Detective Conan: Knifeman? I'm a good citizen of Beihua

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, a year has passed.

In front of the Poirot Café.

Kudo Shinichi helped put Mao Lilan's suitcase in the car, then turned around and said, "It's almost time, we should go."

Maori Kogoro was still nagging: "Ran, when you go to college, remember to find time to call us. Come back to see us if you miss us. If you need anything, be sure to tell me... What should I do if I can't see you on weekdays... Wuwu——"

In the car ahead, Hattori Heiji poked his head out speechlessly: "Uncle, Toudou University is very close to here, just take the subway. If you want to see me, you can see me every day, so don't delay!"

Maori Kogoro's originally somewhat sad mood suddenly paused: "Huh? Is that so?"

Kudo Shin's eyes were half crescent, and he laughed in his heart: "Uncle must have forgotten which university Xiaolan attended, what an unreliable guy——"

Mao Lilan was also helpless: "Dad, I will be back on the weekend."

So Maori Kogoro turned his attention to Kudo Shinichi and said in a particularly unhappy tone: "Stinky boy, take good care of my daughter. If she suffers the slightest injustice, you will be dead-"

He almost roared the last sentence, like a lion roaring, and Kudo Shinichi was ashamed: "I know, uncle."

Mao Lilan's face was a little hot, and she pulled Kudo Shinichi into the car: "Okay, we got it. Let's go. Goodbye, Dad."

As the car drove away, Maori Kogoro stood there, feeling sad: "Lan, I can't bear to leave you——wuwu——"

Behind Kogoro Mouri, an elegantly dressed woman slowly put on a white top hat, pressed down her golden wavy hair, and turned away.

Inside the Poirot Café, Azusa Enomoto heard the noises coming from Maori Kogoro, and looked over with a tray in hand, a little dazed: "Ah, Xiaolan and the others are in college now, time flies."

Baichuan Qiu lazily rocked his recliner: "Fast? Maybe this world is jumping timelines."

Azusa Enomoto chuckled: "Hahaha, maybe that's possible."

The woman next to him, wearing a shop assistant's apron, chuckled and said teasingly, "If you ask me, the store manager is like the protagonist of a certain world. Maybe the timeline revolves around the store manager."

Azusa Enomoto was also thinking: "So, the store manager really has the style of a protagonist! Then we are all important supporting characters? What will the story of this world be about?"

Baichuan Qiu held his forehead, sat up, looked at the two shop assistants behind the counter who were beginning to imagine a story, and said weakly: "Xiaozi, Xingzi, can you please forgive me? Let's not talk about this kind of second-year topic."

Azusa Enomoto and Anko Mikata suddenly stopped talking, looked at each other, and then did their own things while trying to suppress their smiles.

Kyoko Mikata, the serial killer of geishas, ​​received extensive media coverage after her arrest. Many sympathized with the girls' experiences, and Mikata, the killer, garnered significant public support. Coupled with the already shattered reputation of the Nishizaki family and letters of apology from the victims' families, Mikata was eventually released on early parole with the help of a lawyer sent by the Hase family, becoming a member of the Café Poirot.

Anko Mikata was originally an artist, and later became a geisha, which required a high level of service attitude and quality. Therefore, her joining did not bring any controversy to the Poirot Café. Instead, it made the Poirot Café's business more prosperous.

Shirakawa Qiu is even thinking about whether he should buy the shop next door and make Poirot Cafe bigger and stronger - more and more people are coming to the shop recently.

Mikata Anzi didn't notice the store manager's distress. She placed a plate of dessert in front of the children and said, "Please enjoy your meal."

The children thanked them happily and started to share their delicious food.

"Ah, I don't know what happened to Conan. I haven't been able to contact him for a long time." Ayumi Yoshida said distressedly.

Huiyuan Ai's hand paused, and then she said nonchalantly: "He must be very busy recently."

"Conan is really too much. He left without even saying goodbye properly!" Kojima Genta said resentfully.

Huiyuan Ai was silent for a moment, then said: "I am also going to leave for a while."

"what?"

