Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

Inside the Shanneng Temple, the bright lights make the cherry blossoms on the branches shine exceptionally brightly. This is not the season for cherry blossoms to bloom, but the fact that these pink and white flowers appear in this place at this season must have been clearly prepared in advance.

Conan, hiding on a tree branch, looked at the pink petals blown away from his ears by the wind. He picked up one of them casually, and then noticed his younger brother taking a selfie with the cherry blossoms in the main hall of the temple, with a slight smile on his face.

"Really..."

The wind blew the ends of Toyama and Ye's hair, and the hem and cuffs of their kimono fluttered. The white and yellow light, the pink cherry blossoms and the red kimono, this scene was like a scene from a movie, so perfect.

Yuji sat on the steps outside the main hall with a cup of coffee and candy in his mouth. He patted the Bluetooth speaker beside him. He must have borrowed the past video of Toyama Kazuha in advance. The nursery rhyme that was playing was obviously sung by him imitating the voice of Toyama Kazuha in the past, and it was now playing on a loop as background music.

"Marutake Ibiji Oshio Iike's bride Rokukaku-chan..."

Hattori Heiji stared at Kazuha blankly, and even he understood the meaning of what the girl had just said.

Do you want to confess? Do you want to confess here? Of course, he guessed who was behind all this arrangement, and he also understood that while he was struggling to confess, Kudo Yuuji, who couldn't bear it any longer, had already surrendered to Kazuha.

Everything that happened today was Kazuha's way of paving the way for Hattori Heiji and creating opportunities for him, just to make him say those words.

"Don't be so slow. Don't back out when the cherry blossoms are all gone."

Yuuji took the candy out of his mouth, which was only the plastic stick left, and turned back to ask curiously, "Mimi-senpai, have you convinced the club to confess your feelings?"

"I...I don't know."

Walking out from the shadows in the main hall were Ooka Momiji and Iori. The high school girls had confused expressions on their face. From this position, you couldn't see the confession process, but you could hear the voices.

"Look at you, I told you not to come, but you insisted on letting Iori chase me." Yuji rubbed his hands and exhaled a breath of hot air.

"I'm not trying to stop them from being together." Ooka Hongye: "It's just like you said, over the past few years, I've always liked the imaginary Heiji-kun."

She knew nothing about what he liked to eat, what he didn't like to eat, what he was like in his daily life, who his friends were at school, what his personality was like, and more.

Perhaps Ooka Koye has been paying attention to Hattori Heiji's achievements, such as solving cases and kendo, but these are superficial things and at most they can only help her continue to fulfill her fantasy.

"If I had transferred to Osaka at the beginning, maybe I would have truly understood Heiji-kun, and maybe even won." Ooka Momiji also exhaled a breath of hot air.

"That's unlikely. After all, you are the granddaughter of former Prime Minister Ooka. I don't know how many people are watching you."

Yuji rejected Ooka Momiji's idea.

"That's right, I really envy them." Ooka Hongye took the scarf handed to her by Iori from behind: "Xiaoye, Ms. Maori, Yuzuki and Kaori have all been with the people they love for a long time." "It's safer." Yuji affirmed: "When we are children, there are not so many messy things. It is definitely better to meet each other at the best age and understand each other than when we grow up."

As people grow older, they have more thoughts, and it becomes difficult to see their true thoughts through that thick layer of body.

"I hope that Heiji-kun can confess here."

Ooka Hongye paused for a moment and continued, "Unlike me, Xiaoye loves the real Heiji-kun. Her love is real, not false, and there should be a happy ending."

"Don't think like that. There's no such thing as true or false in love..." Kudo Yuuji supported his hands behind his back, tilted his head back and looked at Ooka Momiji.

"Even if the person doesn't exist, the feeling is real."

"Just like Yuzuki said, those weird action figures in your room?" Ooka Hongye narrowed her eyes: "She said you would lead children astray..."

"Has anyone ever told you that it's not a good idea to look at people from this angle?" Yuji rubbed his neck. "And if you're afraid of the cold, don't wear a skirt. Plush safety pants won't keep your legs warm."

"He Ye!"

The two were about to speak when their thoughts were interrupted by Hattori Heiji's sudden shout.

"Actually, I wanted to dodge this one just now."

Hattori Heiji clenched his fists under the tree and slowly approached Kazuha: "I'm thinking that now may not be the best time to confess, and the place is not the best..."

"There's always something better." Kazuha also walked towards Hattori Heiji, and the two stopped three steps apart.

"I wanted to interrupt, but I couldn't say anything." Hattori Heiji reached out and tucked a few strands of hair behind Toyama Kazuha's ears: "I was also telling myself that I couldn't escape any more."

"You're not going to make excuses?"

"It's not necessary now..."

Looking at the two people hugging each other after whispering, Conan rubbed his red nose, then looked at Yuuji in front of the main hall, admiring the cherry blossoms under the light.

"This is a rare sight, much more beautiful than the fake flowers in Hakodate." (End of this chapter)