I'm in Mihua, and all the ladies like me.

……

On the other side is Yoneka-cho 2-chome 22.

"Good night, doctor, I'm going back first!"

"Oh! Shinichi, please go slower on your way back!"

The sound of conversation broke the tranquility of the night sky.

Looking around the villa area, one of them has a round two-story villa with a painting style that is completely different from other modern or European-style buildings. The entrance door is opened from the inside. I have just discussed with Dr. Agasa about Miyano Akemi. Conan put on his shoes and hurried towards the Maori Detective Agency.

But the voice from behind stopped him again, and a fat old man who looked exactly like the photo that Serabel had seen in the car ran out of the living room wearing pajamas and dragging slippers.

"Ah, that's right, Shinichi, when will the friend you mentioned come over tomorrow?"

"Eh?"

Conan was stunned, and suddenly realized that he seemed to have not told Serabell about what time he would be tomorrow, and he couldn't help but hesitate.

"He might look like this in the morning or noon. What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just plan to prepare a little surprise for them then..."

Dr. A Li scratched his gray hair when he heard this, and a naughty smile appeared on his fat old face.

"Anyway, I understand. Shinichi, please be careful on your way back. Walk slowly and don't rush."

"I will try my best."

Conan's eyes wandered slightly.

It wasn't anything else. Mainly when he thought about Xiaolan's angry look when he said he wanted to go out so late at night, he felt a little scared, and his calves seemed to be a lot stronger.

Dr. A Li knew what this kid was thinking when he saw him like this. He couldn't help laughing twice, and took out a bunch of car keys from behind with his backhand.

"Forget it, let me take you back."

"Uh, is this unnecessary?" Conan looked at the pajamas he was wearing and felt a little embarrassed.

"It doesn't matter, it's just a small thing. Besides, it's also important to take care of the feelings of those close to you."

Dr. A Li smiled and patted his shoulder.

"Of course, if Xiaolan asks after the office, Shinichi, you'd better say it's better to walk back by yourself."

"...I understand the truth, but doctor, could you at least bring your house key with you? Otherwise, how will you come back later?"

"Oh oh oh! Yes, I almost forgot, but fortunately, Shinichi, you reminded me!"?

Chapter 42 Because I Like You

The long night is long, dawn finally arrives, and time flies to the next day.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Serabel drove on time to the hotel where she booked a room for Miyano Akemi last night.

Although he said noon or afternoon yesterday, it was just a little margin left in order to have enough time to find a suitable temporary residence for the other party.

And Conan sent a message before going to bed last night saying that he had reached an agreement with Dr. Ali and that he could move there today.

In this case, it doesn't matter if it's earlier.

Park the car and go upstairs.

Following the floor and house number in her memory, Serabel quickly found Miyano Akemi's room and raised her hand to knock on the door.

There was no immediate response like "Here we come" from the door. This was obviously an act of caution by the latter, but this caution seemed to be a bit deceptive at the moment.

After all, the biggest feature of the hotel's housing floor is its quietness. Standing in the corridor, Sera Bell could clearly hear what was in the room behind the door and cautiously approached the door.

Then the peephole on the door lit up.

Serabel waved to Maoyan with a determined face.

Then the peephole closed again, and two seconds later, with a click, the door was slowly opened from the inside.

Miyano Akemi, still wearing the same outfit as yesterday, appeared behind the door. She smiled a little sheepishly when she saw Serabel outside the door and said hello.

"Good morning, Sera-kun."

"Good morning, remember yesterday I said I would help you find a safe place to live. If there are no problems with you, Ms. Miyano, we can go directly there now."

Serabel said while observing the details of Miyano Akemi's face.

Judging from the reddish and bloodshot eyes, he didn't sleep all night...

But that's right, after all, I just experienced such an exciting thing, and my sister's whereabouts are still unknown, so I can only have a good sleep.

"Okay, wait a minute while I get my phone."

Miyano Akemi agreed immediately, then turned and walked into the room, picked up the mobile phone from the bedside table, took the room card, and followed Serabel out.

She really only has this much luggage now.

Because it was not yet [-] noon, the room would not be counted as being renewed for the next day, so the entire check-out process afterwards was smooth, and it was completed without paying any extra fees.

After leaving the hotel lobby and going to the underground parking lot, Serabel started the car and slowly stepped on the accelerator while saying.

"Let me give you a preview before arriving at your destination. The place you will live in for the next period of time is in the 2nd section of 22-chome, Mika Town, Tokyo. There is a villa area over there. The landlord is an old man named Dr. Agasa who lives alone. In terms of personality...according to the intelligence, he is an old naughty boy, and he is most likely to be easy-going, so he shouldn't have to worry about conflicts in daily life."

"Yeah." Miyano Akemi didn't say anything more, she just responded softly.

In less than half a minute, the black Audi quickly drove out of the underground parking lot.

However, when they arrived at the hotel gate, there happened to be several cars at the exit that seemed to be going out, and they were queuing up to wait for the anti-collision bars to be raised and lowered to let them out one by one.

Serabel and the others were last in line because they had just arrived.

While waiting in line, Serabel casually took out a bank card and handed it to Miyano Akemi, who was sitting in the passenger seat.

