Conan: The Man Behind the Romance

Chapter 400: Conan moves into the Mori family; Eri Kisaki divorces

After a while, Hotaru received an email from Kiyoko, and he called Xiaolan and Sonoko to leave the Mori Detective Agency together.

"Ms. Yuko is sleeping with her in her arms now, so it's not convenient for her to come down. She will rest here tonight."

Hotaru showed the email to Xiaolan, and when he went downstairs and saw Kogoro Mouri sitting on the steps, he told him about it.

"Do you want to send her some food?" asked Kogoro Mouri.

"Even if they have any needs, Ms. Aida will take care of them." Yingsheng made a phone call, gave instructions, and hung up before saying, "Mr. Maori, please wait here for a while. Someone from the Sumiyoshi-kai will come and take you for the test later."

Maori Kogoro nodded, "Thank you very much."

Yingsheng turned and left. He had only taken a few steps when he heard a hesitant voice behind him:
"Xedomatsu Kiyoko... used to be..."

"I don't want to hear anything about this anymore, Mr. Maori. Is this so difficult?" Yingsheng interrupted.

"Sorry, I just think... the police went a little too far before. She is actually quite pitiful." Kogoro Mouri sighed and lit another cigarette.

"Mr. Maori, do you know what the most meaningless thing in the world is?" asked Yingsheng.

"what?"

“The tragic past of mankind.”

Yingsheng's footsteps did not pause for the slightest, and while he was talking, he had already disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

There seemed to be a lingering sound in the quiet air. Kogoro Mori looked at the empty corner and the gray and white street revealed at the edge of the corner, and was stunned for a long time.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but when the ringing of the landline phone on the second floor pierced his nerves like a sharp cone, he suddenly jumped up and ran upstairs quickly.

Yuko Ikezawa is resting, don't wake her up.

But before he could run to the door, the phone stopped ringing. He tiptoed upstairs and opened the door. Aida Masayo was leaning against the desk with the receiver in her hand.

"It's Officer Megure," she said towards the door.

Kogoro Mori went over to answer the phone, feeling quite nervous, but fortunately all Megure Jusan said was good news. With the assistance of "Kudo Shinichi", Dr. Ogawa's child had been safely rescued, and other cases were also being investigated.

Kogoro Mouri let out a long sigh, and after noticing that Megure Jusan was hesitant to speak, he looked at the pile of detective commission files on the table and chuckled softly.

"I'm sorry about all this. Don't worry, Officer Megure, I won't be a detective anymore."

"Is that so..." Megure Jusan was also relieved, "What will you do next? In fact, these cases are more of our police's responsibility, you don't have to blame yourself too much."

"The guy from the Mizuki family asked me to work as a shooting coach in his company. I hope I can perform well later." Maori Kogoro scratched his head. "Speaking of this, is his past experience quite...bad?"

"His family situation was not good in the past, and it is cause and effect that he is like this now." Megure Jusan sighed, "Anyway, Maori brother, just follow him and do your best. There is nothing else to do."

"Well, I'm very sorry for causing you to get hurt in Ginza last week. Are you feeling better?"

"You were trying to save people, it's nothing. Who would have thought those guys in the nightclub were so arrogant. There's nothing serious going on with your body, you'll be discharged in a few days."

What they were talking about, of course, was the incident in which Kogoro Mori saved Yuko Ikezawa and escaped from the nightclub.

Although Kogoro Mori did something wrong at the beginning, he turned out to be a good person after he regained consciousness.

He was not strong enough on his own, so naturally he asked the police for help. However, when Megure Jusan led his men there, he almost left himself there and finally escaped at the risk of his life.

"After the Metropolitan Police Department's superpowers went out of control and large-scale assassinations, there was a wave of resignations in the police force, and its prestige dropped significantly." Megure Jusan sighed, "Especially in the entertainment industry, which was originally closely related to the Yakuza, it is now heading towards a lawless zone."

"Yeah, that place... has completely changed."

Kogoro Mouri has a personal experience of this. He went to the Ginza nightclub last week hoping to find Towako, but it turned out that Towako had already resigned. The new mama-san was a woman with a scar on her nose named Kiriko Busujima.

There used to be very few contraband items there, but now there are many varieties and they are very popular.

Even though he was on guard and just wanted to drink, he was still tricked without even realizing it.

