The story started more than ten hours ago.

Natalie and the others picked her up at the gate of Dongdu University at six o'clock in the morning that day.

They were a group of seven people and rented a middle-seat station wagon. The silver-white body of the car was not very conspicuous in the dusk. It was not until the vehicle's horn sounded as it approached that Furukawa Kumisa saw them.

She dragged her small suitcase onto the car and greeted everyone with huge black circles under her eyes - excluding Fang Gu Ling who was driving.

The seats in the car were already filled two by two. She took a look and saw that there was only one empty seat next to Zhu Fu Jingguang in the front seat. She put her suitcase away and sat next to him.

Their position was right behind the driver's seat. Furukawa Kumisa could see the back of the driver's seat when he raised his head, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Long time no see, Miss Furukawa." Zhu Fu Jingguang greeted her gently.

"Long time no see, Officer Zhufu, today you..."

"Nothing to wear." Zhu Fu Jingguang quickly intercepted her words, with a hint of helplessness in his smile, "I'm just going skiing today. I don't need a body armor. Miss Furukawa, please spare me this day."

Furukawa Kumisa smiled, "Okay, but you can't forget it when you go out on field duty," she said and thought for a while, "I heard that you...we are going to go on a mission abroad in the future? Then you must remember to wear it.

Good body armor, it’s best to wear one that can be used with both weapons and guns if necessary..."

Her nagging voice attracted Jinpei Matsuda who was sitting next to her: "Hey, Furukawa has changed his target? Previously he reminded Hagi to wear explosion-proof vest, and now he is reminding Jingguang to wear body armor. When will it be my turn and the squad leader's turn?

?”

Datehang, who was sleeping soundly next to Natalie in the back seat, seemed to hear the word "squad leader", frowned, and continued to snore.

Furukawa Kumisa rolled his eyes at him: "You won't listen if I remind you. Reminding Officer Hagiwara is just a reminder. With him watching you, I feel more at ease."

Matsuda Jinpei chuckled secretly: "You know me very well."

Furukawa Kumisa did not answer: "You are so understanding."

And who said she didn’t remind Datehang? Ever since she became close to Natalie, she told Natalie every day that she must be optimistic about Datehang, even because Datehang was the only person whose death she didn’t know.

, her ramblings were more detailed than the other two.

From remembering to wear body armor to guarding against retaliation from suspects, to even telling her to look at the traffic lights when crossing the road, Natalie once felt that she was suffering from delusions of being persecuted.

——It’s still the kind of delusional thinking for others.

In any case, with Natalie following Datehang every day, and with the system's sirens watching over it, everything is going well for Datehang so far.

Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at her yawning one after another, lowered his voice with some worry, and asked with concern: "Did Ms. Furukawa stay up late last night?"

Furukawa Kumisa nodded in confusion: "Well, because I may leave school next week to work in an external research institute, some tasks need to be completed in advance, so I have worked overtime in the past two days to catch up."

Zhu Fu Jingguang rummaged through his backpack and pulled out a small thermos flask and handed it to her: "I haven't drunk it before. It's specially prepared for everyone."

Furukawa Kumisa took a look and saw that there were two or three thermos bottles like this in his bag, all with labels on them. The "Furukawa" label on his bottle was still very new.

At first glance, you can see that he is in charge of logistics all year round in the team.

She glanced at Fries, who was sleeping soundly with his head drooped on his shoulder, and thought that if he were still awake, he would definitely shout that Fu Jingguang was actually a boy's mother.

"Thanks."

She took the thermos bottle, opened it and took a sip, but was slightly startled by the smell inside.

Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at her and suddenly smiled apologetically: "It contains tea made with wolfberry and red dates. Because we are going to the snowy mountains soon, women's bodies are more afraid of the cold, so I prepared some Qi supplements for you and Natalie.

Blood tea, if you can't get used to it..."

Furukawa Kumisa shook his head: "No, no, I just didn't expect to drink such tea."

Making tea with wolfberry and red dates is a typical way to drink it from neighboring countries. It is not very common in Japan. She only drank it when she was injured a long time ago.

When I was young, I was often forced to drink this tea by Toru Amuro.

"Return?" Zhu Fu Jingguang caught the wording in her words.

"Well, this is the tea that my...friend used to make for me. I haven't tasted it for a long time after he left."

She closed the cup tightly and said nothing more.

Zhu Fu Jingguang smiled understandingly and did not continue to ask her, "Miss Furukawa, do you want to catch up on your sleep? Let's change seats. I'll sit next to the aisle. Everyone will take turns driving in a while. My coming in and out will disturb your sleep.

.”

Furukawa Kumisa has always been very fond of such a gentle and delicate character. She simply changed places with Morofushi Kagemitsu and said by the way: "If necessary, I can also take turns."

As soon as she finished speaking, Matsuda Jinpei, who was sitting next to her, laughed again: "Forget it about people who drive more than 100 kilometers for half an hour late at night... and Hagi, who has also been kicked out of the shift queue by everyone."

Furukawa Kumisa touched his nose, knowing that the impression of racing in the middle of the night was deeply rooted in people's hearts, but he still explained unconvincedly: "I can also drive normally, okay..."

Just when the back seat was filled with a cheerful atmosphere, Rei Furuya in the driver's seat finally spoke.

His voice was a little deep, and he stretched out his hand: "Jing, give me some water."

