【Quick New】In the Name of Love · In the Name of Love- XXIV

Chapter 21 XXI Signal

Two young men with similar faces sat at the two ends of the sofa, their faces were solemn and silent, and there was an embarrassing and delicate atmosphere in the air.

"Well, let me tell you what's going on with you—" The wavy-haired woman obviously felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and wanted to say something to ease the atmosphere, but Kudo Shinichi interrupted her with a somewhat cold tone.

"Mom, what's the matter?"

Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Yukiko sat opposite Kuroba Kaito and Kudo Shinichi, and the two looked helplessly at the two young people who had never given each other a straight look, and exchanged a look.Yusaku Kudo said calmly, "You know?"

He didn't refer to the name, but just uttered a question sentence in the tone of stating the facts, but Kudo Shinichi felt as if he was seen through all of a sudden, and heard his father's meaning in his concise words.

"...Well." Kudo Shinichi nodded reluctantly, feeling a little awkward for some reason.He still deliberately avoided Kuroba Kaito's direction, let himself sink a little deeper into the sofa, and said dryly: "Since you know, why didn't you tell me earlier."

The corner of Yusaku Kudo's mouth twitched slightly, and he didn't answer, but his eyes clearly said "Come on, let's see what your relationship is now", and took a sip of tea.Kudo Shinichi pinched the bridge of his nose irritably, feeling annoyed and nowhere to hide.

...That's right, the inexplicable relationship between the two of them is also caused by my inability to untie the knot and the pride that makes it difficult for me to apologize.His father still knew him too well, and he knew clearly that even if he knew it earlier, it would not change any results.Kudo Shinichi will still be stuck in this bad situation and cannot get out.

He lowered his eyelids somewhat dejectedly, and started staring at the cup in his hand instead.

"...cough, that, um, I still have homework." Kaito Kuroba calmly broke the deadlock, "I'm leaving after talking about things." He really couldn't take it anymore, sitting on his ——Uh, it's not the ex-boyfriend, but, you know, that's what it feels like—the family of three facing each other with stern faces.This made him feel uncomfortable all over, like sitting on pins and needles, and wanted to leave now.

The air fell into a dead silence.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Kudo Yukiko was the first to declare her death in battle, and began to burst into laughter, and Kudo Yusaku couldn't help but burst out laughing, trying to hold back her laughter.Kudo Shinichi also distorted his expression, and turned his face sideways.

Kuroba Kaito couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

——The hour hand is turned back to a few hours ago.

Kaito Kuroba was still standing in front of the map thinking about the riddle, the phone on the table vibrated twice, and the text message alert sounded.He frowned, took the paper in his hand, walked to the edge of the chair and sat down, and found the mobile phone with the screen pressed down from under the layers of documents and materials.He pressed the main button, the screen lit up, and the content of a text message jumped into his eyes.

"...?!"

Kuroba Kaito stared at the text message in shock, and jumped up from the chair he was sitting on two seconds later, hurriedly left the secret room of the study, ran all the way to his room and quickly changed his clothes, hands and feet Breaking out in a cold sweat, his mood was comparable to the nervousness he felt when he appeared as Kaitou Kidd for the first time.Before he even had time to put on his T-shirt, the doorbell rang downstairs.

...No, so fast?

The bullet screen in Heiyu's head was frantically brushing the bold and capitalized versions of "What's going on" and "It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over", calm and self-possessed—no, he didn't almost fall down when he was going down the stairs, completely No - went downstairs and stood at the entrance.

He took a deep breath and pressed the handle.

A bright smile almost blinded Kuroba's titanium alloy dog ​​eyes.

