Conan: I'm just an ordinary novelist

"Come on! I'll help you, you're welcome!"

Yun Xianhe picked up another corrugated box that had not been erected yet from the wall and said as he sealed the back:

"I used to give gifts to them like this."

“…Okay, I’ll trouble you, Xianhe.”

"You're welcome. Ah, Mr. Guang, do you want to hear something interesting?

Once when Cotton had his birthday, Ghost and I put the presents in a big box and made a trigger mechanism at the opening.

As he spoke, Yun Xianhe took out a few small button-like things from his pocket and showed them to Zhu Fu Jingguang.

He held one up and measured it against the edge of the cardboard box he had packed, then glued it on.

"Like this, when the box is opened - look! The colored lights inside will light up!"

Facing the strange light emitted by the balloon, Zhu Fu Jingguang: ...

"It's pretty nice."

After thinking about the fact that Yun Xianhe was probably still young at the time, Jingguang's mother believed that children's self-confidence should not be undermined, so she gave him a very pertinent compliment.

The brave man, who had no idea that he had placed a lantern in a strange position, did not even raise his head.

Start protecting the balloon that was specially selected for Toru Amuro.

"Yeah! We stuffed it with flowers, colored ribbons, balloons... After all, Cotton was the only girl in the team, so we wanted to make her happy."

"That lady must be very touched."

"Of course! But her favorite is the pink rocket launcher that Uncle Shitou gave her. Uncle Shitou specially modified it, and even the tail smoke is pink!"

"???"

The bubble paper made a crackling sound as it rubbed against the surface of the balloon.

Zhu Fujingguang hypnotized himself that he must have heard it wrongly because the ambient sound was a bit noisy. How could someone send an RPG to someone on their birthday?

He must have heard it wrong, huh.

"Later, the ghost said that thing was as high as cotton, and was knocked down."

"Hmm, hmm...that fish..."

"Don't worry, Mr. Guang. This small box for the fish is specially made by me. I will definitely deliver the Amuro fish safely to Mr. Amuro's house!"

Zhu Fu Jingguang glanced at Yun Xianhe, then looked at the transparent box in the other's hand, and nodded blankly.

When Yun Xianhe called the local courier,

Standing at the door, Zhu Fu Jingguang witnessed the three large boxes being lifted onto the express truck. After thinking for a while, he still did not tell Amuro Toru what was inside the boxes.

After all, it is the sincere friendship of children...Zero, just keep it in mind.

Mr. Guang, who had completely forgotten that he had also put some strange things in it, turned back to the house and began to think about what to eat tonight.

·

"Matsuda, there's a package for you downstairs, and they asked you to go down and sign for it."

"Hmm? Who sent it?"

"It seems to be a person whose last name begins with 'Yun'. Oh, Hagiwara also has one."

The two people, who had one minute left before the end of the get off work day but were still struggling with the report at their workstations, looked up at each other at the same time, then ran downstairs one after the other.

Kenji Hagiwara and Jinpei Matsuda were shocked when they saw the knee-high and seemingly heavy cardboard box.

"Xiao Yun, did you send an oven?"

After trying it and finding that the box was indeed very heavy, the two were silent for a while, borrowed a small cart from the security guard and went straight back to the dormitory.

"'Open this side and there's a surprise'? Oh, I'm getting more and more curious. What's inside? Xiao Zhenping, do you want to open it with me?"

"Okay."

The two big men and the two boxes almost filled the entire dormitory.

Kenji Hagiwara used a wallpaper knife to cut the tape, and when he opened the box,

There was only a slight 'click' sound, and then the box in front of him burst into a golden light.

"??what happens?!"

"? What?!"

Jinpei Matsuda, who opened the box at the same time, looked better because he was wearing sunglasses.

After a while, the two of them squinted their eyes and looked at the dazzling array of boxes inside, but for a moment they didn't know where to start.

"Is this the feeling of being friends with a kid who is much older than you?"

Kenji Hagiwara took out an exquisitely crafted mask from the corner of the box and marveled at it.

On the contrary, Jinpei Matsuda immediately saw the balloon protected in the middle by bubble wrap.

"...Did that kid go to the festival?"

"Hahahaha, it seems like that, look, Jinpei-chan! Hagi received a flower-shaped balloon that matches her perfectly."

"what?"

