I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

"..."

Upon hearing this, Hattori Heiji and Conan were completely stunned.

Because if this is really the case, then there is no reason for Nagoro Shikao to blow up the TV station. After all, it was his wish to disband the Nagoro-kai and merge it into the Satsuki-kai.

What's more, a person who was diagnosed with an incurable disease five years ago, even if he is still alive now, has basically reached the end of his life. How could he have so much energy to do all these things?

So the only possibility is that President Achiba has not revealed some inside information, or he is simply lying!

Hattori Heiji stood up directly from the sofa.

"Ms. Ooka, are you sure what you said is true?"

"It's true."

The Kyoto girl said every word.

Hattori Heiji nodded, quickly turned to Conan beside him, and exchanged a look that said "let's go".

"Thank you for the information, Ms. Ooka. Let's start..."

"Wait a moment."

Seeing this, Serabelle was about to get up and leave, but before he could make any move, the arm around him suddenly tightened, and as the voice of the Kyoto girl rang out, another slender hand followed suit.

Turning around, I saw a smile blooming like a flower on Ooka Momiji's beautiful face.

"Sera-kun, you probably don't need to go. It just so happens that we only visited two temples in Kyoto yesterday, and there are still many left. Which one should we visit today?"

Chapter 579 I Can’t Ask

Kyoto, Kiyomizudera Temple.

As the oldest temple in Kyoto, it has been burned down and rebuilt several times. The suspended Kiyomizu stage in front of the main hall is listed as a national treasure of Japan and is surrounded by green trees.

In autumn, the mountains are covered with red maples, and in spring, the mountains are covered with cherry blossoms.

Because of this, Kiyomizu Temple is almost the most famous classic in Kyoto, with a large number of tourists at all times.

For students in Tokyo, this is the perfect choice for spring break school trips.

Basically, during the spring break in previous years, the stone steps in front of Kiyomizu Temple would be worn away by a thickness of one or two millimeters, which shows how popular it is.

However, this year's spring break is an exception...

Located below the steps in front of the main entrance of Kiyomizu Temple, a black luxury sedan slowly stopped on the side of the road.

"Okay, that's enough for now."

As the rear door opened, a pair of slender girl's legs wrapped in a kimono were moved out of the car and put down.

Ooka Hongye stood up and walked out of the car, holding the door frame with one hand, and then walked through the open door towards the front driver's seat.

"Then you should go back first, Iori. Nothing should happen for the time being. I'll call you if there's any unexpected situation."

"Yes."

The butler's stern voice came from the front driver's seat.

At the same time, Serabel got out from the other side of the back seat of the car. He looked up at the sparsely populated hundred-step stone staircase in front of the main gate of Kiyomizu Temple and couldn't help but mutter curiously.

“It feels like there are not enough people.”

It is indeed a little less.

Logically speaking, for a local top 1 tourist attraction like this, not to mention how popular it is on weekdays, every time during spring break or summer vacation, it will be packed with people.

I had originally planned to go and feel the beautiful scenery, but as soon as I looked around, all I saw were crowds of people. It was as creepy as if I had entered a mass grave.

The direction of the most infiltration is slightly different.

But the Kiyomizu Temple in front of him didn't look like the most famous temple in Kyoto. It was not even half as popular as the Dorobiga Park that he and Xiaolan had visited at that time.

"Well, it's a little less recently."

Upon hearing this, Ooka Hongye smiled, walked up to the boy, took his hand, and led him towards the main entrance.

"After all, today is a weekday. In the past, the main visitors to Kiyomizu Temple at this time were students who came from the countryside in Tokyo for school trips. However, with the crime notice and the explosion at the Nichimei TV building, I guess many schools have rerouted or even canceled their school trips."

It turned out to be the case.

It is understandable that the explosion affected the flow of passengers. After all, the school has to bear the safety responsibility for school trips. If an accident occurs, especially if a student is really killed in the explosion, the school cannot bear the responsibility.

only--

What do you mean by "the countryside of Tokyo"? It's the capital of Japan after all!

Serabelle complained loudly in her mind.

"But this is fine."

Stepping onto the stone steps in front of the main entrance, Ooka Hongye spoke as she walked.

"In the past, there were always a lot of people when I came to Kiyomizu Temple, with various tour groups coming one after another. This time, there are finally fewer people. There is also a legend about the Kiyomizu stage in Kiyomizu Temple. It is said that as long as two people express their love on the Kiyomizu stage at a specific time, they can be together forever. It was because of this that many high school students were attracted to come here. However, this legend has not been proven to be true for a long time. Guess why?"

"Why is that..."

Serabelle didn't really believe in such mysterious things, but since Ooka Momiji brought it up, he just continued asking.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a Kyoto girl turn her face towards him and snorted with a little complacency.

"Of course it's because they are all here with a tour group for a school trip. The tour group won't care whether you have a plan to confess your feelings or not. They will just visit a tourist spot and move on to the next one together after seeing enough of it... Unless someone is planning to confess to the person they like in front of all their classmates, but generally speaking, they don't have the courage to do that, hehe~"

After saying that, Ooka Hongye raised her head slightly, and looked through the gaps between the dense cherry trees on both sides of the stone steps at the Kiyomizu stage, whose outline was vaguely visible in the distance and where there were only two or three tourists. She couldn't help but let out a sweet smile.

"It seems we are lucky today."

"……what?"

Serabelle had no idea where the Shimizu Stage was, and only looked in that direction when she heard the Kyoto girl's voice.

