Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Have you met her?"

Tetsumoha turned his head and looked at Okita Souji in confusion. There was no doubt that Maori Ran, who was following the spiky-haired Conan, was a great beauty, but the other party obviously did not focus on Okita.

"Ah, once the school went to Osaka for a competition, she brought her brother to cheer for Hattori, and they said a few words to each other."

"Heiji-kun?!"

Okita's words obviously stimulated Ooka Momiji who was still on the helicopter. Another girl came out from nowhere to cheer for Hattori Heiji. While she was lamenting in her heart that her love journey was so bumpy, she impatiently pushed Okita Souji's head and got out.

"Wait a minute, Ooka, at least wait until I'm on the ground before you come down."

Okita noticed that Ooka was originally angry, but after sticking his head out and seeing the people on the next plane, his expression suddenly turned into surprise and helplessness.

"What? It's Kudo-kun and the others."

Fortunately, she is not a girl who has a connection with Hattori Heiji.

"Kudo-kun? Come to think of it, there seems to be a high school detective in Tokyo who looks exactly like Okita and is also named Kudo." Tetsu Moroha shifted his gaze to the boy among the three. Although he did have some similarities with Okita Souji in terms of eyebrows and eyes, they could not be said to be exactly the same.

"As for the resemblance, he's not as good as the Kuroba Kaito who was on TV a few days ago."

"Kudo-kun is Kudo Shinichi's younger brother, and he has a good relationship with Heiji." Ooka Momiji took the scarf handed to her by Iori and wrapped it around her neck. It was almost the end of the year, and it was really unbearable here in Hokkaido. When they got off the plane, they all wore a layer of down jackets over their school uniforms.

"I think you're here to cheer Heiji up, too."

"I see, you brought your girlfriend and brother to cheer for your friend." Tetsu Moroha and Okita Souji nodded, "You came all the way from Tokyo, so you have a good relationship."

"Huh? Miss Mori is Kudo Shinichi's girlfriend." Ooka Momiji checked her nails which she had done specially before leaving. When she looked up, she noticed Tetsumoha and Okita who turned their heads and looked at her silently.

"So, if what I'm about to say is not too rude, I think Mr. Kudo Shinichi, who looks very similar to me, is unlikely to be the child."

Souji Okita held the Japanese sword in his arms and pointed at Conan with the handle.

"What are you talking about in your sleep? Of course Conan can't be Kudo Shinichi." Ooka Hongye covered her scarf and waited for the helicopter behind her to take off before continuing: "Kudo Shinichi is already 17 years old."

"So, this Mr. Kudo brought his brother's girlfriend to Hokkaido to play, and his brother himself didn't come along?"

Tetsu Moroha's question made Ooka Hongye finally understand what the two people were wondering about. She burst out laughing, then realized that this was not very ladylike, so she held back her laughter and changed it into a faint smile.

"Kudo-kun and Ms. Maori, that's impossible." Ooka Hongye waved her hand: "They grew up together, it's normal for them to hang out together."

Just looking at the relationship between Yuzuki, Kaori and the other two in Kyoto, Ooka Momiji didn't think that Kudo Yuji would do something to his brother's girlfriend.

"I can tell from this distance that you are making fun of us, Hongye-senpai."

The three people who came over here after getting off the plane ignored Iori Muga who was accompanying the bald man. Kudo Yuuji's gaze paused on Okita Souji's expression for a second, then observed the brown-haired girl, and finally looked at Ooka Momiji.

"You guys are here to cheer for Heiji, right?" Ooka Momiji pointed at Yuuji, "If you're here to cheer for other people, be careful or I'll tell Kaori about it."

"Besides Senior Heiji, I don't know anyone else who practices kendo." Yuuji noticed that Okita Shigeki came closer with a grin on his face.

"Well, you can cheer me up because I look a lot like your brother. If Hattori sees you cheering me up, I wonder what kind of interesting expression he'll make."

He seemed to be a person who was easy to get along with. Yuji crossed his arms and smiled, "That's true, but I'd rather see this face crying in front of me."

"Hey, is it really okay for you to say this..." Tetsu Moroha, who had been paying attention to Conan, noticed the disgusted expression on his face after he heard Yuuji's words. He became interested in this child whose voice was very similar to his brother's, but did not speak.

"So, Ms. Momiji is here to cheer for Hattori-kun as well, right?"

Wearing pink plush gloves, Mao Lilan couldn't help but secretly pay attention to Okita Souji. She thought it was quite interesting to see someone with the same face besides Kuroba Kaito and Kudo Shinichi.

The two of us met once when I went to Osaka to support Hattori Heiji in a kendo competition, but the real communication was only now.

"You guys were laughing happily just now, did you want to give Hattori-kun a surprise?"

"Although that's also true." Ooka Hongye came close to Mao Lilan, waved in front of Conan and asked him to let Kong go, whispering jokingly: "They are talking about whether you will dump Kudo Shinichi and fall in love with Yuuji or something."

There are two Kudos in this sentence. In order to show the closeness of their relationship, Ooka Momiji specially changed Yuji's name from "Kudo-kun" to "Yuji".

"..."

[Why are you silent? Is this joke not funny? ]

"This weird smile is obviously very ordinary, but it makes me feel like she is not smiling." Okita Souji put his hand to his mouth and chatted with Tetsu Moroha in a low voice.

"Ahem, let's get back to the topic. My purpose this time is to stop Heiji from confessing his feelings to Koyanagi." Ooka Momiji announced her purpose loudly and began to recruit helpers for herself.

"So, Kudo-kun and Ms. Mori, would you two like to join us?" She walked a few steps in front of the three of them with her hands open.

"Did she drag us into this strange group by herself?"

Souji Okita pointed at Ooka's back and confirmed with Onimaru Takeshi and Tetsumoha.

"That's a problem. I'm a childhood sweetheart. Momiji-senpai's kind of role isn't my cup of tea." Yuuji pinched his chin, looking embarrassed: "Well, Momiji-senpai is one of my favorite types."

"Did this kid just send out love signals to someone else's crush?"

"I advise you to stop talking, Okita, it's so annoying."

What should I do when the girl I like says that I am very annoyed?

"I...I'm also Heiji's childhood sweetheart."

Ooka Momiji blushed and looked at Yuuji. She did not agree with what the boy said.

"We can't be childhood sweethearts just because we met once when we were young." Yuuji waved his hand: "Heiji-senpai has been dragging his feet for so long and finally made up his mind to confess to the girl he likes. How can I..."

When he said the word "how", the boy's tone became more and more vague, and his eyes kept looking to the side, because a black motorcycle was stopped by Iori.

"This is the motorcycle I originally asked Iori to prepare for traveling between Hakodate and Hakodate. If you agree to help..." Ooka Momiji took the key from Iori's hand and tilted her head to look at Yuuji: "Huh?"

"Humph, it's just a Kawasaki."

Yuji snorted disdainfully and started the motorcycle.

"I've got to say this beforehand. I just haven't seen enough of their love comedies." (End of this chapter)