Chapter 741 Only You

"Such a cute rabbit, you wouldn't really give it to that eagle as a toy, would you?"

Kuroba Kaito looked at the rabbit held in Hakuba's arms, its white fur and red eyes curled up into a ball, and he trembled at the thought that he might be torn apart by steel claws.

[Damn it, my shoulder hurts again. 】

"Well, Watson is actually a lazy and cowardly eagle. It can't hunt by itself. I was joking before." Hakuba glanced at Kuroba Kaito.

It was around midnight, and the shops on the hot spring street began to display various closure signs one after another.

It was probably a relatively common thing to soak in hot springs here. The two of them just watched many families running a shop carrying wooden basins from the shop, talking and laughing as they walked towards the hot spring mountain. Children on a street gathered around and started playing, and teenage boys and girls also broke away from the family unit to talk and laugh together.

"It's really different from Tokyo. No one goes out in the residential area of ​​Ekota Town after 11pm."

Smelling the smell of sulfur in the air, Kuroba Kaito and Hakuba passed by the noisy mahjong parlor. They deliberately deviated from the crowd's route and walked to the corner of the mountain and the city.

Because of the large curve, cars cannot enter the corner. The local residents probably built a rough shrine with wood at the mountain pass to protect the hot spring mountain.

You don't enter the shrine when you go up the mountain. You just need to walk on the bluestone road on the side of the shrine, so the only two people in the whole shrine are Kaito and Hakuba who entered from the corner.

"It's said to be a shrine, but it actually only has a torii gate and a place for worship."

Kuroba Kaito looked at the money box, casually took out a Natsume Soseki and threw it in, then took two photos.

"Okay, it's your turn."

Seeing Hakuba holding back, Kuroba Kaito thought it was because of the rabbit in his arms, so he reached out to hug Hakuba to free up Hakuba's hands. However, he realized something was wrong when he realized that Hakuba was still hesitating with empty hands.

"My... wallet is empty."

"ah?"

Kuroba Kaito was stunned for a moment, then walked directly to Hakuba and took her wallet. Seeing that the originally thick wallet was not only missing money but also missing cards, he sighed helplessly.

"When...I didn't notice it."

"Probably when I was walking with those people just now."

Hakuba took her wallet back worriedly. She had been soaking in hot springs everywhere in the past few days, and she didn't have much money in her hand. Now she emptied it all in one go, not to mention she hadn't finished soaking in the hot springs in Hakodate yet.

The girl lowered her head in despair and looked at the floor with dull eyes.

"Money..."

"If you don't have the money, why don't I lend it to you?" Kuroba Kaito didn't understand why this guy suddenly became so arrogant. He planned to stuff all the banknotes in his wallet into Hakuba's bag, but found that the other party directly put the wallet into Hakuba's bag. He took it back and took a few steps away.

"You guy, don't pity me! Bastard!"

"No, that's not what I meant..."

Kuroba Kaito didn't know what was going on, he simply thought that borrowing money from a boy was nothing, but he didn't expect that Hakuba, who had been a girl for nearly a week, began to think more towards women.

Hakuba clutched his wallet. The reason why he was so excited was because he still didn't realize that he had completely different thoughts from when he first became a girl.

At first he didn't know if he could change back, he just followed the note and tried his best to help Kuroba Kaito. Later, he found out that he couldn't change back. Although he was anxious, he didn't have any real feelings. It wasn't until he soaked in the hot springs in Hakodate and still couldn't change back into a boy that Hakuba realized something very serious.

She might not be able to change back.

Therefore, the White Horse Detective in the past will probably live as a woman in the future, and then... fall in love, get married...

When she thought of this, Hakuba's head felt like it was on fire. She couldn't imagine herself getting married at all. But when she took a bath at night and looked at her proud figure, her mind suddenly appeared in her mind. That guy.

[If it was Kuroba-kun...]

Hakuba was horrified to discover the fact that he had a slight crush on Kuroba Kaito, and when he planned to go to the hot springs at night, he forced him to accompany him as if he had lost his mind.

[No one can accept it, but he...]

