The sun awakens the city, and the early crows land silently on the telephone poles, overlooking the streets below.
An ordinary day for a high school student is about to begin.
8 a.m., Yoneka-cho 2-chome 21.
"Buzzing..."
The alarm clock beside the bed rang, and a hand reached out from the quilt, groping for a few times before pressing it off.
Kudo Shinichi opened his eyes and yawned lazily, with sleepy tears filling the corners of his eyes. He remembered what day it was, pushed off the quilt and got out of bed.
Brush your teeth, wipe your face, comb your hair neatly, and go back to the bedroom to change clothes... It is impossible to wear school uniforms when going to the amusement park, but there is no need to dress too grandly...
Kudo Shinichi dug out Blue Hat's yellow sweatshirt in the closet, looked at today's temperature in the weather forecast, and then took out a green jacket.
Today is the day when he and his childhood sweetheart Mao Lilan go on a date to the newly opened Dorobiga Amusement Park.
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9 am.
Today is a rest day and the road is very busy.
Although Kudo Shinichi is a detective with all the skills to drive, fly a plane, and sail a yacht, as a minor, he can only take public transportation.
On the way to the station, he passed by a cemetery, and an acquaintance walked out of it.
Police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Investigation Section 1, Jinpei Matsuda and Ko Date.
"Officer Date, Officer Matsuda."
Shinichi Kudo, who had become acquainted with most of the police officers unknowingly due to various murder cases and the Investigation Section, greeted them.
The two police officers stopped when they heard the sound, and the host who accompanied them also looked there.
After walking out of the temple, Matsuda Jinpei wanted to take out a cigarette. When he saw Kudo Shinichi coming over, he temporarily put the cigarette back. He looked up and down at the high school detective in front of him: "Did you encounter another case?"
This is a bit strange for a policeman to say to a high school student, but Kudo Shinichi is in a special situation - he has encountered too many cases.
So much so that Matsuda Jinpei, who didn't like irrelevant people wandering around the crime scene, gradually looked away.
His journey: Underage brats, stay away from the crime scene. This is not a place for you to play detective games. → Why is it you again! → Why is it still you? → Why is it you again? Are you cursed →...
…………→ Tell me, what doubts have you discovered?
Compared to Matsuda Jinpei, Datehang's attitude was much friendlier. He liked the righteous high school student in front of him very much. As a married man and an expectant father, he noticed at a glance that Kudo Shinichi's mood at this time was different from usual.
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"Are you going on a date with your girlfriend?"
Kudo Shinichi smiled dryly: "It's a date, but not with my girlfriend..."
After all, Xiaolan hasn't agreed to him yet, the well-known high school detective added helplessly in his heart.
The two police officers exchanged greetings with him and then left. Kudo Shinichi looked at their backs and turned to the host next to him.
"Are they here to visit someone's grave?" he asked.
"Well, he was a police officer who died in the line of duty seven years ago." Seeing that he had a good relationship with the two police officers, the host told him, "They have been coming every year in the past few years. There are four of them in total, but two of them went astray first.
Left."
Kudo Shinichi sounded a little strange. Although he went with him, he did not leave with Officer Matsuda and Officer Date...
...aren't those two people policemen?
He wanted to ask again, but suddenly he thought of the time and hurriedly ran towards the station.
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10 a.m., Dorobika Amusement Park.
"There are so many people."
Kudo Shinichi stood in the queue and looked around. He didn't expect to have to wait in such a long queue to enter the amusement park.
"It is said that the owner of the amusement park will come today. He has been targeted by criminals. For his safety, all tourists must go through security check before entering." Mao Lilan next to him was more informed than him.
Dorobiga Amusement Park was funded and built by the Karasuma Group. Its owner is Gray Crow, who turned nineteen this year and is about to completely take over the group.
Kudo Shinichi looked forward and saw that at the front of the queue was the most advanced security equipment, which would inspect tourists and their belongings. All hazardous items such as chemicals, flammable and explosive materials, knives, and fishing lines were not allowed to enter the park.
While they were talking, a kitchen knife was found in the bag of a woman wearing a pearl necklace.
The faces of the two conscientious security guards changed drastically. While using their walkie-talkies to contact others, they "invited" her and the few people traveling with her aside.
Kudo Shinichi: "..."
He was a little distracted. If other places could implement such strict security measures, the number of messy cases would probably be reduced by half...
There was no case, and Kudo Shinichi, who was in a bored state, had nothing to do. He wanted to continue to learn more about Sherlock Holmes with his date, but when he turned his head, he saw her taking out a book from her bag.