"—Yo, is it Kaito? Oh, sorry for coming uninvited this time, I hope I didn't scare you." The woman with beautiful curly hair stood at the door with a smile and said lively, "Ah, I forgot to introduce, I It’s Yukiko Kudo. Please give me your advice, Mr. Great Magician.” She blinked one eye, wearing a floral skirt, a big straw hat, and a pair of black sunglasses hanging on her chest. The appearance of coming back.Kudo Yusaku stood one step behind her, wearing a polo shirt, cropped pants, and a pair of flip flops, smiling at him awkwardly but politely: "I'm Kudo Yusaku. The incident happened suddenly, really excuse me--"

Kaito Kuroba hurriedly interrupted the two people's words, and said quickly: "No, no, it doesn't matter at all, don't bother! Well, come in first and sit down...?"

Although Hei Yu was leading the way, the two of them seemed to be quite familiar with Hei Yu's family, and would casually ask about Hei Yu's situation.Kuroba was full of doubts, wondering what the purpose of the Kudou couple's sudden visit was.

The three chatted in the living room for a while, and Yukiko Kudo suddenly changed the subject and talked about Kuroba Pirates.

"...Hey, I learned a lot of knowledge from Mr. Kuroba back then. It's a pity that he disappeared suddenly... Sure enough, he attracted people who shouldn't know." Yukiko Kudo sighed, and then thoughtfully Looking at Kaito Kuroba intently, a sly light that Kuroba couldn't understand flashed across his eyes.

Kudo Yusaku said with a smile on the side: "Be careful when you go out at night."

……

Kuroba Kaito was at a loss.

His pupils shrank suddenly, and cold sweat burst out from behind.It took less than a second for him to adjust his breathing and expression, and he wanted to defend himself innocently: "I don't quite understand what you are talking about—"

"It's okay, we all know your secret. Did Shinichi discover it by himself?" Yukiko Kudo quickly waved his hand, interrupted Kaito Kuroba, and raised his eyebrows, "We are also acquaintances with your father." , nothing to be restrained. You even changed a bouquet of roses for me when you were a child, but you probably don’t remember it anymore? You have been a magician since you were a child, and you really look like Mr. Kuroba.” Yukiko Kudo felt a little emotional for a while , but quickly regained consciousness from the memories, pursed his lips in embarrassment and smiled.

Hei Yu blushed suddenly - he actually has such a dark history, and he is actually the mother of the great detective...

He didn't even know how to answer the conversation, his face was a little hot.He scratched his head in embarrassment: "Young and frivolous, Mrs. Kudo laughed."

Kudo Yukiko shook her head immediately, and said very heartily: "Where is that, Kaito is really super cute! How does he look like Shinichi—" Kudo Yusaku noticed that Kuroba's face changed slightly, and quickly interrupted Yukiko's words, and continued Said, "After Pirate One disappeared, we started to investigate, but there has been no clue. Recently, I don't know why, the activities of the organization have become more frequent, which allowed us to catch a little clue. But we still need your help. Kaito." He looked at Kuroba Kaito, his tone was sincere, and his eyes seemed to be able to suck people in.

After Kuroba and Kudo Yusaku looked at each other for a moment, they looked away and couldn't help but licked their lips.He was silent for a while, then said, "...Thank you."

——Then, in a daze, he was dragged to Kudo House by Kudo Yukiko, and bumped into Kudo Shinichi who had just returned with a tired face.

So there was the previous scene.

Kuroba let out a long sigh, even Kaito Kidd, who was able to adapt to the situation, felt helpless at this moment, not knowing how to face Kudo Shinichi.Especially in the presence of the Kudo couple.

What can he say?

Sorry to drag you down?

Forgive my concealment, I just had to?

About the crisis of confidence, I'm sorry?

...It's better to just give him a knife.I can't even listen to such words, let alone a great detective.Besides, their current situation has become a stalemate, and they don't know how to take the first step.He lowered his head in frustration, and after a few seconds secretly glanced at Kudo Shinichi from the corner of his eye.

——Unexpectedly, Kudo Shinichi was also secretly looking at Kuroba Kaito.

