Chapter 54 Follow-up
Teitan High School, after school in the afternoon.

"Hey, Xiaolan, do you want to ask for leave?"

Suzuki Sonoko asked, "Then I will be a human being for the next two days!"

Mao Lilan put the textbooks into her schoolbag, sorted out the homework she had to complete in the next few days, and said with a smile: "Sorry, Sonoko, there is an emergency and I have to rush over."

"Hooh?"

Suzuki Sonoko half turned her head and squinted her eyes at her: "I think this matter has something to do with that mystery maniac, right?"

Mao Lilan blushed and her eyes drifted to the side unnaturally: "What are you talking about, Sonoko, what does this have to do with Shinichi?"

She felt a little guilty because Conan's identity was not public, so she had to lie to her best friend.

Suzuki Sonoko stroked her forehead and sighed: "Xiaolan, you really are not good at lying."

"Besides, since we've been friends since childhood, how could I not notice your mood changes these days?"

Mao Lilan was stunned: "Is it... very obvious?"

Suzuki Sonoko nodded: "After Kudo left, there was confusion and worry in your eyes, but just a few days ago, these emotions disappeared, replaced by joy and determination."

She seriously deduced, "Either Kudo has already contacted you, or you have found someone else and changed your mind!"

Mao Lilan was speechless and could only say dryly: "You are really a famous detective."

Suzuki Sonoko stuck out her tongue and laughed.

Then she waved her hand and said, "Forget it, I won't ask about your secrets. But if you need my help, please tell me!"

Feeling the care from her good friend, Mao Lilan was so moved that she was almost ready to dump everything out.

Suzuki Sonoko also started packing her things - school had been over for a while and she was leaving school now.

But on the way to the classroom door, passing by the second row of familiar desks, she couldn't help but sigh with regret.

"Garden..."

Xiaolan saw her stop where she was, staring at Su Beixun's table, and called out worriedly.

"I am fine."

Suzuki Sonoko was somewhat bored: "I just don't want to believe that classmate Su Bei... would do something like that."

The collapse of multiple buildings cannot be concealed, and so many police officers died in the line of duty. In addition, manpower needs to be mobilized to dig out the survivors buried under the rubble. The police must give an explanation for such a big commotion.

Therefore, they announced what Su Beixun had done and the other party's horrific act of using bombs on a large scale to kill and injure countless people.

However, what reassured the public was that the police also announced the other party's death.

Mao Lilan bit her lip, feeling a little depressed: "I saw with my own eyes... classmate Su Bei killed someone..."

She recalled the day when Su Beixun stabbed the drunk's throat with a fierce knife, and the cold look he gave her as he looked down upon her...

"I had thought that when we met again, I would definitely ask him why he did this... but now, there is no chance."

After all, they knew each other. Even if Su Beixun committed heinous crimes, the two kind-hearted girls would still be unhappy about his death.

After leaving school, the two said goodbye to each other.

Mao Lilan suppressed her sentimental mood and thought about the various luggage she would need to prepare when she left for Hokkaido tomorrow.

Soon, the big sign of Maori Detective Agency appeared in front of us.

When she opened the door, she didn't see Conan, but Kogoro Mouri was wearing a solemn black suit and sitting in the swivel chair he always sat in.

"Dad, is the funeral over?"

Maori Kogoro drank half a can of beer and lay on the table drunkenly: "Yeah... it's all over..." It had been several days since the incident, and the police officers who died in the line of duty were buried together today. Everything was settled and ended just like that.

But he just couldn't forget it!
As soon as I close my eyes, everything that happened from beginning to end appears vividly in my mind.

There were also the broken limbs dug out from the ruins, and the bodies that had almost turned into mud...

It's not that he can't stand seeing miserable situations, nor is his heart that fragile, but the feeling of powerlessness that cannot be changed by his own experience still makes him uncontrollably depressed and unable to muster any motivation.

The painful and hideous expression on Officer Megure's face when he fired the gun, and the gentle smile and words on Su Beixun's face before he jumped off the building, were intertwined with each other and had become his nightmare.

Mao Lilan was a little worried when she saw his decadent appearance, but she didn't know how to comfort him.

"Don't worry, Dad, I'm not that easily defeated."

Seeing his daughter's expression, Maori Kogoro waved his hands and wanted to say something heroic, but suddenly thought of Inspector Megure and couldn't help but sigh: "It's just that Megure... Well, I hope he can get over it."

Mao Lilan also remembered the officer Megure who looked like a walking corpse with a gray look in his eyes when he was in the hospital, and asked worriedly, "Is the officer okay?"

"Who knows?"

Maori Kogoro crushed the beer can into a pancake and threw it into the trash can at his feet: "Even if no one blames him, he still quit his job as a policeman. Now he is either drinking all day or taking care of the injured policemen in the hospital... I'd better go and enlighten him later."

Mao Lilan sighed as well.

She visited the hospitalized police officers, all of whom were seriously injured. In particular, Officer Takagi was still in a coma. However, it was said that he was lucky to be alive.

"Uncle, the bath water is ready!"

Conan opened the door and shouted.

Kogoro Mouri stood up shakily, left the room and walked towards the bathroom.

Suddenly, only Mouri Ran and Conan were left in the room, looking at each other.

Although they have known each other for several days, Mao Lilan has not yet adapted to getting along with Kudo who has turned into a child, especially when she thinks of the past when they took a bath and slept together, she even wants to beat him until he loses his memory.

Perhaps sensing the murderous intent, Conan coughed dryly a few times and changed the subject: "Sister Xiaolan... Xiaolan, you don't actually have to go to Hokkaido with me."

He scratched his head to dissuade.

Although Su Beixun was suspected to be dead, there was no guarantee what he had left behind in the school.

Remembering the "hell" that the other party had once said, he decided to go investigate, but he didn't want Mao Lilan to take the risk with him.

"what?"

Mao Lilan put her hands on her hips and said, "Are you going to leave me alone again?"

She looked Conan in the eye firmly: "Rather than waiting here all the time, I would rather face the danger with you!"

Conan was speechless. Looking at Xiaolan like this, he couldn't say no at all.

However, since Su Beixun is dead, even if there is danger, the problem will not be too big...right?

Just as he was weighing the risks bit by bit, Mao Lilan pulled out the suitcase.

"While dad is not here, hurry up and pack up what you need!"

That's right, because they were afraid of being stopped, they didn't tell Maori Kogoro about their trip to Hokkaido. Maori Ran's excuse for taking leave was to ask Dr. Agasa to help cover it up.

Just like that, after a busy period...

Everything is ready, just waiting for dawn tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)