Chapter 11: Fear

After being awakened, Hoshino Ki has no intention of sleeping.

He gets up, washes up, packs up, and goes on his way to school.

One night has passed since the plot began. ===== CHAPTER 29 =====

Kudo Shinichi has already shrunk.

The name should also have changed to "Edogawa Conan."

After Kudo Shinichi turned into Conan.

The first person he immediately thought of was Professor Agasa.

Then he used his logic to convince Professor Agasa.

So the first person to believe in Conan was the Professor.

The subsequent plot is also related to the Professor.

Professor Agasa, using the excuse that it is inconvenient for a bachelor to raise a child.

Threw Conan to Mouri Ran.

And the innocent and kind Mouri Ran.

Of course, would not refuse Professor Agasa's request.

So Conan moved into Mouri Ran's home in a justified manner.

What was unexpected is that this stay lasted for more than twenty years.

Although watching the anime is more than twenty years.

But in Conan's world.

They have only passed half a year.

So there is a longer road ahead.

Endless investigation of various cases.

Using high-tech products developed by Professor Agasa as assistance.

Helping him solve cases as a child.

And the sleeping Mouri Kogoro...

……

Hoshino Ki thinks while walking, not noticing someone stepping on it in front.

Just for a moment, a footprint was left on the other party's clean shoes.

"Ah!"

"Sorry!"

"Sorry!"

Japan's etiquette culture is truly admirable.

Clearly only one party made a mistake.

The result obtained is both parties bowing and apologizing to each other at the same time.

The air is full of apologies.

If this were on the subway.

You would hear a whole carriage of "sorry."

Apologizing is originally a very normal thing in Japan, not worth investigating.

But Hoshino Ki clearly heard a trembling sound mixed in the other party's apology.

He looks up at the other party's face.

Hair fixed with a headband, revealing a fair and flawless forehead.

Azure eyes carry a trace of panic and nervousness.

The upturned nose is breathing violently, the nostrils changing shape as they expand and contract.

Those tightly closed pale lips also seem to be trembling slightly.

It is Suzuki Sonoko.

She is looking at Hoshino Ki with a terrified expression.

Pale complexion, limbs weak and powerless.

Why?

Hoshino Ki is very confused.

It is currently school time.

If Suzuki Sonoko was feeling unwell, she could have asked the head teacher for leave before school.

Moreover, she is not a student who loves studying very much.

Plus, she is a wealthy daughter.

No need to force herself to study hard and make progress every day to find a way out.

The fact of having to go to school while sick is impossible to happen.

"Suzuki-san?"

Hoshino Ki originally didn't intend to meddle in other people's business.

But Suzuki Sonoko is Mouri Ran's best friend.

If he appears too cold.

It might affect his process of earning points later.

"Are you okay?"

Hoshino Ki reaches into his bosom and fumbles.

"No! I'm fine! Nothing is wrong!"

Suzuki Sonoko looks at the position of Hoshino Ki's hand, suddenly very terrified.

She steps back three steps.

"Your complexion is not very good..."

Hoshino Ki takes out a handkerchief and hands it forward.

"Ah! It's fine, I'm just too hot!"

Looking closely, the other party is already far away from him.

Something is wrong!

Hoshino Ki clearly saw the evasion in Suzuki Sonoko's eyes.

She is lying.

She is not hot.

And she is very resistant to Hoshino Ki's approach.

According to the safe distance between people.

Intimate distance is 0 meters - 0.44 meters.

It is the smallest distance in interpersonal relationships.

People within this range belong to a relationship where they can talk heart-to-heart and be intimate.

Personal distance is 0.4 meters - 1.2 meters.

Belongs to a distance with a sense of proportion in interpersonal communication.

There is not much physical contact between each other, and friends and acquaintances belong to this distance.

If they are close acquaintances, the distance between them is closer to 0.4 meters.

Social distance is 1.2 meters - 3 meters.

This distance appears relatively formal in social or etiquette terms.

In formal places and social gatherings, people mostly maintain this polite distance.

Public distance is 3 meters - 7 meters.

Generally the distance between strangers who have nothing to do with each other.