Since he had nothing to do at the time, Kogoro Mori started chatting with his old friend, but he kept the volume down.

When people reach middle age, they experience ups and downs. When they meet old friends around, they naturally have endless things to talk about.

Soon, people from the Sumiyoshi-kai arrived and knocked on the door of the Mori Detective Agency. Mori Kogoro said goodbye to Megure Juzo and left.

"Come on, Maori brother."

In a ward in the Beika Central Hospital, Megure Jusan put down his phone and felt inexplicably depressed.

It’s almost autumn.

He felt the warmth of his wife's palm on the back of his hand, and Megure Jusan also covered the back of his wife's hand with his other hand. Suddenly, he felt peaceful again, without any sense of autumn.

A moment later, Suzuki Sonoko called him and told him an unexpected surprise. He felt even more lucky to be a policeman.

"Officer Megure, the explosives stolen from the Toyo Arsenal have been found. The suspect is Teiji Moriya, and he also said he wants revenge on Shinichi Kudo."

Yuanzi spoke in a rather proud tone as she stepped on the back of a fallen man in front of a wooden shelf in an old warehouse, her tail almost reaching the sky.

"Is it that famous architect? Why is he seeking revenge on Brother Kudo?" Megure Jusan was surprised and delighted.

"Last year, Kudo solved the hit-and-run case of the mayor of Nishitama, which led to Mayor Okamoto's resignation. Moriya Teiji's Nishitama town-building plan was also halted. He hated Kudo so much that he planned to launch a large explosion in Tokyo to challenge Kudo."

Sonoko stomped her feet twice. "It's weird, isn't it? This guy is a lunatic. He actually planned to install bombs on the Toudou Loop Line and the Beika Municipal Building."

"This..." Megure Jusan wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Sister Sonoko, you really helped a lot this time, but is Moriya Teiji cooperating like this?"

"Oh, because he is only one breath left now."

"Ah this..."

"Don't worry, Officer Megure. By the time the police get here, he'll be alive and kicking again. Oh, it's near Nihonbashi..." Sonoko said the address. "Send someone over here quickly. It's best to bring Kudo with you. This guy is still a little bit unwilling to accept it."

In response to her words, the mustachioed man on the ground only responded with a weak groan.

After Sonoko hung up the phone, Megure Juzo couldn't help but sigh while notifying his subordinates.

"The Qingli Rejuvenating Pill is really convenient."

Beat someone half to death and then use elixirs to revive them, or just keep using elixirs to keep the target alive, and then subject them to all kinds of harsh torture.

Although Megure Juzo did not see it with his own eyes, he guessed that Sonoko... no, Mizutsu Hotaroo did this to Moritani Teiji.

After all, Mizutsuki Hotoshi himself had experienced this kind of thing at the Beika Central Hospital, and an unknown person on the Internet also revealed that he had also been tortured in this way by Americans in Singapore.

Almost no one can withstand this inhumane punishment, and in the end no marks will be left on the target's body.

Although it has not appeared many times, it has been promoted by many violent organizations.

The reason why I said "almost" is naturally because of the special case of Yingsheng.

Many facts have proved that this man's mental will is at a monstrous level, and any torture method is ineffective on him.

Megure Jusan looked at the several circles of bandages on his stomach.

I have been injured frequently recently, and this time my intestine was stabbed. It might leave me with permanent sequelae. It would be convenient if I had some elixir.

Too bad it's not on sale yet.

And looking at the price offered by Yingsheng at the martial arts conference, eighty thousand dollars per pearl, most people cannot afford it.

But three hours later, Megure Jusan finally took a Qingli Resurrection Pill.

After experiencing so much pain that he couldn't help but scream, Midori Megure with tears in her eyes untied the bandage for him.

With an expression of disbelief on his face, Megure Jusan reached out and pressed gently on the wound site on his belly, paused for a few seconds, and then pressed harder.

It's quite elastic, that's his fat.

There was no pain at all and the wound really healed.

No matter how many times he had watched the video, he had never experienced it in person. Megure Jusan finally realized the magic of the elixir and looked at the person beside the bed with gratitude.

"Brother Shuiyue, thank you very much."

"We are old acquaintances after all, and this is conditional." Yingsheng ruffled Conan's hair, "After the exam tomorrow, you go and apologize to Qingzi."

