Conan's Helping People

Hinata reasonably cut down the middle and divided the cake into two. The cake knife and the bottom plate made a crisp clicking sound.

At the same time, he ignored Masami Hirota's gaze.

The outer layer of the cake is pure white, but the inside is bright red. The middle part is the reddest, with a thick liquid flowing out slowly.

There are no special surprises that fit the bill of April's Day.

Hinata breathed a legitimate sigh of relief.

After confirming that the bottom plate did not break immediately, he continued to cut, trying to control his strength, and cut the cake into small portions, then put it on a plate and distributed it to the other party as if nothing had happened, and also tasted it himself.

The white part is soft cream. It is not as sweet as expected, but has a light feeling. When you sip it, it feels like biting into the light clouds in the sky.

The red ones are soft sand-crumbed bread. You don’t need to use your teeth to get them, you can just sip them with your mouth.

It tasted better than Hinata had reasonably expected, but there was a problem. The cake was too soft, and her teeth felt a little itchy after just one bite.

He bit his fork and added: "I'm starting."

Hirota Masami also lowered her head and ate the cake in small bites. She hesitated for a few times, then pretended that nothing had happened and asked in a low voice: "How is the sweetness like this? When I made it, I put less sugar."

Hey, the other party actually did it himself?

Unexpected and reasonable.

"It's delicious." Hinata reasonably stated her true feelings, bit her fork again, and continued eating.

The other party looked over, then lowered his head and took a few bites of cake. He looked over again, then lowered his head and took a few bites of cake.

The fifth time she came over, Hinata put down the cake plate properly, bit her spoon and went to turn on the light in the living room, then sat back as if nothing had happened, "It was too dark, Ms. Hirota couldn't see clearly, so I turned on the light."

"

Hirota Masami: "..."

Her eyes lingered on Hinata's mouth, and she hesitated for a moment again before asking, "Are Hinata's teeth itchy?"

Hinata bit her spoon subconsciously, unable to understand the other party again.

He was obviously startled by the slap on the tail, and now he is shrinking his tail and shivering like a short-tailed rabbit. Why are you still paying attention to some of his small details?

Even if they knew each other when they were children... forget it, the other person is good at taking care of children.

He nodded, "It's a little itchy."

Masami Hirota held her chin up, looked at him carefully again, and lowered her voice: "My hair is a bit too long...I'm going to get the tools, Ichigo-kun, please wait a moment."

She stood up and walked towards the cabinet.

Hinata raised the cake reasonably and said to the other party's back: "Aren't you going to eat it?"

It took a little long to hold it this time.

After he finished eating the cake, the other party came back with the medical kit, his eyes still a little moist.

Masami Hirota took out a pair of scissors from inside, then held his hand and asked him to change direction and avoid the dining table.

The scissors are very short. If you want to cut hair, you have to get very close.

She first helped Hinata arrange her hair properly and estimated the length before starting to cut it, cutting off all the hair that covered her eyes.

I also trimmed the hair on the side.

...she is really good at taking care of children.

When the other party was cutting the sides, Hinata explained reasonably, "I just had my hair cut not long ago."

Previously in Nagano Prefecture, a blond colleague suddenly discovered that his hair was too long and helped him cut it. It has only been ten days since then.

Hair grows too fast.

"Well... it's not too long now, just some repairs," Hirota Masami said with a smile, and handed over another cup, "Here, Riko-kun, rinse your mouth first."

As she spoke, she put away the scissors, replaced them with disposable gloves, and took out a rectangular piece of hard candy.

The hard candy was very conspicuous, so Hinata gargled while guessing its use.

Then.

A minute later, he opened his mouth, expressionless, feeling the feeling of his teeth being rubbed against the hard candy.

Seeing his expression, Hirota Masami, who had moist eyes, couldn't help laughing, "How is it? Is the sweetness good?"

No, if you laugh again, you will become angry. Goodbye.

In order to avoid a scene where they became angry and broke up, Masami Hirota let go in time and said with a smile: "Just bite it yourself, I will continue to cut your hair."

Hinata saw it reasonably. He reached out and took the piece of candy, grinding his teeth slowly.

This piece of candy is not very sweet, so he can accept it.

While grinding his teeth, he felt the feeling of Masami Hirota cutting the ends of his hair, and fell into deep thought again.

Known: Masami Hirota had an influence on him.