In this range.

People can have no contact with each other.

And can even turn a blind eye to each other.

According to Suzuki Sonoko's previous performance.

The other party should have a crush on Hoshino Ki.

And for a woman with a crush, the distance she hopes to maintain with the person she likes is, of course, the closer the better.

But now the distance between the two is in the farthest public distance range. ===== CHAPTER 30 =====

Suzuki Sonoko is resisting Hoshino Ki's approach.

Need to test it.

So Hoshino Ki takes a step forward.

Suzuki Sonoko takes a step back.

Hoshino Ki takes another step forward.

Suzuki Sonoko takes another step back.

"Class is about to start, why aren't you two going in, what are you doing at the school gate?"

The dean stands at the school gate and urges.

Hoshino Ki doesn't make things difficult for Suzuki Sonoko anymore, but looks at her deeply.

Then turns and walks into the school.

As he turns.

He clearly hears the sigh of relief from Suzuki Sonoko.

"Ran, where is your husband?"

"Oh my, Sonoko, don't talk nonsense! Shinichi is just a childhood sweetheart!"

"He probably has something important to do."

"Oh, I didn't say your husband is Kudo Shinichi!"

Suzuki Sonoko covers her mouth and giggles, a "lecherous" expression appearing on the corner of her mouth.

"You confessed without being asked, right? Hahaha!"

"Really, Sonoko, you only know how to tease me!"

In the classroom.

Recess activity.

Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko are whispering girl talk.

"You're talking about me, you've been staring at Hoshino-san all morning!"

Mouri Ran is not to be outdone, retorting to Suzuki Sonoko.

"Ah? No!"

Hearing the four words "Hoshino-san."

Suzuki Sonoko's complexion suddenly changes, very nervous.

Her gaze involuntarily looks toward Hoshino Ki.

"You said no, you just looked at him!"

Mouri Ran feels Suzuki Sonoko's gaze and points it out.

"And yesterday, you looked at him yesterday too!"

"I... I didn't! You're talking nonsense!"

Suzuki Sonoko is anxious.

Her complexion suddenly turns from red to white.

"Sonoko, even if it's broken, you don't have to react so strongly, right?"

Mouri Ran looks at Suzuki Sonoko's increasingly pale cheeks.

A doubt arises in her heart.

She turns her head to look at Hoshino Ki.

Finding that whether it is appearance or personality and temperament.

He is the type that is enough to make her best friend dizzy.

If Kudo Shinichi is compared to the sun that illuminates the darkness.

Then Hoshino Ki is like the lonely moon in the night sky.

He is lonely all over, carrying a mysterious aura.

Attracting girls to want to dig into everything about him.

As for why Kudo Shinichi's shoe cabinet is always full.

While Hoshino Ki's shoe cabinet is empty.

The reason is probably only known to the perpetrator, Suzuki Sonoko herself.

Because Mouri Ran has seen it more than once.

Suzuki Sonoko appearing sneakily around Hoshino Ki's shoe cabinet.

Plus Sonoko always mentioning the other party intentionally or unintentionally, staring at the other party.

It further confirms the fact that Suzuki Sonoko likes Hoshino Ki.

And now Suzuki Sonoko's behavior has suddenly become very strange these two days.

In the past, when Suzuki Sonoko looked at the other party, her face was always rosy and her eyes were full of peach blossoms.

But now she is pale, stealing glances at the other party with a terrified expression.

This look.

Doesn't look like she likes or admires the other party.

But like the fearful expression after being bullied by the other party.

"Sonoko, were you bullied by Hoshino-san?"

"If that's really the case, I'll go find him!"

Mouri Ran says she is about to stand up to help her sister seek justice.

She cannot stand her best friend being wronged.

"No! Ran, it's not!"

Suzuki Sonoko hurriedly stretches out both hands.

Firmly grabbing her best friend.

"Then what's wrong with you, don't you like Hoshino-san?"

Mouri Ran whispers in Suzuki Sonoko's ear.

"I do like Hoshino-kun, that's true..."

But...

Suzuki Sonoko is hesitant. ===== CHAPTER 31 =====