Megure Jusan, who was originally quite nervous, let out a sigh of relief, "Of course, this is as it should be. We the police went too far before."

"only……"

Megure Jusan looked at Conan beside Hotaru, and his face showed some entanglement again. He had already heard what happened at noon from Kudo Yusaku, and Hotaru was now...

Do you want to talk about it?
"Just what?" Yingsheng asked.

"It's just that Miwako hasn't been found yet. She was the one who was in charge of visiting Beika High School before." said Megure Jusan.

"You don't have to be so perfect, and you were all motivated by justice before." Yingsheng looked down at Conan, "This kid was influenced by you, and now he has excellent detective talent. He is simply the inheritance of justice."

The air in the ward was inexplicably silent.

Conan looked up and smiled, "Suiyue-nii is the best detective. I still need to learn."

"No, no, no, your brother Kudo is the best." Hotaru looked at Kuroba Kaito on the other side of the bed, "Moriya Teiji was unwilling to give you all kinds of puzzles, but you figured out all the things he had been thinking about for who knows how long. You are really amazing."

"Well, those are all just paper talk, and they don't count for anything." Kuroba Kaito said with a smile.

"You were able to quickly see through his purpose, which was to destroy the non-completely symmetrical building that you designed before. This is a very strong insight." Yingsheng sighed, "I originally wanted Mr. Mao Li to become your disciple, but he didn't want to."

"…It is indeed better for him to change his career."

"The main thing is that in addition to teaching him detective knowledge, you can also teach him about living habits and how to behave in society. A teacher is like a father, and he will be more receptive."

"... Let's forget about it. My personality is actually pretty bad." Kuroba Kaito laughed awkwardly, "Besides, Suigetsu, you are the most suitable candidate."

"The main reason is that I am usually busy and I can't teach him a sense of justice," Yingsheng said.

The air in the ward seemed to become more stagnant.

"So I have an idea." Yingsheng looked at Kudo Yusaku behind Conan, "Mr. Yusaku, will Conan still be fostered in someone else's home in the future?"

Kudo Yusaku understood the meaning of the song and smiled, "Mr. Shuiyue, you want me to foster Conan in the Mori family, so that Mori can experience the process of educating a child again, and let Conan influence him subtly?"

Yingsheng nodded, "If possible, Conan is more like a guardian. After all, Mr. Maori is sometimes quite confused. As for daily meals, even if there is no one to cook at the beginning, we can solve it outside."

"I see..." Kudo Yusaku looked at Conan who turned back, "What do you mean?"

"…I don't really want to live with Uncle Maori." Conan knew the character of that sloppy uncle.

"We can solve the case openly in the name of the Mori Detective Agency." Hotaru coaxed the child.

"...I'm living in Uncle Megure's house now, so I can solve cases." Anyway, his identity had been discovered long ago, so Conan no longer pretended to be a child.

"Unfortunately, Inspector Megure will take a long vacation in the next two years to return to his family and will not be involved in any cases," said Hotaru.

"Eh???" Conan turned back to look at the bed, "Uncle Megure is going to take a vacation?"

Megure Jusan also looked a little confused. When did he say that he was going to take a vacation?
Brother Shuiyue said this...

Ah, is it a threat?
There's nothing we can do about it.

Although the police will not have an easy time in the next two years, I really don't want to leave the police force at this time.

But it would be good to have more time to accompany A-Lu and eliminate the risk of her getting hurt.

Megure Jusan's eyes dimmed slightly, and he forced a smile. Just as he was about to nod, he heard Yingsheng say with a smile:
"Inspector Megure certainly hasn't thought about this yet, but I think with his personality, he will definitely ask for leave when his wife becomes pregnant."

"what?!"

Megure Jusan suddenly turned his head and looked at his wife with surprise, "Lu, you are pregnant?!"

Others also looked at him in surprise.

Megure Jusan and his wife are both nearly 40 years old and have never had any children. Are they finally getting their children?
Megure Midori was quite surprised. He looked at Hotaru and said, "Mr. Suigetsu, where did this come from?"

Everyone turned to look at Yingsheng again.

This made Yingsheng speechless. "I didn't say now. What I meant was that our company can take care of your body and perform IVF cultivation. With our technology, this process won't take too long."