Jinpei Matsuda glanced at the slightly mysterious expression painted on the other person's balloon, and silently put the balloons in the box to the other side, preparing to open them later.

"Oh - even the water balloons are included."

Kenji Hagiwara, who couldn't remember the last time he played with the water ball, bent down, took out the colorful water ball, and squeezed it twice in his palm.

Matsuda Jinpei took out the things one by one and put them on the table.

When he saw the little goldfish with a big black bar above its eye placed in a transparent box, he narrowed his eyes slightly.

“This fish…”

“Pfft, hahahaha! That fish looks like Xiao Zhenping! He’s even wearing sunglasses.”

“Hey, hey! How can they be similar? If there is any similarity, yours, Hagi, is the more similar!”

Kenji Hagiwara felt a bit amused as he watched Jinpei Matsuda take out the small goldfish with a slender body and a longer-than-usual dorsal fin from his box.

"Where on earth did that guy find these?"

"Pfft, who knows."

The two were amused by the various strange things in the box and started discussing what to send back while packing them up.

"what is this?"

Finally, Matsuda Jinpei found a square gift box under the box and raised his eyebrows.

Kenji Hagiwara picked up the one under his box and found it a bit heavy.

When you pull open the ribbon, the first thing that comes into view is a brief instruction card.

"'A model toy with nearly 10,000 assembly methods, giving you a different disassembly experience every time'? Huh?"

Jinpei Matsuda looked at the palm-sized instruction manual in the box, then looked at the silver metal block that looked like a whole brick, and suddenly he became interested.

"Could it be that this thing was also designed by Xianhe himself?"

"Yes, look, Zhen Ping, his name is written at the end of the book."

After failing to find any seams for a long time, Matsuda Jinpei remembered the electronic sticker in Yun Xianhe's hand last time and immediately became interested.

“How does this thing start?”

"Let me see, it seems to say... knock twice?"

Hearing this, Jinpei Matsuda took out the metal block, placed it on the table, and knocked it twice tentatively.

The next second, some fine fluorescent blue lines flashed on the metal block, and it crackled and turned into a pile of tiny parts that fell on the table.

"...Hagi, are you looking at the beginning steps?"

"It seems that it is a way to make it disintegrate directly..."

"what?!"

"Don't worry, Xiao Zhenping, let me take a look at the manual, assembly and disassembly instructions, umm?"

That night, two members of the explosion team spent the entire night reading the instructions in order to put a brick (?) back to its original shape.

But in the end they only figured out how to put them together into a square bomb model.

Not even another brick was spared.

·

At the same time, on the other side, Toru Amuro was looking at the large express package blocking the door of his house with great curiosity.

Although he knew it was sent by Hiro, he really wanted to know what the other party had sent him.

Veins bulged on the dark-skinned golden retriever's arms, and he held his breath before picking up the box and carrying it into his bedroom.

When he opened the box and heard the tiny snapping sound, Toru Amuro was a little alert.

But the golden light that followed directly hurt his eyes, and he looked very confused.

After unpacking the balloon and looking at the golden balloon with strange eyes, Toru Amuro's mouth twitched violently.

After taking out a bunch of small gifts and finally finding a handwritten letter from his childhood sweetheart on the side of the box, Toru Amuro slowly let out a breath.

When he saw in the letter that these gifts were chosen by him and Yun Xianhe together, Toru Amuro was not surprised at all.

"Hiro couldn't have been assimilated..."

Toru Amuro muttered as he took out a sandwich from the bag next to him and stuffed it into his mouth.

When someone saw Zhu Fu Jingguang's note in the letter that it should be heated before eating, he swallowed the last bite with a guilty conscience.

It’s okay, it’s okay. Hiro doesn’t know anyway…

'Xianhe also sent a copy to Hagi and Jinpei.'

"Pfft, what? So everyone gets a share?"

Toru Amuro half leaned on the low table and read the letter in his hand carefully.

After a while, he looked up at the ceiling illuminated by colorful lights and the strange balloon floating in the corner.

He turned his head to look at the rare little golden goldfish on the table.

At hand were cool water balls and various small gifts, as well as various packaged foods that Zhu Fu Jingguang put in later.

The warrior walking in the darkness raised his hands to his eyes, with a smile on his lips, and whispered:

"A 'hero with light'? Hiro's words make him sound like a savior..."