Counterclockwise · Rewrite the Stars

Chapter 15 15: Sequela Aftereffects

When Kudo Shinichi woke up, his whole body was light and he didn't feel any discomfort. Even the dizziness caused by the sudden disorder of magic power in his body disappeared.Kudo rubbed his head and sat up from the bed. When he got out of bed, he realized that he had been changed into a set of clean and comfortable clothes.The wand had already disappeared, and the person who captured him did not cast any confinement spells on him, so he was very relieved to walk around the room alone.

The room is not big, there is nothing in it, and there are no windows, only the candles on the table glow faintly, but there is an inexplicable sense of familiarity.He turned around, but found nothing of value, and the only exit was obviously locked by a spell. Without a magic wand, he really couldn't break the high-level lock spell for a while.He sat on the edge of the bed in frustration, thinking gloomily how he had become so dull that he didn't even notice that someone appeared from behind to give him medicine.

There is nothing wrong now, but he has time to think carefully about a feeling that has been vaguely ever since he became smaller——

The 15-year-old body does not allow him to control the magic that has been accumulated and trained for so 25 years.

I always thought it was okay before. The spells used in the fourth grade did not require too much effort for him to mobilize the magic power.But the problem arose the day he dueled with Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya of Gryffindor.

On the one hand, he needs to expend a lot of energy to control his magic so as not to really hurt Tsuburaya, on the other hand, he has to deliberately pour water on him, and in the end he even used a heavy hand to bounce the spell back on himself.Originally, it wasn't a big deal for the 25-year-old Chief Auror who had experienced many battles. The bad thing was that he underestimated his judgment on his current physical fitness.

So the magic disorder and physical attack hit him together, causing him to be unconscious when he was sent to the medical room.

It was from that day that he consciously noticed that his current physical condition was much worse than before. Once he encountered a large amount of mana consumption, his various indicators would drop sharply at the same time, and his reaction would not be as good as before.

Previously, he first broke a magic spell without a stick and silently, then confronted a woman head-on to get rid of your weapon, and finally disapparated in broad daylight. The consumption has exceeded the previous fight with Tsuburaya, no wonder he noticed it. The approach of the man does not come.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing bitterly.

I don't know if I can go back after what happened to me... Will Hei Yu be anxious when he returns home at noon and finds himself missing?

The scene of the black-haired man getting jealous at home has already appeared in his mind, and his heart suddenly feels sour.

——For some reason, he was a little thankful that he was able to meet Kaito Kuroba after he became smaller, and seeing such a vivid and gentle side that Kudo Shinichi couldn't see, it's not too bad a loss.

The door was opened at this moment.

Kudo's nerves tensed, and he looked at the woman holding a plate of food with a sullen face.

The woman put the dinner plate on the bedside table next to him, and she was not afraid of Kudo Shinichi's sudden attack with the wandless silent magic, as if she had predicted that the other party would not be able to use this difficult and costly spell again, with a pleasant face Say: "Eat."

Kudo rolled his eyelids coldly, turned his face away and said nothing.

The woman curled her lips: "You will feel better in a while, don't blame me for not reminding you."

Kudo couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Why, plan to execute? Do you think I will be afraid of this?"

Just when the woman was about to say something, a gloomy male voice came from the direction of the door: "It's none of your business, go down, leave this to me."

"But—" The woman seemed to want to say something, but the man with a scar on her face gave her a cold eye knife, which made the woman shut her mouth immediately, stepped on her high-heeled shoes and left .

The man was wearing a long black robe, his eyes were dark and his facial features looked terrifying and fierce in the dimly lit room.Kudo raised his chin without fear and looked at the man, silently confronting him.

The man walked in slowly, stopped in front of him, lifted Kudo's jaw with his wand, and looked at it carefully.Although Kudo was controlled by others, he was not to be outdone and waited for the man in front of him, pursing his lips and motionless.

After a long time, the man showed a strange smile: "You are Kudo Shinichi. It's really amazing. The rejuvenation technique has no major side effects, and the organization will be very happy."

Kudo twitched the corners of his mouth: "I'm really sorry, I don't know how to do it, you are wasting your time."

The man stared at him for a while, then laughed softly.

"No, we already understand this, there are other uses for keeping you."

"..."

"Kaito Kuroba is your colleague, right? Recently he forced the Auror office to investigate us. Although he didn't disrupt many operations, it was still a bit annoying. I heard that he took so much trouble to find us, it seems that because he has been Feeling obsessed with one thing—or rather, one person.”

