It's a billiards hall opened by Terai Huangnosuke.
Kuroba Kaito brought Tsushima Shuji over.
"Dad Terai, look who I brought here..." Kuroba Kaito greeted loudly as soon as he entered the door.
"Master Kaito, you are here..." Father Terai walked out.
"This is...Master Shuji?!" When he saw the young man following Kuroba Kaito, he was suddenly surprised.
"Look, I said Father Terai will definitely recognize you." Kuroba Kaito poked Tsushima Shuji with his arm and winked.
"Long time no see, Mr. Terai." Shuji Tsushima greeted politely.
"Yes, I haven't seen you for a long time. Master Xiuzhi still looks the same as when he was a child..."
"With you here, Master Kaito doesn't have to worry about having no friends." Mr. Terai said with a pleased tone.
"This guy Tsushima doesn't consider me a friend at all..." Kuroba Kaito sat aside with a dissatisfied expression.
"But in Master Kaito's heart, he does regard Master Shuji as a friend." Mr. Terai said without hesitation.
Kuroba Kaito:!!!
"You are so verbose! Father Terai!!" Kuroba Kaito became angry in embarrassment.
"With this attitude... let's eat fish tonight." Tsushima Shuji said, stroking his chin thoughtfully.
"I was wrong." Kuroba Kaito surrendered decisively.
It is impossible to eat fish, and it is impossible to eat fish in this life.
Terai Huangnosuke looked at the two teenagers in front of him and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
After Master Kaito found out about Master Touichi, Master Shuji appeared by his side, which was great.
Master Kaito no longer has to bear everything alone.
Because Master Xiuzhi...
Kuroba Kaito looked at Tsushima Shuji in front of him, whose appearance was almost the same as when he was a child, and suddenly thought of his childhood memories with him.
His father is the world's top magician, and Kuroba Kaito has been a proud and confident child since he was a child.
until……
When a magic show was held abroad, the Kuroba family lived abroad for a while.
"This kid is a genius." Black Feather Bandit appeared in front of him with a boy who was slightly younger than him.
"Kaito, this is Shuji."
"You two should get along well." Black Feather Thief said, touching his son's head.
"Okay." Kuroba Kaito agreed without hesitation.
Since then, it has suffered endless blows.
"Look! I learned this magic, it's very..." It's awesome...
I was about to show off my magic power with my new brother who seemed to be in poor health, but I saw the other person effortlessly perform a set of more advanced magic tricks.
Young Kuroba Kaito:...
It's okay, bear with it.
It’s okay for me to practice more.
Then Kuroba Pirate discovered that his son was more serious about learning magic.
After thinking for a moment, Kuroba Toichi discovered the reason and helplessly patted Kuroba Kaito on the head.
Didn't say anything.
Shuji is a genius...but...
He can't be a magician or a phantom thief.
"Is Tsushima... more genius than me..."
"Everyone likes him better, right?" After the young Kuroba Kaito lost to his opponent again, he held back tears and ran to Kuroba Toichi and asked.
"Kaito is fine just the way he is."
"Cure him..." Black Feather Pirates shook his head.
"You know what? Being too talented is not a good thing, Kaito."
The young Kuroba Kaito didn't understand.
He just felt that a guy like Shujima Tsujima, who was very fast at learning anything, must be very happy.
Until one day he saw a boy sitting by the swimming pool, playing cards.
Just when he was about to give the other party a surprise, he saw the other party leaning forward without hesitation and falling into the water.
Silently, without any struggle.
Young Kuroba Kaito:!!!
He panicked and ran to find someone to fish Tsushima Shuji out of the swimming pool.
He saw the boy who woke up vomiting water with a cold face.
"I survived again."
Kuroba Kaito as a child:???I don’t understand.
He looked at Kuroba Toichi, who had rescued the person, with a rare serious expression, his expression full of confusion.
I want to ask the other person why they did this.
But he was stopped by the look in Kuroba Toichi's eyes.
"Do you want to learn other magic tricks?" Black Feather Thief asked, looking at the boy who was choking on the water and coughing all the time.
"After a while, I will perform an escape magic trick."
"Try to find out my flaws." Black Feather Thief said.
"...Okay." The boy's coughing voice gradually became fainter.
"Then I will survive until I can find out the flaws of Uncle Kuroba Touichi." He said in a relaxed and childish tone.
Black Feather Thief disappeared in that escape magic.
Life and death unknown.
As a child, Kuroba Kaito cried bitterly, but found that Tsushima Shuji, who had always been cold and indifferent, also cried without hesitation.
"My father is gone...why are you crying..." Kuroba Kaito asked while sobbing.
"How do you find a flaw in a magic that has no ending..." The young Tsushima Shuji wiped his tears expressionlessly.
"But I said I would live until I find his flaws." He was stubborn and continued to cry expressionlessly.
Kuroba Kaito: ...Suddenly I suspected that my father ran away just to keep Tsushima alive.
So the two of them secretly hid in a corner and cried for a long time.
When Kuroba Kaito succeeded in crying, his eyes were red and his face was beyond recognition, and when he was discovered, Tsujima Shuji handed him a handkerchief with a steady gesture.
Therefore, the only person who was found hiding and crying was Kuroba Kaito.
Kuroba Kaito:???Why can you do it without leaving any trace??
"Don't forget your poker face," six-year-old Tsushima Shuji reminded nine-year-old Kuroba Kaito.
"You don't need to remind me, I won't forget it." Kuroba Kaito said stubbornly.
Not long after, Kuroba Kaito was brought back to Neon by Terai Hinosuke.
"Tsushima, please go back with me."
"I'm very familiar with neon..." Kuroba Kaito tried to seduce Tsushima Shuji to go back to neon with him.
"Master, it's time to go back." The other party's bodyguard interrupted him.
"Kaito, my dream depends on you." Six-year-old Tsushima Shuji called Kuroba Kaito so solemnly for the first time.
"When your magic level is higher than that of Uncle Pi, let's perform that escape magic again." He looked forward to it.
"I will definitely find a flaw." He said in a serious tone.
Nine-year-old Kuroba Kaito was puzzled: Is this all you want to say?
In the end, Kuroba Kaito returned to Neon, while Tsushima Shuji stayed abroad.
…
Back to the present.
"Kaito." Tsushima Shuji looked serious.
"You can now..."
"Stop—" Kuroba Kaito interrupted him and made a pause gesture.
"I can't, I can't, sorry for bothering you." Kuroba Kaito said without hesitation.
What Tsushima Shuji wanted to say, he had seen countless times in the letters between the two of them.
Every birthday, there is a sentence in the letter sent with the gift.
[You are xx years old this year. How long will it take before you reach the magic level of Uncle Pianyi?]
[When can I perform that escape magic?]
[Hurry up and let me find a loophole.]
Kuroba Kaito: Don't think about it, you can't perform in this life, don't even think about finding any flaws.