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Chapter 40 - Megumi Aiko (2)

No. 11, Hirata Seiji, was forced to stop, so he shrugged and stepped away. "It's just a piano, what kind of curse would there be?"

"You don't understand! 12 years ago (bla bla bla)

They all listened and Hirata Seiji already felt like his mind was turning blank. As expected, he shouldn't have picked up Conan's world when he had the chance to pick other worlds.

Reasoning is not his strong point and this story is very boring.

Well, this is his personal opinion as someone who didn't have the brain to solve cases.

Ugh…

Not far from him, no. 4 was trying to listen attentively and then fell into silence. 

Well, it seemed that even after three years, her reasoning skills still hadn't improved much. 

'Can I really solve the case earlier than Conan?' Megumi Aiko looked at Conan, who was engrossed in listening to the story and turned her eyes to the piano. Her skills are average, but it would be more than enough to play the piano.

So…

A second short song was born.

"Hey! Didn't you listen to me?" The man was annoyed when he saw Megumi Aiko didn't listen to him at all. 

"Ahaha." Megumi Aiko stopped playing and smiled brightly. "I don't believe in curses or anything like that. I just felt it's a pity the piano has been abandoned for such a long time like this."

"Tsk."

In the end, they were all kicked out of the piano room.

But when no. 11 and no. 4 heard the system's announcement, the two of them showed a bright smile. 

[Ding! Fun Games Act 2 is over. Result: 80 points. The respective scores are 70 points for no. 4 and 90 points for no.11. Pretty good!]

Niceee!

Both no. 4 and no. 11 were satisfied with their current result. After all, they didn't really expect their sudden piano's performance to captivate the main characters or anything like that. It was simply an impossible dream to ask for. 

It was already good enough that they could get a decent score. 

Next fun acts would be for something else~.

"Tsk, now we're getting kicked out." Mouri Kogoro was annoyed and looked at Hirata Seiji. "And who are you, boy? Why are you coming with us?"

"I'm Hirata Seiji," Hirata Seiji replied with a bright smile.

"Hirata Seiji?" Mouri Ran felt this name familiar and then her eyes widened. "Ah, you're that cat artist~."

"Yes. Do you like my performance too, Miss? Meow~."

Conan turned his head and saw Hirata Seiji acting coquettishly and his expression immediately cracked.

Stay away from Ran!

With Conan suddenly jumping in, Hirata Seiji naturally took a step back with a whoa. 

He watched in amusement as Mouri Ran reprimanded Conan and then made an excuse to leave. In the first place, No. 11 had no interest in having a lot of interactions with the main characters.

Otherwise, if he was affected by the death halo… it would be a tragedy. 

"I'm going to take a walk too." Megumi Aiko stretched her hand. "It's a waste of time to wait all day long here."

"Eh, I thought that you're coming with us, Aiko." Mouri Ran looked disappointed. 

"Don't worry, I'll come back in the evening and then we'll play together." 

"Yeah!"

Conan looked at these two girls and rolled his eyes. Well, it's better to have Megumi Aiko around rather than that flirtatious Hirata Seiji.

Thinking about that man's cat imitation, he felt irritable.

How could man act so coquettishly???

"I don't believe you'll play the song in front of Conan like that too." No. 11, Hirata Seiji laughed out loud as he walked along the path.

"It's better than you who teased Ran in front of Conan." Megumi Aiko rolled her eyes.

"Hahaha! But Conan's expression is so interesting. Besides, we're already living our second life. It's better to have fun here than worrying about everything. The red side will definitely win and we just have to go through the motions." Hirata Seiji waved his hand carelessly.

"You're very easy going, Seiji."

"It can't be helped. I'm just an ordinary person and had no intention of training myself to be an agent." Hirata Seiji shuddered when he thought of his days before he and no. 10 staged traps for each other.

He's the CIA and no. 10 is an undercover agent in the CIA.

But after their death, neither seemed to be willing to fight against each other. After all, the long time inside that black room was enough to calm them down.

It didn't feel like 3 years though.

He didn't even know how much time had passed there, but he definitely didn't go crazy nor did he feel like taking revenge.

It's just a game.

They can try to compete in the future, though. 

A healthy competition is good anyway.

"Right…" Megumi Aiko thought about the past 3 years and sighed deeply. She might complain a lot about her work, but she couldn't say against her conscience that she really didn't like it.

No matter what, she had gotten used to it by now.

"And as a police officer, I thought you'll be solving the case first instead of playing the piano."

"Tsk, I have realized that I'm not good enough to be a good police officer. It's better for me to finish the scene as soon as possible." Megumi Aiko shook her head helplessly.

"And it's dangerous to keep appearing in front of the main character."

Just thinking about the large number of deaths that happened around Conan made Megumi Aiko scalp tinged. She didn't want to end up being the one to die in front of Conan.

No matter what, it's better to be able to live.

"Well, I don't want to either. Anyway, I'm going back today." Hirata Seiji stretched his hand. "Nice meeting you, Miss Megumi."

"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Hirata." Megumi Aiko stretched her hand and shook the other party's hand.

After today, they felt that it would be better to follow through the motion when dealing with the future case that they knew. 

If it's possible to help, then they could try to help.

But if it's not possible, then leave it be.

At the end of the day, they were just human beings with limitations. The incident with Miyano Akemi had already caused a lot of fuss in their brain channels.

As for this case…

They gave up.

[Megumi Aiko [4]: Well, I gave up trying to change the storyline this time. As much as I would like to participate, my brain gave up after seeing so many people and had to remember a lot of information.

It's a good thing that Conan is able to grow through this experience anyway. As for the dead… well, sorry, I'm not capable enough. 

Artist [11]: Well, I don't remember the case either and we're here for the fun points instead of the red party improvement. 

There's no task for us to help Conan or anyone exactly either. So after having enough fun, it's better to just run away~.

Megumi Aiko [4]: Hey! You can run away but I'm still in the Metropolitan Police Department! I can't go anywhere.

Kami Shita [6]: It's ok, no one asked you to participate and change the storyline. I only want to stay in the second division until I can see Kid! And I wouldn't even expect to catch him hahaha. Kidd Sama is really handsome~.

High School Student [2]: The most important thing is just to complete the mission. That way, those who want to go back can go back and those who want to stay can stay.

I personally don't have much opinion on either, but I won't hold you all back. Love you all~

Serial Killer [3]: Bleh! Don't be so cheesy! I only accept kisses and hugs from Yoko!

But yeah, just do what you want and don't force yourself. As for me personally, I want to go back. Damn it! This ID card made me unwilling to go out alright?!

Kami Shita [6]: Pfft! Poor no. 3. I will definitely stay but only after changing my ID too! Damn it, whoever wants to be a police officer can be one. I'm definitely not among them!!!

Doctor [9]: I'm staying wherever no. 7 is going to be!

Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: I kind of want to change my ID to be honest… Becoming an undercover agent is prone to mental illness.

Corrupted FBI [8]: Are you implying someone? I think no. 1 can beat you up with no problems.

Undercover Agent from Metropolitan Public Security [7]: Nooo! Don't listen to his nonsense! I didn't mean to! 

Public Security Officer [5]: It's a bit of a pity, but I can't really investigate ordinary people before the case happens. I simply want to finish the mission. Having a system giving tasks and forcing us to do things are not exactly fun. The only good thing is probably this channel that allows us to communicate with each other in our brain. It's very convenient.

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