Nagai Hikaru's Ke Xuexing

When Karasuma Akimitsu returned to her room at night, she found a white dress at the head of her bed. It was a dress she had worn a long time ago, but it seemed to have been thrown away because it was stained with coffee.

As Karasuma Akimitsu held the skirt, his expression changed several times. He then ran downstairs with the skirt and knocked frantically on Haba Haku's door.

"what happened?"

"Bai, I suspect I'm being followed by a pervert. He actually came into my room and left a skirt in my size!" Karasuma Akimitsu looked horrified.

“…I did it.”

"Eh?"

Yuba Bai held his forehead and said, "I put that skirt there. Your nightgown last night was stained with blood, so I dealt with it. So I put another skirt there for you."

"..." Karasuma Akimitsu looked at the skirt in his hand with a complicated expression, and then he exhaled, "Well, I did bring only one nightgown, but this one is not a nightgown, it has a waist."

"Next time I'll ask Hamura for help with the luggage issue when we go out together." Haku Hanabara said calmly.

"Okay." Just wear it as a nightgown.

Karasuma Akimitsu thought calmly.

After returning to the room, Karasuma Akimitsu took her skirt and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

I got a call while soaking in the bathtub.

"After so many days, you finally took the initiative to call me?" Karasuma Akimitsu pretended to be surprised.

"..." Gin was silent for a while before saying, "The ocean buoy has been blown up, and Rum is confirmed dead."

"Oh, are you here to tell me this?" Karasuma Akimitsu said in a sarcastic tone.

“…I don’t have a birthday.”

Karasuma Akimitsu was a little surprised that Gin suddenly changed the topic.

"I don't know when my birthday is, and I don't have the habit of celebrating my birthday, so I can't remember this day that seems to be very important to others. Even my age was calculated by the person who took me back to the organization based on my bone age."

Karasuma Akimitsu hummed softly: Is he trying to act pitiful and deny my birthday present?

"I'll give you my birthday."

"what?"

"From now on, my birthday will be on the same day as yours, so that the day that is important to you will be equally important to me."

"Eh?"

"That's it. This is my birthday gift to you. From now on, you are anchored to me." As soon as Gin finished speaking, he simply hung up the phone.

Looking at the phone that was already beeping, Karasuma Akimitsu felt inexplicably touched, yet he felt something was wrong.

It was Nagai Hikaru who came out of the bathroom with wet hair and wearing a white dress. While wiping her hair with a towel, she was still thinking about the phone call just now.

I saw Conan sitting on his bed without his glasses, looking at his phone.

"…How did you get in?" Nagai Mitsuru was confused.

"Your door is not locked, I locked it for you." Conan pulled the quilt over and fell on the pillow, "Okay, blow dry your hair and come to bed."

Nagai Hikaru walked to the bed and sat down, raising his hand to rub Conan's head: "Aren't you in the same room with Uncle Maori?"

"He drank a lot of alcohol and it smelled terrible." Conan pulled the quilt with both hands obediently, "So I came over to sleep with you."

Nagai Hikaru smiled softly and pinched Conan's face: "Okay, let's sleep together."

"Xiaoguang..."

"Ok?"

"How did you become the boss of this organization?"

"Do you think I will tell you the whole story?"

"You said you wouldn't lie to me."

Nagai Hikaru nodded: "So I won't tell you."

Conan pulled the quilt over his head in frustration, and after a while, he pulled it back open again: "Does that mean I can never change back in my lifetime?"

"Shinichi." Nagai Mitsuru lowered his head, resting his forehead against Conan's, and asked softly, "Do you have any reason to change back to Shinichi? Are you dissatisfied with your current life?"

"…But I'm so young now, and you're already a big guy." Conan's cheeks flushed.

"Are you jealous that I went to university before you?"

"No, I just feel I'm getting further and further away from you."

Nagai Hikaru propped himself up, touched Conan's face and said, "Let me tell you some unfortunate news. When Shirley disappeared, the research on APTX4869 was suspended. When I took over the organization, all the relevant information was destroyed by me."

"Why?" Conan shouted in surprise, "If she gets all the information, Huiyuan will probably be able to research the antidote!"

"And then? You three living experimental specimens were exposed to the public?"

"... Huibara..."

"How many years and how much money did it take to research APTX4869? The same goes for the antidote. It's impossible to find it with ordinary small equipment, but if you increase the investment, I won't be able to hide the news of your existence." Nagai Mitsuru looked at Conan seriously and held his face with both hands. "This is the secret of rejuvenation. It's related to life span and points directly to immortality..."

Conan was shocked by the warning in Nagai Hikaru's eyes: "You mean..."

