Phantom Thief of Heart!but conan

Chapter 390 "The Devil"

After Tang Ze finished speaking, Mori Kogoro's expression went blank.

As for Tang Ze's rather harsh words, they were not all intended to stimulate him, but partly out of emotion.

Fei Yingli, who opened her own law firm, is a very powerful lawyer, known as the "Queen of Legal Affairs" who claims 100% victory and has never lost a lawsuit.

The income of a top lawyer, the income of a top lawyer who has never lost a battle, is unimaginable for working people who work on a day-to-day basis.

However, even Fei Yingli, who has reached this level of income, cannot afford to support a gambler.

For gamblers, no matter how much income and savings they have, they are almost equal to zero, because they will lose if they gamble for a long time, and gamblers do not have the situation of "gambling a few times and then quitting".Having experienced and seen so many gambling games involving hundreds of millions of money, money has gradually become a number in their eyes, and he will really regard gambling as the same as speculating in stocks, "operations and investments that can make some money." ".

It is this kind of mentality that makes them no matter how many times they fall into this huge pit, once they have money in their hands, they will still try to make money by gambling for the first time.

Once they get involved in gambling, they can't get out. There is always a kind of stupidity that will take root in their minds. However, if you gamble for a long time, you will lose, and there will never be a winner.

This business takes advantage of the weakness of human nature, so that the people who sit in the farm can make a lot of money, so that it has developed to the extent that some places use it as a pillar industry...

"You used to be a criminal police officer, and you are a police officer who has seriously entered the police academy and received systematic training." Tang Ze looked seriously into the eyes of Mouri Kogoro, "You were also a person who was born to protect the people. The choice of becoming a detective in the police force must also have the impact of a long-term police career...Why, such a policeman, let his life slip to such a point?"

A part of Tang Ze's words was a sincere question.

Mori Kogoro did not leave his previous post in embarrassment because of any professional negligence or fault.

Although both have a long history of drinking, there is a big difference between him and Tang Ze in his previous life.

Tang Ze would drink heavily, mainly because he had no desire to survive.A person who is active on the most dangerous front line, living with lies and dangers every day, suddenly becomes a useless person who can't stand up and take care of himself. The shock is hard to sum up.

So what about Mori Kogoro?

Hearing his question, Mori Kogoro looked extremely gloomy.

He dug out the cigarette box, knocked out a cigarette, slowly picked up the lighter, and managed to light the cigarette after using it two or three times.

"...Well, you are not joking, Xiaolan is very serious about me, I have already felt it." In the smoke, he said sullenly, "However, say a few words of uncle's nonsense, young man It may be difficult for people to understand... Have you ever had the experience of being confident that you can do a good job, thinking that you have paid a lot, and there is no reason why you can't get something, but when the real thing comes to an end, you make a mess of things? ?”

Tang Ze, who was not young at all, looked at his fatigued state in the sunlight and smoke, and understood the current rhythm a little bit.

It seems that Mori Kogoro was convinced by his words, and began to want to talk about the midlife crisis.

"You're right, I used to be a policeman, and I'm not boasting, I did a good job." Mouri Kogoro laughed twice, and the laughter was full of self-deprecating meaning, "So I thought I could do it too. To be a good detective, to be a good father and a good husband, I thought to myself that I couldn't do it before because of the busy police life, which prevented me from concentrating on my family, and I thought that the relationship between me and Eri was getting stiffer , I can’t balance the relationship between family and work. However, after I stopped being a policeman... I discovered that some people are not good at doing certain things by nature.”

Losing his job as a reason, or even an exaggeration, an excuse, he found to his horror—

Some people really can't learn to maintain an intimate relationship, and they can't learn to run a family well.

"So, you started drinking?" Hearing this, Tang Ze received a little bit of the other party's meaning, "In order to escape this cruel situation?"

"Yeah... just think that these are all excuses made by my failed uncle." Biting his cigarette holder, Mouri Kogoro replied vaguely, "My relationship with Eri broke down, and the main responsibility lies with me. After resigning from the police force , I was working as a detective casually, I didn't receive many commissions, and the money I earned was not enough to cover the rent of the cafe downstairs, but my office was downstairs from my house, and Eri saw all of this.

