Chapter 3 A Strange Discovery

When he got home, he took off his coat and hung it on the hanger at the door. He put on his slippers. Koji Shimizu walked to the sofa and sat down. He turned on the TV and tuned to the playback program.

Not long after he sat down, he immediately got up and went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator and get a can of iced drink. Then he returned to the sofa with satisfaction, crossed his legs, and continued to watch TV.

It wasn't even eight o'clock in the evening yet, even though the night outside the window was already filled with the sky, and Koji Shimizu didn't have the habit of turning on the lights. He opened the curtains, and the light scattered by the neon lights outside was enough.

The TV news was actually not that interesting. After all, the details were not reported. However, when the host said that there were no casualties in the robbery, Shimizu Koji felt relieved.

He thought those robbers were killing people, so Masami Hirota was in a weird mood today. Now it seems that Masami Hirota was just frightened, after all, she was just an ordinary urban woman.

"Speaking of which, tomorrow happens to be a day off. I don't have to go to school or go to work. Hmm?"

While talking to himself, he picked up the calendar on the table and turned the pages. As soon as he turned the calendar, Shimizu Koji suddenly felt something was wrong.

(I just made up the date)

Thursday, April 20th.

Next page, Sunday, June 2nd

Isn't this right? !

The sound of turning pages kept sounding. Koji Shimizu's eyes were initially confused, but gradually, in the darkness, his brows knitted together.

No, no, turn it over again——.

Looking at the huge three numbers 6-02, Shimizu Koji fell into silence, and then quickly opened the calendar again.

Keep turning forward, page, page, 3-23, 8-07, 12-14

The time span of each day is almost mind-numbing, and time in this world is almost completely chaotic!

And he hadn't noticed it at all before, not even noticing that there were two winter vacations in just one week! ! !

But he completely regarded these as normal days and muddle along. In other words, his perception of time was subtly rewritten.

After swallowing his saliva, Shimizu Koji felt his hands and feet feel a little cold. He suddenly had a guess. Could it be that the reason why he didn't travel through time and be reborn again was because there was no complete week in this world?

It's possible, but it's not absolute. So far, Koji Shimizu still doesn't know why he keeps repeating the process of death and time travel.

Oh, maybe it’s because he didn’t have the so-called golden finger of time travel before and died too quickly?

Qingmizu Koji's thoughts raced and he thought of the so-called golden finger of time travel. Suddenly, he thought of his own swordsmanship.

And when he thought about it, he suddenly realized something was wrong.

A person has to find something to do in life. Before, he had only practiced kendo as a casual hobby, but when he looked back, he realized that his swordsmanship was very abnormal.

If he is serious, he can directly cut off the bamboo sword with the bamboo sword. Yes, it is cutting, not breaking with brute force.

Moreover, Koji Shimizu had always felt that if he continued to improve his swordsmanship, it would not be difficult to cut through steel——

And it’s not difficult to cut through steel

Shimizu Koji touched his forehead and shook his head twice.

Is this affecting our cognition again? Why do I subconsciously think that this is something that is obviously beyond common sense?

But there is obviously no trace of superpowers in this world.

I thought it was a very peaceful world, similar to the world I originally lived in, but now it seems that there is something very wrong.

It's horrifying to think about it, but no matter how much you think about it, it doesn't make any sense.

"Ding dong——"

Um? this late? Anyone else coming? No, even during the day and on working days, no one would come to my house, right?

Koji Shimizu couldn't help but was startled when he heard the doorbell ringing. It was outrageous that the doorbell could still ring. He hadn't changed the battery in three years.

Wait, are those three years really three years? Koji Shimizu was brainstorming.

"Ding dong——"

It wasn't until the doorbell rang again that Koji Shimizu came to his senses again.

Squinting, at this point, it could only be Hirota Masami, but when he walked to the door, he couldn't see any figure at all in the peephole.

It can’t be a late-night snack. Even if it’s a late-night snack, it’s too early and too tight.

Could it be that he discovered the truth about this world, and some superpower found out about it and planned to come to clean him up! ?

Qingmizu Koji's brainstorming was still going on. After hesitating for a while, he took out his bamboo sword from the cabinet at the door.

"Ding dong——"

At the door, a primary school student wearing a blue suit and shorts jumped up and rang the doorbell again. If it didn't open now, he would have to find another door.

There should be residents in this apartment, and they were directly neighbors of Masami Hirota. If possible, he still hoped to learn about Masami Hirota from his neighbors.

