Zongman: Starting as a Prop Master

"Maybe this is fate's arrangement."

In the original work, Haibara Ai also doted on Ayumi in this way.

Now, it seems normal that the two have such a good relationship.

It's just that everything seems to have returned to the starting point.

This makes sense, but there is another thing that puzzles Ichinosuke.

"Then why are the Junior Detectives and the Harugabe Defense Force getting involved? What's going on now?"

Just now, he was still thinking about exorcism, but he was dragged onto the train by Haibara Ai in a daze. When he came to his senses, several stops had already passed.

Rolling her eyes, Huiyuan Ai said helplessly:

"Because Kojima-san said that the Junior Detective Team didn't have any activities recently, he suggested that we find something to do together, and then we happened to meet the Haruga Defense Team at our house, so we discussed going to the Beika Library to read books together."

Just at this moment, the voice of the tram announcer sounded.

"We have arrived at Beikacho Station. Passengers who need to get off please take note."

After hearing the train attendant's announcement, Huihara Ai stood up, patted her skirt, and shouted to Ichinosuke:

"Okay, stop talking, it's time to get off the bus."

Accompanied by the chattering of seven or eight children, a group of eleven children walked together on the street of Beika Town.

Halfway through, Haibara Ai found an excuse, retreated to the back of the crowd, and came to Ichinosuke.

The two walked side by side, and seemed to be discussing the next activities like the other chattering children, so they took the opportunity to discuss it.

"Why, I see you seem to hate him."

It wasn't stated explicitly, but both of them knew who Haibara Ai was talking about.

"Tsk!"

Ichinosuke frowned and said with a somewhat uncertain tone,

"I don't hate him, to be honest I admire him, but..."

Ichinosuke paused halfway through his words, sighed, and then continued:

"I just don't want to have anything to do with him. It's unlucky."

Huiyuan Ai was a little surprised.

"What a pity! You, an atheist, still believe this?"

The corners of his mouth twitched. If he hadn't encountered the time travel and the golden finger, Ichinosuke would indeed be a staunch atheist.

But now, it’s hard to say.

Shaking his head, Ichinosuke frowned and said:

"If it was a normal person, I might not mind, but he is different."

After saying this, Ichinosuke did not wait for Haibara Ai to respond and continued:

"Xiao Ai, I bet something big will happen when we go to Rice Flower Bookstore this time."

Ichinosuke's words successfully attracted Haibara Ai's attention.

"Oh, are you sure."

There was a hint of suspicion and curiosity in his ice-blue eyes.

Seeing the doubt on Haibara Ai's face, Ichinosuke was not annoyed, but instead suggested with great interest:

"If you don't believe me, how about we make a bet?"

Instead of answering whether she agreed or not, Huihara Ai asked directly, "What's the bet?"

Ichinosuke held his chin and thought about it.

After a moment, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

"Well, if I win, let's try Tai Chi tonight (Tai Chi can be divided into 6 and 9)."

"interesting!"

Smoothing the hair beside her ears, Huiyuan Ai's delicate face showed an expression of interest.

"What if you lose?"

"If I lose..."

Scratched his head,

For a moment, Ichinosuke couldn't think of any good conditions.

Before he could continue thinking, Huiyuan Ai beside him suddenly said calmly:

"How about doing me a favor next time if you lose."

Hearing this condition, Ichinosuke subconsciously turned his head to look at Haibara Ai's face.

There was a flash of uneasiness and a barely perceptible sadness in those ice-blue eyes.

"Miyano Akemi."

In an instant, he guessed what favor Haibara Ai wanted him to help with.

With compassion in his heart, Ichinosuke reached out and held Haibara Ai's slightly trembling hand.

Ichinosuke nodded at her without making any empty promises.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I heard Ayumi's shout from the front:

"Haibara-san, what are you and Nohara-san doing? Hurry up, or we won't wait for you."

It turned out that, without realizing it, the two of them had gradually moved away from the main group.

"Okay, I'll be right there. Yoshida-san, wait for me."

With a smile in response, Haibara Ai pulled Ichinosuke and ran towards them.

Rice Flower Library,

The moment he saw the library, Ichinosuke finally realized why he felt the name was so familiar, and his intuition told him early on that something big must be happening here.

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At this moment, he finally reacted.

The library murder incident was one of the traumas of my childhood. If not the first one, it was at least in the top three.

An old drug dealer killed his employee and dumped his body on the top of the elevator.

Some of the horror scenes,

The moment the elevator door was opened a crack, the pale light illuminated a face with eyes open and a pale, helplessly stretched out, twisted hand.

After the elevator door opened, the curator's face was distorted and hideous.

Even now when I recall it, I still feel a little scared.

"So this is it!"

Ichinosuke held Haibara Ai's hand and unknowingly increased his strength.

The shadow of childhood is not so easy to remove.

Before entering the elevator, Ichinosuke stopped, turned on his X-ray vision, and looked at the top of the elevator.

After confirming that he didn't see anything strange, Ichinosuke breathed a sigh of relief and followed the two teams of children into the elevator one after the other.

"Are you OK!"

Gently squeezing Ichinosuke's hand, Haibara Ai moved closer to Ichinosuke and asked with concern.

His blue eyes were filled with worry.

It was the first time she saw Ichinosuke lose his composure like this.

.. .... ....

After calming himself down, Ichinosuke forced a smile towards Huibara Ai and said comfortingly:

"It's okay. I just thought of a scary scene."

"Yeah!"

Although she was still a little suspicious, Haibara Ai had no intention of asking further questions.

Everyone has their own weaknesses and secrets.

It is not a good habit to dig into the root of things.

Although I didn't ask,

Haibara Ai knew that the best comfort was silent companionship.

The smaller body squeezed closer to Ichinosuke, trying to drive away the uneasiness in Ichinosuke's heart with the warmth of his body.

He held Ichinosuke's hand and squeezed it a little tighter.

Haibara Ai didn't know why this non-human who used to be omnipotent in her eyes showed his weak side at this moment.

But at least at this moment, she felt that Ichinosuke was an ordinary person who needed her company.

Feeling the warm embrace of Haibara Ai, Ichinosuke was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and reached out to gently hold her waist.

At this moment, it didn't seem so scary.

"Ding!"

As the elevator door opened, the group successfully arrived at the second floor of the library.

Almost instantly, Ichinosuke saw the skinny old man patrolling the library.

The smile on his face, which was not sure whether it was real or not, made his ferocious features look a little duller.

Accompanying Huiyuan Ai, she found a seat to sit down.

Ichinosuke began to carefully examine the old man who had almost scared him to death and made him afraid to go to the toilet alone at night.

Perhaps due to the vigilance developed over the years, Director Tsukawa quickly noticed Ichinosuke's gaze.