Yuji Kudo, the manga artist behind Detective Conan.

"But you went too far this time, even bringing this guy along to impersonate someone..."

Matsuda Jinpei walked to the bedside, reached out and wiped the corpse, tearing off the mask that was the same as Segawa Taikei's, revealing Sakon's face underneath, which was just as ferocious as the mask.

"This guy died with his eyes wide open in anger. You clearly sent Rize to talk to him, but he died here instead."

Matsuda remembered that when Sakon was brought out of prison with a smug look on his face, he looked down on him as his secretary. He never expected that the two of them would meet again in this way.

However, old Matsuda didn't feel any sense of satisfaction. Instead, he felt a pang of regret, lamenting the impermanence of life... No, wait, this guy was probably being watched by Kudo even before he went to prison.

"Everything has a cause and effect. I just happened to be interested in what they were researching in Ghana, so I asked a police officer whose family had connections to a large company to test the waters."

Kudo Yuji walked to the sofa in the room and sat down. He was not disgusted by the smell of blood at all. He even took out a bag of coffee beans from under the coffee table and made coffee with the coffee machine.

"Aren't you disgusted..." Matsuda refused his superior's offer: "Where did Rize go?"

"They went to find Ms. Nohara. The police station arranged for someone to meet them in Nagoya and evacuate them. They will then head north from Osaka back to Hokkaido."

Upon hearing the knock, Kudo Yuji fell silent. His secretary allowed the person outside to enter. After the door opened, he exchanged a glance with a blond man who was temporarily working as a morgue worker on the ship.

"The time is 5:30 pm. The police helicopter will land on the helipad behind the cruise ship and then take away Segawa Taikei's body."

Amuro waved his hand, ordering the public security police who had come in with him to carry Sakon's body away.

"Sagawa Shoichi's body will be delivered in an hour, at the same time as his death."

"Yes, arrange for the Economic Division police to investigate all of the Segawa family's assets, and also arrest his family members on charges of treason. Tell his wife that her husband was the spy Yoshioka left in Tokyo."

[Are they planning to have a real villain take the place of a martyr?]

"Don't worry, I haven't lost my mind. This guy's daughter is doing surprisingly well in her studies at Teitan High School. She might be a useful talent in the future. We can't let her good-for-nothing father affect the future of the country."

"Aren't you planning to forge an identity and adopt her this time?"

A cold, slightly disgruntled voice rang out from outside the door. A man in a white coat walked in. After Secretary Matsuda and Chief Amuro voluntarily left the room, he reached out and tore off his mask, revealing a face that Old Kudo would definitely recognize. "I didn't expect Japan's number one to like raising children everywhere. You think you've had too few, huh?"

The woman walked to the sofa, looked at the old Kudo-like face of the woman, her eyes reddened, and raised her hand to slap him, but was stopped by the white cream cake in front of her and the grinning man.

"I specially asked that restaurant in Beika Town to make this. It's the same restaurant where I ate it for my first birthday after I adopted you from the mother who was planning to send you to become a geisha."

“You’re not even a distant relative of your mother’s family, are you?”

"Of course, how could I have such a disgusting relative? I just spent 500,000 yen to get custody of you from her. She probably never expected her daughter to be such an outstanding person. She might even think she sold you for too low a price."

Yuji Kudo didn't really want to talk about Akira Kano's biological mother, although all he remembered about her was her eyes, which he thought had a peculiar fetish.

"Why did you do this to me, Mr. Kudo, no, I should say Mr. Kano Masahiko? Why did you adopt me back then?"

"How did you feel seeing Sakon?" Kudo Yuji took a sip of coffee, not answering the woman's question: "He was your boyfriend for a while, and the one you were willing to die for. How come I never realized you had this potential for being love-struck before?"

"...that kind of man..."

"Oh dear, you don't still have feelings for him, do you? That would be terrible. Dad has already had him killed."

Yuji Kudo casually tossed a wallet to the woman: "Remember to go to work next week. I've already prepared an excuse for your sick leave. Don't talk nonsense outside. Your father has a lot of enemies."

"One last question...the last one."

Kanami looked at the man with complicated emotions: "My biological father..."

"I have no grudge against you, so you can continue to call me Dad without worry."

Hearing his father's soft voice before closing the door, Kudo Yuji covered his mouth with his coffee cup and looked down at the bed.

"Unfortunately, you two have disappointed your old man..." (End of Chapter)