And just when he turned around and was about to give up, a 'click' sound sounded. Hearing the sound, he immediately turned around happily -

"——!!!"

Conan's eyes widened instantly and he took a step back involuntarily.

The door opened a crack, and a black and white eye squeezed out of the darkness and hung in the air in the crack of the door.

Suddenly, Conan was startled, and it was the small sound of taking a step back that made Koji Shimizu notice him.

Imp?

Relaxed, Shimizu Koji untied the chain on the door and opened it.

"Uh, ah, ah ha ha, sorry to bother you, big brother"

"What's the matter?"

Shimizu Koji looked at the elementary school student who was scratching his head and laughing awkwardly in front of him with a look of "Don't let strangers in", and frowned.

"Ah--, can you put down the knife? I, I just have some questions to ask big brother."

Conan was also full of strangeness at this time. He was indeed startled when he opened the door, but the young and handsome face revealed after the door opened did not let him down.

Especially looking at the bamboo sword held in Shimizu Koji's left hand, his intuition made him equate Shimizu Koji and Xiaolan's danger rating.

"Oh, I was practicing kendo just now, sorry."

Shimizu Koji turned around and put the wooden sword away, but he didn't expect that as soon as he turned around, the elementary school student slipped in from his side like a loach.

Instantly, Shimizu Koji felt that his territory was invaded, especially when he saw that kid putting on slippers and looking around in his living room.

Whose little brat is this, so uneducated?

Shimizu Koji's calm heart was rarely shaken. He had been here for so long, but this was the first time he met such an elementary school student.

"Hey, what are you looking at?"

"Ah, no, nothing, I, I just haven't seen the apartment before, and I can't help but be curious."

Conan smiled awkwardly and waved his hand. As soon as he came in, he couldn't help but have an occupational disease. He subconsciously wanted to see if this boy who made him feel bad had any secrets.

Shimizu Koji looked at him for a few seconds, but still went to the kitchen and took out a bottle of milk drink from the refrigerator.

"Here, sit on the sofa obediently. Whose child are you? If you have any questions, come to me?"

Shimizu Koji didn't think too much, just treated Conan as a child in the apartment, gave him a bottle of drink, hoping that he would be quiet, and then sent away as soon as possible.

"Arigato, big brother."

Conan sat on the sofa obediently, took the drink given to him by Shimizu Koji, and said thank you in a baby voice.

Seeing that Shimizu Koji didn't intend to pay attention to him, Conan thought about it and decided to ask directly.

"Big brother, my name is Edogawa Conan, and I am the assistant of the famous detective Maori Kogoro. I have a few questions to ask you."

"Detective? Maori Kogoro? Who is that?"

Shimizu Koji raised his eyes and said a word, which made Conan stunned on the spot.

How, how come this person seems to know nothing? Is he even confused about the word detective?

"Mauri Kogoro, I seem to have heard it somewhere, um. Yes." Silently reciting the familiar name Maori Kogoro, Shimizu Koji suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind. Isn't that a person in the news robbery case just now?

After a pause, he turned his head and looked at Conan silently.

"What do you want to ask?"

"Ah, actually I don't want to ask, Uncle Maori asked me to investigate, that is, big brother, are you familiar with your neighbor Miss Hirota?"

"No, not familiar."

"I want to ask."

Looking at the serious face of Shimizu Koji, Conan's view of him changed silently.

He had visited several families before coming here. Many people in this apartment knew that Hirota Masami took good care of Shimizu Koji, and the relationship between the two was like siblings.

You said you were not familiar with each other and lied to the elementary school students! ?

Conan's eyes changed, and he was about to show his power to use reasoning to make Shimizu Koji speechless, but the next second, his body lightened, and the whole person seemed to float in the air.

The familiar pulling feeling came from the back of fate's neck.

"Eh?! Big brother?!"

"It's late, you'd better go home early. There are devils in the alleys nearby who like to eat elementary school students like you~~."

Without time to struggle, Conan was directly carried to the door by Shimizu Koji. As soon as his feet landed on the ground, Conan didn't have time to say anything. "Snap", Shimizu Koji had already closed the door.

Looking at the cold door in front of him, Conan curled his lips in disdain, tidied up his messy clothes, and turned away helplessly.

In the room, Shimizu Koji turned on the desktop computer with a heavy butt and tried to search for some information about Maori Kogoro.

Conan, this uneducated elementary school student, made him quite disgusted. Detective? He wanted to investigate Hirota Masami through him as soon as they met?

And what investigation, it made people feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

Mouri Kogoro? Conan? Who are you?