Available:…

...Samoyed colleagues had a greater influence on him.

He changed his posture and polished the teeth on the other side. He continued to think along this line of thinking and arranged the similarities between Samoyed and Masami Hirota.

Then, he spoke solemnly: "Miss Hirota."

Hirota Masami behind him paused, "What's wrong?"

He continued solemnly: "Did you do any tasks while I was away from Tokyo?"

"..." The other party hesitated for a moment, "No, you are my immediate superior. Others will not bypass you and send me tasks."

Hinata is reasonable: "..."

From New Year to April, three months! The golden time to train subordinates! It has been delayed like this!

He is indeed a cunning Samoyed!

He continued to stuff the candy into his mouth, took out his mobile phone, and said seriously: "I will help you get justice."

There are a lot of messages on the phone, but most of them are enthusiastic dog hairs flying around. There is a silver dog hair among them.

【Three days later, pick up at the airport.

——Gin】

It's to pick up that scientific researcher. The other party is not on the same route as him, and there is no competitive relationship.

Hinata glanced at it reasonably and briefly, and typed a reply: [Do you have any free tasks there? 】

[Don’t clean up tasks, don’t do black tasks, don’t do white tasks, don’t do overly complicated and important tasks.]

Cleanup tasks literally mean cleanup and require processing of task objectives.

Black tasks and white tasks are two relative concepts. The former is a task related to illegal guns, and the latter is a task related to smuggling white illegal drugs.

Tasks that are too complex and important may change midway and are not suitable for learning the basics of newcomers.

These four are not consistent with Hirota Masami.

He added: [For ordinary joint tasks, the task target is best to be female. 】

Soon, Samoyed replied: [Do you want to take your guardian on a mission? 】

[Note, don’t let her die, her sister is an important scientific researcher in the organization. 】

Then send me a task details.

Hinata held up her cell phone rationally and read out the details of the mission, "Tomorrow at one o'clock in the afternoon, in Area C of 'My Grandson's Bookstore', I will meet with a female mystery writer to obtain the private information collected by the other party during this period."

"Attention, tomorrow is the tenth anniversary celebration of the bookstore."

The scissors behind him stopped, and he turned his head to look at Masami Hirota.

The other person's attention was focused on his hair, and he looked at it for a few seconds before showing a relaxed smile and said, "Okay, the haircut was a success."

Then, she said without any objection: "Meeting a female mystery novelist in Section C of the bookstore? Okay, no problem."

"I will complete the mission successfully... There is a famous ice cream shop in that area. Do you want to try it, Mr. Li? I can just take some with me when I come back."

Now that we are talking about tasks, our attitude should be more serious.

But this task was too easy, and when it was serious, it always felt like stepping on ants seriously. Hinata accepted Masami Hirota's attitude reasonably and easily, but rejected her proposal.

He said easily: "I'll go with you, and then we can eat together."

"Hey, you want to come with me?" The other party was startled and wiped the back of his neck with a towel.

He obediently lowered his head and said naturally: "I want to see how you do the task before I can decide how to teach you."

After wiping off all the broken hair on the back of his neck, Hirota Masami gently stopped her hand, looked at him, and took a few steps back with a smile, "Okay."

After her hair was cut, her eyes and ears were all exposed. Hinata touched her earrings uncomfortably and changed the subject, "Do you want to continue eating cake?"

"Okay...wait a minute, talking about bookstores, I suddenly remembered something." Masami Hirota agreed easily, but changed her mind halfway.

She hurriedly packed her things and walked out with the medical kit. When she came back, the white medical kit had turned into a package.

"More than ten days ago, I received this package. It's your package." The other party explained, staring at it, "The sender is 'Miss Mystery Writer'."

#Who is Ms. Mystery Writer?#

At the same time, Hinata also had this doubt.

He blinked, "Is it a mission?"

After hesitating for a moment, he adjusted his posture to prepare himself for the assassination, and then opened the package.

The package was very thin, and the contents inside were not illegal items, but a brand-new book. The cover of the book showed a night scene, with large and small meteors streaking across the sky, and a black figure sitting on the horizon.

There are several words composed of white marks on the cover: "The Day I Walked with God"

The signature is Qingchuan Shizhi.

...I don’t know.

Hinata typed a question mark with reasonable hesitation. He picked up the book and flipped through it, and found a card sandwiched between the pages.

