Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 111 Zheng Yi is indeed so far-sighted.
"Inoue."

"What is it now?" Inoue Yuto asked, looking at his friend.

Across from him was his college classmate, who now works in the insurance business, while he worked at Takenaka Construction Company, competing with Masakazu for the construction of the Mihana Municipal Building.

He and his friend are both members of today's elite class.

"Do you want to buy insurance?" my friend asked with a serious expression.

"Insurance? Why are you suddenly trying to sell me this?" Inoue looked at his friend with a puzzled expression.

Is my friend under a lot of pressure to meet performance targets?

They all need his help to improve their performance.

“Because I feel you really need it,” my friend said. “Representative Tonguchi was killed by Kenzo Masuyama.”

“I’ve read the newspaper,” Inoue said.

That's the headline in the newspaper.

"Kenzo Masuyama committed suicide by shooting himself."

"what?"

"The news of his suicide by shooting himself hasn't made the newspapers yet; it seems someone has suppressed it," a friend said.

Inoue unconsciously tapped the table with his fingers.

Kenzo Masuyama and Representative Tomuguchi had no conflict, and Kenzo Masuyama had no reason to kill Representative Tomuguchi.

And even if this guy's murder is exposed.

Why not go abroad?
If you have money, there's nowhere you can't go, so why commit suicide by shooting yourself?
"Inoue, you should buy some insurance. I think you really need it," his friend said to Inoue.

A friend handed Inoue a business card.

It's a friend's business card, belonging to an insurance company employee.

"Even if you suffer misfortune, you can still leave something for your wife," the friend said earnestly.

"What a joke!"

Inoue's fingers trembled slightly.

The person's cruelty far exceeded his expectations.

The president of a large company committed suicide without hesitation; he really had no scruples.

Inoue threw the business card into the trash can: "I don't need these things. By the way, I'm planning to take a vacation to Hawaii, so I won't be going to the party we had arranged."

He wants to leave Japan for a while.

"Beep, beep, beep~"

"Hey?"

"What!" Inoue stood up abruptly.

His facial expressions were unpredictable, making it impossible for his friend to tell whether he was terrified or delighted.

"I'm going to the company right now," Inoue said calmly.

To his surprise, his friend saw a sense of relief on Inoue's face; all the panic and fear from before had vanished.

Inoue put on a sorrowful expression and said heavily, "President Takenaka has been killed."

He was killed by his daughter.

Exterminating an entire family is also a common tactic of the Zhengyi sect.

They killed the person, then sent the heir to prison, leaving only this unclaimed estate.

Inoue, dressed in a black suit, felt there was nothing to be afraid of.

Someone of his caliber is not qualified to be killed by Zheng Yi.

Honestly, all that worrying for nothing.

……

Why did you kill your father?

"He is not my father."

Sakura calmly got out of the car.

“My father is dead. All his paintings were painted by my father. He imprisoned my father and made him paint for him.”

Sakura's father was originally a student of Takenaka Hirono.

Hirono Takenaka's painting skills are actually quite average, and he is virtually unknown in the art world.

However, a few years ago, Hiroyuki Takenaka's painting and Sakura's father's painting were accidentally mixed up, and someone bought Sakura's father's painting for 100 million yen.

Takenaka then imprisoned Sakura's father, made him his ghostwriter, and then turned him into a famous painter in Japan.

Her father fell seriously ill while in captivity.

Sakura also met her father by chance at the hospital. At that time, her father was already delirious and did not recognize Sakura. He was only able to draw instinctively in the last moments of his life.

He painted that portrait of his beloved daughter.

That painting was also stolen by Sakura from Takenaka Hirono's house, and then sent to the judging panel of the Runoars International Painting Exhibition in Takenaka Hirono's name.

After receiving the award, Hirono Takenaka was puzzled, but enjoying the honor, he would not give up the honor he had gained for nothing, and even made up a story.

It was at this moment that Sakura contacted the reporter, appeared before Takenaka Hirono, and made him acknowledge her as his daughter, thus beginning her revenge plan.

"So, you impersonated Kaito Kid and started stealing paintings and murdering people," Conan said, looking at Sakura.

"You just didn't expect that the real Phantom Thief Kid would also come and steal your portrait, so you staged this farce that hurt yourself."

“That’s right,” Sakura said.

Inspector Megure said, "Then, Miss Sakura, please come back to the police station with us."