"?" Kudo Shinichi wondered, "What is this?"
"I bought this from the bookstore next to me when I was waiting for the bus at the station in the morning. Yuanzi likes it very much." Mao Lilan touched the cover of the book and looked at the queue for signatures. "I didn't expect that the author, Mr. Izawa, happened to be in front. I thought about it.
I’ll ask him for an autograph later and give it to Yuanzi.”
Kudo Shinichi looked at the book suspiciously.
Book title: "The Years I Was Undercover"
Author...Izawa Jun.
He had read this book. As a detective, he needed to reserve a lot of knowledge. After hearing about this book, he was told about a man who had been an undercover agent and returned safely. He wanted to take the blame and resign, but was prevented by his colleagues. In the end, he was promoted two levels and continued to stay in the police station.
After the warning was written, he immediately went to buy it.
He was originally out of curiosity and wondered what the undercover life was like, but the content of the book made him very disappointed.
From the beginning to the end, there was no thrilling experience written at all. He flipped through it for a long time and only saw five bloody words between the lines - Be careful with the person you contact.
Kudo Shinichi followed Mao Lilan's line of sight and looked forward, and sure enough he saw the man on the waist of the book.
Izarun was in front of the queue and was talking to the person next to him. The man next to him looked similar to him in age. He seemed to have problems with his legs and feet and was leaning on a cane.
There is also a boy with black hair and red eyes among them.
"...Brother Shunyi, do you think if I use my pocket money to buy a squirrel doll for my sister, will she be happy?"
"Yes." The man on crutches smiled, "This is your wish as a brother, she will like it."
When Kudo Shinichi saw their faces clearly, he suddenly understood the real reason why Suzuki Sonoko liked this book.
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11:59 am.
Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan boarded the observation deck together, but were told that the telescope equipment was all damaged and unusable and was being repaired.
They were a little disappointed. The man who seemed to be the person in charge came over and showed a friendly smile: "If you two want to go on a date, you can go to the nearby fountain."
Kudo Shinichi saw that he was wearing a communication headset and microphone, and vaguely felt that his temperament was different from that of ordinary staff. He subconsciously wanted to look at the other person's hand, but was held back by Mao Lilan.
"Shinichi, let's go take a look."
That fountain was where Kudo Shinichi wanted to take her.
"Only one minute." The man with black hair, blue eyes and a mustache on his chin reminded.
Kudo Shinichi handed the ice Coke in his hand to Mao Lilan, took her hand and ran downstairs together.
Shortly after they left, two women also came to the observation deck.
One of the women wearing a sun hat and sunglasses sneakily took out the monocular telescope she carried with her and pointed the lens at the center of the fountain.
The rainbow in the sky enhanced the romantic atmosphere to the extreme. The boy and girl looked at each other, blushing at each other, and then the two began...
Drink Coke together.
"...Really! Xiaoxin is so useless, shouldn't we kiss now?" The woman squeezed the telescope and made it rattle.
Before she could complain to her female companion, a male voice sounded behind her: "Madam, the amusement park has regulations and you are not allowed to bring such telescopes in."
Kudo Yukiko put down the telescope and turned around to meet a pair of blue eyes, the tips of the eyes were slightly raised. The voice was obviously gentle, but it made people feel inexplicably horrified.
Just when Kudo Yukiko was about to apologize, the female companion Sharon Wynyard beside her said: "Oh, rather than wandering around the amusement park and firing on innocent tourists, wouldn't it be better to just stay by his side?"
The American female star and the security guard here looked at each other, and the latter gave in. He said sorry to Kudo Yukiko, turned around and walked elsewhere.
Kudo Yukiko breathed a sigh of relief and carefully touched her friend's arm: "I was scared to death. I thought he was going to confiscate my telescope..."
The security measures at the amusement park today were so strict that it was almost impossible to bring in sunglasses, binoculars and other equipment. Fortunately, Sharon took her through the VIP channel.
"Yukiko, please pay more attention to yourself, those wolf dogs can really bite people." Sharon Wynyard reminded.
"Okay, I know."
Kudo Yukiko stepped forward and took her arm, and the two left the observation deck together.
"Hey, Sharon, when do you think the two of them will be enlightened..."
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1pm.
The childhood sweethearts who came for a date did not eat. They each bought some snacks and ate them while walking. Unknowingly, they came to a doll stall.
Besides them, there were three other young women there picking out.
