When Gregor used this method to justify his methadone use, Chiba and Fujiwara had no position to accuse him anymore: for a person who had been tormented by such pain for a long time, perhaps it was really worth risking his life to get rid of it. "Is this what you're staying with me for?" Qian Yu looked at Gregory and asked. "To hide from their eyes and ears?"

"Well, the plan clearly failed, though." Grigory nodded. "But there's another reason why I'm staying here, and that's that you have a bedroom here that I can use - oh yes, I'll say in advance, I'll probably hire someone to take care of me, don't worry too much, don't have to cook for us, we'll be able to take care of ourselves."

……

On the morning of the same day, the manor where Hotaru and the others lived.

"It's good, but ......" Hotaru put away her phone and sat in her chair, looking at Ayumi who had finished her lines. Sure enough, you're still worried about Xiao Ai, right? It feels like you're on your mind, and it's even affected the engagement of the performance. ”

"Hmm......" Ayumi nodded. I'm still worried about her! After all, it was too scary for her to not remember Chiba's appearance like that. ”

"I can understand your mood of wanting to go back to see Xiao Ai now." Hotaru nodded understandingly, looking at the other children. "Let me ask first, how many people want to go back? Anyway, the core immersive experience for the purpose of giving you a deep understanding of the character's environment has also been done, and from this point of view, I think the main purpose of coming here has been achieved, and there shouldn't be much loss when you go back. On the basis that we have not come in vain, how many people want to go back? ”

"But, if you go back now, won't this manor be rented for nothing?" Mitsuhiko was a little worried. "You guys managed to rent here......"

"No," Hotaru tilted her head. "It's not a lease, it's a manor in the name of Fujiwara-kun's family! One of their summer manors, even if they don't use it, there is no such thing as a wasteland. ”

"That'...... Actually, I want to go back and see how Graybara-san is doing. Mitsuhiko nodded.

"So, everyone agreed to go back?" Hotaru was smiling happily.

……

Three hours later, the rain was pouring down.

"It's raining?" In a car outside Rice Flower Park, Hotaru frowned rather dissatisfied. "Hey, do you have umbrellas?"

"Huh?" Mitsuhiko was stunned. "Nope."

"I didn't bring it."

"It didn't rain before, so how could I bring an umbrella!"

"I brought it, but with a single umbrella...... "The only one with an umbrella was Conan.

"......" Hotaru turned her head and pouted to look at them. Really, I'm going to have to send you home! ”

"Didn't you take us to see Xiao Ai?" Ayumi was stunned. "Sister, didn't you say ...... before"

"No, I'm just asking you if you want to see Xiao Ai, and then if you want to come back, I never said I'm going to take you to see her-" Hotaru said quietly. "Fujiwara told me before that Ai is currently being treated at a certain hospital, and she can't see acquaintances during this time, so it's impossible for you to visit her anyway."

"What about you...... To us that is to find a way to fool us into coming back from there? Why? Mitsuhiko asked.

"I want to ...... with Fujiwara I miss Fujiwara, you bite me? Hotaru asked rhetorically. And this performance was originally prepared for Ayumi to express herself, she is not in training state, no matter how good you act, there is no point - Officer Narazawa? She said suddenly, and looked at a phone booth on the side of the road.

When the others also looked over there, they saw a middle-aged man who was about to open the door of the phone booth and walk out, only to see a man wearing a light-colored trench coat and holding a black umbrella standing outside the door.

The middle-aged man's face showed a look of surprise, and the man with the umbrella took out a pistol with a silencer from his pocket with the hand in the pocket of his trench coat. Before the middle-aged man could react, the other party had already pointed a gun at his body and fired three shots in a row. "Da! Da! Da! ”

“！！！” Everyone in the car watched in amazement, but Hotaru was the first to react and stop the car, and it was Conan who rushed out of the car the fastest and chased in the direction of the murderer - he had already jumped off before the car could stop.

"Don't go along," Hotaru stopped the others. "Let's see how that guy is doing."

"But Conan went after the guy who shot alone......" Ayumi was a little worried.

"Don't be nervous," Hotaru said with confidence. "It's an adult anyway, it's really ashamed to be caught up by that kid, his two lungs and two legs are so long, let's do something meaningful."

With that, Hotaru drove the car onto the crosswalk along a barrier-free passage next to it, and then ran with the children to the middle-aged man who had fallen in a pool of blood.

"Officer Narazawa, what does the person who shot you look like?" When Hotaru ran up to the middle-aged man, she had fully recognized that the other party was indeed the police officer she knew.

“！！！” Due to the heavy blows, Officer Narazawa seemed to be unable to speak, just opening his mouth in vain and desperately grasping the position of his heart with his hands, but within a few seconds, he suddenly lost all reactions.

Hotaru frowned slightly, and then called the police.

……

Rice Flower Police Station.

"I know they've asked you once before," Officer Twilight said, seated in the main seat, asking the children and Hotaru with them. "But could I ask you to say it again?"

Hotaru sighed, looking at the children beside her helplessly, not planning to speak—when the police officers from the Rice Flower Police Station questioned them before, the children had already proved that they didn't remember the details at all, and when the inquiry began, they would definitely be chattering for a while.

And when the children's own "memories" (or imaginations) have been exhausted, and Officer Sato, who is in charge of the records, is also a little big-headed, Hotaru speaks.

"Black—or a black umbrella as Conan said, and then a gray trench coat that wraps itself tightly." She said. "He took an umbrella in his right hand and shot with his left hand, and then Officer Narazawa grabbed his left chest with his right hand before he died."

"You ......," Officer Twilight noticed something interesting. Do you know Officer Narazawa? ”

"Well, it's an acquaintance, I've been questioned by him before, and I'm very impressed because I was interrogated about a lot of things at that time."

Officer Sato's gaze suddenly became a little subtle as he looked at Hotaru.

"Have we met?" Officer Sato asked Hotaru. "Not recent...... Maybe a year, right? ”

"yes, but I'm not impressed with you," Hotaru shook her head. "Delusion, perhaps? Or maybe you've seen it on the road? Anyway, at least I don't remember.

Of course, this was just what Hotaru said - in fact, how could she have forgotten about this woman? A year ago, I had a conflict with the other party, and I was asked by the other party to go to the Metropolitan Police Department to make a record.