Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

The Metropolitan Police Department will officially be closed on the 28th.

Date Ko, who works in the Criminal Division, was scheduled to be on duty on the last day of the New Year holiday.

Kenji Hagiwara's original duty schedule was January 1. However, with his outstanding communication talent, he managed to get his duty shifted to the 31th.

As for Jinpei Matsuda, he has obtained a special privilege by virtue of his status as the only blasting expert in the explosive ordnance disposal team. He is not on duty during the New Year holiday, but he must guarantee that he will be on call if anything really happens.

Then, early in the morning of the 30th, the group of five who had finally reached an agreement in their free time, plus Idahang's girlfriend Natalie, set off together in two cars.

Two hours later, they successfully arrived at the agreed hot spring hotel.

However, no one was in a hurry to go in and register. Everyone, including Natalie, waited in the parking lot for Koizumi who was late.

"Tsk, so slow. What on earth is she doing?!"

"Hey, don't worry, don't worry. After all, I didn't make an appointment with her. It's possible for her to come later."

"…Wait, what do you mean you didn't make an appointment with her?"

Hagiwara Kenji smirked and said, "What I mean is, even though we booked the room together, she didn't actually know we were coming!"

four people:……

It's hard to say.

"Hey, why do you all have that expression on your face? Don't you think this kind of encounter would be a surprise?"

Is it really okay for you to design her like this?

The most feared thing about the undercover profession is "surprises", okay? If this happened to Furuya and Morobushi, you would also get beaten!

Just guess whether Sakurai will turn hostile on the spot...

Since Natalie didn't know Sakurai's secret identity, everyone could only swallow their complaints silently.

Matsuda Jinpei finally couldn't help but said, "... I'm talking to you! If you don't confirm her schedule with her, how can you be sure that she will come? And surprises... You don't need this kind of surprise, okay!"

"Xiao Zhenping, you are so boring."

The veins on Jinpei Matsuda's forehead were throbbing.

Zhu Fu Jingguang looked into the distance and suddenly said, "Here they are. That Land Rover should be Mr. Nekozuka's car, right?"

"Yes, the license plate is correct. Ah, the person driving the car is Mr. Nekozuka!"

Hagiwara Kenji patted Matsuda Jinpei's shoulder proudly and said, "Look, she's here after all!"

After saying that, he waved to Land Rover from a distance.

Matsuda Jinpei: "...I won't stop you from getting beaten, idiot Hagi."

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Koizumi looked at Hagiwara who was waving and greeting him from a distance, and the group of people standing behind him, and slapped himself in the face.

Great!

She should have thought that something like this might happen when she asked Hagiwara to help her book a room!

Tsk, you guys agreed to work overtime and couldn’t get away! You guys agreed to go to the Rice Flower Shrine on New Year’s Eve!

Never mind. There's no point worrying about this now.

The biggest problem at the moment is that in order to avoid the organization's eyes, she is still maintaining the state of being eight or nine years old, and she can't change back in a short period of time!

This young face is fine for fooling the outside members of the organization who are not familiar with her, but if the other party is these five people...

Wouldn't this be a surprise attack on her? Wouldn't it be possible that they would find her weakness as soon as she got out of the car?

Even if she managed to pass this stage, the terrible thing was that the scar on her right wrist did not disappear even though it had shrunk.

It wouldn't matter if they only came in a group of five, because the men's and women's bathing pools were separate anyway, and she just had to hide her scar so it wouldn't be discovered.

But the problem is that she also saw Ida Hang’s girlfriend Natalie was there too!

If they really wanted to play together, she would have to take a hot spring bath with Natalie. Then how would she hide the scar on her wrist?

It's so annoying! Don't give her this kind of surprise attack, really!

Let’s put a sack on this guy Hagiwara!

Seeing that Nekozuka was about to drive the car into the parking lot, Koizumi pushed Xiao Hongshu who was sleeping soundly against him.

"Hiroki, wake up, we're here."

Xiao Hongshu rubbed his eyes and looked out the window: "Well, Dad..."

Koizumi said in an urgent tone: "Xiaoshu, this is an emergency, I need your help."

When he heard that he needed help, Xiao Hongshu immediately perked up and sat up straight.

Xiaoquan leaned over to his ear and said, "Listen to me..."

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It was the first time that Natalie saw Nekozuka. She was frightened by his ferocious look at first, but when she saw that the five bodyguards, including her boyfriend, all treated him familiarly, she felt relieved and looked at this stranger curiously.

Maozuka got out of the driver's seat. He didn't say much, just nodded to the five people, and then opened the trunk door in everyone's puzzled and expectant gazes.

An eight or nine-year-old little girl wearing a black cat doll costume jumped out of the car. She stretched her body vigorously, then turned around and shouted to the car: "Xiao Shu, come down quickly."

A few people waited for a while, and first saw a pair of white rabbit ears slowly sticking out from the door, and then a little boy in a bunny doll costume carefully poked his head out of the car. But when he met the eyes of the group of people outside the door, the little guy quickly retracted his head and said in a crying voice: "Kyo, Kyoko, can you please not wear this?"

The girl in the cat doll costume put her hands on her hips and shouted, "No! We agreed that I have the final say on what to wear today!"

"Yes, but..."

"I admit defeat! And I wore it with you! There's nothing to be ashamed of. It's cute!"

Natalie had her eyes fixed on the little girl and nodded involuntarily when she heard this.

Well, the workmanship of this doll costume looks very delicate, and it feels really cute!

"Oh, hurry up! If you don't come down, I'll start to attack you!"

The little boy hid in the carriage and struggled for a long time. Seeing that the girl was really unwilling to give in, he reluctantly said, "...Well, okay then."

Then, the little boy in the rabbit doll costume jumped off the car and quickly rushed behind the cat, using his burly body to block others' view of him.

The "Black Cat" girl snorted in dissatisfaction: "Oh, really, what is there to hide."

Only two children and a cat got off the car, and that was it.

Nekozuka didn't talk to the group of five, and just carried the luggage by himself, while "White Rabbit" stuck to him like a follower.

The "Black Cat" grabbed him and dragged him to his side: "Follow me, don't run around."

What's going on? Where's Sakurai?

All five of them were a little dumbfounded.

Matsuda Jinpei simply strode to the side of the Land Rover, greeted Nekozuka in a familiar manner, then stuck his head into the car and took a look: "She's not here."

The "black cat" frowned and ran over, pushed Matsuda Jinpei fiercely, and shouted: "Who are you! Don't steal my things, go away!"

The "white rabbit" followed the "black cat" by the tail, its ears trembling, and it called out in a baby voice, "Go away!"

There is probably no such word as "cute" in the world of Detective Conan, but that does not hinder the impact that the cute attribute brings to people.

Natalie's eyes almost turned into hearts, she covered her mouth and whispered, "So cute!"

Kenji Hagiwara and Keimitsu Morobushi, who were very receptive and could empathize with Natalie: ...So cute!

Furuya Rei and Date Kou, who were well accepted but that was all: ...the little girl is quite brave.

Matsuda Jinpei, who didn't receive any signal at all: ...

He pulled his sunglasses down and reached out to touch the "black cat's" head: "Hey, little guy, who are you? What's your relationship with Sakurai?"

Touched it again.

Touched it again.

This doll costume feels really good.