"..."

"..."

"..."

The group of people were equally speechless.

Megure Jusan suppressed his still excited heart, held his wife's hand tightly, looked at Yingsheng and asked in a deep voice: "I believe in Brother Shuiyue, but what do we need to do?"

There is no free lunch in the world, everyone knows this.

What's more, Yingsheng is not a good person.

Yingsheng smiled and said: "Tell Conan a word, let him live well in the Maori family from now on, and try to educate Mr. Maori into a useful person."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Xiaolan couldn't help but pinched Yingsheng's waist hard and said unhappily: "Although you have good intentions, this statement is too weird!"

"Hiss!" Yingsheng rubbed his old waist, his face distorted and said, "Anyway, it's like this. To be honest, I don't need to get anything from you. Just treat it as a good relationship, and make Conan's move smoother." "...Haha, you have gotten rid of vulgar tastes, right?" Conan couldn't help rolling his eyes.

"You can say that. Anyway, I only act according to my personal preferences. It is definitely a great pleasure to educate my father-in-law." Yingsheng held Conan's shoulders and put him on the edge of the bed. "Say goodbye here, although you can always run over here in the future."

"Hey, hey, I haven't said I agree yet."

"Educating Mr. Maori can also cultivate your sense of responsibility, which is definitely more than what you can learn by studying abroad."

"..."

Conan looked at Kudo Yusaku helplessly.

Kudo Yusaku touched his chin and said, "This does seem to be a good idea, but it's still up to you, Conan, to choose whether to stay in Japan or go to America with us."

Conan sighed, "Can't we stay in Japan and not live with Uncle Mori?"

"Well...if you didn't say that, maybe it would be okay." Kudo Yusaku looked at his wife beside him, "It's decided, let's send Conan to the Mori family, he will definitely grow better, and we will travel around the world."

"Okay, Conan, you have to behave yourself when you are alone in Japan from now on." Edogawa Fumiyo said with a smile.

"…Inhumane." Conan muttered to himself.

Most people present knew that Edogawa Fumiyo was Kudo Yukiko, and they didn't feel anything was wrong about it.

Only Megure Midori and Sonoko didn't know. They watched their interaction and quietly turned to look at Kuroba Kaito.

Kuroba Kaito looked at the sunset outside the window and thought to himself that everything here was about to come to an end.

Conan was left alone with the Megure couple while everyone else walked out the door one after another.

"It's too late today, and there are other people at the Maori residence. Conan can move in tomorrow." Hotaru said to Kudo Yusaku, "Since Conan is the guardian, you don't need to bear the living expenses. I will pay your salary instead."

"The results of Mr. Maori's shooting test have also come out. Except for the quick loading and unloading of the gun, all other aspects are excellent."

"I am temporarily planning to offer him a monthly salary of 800,000. I will also call Conan before Mr. Maori remarries."

Kudo Yusaku couldn't help but laugh, "Mori is in big trouble now."

Yukiko also smiled softly, "If he can correct himself, then he's lucky." Except for one thing, Yukiko wondered, "Is Maori going to divorce Eri?"

Yuanzi curled her lips slightly and walked towards the stairs with Xiaolan, not understanding how this person had the nerve to ask such a question.

"A lot of things happened during this period, and you should know some of them. Do you think there is any problem with this?" Yingsheng asked back.

"Hmm... that's true."

Yukiko held onto Kudo Yusaku's hand, "I've always felt that childhood sweethearts are not suitable to be together. The relationship between them can only be called 'habit', not love at all. It's a pity that I didn't persuade Eri back then."

"Indeed, Mr. Yusaku and his wife are not childhood sweethearts, but they have the best relationship." Yingsheng didn't want to make it clear, but he felt a little strange after saying this, so he said goodbye and left.

"I'll ask Mr. Maori to pick up Conan at Megure's house around four o'clock tomorrow afternoon."

"Okay, trouble."

Kudo Yusaku watched Hotaru's back disappear around the corner of the stairs and couldn't help but sigh, "What an outstanding young man, what a pity..."

"It's not a pity." Yukiko smiled and said, "Not to mention that the things you investigated before couldn't be implemented, he is doing good things everywhere now."

"I hope so. Anyway, even if he wants to do something bad, I, a guy who can only write novels, can't do anything to him."

