People are in Conan, but Ace Attorney

Chapter 924 Gerald Pegasus

"Miss Changdai, could you please go to the kitchen and check if the water has boiled?"

"I can take Mr. Fukuda on a tour of the villa myself; you don't need to help at all, right, darling?"

Kanami Saki's tone was somewhat dangerous.

Standing by the door, Kanazen immediately nodded and said earnestly,

"Yes, I think that's a good idea."

Although I don't really want to get involved in the conflict between the two women.

However, Kogoro Mouri had no other choice but to follow Misaki Kana toward the main hall of the villa, under the watchful eyes of Yoshino Kana, who wished for her own good fortune.

Tokudaiji Masayo, who was about to go to the kitchen, stopped at this moment.

She turned her head to look in the direction where Kogoro Mouri and Kanami Saki had left, her brows furrowing slightly, and said in a low, somewhat surprised tone, "..."

"It seems that Madam dislikes me very much."

Kana-san rubbed his forehead, looking somewhat troubled.

Well, he didn't know what to say at this moment. After all, although Tokudaiji Masayo was his secretary, she handled many matters of the Kana Entertainment Group.

As chairman, he didn't actually make many decisions; he just sat there collecting money.

Now, Tokudaiji Masayo is his important partner and subordinate, while Kanami Saki is his closest wife. The atmosphere between the two is not harmonious, which is quite a headache for him as the head of the family.

Tick, tick, tick.

Kana Yoshino's younger brother, Kana Hideki, walked out of the restroom while shaking the water in his hands. He frowned when he saw Tokudaiji Masayo and Kana Yoshino talking to each other.

In fact, everyone in the Gana Entertainment Consortium knew one thing—

That is, there is likely some kind of relationship between Kana Zenzuru and Tokudaiji Masayo that goes beyond the superior-subordinate relationship, which makes him quite dissatisfied and disgusted by it.

There is no other reason.

Hideki Kana actually likes his sister-in-law, Misaki Kana, and has been trying to please and pursue her. Naturally, he is very dissatisfied with Yoshinori Kana, who is with Misaki Kana but is having an affair with his secretary.

Unless Kana Yoshino directly divorces Kana Misaki, it will be difficult for him to mend his relationship with Kana Yoshino.

“Hideki…”

Who just came?

Hideki Kana impatiently interrupted Yoshinori Kana before she could speak, causing Yoshinori's attempt to explain that the situation was completely different from what Hideki Kana had in mind to be cut short.

He could only begin by explaining the matter of Kogoro Mouri.

Hearing that a man named Fukuda Kogoro, who was supposedly a partner of Kana Yoshino but whom he had never heard of before, had come to the villa and wanted to listen in on the signing of the contract with Gerald Tenma.

Hideki Kana's brows furrowed involuntarily, and anger welled up within him.

They are brothers, how could they not know each other's affairs? This talk of Fukuda Kogoro is utter nonsense. This is probably an outsider brought in by Kana Yoshino to stir up trouble!
Kana Zen must have known that his invitation to the famous French singer Gérard Tenma to collaborate with Kana Music Publishing House was out of an attempt to curry favor with Kana Misaki.

That's why they deliberately stirred things up here!

Just as Hideki Kana and Yoshino Kana were about to start arguing in the villa, Kogoro Mouri and Misaki Kana's voices came back, allowing them to barely maintain their composure.

Both sides knew that turning against each other in front of outsiders would only ruin the reputation of the Gana Group, so they kept quiet.

After everyone was seated in the hall, Kanami Saki mentioned that she had been experiencing frequent threats recently and felt uneasy, so she went to her room to change her clothes. However, less than three minutes after she went to change, the entire villa went completely dark—the power had tripped.

In a panic, Kogoro Mouri, along with Hideki Kana and Yoshino Kana, burst into Misaki Kana's room and saw her arguing with someone by the window, calling for help.

As a former detective, Kogoro Mouri immediately rushed forward to save the person.

However, the moment he stepped into the room, the person who had clashed with Kanami Saki jumped out of the window and escaped. Even though Kogoro Mouri rushed to the window and looked down, he couldn't see anything.

—That person just jumped off the cliff by the sea and escaped?!

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

He used to climb ventilation ducts to see Eri Kisaki in order to pursue her, so he is quite experienced in climbing, especially considering the height.

If the attacker had actually fallen directly into the ocean, he would have been certain to die.

The attackers must have escaped in some way at this time...

call out----

The lights in the room suddenly turned on.

Everyone turned to look at the guy who had appeared at the door at some point, wearing clothes, soaking wet, with a cold expression, who was clearly not a good person.

His appearance was remarkably similar to that of the attacker in the dim light!
Kogoro Mouri glanced at the rainy day outside, then at the singer who had braved the rain, and a strange sense of absurdity welled up within him. He felt that something was amiss with this whole incident.

"I came straight up when I heard the screams. What happened?"

Singer Gerald Tenma looked at the people in front of him, and at Hideki Kana who had turned to glare at him for some reason, and a look of confusion appeared in his eyes.

Two other people walked out beside Gerald Tenma.

They were Gerald Tenma's manager, Michelle Anglade, and Tokudaiji Masayo, who hadn't come up with them earlier. The secretary remained calm, only speaking in a low voice.

"I don't know why, the power suddenly tripped just now, and I just went to turn the power back on."

—Did you go and pull the power switch? No wonder you didn't come up with me earlier.

Kogoro Mouri nodded slightly, but felt the atmosphere growing increasingly heavy.

He followed the others into the hall.

The negotiations for the so-called cooperation agreement proceeded in this somber atmosphere. However, before the contract was drafted, Kanasan suddenly stood up and said,

"Mr. Gerald Pegasus, before we sign the cooperation agreement, would you please play a piece in the piano room to celebrate our successful collaboration?"

Gerald Tenma frowned, looked up at Kana Zenzuru, and in the end did not refuse.

The two had just entered the piano room one after the other when a quarrel immediately erupted from inside. Sensing something was wrong, Hideki Kana, along with Kogoro Mouri and the others, pushed open the piano room door.

However, the worst-case scenario still occurred.

Gerald Pegasus fell to the ground, a sharp longsword piercing his heart, dying with his eyes wide open.

Meanwhile, Kanazon stood before Gerald Pegasus, his body trembling slightly, and at that moment turned to look at the group that had appeared at the doorway—

A heinous murder has occurred.

(End of this chapter)