Before looking, he raised his head and glanced at Masami Hirota, and met the other's eyes, which were looking at her with full attention.

Looking at each other for a few seconds, Hirota Masami blinked several times, "Ahem... Did you meet a girl you like when you went out this time?"

No, Hinata has not figured out what this book is about yet.

He shook his head and looked at the card.

The card is white, with a line of feminine handwriting on it. The first sentence is an apology: [I'm very sorry for disturbing you.]

Fortunately, Hinata was used to accepting apologies reasonably, so he continued to look down.

[I asked many people to find your contact information and card number. I wonder if you still remember me in that shocking shrine murder case that ended hastily. 】

After reading the second paragraph, Hinata read it again and found that the other party did not call him by his name. He put the card away while replying to Hirota Masami.

"It's someone I don't know. It must have been sent to the wrong person."

Masami Hirota was stunned for a moment, "But the address and name on the package are correct. It's for you."

Um?

Hinata opened the page again, found the card, and started reading from the third paragraph.

[I heard about the candid photography from the photographer, and I’m very sorry.]

Photographer, candid photography, shrine, murder.

Hinata searched for it in her mind and finally found the black history.

He raised his head again, looked at Hirota Masami who was looking forward expectantly, lowered his head again, and quickly scanned the text below.

Generally speaking, this greeting card is a letter of apology and compensation for expenses.

Miss Mystery Writer apologized for two things: privately asking detectives to investigate his information, and photographers secretly filming him.

Let me tell you one more thing. She went to the shrine to find inspiration. After watching Hinata solve the case reasonably, her inspiration came out. She quickly revised the half-written book. It has been published and sent to Hinata.

A reasonable sample for him to view and criticize.

Compensation fees and inspiration copyright fees will be paid to Hinata's reasonable account at 9:43 on the first day of every month, in batches, with a monthly payment of 14,106 yen.

At the end of the card, Miss Mystery Writer finally mentioned the title, but Hinata was still not sure that the other person was referring to herself.

That title is 'Muse'.

he:"……"

Hirota Masami asked as tactfully as possible, "What's wrong? Do you not understand what the other party said?"

She stared intently and hinted strongly, "Perhaps you can come up with some less private words and I can help you explain what the other party means?"

...No, that's not what you care about at all.

Anyway, it was definitely not the kind of confession envelope the other party was thinking of, or a private message exchange with the person she liked. Hinata just handed the card to her reasonably, "It's not private, you can take a look."

Then he put the novel on the table and took a piece of cake to eat.

Hirota Masami also read quickly, and became confused after reading it, "Uh, this is..."

She grasped the key point, "Have you encountered a murder case?"

Then he was surprised, "You worked as a detective and solved murder cases?"

This is indeed something worthy of surprise. Normal people will be subconsciously surprised when they hear that their friend suddenly became a detective and solved the case.

But Hirota Masami was so surprised, as if she never expected that he would become a detective.

...Well, Hinata didn't expect it either.

"This is a notice representing the monthly payment of 10,000 yen." He said simply, took one last bite of the cake, and asked the other party again, "Aren't you going to eat it?"

Now, it feels like Hirota Masami is more interested in that mystery novel than the cake.

Does she like mystery novels?

*

At 12:55 noon the next day, Hinata was walking in the bookstore reasonably and calmly.

He walked from area a to area m, and then from area j to area x.

In short, I didn't find the pattern or the way back, and I was completely lost in the sea of ​​books.

At this time, most people were participating in celebrations outside the bookstore, receiving various coupons or giving away books, and there were only a few people in the bookstore.

Hirota Masami is not in sight.

Hinata continued walking blindly, scanning the surrounding bookshelves with her eyes as she walked, trying to discern whether she had been here before.

This area is the mystery novel area, and next to it is a large number of Edogawa Ranpo's mystery works, including the famous "Two Cents of Copper Coin", "The Human Chair" and Akechi Kogoro series.

The first few rows of bookshelves are also empty. Not far away is a desk for resting and reading, with only a few people.

Two young women were sitting opposite each other, reading books indifferently, while one staff member was reprimanding another staff member.

There was also a man wearing a knitted hat and long hair, walking towards us with his head lowered.

Hinata took a reasonable look at the environment, focusing on the two staff members who made the huge noise, and then looked away.