[Ding! No. 2's impromptu performance in front of Suzuki Sonoko is perfect. Congratulations for earning the title, "Handsome and cool classmate." You have obtained the score of 100 in this performance and received 100 fun points]
[Ding! No. 2's impromptu performance in front of Mouri Ran is great. Congratulations for earning the title, "Gentlemanly classmate." You have obtained the score of 90 in this performance and received 90 fun points]
[Ding! No. 2's impromptu performance in front of Edogawa Conan is perfect. Congratulations for earning the title, "Shady and cunning man." You have obtained the score of 100 in this performance and received 100 fun points]
[High School Student [2]: Mwahahahaha! See that? I have the best score now!
Artist [11]: Thumbs up. You're a real warrior, no. 2
Megumi Aiko [4]: Let's hope Conan wouldn't use the anesthetic needle for you.
Kami Shita [6]: Are you an aquaman now? Damn! So cool! I want it too!
Megumi Aiko [4]: …Shita, Inspector Nakamori has already reprimanded you for making trouble.
Kami Shita [6]: Ahh, but I need the damn hug! I'm still lacking 9 more people.
Megumi Aiko [4]: Hmm, how about Masumi Sera later? Or Matsuda Jinpei? He paid me a visit not long ago and I can make that request to him.
Kami Shita [6]: …Aiko, I don't want to die, so no. Let me think of a way to get the four children and Prof. Agasa hugs. Aside from that, hmm….
Corrupted FBI [8]: Amuro Toru, Akai Shuichi, Kaito Kid, Jodie, James, Kamel, there are a lot of people to pick from whom you haven't met.
Kami Shita [6]: … sorry, but it seems to be extremely difficult to get close to them. Anyway, let me meet up with the children first.
Artist [11]: Eh, it's up to you I guess.]
…
Well a group of people who wanted to face social deaths…
Kurokawa Saki looked a bit speechless and sighed deeply. Then again, they didn't seem to care what kind of image they have in front of these people.
She shook her head helplessly and looked at her empty refrigerator.
Well, she had run out of snacks.
Even though she often bothers Morofushi Hiromitsu for food, Kurokawa Saki still kept enough snacks in her own refrigerator.
After all, when there was no time, she would eat the food on her own.
Walking out of the apartment, Kurokawa Saki headed to the nearby convenience store.
'If it's already Bourbon's arc, the Poirot Cave next door would be a perfect place to pay a visit to.'
For this, Kurokawa Saki felt some pity.
Unfortunately, there was nothing that she could do about it. She couldn't possibly urge the entire world to hasten their progress, can she?
It would be stupid.
Kurokawa Saki quickly bought a few biscuits and then walked back. Due to her profession, she was used to walk through the small gangs where there were not many people who passed by.
Tep.
She stopped and looked at the front.
There was a faint restrained breathing in the distance and her keen senses detected a person's presence.
'Who is it?'
Kurokawa Saki walked carefully, her hand ready to pull out the knife that she brought with her. As Hikari Yuki, she would not bring guns out since guns shouldn't have been so easy to obtain in Japan. There were restrictions and so on.
She peeked and saw a man crouching near the wall with his body bent. Looking at that familiar golden hair, Kurokawa Saki was stunned.
Amuro Toru?
She thought that he had gone to the US during this period of time…
Did he really come here?
Kurokawa Saki was confused.
And then she felt that it was obvious some things have been changed with her and the other's appearance here. The parallel world was getting further and further away from the original story and there were many people who were different.
One of them was Miyano Akemi.
She watched as No. 10 saved Shiho, which made her greatly relieved. After that, she didn't ask whether no. 10 was hers or not but felt that Kurokawa Saki is really capable and stopped worrying so much. Her task now was to follow around Ai almost every single day.
To be honest, she felt like a veritable stalker now.
Now… Amuro Toru is still in Japan.
Kurokawa Saki felt confused for a moment before sighing and made her presence felt by the other party as she stepped forward.
"Who?" Amuro Toru quickly turned around, his appearance looked solemn and cold, completely different from the warm hearted and sunny man he used to portray and it was closer to the image of Bourbon.
"Um… Are you injured? The blood smell is a bit strong." Hikari Yuki asked with an uncertain tone, acting like a normal young woman who didn't know much about the world.
Amuro Toru's eyes widened in surprise.
He recognized Hikari Yuki as he had bumped into this kind woman a few times in the past.
"Don't worry, I'm fine." Amuro Toru's tone softened unconsciously. "It's dangerous here. Don't follow me."
Kurokawa Saki bit her lower lips and asked, "My apartment is nearby. There's a first aid kid there, do you want to treat your injuries first? If you leave it be, you'll lose consciousness due to blood loss."
"This…" Amuro Toru frowned and contemplated for a moment.
He should stay away from Hikari Yuki because it's dangerous to be associated with a guy like him. But at the same time, he felt like he wanted to accept her offer. There were still some people nearby who might be chasing after him, so if he could stay at her place for a while, they should be gone by the time he came out.
Looking at the worried look on the girl's face, Amuro Toru finally replied, "Then I'll trouble you, Miss Yuki."
"Um."
Hikari Yuki then led Amuro Toru through the item elevator at the back. This was also the elevator that she usually used because the surveillance cameras had been secretly destroyed by Aunt Kira when she moved in.
The reason was to make sure that there wouldn't be any record of her coming in and out at unfortunate times.
The organization has always been unreasonable and given by the rate Sake was going on missions in the past three years… it would not be surprising for her to be called in the middle of the night. But Sake never complained.
So they just made things easier for her.
"I usually use this secondary elevator because it won't disturb the people," Hikari Yuki gave the explanation like a naughty kid who often went out at night time.
Amuro Toru blinked his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him. He could see that she should have gone out temporarily to buy some things from the convenience store. And from the way she walked through the back alley instead of the front, she did look like a naughty kid.
"It's dangerous to go from the back, Miss Yuki."
"It's more convenient." Hikari Yuki rubbed the back of her head and then tilted her head. "Uhm, have I ever introduced myself to you?"
No, she hadn't.
Amuro Toru knew her name from the basic information that he asked Kazami Yuya to retrieve some time ago. From the information, he knew that this is a girl who has returned from overseas after studying for a long time.
But he purposely used her name instead of surname so that he could make an excuse.
Because he did hear someone calling her that way.
"Ah, I heard someone called you by that name."
Hikari Yuki nodded and blinked her eyes innocently, seemingly believing that explanation.
Only she knew that she was actually screaming in her heart… Why the hell is this Amuro Toru even investigating ordinary citizens?
Or was he actually suspicious of her?
Then his acting skills are really good to pretend that he still treated her as an ordinary citizen.
But he shouldn't have investigated deeply.
Otherwise, she was sure that Karin will tell her about the fact that her file was being assessed….
Forget it, it seemed that her file was being assessed so many times because of various reasons.
"I'm Hikari Yuki," Hikari Yuki decided to introduce herself.
"Amuro Toru, a detective." Amuro Toru smiled in response.