invisible signal

Well, it's a long story. "I don't know if I want to change the subject, but the voice of the strange thief is a little weak, "Now is not the time to talk about this. "

"Okay." Keenly aware that there must be something strange, although Kudo didn't intend to go deeper into the topic, he consciously or unconsciously kept this question in his heart.

Maybe it's not time to ask.

"Please indicate the direction of action." After a short silence, the strange thief spoke again.

"First of all, try to find places with human activities." Kudo, who doesn't know much about wild life, can only make a simple judgment. "Except for the mountains and trees you mentioned before, there is no special terrain nearby. Is it gone?"

"I can hear the water."

"Let's move to a place with water first," Kudo commanded, "There is always a way to survive by the water."

"I don't need you to tell me..." The strange thief stood up from the ashes of the fire, "So, last night's temporary base can only be abandoned?"

"Wouldn't it be great to hurry up and get out of trouble today?"

"So the famous detective is so optimistic..." He tapped his left foot on the spot to confirm the situation, and the strange thief looked at the gray sky. "Does the weather forecast say it will rain today?"

"It's been raining continuously this week," Kudo said in a very cheerful tone, "so it's time to go now."

"Can a detective explain why your tone is so cheerful?" Having said that, the strange thief did not show any anger.

Should it be said that he has already gotten used to this kind of mutual harm and mutual help?

This is not good, habit is a terrible thing.

"Then, according to the instructions, I will now head to the place where there is the sound of water." There was an interfering sound of "rustling" from the badge in my hand. "The journey will be boring, so please contact me again."

Communications were cut off again.

"A self-assertive guy..." Leaning back with a relaxed mood, Kudo realized that he wasn't worried at all.

After all, the other party is the omnipotent monster thief.

Next, you can do your own thing quietly for a while.

Let's get in touch again... Kudo sat at the desk with a dignified expression, and reproduced Ikogendo with a 200% synchronization rate.

It's just constant harassment.

Five minutes after the communication was cut off, the interfering sound of "rustle" sounded again.

"Detective……"

"What's new?"

"so boring……"

"..." Putting the book in his hand aside, Kudo took the badge, "So, are you going to start describing the useless landscape again? Or do you want to talk about philosophy?"

"No, just to sigh," the voice of the strange thief flickered from far to near, and it seemed that the road conditions there were not very good. "Continue to work, Detective."

"... Please don't make a noise if there is nothing new." Kudo opened the book again, but he couldn't remember which line he just saw.

Headache.

2 minutes later……

"Hi everyone, this is Phantom Thief 1412, and today I will bring you a live broadcast of survival in the wilderness..."

"What are you doing again?" Kudo's fingers, which were interrupted again, twitched nervously.

"Give you the truth."

"unnecessary……"

"This unfriendly operating environment may be unfamiliar to new players, but it is still very interesting after getting started..."

Is it really happening?

For the first time, Kudo Shinichi cut off the communication manually.

Since he decided to help the strange thief, his work efficiency was basically zero.

After quieting his ears for a while, Kudo realized that he still couldn't see anything.

There is no sound, but I care more.

However, as soon as the communication was restored, the so-called real situation of the strange thief began to harass irregularly again.

"We saw a clump of trees, but unfortunately we couldn't investigate."

"Judging from the distance of the water sound, our progress has not changed so far..."

"...Can't you be quiet?" Kudo simply closed the book in his hand.

"I can't." The strange thief didn't think about it. "Imagine, detective, you are standing alone in the middle of a deserted forest, the scenery is the same at every step, no matter how you go, the destination is still so far away..."

"I see..." Kudo bit his lip anxiously, "You're just so bored that you have nothing to do, right?"

"As expected of a detective, you know me so well."

"Don't you know that shutting up for an hour can save a lot of energy?"

"...Then change the name of the detective below, and I will just listen."

"what do you want me to say?"

"Your daily life. What clothes are you wearing, what books are you reading, what are you eating... No, don't mention the food." The strange thief paused, "Singing a song is also fine."

"...That's what you said."

Well, you ask later?

Later, the strange thief was quiet for an hour without cutting off the communication.

【Call [-]】

Not long after, the strange thief resumed his previous chattering state, automatically pushing useless messages every few minutes.

"Do you know the detective, some chocolates are not suitable for chewing, it will spoil the taste."

"To experience a deeper layer of taste, it usually depends on dark chocolate."