"As for daily expenses, given your current situation, Ms. Miyano, it is probably impossible for you to go out to work. There is 40 yen in this card. You can use it first, but it is not recommended to go shopping. It’s best to shop online at home honestly. Of course, this is just your pocket money. As for the rent, water, electricity and food expenses, I will have another card to give to your landlord. You don’t have to worry about this, and - "

After saying such a long message, there was no response, and no one took the bank card in his hand. Sera Bell paused for a moment, then turned to look at the young woman beside him.

But he saw Miyano Akemi looking back at him blankly.

"Any questions?"

"Oh no……"

Miyano Akemi was startled, then waved her hand in a panic.

"How should I say it? Should I say I'm embarrassed or should I say I feel ashamed? Uh...that's it..."

She was incoherent for a moment, which finally boiled down to a stumbling statement.

"Why is Sera-kun so nice to me?"

"what?"

Serabel stayed for two seconds, and a buffering icon appeared on her head.

As a former trainee investigator of the MI6 execution department, the tasks he received on a daily basis were basically of the "where to go and who to kill" type. Anyway, he always arrived at the destination and captured all the targets to achieve master-level perfect stealth. So basically you don’t need to think too much.

As for whether the resulting mission site will generate any public opinion, that is not a matter for the execution department to consider. It is the job of the administrative department to polish the action report.

And even if there are occasional tasks that require the use of brains during tasks, Akai Marie will always help with it, so she has a powerful external brain.

But now that the external-brained cat is inconvenient to move around in the hotel, Serabel is forced to face this problem alone.

Indeed, why should he be so nice to her?

From the perspective of not being careless, it is of course because the other party is the daughter of Sister Mary's sister, and both parties have the same position, and they are both on the opposite side of the black organization.

But Serabel can't say that now.

After all, if I could say that, there would be no need for him to come over and take care of her now.

So the question is, how to say it?

Just say this is MI6’s witness protection plan?

No, it seems a bit nonsense. Besides, how can there be any witness protection plan that can be passed directly without the consent of the witness himself... It doesn't exist at all.

Furthermore, MI6's identity would also be exposed in this way, which doesn't work well.

Ah~ It’s so troublesome, what should I say at this time, as long as I can fool him... Oh, there is a way!

As if the clever Malphite suddenly grew a brain, a large light bulb lit up above Serabel's head.

He took a deep breath, concentrated it on the tip of his tongue, and looked solemn as if he were mouthing a six-character mantra.

"because I like you."

"..."

"..."

"..."

The atmosphere in the car fell into silence for a moment.

Miyano Akemi, as if her brain circuits had been burned and completely shut down, stared at Serabel for a while without blinking, and then blinked twice quickly.

Blink twice more, blink twice more, start blinking continuously, blink wildly...continue!stop!

Finally, after the repeated confirmation process in her mind ran at full speed up to three times per second for ten seconds, Miyano Akemi quickly held her cheeks that suddenly heated up to hot, and let out a long exclamation.

"Eh!!?"?

Chapter 43: The main focus of Miwa Town is hardcore

As we all know, in Japan, there is no such thing as puppy love.

This also leads to the fact that many people may have been in love in junior high school or even elementary school, and have tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time in high school.

Therefore, for Japanese people, if they have not been in love by high school, they will basically be labeled as a "failure".

Maybe it's better for men, especially for girls, it's actually a very shameful thing to go solo until high school.

And she, Miyano Akemi, is an older single woman who has made no contribution to Japan's declining birthrate society. She has indeed been single for 25 years, which is the same length as her age.

Of course, this is not because of her own flaws or special orientation, but because of other objective factors... such as family environment.

Since she was brought into the organization by her parents due to work reasons at a very young age, Miyano Akemi has understood the difference between her family and ordinary families from a long time ago, and has given up on the idea of ​​spending her life as ordinary people.

From a young age, organizations have been more or less involved in the choice of residence or school. In order not to cause trouble to others, Miyano Akemi also tried her best to keep a distance from all non-organized people around her, regardless of gender.

This has also led to the fact that Miyano Akemi has almost never had a good impression of anyone of the opposite sex in her 25 years of life. The only one is... no, that can't even be called a good impression. To be more precise, it can only be regarded as someone who is relatively familiar with and has developed a good impression. feasibility.

After all, the other party is the organization she joined through, and can be regarded as a person in the same world to a certain extent.

But now, she was confessed to by a boy who was nearly a year younger than her!

And judging from the other party's expression and tone, it didn't look like he was joking at all.

What to do, what to do...

Can you agree to this? Probably not...

But what should you say if you want to refuse? You can't say no directly. No matter what you say, it is a lifesaver, so you have to be a little tactful...

Ugh~ But what should I say? It’s impossible to be tactful about refusing to confess, but vague words will give people a feeling of hanging...

Start moving my brain quickly, don’t stop here, Sera-kun is still waiting for my answer...

The scenery outside the car window swept back one after another without stopping. Miyano Akemi, who was sitting in the passenger seat, looked forward with empty eyes, feeling confused.

Serabel had no idea what a huge wave her deceptive words had caused in Miyano Akemi's heart.

He could only see the latter's eyes staring straight ahead without saying a word, his lips murmuring silently, as if talking to himself, but also as if he didn't say anything.

But that's not important. Anyway, it's nice to be able to focus on driving.

As the saying goes, there are thousands of roads, and safety comes first. It is always right to drive less and distract less.

There was nothing to say all the way.

Ten minutes later, a black Audi quietly stopped in front of a white round villa on the quiet road of Miwa Town 10-chome.

Serabel and this Dr. A Li have never met before. He came here following the precise address navigation given by Conan.