Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 362, Section 356: Finding Ran a Part-Time Job
"Okay, now you contact the police, and we'll help you probe that old lady."

Mamiya Mitsuru had never experienced such a dramatic situation before, and even though he made up his mind, he couldn't think of anything to do for the time being.

At this point, Lin Longma's role as the "backbone" became apparent.

"Okay, I'll go right now!" Mamiya nodded and returned the way he came. Ryoma Lin had his men tidy up the old lady's remains, taking out the clothes that were originally on her body.

After leaving the secret passage, Lin Longma found the castle's steward, asked where the old lady Mamiya was, and then led a large group of people to search for her.

"Hey, isn't this Chairman Hayashi from Tokyo?" The old lady Mamiya was quite surprised when she saw Hayashi Ryoma.

What followed was a pleasant surprise.

"Could it be that Chairman Lin has already found the treasure left behind by my late husband?!"

With a powerful push, the old lady Mamiya wheelchair whizzed to Lin Longma's side. The speed and force were far beyond what one would expect from a woman in her seventies or eighties.

“I’m sorry, ma’am, I didn’t find the treasure your husband left behind. But I did find another ‘surprise’.”

"surprise?"

Upon hearing that it wasn't a treasure, "Old Lady Mamiya" immediately lost interest. For her, the greatest surprise was finding the treasure left behind by the patriarch of the Mamiya family.

Just as she was about to feign madness again, Lin Longma suddenly stepped aside, revealing the skeleton being held by security personnel behind him.

"Would you like to see this surprise?"

If the skeleton being held by one of the security guards looked somewhat familiar to Mrs. Mamiya, then the piece of cloth in the hands of another security guard horrified her.

Yes, that's right. The "old lady Mamiya" in front of you is not a proper old lady at all.

She was originally just a maid in the Mamiya family.

However, upon hearing that the patriarch of the Jian Gong family had left behind a treasure, this dim-witted maid was immediately blinded by greed.

She was the one who started the fire at the Mamiya family's house four years ago, and she also starved the old lady Mamiya to death in the secret passage.

For this treasure, she even went abroad to get plastic surgery, turning herself into a real "old lady"!
Now that Ryoma Lin has appeared before her with the remains of Old Lady Mamiya, the maid immediately knows that her secret has been exposed!
Unlike most murderers in Mikasa, the maid had no intention of denying it. She knew very well that the discovery of the old woman's remains was the strongest evidence.

Moreover, she can go out for plastic surgery to make her face look like an old woman, but her body is still that of a woman in her twenties or thirties.

Realizing she had been exposed, the maid suddenly stood up from her wheelchair and tried to escape!
Then, he was kicked back by Shiraishi, who was next to Lin Kaka.

"President Lin, what?!" The butler standing to the side was dumbfounded. It was the butler who brought them here when Lin Longma wanted to see the old lady.

Meanwhile, the butler accompanied Lin Longma during his meeting with the old lady.

But what I saw next was an absolutely shocking scene.
The eldest wife, who had been paralyzed in her lower limbs for many years, suddenly jumped up from her wheelchair and tried to run away? Does this make sense?
Is this reasonable? !
How could an octogenarian woman still be so agile? And what was with that loud, feminine scream when she was "hit" by Mr. Shiraishi?

The butler of the Mamiya family wasn't stupid either; this meant that the old lady in front of him was clearly a fake!
Although the maid's actions were outrageous, she was ultimately just an ordinary woman and had no chance of escaping from Lin Longma.

When the housekeeper realized that the "old lady" in front of him was not right, he immediately asked Lin Longma to subdue the imposter, and then ran to find the current "master" of the house, Mamiya Mitsuru.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I was prepared!" Mamiya Mitsuru had already composed himself by this time.

He smiled knowingly at the flustered butler who came to report. "I've already contacted the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, and they're sending people here as quickly as possible."

Now all we need to do is keep an eye on the counterfeit product!

Mamiya Mitsuru's expression changed at this point: "But I feel sorry for my poor mother-in-law."
well! "

The previous head of the family announced his death, and the butler understood that Mitsuru Mamiya would be the next head of the Mamiya family.

How could one not pledge loyalty at such a time?

"If the First Madam knew how filial the Master was, she could die in peace!"

"Haha, you're absolutely right!"

"Go ahead and keep an eye on that guy. I need to talk to Chairman Lin about something."
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When Ryoma saw Mamiya Mitsuru again, he was surprised to find that he was so "spirited and high-spirited".

He was completely different from the person who had just been in the secret passage.

Humans are indeed strangely adaptable.

"It seems Mr. Mamiya has gotten what he wanted?" Ryoma Lin was not disappointed and nodded to Mamiya Man.

"Sigh, there's nothing I can do about it. Since my poor mother-in-law is no longer here, I'll have to shoulder the burden of this family for the time being."

The Mamiya family currently has only two male descendants left. One of them is Mamiya Mitsuru, who married into the family and has no connection to the Mamiya family except for the surname he later adopted.

The other one is the child that Mrs. Mamiya had with her ex-husband.

Now that Mitsuru Mamiya has the upper hand, he will likely inherit the Mamiya family business as an adopted son-in-law.

To reiterate the key point—adopted sons-in-law in island nations have legal inheritance rights.

"By the way, Chairman Lin, I do have a favor to ask." After a moment of smugness, Mamiya Mitsuru got down to business with Hayashi Ryoma.

The establishment of the Mamiya family's business had long been part of Mamiya Mitsuru's plans, but the undiscovered treasure was like a thorn in his side.

"There's nothing I can do. I'm not a professional when it comes to finding treasure, so I probably can't help Mr. Mamiya much."

But I can offer you some advice, Mr. Mamiya.

"President Lin, please go ahead."

“If Mr. Mamiya needs a ‘suitable’ detective, then I suggest you send a letter of request to Ms. Ran Mouri of the Mouri Detective Agency.”

"Mouri Detective Agency? Isn't that the agency of the famous detective Kogoro Mouri? His commission fee."
Wait, Chairman Lin, are you referring to Ms. Ran Mouri? I wonder what her relationship is with Mr. Mouri?

"She is his biological daughter, and also a prospective detective who hasn't even started her career yet."

Suddenly, Miyako felt that Ryoma's idea was not very reliable.

A prospective detective who hasn't even started his career yet isn't a detective at all, is he?! Can someone like that really help them find the Mamiya family's treasure?
Mamiya felt uneasy.

(End of this chapter)