Yusaku Kudo shrugged his shoulders, leaned on the railing with his wife, and discussed where to travel first.

Kuroba Kaito was a little further away from them, chatting with Nakamori Aoko on his phone. When he learned that Koizumi Akako had been harassed by stray cats for the past two days, he couldn't help but smile.

I kind of want to go back to Ekoda.

……

Nine p.m.

Yusaku Kudo and his wife were about to leave the Megure residence, but after Megure Jusan received a phone call, they learned a piece of news that made them not know whether to say it was good or bad.

"The nightclubs in Ginza are mostly backed by the Nimman Society. Tonight, the Sumiyoshi Society is heading there, and the offensive is fierce."

"The leader of the Mud-Bearing Society, Touko Dokujima, died in the street, and there was also the bald leader who stabbed me."

Megure Jusan touched his belly with a complicated look.

"The Sumiyoshi-kai is led by its new president, Kurokawa. He announced some regulations on the street, saying that some gray industries will be abolished in the future, especially drug trafficking will be strictly prohibited."

"From now on, even the sex industry needs to be formalized to ensure that customers can have fun with peace of mind."

Kudo Yusaku and the others looked at each other, and finally came to only one conclusion:
Mizuki Hotaru is extremely ambitious. He wants to unify the entertainment industry and even the entire Tokyo underworld.

"Isn't this good?"

At 10:30 in the evening, downstairs at the Mouri Detective Agency, Hotaru said as a matter of course in response to Mouri Kogoro's questioning.

"In the open world, healthy competition among companies is of course a good thing."

"But in the dark world, only with sufficient centralization can a stable order be established."

"Mr. Maori, you are a victim. Do you have any sympathy for those who commit murder, arson, force women into prostitution, and transport drugs?"

Maori Kogoro quickly shook his head, "Of course that's not what I meant, but... aren't your actions too radical?"

"I didn't do anything. It was Kurokawa who acted on his own. You can criticize him later." Yingsheng turned his head and looked at the other side. "And you, Nakamichi, you are still a high school student. How come I heard that you knocked out someone's front teeth?"

Kenta Nakamichi chuckled, "Brother, you know me. I have myasthenia gravis, and he bumped into me himself."

As he said this he waved towards the intersection, and two red-haired teenagers hurriedly dragged a terrified man over.

"Based on your description, this should be that person," said Kenta Nakamichi. "I'm sorry, I wanted to keep it a secret at first, but this person was very proud of it and boasted about it to many people, so there's nothing I can do."

"I was wrong! I only slept with that woman once, and then I was discovered by the Nether Society! Spare me! Spare me..."

"asshole!"

The man kept begging for mercy, and Maori Kogoro's eyes were almost burning with fire, and he went up and punched him.

"Okay, okay, be quiet and don't wake up Miss Yuko." said Yingsheng.

But just as he finished speaking, Qingzi's helpless voice came from the balcony on the third floor: "So can't you just go a little further away? He's already awake."

Hotaru looked up and said, "I'm sorry, may I ask how Miss Yuko is doing? I have a present for her."

"Wait a moment, we'll be down soon." Qingzi said.

Thirty minutes later, three cars drove into Akagi Pier in Tokyo Bay and stopped one by one amid the sound of surging waves.

Yingsheng got off the first Toyota Crown and looked at the last yellow Santana.

"Mr. Maori, you shouldn't have come."

"Stop talking nonsense. I can just wait here. Anyway, you are not allowed to take Xiaolan over."

Kogoro Mouri got out of the car and leaned against the door, glanced at the second car, looked up at the boundless night sky, and smoked.

"OK, just let Nakamichi and the others go over to help tie up the people, and then only let Ms. Kiyoko and Ms. Yuko stay over there." Yingsheng opened the trunk and took out some hemp ropes and chains for Kenta Nakamichi and the other two. "The Crucifixion of Jesus, you know? Look for an iron rack nearby."

Of course there would be an iron rack, after all, it was nearby where Calvados was burned at the stake.

Ten minutes later, just as Kenta Nakamichi and his two companions returned to the car, a shrill scream was heard under the deep night sky.

Hotaroo shook his head and threw an earmuff headset to Maori Kogoro.

"Don't panic, someone is playing a movie."

"..."

Maori Kogoro took the headphones but didn't put them on. "Will that person die?"

