Refuse to allow Conan to join the main storyline

The robber held Kudo Shinichi in his arms and slowly backed away while being on guard against Hagiwara Kenji in front of him.

When little Kudo was panicking and afraid to move, he suddenly heard the sound of Xiaolan and Sonoko counting in a low voice coming from behind the robber.

"Three, two, one!"

Before the robber could react, he felt someone kicking both of his knees hard at the same time. He let out a scream and his legs went weak and he was about to kneel.

"Sister Sakurai, we succeeded!"

"Got it, get out of the way!"

Then, at the moment when the robber's body fell sideways, someone grabbed the wrist of the person holding the knife, and someone tripped him, causing him to fly into the air.

Of course, the hostage in his arms was also thrown out by this force.

The robber and the little Kudo both fell heavily to the ground, dizzy and dazed.

However, the robber was immediately arrested by the police who rushed over, while Kudo Shinichi was surrounded by Xiaolan and Sonoko.

Xiaolan touched Kudo Shinichi's forehead with a worried look on her face: "Shinichi, are you okay?"

Sonoko put her hands on her hips and angrily shouted, "Kudo-san, you are such an idiot. You have absolutely no sense of teamwork. You actually rushed forward alone. How reckless! If it weren't for us and Sakurai-san's help, you would have been finished today!"

Xiaolan also nodded and agreed: "Yes, Shinichi, don't forget that you are still an elementary school student, and you haven't learned any fighting skills. Let me do it next time when you need to take action!"

Little Kudo's brain, which had been dazed by the fall, slowly came to its senses. His face turned red from being scolded by the two girls, and he loudly defended himself, "I, I have thought about a plan of action!"

He was just trying to explain to save face when Hagiwara Kenji came over, squatted beside him and said to him seriously: "Kudo, if you want to be a policeman, you really need to train hard and learn some fighting skills."

Little Kudo immediately shouted: "Who wants to be a policeman? My dream is to be a detective!"

"detective……"

Hagiwara Kenji looked at him with a complicated expression: "If he's a policeman, he might be able to get by just relying on his brain, but if he's a detective..."

He pointed at Koizumi who was walking over and said, "If you can't do it to Sakurai's level, forget it. The detective world is more complicated."

Kudo Shinichi was stunned and looked at Koizumi for confirmation: "Really?"

Aunt Sakurai didn't answer.

This person seemed to be completely unconcerned about his injury, and had no intention of caring about him at all. He just glanced down at him coldly.

"How lame."

Then the person walked away.

Kudo Shinichi's defense was broken.

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After handing over the robber to Inspector Megure and helping them find the criminal's discarded clothes and hat and the owner's bag, Koizumi, as per usual practice, originally planned to refuse the police's request for her to cooperate in taking a statement.

But...

Koizumi glanced at the completely petrified Kudo, and a sly smile appeared on his lips.

Inspector Megure was well aware of Koizumi's bad habits and knew that getting her to cooperate with the police in taking a statement would be as difficult as asking her to die.

So, Inspector Megure just asked casually according to the rules and conventions.

Anyway, today's case is just a small one, and there are three children and a working police officer, Kenji Hagiwara, so it doesn't matter even if one person's statement is missing.

But what he never expected was that after he asked for a statement, Koizumi glanced in the direction of the three children next to him, then nodded seriously and said, "Okay, I will cooperate with the police. Let's go back to the police station and take a statement now."

"Eh?"

Inspector Megure was shocked.

But he immediately realized that it must be because of the children that Sakurai was so honest! Because she must set a good and correct example of police-civilian relationship for the children!

In order to prevent Koizumi from having the opportunity to regret, Officer Megure immediately ordered the team to pack up and rushed back to the Beika Police Station with the robber and five witnesses.

In order to prevent Koizumi from escaping, he even specifically asked Koizumi and the robber to ride back in the same police car, and let Hagiwara Kenji drive his own car with his three children behind the police car.

The excuse is: let Koizumi help keep an eye on this extremely vicious criminal and never give him a chance to escape!

How could Koizumi not know the little thoughts of Inspector Megure?

But she just smiled and did as she was told without saying anything.

Kenji Hagiwara, who was well-informed, had known about Koizumi's bad habits for a long time. When he saw her abnormal behavior pattern, he immediately knew that there must be something fishy.

But he couldn't figure out what the profound meaning of Sakurai's actions was?

But soon, Hagiwara knew the answer.

In theory, the parties involved in the same case can have their statements taken separately, after all, this makes work more efficient.

But Koizumi just stared blankly, saying that he did not want to add more workload to the Beika Police Station, and demanded that the two adults and three children be allowed to take statements together.

Inspector Megure didn't know what Sakurai was planning to do, so he simply took the initiative to take on the task of taking the statement.

As a result, when presenting the case, this person said something about training children's language expression and communication skills, and asked Kudo Shinichi to be the main speaker, with Xiaolan and Sonoko assisting on the side. She pulled a chair and sat in the back row, looking down at her mobile phone, as if nothing had to do with her.

In the end, Sakurai's transcript was not completed...

Inspector Megure was speechless.

Although this person came, it was no different from not coming...

Complaining to no avail, Inspector Megure could only abandon her irresponsible detective and start concentrating on his work, listening to little Kudo's story about the case.

When he talked about how he rushed up with a broom to fight with the gangster, little Kudo's face turned red, he lowered his head and refused to say a word.

Looking at Kudo Shinichi's dull eyes that looked like he was dead, Hagiwara Kenji was very worried.

He leaned close to Koizumi's ear and whispered, "Sakurai, is this really okay?"

"what?"

Koizumi lowered his head and played with his cell phone, pretending not to understand.

"I mean that child, that child..."

Kenji Hagiwara simply put his hand over Koizumi's phone screen, forcing her to look up and respond seriously.

"You brought him here on purpose to take a statement, right? Why did you force him to repeat his mistakes?"

"Shouldn't it be right?"

"But he is only a fifth grader."

Koizumi smiled and said, "He is in the fifth grade of elementary school, not five years old. And wouldn't it be good to take this opportunity to let him reflect on himself?"

Koizumi did not lower her voice at all, and Inspector Megure and the children in front of her all heard clearly what she said.

Kudo Shinichi also heard it.

Koizumi wanted him to hear it on purpose, and continued in a chilly tone: "I didn't scold him or hit him, I just made him repeat his mistakes. Hagiwara, you too, you are neither his father nor his mother, why do you feel so sorry for him?"

The office door was pushed open and Kudo Yusaku came in from outside, standing stiffly at the door with an embarrassed look on his face.

Hagiwara Kenji said helplessly: "But he is a good seedling. If you discourage him like this, he will lose confidence."

"Huh? Kudo Shinichi would lose confidence? Don't be ridiculous. How about I tell you about his heroic deeds."