Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

In the end, because of Kogoro Mouri's insistence, Eri Kisaki took Ran Mouri out to buy groceries.

Koizumi noticed that before she left, she paid special attention to Kogoro Mouri's expression. He obviously noticed something, so he cooperated and took Mouri Ran away.

Koizumi and Kogoro Mori sat facing each other quietly in the living room.

Until the voices of the two people completely disappeared from the room, Kogoro Mouri silently stood up and walked to the window to take a look. After making sure that Kisaki Eri and Mouri Ran had really left, he sat back down.

He picked up a pack of cigarettes from the coffee table, looked up at Koizumi, and seeing that she had no intention of objecting, he lit a cigarette for himself first, and after a long pause, he said, "Eri and I grew up together, graduated from Teitan High School together, and went to college together."

Koizumi was a little surprised by his opening.

"She is not a particularly smart person, but she has been very strong-willed, serious, rigorous and self-disciplined since she was a child. She easily passed the entrance test for the University of Tokyo when she was only in the first year of high school, and even competed for the title of Miss Teitan with Kudo Yukiko. But those who urged her to participate in the competition probably don't know that she is actually very resistant to being sought after by others, and she has never thought about becoming Miss Teitan."

Immersed in memories, Maori Kogoro smiled: "I still remember that she once said to me angrily, 'Those guys are idle, right? They are seriously under-studying, they should all be sent to study classes!' But in the blink of an eye, she was begged and flattered by others, and she couldn't bear to refuse them. This person has been too soft-hearted since she was a child. If others show weakness, she can easily win her sympathy.

"It's just like the kidnapping incident two days ago. The two middle-aged missionary women said they were tired and wanted to ask her for a glass of water, but she actually let them into her house. Oh, should we say she is naive or has no guard at all?"

Koizumi said nothing.

She knew that there was no need for her to talk to Kogoro Mouri.

"I didn't expect someone like her to choose a career as a lawyer. You haven't seen how she looked when she first became a lawyer. She pretended to be serious and aggressive, which was really cute. But later, as she handled more cases and met all kinds of people, her personality became tougher and tougher. She finally looked like a serious lawyer. But she is still too soft-hearted, and it is easy for her to suffer when she meets someone with ulterior motives."

Having said that, Kogoro Maori looked up at Koizumi.

Koizumi: ...

Maori Kogoro exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Unlike her, I am a person who doesn't have any ambitions and just wants to get by. I have a casual personality and poor grades. My only advantage is probably that I am good at fighting. With our personalities being so different and wanting to quarrel as soon as we meet, it's a miracle that we can end up together."

"We got married when we were in college, and soon we had Xiaolan. After graduation, she stayed at home to take care of the child, and I was admitted to the Metropolitan Police Academy. I thought that a career like a police officer is stable and well paid, and there will be a surplus after raising a child, which should be enough for a family to live a stable life."

Koizumi: ...

This is the same idea that Sakurai Izumi had at the beginning.

"You probably heard of my name when you were in the police academy?"

Koizumi: "Yes, I heard from the instructor. You are a very good student. Not only are your grades among the best, but your fighting and shooting skills are also very good. In the test shooting, you can hit the bull's eye with 20 shots."

She didn't say the second half of the sentence: My personality became a little weird later on.

Maori Kogoro nodded and said with some emotion: "I was really stupid at that time. I only wanted to show off and didn't know how to hide my shortcomings. I don't know if anyone has equaled my record later."

Koizumi: “Yes. That person achieved the same result as you.”

In fact, from some perspectives, Kogoro Mori and today's Rei Furuya really have many similarities.

Maori Kogoro was stunned for a moment, then he pulled up the corner of his mouth and chuckled: "Then he is really an unlucky guy, I'm afraid he has been targeted by those people."

those people……

Koizumi's heart moved slightly.

Maori Kogoro did not continue the topic, but said, "Later, I heard that it is an old tradition for the Japanese Public Security Bureau to select special talents from the police academy students. The Japanese police academy enrolls 12 students every year, and there will always be a few unlucky ones who win the lottery. I didn't expect that I was one of them who was hit by "luck".

"Oh, special talents, that sounds really nice. When I was called in for an interview, I felt hopeless."

He frowned, stubbed out the cigarette in his hand in the ashtray, raised his eyes and looked at Koizumi: "You should understand, right? When I first heard about your story, I guessed that you must be a 'lucky' guy."

Koizumi: ...

Izumi Sakurai, who was listening in her body, should have felt the same way.

"Although you have always acted in a high-profile and radical way, I always thought you were the same as me, and that everything you did was actually to pave the way for your identity as a detective. But I didn't expect, I never expected..."

Maori Kogoro took a deep breath, stared at Koizumi without blinking, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "After playing mad and stupid for so many years, I thought I had completely gotten rid of it. But one day, my lover was entangled by you people again, and suffered the danger that I should have borne. Is this my retribution...

"Maybe I shouldn't have been a police officer from the beginning. If I had stayed away from the root of trouble earlier, she wouldn't have had to go through this!"

Koizumi: ...

Kogoro Mori suddenly stood up and knelt down in front of Koizumi.

Koizumi jumped up in shock and quickly moved aside.

"I'm not doomed. I can't abandon my family, and I don't want to be a hero! I'm sorry for my incompetence and selfishness, but I've tried my best to protect the people around me. I admire your courage in choosing this path, but please, I beg you to stay away from my family! Stay away from Eri and Xiaolan! Please!"

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When he returned to the office, Koizumi was still a little dazed.

She even couldn't remember what Kisaki Eri's meal tasted like, and couldn't remember how she got back.

It was already dark and the cat cafe should have closed long ago, but the lights were still on in the shop.

When Koizumi pushed the door open, he saw a lot of Christmas decorations on the floor. Akemi Miyano was hanging decorations on the cat climbing frame with the help of Nekozuka. A group of cats in the store were watching them, and a few brave ones even used Nekozuka as a mobile cat climbing frame.

Seeing Koizumi, Miyano Akemi smiled and greeted her: "You're back."

But she immediately noticed that Koizumi looked a little off, and hurried down the ladder, wiping her hands as she walked over and asked, "What's wrong? You don't look well."

Koizumi waved his hand: "Nothing. Have you been out today?"

"Well, Mr. Nekozuka accompanied me to buy Christmas decorations."

She glanced at the silent man standing beside her, and continued hesitantly, "We... met Gin."

Koizumi didn't say anything, just waited quietly for her next words.

"Because he saw Mr. Nekatsuka nearby, he left without saying anything."

Mao Zuka glanced at her and said in a muffled voice: "That person tried to recruit me, but I didn't agree."

Miyano Akemi looked at him in shock, as if she didn't understand why he could tell the truth so frankly.

Koizumi nodded: "Okay, I understand."

She turned to look at Miyano Akemi: "Do you understand? This is the correct way to communicate with me."

After saying that, she waved her hand and went upstairs under Miyano Akemi's complicated gaze.

Koizumi went straight back to his bedroom and threw himself on his bed without taking off his clothes.

The Hero...

I don’t want to either!

I want to go home...

She lay there for a long time with her face buried in the pillow.

"Woo..."

But the sobbing only lasted for a short moment before it stopped abruptly.

Sakurai Izumi slowly sat up from the bed.

She wiped her eyes, sat with her head down for a long time, and touched her head in distress: "...Don't cry, little lunatic."