The eyes of the two people slammed into each other unexpectedly, and sparks were sparked. It was as shocking as if an earth-shattering comet hit the earth in the minds of the two people, and the two people entered the engine room directly. Stupid mode.In the next second, they looked away in a panic at the same time, and there was a feeling of dizziness in front of them.

They all thought at the same time that heart beating like a drum is definitely not a metaphor.

"Cough." Kudo Yusaku coughed lightly.The two raised their heads at the same time and said in unison, "What?"

They couldn't help but look at each other again, and their eyes crossed again.But this time their eyes just passed by for a short time, before they even had time to see each other's appearance, they hurriedly turned their heads, a tinge of red appeared on the tips of their ears.

Don't think too much, Kudo Shinichi.

It was just an accident, Kuroba Kaito.

The two admonished themselves in their hearts.

"In short—" Kudo Yukiko dragged out her tone, reminding the two people who were not in the state, "We need to summarize the information."

The integration process of trivial information is undoubtedly long and arduous.

——But at the same time, Kudo Shinichi and Kuroba Kaito, who had entered the working state, both heaved a sigh of relief, but because of the workload, their mood gradually stabilized, and they began to devote themselves to the exchange and discussion of information , Compatible souls can always allow them to understand each other's meaning in the fastest way, and the efficiency of cooperation is amazingly high, especially when two people hope that pure cooperation can make them temporarily forget their confrontation , who do not know how to break the situation of the Cold War.

A strange idea even rose up in Kudo's heart - it would not be impossible if it could continue like this.The other party is so compatible that I have the idea of ​​"ah, that's how it should be".

Of course, all this is too ridiculous.If it weren't for the sudden intervention of their parents, they might never meet again, let alone talk about cooperation like this.Dreams always wake up, all I can do is try not to let myself wake up in sadness.

Such scattered thoughts occasionally emerged from Kudo's mind, but were quickly overwhelmed by a large number of small and small information, and could no longer be found.

"... Kuroba." Kudo called him suddenly.Hei Yu's heart seemed to be grabbed by someone, and his whole body tensed up.

"What?" he said trying to be nonchalant.

"I went to Yiyu County in the past two days." He paused, then continued lightly, "I thought I had no chance to talk about it, but I didn't expect to meet again so soon."

Kuroba immediately knew what he was referring to.The memory of that afternoon in his mind suddenly appeared in front of him again, he opened his mouth, and the words of apology had already reached his lips, and he swallowed them back abruptly, and finally he just said softly: "Fate always likes to play jokes on us, right?" .”

Kudo shook his head with a smile, but didn't answer.

They all thought of the embarrassing incident that happened at the ramen restaurant a few months ago, and all the golden memories, and they were all mixed up for a while, and at the same time they fell silent.

After a long time, Kudo replied: "Who would have thought of that?" He raised his eyes to meet Kuroba's almost scorching, painful gaze, and neither of them avoided it.Their tacit understanding at this moment allows them to know what the other party is saying and regretting, but they cannot reconcile for any reason.

... a little closer.

A little closer is the perfect distance for a kiss.

But the two just looked at each other, and buried all the turbulent waves under a clear spring, neither of them took the initiative to take this step.Their souls are so different, but they are surprisingly similar in these places, proud and firm, even if they have already been scarred, they still want to show the most perfect side in front of others, and their stubbornness is unreasonable.

Maybe in just one more second, the souls of the two clamoring to embrace will make them abandon all their armor, and command them to follow their hearts regardless.

Hei Yu first looked away, suppressed the feelings that were about to explode, and changed the subject: "So, Yiyu County."

Kudo blinked, adjusted his mood almost quickly, and returned to his businesslike appearance—as if nothing had happened just now.He clearly began to talk about the discoveries he had finally dug up in the reference room and his experience in Isumi County. Kuroba Kaito listened carefully with his hands folded beside him, but his brows became more and more wrinkled, and he felt something in his heart. Something shocking is about to be revealed.

