Yuji Kudo, the manga artist behind Detective Conan.

"Oh, this also shows that Ms. Gana's spending is mainly concentrated in two places: this apartment and the Kawaku Pharmaceutical Research Institute. It seems that Ms. Gana works at this research institute."

Sayoko shook Inspector Hagiwara's hand, while Conan focused his attention on the Team Pharmaceutical Reward Foundation, which was mentioned in the information related to Ms. Kano.

"Her bank statements show that a prize of three million yen was deposited into her account, and the recipient of the account is this so-called foundation. Did she receive any prize?"

"We inquired with her supervisor at the institute and learned that Ms. Kano's research team has won the Japan Pharmaceutical Innovation Award and is being nominated for the Nobel Prize. We heard it's for a targeted drug that specializes in treating cancer." Inspector Takagi said with some regret, "But you probably don't understand the significance of this drug yet, Third Generation... Wait! Not Third Generation!"

“You’re as clueless as ever, Inspector Takagi…” Old Kudo rolled his eyes. “I was wondering when you’d finally figure it out.”

“It’s an old tradition for your agency to have kids around, you get used to it and don’t notice them anymore…” Takagi leaned closer to Conan: “But this kid… looks just like Conan. I remember Mr. Mori saying that he went to study in England and never came back. Is this his child?”

I am my own child...

Conan noticed Sayoko's suspicious look, shrank his neck, and hid in a corner next to the living room, peeking out quietly.

“This child is a distant relative of mine, named Fujimine Maru. So, he’s related to Conan too.” Old Kudo patted his head. “We all look quite alike.”

Seeing that the conversation was about to shift from the murder case to everyday family matters, Hagiwara quickly interrupted his superior and his parents' friends, drawing everyone's attention back to the case itself.

"Most of the search history is just superficial; I think stalkers are always just a smokescreen."

"Indeed, they just clicked on the links and then exited. For example, this website about the Metropolitan Police Department's countermeasures against stalkers should have a second redirect, but they just entered and then exited, which means they didn't really want to know."

"But she also searched for manslaughter?"

"This... stalking and manslaughter?"

Old Kudo pointed to Kanao Akira's TV dramas and YouTube videos: "This woman seems to enjoy watching sadomasochistic stories."

"And he especially likes comedies and tragedies... nothing at all!"

Seeing the scrutinizing gazes from Hagiwara and Conan, Sayoko, who had just started the conversation, immediately began to secretly observe old Kudo. Finding that her father seemed not to understand, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

[I think I heard Kaori mention this term before... It refers to a BL story where lovers finally get together after a double suicide pact, and readers use it as a term for a happy ending...]

"Please, please don't tell Dad."

With her hands clasped together in front of the two, Sayoko silently expressed her request, coughing twice: "I went to great lengths to hide the treasure where my father doesn't know."

“Oh…” Conan blinked.

There are places in this house he doesn't know... How is that possible?

"Do you think... is it possible that Miss Kano originally planned to commit suicide with Mr. Sakon?" Old Kudo's sudden statement startled Sayoko. The girl, like a cat with its fur standing on end, kept trying to read something from her father's face.

“Look, the two children just found the same cups that were misplaced on the cabinet. This means that there should have been two people who were supposed to die, but now only Miss Gana is left.”

Old Kudo explained, "If Mr. Sakon realized that Ms. Kano was planning to commit suicide with him using cyanide because she thought her boyfriend was cheating on her, and he was very careful at the time and didn't eat anything his girlfriend prepared..."

"Ah! That would create a scene where Miss Kano commits suicide." Sayoko suddenly realized, while Conan frowned and asked a question.

"If she had such a plan, how could she possibly take the poison before her boyfriend did? Is she really so love-struck that she believes her boyfriend will commit suicide with her, even though he has already cheated on her?"

"So she didn't know about the affair, or rather, it wasn't Miss Ghana who placed the commission with me."

Old Kudo pondered for a moment, then pointed to the stalker and manslaughter entries in the search history.

“Mr. Sakon posed as Ms. Kano’s friend, Yamada, and contacted me by phone to make an online request. Then he pretended to be a stalker to provoke Ms. Kano.”

As he walked into the entryway, he leaned against the bar and looked out into the dining room, as if he could see Miss Ghana crying out in this spot back then.

"While his girlfriend is crying to him, Mr. Sakon only needs to offer to subdue the stalker and then pretend to accidentally kill him to trick Ms. Gana into committing suicide with him and avoid legal punishment. Then he can just not drink the medicine."

"Is manslaughter really that terrifying?" Conan looked at Sayoko and noticed that her expression was a little stiff.

"Because the stalker story is false, the man couldn't have called the police. And the lack of a police report leads to manslaughter. Under the Eastern Capital Law now enacted by the Prime Minister, even if it's proven to be self-defense, he would still be sentenced to at least ten years in prison."

"Which mentally unstable guy designed this?" Conan asked Sayoko, whose head was bowed even lower.

What is the position of the Prime Minister?

"The breakthrough in the case should be the web address of Yamada who sent me the emails, and the street surveillance footage of Mr. Sakon posing as a stalker."

Takagi nodded immediately upon hearing this: "I will immediately request the Information Division police to investigate and collect evidence, and Hagiwara will immediately arrest Sakon to prevent him from smuggling himself overseas out of fear of the death penalty."

"The death penalty...and illegal immigration?"

Conan, seeing that only the three members of the Kudo family remained in the living room in the blink of an eye, realized just how much change could occur in the span of thirty years.

“This was malicious murder. If he surrenders, he will be sentenced to twenty years in prison, with the possibility of a reduced sentence for good behavior. However, the Eastern Metropolitan Police Department’s law stipulates that if a murderer attempts to cover up the truth of the murder, the Superintendent General of Police can directly approve the death penalty.”

Old Kudo sighed: "According to official statistics, the approval rate for such cases is as high as 70% now that of the Superintendent General of Police." (End of Chapter)