"It depends on what Miss Yuko means. Maybe," said Hotaru.

"You take life too lightly." Kogoro Mouri threw the headphones back.

"Of course life is important, I just value the perfection of the soul more." Yingsheng put the headphones he received in Kenta Nakamichi's hand.

Kenta Nakamichi handed the headphones to a red-haired guy with an expression that said, "I've seen a lot of these kinds of scenes."

The red-haired man also looked indifferent and passed it to the next person.

As a result, no one wore the headphones.

This made Maori Kogoro frown, "Then what do you mean by dragging others into this?"

"It seems that you don't understand the ecological niche of bad boys, and if nothing unexpected happens, they will join my security company in the future, which is much better than hanging out with the underworld." Yingsheng said.

Several bad boys nodded, saying that they had always admired Yakuza, and now they admired Yingsheng so much that even their families did not object.

After all, Yingsheng is paying salary and bonus now.

According to the initial version of the rules formulated by Kenta Nakamichi and submitted to Yingsheng for approval, they might even earn more money in a month than their parents.

Since they have become bad boys, there are all kinds of situations at home, so this kind of thing should not be too tempting for them.

After hearing this, Kogoro Mouri had nothing to say. He just kept smoking, feeling that the world was broken.

Twenty minutes later, the screams in the night wind gradually stopped, and Kiyoko finally returned side by side with Ikezawa Yuko.

When Ikezawa Yuko passed by, she was still in low spirits and needed Kiyoko's support.

Now, her eyes have regained their brightness and her steps are as calm as before.

As soon as she saw Yingsheng, she bowed deeply.

Yingsheng dodged in a flash, "If you want to thank someone, thank Mr. Maori. If it weren't for him, you would still be under the control of the Nimicide Society, and I would not have intervened at all."

Yuko Ikezawa still thanked Hotaru solemnly, then walked up to Kogoro Mori and bowed deeply to him.

Kogoro Mori also quickly dodged and wanted to say something.

But three seconds later, all the words in his heart were choked back into his stomach and he could no longer speak.

Because his lips were sealed by another pair of lips.

"Thank you, thank you..."

While kissing Kogoro Mori, Yuko Ikezawa kept thanking him and whispering, with tears rolling down her cheeks.

What else can Kogoro Mori say?
He just sighed slightly in his heart, then stretched out his hands and gently hugged Yuko Ikezawa.

"Don't be afraid, nothing will happen again."

do not.

Yingli.

……

……

The next day, ten o'clock in the morning.

Kogoro Mouri walked into the door of the Hime Law Firm wearing a brand new light blue suit.

The woman on his right hand was wearing a black tight suit, had long wavy brown hair, gold earrings dangling from her ears, and had a pretty face, looking quite noble.

Kuriyama Midori in the front hall was responsible for receiving visitors, but when she saw these two people, she just froze where she was.

"There's no one here right now, no need to make an appointment."

Kisaki Eri went out in person. She was still wearing her classic outfit of the past, a lavender professional suit, her long brown hair tied up behind her head, and black half-frame glasses. Her pretty face looked exceptionally calm.

"Come in and talk." She made way for the door.

Kogoro Mori nodded, and Yuko Ikezawa let go of his hand and sat outside waiting.

"Feel sorry."

This was the first sentence Kogoro Mori said when he entered the door.

"It's nothing. You have some problems, but you're not a bad man. We're just not suitable." said Eri Kisaki.

The conversation between the two did not last too long, and they were both very rational and calm, without any loud arguments.

Not long after, after having Yuko Ikezawa sign an agreement, authorizing Eri Kisaki to handle her case, the three of them left the office together.

"Kuriyama, take a look at this place for a while, we are going to the district office." Kisaki Eri said as she went out.

Kuriyama Midori nodded blankly.

At exactly eleven o'clock, Eri Kisaki and Kogoro Mori divorced, and they shook hands and said goodbye.

At 11:30, Kogoro Mori and Yuko Ikezawa registered their marriage, and Yuko Ikezawa changed her surname to Mori.

At 1:30 in the afternoon, Yingsheng picked up a piece of something that could barely be identified as beef, put it in his mouth, chewed it slowly, and smiled at the person across the table with expectant eyes.

"You really are talented in cooking, Eri."

(End of this chapter)