Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 58 Experiment, a great success!

Do not add entities unless necessary.

Yingsheng has always followed this principle in doing things.

As for the starting point of this serial case, the death of Masato Yuzukatsu, Hotaru did not choose to let it simply be an accident. Instead, he unnecessarily introduced Nami Yuzukatsu as a suspect for the police, and even left her with the ridicule of "idiot" in the end.

Why?

The reason he told Kiyoko was that Kudo Shinichi was very smart and these doubts were a special attack against him.

This is indeed a reason, otherwise he would not be able to hide his true purpose in front of Qingzi.

which is:
Without leaving any trace, she burned the fire on herself!
Before Hotaru's outrageous disappearance yesterday afternoon, Kiyoko largely believed that everything she was experiencing was caused by Hotaru's arrogance and underestimation of Kudo Shinichi, which led to him following clues to find her.

It's a question of ability, not attitude.

If Yingsheng tightened the net in an orderly manner, Qingzi would probably not be able to discover the truth until the last moment.

However, two things happened that Yingsheng did not expect.

One was that in his original assumption, Qingzi's world was getting narrower and narrower, and she would pour more love on him, but in the end, not only did her love not increase faster, but he actually didn't gain anything for several days in a row;
The second was that on Friday night, Xiaolan, who was having dinner with him, said:
——"Do you really know what love is? You use that carefully disguised false feelings to touch other people's hearts, how can you get a true response? How can your god approve of it!"

After this wake-up call, combined with Qingzi's case, Yingsheng's already vague guess became clearer.

First, is the love mutual?

of course not.

Yingsheng questioned his inner self several times, and analyzed his psychology from multiple directions with the absolute rational perspective of an observer, but the answer he got was always the same.

Does he love Kiyoko?
Impossible.

Love is necessarily a one-sided effort.

It is people who willingly give him a part of themselves and their selves for free.

Never mixed with any impurities, just pure...

I love you, what does it have to do with you?

So, the second guess is: Could it be related to the so-called "carefully disguised hypocrisy"?

According to Yingsheng's calculations, no matter how strong Qingzi appeared to be when facing him, she could not help but feel weak and dependent in her heart; and according to his observation, this was indeed the case.

But that did not produce love.

So, could it be because he cheated?
It's not that because everything Qingzi faces now is dominated by him, she won't fall in love with him; rather, could it be that during the time when she was involved in the conspiracy, what she recognized was not the real Yingsheng, so even if love emerged, it could not be obtained by Yingsheng?
Think back to the past and ask yourself if others feel the same way.

For example, Chiyoko clearly loved Hotaru so much that she was willing to give her life for him, so why didn't she fall in love with him?
Compared with Qingzi, what is the gap between them?

The answer is obvious.

Kiyoko understood his bad nature and knew his true face; but what Chiyoko saw was just a fantasy created by Hotaru to satisfy her inner longings!
With Yingsheng's skills and experience, it is easy to capture the hearts of some women.

But if you think about it carefully, is the person those people fell in love with really the individual named "Mizugetsu Hotaru"?
it's not true.

What they fell in love with was at most just one aspect of Yingsheng, a person who did not exist at all.

None of them has ever touched the "essence" of Firefly like Kiyoko, so no matter how strong the love that emanates from their hearts is, it is pointing to the illusory flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water, not the "water moon and firefly"!
Yingsheng made the above guess while listening to the song "To Alice" in the restaurant.

If this is the case, it seems normal that I can't collect love.

Well, let's do an experiment. First, I need to tell Qingzi the truth, but if I reveal it, who knows if Qingzi will be shrouded in illusion again.

So, let her reveal it on her own initiative.

The method is very simple. He just needs to do something more excessive, and then disappear when Qingzi needs him. Qingzi is not a fool, she will definitely find out.

So, Yingsheng agreed to Qingzi's request to put the blame on her mother, and on Saturday afternoon, he turned off his mobile phone and relaxed happily at the training base of the winery.

Together with Xiaolan.

That night, Qingzi discovered the truth, and along with the death notice came one more thing...

【Murderous Intent】!
So, let's verify it for now.

Whether it is love or murderous intent, in order to obtain them, the "authenticity of the essence" is crucial.

Yingsheng guessed that this might be a percentage.

Assuming that the degree of authenticity he shows is 20%, then when someone's love for him reaches 5 points, he may be able to gain one point; when the authenticity is 10%, the other person's love for him must reach at least 10 points, otherwise he will gain nothing.

The reason why the value is not just 1 point is that Yingsheng got inspiration from Gin. He has used [Murderous Intent +2] twice.

Thanks to GIN.

As long as this can be verified, it doesn't matter whether Qingzi can forgive him or not.

It's a bit of a pity, but after all, it's his own fault.

Just like that, apart from inquiring about the things happening in the park, Yingsheng didn't care about what was happening on Qingzi's side. Instead, he quickly selected the next experimental target to verify his hypothesis. Time passed, and now it's the present.

Sunday morning, 11:52.

Yingsheng and Qingzi hugged each other tightly in front of the window.

"It's great to have you, Qingzi. If I hadn't met you, I would have died quietly a long time ago. I'm sorry, it's all because I was too greedy and wanted to get more."

"The fact that Hotaru-kun is here means that Miss Chiyoko can replace me."

"No, she can't do that. Of all the people I've ever met, you're special. You're the only one."

"So, Mr. Yingsheng, do you want to say that we can still depend on each other in the future?"

"Don't be so pessimistic, Qingzi. I will get everything you want for you. What I want to say is that if you and I have been walking alone in the dark, then let us become each other's moon.

There is no warmth like the sun, and the nights are still chilly, but at least the path is becoming clearer.”

Qingzi pursed her lips and suddenly smiled sweetly.

"You will eventually find your sun."

"how about you?"

"Perhaps, but before that, please give me your guidance, Hotaru-kun."

[Love +1]

Current love: 3!

(End of this chapter)