Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 118 Looking around, no one was Zheng Yi's henchman.
As Sato was about to leave, Inspector Megure approached and said, "Inspector Sato, about that matter..."

“I wasn’t affected at all,” Sato interrupted Inspector Megure.

"But this..."

"Don't worry about it," Sato said with a smile.

She went to the front desk to pick up her bag, and then went to the restroom to touch up her makeup in front of the mirror.

After touching up her makeup, she ran into Xiaolan, who was washing her hands, and greeted her with a smile:

"Xiaolan."

"Officer Sato."

“There are police everywhere here, it makes the atmosphere weird, doesn’t it?” Sato said.

"Actually, it's not too bad," Xiaolan said. "But Officer Sato, you need to be careful. There have been a lot of detectives being murdered lately."

Sato laughed and said, "Don't worry, I'm very tough."

Then she remembered the note that had suddenly appeared in her pocket.

The smile on his face faded.

She believed that she had been careful enough in her investigation of Zheng Yi, never actively seeking out anything, and that Zheng Yi should not have discovered her.

I just couldn't help but remind the two kids last time.

Could it be that Zheng Yi has also set his sights on this?
"Bang~"

Suddenly all the lights on the entire floor went out.

Sato's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

She said to Xiaolan, "I'll go check on it. Don't move around."

"it is good."

Xiaolan nodded.

As Sato approached the toilet door, Ran saw a light coming from inside the cabinet.

"Officer Sato, look, there's a flashlight here."

Just as Ran took out the flashlight, Sato also heard the sudden sound of footsteps.

"Ran, quickly throw away the flashlight!" Sato shouted.

"what?"

Before Xiaolan could react, the person who appeared at the toilet door took out a silenced pistol and started shooting at the light.

Sato lunged towards Ran.

The killer kept firing, hitting the sink faucet. The water sprayed from the faucet onto Xiaolan's hand, causing her to drop the flashlight.

As the flashlight spun through the air and landed, a beam of light shone on the killer's face.

After calculating the time, the murderer threw the gun into the toilet and made a hasty escape. After the gun landed, the lights came on again.

"Officer Sato!"

Ran looked at Sato, who was clinging to her, and then at her own blood-stained hands.

"Did I kill Officer Sato because I used a flashlight?"

"what!"

The people who were still celebrating rushed to the toilet upon hearing the screams.

"Xiaolan!"

"Sato!"

"Seal off the hotel immediately," Chief Odagiri commanded. "Everyone except the children must prepare for a firestorm, including me and the police!"

At Chief Odagiri's command, the police immediately began their operation.

Shoichi and Ai wanted to go see Sato and Ran, but they were stopped by the police.

"You cannot leave until the gunpowder reaction has taken place," the police officer said.

"Ok."

Zheng Yi obediently retreated.

"Did you do this?" Hakuba Saguru walked over and questioned.

"Don't pin everything on me, okay? That way, you'll miss the real culprit," Zheng Yi said.

Just then, the police arrived to conduct a gunpowder reaction.

Zheng Yi is perfectly fine; he wasn't the one who fired the shot in the toilet.

He raised half of his hand to let Bai Ma Tan see it, and said that it had nothing to do with him.

Hakuba Saguru's doubts about Shoichi did not diminish in the slightest.

Zheng Yi wouldn't do it himself.

Hakuba Saguru looked at Inspector Megure and Kogoro Mouri, who also seemed to have no issues.

"Have you collected fingerprints from the pistol?" Hakuba Saguru asked.

“No fingerprints were found on the pistol,” Takagi said. “And the only fingerprints we collected from the flashlight were Ran’s.”

Hakuba Saguru asked Inspector Shiratori, "What were the details of yesterday's case? And is it related to Inspector Sato's assassination attempt today?"

Shiratori sighed and said, "I really can't reveal that."

Even now, the police are still being secretive, which greatly displeases Hakuba Saguru.

Everyone participated in the smoke test, and none of them had any problems.

Hakuba Saguru said with dissatisfaction, "I suspect the murderer is Shoichi!"

Shiratori said seriously, "What evidence do you have?"

"There's no evidence; it's all just my personal speculation," Hakuba Saguru said.

"Don't make things up without evidence."

Zheng Yi said calmly.

All eyes were now on Zheng Yi, and people began to discuss this guy who was active on the legal channel.

