Conan kissed me again and again, and Huiyuan was stunned

"I...I had forgotten about this matter."

Xiaolan looked straight ahead without focusing on anything, and her words were filled with sadness.

Detective Shiratori stopped his car at the zebra crossing, looked up at Xiaolan reflected in the middle rearview mirror in the front row, and calmly judged:

"Perhaps this is a past event that you don't want to recall, so you unintentionally chose to forget it."

"But......"

Xiaolan leaned forward, holding the backrest and headrest of the driver's seat with both hands. She leaned her round head to the left side of the driver's seat, looking at Detective Shiratori with an indescribable expression, and asked with complicated thoughts:

"Why did Dad shoot?"

"Maybe he's too confident in his marksmanship."

Detective Shiratori looked back at Xiaolan and then looked forward, guessing seriously:

"He believed he could accurately avoid the hostages and hit the criminal, but who would have thought that the bullet would hit your mother instead."

The scene of Kisaki Eri being shot that year flashed through Xiaolan's mind. A few drops of sweat oozed out of her soft palms and she was speechless for a moment.

Detective Shiratori leaned back slightly, closed his eyes, and narrated calmly:

"Mr. Maori's behavior of firing the gun without regard for the safety of the hostages caused controversy among all parties in the Metropolitan Police Department, and he chose to resign shortly thereafter."

Having said this, Detective Shiratori opened his eyes, looked at the road ahead, and drove the car steadily forward.

Xiaolan lowered her head, looking straight ahead without focusing on anything, and said with incomprehensible worry in her heart:

“Why…why did Dad shoot back then?

He could have thought of other ways, so why did he shoot decisively...”

"Because the criminal held Auntie Eri hostage with a gun~"

Dongfang Haoyue saw through Xiaolan's inner thoughts at a glance, looked at her gently, and guessed seriously:

"If the criminal takes Aunt Yingli to the street and hijacks a car at gunpoint and heads to another place, it will be difficult for the police to catch the criminal!"

"No, that's not right."

Xiaolan came back to her senses, stood up, turned to look at Dongfang Haoyue, and retorted emotionally:

"Even if the criminal hijacks a car with my mother and escapes, the police can catch him as long as they set up a blockade!"

Dongfang Haoyue waved her hand and was about to explain.

“Not necessarily.”

Kudo Shinichi grabbed Dongfang Haoyue's two little hands, looked at Xiaolan calmly, and argued with reason:

"The criminal had a pistol in his hand. Even if the police set up a cordon, they could not prevent the criminal from indiscriminately killing passers-by on the street. Uncle Kogoro may have chosen to shoot the criminal in order to avoid more people from getting hurt."

Xiaolan has not responded yet.

Dongfang Haoyue nodded repeatedly and agreed with a smile:

"Uh-huh!"

"What? Dad was obviously too confident and that's why he hurt Mom!"

Xiaolan believed the explanations of Dongfang Haoyue and Kudo Shinichi, but she folded her hands, turned her head to the right, and a proud expression appeared on her fair face.

"In that case~"

Dongfang Haoyue smiled mischievously, gently broke free from Kudo Shinichi's two small hands, reached into the left pocket of his shirt, fumbled for a moment, took out the blue earring-style mobile phone and hung it in front of his chest, with the knuckles of both hands against Shinichi's back, and playfully suggested:

"Why don't we just call and ask Uncle Kogoro what he thought back then~?"

“Ah, no!!”

Xiaolan suddenly turned to the left, looked at Dongfang Haoyue excitedly, leaned forward slightly, reached out to the phone, tried to snatch it away, and eagerly stopped him:

"If Dad knew that I was doubting what he did back then, he would definitely be unhappy!"

"Be calm and don't be impatient~"

Dongfang Haoyue turned to look at the angry Xiaolan, and with his right hand he spread her two little hands apart. Without even looking at it, he tapped the phone keyboard with his left hand, entered the number of Officer Megure, and promised with a sweet smile:

"I definitely won't tell you that it was Sister Xiaolan who wanted to ask about that incident~"

"Humph."

Xiaolan was unable to resist Dongfang Haoyue's great strength, so she decisively retracted her two hands, turned her head to look at the scenery passing by outside the window, and snorted in dissatisfaction, but in fact she smiled with expectation in her heart:

"That's great, I can directly ask my father why he did that, and I don't have to worry about it!

By the way, Haoyue's strength is getting stronger and stronger. Before, I could only beat her in arm wrestling, but now I can't even beat one of her hands with both hands!"

Xiaolan placed her right hand on her right leg, held her left hand loosely with her palm resting on her chin, and muttered inwardly:

"Dongfang clearly said that Haoyue was still young and couldn't display her strength as a ninja, but now even I can't subdue her. If she behaves naughtily and misbehaves, how can I educate her?

Hmm...Haoyue isn't that naughty~"

As Xiaolan thought about it, a happy curve appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Kudo Shinichi put his hands on his legs and looked at Xiaolan quietly, his handsome face filled with a doting smile.

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at the same time.

Ginza, an entertainment venue, has a vast hall where lights shine ambiguously.

Inspector Megure sat in his original position with his hands on the counter, occasionally looking back at Towako Okano who was still entertaining Peter Ford, protecting her secretly with all his heart.

The same is true for Kogoro Mori.

suddenly!

"Jingle bell bell."

It was a short telephone ring.

Officer Megure was slightly stunned, then he quickly took out an old-fashioned black cell phone from the right pocket of his shirt and hung it in front of his chest.

Kogoro Mouri was slightly stunned and turned to look at Megure.

Officer Megure looked down at the phone number displayed on the screen and confirmed that it was from Conan Edogawa. He held the phone to his ear and pressed the answer button without even looking at it. He asked calmly in a low voice:

"Hey?

What's wrong? "

Actually...

Officer Megure looked down at the counter, wondering in his heart:

"At this time...Detective Shiratori should still be sending Xiaolan and the others home.

Conan called them. Could it be that they encountered a case on their way home?

It couldn't be that the criminals attacked them, right?

Haoyue's embroidery needle is magical. No matter how you look at it, ordinary prisoners can hardly resist the power of the embroidery needle.

Unless... a bomb?

pistol?

Car accident?

Uh...if that's the case, Conan wouldn't have had a chance to call me."

The thought just fell.

"Hey, Officer Megure, it's me, Haoyue~!"

Dongfang Haoyue sat in her original position, with her right hand on her right leg, her left hand holding the hands-free phone on her red lips, and she looked at the round back of Kudo Shinichi's head with a smile, and said concisely and directly:

"Is Uncle Kogoro with you?"

"Uh......"

Officer Megure held the phone in front of his chest, looked at it in silence, and then held the phone to his ear. In order to avoid the criminal who wanted to murder Okano Towako being nearby and hearing the noise, he answered in a puzzled voice:

"Brother Maori is indeed with me. What do you want from him?"

When Kogoro Mouri heard this, he looked at Inspector Megure in surprise.

Dongfang Haoyue smiled sweetly and asked:

"Please, Officer Megure, pass the phone to Uncle Kogoro~!"