Kudo frowned slightly.

He had heard Hattori say this casually, but he didn't know what Kuroba meant.The peaceful time at Heiyu's house temporarily made him almost forget the real reason why Heiyu came to Hogwarts. Now that this man said it, he suddenly felt as if he had overlooked something very important...

"—Tell me, tell him the equation 'Edogawa Conan is equal to Kudo Shinichi', and then give him your hand as a warning, will he be more peaceful?"

When Kudo heard this, he smiled instead: "You can try it."

"Oh?" The man raised his eyebrows again.

Kudo calmly replied: "Since you know the Auror office so well, you should also know that Mr. Kuroba and I have never been at odds. He loves Edogawa Conan, but it doesn't mean he knows that Edogawa Conan is Kudo Shinichi will maintain this attitude in the future. You said that Mr. Kuroba left his job and came to Hogwarts to investigate the truth of what happened to me. Maybe from my point of view, he just thinks that the opponent should not disappear so inexplicably. A psychological dissatisfaction—”

Kudo stopped, and was satisfied to see a crack appear on the man's winning face.

"-Besides, Kaito Kuroba is one of the best Aurors of this era, do you think he can be stopped by just intimidating him?"

"..."

"If you want me to say, this may arouse his greater desire to fight, but don't be self-defeating, sir."

The man laughed angrily at Kudo's [-]% provocation, fierce anger was hidden in his hoarse voice, and the wand poked Kudo's throat: "Don't think I won't kill you, Kudo Shinichi."

Kudo clenched his fist tightly, let go after a while, closed his eyes resignedly, and smiled with his lips bent: "Don't miss it."

……

…………

"Push."

...?

"Hahahahahahahaha is fine, I can't play anymore, don't bear it anymore."

…………? ? ?

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I'm sorry, I really can't help but want to tease the 15-year-old little Conan, it's so cute, how can I bear it!"

……

Kudo opened his eyes, and saw the men and women drank the antidote of the compound decoction, and gradually turned into the one he was familiar with——

Yusaku Kudo and Yukiko Kudo.

........................

He sat stiffly on the bed, and it took a few seconds before he realized—

"Are you kidding me?!?!"

So the situation became that Edogawa Conan was lying on the sofa in the living room of the Kudo house in a fit of anger, and beside him were the Kudo couple who accompanied him with a smile, pinched his shoulders, beat his back and fanned him.

"—We're not too worried about you, we'll be back right after we hear the news!"

"Mom and Dad were really scared, and thought you really..."

"Fortunately, we found Heiji, thanks to him telling us that we are relieved—"

Very good, Hattori Heiji.

Kudo Shinichi thought grimly.

you are done.

Hattori Heiji, who was far away in the Hattori house, was reading the Daily Prophet, and sneezed loudly.

... I don't know if Kudo's parents have contacted Kudo. Two days ago, when I heard that Kudo had become smaller and was temporarily staying at Kuroba's house, Kudo Yukiko's eyes were shining. one.

Hattori thought to himself, and quickly put the matter behind him.

"But this joke is still too much, I really thought I was going to be—"

Kudo stopped, and understood what his parents meant in an instant.

...What, are you still your own teenage boy?

While he was annoyed by his parents' uneasy attitude towards him, he also felt warm because of their love for him.

"I can ask my friends from the Ministry of Magic and some of my personal connections to help you find out about this matter." Kudo Yusaku sighed and looked at his outstanding son tenderly, "You are the Chief Auror of the British Ministry of Magic. , we will all be very proud of you. But you also have to consider your own situation, sometimes—”

"——I will find out by myself." Kudo interrupted Yusaku, looking at his parents firmly, "I bet my reputation as the chief Auror."

……

Yukiko changed back to the woman she was before, and drove towards Kuroba's house.The co-pilot sat Edogawa Conan who had changed his clothes and watched the scenery fly by outside the window. Both wands were also returned to their original owners.The car is still the same car, but the mood is quite different.

"Xinyi, you have also discovered your physical problem. In fact, if you go abroad with us, you can also check..."

"Mom." Conan propped his chin, his long eyelashes like butterfly wings swept a layer of light and shadow, looking gentle and firm, he interrupted her, "...there is a very important person here."

"Eh?" You Xizi looked at her son Mensao curiously, amazed that he could say such words so bluntly.

"So I……"

Kudo took a deep breath, the lingering Kuroba Kaito in his mind.He still doesn't know what kind of existence Kuroba Kaito is to him, but he knows——

"I can't leave just yet."