But the delay of these two steps meant that by the time he was at that angle he could no longer see it.

Ooka Hongye smiled and shook her head, looking away: "Nothing, I just sigh that we are lucky enough to be able to visit Kiyomizu Temple so easily in this season. To be honest, this is the first time since I was a child."

Then she changed the subject, took out her cell phone from her small bag and checked the time.

"Well, it's four o'clock in the afternoon now, and there's still an hour before the sun sets. Let's wait until sunset before going to the Kiyomizu Stage. During this time, why don't we walk around Kiyomizu Temple for a while, or have some tea?"

"I'm fine with anything." Serabelle said casually.

"Let's go then."

Ooka Momiji said happily.

"The tea at Kiyomizu-dera Temple is also the best in Kyoto."

……

After sipping tea and admiring the cherry blossoms, an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Although the sun was about to set, there were actually more tourists on the Qingshui Stage than at four o'clock.

The clouds in the sky were burning like coals in a furnace. The sunset glowed on the stage, making the huge Qingshui stage look as if it had just been painted with blood, so red that it was a little dazzling.

Perhaps it is because they feel that the time when day and night intersect is more artistic and ceremonial, just like the countdown to the New Year.

Serabelle and Ooka Momiji also arrived at the edge of the Shimizu stage at this time.

Looking down from the side of the stage, the ten miles of red maple trees have not yet bloomed, but the cherry blossoms all over the mountain are particularly beautiful.

"Now is the specific time I mentioned~"

Gazing at the picturesque scenery in front of the Shimizu stage, Ooka Momiji tightened her arm around Serabelle's, interlocking their fingers under their kimonos.

She turned her face slightly.

"Hey, a question suddenly occurred to me. If it was Miss Suzuki standing in my position right now, do you think she would confess to you, Sera-kun?"

Garden?

Considering that the two of them had been in an inexplicably awkward state ever since their relationship was made public on the Aphrodite last time, Serabel shook her head without much thought.

"I don't think it's possible."

"Really."

There was a hint of "as expected" in Ooka Hongye's tone.

She raised her hand and lightly touched her lips with her fingertips.

"Then let's change it. If it's that person... never mind. Let's not guess anymore and just reveal the answer directly."

The turning point caused by the brief pause makes the tone of the whole sentence completely different, just like cutting off the second half of the sentence that you originally wanted to say but was difficult to say, and connecting it with the content that you don’t want to say but is easier to say.

So, under Serabel's puzzled gaze, the Kyoto girl turned around, stood on tiptoe slightly, and kissed him on the lips as the last ray of sunset disappeared in the sky.

As expected, I still don’t have the courage to ask, but... at least for now, let’s maintain the status quo.

Chapter 580 Xiaolan: You are not allowed to go there today~

Just like yesterday, or even later than yesterday, it was already past seven in the evening when Serabelle returned to the hotel after dinner.

Under the shining colorful neon lights, a black luxury sedan with the Red Maple family crest printed on it was parked quietly in front of the hotel.

Serabelle stood in front of the open rear door of the car and looked down at the kimono girl who was waving her hand reluctantly inside the car.

"It seems that this is all we can do today."

Ooka Momiji still looked like the smiling and calm noble lady, but there was a hint of regret in her voice.

"Actually, I wanted to stay with Sera-kun for a while longer, but it's really late today, and I've been busy these days preparing for the upcoming karuta tournament. If I want to have some free time, I have to wait until the karuta tournament is over."

"It's ok."

Serabelle recognized her voice-over and simply told the truth.

"Anyway, this time it's just right for my sister... and the others to come together during their spring break. It will definitely be no problem for us to stay in Kyoto until the tournament is over, and we can even stay a few more days after that."

"Really? That's good."

Upon hearing this, the smile on Ooka Hongye's face instantly became more natural and brighter.

"I have to prepare for the karuta competition all day tomorrow, so I probably won't have much time to hang out. Let's wait until the day after tomorrow when all the competitions are over before hanging out together~"

"it is good."

Serabelle agreed immediately.

"Then I'll be leaving first. See you the day after tomorrow."

After saying the last sentence, Ooka Hongye waved his hand and closed the car door.

The car started slowly and drove away, until it merged into the main road outside the branch road in front of the hotel. Only then did Serabelle retract her gaze and turn around to prepare to enter the hotel.

At this moment, the cell phone on him suddenly vibrated slightly.

?

He took out his cell phone and took a look. It was a text message from Xiaolan.

[Are you back? Come to my room first. 】

Serabelle: "..."

Although the wording is a question, the tone of the second half of the sentence is clearly a statement.

And the timing was too precise. He hadn't even stopped at the hotel entrance for two minutes when the message came. He couldn't have been staring at the location of his phone in the room... Never mind.

After a little thought, Serabelle decisively gave up worrying about this issue, stuffed the phone back into her clothes, and continued walking towards the elevator in the lobby.

The view changes to the door of Xiaolan's room upstairs.

The hotel corridor was very quiet. Serabelle raised her hand and knocked gently on the door. After three knocks, the sound of footsteps could be heard faintly from inside the door.

About three or four seconds later, accompanied by the slight sound of the door handle being pressed down, a sharp corner poked out from the gap in the door.

"Hmm? Sera-kun, you're back?"

Xiaolan still looked like an innocent girl. She was a little surprised to see Serabelle appear. While greeting her, she looked behind her and at both sides of the corridor.

Serabelle said calmly, "Don't worry, there's no one else."

"Uh ha ha, really..."