"Miss Hikari?"
Hikari Yuki was stunned and then looked at the familiar face in front of her in silence.
Why does… Amuro Toru kept on appearing in front of her?
Shouldn't he be overseas or something?
"Mr. Amuro?" Hikari Yuki called out and her eyes landed on his clothes. It was the work clothes from this restaurant and it was obvious that Amuro Toru had already started working part time again.
How many part time jobs did he have?
For some reason, Hikari Yuki felt a bit speechless.
"Yes." Amuro Toru smiled cheerfully. "I had just finished delivering some food when I saw you in front of the restaurant. Do you want to come in and eat something inside?"
Hikari Yuki blinked.
To be honest, she was not entirely sure whether Amuro Toru saw her expression when she was staring at the mirror. She was rarely distracted ever since she started working, but she couldn't help it after seeing no. 10 getting so crazy in the brain chat channel some time ago.
Moreover… She herself was not exactly a good person.
She had been thinking what could make him so crazy and send someone to do an investigation. But the result was not clear yet.
Hikari Yuki gave a smile in response. "Thank you, Mr. Amuro."
Amuro Toru gave her a kind and warm smile in return before taking the lead to enter the restaurant.
Hikari Yuki followed behind him and picked a seat near the entrance. She looked at the list of the menu and picked the seafood ramen there.
"Would you like the spicy version or the normal version?"
"Spicy, please."
"Right away, Miss Hikari."
Hikari Yuki glanced over in Amuro Toru's direction and she was surprised to see that he was the one cooking. It seemed that before Poirot, he had already started cooking for other restaurants before.
It was both surprising yet reasonable.
After all, his cooking was famous during Poirot's arc and it was reasonable if he had practiced it beforehand.
'He's known as a fast learner, so he should have been able to do this quickly.'
But since Amuro Toru is already in Japan… Moreover, it's in Beika, why did he not intervene at all when Akai Shuichi started to be active?
Well, it might be because not long after Akai Shuichi appeared openly to shoot Gin and framed him as an enemy lover from 800 miles away, it was soon the time for him to fake his death.
It's also possible that Amuro Toru was busy with other matters under Rum.
'Hmm… thinking about it, I also have subordinates under me who are codenamed members.'
But they were all undercover agents whose performance was really good and she purposely promoted them to help her maintain her 'territory' on the surface. She had also come into a tacit agreement with their agency behind them.
Since they were all in Europe, they didn't really follow her to Japan and instead maintained their position there. Moreover, they also took advantage of the organization's position to deal with some hostile local forces that are making trouble.
Naturally, they will report to her first.
Only if she agreed would they make the move and so on.
It was basically a cooperation.
Hikari Yuki stared blankly at the menu in front of her before pulling herself back. She had been absentminded a lot lately and this should stop.
It would be dangerous if she continued this way.
"Here you go, Miss Hikari." Amuro Toru put the bowl of ramen in front of Hikari Yuki.
"Thank you." Hikari Yuki gave a polite smile to Amuro Toru.
"Miss Yuki, are you troubled with something?" Amuro Toru asked with concern. "You seem absent minded just now. Is there anything I can do to help you? As you know, I'm a detective and if there's any trouble, I might be able to help you."
Hikari Yuki blinked her eyes. She was sure that even if her thoughts were roaming around, her body would remain in the state of alert. But it seemed that her situation was bad enough if even Amuro Toru could notice.
After all, even if he's a perceptive person, it was not that easy for him to notice when she herself didn't exactly show the sign all the time.
Unless he has been watching her.
But he has no reason to do that.
"Ah, it's ok, Mr. Amuro, my problem is not something that a detective could solve." Hikari Yuki shook her head politely.
Amuro Toru seemed to be thinking for a second before he said, "In that case, how about talking to me as a friend?"
Friend?
Hikari Yuki almost showed shocked expressions if not for her restraining her emotions.
She was absolutely sure that she would be digging her own grave if she accepted him as a friend of Hikari Yuki. Because when he found out that she's Midori Yuki, he will definitely hate her and might want to kill her directly.
… Why did she have the brilliant idea of pretending to be a boy in the first place?
Hikari Yuki wanted to face palm right now.
"Mr. Amuro, I don't think we're that familiar with each other?" Hikari Yuki said tactfully.
Since she's just an ordinary person in his eyes, he should stay away as long as she gives him rejection, right?
After all, the righteous police officer will not want to drag innocent people into his mess.
…Unless he was already suspicious of her.
After all, her height remained the same.
Her build when she acted as Sake was basically covered with her clothes, though.
"Well, I can be your friend from today, can't I?" Amuro Toru asked, his tone sounded pitiful and he tilted his head slightly, making the scene even more impactful.
Hikari Yuki: "..."
She knew that this man is very good at using honey traps and he basically did it a lot. But when facing it head on, Hikari Yuki just realized how cute he looked when he purposely acted pitiful.
It's a foul.
Hikari Yuki was also good at acting, especially after she filled her acting skill. But she definitely didn't want to act as a seductress, so she always opted out of that role.
Since she's part of the action team, she didn't usually need to show off her acting skill.
The best act she did was to act as a perverted murderer when she was in the organization and a gentle sister like what she had done in front of Ai and Conan.
…Not exactly kind as it was closer to her real self.
But she was smiling more and acted far kinder than she actually is.
So facing this kind of Amuro Toru… Hikari Yuki was dumbfounded for a moment. After that, she started analysing why he suddenly acted this way.
Organisation mission?
Impossible.
Even if Rum knew she often played as the innocent university student, now had graduated, under the name Hikari Yuki, he would never tell other people, including Bourbon.
Unless he wanted to attack her.
But during this period of time, this was basically an impossible conjecture.
Rum wouldn't dare to do it.
Not before he could be sure to control her, but Sake has never given him the chance.
Or was he so kind and concerned about the citizens in Japan?
She knew he had strong justice and righteousness along with kindness. But since he's still an undercover agent, he shouldn't be so blatant when doing his police work, right?
Uh wait, she seemed to remember that he wore his police uniform in one of the movies, which made her utterly speechless. But she didn't watch it and only heard about it, so she was not entirely sure.
Still… he shouldn't be that careless.
Hikari Yuki was confused.
But she had to continue acting.
Facing the skilled Bourbon, Hikari Yuki shouldn't be able to withstand it.
So Hikari Yuki gave a helpless smile. "You're really persistent, Mr. Amuro. You don't even know me that well. What if you regret it after befriending me?"
While she talked in a joking tone, Hikari Yuki truly believed that Amuro Toru would regret it. After knowing the full extent of her real identity, there was no way he would forgive her.
It would be better for them not to be so close to each other.
Besides, she still wanted to fight against him again. If they have a good relationship, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to bear hitting him hard.
"It's okay. As a detective, I have a strong curiosity." Amuro Toru was smiling confidently. "And whether I will regret it or not, how could I know if we never even tried?"
Hikari Yuki was stunned and then chuckled. His words were really ambiguous and some people might think that he was really trying to befriend her.
Unfortunately, this is Hikari Yuki, who already knew Amuro Toru's identity and had no interest in getting close to him to prevent herself being killed so badly in the future.