"I hate dark chocolate... no, I can't say I hate it, but it's too bitter compared to other chocolates?"

"Bitter than coffee..."

"It's because you don't know coffee." Kudo, who was listening to Phantom Thief's lecture on chocolate knowledge without saying a word, suddenly said.He wants to justify the name of coffee.

"So you're listening, detective..." The strange thief sounded weak. "It feels like the distance from the destination hasn't changed at all."

"Go on, don't forget that today's precipitation rate is 100%." ​​Kudo, who was too disturbed to work, held his chin in boredom.

"Yeah, as long as I keep walking, I will always arrive..."

"You have to know, this road is not easy."

"I feel like my left foot is going to break."

"Do you think I should rest now?"

Kudo was about to answer, but the phone rang in due course.

"Wait a minute..." After finishing speaking, he went to get his mobile phone. "Hello?"

The voice of childhood sweetheart came from the phone.

After talking on the phone, Kudo turned around and went back to the room to change clothes.When he came out, the badge on the table was still ringing continuously.

"Hello? Detective?"

"Still listening?"

"Should I keep going?"

Kudo grabbed the badge and said, "You should rest for a while." After speaking, he cut off the communication, threw the badge into his jacket pocket, and hurried out.

At the entrance of the shopping mall, the childhood sweetheart looked angry. "Xinyi, it's too slow!"

"Sorry, sorry, there's something wrong."

After they walked into the shopping mall, the thick clouds at high altitude finally couldn't bear the weight of the water.The rain gradually became heavier.

After Morilan tried on the third coat, Kudo finally found an excuse to run aside and took out the badge in his pocket.

He resumed communication, but...

There was no sound at all.

In fact, there is sound, but the sound of rain on the other side of the communication is intertwined with the sound of rain in reality, and it is completely impossible to tell where the sound is coming from.

"Hey, are you still there?" Kudo brought the badge to his mouth and lowered his voice as much as possible.

no respond.

"Damn it..." Hearing that his childhood sweetheart was already urging him, he had no choice but to maintain the communication status of the badge and return to the store.

Until they sat in the restaurant on the top floor of the shopping mall, Kudo was still looking at the rain that did not stop outside the window, feeling restless.

"What happened to Xinyi today?" Putting down the menu in his hand, Mao Lilan seemed to have noticed something.

"Ah, waiting for a call." He tapped his fingers impatiently.

"Is it someone very important?"

"It's not..."

"Xinyi," Lan said with a serious expression. "If you didn't care at all, you wouldn't be so upset."

"..." Kudo continued to look out of the window.

"Puff," the childhood sweetheart on the opposite side suddenly laughed, "Xinyi looks like he has a girlfriend..."

"What?" Kudo didn't quite understand her brain circuit, "Why did you use 'raise'?"

"Because I can't see you," Lan said with a matter of course, "I can only contact you through the mobile phone all day long, isn't it the same as keeping in the mobile phone?"

"It's completely different..." Kudo raised his forehead.He had to admit that he still cared a little bit about Lan's words.

It has been more than two hours, and the strange thief still hasn't moved at all.

Did you find a place to shelter from the rain, or are you still walking?Is the rain too loud to drown out the comms?Is it still alive...

Everything is afraid of that evil uncertainty.

When Kudo returned home, the rain had almost stopped, and the sky was completely dark.

Today is still not able to grasp the time, the situation is more dangerous.To make matters worse, the communication with the strange thief is still in a state of loss.

Just when Kudo was about to give up, the slightly hoarse voice of the Kaitou sounded again.

"Sorry, ahem... It took me a while to find a place to shelter from the rain."

"Yo, you're still alive." He didn't feel relieved, on the contrary, Kudo found himself in a very bad mood at the moment.

"I have to protect this badge from moisture," the Phantom Thief explained, "You don't know how heavy the rain is..."

"Have you found a place to spend the night?"

"It's kind of..." The strange thief shrank back to the corner of his shelter, "It's still safe."

"You can find the refuge without my guidance." Kudo paced back and forth holding the badge, "Good night."

"A famous detective?" Feeling that the other party's emotions were not right, the strange thief was a little puzzled.

"Just playing and disappearing on his own, without responding for a long time," Kudo's voice was full of anger, "It's really...enough."

"The famous detective is going to stop doing it?"

"I'd rather..."

"But you can't."

It's that damn sure word again