The girl opposite Kuroba Kaito seemed to have suddenly lost her strength, and suddenly sat down on the ground. Because of the structure of the hotel yukata, the hem of the girl's clothes was raised above her knees. When she knelt on the ground, her calves and lower half of her thighs were exposed.

"White Horse?!"

Kuroba Kaito put the rabbit on the ground. He didn't care about the animal jumping away. He walked up a few steps and held Hakuba's shoulders, trying to lift her up. “Why are you so heavy?”

Putting his hands under Hakuba's armpits, Kuroba Kaito lifted her up with all his strength, but she fell limply into his arms.

"Black Feather, only you...only you..."

"Huh? Why is it just me?"

Baima flicked his eyelashes and whispered: "Others don't matter, but you are the only one. Don't treat me as a woman."

"Why?! You discriminate against Kidd!"

Kuroba Kaito felt as if he was offended, so he patted Hakuba's shoulder hard, forcing her to stand up straight.

"You guys will definitely change back soon, don't worry."

The magician took out a handkerchief from his bosom and was about to wipe off the traces of tears or sweat for her. Thinking of Hakuba's violent reaction just now, he simply slapped the handkerchief directly on her palm and let her wipe it herself.

It was not the time to stay in the small shrine and say strange things. Besides, Kuroba Kaito, who felt that the atmosphere was not right, did not dare to continue. He found that Hakuba's emotions seemed to be out of control tonight, so he led her up the mountain to take a hot spring bath to remove the curse.

"Wait."

Hakuba still lowered her head. She turned to the money box and made a wish with her head lowered. Then, in Kuroba Kaito's surprise, she said: "You put so much money in. God should not be stingy with one of my wishes."

"You have regained your sanity a little." Kuroba Kaito breathed a sigh of relief: "Let's go, let's go up the mountain."

Going up along the path, he chose to turn right at the first fork in the road. After calculating the location, Kuroba Kaito decided to take Hakuba to take a bath in the 16th pool. The location was higher, and he just needed to pay attention to whether there was anyone coming below.

"So there's a bamboo fence."

Seeing the solid green fence outside the 16th pond, Kuroba Kaito urged Hakuba to go and soak, while he found a big stone to clean it and waited.

...

"I see."

Gojo, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, had been reading lips, and only looked back at Yuuji after the two stopped talking.

"Sir, why is it that only Kuroba Kaito can't do it?"

Gojo's question immediately exploded in the pool of the communication system, and several female subordinates said that the second boss didn't understand girls, while the other men were disappointed and didn't speak.

"Because it's obvious that Hakuba is attracted to the magician."

Yuji was grinding his nails with a file: "If other people thought she was a woman, she might just smile, but Kuroba Kaito is different."

"I understand. Only when Kuroba Kaito doesn't think she is a woman, she can keep telling herself that they are both men and it's impossible for them to be together."

Gojo suddenly realized: "But if Kuroba Kaito thinks she is a woman, she won't be able to control her desire for Kuroba Kaito."

"It's just a matter of cognition." Yuji picked up the telescope and observed Kuroba Kaito sitting on a big rock watching the stars: "As long as Kaito is not confused, Hakuba can always think of herself as a man in front of Kuroba."

"But can taking a hot spring bath really remove the curse? Wouldn't it be better to find a Feng Shui master or Onmyoji for this kind of thing?"

With the status and financial resources of the Hakuba family, it is not impossible to find a capable person.

"Since the curse really happened, supernatural people must exist. As long as they exist, they will be found."

Gojo noticed Yuji holding a tablet through the rearview mirror.

"What happened?"

Yuji nodded and said, "Nishimura and the others all know about our attack on the Fujiang family, and they are now leaving the hotel for the Fujiang family."

"All those black guys have followed the police, and it seems that not many people have left the hotel." The monitoring report came from the headset.

Putting down the tablet, Yuji pinched his chin: "It seems that nothing will happen tonight."

He reclined the seat, took out an eye mask and put it on his face, leaving Gojo who was still observing, sleeping soundly. (End of this chapter)