Conan: I'm Not a Model Worker in the Winery

Chapter 247: The Remaining Silent Witness (Search)
Three clients, from different companies:
Ryusuke Soma's company focuses on shogi, Sadahei Uchito's company mainly develops chess, and Subaru is a Go company.

"Hey, hey, hey, did he accept the commissions from the three of you at the same time?"

Maori Kogoro was a little embarrassed, "Can he really handle it all by himself?"

"That's why we have to find him and ask him clearly! This is a violation of the agreement."

Xubeklu was the youngest and the most excited.

Soma Ryusuke, who seemed the calmest, also continued, "And when we went to see him three years ago, he told us indifferently that he had not signed a contract with any company."

Maori Kogoro asked doubtfully: "So... when did you know that he accepted the commissions from the three of you at the same time?"

"About this...it's because we all received video emails from him almost at the same time last week." The balding Naito Sadahei took out his laptop computer and played the video in the email.

The protagonist in the video is the person in the photo they just showed Kogoro.

But in this video, the other person is not wearing glasses...

The general meaning of the content is that he was a little overwhelmed because he had taken orders from three people at the same time, so he planned to take a short break from his busy schedule.

At this time, Mao Lilan looked at the person in the video and suddenly said in surprise:
"So it's him? He was wearing glasses in the photo just now. No wonder he looked so familiar to me..."

"Ah? Xiaolan, do you recognize this person?" Kogoro Mouri turned his head in surprise.

"Of course, he is the famous CG producer, Mr. Itakura Taku. His name is behind many movies."

Mao Lilan explained with a smile.

However, Ryusuke Soma said that Taku Itakura had long since retired from the CG industry due to his impaired eyesight, and has been concentrating on software development in recent years.

Maori Kogoro saw that Itakura Taku didn't seem to be persecuted in the video, so he guessed, "From this point of view, he shouldn't have been kidnapped by someone, right?"

“This shouldn’t happen…”

"No, I think given his ability to offend people, it's not completely impossible."

Just as Naito Sadahei, who came out with his computer, expressed his opinion, Soma Ryusuke interrupted again, and his words revealed that he knew Itakura Taku very well.

Maori Kogoro was also attracted by Soma's words: "Mr. Soma, what do you mean?"

Soma Ryusuke recalled, his expression slightly changed: "That was three years ago, when I went to him to help make software... At that time, I happened to meet a burly man wearing a black suit and an exaggerated top hat..."

"...?!"

Conan, who had originally decided not to pay attention to this matter, suddenly shuddered - black, a top hat...

It's those guys!
"And then? Uncle, did that person say anything? Or did he have any communication with Mr. Itakura?"

Conan immediately came over and asked anxiously.

"This, this..." Soma Ryusuke was startled by Conan and tried to recall, "I went in just as the man came out, but he did say a few words at the time."

Soma Ryusuke looked a little scared: "At that time, that person said something like, 'If that's the case, you're useless' and something like that, and his accent was very strong..."

Conan clenched his fists, his pupils trembling:
It's those men in black! Absolutely!

And it's useless? Did he have some kind of deal with Mr. Itakura? Would he also be...

"Well... Anyway, let's find Mr. Itakura's location first."

Maori Kogoro glanced at Conan who had suddenly shut himself off strangely, and continued to watch the video, stroking his chin and thinking: "This, looks like a restaurant?"

"We think so too." The three clients also expressed their views.

It’s just that there are so many hotels in Japan that they didn’t even know which one it was.

At this time, Conan suddenly raised his head, pointed at the computer and said: "Uncle, look at his desk, there are so many strange chess pieces~"

"These are Go, Chess, and Shogi, you stupid boy."

Maori Kogoro looked at Conan with disdain. "But uncle, do ordinary restaurants provide this kind of thing?" Conan said innocently, "Wouldn't the hotel staff think it's strange that Mr. Itakura Taku wants so many chess pieces at once?"

Kogoro Mouri was reminded by Conan's words and his expression changed slightly.

Having said that, he had an immature idea...

……

When night fell, Kogoro Mori successfully found the hotel where Taku Itakura lived.

They used a traditional method - taking advantage of the fact that Itakura Taku had requested chess, Go and Shogi, they went to various restaurants that might provide these items and asked.

Finally, the target was set on the Rice Flower Hotel.

Before going upstairs, one of the three clients, Subaru, noticed Kogoro Maori's watch:
"Mr. Maori, you are not going to wear this cheap watch?"

Maori Kogoro looked back in confusion: "Huh? What happened?"

What's wrong with his watch?
"Then I guess Mr. Itakura will be furious and kick you out, right?" Subecker said bluntly.

"Yes, Mr. Itakura has always been the one who pays the most attention to watches..."

The other two people also showed off the brand-name watches on their hands.

"Hey, are your two watches fake?"

"What did you say? I think yours is a fake!"

Maori Kogoro:"……"

Are you guys competing for favor here?
Conan looked at the people who were about to get into a quarrel and chuckled in his heart.

It seems that now all walks of life are very competitive...

But soon, when they got upstairs, Conan couldn't laugh anymore -

Because the person they were looking for, Itakura Taku, had already died in his room.

……

It's in a room on the floor below Conan's.

A young man with medium-length brown hair stared at the computer screen, lost in long thought.

After a long while, he finally entered a column of codes in the text window.

"Chairman, the party at the company has been arranged. It can start as soon as you get over there."

A tall and strong young man walked in from outside the door, his expression and tone were very respectful.

"Well... let's go."

The brown-haired man nodded and walked out of the room under the gaze of the tall and strong young man.

While waiting for the elevator, they noticed that there were many police officers going up and down the corridor next to them...

The tall and strong young man frowned slightly when he saw this scene, "Why are the police here?"

The brown-haired man glanced at it casually, "It could be a murder."

"I checked this hotel before. There was a murder here before, and the murderer has not been found yet... Chairman, how about I help you book a new hotel?"

"No need, it's just some unclean things, they can't hurt me."

The brown-haired man was very calm. After entering the elevator, he glanced at the ceiling seemingly unintentionally.

[Rice Flower Hotel: Thank you for the invitation. I hope Conan can go to other hotels, such as the Beihu Hotel. ]

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