Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"Marina, did you really pick up a girl from the old alley?"

A boy in an old-style navy school uniform sat by the window of the classroom, reading a small book in his hand in the yellow light from the setting sun. He glared with disdain at the student lying on a makeshift bed made of several wooden desks in the club room.

A black figure appeared outside the old sliding door of the classroom. When he heard what the boy inside said, his hand, which was originally about to open the door, stopped at the pull. It seemed that he realized that his shadow had been discovered by the boys and girls inside, so he suddenly opened the door instead of leaving.

"Oh, who was I thinking? Turns out it's Xun Taro."

The young man by the window saw the man and woman walking together. His long eyelashes concealed a little dissatisfaction and suspicion. He then stuffed the book "One Hundred Ways to Insight into People's Hearts" in his arms and showed a welcoming smile.

"You guy, didn't you say you'd come as soon as get out of class was called?"

"The Magic Club, please go and save the day." The boy who came in pretended to put his cloth schoolbag on the desk, but paused for a moment when he saw the girl lying on the desk.

Unlike the stereotype of the old alley described by Yeta, the kimono this girl was wearing was very high-end. She slept peacefully, and if there wasn't a circle of white bandages covering her head, Xun Taro would definitely think that it was a young lady from some family who was cooperating with these two people to tease him.

Of course, judging from the girl's appearance, she is at most an injured young lady, but she cannot be considered a member of a large family in Kyoto.

"Come to think of it, we had a performance for the Kyoto Board of Education today. Did something go wrong with the magic club?"

The girl who was called Marina by Yata and had been writing something in the club classroom was finally freed from her own writing world. She looked at Xuntaro blankly, and then glanced at Yata.

"The props I prepared have not been checked for a long time, so the magic can't be performed normally." Xuntaro pointed at himself with his thumb as a matter of course: "If this performance is not directly related to the school club funds, I can't go on stage empty-handed."

He racked his brains to find a way to eliminate all the magic problems that his father had encountered before when he lived in the old house, so he dared to perform the escape magic without any protection. "By the way, don't shout about magic tricks. This is a magic trick, which is completely different from the things played by Japanese old people."

"But you are a member of the Reading Club and have nothing to do with the Magic Club. The funds will not reach you." The boy on the windowsill walked to Xun Taro and covered his nose with his hand, as if he could smell some indescribable smell on Xun Taro.

"Tsk, is it the smell of money?"

"Hahaha, unlike the eldest young master, I actually have to pay for my living expenses. My mother went to London, and I don't know what my father is doing in Hokkaido."

Xuntaro glanced at Yata's nose, which couldn't be covered, and waved his hand hurriedly at Marina: "Don't make matcha, Minister, I really can't get used to it."

Also, don't be curious and touch the injured person's face.

There was some white glutinous rice powder on the face of the fainted girl. The two people who were familiar with the girl knew that this was Marina's favorite, the old shop in Rabbit Shopping Street.

"It's a weird shape. Did that boy make it recently? He's not playing the American instrument called a guitar."

Yeta took a piece from the box and put it in his mouth, squinting his eyes and secretly looking at Marina's blonde hair, which looked very beautiful in the sunset.

"How cunning! Please give me a copy too! Minister Kudo!"

(End of this chapter)