Conan: I'm teasing Conan in Mingke

"Dad, really is such a jerk!" Xiaolan put down her fist angrily and sighed heavily.

Conan has half-moon eyes. Hasn’t Uncle Maori always been like this?

"That's right!" Conan clapped his fists and leaned over the driver's seat: "Come to think of it, Brother Kurokawa, didn't you say last night that you would tell me the sequel to the story today?"

"Conan, don't disturb Kurokawa-kun while he's driving!" Xiaolan quickly hugged Conan back and said, "But what's the story?"

How could this kid Conan be so curious?

Conan blushed a little, but still explained: "It was the bedtime story that Kurokawa brother told me last night. I've never heard it before, so I was a little curious..."

Xiaolan clasped her hands together curiously: "Huh? What kind of story is it?"

"Is such that……"

Conan told Xiaolan the story he heard yesterday in one breath.

Xiaolan looked at Kurokawa Keizawa with starry eyes: "I have never heard of this story before! And then? Did Shi find Yu?"

Kurokawa Keizawa asked back: "What do you think, Xiaolan?"

Xiaolan thought for a moment and said, "If this is a fairy tale, it should end with finding Yu and having a happy ending, right?"

Kurokawa Keizawa smiled and said, "Xiaolan really likes this kind of happy ending."

Xiaolan nodded: "Yes, so this is the final ending?"

"I guess so." Kurokawa Keizawa drove with one hand, but he couldn't help but light a cigarette with his other hand and put it to his mouth.

“Deep in the forest, there is an ancient spring, which is crystal clear and never runs dry in all seasons.

Legend has it that this spring water possesses mysterious power that can nourish all things and give life.

The elders in the forest all believe that the owner recognized by the spring will be the guardian of the forest and possess supreme power and glory.

And those two kittens are the lives born from the center of the spring.

Just as the legend says, they have shown talents and abilities that are completely different from ordinary animals since birth.

As time went on, the elders of the forest began to realize.

Having power means being able to control everything, including the moral principles they once upheld.

Greed and desire gradually grew in their hearts, and they began to secretly plan how to seize the power of the spring.

One day, the elders in the forest found Yu and invited him back to the center of the forest to reminisce about the past.

The kind-hearted white cat did not have any doubts and returned to the forest with great expectations, but he did not expect that this was a carefully laid trap.

After Shi found out that Yu was invited by the elders, he felt uneasy.

However, when he arrived at the center of the forest, he found that I had been imprisoned, and the elders were waiting for him at the spring.

"Why is this happening..." Xiaolan and Conan couldn't help but show indignant expressions.

Kurokawa Keizawa was stunned for a moment when he saw the expressions of the two people through the rearview mirror, then he smiled and said, "Don't show that expression, this is not a sad story."

Xiaolan's heart finally settled down a little: "Then what?"

Kurokawa Keizawa lowered his eyes: "And then..."

"'Shi' made a deal with the elders, and he and 'Yu' could give up the power of the spring unconditionally.

But the premise is that all this requires that the "give" is in a safe state, because for the "give", nothing is more important than the safety of the "give".

The elders were not afraid that Shi would play any tricks, so they agreed to the deal, and Shi settled Yu in a safe place.

After warning me not to act rashly or take a single step outside of safety before he came back, I returned to the spring.

"Wait!" Conan interrupted Kurokawa Keizawa: "Let me guess, in the end, will it be that the spring water exploded with power, strengthening 'Shi' and allowing him to defeat the elder in the forest?"

Most fairy tales have this ending, so this story should be the same, right?

But to Conan's surprise, Kurokawa Keizawa shook his head.

“The spring water has no real power, but it is inexhaustible all year round, nourishing all things and giving life.

It relies on generations of animals who have guarded the spring for generations. In order to prevent the spring from drying up, they use leaves and flowers to collect rainwater.

Using its claws and beak to dig in the soil and create channels, it ensures the flow and continuation of the spring water, thus creating the legendary spring that remains to this day.

'Shi' and 'Yu' always knew that they had never received any so-called gift of spring water.

But the elders have long been blinded by the legends. They are obsessed with power and profit, and crave miracles that do not belong to them. "

"Is this really the case..." Conan seemed to be able to feel the cruelty of reality from this story.

"And then what? And then what?" Xiaolan swallowed, put her hands in a praying position, and her heart was in her throat again.

Kurokawa Keizawa put out his cigarette and his tone became cheerful.

"Then the predictable little black cat set up a bomb at the spring in advance and blew all the elders to pieces!"

Conan: "..."

Xiaolan: "..."

what?

Little question mark, do you have many friends?

Xiaolan was stunned: "Why would there be such a thing as a bomb in the animal world?"

Conan nodded in agreement.

It doesn't make sense no matter how you think about it!

Kurokawa Keizawa joked, "It's a fairy tale after all. We can't have a story where Shi sacrifices himself and Yu is the only cat left alive."

Conan: "..."

I always feel that this is the ending that Kurokawa brother wants to say?

But it's true that, compared to Shi sacrificing himself alone, it feels really good to blow up those elders with bombs (?

Xiaolan touched her chin and said, "Let's not talk about the ending, the previous story is really well written! Did you write it, Kurokawa?"

“It’s a joint creation.”

Although artistic processing accounts for 40 percent of the film, excluding the fabricated ending, it is basically adapted from his and Ah Xing's past life experiences.

"That's great too!" Xiaolan suggested: "Brother Kurokawa, your group has been developing games for a long time, right? How about making a game based on this story! It will definitely be interesting!"

Kurokawa Keizawa blinked his eyes and said, "It is indeed a very good suggestion. Thank you, Xiaolan. I will consider it carefully."

Xiaolan buttoned her skirt shyly: "No, as long as Kurokawa-kun doesn't mind."

With laughter and joy all the way, the group of four finally returned to the familiar Beika Town.

After sending Mori and the other two back to the detective agency, Kurokawa Keisawa returned the rented car and went to Dr. Agasa's house to pick up Rinya who was temporarily staying there.

Haibara Ai's gunshot wound healed in just a few days without leaving any trace.

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The forest represents the society, the spring is the upper political organ, 'shi' is Jingze, 'yu' is Jingxing, and the elders are the dirty adults.

I simply described what happened in my previous life. You should be able to understand it, right? orz

In the future, perhaps, possibly, there will be a specific extra story about the previous life, and then this fairy tale metaphor style will not be used.

It's really a brain-wrecking process to write.

In addition, the world where Jingze and Jingxing lived in their previous lives is imaginary, made up by me, and has nothing to do with Earth! There are no countries on Earth in that world.

I should have written this in the introduction!