Recently, most of the cases in Tokyo have been related to Shoichi.

There was no evidence, but Hakuba Saguru insisted on telling the story.

"Zhengyi wanted to establish a security company, but his application was blocked by the Metropolitan Police Department. So he retaliated against the Metropolitan Police Department by killing a detective to force them to approve his application."

After Hakuba Saguru finished speaking, the scene erupted in an uproar.

He started killing police officers just because one of his applications was rejected.

This is outrageous!

If anyone else did this, people would just think that Hakuba Saguru had gone mad and was talking nonsense.

But if it's a positive one, then it's not necessarily impossible.

To outsiders, he was a wicked and lawless person.

It's normal for him to commit any heinous crime.

A person hiding in the venue stared wide-eyed.

He didn't expect that before the scapegoat he had found was even suspected, someone else was already vying to take the blame.

All I can say is that this is the reputation of Zhengyi.

If he is a suspect, he will definitely be the first person everyone suspects.

Ai, who was standing next to Shoichi, wanted to get away from him. She didn't want to share that look of looking at a criminal with him.

But Zheng Yi's large hand held her small hand firmly, as if he wanted to share this glorious moment with her.

"I am not the murderer. If you believe I am, please provide evidence," Zheng Yi said casually.

He did not lose his composure despite Hakuba Saguru's accusations.

"Cough cough."

Seeing that the atmosphere had become so tense, and that Hakuba Saguru had said something he shouldn't have, and seemed inclined to continue, Inspector Megure quickly stepped in to speak.

“Let’s talk about what the police were unwilling to disclose before,” Inspector Megure said.

"Humph!"

Hakuba Saguru snorted coldly.

As expected of Shoichi's lackey, he immediately revealed things he hadn't wanted to disclose before, just because he exposed Shoichi's affairs. "Inspector Megure, isn't this inappropriate?" Shiratori said.

"I've made up my mind. If I get fired because of this, I'll just open a detective agency like my friend Mori," Inspector Megure said.

Hakuba Saguru said sarcastically, "Who would dismiss you, Inspector Megure?"

"Yes."

Hakuba Saguru was taken aback, not expecting anyone to respond to him.

Director Odagiri came over and said, "No one will fire you."

Inspector Megure paused for a moment, then began to recount a long-standing cold case.

The police officer, originally named Yu Cheng, was in charge of investigating the death of a doctor. His subordinates included the murdered officers Shiba and Narasawa, as well as the assassinated Sato.

Sato and his two companions were assassinated because they reopened the investigation.

Therefore, the police suspect that the perpetrator in this case is connected to the original case.

Among them, Chief Odagiri's son, Toshio Odagiri, is also a suspect, so the police have been conducting a secret investigation and are unwilling to tell outsiders the truth.

Furthermore, Officer Yu Cheng's son, Yu Cheng Zhen, also had a motive to kill Sato and the others.

Officer Youcheng suddenly felt unwell while handling the case, but because he didn't want to alert the suspect, he didn't call an ambulance and died of a heart attack.

Yu Chengzhen harbored resentment towards Sato and his friends for not calling an ambulance, believing that they were responsible for his father's death.

After listening to what was being said, Bai Ma squinted his eyes.

The motives of these two murderers were far more complex than Zheng Yi's.

Even if Chief Odagiri killed several police officers because of his son, it would be more logical than Masakazu killing a detective to coerce the police.

Zheng Yi sat on the sofa, and it seemed that his suspicion had been greatly reduced.

No, he was never a suspect in the first place.

That was a malicious accusation and baseless denunciation by Hakuba Saguru.

“That’s the whole picture,” Inspector Megure said. “So now Takagi is investigating Tomonari, and Shiratori is investigating Odagiri Toshiya.”

Furthermore, Odagiri Toshiyuki also underwent a gunpowder reaction test and showed no abnormalities. However, Tomonari Makoto, who was originally at the party, is now nowhere to be found.

Toshiya Odagiri wasn't kicked out by his father; for some reason, he stayed.

On the contrary, Yu Chengzhen, who was just here a moment ago, is now nowhere to be found.

“Inspector Megure,” Conan said, raising his hand, “when we were in the phone booth, I saw that the murderer was holding an umbrella in his right hand.”

So, he fired with his left hand; he might be left-handed.

Afterwards, Conan asked how the doctor was killed.