But because Furukawa Kumisa had already changed places with Morofushi Kagemitsu, Fukutani Rei's hand reached in front of Furukawa Kumisa. She looked at the hand in front of her and was stunned, but didn't say anything.

Morofuku Kagemitsu handed the thermos cup with the "Zero" label to Furukawa Kumisa, and she took it and put it into the hands of Rei Furitani in front of her.

Her fingertips slid across his palm, and when the skin touched, Fangtani Rei realized that the delicate and tender touch did not come from his best friend. His palm subconsciously twitched, and he wrapped the water cup with her fingertips.

palm.

Furukawa Kumisa was startled by the sudden warmth coming from her fingertips. She pulled her hand back, and with a "clang" sound, the cup hit the ground.

She quickly lowered her body to pick up the cup: "...I'm sorry, I didn't sleep well and my hand slipped."

She picked up the cup again and handed it to Jiang Guling, holding the lower part of it specifically so that it would no longer be in contact with his skin, and handed it to him safely.

Jianggu Ling didn't say anything anymore. He just took it and said, "Thank you."

Furukawa Kumisa's fingertips twitched and said "Hmm".

She closed her eyes and leaned back on her seat: "I'm going to catch up on some sleep first. If anyone needs my help, you can wake me up directly."

Zhu Fu Jingguang, who was beside her, rummaged through the bag again and handed her a thin blanket, "Cover her with this."

Furukawa Kumisa looked at the blanket in her hand: ...This is no longer a male mother, this has almost evolved into a Doraemon.

Furukawa Kumisa rolled up her blanket and fell asleep. Since there was a bright view on the other side, she could only lean against the window glass on the other side.

The cold weather in the late winter morning turned the glass of the car window into a biting ice. She leaned against the cold and hard glass for a long time, and she felt the cold air penetrated her body, and her head began to feel swollen and painful.

"...it's your place..."

"……good……"

Deliberately suppressed conversations came from beside her. Furukawa Kumisa opened her eyes vaguely. The person next to her seemed to stand up, and someone sat down again in a moment. She was so sleepy that she couldn't see the figure beside her clearly.

, but vaguely noticed a familiar atmosphere.

So, Fangtani Rei, who had been driving all morning, had just changed seats with Zhufu Jingguang and was about to rest for a while, when he noticed a weight on his shoulders and a furry head leaning over him.

Zhu Fu Jingguang, who hadn't gone far yet, caught a glimpse of the situation here. He narrowed his upward cat eyes and smiled meaningfully at his friend.

Looking at that smile, Fang Guling knew what he was thinking. Just as he was about to reach out and punch him, he saw that his head on his shoulders shook uneasily as soon as he moved, and he quickly stopped his body from making any big movements.

Zhu Fu Jingguang smiled even more happily.

Everyone who got off the car to rest at the gas station returned to the car one after another. Matsuda Jinpei saw the situation here at a glance, raised his eyebrows and said "tsk", and glanced at his friends beside him.

Hagihara Kenji passed by the two of them without changing his expression and sat back down.

Matsuda Jinpei shook his head boredly.

The vehicle is back on the road.

And Fries, who had been sleeping for most of the way, finally woke up, flapped his wings and yawned, raised his feathers and rubbed his eyes, and saw Furukawa Kumisa sleeping soundly on Rei Furitani's shoulder.

"Damn! Yaoshou, host! The pillow you're sleeping on is not a pillow!! It's Jianggu Ling!!!"

In Fukitani Rei's eyes, he saw Furukawa Kumisa's seagull waking up. After seeing him, he screamed "quack quack" in excitement, which woke up Furukawa Kumisa on his shoulder.

Furukawa Kumisa was awakened by the systematic shouting, raised his head from Fukiya Rei's shoulder with a "boo", and met his eyes.

Her still-conscious mind failed to control her mouth, and she blinked her still confused eyes: "...Zero?"

Feng Gu Ling's face suddenly darkened, and his voice sounded like he was gritting his teeth, "Which Ling?"

Furukawa Kumisa was completely awake. He quickly straightened up and stayed away from the people next to him: "Sorry, I fell asleep... Mr. Furutani."

As she spoke, she smoothed the feathers of the French fries: "Thanks to the French fries for waking me up."

Jiang Guling's eyes then turned to the seagulls by the window.

Fries felt an inexplicable and materialized murderous aura coming from beside him, and was so frightened that it got into Furukawa Kumisa's hair with a "ga" sound.

Furukawa Kumisa:……

In any case, she didn't dare to sleep anymore, so she simply opened her backpack, took out her laptop, and started working.

On the contrary, Jiang Guling next to him, probably because there was no burden on his shoulders, he just fell asleep leaning on the back of the chair.

Furukawa Kumisa hesitated for a while, reached out and took off the blanket, and turned sideways to put it on him.

She didn't know whether it was because he was not asleep, or because Fangtani Reishang was not so wary now. She didn't even frown when she covered him with a blanket.

The rest of the journey arrived at the destination without any danger, and Kumisa Furukawa couldn't help but sigh. Sure enough, without Edogawa Conan, the world-recognized "god of death", by their side, their trip would have gone very smoothly.

With this wonderful luck, Furukawa Kumisa and his companions checked into a mountain hotel, and then shivered at the boss's prompting.
To be continued...