The children's surprised and disappointed voices came, and Huiyuan Ai curled her lips and explained seriously: "I am going to the United States with an elder. I will be back after I finish the things over there. Don't worry, I am not like that guy."

"Haibara's elder? Dr. Agasa?" asked Yoshida Ayumi.

"No, it's another one..."

Haibara Ai said this with a smile on her face.

Outside the window, across the street, Akai Mary, who had turned back into an adult body, was standing quietly under the shade of a tree, and beside her was Akai Shuichi.

"Professor Grave is a very good person. Shino was once her student. It would be great to follow her in the future."

Akai Mary said, glaring at Akai Shuichi, "This time when they go back, you have to protect them the whole time. As for Mingmei's matter, I will settle the score with you after we return."

Akai Shuichi smiled bitterly: "I know."

Ai Haibara seemed to realize something, raised her head and looked out the window, but saw nothing.

"Then Haibara, you must come back!" Yoshida Ayumi stretched out her hand, "Pin pinky promise!"

Huiyuan Ai also stretched out her hand: "Pink pinky promise."

The children were happily discussing what to do next. A silver-haired woman wearing sunglasses came over, picked up something on the ground, and placed it in front of Yoshida Ayumi: "Little sister, you dropped your things."

Yoshida Ayumi took it and said, "Thank you, big sister!"

She raised her head and glanced at the woman, then suddenly tilted her head: "Big sister, you look familiar—"

The woman pushed up her sunglasses to hide the gentleness in her eyes and said softly, "Maybe it's fate."

Then she stood up and slowly walked out of the cafe.

Only Haibara Ai noticed that there was a white dolphin pendant hanging on the edge of the woman's clothes pocket, which looked particularly familiar.

But before she could remember where the little dolphin came from, the woman had already left the Poirot Café.

Haibara Ai regretfully looked away.

……

"Ding--"

The door of the cafe was pushed open again, and Baichuan Yu walked in holding a cat.

"Meow~ Host, I'm back!"

The system cat ran out of Baichuanqiu's arms and climbed onto Baichuanqiu's body.

Baichuan Qiu bent down good-naturedly and rubbed the cat's head: "I'm glad you're back."

Then he looked at Bai Chuanyu and nodded slightly: "Thank you for your hard work during this period."

"It's okay." Bai Chuanyu shook his head, his eyes fixed on the system cat, his expression gentle, "Xiaoxi is more well-behaved than I thought, and she's not picky about food. She's really likable."

Xiaoxi is the current name of System Cat.

"I've been busy with work lately, and Xiaoxi even urges me to eat." Bai Chuanyu felt a little funny when recalling what happened in the past few days.

It was unbelievable that he, a prosecutor of the Special Investigation Department, was urged to eat by a cat.

The system also complained: "Host, your brother really doesn't know how to take care of himself. He doesn't eat when he's busy. I can only remind him reluctantly!"

Bai Chuanqiu laughed.

Indeed……

"Ding--"

Someone else walked in.

"Shirakawa, let's go. Didn't we agree to have dinner together today?" Matsuda Jinpei urged casually.

Baichuanqiu thought for a moment, then stuffed the cat into his arms again and said quickly, "The cafe will be expanded in a while. Please help me take care of it for a few more days, Xiaoxi. Supervise this guy's meals. When he eats on time, you can come back."

"Eh?"

"Meow?"

The man and the cat were dumbfounded, but Shirakawa Akane didn't wait for them to offer any other opinions. He just waved his hand and said to Enomoto Azusa and Mikata Anko: "I'm leaving first. I'll leave the store to you~"

Then he hurriedly followed Matsuda and others away.

Only Baichuan Yu and the system cat were left staring at each other.

After a moment of silence, Bai Chuanyu carefully picked up the system cat and asked, "Let's go home?"

The system cat licked its paws and, considering that this human was kind to it, reluctantly agreed: "Meow~"

Bai Chuanyu smiled and said, "Okay, let's go home."

……

Shirakawa Qiu was dragged to a dinner party.

Now both Furuya Rei and Morofushi Kagemitsu have officially returned to their original identities. Furuya Rei continues to work in the Zero Group of the National Police Agency and has a bright future, while Morofushi Kagemitsu returned to the Public Security Bureau of the Metropolitan Police Department, was promoted all the way, and officially became Yuya Kazami's superior.