"Yes, if the news that APTX4869 has a successful case leaks out, I can't protect any of you. Because what we are fighting against is not one or two corporate groups, but the upper class of the entire world, the top of the entire pyramid." Nagai Mitsuru let go of Conan's face and put his hand on his chest, "I dare not leave Vermouth's body, let alone the information about the drug. Shinichi, I am afraid of myself. I am afraid that when I get old, I will not be able to resist restarting the research... Without the information, laboratories, and all the research, this will not only protect you, but also cut off my thoughts."

Water drops fell from Nagai Hikaru's still wet hair onto Conan's face. Conan looked up at Nagai Hikaru's blue eyes, then slowly raised his hand and touched his face: "Don't be afraid..."

"Why not? Do you know how panicked I was when I heard about the all-age recognition system? Shinichi, not only you, but also Xiaolan... What if they say that there are enough test subjects anyway, and take one for destructive experiments?" Nagai Mitsuru released his hand that was pressing on Conan's chest and stepped back a little, "Shinichi, tell me, who would I choose?"

"Xiaoguang..."

"Yes, I treat Ai well because I feel guilty, and I am compensating her in advance." Nagai Hikaru took Conan's hand and pressed it on his chest. "Before I became the boss of the organization, I secretly decided that if something really happened, I would abandon her first. I didn't hesitate at all."

Conan looked at Nagai Hikaru with a complicated expression.

Nagai Hikaru chuckled softly: "You see, Shinichi, I am just this bad. I was born this way. I am cowardly, vicious, and selfish. The concussion did cause me to lose my memory for a while. After I remembered, I should have stayed away from you and stopped bringing you danger. But I couldn't help it... Shinichi... I am like this... You shouldn't get close to me."

Conan looked at Nagai Hikaru's eyes reflecting the light, sat up and hugged him, letting his head rest on his shoulder: "Xiao Guang... you are very good... you are a very good person."

Water drops fell on Conan's shoulders. Conan didn't know whether it was tears or wet hair, but he had given up on asking Nagai Hikaru. So what if he was the boss? Hikaru was still Hikaru.

"...Xiao Guang, I promise you that I will be a good Edogawa Conan. But you also have to promise me that you will protect yourself and stop doing things that hurt others."

"I can't promise you, Shinichi. How can I guarantee such a long future?" Nagai Hikaru's voice was so soft that it seemed to be blown away by the wind. "So you come and see me, okay? You have to live... longer than me."

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"The ocean buoy was blown up? Torpedo? A submarine entered Japanese waters?" Haba Shiro used Furuya Rei's voice to talk to Kazami Yuya on the other end of the phone.

"Yes, the people on the buoy... not many were rescued. But Chief Makino Yosuke was taken away by us for questioning, so he is safe."

"...Do you know which force it is?" Yuba Bai had some guesses in his mind, but it was hard to be sure.

"I have no idea. And according to the rescued Interpol personnel, all the torpedo guided missiles that should have been launched were not successfully launched. It seems that the launch window was locked and could not be opened." Feng Jianyuya said while looking at the report.

"Because of that backdoor program, right?" Yuba Bai chuckled.

"But in this case, Japan's police surveillance program will not be able to communicate with Europe's surveillance data. Without the ocean buoys, they will not be able to collect and link our police surveillance data across Japan." Yuya Kazami put away the report.

"Yes, it's unfortunate. Interpol will probably have to look to other countries to build this facility that links surveillance systems around the world."

"But whether Japan can be forced to join again at that time and how many years later will it be, that will be a headache for other people, right?" Kazami Yuya nodded.

Habashiro opened the curtains in the room and looked at the stars outside the window: "Yes, but the next time we repair the ocean buoy, it might be blown up by someone."

Feng Jianyu was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, which country would be willing to hand over its national surveillance data to an international organization with complex membership? To be honest, I am surprised that the higher-ups agreed to such a thing."

"So the ocean buoy was blown up." Yuba Bai raised his lips, "I think we are not the only country that is unwilling to do so."

"You mean?"

"You don't need to investigate this case too carefully. Just pretend to deal with it." After giving the instructions, Yuba Bai hung up the phone.

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After leaving the submarine, Gin and others flew to Tokyo by helicopter.

Vodka was a little touched and said: "Giving your birthday to your boss is really romantic. Big brother, you can actually come up with such a gift."

Gin nodded: "According to the boss's habit, he doesn't remember his own birthday or others' birthdays, and he also requires others not to forget their birthday gifts. If our birthdays are on the same day, and he forgets and doesn't give me a gift, there is no reason for him to ask me to give him anything, right?"

Vodka looked at Gin in shock.

Gin glanced at Vodka: "What's wrong?"

Calvados whispered, "I think when the boss realizes your intentions, he might get even angrier."

Vodka leaned closer to Calvados and nodded slightly.