now, it won't be the same as before-"

Speaking of this, Maorilan took a deep breath.

"Big-stupid-——!!!" With a rather exaggerated teasing expression, Mao Lilan said with a smile.

"Hey!" Shinichi Kudo clasped his hands to his chest and protested dissatisfiedly.

"Joking, joking~" Mao Lilan smiled and waved his hand. "Then again......" she said, her expression becoming serious. How long are you going to do this? ”

"Huh?" Kudo Shinichi realized that Mao Liran obviously meant something, and he also put away his previous happy expression.

"What did you want to tell me?" Maoliran asked. "While eating at the restaurant with a view of the rice flower central building."

Kudo Shinichi didn't seem to have any mood swings, just took another sip of his wine - if it was something else, he might not have answered at all right now, but he had heard about it. Twenty years ago, a world-class novelist proposed to a world-class model at the viewing restaurant in the Rice Flower Central Building, and married the world-class model with the blessing of everyone present.

And those two are the parents of the person he is playing now - in other words, if this Kudo Shinichi really did it, then most of what he wanted to do would probably be concocted.

If that's the case, then it's not easy to take this word - this kind of thing probably means that he has to have a showdown with Maolilan.

"......," Kudo Shinichi bit his lip and thought for a moment before replying. What do you think, what am I going to say to you? ”

"I don't know," Maoriran shook his head immediately. "That's why I want to ask you, and I want your answer."

"Now?" Shinichi Kudo looked a little embarrassed.

"Yes." Maolilan nodded immediately. "I don't want to see escape anymore, so I want a straightforward answer."

Shinichi Kudo wanted to say something, but suddenly found himself unable to speak.

"At that time, you asked Conan to bring me that sentence," Moriran looked away from his glass, and met Kudo Shinichi with untold sadness in his eyes. "You asked Conan to tell me and let me wait for you to come back. Now, I want a hope, okay? I just need a hope to say what you want to say, okay? ”

The wine glass in Kudo Shinichi was held very steadily, and there was no ripple on the surface of the wine. And Maoliran had already put down his glass, just quietly looking into Kudo's eyes.

I don't know how long it took, but Kudo Shinichi let out a sigh. "I want to, but I can't."

"Why?" Maoliran asked.

"I told you before that I need some time to figure things out, right?" Shinichi Kudo also put down his glass, crossed his hands, and looked at Moriran calmly.

"Yes, and then?" Mao Lilan continued to ask.

"Give me some more time," Kudo Shinichi sighed. "I need a little more time to completely disconnect myself from these things—not only for the sake of clearing the darkness, but also for your safety. If there is such an intersection with you before everything is settled, then you will also be in danger. ”

"I'm not afraid," Maolilan immediately shook his head. "I just want an answer, an answer that you can only say clearly, you just have to say it, I just want this one thing."

"No," Kudo Shinichi was still as calm as he was. "I can't let you take this risk, so I've got to give me some more time first-"

"But I promise you, I won't like any other woman, never." Speaking of this, Kudo Shinichi's tone suddenly became firm. "So, give me a little more time, and I'll be back as long as I'm alive."

"But if ...... I didn't come back, so forget about me, and don't ruin yourself because of me. ”

Crystal tears fell silently next to Maoriran's seat.