"...Do you have any clues?" Kudo asked after finishing speaking, "For example, the information you got when you encountered the organization, uh, passwords, riddles, etc.—"

"riddle!"

Heiyu's eyes suddenly widened, and his whole body became excited, and his voice changed a little with excitement: "My God, this is the place pointed by the riddle!"

living room.

Kudo Yusaku and Kudo Yukiko were chatting, and the door of the study opened.Kuroba and Kudo came out, and Kudo couldn't hide his joy and said, "I found something!"

"Oh?" Yusaku raised an eyebrow.

"I'm going to make coffee." Yukiko said very considerately, stood up and walked towards the kitchen.

The two young men sat down, Kuroba took out a pen from his pocket, and rewrote the riddle on the paper.Kudo began to talk about the similarities between the riddles they found and Yisumi County, and mentioned that Yisumi County had more than three records of organization personnel haunting—especially during this time, Kudo said, maybe something happened to them recently, so that the Revealing these clues - while Kuroba added some information that Kudo didn't know, and explained the answer to the mystery as concisely as possible.

"Ah..." Kudo Yusaku looked at the riddle on the paper and touched his chin, "It's beautifully done. It's the first time I know this riddle, and you guys solved it, what a pity."

"Hey dad..."

"Just kidding." Kudo Yusaku waved his hand and smiled softly, "So your plan..."

"Of course it's a walk." The two said in unison, and immediately stared at each other, their faces sank at the same time.

"This is my business. You have helped enough, and I will have to face it alone."

"Tsk, I said I will help, and I will help to the end. Even if we... No, you can't do it anyway. The organization may know your identity, but they will never care about me, an ordinary high school student detective. I have to go .”

"Kudo Shinichi, this is not your detective game at all." Kuroba looked almost out of breath.He couldn't figure out why someone wanted to jump into the fire pit so much - he desperately wanted to push the other person out, but the other party wanted to jump in even more relentlessly.

Kudo Shinichi also looked as if he had been touched to the point of explosion, his expression darkened again, and he growled almost gnashing his teeth: "This is not your Phantom Thief game, Kuroba Kaito. Can you recognize the reality a little bit, Anyway, I am too..." He took a deep breath, and his tone was a little calmer, "I have been trained systematically."

"You what?!"

When Kudo was about to speak, Yukiko Kudo pushed the brewed coffee in front of the two of them, interrupting the simmering atmosphere of the two, and said kindly: "Boys drink some water first, and calm down before talking about things."

The two of them snorted at the same time, turned their heads away, took the cup from Yuxiko's hand, and thanked in a low voice.

Black Feather took a sip and let out a snort.

Kudo also took a sip unprepared, and frowned: "How does it taste..."

The two people realized something at the same time, exchanged a look reflexively, and clearly saw the information they wanted to convey between each other——

Damn, drugged.

Before the two realized that they were about to fall into the dark abyss before they had time to resist, Yusaku Kudo took out the cup that was about to fall from the hands of the two young people who were already weak and unable to focus their sight, and placed it on the table smoothly , then rubbed their heads, and sighed helplessly but softly: "How could you let you do this kind of thing? You are really two silly children."

Kudo Yukiko stood on the side, watching Kudo Shinichi and Kuroba Kaito quietly, the sadness in her eyes could not be erased.She felt a little difficult to breathe, her nose was sore, and fluid quickly gathered in her eye sockets.

Kudo Yusaku tore off the riddle written by Kuroba, straightened up, and met some red eye sockets of Kudo Yukiko.

He shook the piece of paper in his hand, and suddenly showed a mean smile: "Elope?"

Kudo Yukiko couldn't hold back, she burst out laughing, tears fell down her cheeks due to gravity.With a bright smile, she readily wiped away the tears on her face, walked over and held Kudo Yusaku's arm, raised her head and looked at Kudo Yusaku who was looking down at him, with fine sunlight lying in her eyes, and then Sweetly said: "Okay."