Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

The Reading Club is located in an abandoned classroom in the southeast corner of the second floor of the old school building of Izumishin High School in Kyoto, Japan. Although it is called a club, it is actually just a hobby club spontaneously organized by three boys and girls. After all, they don't even have a club teacher.

"Really? Can't the school approve us to set up a reading club? They say reading literature in the classroom every day is not in line with the masculinity of the Showa era. We have seen this guy licking his boots in front of your father, Yata."

"Hey, Kuroba-kun! Can you please stop complaining every time you come out to clean? It's because you're always like this that the principal didn't approve us to set up a club." Kudo Marina rubbed her light blonde hair and roared at Kuroba Shuntaro, obviously having been patient with this member for a long time.

The reading club was established when they first entered high school last year. In order to realize her dream of becoming a writer, Kudo Marina talked to her childhood friend Kuroba Yota and planned to establish a reading club, but because there were only two people, it was not approved. Finally, by chance, they found Kuroba Xuntaro, who transferred from Tokyo a month after the start of school.

"Anyway, it's a pretty light start." Rubbing his aching head, Yuuji sat in the campus courtyard and watched the three members of the reading club who had taken on the job of cleaning the baseball club's field in order to get funds to buy books. His eyes fell on the blonde girl, Marina Kudo.

Koizumi Hongzi has failed again!
If someone could hear what he was thinking, they would definitely be curious about who this girl named Koizumi Akako was and why this beautiful girl in kimono kept repeating that person's name in her heart.

"Bull, that girl has been staring at you without saying a word since she woke up a while ago."

The three people sweeping the floor slowly moved together. When Yata saw that Kuroba was getting closer to Marina, he calmly swept the garbage towards him, while the girl, who was paying attention to the floor, subconsciously waved the broom and moved closer.

"Marina saved her, so it's only natural that she would stare at Marina."

Although Ye Tai said this, the look in his eyes when he looked at Kudo Yuuji revealed vigilance, exactly the same as the look he gave him secretly when he looked at Kuroba.

"But as soon as the young lady opened her eyes, she covered her head and vomited. The look in her eyes at the three of us probably showed that she suspected that we were the one who beat her into this state."

Hei Yu held the broom in both hands, with an expression that must be like this, which made Kudo Marina and Kuromaru Yata show restrained anger on their faces. It was obvious that this guy had been using words to avoid work for a long time.

"broom."

"Eh?!"

The sudden crisp sound in their ears startled the three people and they scattered from both sides. They saw that the girl with a head injury stretched out her right hand towards Hei Yu with an expressionless face, as if asking for a broom. Minister Kudo quickly handed his broom to the girl.

"Um, are you okay?"

After sending Yata and Xuntaro back to work with their speechless expressions, Director Kudo approached the girl, watching her sweeping the floor in a slightly clumsy manner, and said with a smile, "Hey, is your head okay?"

"According to the system search, the memory of the memory center has been damaged due to an unknown attack. The memory reading shows an error. The format is being updated. The update failed. The estimated repair time is 720 system hours."

"…What is this little girl talking about?" The lazy Kuroba Xuntaro appeared from the left of Marina again, but was immediately beaten back to work by Yata with a broom. "She means that her head is not well. What she said should be imitating science fiction movies in the United States."

When Yata saw that Marina suddenly realized something, he immediately coughed and said, "My family got a lot of sample films from Hollywood, USA. Can we watch them together this weekend?"

"Okay, okay! The young master is organizing an event, I will definitely attend on time!"

Kuroba Xuntaro appeared again and raised his hands to show his agreement, ignoring Yeta's livid face and Minister Kudo's helpless sigh.

And Kudo Yuji appears calm on the surface, but is actually extremely curious inside.

[Who says this plot is old? This plot is really great. ]

"Let's put the movie aside for now. We should send this girl home first."

Marina Kudo looked at the cleaned playground, immediately picked up her schoolbag from the school bench, then held her notebook and short pen, with an excited expression on her face.

"A mysterious young lady was knocked unconscious in an old alley. There must be a very exciting story here! Yo! Are you ready to discover new story elements?"

The excited look was unlike the same person from before, which made the silent Yuuji immediately understand Marina's character.

"Don't be afraid. My minister is like this. He is usually quieter than anyone else, but once he encounters material related to writing, he will immediately become very excited."

As soon as Kuroba Xuntaro finished speaking, he saw Yata glaring at him and immediately coughed twice.

"Our minister behaved like this because she said that she lives in a very comfortable environment, so when she encounters a little trouble, she thinks there are many thrilling adventures."

Yata put his hands on his hips. He was the only one among the three who didn't carry a schoolbag, because Yuji just saw a man who looked like a butler enter the school building from the side after they left the old school building.

"Anyway, please quickly dispel her curiosity this time and tell her your home address."

Kuromaru Yata glared at Kuroba Xuntaro who was chasing after Kudo Marina with great energy, and followed him.

"Of course, if you can really say it..." (End of this chapter)