At Inspector Megure's signal, Sato approached Sakura with handcuffs.

"do not come!"

Sakura pulled out a fruit knife and pointed it at Sato, who stopped in his tracks in shock.

Then Sakura turned the blade inward and stabbed herself in the abdomen.

"Step aside!"

"what!"

Ran pushed Sato away and kicked Sakura's knife away with a spinning kick.

Then Sato quickly stepped forward and pinned Sakura down.

As they were capturing Sakura, Hakuba Saguru grabbed Shoichi and asked, "Why Sakura?"

"What are you talking about?" Zheng Yi asked, puzzled. "Isn't that all the reasoning you came up with? Why are you asking me 'why'?"
You're weird, you know that?

Zheng Yi looked at Bai Macha and said, "Everything will be revealed to the world; this is the truth."

The result was deduced by you, the detective, and the murderer confessed to the crime.

Why is there any other reason?
That's the truth.

"Is this case really unrelated to you?" Hakuba Saguru asked, looking into Shoichi's eyes.

“Of course, you must trust your own reasoning and judgment,” Zheng Yi said.

He would offer every detective a kind word of encouragement.

Zhengyi also trusted the detectives' reasoning.

Hakuba Saguru felt a sting as he watched Sakura being handcuffed and the strange looks he received from the surrounding police officers.

Shoichi patted Hakuba Saguru on the shoulder and said, "Sakura has already confessed, so don't feel pressured."

"What do you mean?" Hakuba Saguru asked, staring at Masakazu.

"I just wanted to see you looking down so you wouldn't feel pressured," Zheng Yi said. "Don't be so heartless just because Sakura is pretty."

She had already accepted her fate when she began her revenge.

Hakuba Saguru stared intently at Masakazu.

Your words sound like you're trying to comfort a first-time offender.

"Moriarty."

Hakuba Saguru asked Shoichi, "Why did Takenaka Hirono's painting win an award at the Runoars International Painting Exhibition?"

"Because it's beautifully drawn?" Zheng Yi said softly.

He doesn't know much about art.

"Because you're the one who got his painting to win the award, only in this way can Sakura have a reason to get close to Takenaka Hirono and then take revenge on him."

"Ok?"

Hakuba Saguru continued, "You must have investigated everything long ago, knowing that Takenaka Hirono secretly imprisoned a painter, and even found the painter's daughter."

Using everything you know, you then orchestrated Sakura's revenge.

"You didn't do it yourself, but the people you used completed the tasks you assigned without their knowledge." Zheng Yi blinked.

Why do you think I'm so smart?

Both clever and wicked.

“If I remember correctly, you really like the Sherlock Holmes stories. You must have gotten your inspiration from Moriarty,” Hakuba Saguru said.

Zheng Yi shook his head.

He doesn't like reading those brain-taxing detective novels.

He bought these books simply because they were bestsellers and he wanted to collect them.

Besides, killing someone isn't such an inconvenient thing.

A well-thought-out plan? A meticulous investigation? A careful calculation?

No need!
All he needs is one Conan.

"Read less novels," Masato said to Hakuba Saguru.

They've all made the kids stupid; there's no Moriarty in reality.

"Did I hit the nail on the head?" Hakuba asked.

Zheng Yi was too lazy to explain.

Hakuba Saguru continued, "You weren't the one who spent 100 million yen to buy that painting back then, were you?"

Zheng nodded.

What an amazing coincidence.

Even Zheng Yi was amazed by how coincidental it all was.

"You've been planning this for years; you're even more far-sighted than I thought," said Hakuba Saguru.

Zheng Yi couldn't help but say, "That was several years ago. I was just a child back then. I would never have thought about killing people."

"Besides, I had no connection with Takenaka Hirono a few years ago, so why would I plot to kill him?"

Hakuba Saguru, you're being a bit unreasonable.

Bai Ma Tan looked at Zheng Yi with a deep gaze.

The detective doesn't believe in coincidences.

Especially for Zheng Yi, who has encountered too many coincidences, Hakuba Saguru is even less likely to believe in coincidences.

Who knows if he just casually laid out the plan back then, intending to use it someday in the future.

It's okay if you don't need it, but it will be very useful if you do.

White Horse touched his pocket watch.

To find evidence of Zheng Yi's crimes, it might not be enough to just investigate what he did recently; we need to start investigating several years ago.

"You want to investigate me too?" Zheng Yi asked.

