Chapter 81 Now that We Are Here, Let’s Make the Best of It

Shimizu Koji drove the car all the way home, and for the first time, he opened the Kudo family's garage.

After walking out of the garage and looking back at the rolling shutter door that was slowly falling, Koji Shimizu suddenly had an inexplicable intuition.

This place seems to have really become his home.

That guy Kudo Shinichi——

To be honest, Shimizu Koji has considered the situation he is facing. He is very pessimistic, not only because it is not him who has become smaller, but because it is bizarre that this person can become smaller.

To grow bigger——is that amount of energy that needs to be consumed really provided by the antidote to the drug that Conan is pursuing?

And if there is such an antidote, if the elixir used to turn the living dead into bones is sold to the emperor next door, maybe it can be replaced by some general Dangdang.

——

"Ding dong——"

The doorbell rang, and the three people who were busy in the house looked up. At some point, the dusk had already put away its tail, leaving only a deserted darkness outside the floor-to-ceiling windows.

"I'll open the door."

Putting aside what he was doing, Haiyuan Ai didn't care too much. Under the eyes of Conan and Dr. A Li, he jumped off the bench.

I wanted to run quickly, but was limited by my slippers, so my movements were a little weird, but I quickly walked to the door, tiptoed a little, twisted the door handle, and opened the door.

Of course, Haibara Ai knew that she was a little out of character and might even reveal something. She had imagined such a situation a few hours ago and warned herself how to calm down when the time came.

But in fact, no one, least of all she, could keep calm when this heavenly hope came.

Well, when Koji Shimizu saw the person who opened the door was a little loli whose eyes could not hide her excitement and anticipation. Haibara Ai had never had such a cute expression before. He couldn't help but smile slightly and reached out to touch her head.

"First, let's eat."

It was Hui Yuan Ai who spoke first. She took a step back, her ears were reddish, and her expression was complicated and unnatural. She turned around and walked quickly back into the house.

She endured a lot of doubts and didn't mind waiting a little longer.

Shimizu Koji put on his slippers at the entrance and followed slowly.

"Koji, you're back~."

"Yes, Doctor."

“I’m back——.”

Conan walked out of the kitchen bar with a long voice, as if he had some resentment.

Qingshui Koji glanced at him doubtfully, then turned to look at Haihara Ai and the doctor.

"Huh? Why did you cook so many dishes?"

With just one glance, Shimizu Koji saw the dishes that were almost too big to fit on the table behind the kitchen bar.

There are probably eight or nine dishes, but in fact, usually the three of them can eat two or three dishes, which are very good.

Even if it’s a New Year’s Eve dinner, it won’t be so sumptuous.

Faced with Qingmizu Koji's doubts, before the doctor could say anything, Haibara Ai calmly said: "The doctor has almost spoiled these things, and he can't eat them now. There happens to be one more person today, so we all Take it out."

After hearing the words, Koji Shimizu paused and nodded. Dr. Ali smiled sarcastically and hesitated to speak, but finally nodded and did not stubbornly say that his things were indestructible.

"It's almost ready. You and Conan can wait at the dining table."

Qingshui Koji and Haihara Ai looked at each other for a few times. He originally thought that Haihara Ai would be like before, complaining, or showing some emotion like disbelief.

But I didn't expect that while she was so full of expectations, she could still be so bearable. It seemed that some of the words he prepared to calm her emotions were useless.

At this moment, Haibara Ai, in the eyes of Qingmizu Koji, really looked like a little girl eagerly waiting for the 'red envelope', but she was restrained.

In this regard, he is much stronger than Tie Zhuyu. Perhaps, this is the gap between girls and adults.

Although he didn't know Haibara Ai's original age, Shimizu Koji and she had met once when they were older. Plus she was Mingmei's younger sister. Shimizu Koji estimated that Haibara Ai was the youngest and might be in her early 20s.

Koji Shimizu walked to the dining table obediently. Conan was already sitting in the chair, looking at him with a pair of dead fish eyes.

"Qingshui, you have nothing to explain?"

"Explain what?"

Shimizu Koji was a little confused. He encountered too many things today, but the things related to Conan, that is, the arena, have not been solved yet.

Looking at Qingshui Koji's 'innocent' look, Conan frowned slightly. His mind turned and he glanced at Haihara Ai not far away. He decided to test it out first.

"How did you find that gangster?"

"Speaking of which, why are you here?"

Shimizu Koji and Conan spoke almost at the same time, but Conan's face froze when he heard this. He suddenly remembered that he was so busy just now that he forgot to call Xiaolan!

Under the gaze of Koji Shimizu, Conan quickly took out his phone. As soon as he turned on the screen, his face turned green. He had completely muted his phone at noon and forgot to turn it back.

No longer caring about testing things with Shimizu Koji, he quickly called back after dozens of missed calls.

"Conan!!! Where did you go!!!"

"Ah haha, sister Xiaolan, sorry, sorry."

"Are you having dinner at Dr. Ali's house? But tonight is New Year's Eve, okay, okay, then you-"

"Sister Xiaolan, I'll go back after dinner!"

"Oh, is that so? Well, I'll make the bed for you. Be careful."

"Yeah."

"Is this tiring?"

Kouji Shimizu poured himself a glass of water. He sat back, took a sip, and asked Conan calmly.

Conan was relieved after hanging up the phone. He looked up at Kouji Shimizu, didn't think too much, and shook his head, "Yeah, it's okay."

Kouji Shimizu didn't say much when he saw this. Conan seemed to be tired of dealing with Xiaolan, so he didn't continue to test or ask anything.

In silence, soon, Dr. Agasa and Xiao Ai's dinner was completely over. Each of the four people took two rounds to fill the white dining table.

And in this way, the one who was most emotional among the few people was not Dr. Agasa, whose family was emptied, nor Conan, who was a little confused at this time, nor Ai Haibara, who looked at Kouji Shimizu from time to time with pure expectation.

But Kouji Shimizu himself.

A table full of sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner is definitely rare in Neon, but in the fragments of memories that he has completely forgotten, it is the most real and tangible festival atmosphere.

Now that it has come, let's make the best of it.

Shimizu Koji will no longer silently wait for the judgment of "Seven" like he used to, even though it may never come again.

He will be like the wind, with his own pursuit and purpose.

No matter good or evil, never stop.

"I'm starting!"*4