Chapter 521 - The Absent Ayumi
When Chiba and Ash Hara arrive at the movie theater, they find that almost all of the other members of the detective group have already arrived - except for Ayumi.
"Hasn't Ayumi come yet?" Chiba raised an eyebrow and glanced at the seat next to Conan—this was Ayumi's seat before.
"No," Mitsuhiko shook his head. "It looks like she didn't come back today when she was having lunch."
When he heard this, Gray Yuan Wai glanced at Qianyu's eyes intentionally or unintentionally, but did not find any abnormal ingredients.
......The expression on Chiha's face was indeed quite stunned, because he thought that it was absolutely impossible for Ayumi to give up such an opportunity to sit next to Conan.
"How long have you been here?" Qian Yu asked.
"Six-ten," Motota replied. "We'll be here after dinner!"
It's 6:45...... Considering that the way of thinking of children should be similar, that is to say, if there are no other accidents, Ayumi should have come a long time ago. So, why hasn't Ayumi appeared yet? At the same time, why didn't Ayumi even eat lunch?
......The corners of Chiha's mouth twitched suddenly, and then, as if to echo his thoughts......
"Goo-" The subtle voice from beside him made Gray Yuan raise his eyebrows, and then looked at Qian Yu, who was a little embarrassed.
"You didn't have dinner?"
"Hmm......" Qian Yu nodded rather helplessly. I can't help it, after all, they're all there, and I can't sneak out to eat alone. ”
"Shall we go to dinner later?" Gray Plains didn't seem surprised by this answer. "I didn't find you before, so I haven't gone to dinner yet."
"Have you had lunch?" Qian Yu asked almost subconsciously.
"Lunch?" Gray Yuan's gaze immediately sharpened. "You didn't eat lunch?"
"Huh?" Qian Yu hurriedly waved his hand. "No, that...... Didn't you say you didn't eat lunch because you didn't find me? Then I didn't have lunch with you at noon, so I'm worried that you didn't eat lunch......"
"Why did you go at noon?" Gray Yuan Wai turned his head slightly, pursed his lips, and said coquettishly. "Really, why don't you say anything to me and disappear! Do you know how worried I am? ”
"Uh......" Chiba showed a ashamed expression, but just as he was about to coax Ashbara to mourn, he suddenly made eye contact with someone he didn't expect—it was when Ashbara suddenly turned his head and looked at their Moriran when Ashbara said that.
Gray Yuan Ai also immediately realized what seemed to be happening, and then he also saw the slight gaffe that Mao Lilan was showing now.
"Well-forget it, forgive you this time, I won't be able to spare you next time I dare to do this!" Gray Yuan Ai suddenly closed his eyes, and his expression returned to his usual indifference, and said leisurely.
Immediately afterward, the two chose to remain silent - there was no doubt that the interaction between the two of them just now touched the most vulnerable part of Maolilan's heart. For a girl who is just beginning to fall in love, what is more torturous than saying goodbye to her sweetheart? After being inadvertently touched by the interaction between Gray Plains and Chiha, Mao Lilan's performance is actually very strong.
In this silence, time gradually approaches the collision time of the C fragments, and Ayumi still does not appear here.
"Hasn't Ayumi come yet?" Mitsuhiko looked at the empty seat with some strange eyes. "It's about to collide, won't she come and see it?"
"Ask her first, maybe she forgot about it?" With that, Ayumi opened the Sherlock Holmes armband on her body and began to paging. Moments later, the paging was answered.
"Hello?" Ayumi's voice came from inside the armband, and the voice was quite awake, obviously not falling asleep or something.
"Ayumi, it's about to collide, aren't you going to come and see it yet?" Conan asked.
"Ah......h Well, I'm not going to go first, you guys will see it first, well, that's it! ”
Not only Mitsuhiko and Motota, but even Conan and Ash Hara were quite surprised.
"Don't you even come to see a scene like this?" Yuan Tai looked at the picture that had been projected on the screen, and said helplessly. "Or does Ayumi think there's nothing impressive about this scene?"
"Probably not," Mitsuhiko shook his head. "She was really surprised in the morning, so she was really impressed with the whole process – so I really couldn't figure out why she didn't come."
"I'll just go back and ask her when the time comes," Conan sighed and shook his head. "But now...... Since she didn't want to come, she didn't force it. Let's look at the screen first, the collision is about to begin. ”
At this moment, Mori Kogoro, who was sitting not far away, glanced back at the expressions of the little ones—his eyes finally focused on Chiba's face.
Chiba just looked at the screen with a calm face, as if the previous refusal of Ayumi to look at the collision screen did not cause him any trouble or puzzlement.
At the same time, Wai also noticed Mori Kogoro's gaze, and eventually discovered Chiba's calmness. She knew very well that Qian Yu was the kind of person with a very strong sense of curiosity, and if this kind of thing really happened that exceeded his expectations, he would generally try his best to figure out the whole thing, and his expression would never be so indifferent.
So, what was it that made Qian Yu so indifferent—could it be that he knew what the whole thing was? If you think about it this way, Ayumi disappeared at lunchtime, and Chiba also disappeared at lunchtime, so if you think about it, could it be that they have been together all afternoon?
Gray Yuan's brow twitched, and the fabric of her clothes where her fingers had been pressed was slightly tightened. She admits that she knows very well that this is basically impossible, and that even if it does, it is most likely because of something that is not male or female, but she is just nervous.
Under the gaze of people with different minds in the movie theater, fragment C gradually disappeared behind Jupiter.
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At the same time, in the observation hall of the airship.
"Ready, it's time to observe!" A young staff member of the Tokyo Observatory sits in front of a small astronomical telescope, observing the direction of Jupiter and instructing. "Pay attention to fix the structure of the astronomical telescope, and only use the handle to fine-tune the telescope!"
"Understood!" Beside him, Ayumi, who was intently using an astronomical telescope of the same model, put her hand on the handle on the stand and immediately replied.