Hakuba Saguru did not respond, but the answer is certain.

"Whatever, do you want me to introduce you to a few friends?" Zheng Yi asked.

One person's strength has its limits; you need more partners.

"Humph!"

Hakuba Saguru snorted coldly, then turned and left.

Do you want to send someone to monitor him?
After Hakuba Saguru left, Ai whispered to Shoichi, "Did you really do this?"

How could someone be so wicked?

He planned the murder for several years.

Could it be that Masaichi could have foreseen the conflict with Takenaka years ago?
"No."

Ai lowered her head and said softly, "I know you well enough, and I won't tell anyone about you. You don't need to hide anything from me."

She and her sister are very dependent on Zheng Yi now, and they won't harm him.

Moreover, she knew that Zheng Yi was actually a member of an evil organization, and that he was rotten to the core. Even if she knew he was even worse, it wouldn't matter.

“I’m a good person,” Zheng Yi said.

"Ha, if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine," Ai said.

Zheng Yi looked at Ai with a deep gaze, as if to say, "Why do I feel like you already have the answer in your heart?"

Honestly, they're all kids, not as well-behaved as Conan at all.

Although Sakura has been arrested, the matter is not over yet.

Because there's still a Phantom Thief Kid to deal with; that guy stole the 'Portrait of My Beloved Daughter,' and we haven't caught him yet.

Both Conan and Hakuba Saguru are big fans of Kaito Kid.

“Kid might be that Miss Kaneko,” Conan said.

Miss Kaneko said that she was the one who submitted the painting to the judging panel. Sakura, on the other hand, said that she was the one who gave it to them.

Therefore, someone must be lying.

And most importantly, there are no more outsiders here.

Conan has already taken advantage of his childhood to pinch the faces of several people.

Although he got beaten up by Ran, it proves that Kid wasn't among these people.

Therefore, the most suspicious person is Miss Jinzi.

Hakuba Saguru looked at Conan strangely.

He just got his cheek pinched by Conan. Is this how kids judge things?

It requires almost no brainpower, yet it's surprisingly easy to use.

My face still hurts a little.

"Then let's go and invite that lady over."

When Hakuba Saguru and his group returned to the villa, they found that Kaneko's bedroom was empty, with only the stolen painting remaining.

Hakuba Saguru grabbed Takenaka Seiji by the collar and asked, "Where's Kaneko, reporter?"

"Uh, they went to the mountains to the west."

Hakuba Sagatsu released Seiji and went to the western mountains with the police.

Officer Nakamori took the lead.

Upon reaching the edge of the cliff, the police found Phantom Thief Kid waiting there.

"Kaito Kid! Surrender right now!" Inspector Nakamori yelled at Kaito Kid.

Then he continued, "Don't even think about escaping with a hang glider. The police have prepared plenty of gadgets to deal with you. You absolutely can't escape!"

Inspector Nakamori looked at Kidd with an air of confidence.

He had nowhere to run.

“I could have left much earlier.” Kidd stood on the edge of the cliff and looked at the crowd. “You guys are too slow. I’ve been waiting for you here for ages.”

Hakuba Saguru looked at Kaito Kid; he was being a bit too arrogant.

He's a bit like that bastard Zheng Yi; both of them are arrogant and fearless, not taking anyone seriously at all.

Kidd snapped his fingers: "Well then, let me show you my new gear."

After the snap of his fingers, the police heard a sound approaching from afar.

A helicopter rose up from the edge of the cliff and lowered a ladder, which Kidd grabbed and climbed up.

Goodbye everyone.

"What...what are you talking about?" Inspector Nakamori couldn't help but take a few steps back.

How could Phantom Thief Kid possess equipment like a helicopter?
Is this something an ordinary phantom thief could possess?

As the police aimed their weapons at Phantom Thief Kid on the ladder, the helicopter's guns were also pointed down below.

The police quietly put away their weapons.

So it was an armed helicopter after all.

The white horse pointed to the sky and asked, "Why does he have such a thing?"

"You're asking me?" Officer Nakamori asked loudly.

He couldn't even get an armed helicopter, so who knows how Phantom Thief Kid managed to get one.

Behind the crowd.

Ai looked up at the sky and heard Zheng Yi whisper, "Too flamboyant. Kid still loves to show off too much. He has to flaunt his new equipment even when he steals something."

I originally planned to give the headline to Hakuba Saguru.

(End of this chapter)