Kudo Shinichi thought they looked familiar.
Not only them, but the man he saw on the tower just now also felt that he had seen him somewhere before...
"How about this?"
One of the girls with short curly hair held up a squirrel.
"It suits Shiho very well." The straight black woman smiled. She picked up a smaller squirrel pendant and asked the people around her, "Which one do you want?"
The woman being questioned had light-colored hair, and what was even more eye-catching was her eyes, which turned out to be a pair of heterochromatic pupils.
"I can do it." The woman with a cold temperament showed a gentle smile.
Mao Lilan held a medium-sized squirrel doll: "Xinyi, do you think this is cute?"
Kudo Shinichi withdrew his gaze and looked at his Omei hugging the doll. The cute girl was holding the furry doll. She looked so cute no matter how cute she looked.
He took an identical one from the shelf, looked at the price, and his eyes widened instantly.
"Um, Xiaolan...can you buy a smaller one..."
He, a high school detective who solves crimes for free, only has living expenses provided by his parents...
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3pm.
Mao Lilan held two small and medium-sized squirrel dolls under one arm, and stopped a passing tourist wearing a hat with a camera.
"Hello, can you take a photo for us?"
Under the hat was a heroic face. The tourist blinked his green eyes with lower eyeliner: "No problem."
The two stood in front of the castle. Kudo Shinichi looked reluctant. After being poked in the elbow, he smiled and made a V sign to the camera.
Click.
After taking the photo, the tourist returned the camera to Mao Lilan, his eyes wandering on Kudo Shinichi: "You are the high school detective Kudo Shinichi, right?"
"That's right, it's me." Kudo Shinichi smiled proudly when he heard someone recognized him.
The tourist showed a meaningful smile, "We are both detectives, I really want to compete with you..."
"Zhenchun, what are you doing there?"
A slightly serious female voice behind them interrupted their words.
The tourists hurriedly ran back, and the voice came back to their ears far away: "It's okay, Mom, I'm just taking pictures..."
Hearing this slightly coquettish tone, Mao Lilan realized that the kind-hearted boy she thought was actually a girl.
"...Turns out he is a tomboy."
Kudo Shinichi showed his half-moon eyes and watched the family of three leave towards the left. He almost mistook the other person's gender just now.
After walking around for a day, the two of them were a little tired, so they walked to sit on a bench next to them.
As soon as they sat down, they smelled a faint smell of smoke, and the tourist sitting on the chair behind them suddenly stood up.
The tourist was a tall man, and the smell of smoke came from him. He was wearing black clothes, and his long hair under his knitted hat swayed slightly as he stood up.
He picked up the guitar bag next to him, threw it on his back, and walked towards the road on the right without looking back.
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4:44 pm.
Nothing happens on the roller coaster.
Mao Lilan patted her chest: "I was scared to death. I thought something would happen..."
"I told you nothing would happen if you come to the amusement park."
Kudo Shinichi said this and felt relieved in his heart.
When he was passing through the tunnel just now, his vision went dark, as if something splashed on his face, and his brain felt as if it was going to explode in pain at that moment.
In the blank space of his mind, he actually saw the young version of himself wearing these clothes, sitting on the grass with a bloody head.
...When I came out, I saw that the person in front was frightened and cried, with tears splashing on his face.
Kudo Shinichi felt vaguely uneasy. He touched his cell phone in his pocket. Because of the mysterious crime rate in Mikka Town, he called Officer Megure, Officer Matsuda and other police officers almost more times than he did with Xiaolan.
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Mao Lilan noticed that his face looked ugly: "Xinyi, are you feeling unwell?"
Seeing Qingmei's worried face, Kudo Shinichi shook his head repeatedly: "No, I just..." He turned his eyes and saw the round table not far away: "Let's go get something to eat."
They didn't have lunch and only ate some snacks here and there to fill their stomachs. They were indeed a little hungry by this time, so Mao Lilan agreed.
They walked to a table and sat down, and a waiter-like person handed them a menu.
"Are you two minors?"
Kudo Shinichi raised his head and found that the waiter was a burly blond foreign man with strange eyebrows: "Yes."
"Then I won't give you the alcoholic beverage menu." The waiter handed them the non-alcoholic beverage menu, "You guys read it first, and then call someone if you want to order."
Kudo Shin nodded, and the waiter left, quickly walked to another table, and bowed to a man with his back to them.
As if he had a premonition, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but glance at the man.
"Sir, would you like something?"