"Her career is getting bigger and bigger, her law firm is very famous, and I am becoming more and more like a low-level private detective. I feel out of place, feel pain, and I quarrel with her more and more, but the law firm It was just downstairs in my own house, so I felt more and more pressured, less and less afraid to go home, and slowly..."

He took a deep breath, inhaled all the bitter smell of tobacco into his lungs, felt the dryness of his throat, and closed his eyes slightly.

Then it got out of hand.

When he woke up from the hangover again and again, he looked at the messy home, Feiyingli with an angry face, and Xiaolan with a frightened face...

He was more and more afraid to go home, afraid to face all this, and more and more addicted to it.

Because, if you don’t continue like this, if you don’t continue to paralyze yourself, you will have to face the fact that you have done so many things wrong, you have messed up so many things, and the family that should have been perfect has been shattered step by step...

People will instinctively seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, fearing and avoiding to face themselves.

"It's only after I try it that I know... some people are not suitable to be fathers or husbands." Mori Kogoro concluded in this way.

"Perhaps, it's true that there will be such a situation... But Mr. Mori, a senior policeman I know, when I said that I didn't think I might be suitable for the police profession, so when I gave up this dream, he told me—— 'There is no such thing as whether it is suitable to be a police officer, only the difference between being responsible'. I want to tell you the same now."

Tang Ze sat upright, and some blurred figures flashed in front of his eyes.

There is no doubt that there is Amuro Toru, and there are also... In his last life, in his lowest time, regardless of his busy work, he persevered in seeing his seniors every day.

With a nostalgic smile, Tang Ze said softly: "There is no such thing as being suitable for being a father or a husband. You think you are a failed uncle, you don't think you can handle family relations well, and even because of these reasons, you are addicted to In a bad state of life, it is impossible to quit those harmful things...

"This will only be a vicious circle. Humans are social animals. Human cognition of self is formed in constant contact with other people. We can't see ourselves, and we can only use others as mirrors to constantly check Your own appearance. The more you see the worst part of yourself, the more you should work hard to see it, find it, and eliminate it..."

Tang Ze, who had a deep understanding, raised his face and showed a sympathetic smile.

Of course he knows that he can't get up when he falls to the bottom of the valley, and there are only bare walls around him. No matter how hard he tries, it seems that he will only fall into a more desperate situation... No matter whether it is others or himself who caused this predicament, a predicament is a predicament, and will Let people sink into the mud.

At that time, he received enough patience and kindness.

He really couldn't stand up, but with the help of so many people, he walked on firmly.

Embarrassed, incomplete, and unable to return to society or order, he can no longer be what he used to be.

But anyway, he walked on and didn't fall down at that time.

so……

Tang Ze leaned forward and stretched out his hand towards Kogoro Mori who was stunned behind the table.

"We are all willing to help you. We all believe that Mori Kogoro is an excellent policeman, and he will also be an excellent detective—as long as you don't give up first." With a serious face, Tang Ze straightened his arms, "What about you, Uncle Maori, are you willing to accept our help and fight against your bad self?"

Mori Kogoro stared blankly at his palm.

The expression on his face was quite complicated and difficult to understand, but his eyes looking at Tang Ze gradually softened.

So, before he gave an answer, Tang Ze knew his answer.

【Cooperation Mori Kogoro】

【Arkana: Devil】

[The devil symbolizes depravity and desire, but the chains holding Eve and Adam have never been tightened.

Indulging in material enjoyment and forgetting the sublimation of the self, this is destined to be a not so positive Tarot... But the Phantom Thief of the Heart, isn't it to fight and struggle with desire for a long time until he finds the true "heart"? " of it?
The devil will teach fools to coexist with desires, always be alert to self, always be alert to arrogance, and welcome the path you choose, and please always remember that you are willing to hold an umbrella for others at this moment. 】

[Acquired Ability: "Third-rate Detective" (The content that can be observed by the third eye has increased)]

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