Although Matsuda, Hagiwara, and Date have not yet changed their positions, after experiencing this series of events, their future development will naturally be smoother.

As the only businessman among the six people, Shirakawa Qiu received special attention.

"Shirakawa, you have to make your coffee shop bigger and stronger in the future." Matsuda Jinpei put his arm around Shirakawa Akane's shoulder, raising his glass excitedly, "Then I can drink your coffee for free wherever I go in the future."

Baichuan Qiu was embarrassed: "Then why don't I just open one directly in front of the Metropolitan Police Department?"

"That's a good idea. Let's happily decide—"

"Hey, who allowed you to make decisions on your own?"

"Haha, I don't care anyway, just figure out a way to do it yourself! Hahaha——"

"Hagiwara, this guy is drunk, take him away quickly--"

"NO! I don't want to sit with this drunk either!"

"Zhu Fu, don't pull me, I want to fight this curly-haired bastard——"

"Ah, squad leader, look at him! Take care of him!"

"Xiao Baichuan~ Come and sit down, ignore these drunks~"

"?——You're not much better!"

The lively dinner came to an end as night slowly fell.

The group walked back slowly, stepping under the soft moonlight and the lights on the roadside, as free and easy as they had been many years ago.

Matsuda and Hagiwara were walking in front, Morobushi and Date were chatting about their recent cooking experiences, and the last ones to come were Shirakawa Akane and Furuya Rei.

There was still a hint of drunkenness in the blond young man's purple-gray eyes, but they looked particularly bright under the moonlight.

"Shirakawa."

He called out, and Baichuan Qiu looked at him and turned slightly: "Hmm?"

"I'm really happy," Furuya Ling said softly, "We can all be together all the time, and no one will be missing out."

"I'm happy too." Baichuan Qiu's eyebrows curved, and his smile was gentle and soothing, with a bit of unrestrainedness that had never been seen before.

"Actually, I had a dream a while ago. In it, I was alone in the fortress, stumbling and fighting against those guys. Many of my subordinates died in the process." Furuya Ling raised his head and looked at the bright moon in the sky, his voice melancholy. "In the end, I was so tired that I simply sank to the bottom of the sea with the entire fortress - and then I woke up."

Baichuan Qiu listened silently without saying anything.

"Later, I didn't dare go back to sleep, so I just sat there until dawn - I was really afraid that everything I was experiencing was just a dream."

Fūya Rei looked at the person next to him, his voice unusually low.

At this moment, Shirakawa Qiu seemed to see the Furuya Rei in a parallel universe—the lonely Zero.

"I really can't imagine what the world would be like without you, but I always feel that maybe that would be my final destination."

Shirakawa Akane smiled and raised his hand to press on Rei Fūya's forehead. The cool palm of his hand made Rei Fūya much more sober.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" The white-haired young man looked at Furuya Rei, "No one will leave you alone."

Perhaps his arrival was a cry from one group of unwilling destinies to another, and he was honored to end all the tragedies on their behalf.

Furuya Rei is not alone.

Fūya Ling rubbed his brows and felt that he was quite sentimental just now, which suddenly made him laugh.

"Thank you, Shirakawa."

Finally the blond young man said.

"Although I have no evidence, I should have said this to you a year ago."

The seabed hides all the secrets, but human intuition is always unreasonable.

Bai Chuanqiu was silent for a moment, then smiled brightly: "Then I won't be polite."

"Hey, what are those two guys who have fallen behind doing over there?"

Jinpei Matsuda's voice came from the front.

Hagiwara Kenji: "What are you whispering about?"

Yi Dahang was worried: "Could he have really drunk too much?"

"Tsk, that golden-haired bastard, I don't believe he would drink too much! Shirakawa is even more cunning, it would be outrageous if he got drunk!" Matsuda Jinpei complained without leaving any room for negotiation.

Zhu Fujingguang waved his hand: "Hurry up and follow."

Shirakawa Akane and Furuya Rei looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

"Coming!"

(Finish)