"Well..." came the man's gentle voice, "a glass of 'Silver Bullet', add 'Spiatus' to increase the alcohol content."
"yes."
Kudo Shinichi felt that his tone was not like facing a guest, but more like facing his immediate boss.
"Xinyi." Mao Lilan poked him, "Have you ever felt that many of the people sitting here are wearing black clothes?"
Kudo Shinichi looked around and found that it was indeed the case.
For example, at the table closest to the road, there sat a woman with short hair and a butterfly tattoo on her eye. Next to her was a tall, thin man, looking up at the Ferris wheel not far away.
For another example...
"Have you had enough trouble?"
There was a man with long silver hair sitting at the table behind them. He didn't know who he was calling: "The chairman is also here. You can't arrange all the personnel around the younger one as bodyguards..."
"...What? Are you questioning me?" The man sneered, "He decided to do so-called team building here, and it was your idea - 'Amuro wants to ride the Ferris wheel with me, why don't we go there together?
Bar'."
Kudo Shinichi heard murderous intent in his tone. He glanced back quietly and found that the big man in sunglasses who was walking with the silver-haired man had almost buried his head in the wine glass.
"It's not your decision whether we should leave or not."
"Aren't you always following him? If there is someone who really wants to do something to him, it's time to show off."
"I can't go there, that gentleman is still there..."
Kudo Shinichi had a headache when he heard it, and he just wished he could block his hearing.
He prefers cases and is really not interested in bodyguards arguing about security issues...
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6:06 p.m.
Because we were surrounded by people in black, this dinner was very uncomfortable. After paying the bill, Kudo Shinichi hurriedly took Mao Lilan away.
"It's almost time for us to go home..." Kudo Shinichi said, his eyes scanning Mao Lilan's shoes: "Xiaolan, your shoelaces are loose."
Mao Lilan looked down and saw that it was indeed the case. She knelt down and tied her shoelaces tightly so that she would not trip when walking.
The two of them walked towards the exit of the amusement park, and a black-haired boy walked towards them.
He looked a little taller than Kudo Shinichi and wore a finely crafted black suit with a coat of the same color. The bangs on his forehead were blown apart by the night wind, revealing a red eye - his other eye.
Wearing a bandage.
Kudo Shinichi recognized him immediately. After all, his appearance was so obvious that there were few people in Japan who didn't recognize him.
A blond mixed-race man followed the boy. When he noticed Kudo Shinichi's gaze, he glared at him fiercely.
The look in his eyes sent a chill down Kudo Shinichi's spine.
"...Don't scare people casually." The young man touched his arm helplessly.
The man's expression immediately changed. If just now he was a police dog that was on alert and ready to attack at any time, now he was a happy and loyal dog receiving caress from his owner.
When the two sides were about to pass each other, the young man stopped.
"... Kudo Shinichi, did you have fun today?"
"Um?"
Kudo Shinichi didn't understand why he suddenly asked himself, but he quickly answered according to his own mind.
"I'm very happy." The seventeen-year-old detective smiled, "The amusement park is very safe, there are no cases, and there are no dangerous people..."
This made the famous detective who might not be able to eat out even if he went out to eat because of the murder case very moved.
The boy who was called "the new owner of the crow" by the media smiled: "That's good...goodbye."
He led the people around him and walked forward without looking back, completely walking into darkness.
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When we walked out of the amusement park, the sky was completely dark.
After playing for a day, Kudo Shinichi stretched his body and looked up to see a telephone pole not far away.
The crows were parked in dense numbers above, and at first glance it was a dark place. Their dark gazes fell on them, just like the death birds in mythology that bring death and ominousness.
Kudo Shinichi was not frightened by this scene. He looked back at the billboard of Dorobiga Amusement Park.
The billboard of this amusement park funded and built by the Karasuma Group is a red one-eyed crow. It is probably this crow that attracted these crows to stop here.
"...There are so many crows."
No matter it is day or night, they are always in groups and everywhere.
"What are you talking about, Xinyi?" Mao Lilan didn't hear what he was saying clearly.
Kudo Shinichi waved his hand: "It's nothing. Let's go home quickly. If it's too late, uncle will scold me again for leading you wrong."
"Dad won't be so boring..."
The two of them walked towards the station together, getting further and further away from the paradise and crows behind them.
After they left, those crows may have flown away, or they may have attracted more of their kind to fly and stay, but all of this had nothing to do with them.
On this day, there were no cases or accidents, just an ordinary day.
Kudo Shinichi and Maori Ran returned home from Dorobiga Amusement Park together.