People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 923 The Strange Secretary
—————June 15th, 8:35 PM—————

—————Tokyo area, Kana family villa——————

Kogoro Mouri drove alone to the Kana villa, which was said to be located next to a cliff, looking at the increasingly gloomy surroundings and the growing rain.

For a moment, he couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine.

Although he always felt that his bad luck was just other people's prejudice, after hearing it so many times, he began to doubt whether he was really unlucky.

After all, he was the only one who encountered such a heinous murder case that no other detective had.

"This kind of weather is the kind of weather that usually happens in detective novels or TV shows where heinous murders occur, especially in a villa far from the city and near the sea..."

He muttered to himself as he continued driving toward his destination, following the directions on the map.

The only saving grace was that the road leading to the Gana family villa was quite normal, not some suspension bridge that could be easily monopolized by someone; otherwise, he would have considered canceling this commission and heading home.

call out----

The vehicle moved forward in the rainy night, the rainwater constantly receding in front of its streamlined body, making way for the road.

A short while later, the Kana family's villa finally appeared in Kogoro Mouri's line of sight, and it was brightly lit, which made Kogoro Mouri breathe a slight sigh of relief.

Regardless, at least from this perspective, everything seems to be normal for now.

The car quickly pulled up at the entrance of the Kana villa. Kogoro Mouri opened the car door, took out an umbrella from the car, opened the umbrella first, and then got out of the car to avoid getting his expensive formal suit, which he rarely wore, wet in the rain.

After making sure the car was locked, he walked to the villa door and knocked.

Boom, boom, boom.

The knocking could be clearly heard both inside and outside the villa.

Kogoro Mouri, holding an umbrella, stood outside the villa, surveying his surroundings. Feeling the chilly sea breeze, he involuntarily shrank back again and muttered,

"It's strange, why do these conglomerate owners always like to build their villas in such deserted places? Is it really that uncomfortable if other people live nearby? Do they usually go to the city to do their shopping?"

He complained as he waited.

A short while later, the villa's gate was pushed open.

A rather beautiful figure appeared in Kogoro Mouri's line of sight.

She was a woman wearing a black evening gown.

She wore two pearl necklaces of different sizes around her neck, and long black gloves on her arms. Her face was beautiful, and her eyes held a hint of doubt as she looked at Kogoro Mouri before her, tentatively asking,

"Excuse me, sir, who are you...?"

The woman in front of him seemed quite puzzled.

Kogoro Mouri was immediately startled.

He had assumed that since Kanazon had invited him to attend the banquet in disguise, he must have informed the other people in the villa beforehand. But now it seemed that the people in the villa were unaware of it.
And who exactly is this beautiful lady...?
Because Kana Yoshino's request was for him to investigate the person who had been threatening his wife, Kana Misaki, he had looked at Kana Misaki's photos beforehand.

The beautiful woman in black in front of us is completely different from Kanami Saki in the photo.

It seemed that none of the family members of Kana Yoshino were the woman in front of him. Immediately, Kogoro Mouri took a step back and looked up at the door frame—if it were a normal house, there should be a house number on it.

However, this was a private villa, not in the city center, so there was no house number to speak of. Therefore, he saw nothing, which only made the woman in black even more puzzled.

At that moment, some noises came from the room, followed by footsteps.

Finally, Kogoro Mouri heard a familiar voice in the room, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he hadn't come to the wrong place this time.

“Masaya, this is Mr. Fukuda whom I mentioned to you.”

This is what Kanasan, chairman of the Kanasan Group, said.

He quickly walked a few steps to the door and introduced the woman in black, who most likely shouldn't be in the villa, to Kogoro Mouri. He said,

"This is my secretary, Tokudaiji Masayo."

"Besides assisting me with many matters at the Cana Entertainment Foundation, she also handles some disputes within my family, so she usually lives at home."

—Such a beautiful female secretary, responsible for resolving personal disputes, and she even lives at home?

A look of confusion appeared in Kogoro Mouri's eyes.

Even though he wasn't a rich man and didn't know much about these things, based on the experience of wealthy women who had asked him to investigate their extramarital affairs, this didn't seem like a normal thing, did it?
At least to the woman of the house, it certainly wasn't a normal thing.

If Kana Zen does this, won't his wife, Kana Misaki, have any other feelings about it?
However, although he thought this way, Kogoro Mouri didn't show it on his face. Instead, he nodded seriously and said,

"Hello, I am Kogoro Fukuda. I am here to assist in formulating strategies for cooperation."

Tokudaiji Masayo nodded with a smile.

She knew immediately that this was nonsense, but she didn't call it out on it. As Ganasan's most trusted secretary, she was certainly not a fool.

Jia Nashan should keep this person's identity a secret; there's no benefit in revealing it now.

Therefore, she simply smiled and said,

“It’s an honor. I am Tokudaiji Masayo. Since this is to discuss and formulate strategies for cooperation, would you like me to give you a tour of the villa before that person arrives?”

A quick visit? With a stranger?

Kogoro Mouri was somewhat surprised.

He felt that the woman in front of him was less like Kana Yoshizawa's secretary and more like the mistress of the house, treating Kana Yoshizawa's villa as if it were her own home.

What surprised him even more was that Kana Zen was not surprised at all, and instead let Kogoro Mouri go with her.

—This time, he really needed to carefully examine every room inside the villa, because the photos of Kana Misaki that Kana Zen had given him at the agency were very strange.

Many of the photos were taken near the villa, or even inside the villa.

Perhaps the intimidator installed some kind of camera inside the villa, which is why they were able to take photos of that environment to intimidate Kana Misaki.

However, what made Kogoro Mouri's lips twitch was that...

Just as Masayo Tokudaiji said she would take him to see the villa, the villa's real mistress, Misaki Kanami, appeared, and the atmosphere between her and Masayo Tokudaiji became quite tense!
(End of this chapter)