I learned that the doctor had his neck slashed with a knife.

Conan also deduced that the person who killed the doctor was left-handed and even made a gesture as if the murderer had killed someone.

At this moment, Masakazu also said, "I saw that Odagiri Toshi also uses his left hand to strike a match, so he might be left-handed. Moreover, Chief Odagiri is also left-handed."

Zheng Yi quietly helped to add to the information.

Inspector Megure also said, "Actually, Tomonari Makoto is also left-handed."

The number of suspects has increased to three, and none of them have anything to do with Zheng Yi, who is not left-handed.

Inspector Megure also felt something was off.

As the reasoning deepened and the clues became closer, Zheng Yi's suspicion began to shrink rapidly, while the suspicions of the others increased rapidly.

The process is somewhat familiar.

However, this time, Zheng Yi's suspicion was relatively small, and what Hakuba Saguru said was too alarmist.

However, once this "seiichi whitewashing" process was completed, Inspector Megure sensed that something was amiss.

Why did he think that Zheng Yi was more suspicious?
Inspector Megure looked around but didn't see the detective who was trying to clear Shoichi's name.

“Therefore, all three of us are suspects,” Chief Odagiri said.

Shiratori stared at Chief Odagiri for a moment, then said, "Tomonari, who is also a suspect, has disappeared. I'll go find him first."

After saying that, he led a few people to find You Chengzhen.

Inspector Megure was left to face Chief Odagiri, unsure of what to say.

Inspector Megure conducted the investigation into Chief Odagiri's son secretly, without informing Chief Odagiri.

"Investigate however you see fit, don't worry about me," Chief Odagiri said. "Even if I'm a suspect, you can still investigate."

"Yes, sir!" Inspector Megure replied.

The hotel has been closed for a long time.

Since no one seemed to be acting strangely, the police couldn't keep refusing to let the person go back indefinitely.

After the lockdown was lifted, Masakazu also took Ai and prepared to go home.

As he passed by Hakuba Saguru, he muttered to himself, "Seriously, even if I did it, so what? You can't do anything to me."

Xiao Ai's eyelids twitched upon hearing this.

Zheng Yi is truly wicked, even to the point of being rotten to the core, yet he still tries to seduce Hakuba Saguru.

She looked around. Curaçao hadn't followed her to the venue. She wondered if Zheng Yi would get into a fight. Wasn't he afraid of getting beaten up?

Hakuba Saguru was indeed provoked by Shoichi and clenched his fist.

"You stop!"

"What's wrong?" Zheng Yi asked, turning around.

Hakuba Saguru glared angrily at Shoichi, but he held back the curses in his heart.

A gentleman should have the elegance of a gentleman.

Zheng Yi muttered to himself, "Your helpless look reminds me of a character in a movie."

"What movie?" Hakuba Saguru asked.

He was also aware of Zheng Yi's artistic quirks.

The movie "Final Destination" exposed his methods and techniques of killing. It was because of this movie that Hakuba Saguru suspected that Shoichi was imitating Moriarty.

There must be something hidden in the other movies that Zheng Yi likes.

Therefore, Hakuba Saguru was very interested in the movie that Masakazu had mentioned.

And Zheng Yi also told Hakuba Saguru quite frankly:
"An incompetent detective."

"you!"

While the two were talking, Inspector Megure's phone rang.

"Beep, beep, beep~"

"Hello? What!"

Inspector Megure hung up the phone with a serious expression, then walked to Shoichi's side and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Sumitomo Shoichi, you cannot leave now."

"Why?" Zheng Yi asked in surprise.

White Horse's eyes lit up.

However, seeing that it was Inspector Megure who came to stop them, the light was not very obvious.

Ai also raised her head in a daze.

Is Zheng Yi finally going to be brought to justice?

Inspector Megure looked at Shoichi and said, "Because we found a note on Sato, who was taken to the hospital, that said 'Beware of Shoichi'."

Therefore, you are significantly involved in this case and cannot return yet.

Zheng Yi's eyes widened.

Which bastard is framing him?

He looked directly at Hakuba Saguru.

Hakuba Saguru shook his head blankly; he hadn't put the note there.

Shoichi gave Hakuba Saguru a deep look, then said to Inspector Megure:
"I believe the police will definitely clear my name. And then, they will severely punish the guy who framed me."

Upon hearing Zheng Yi's threatening words, Bai Ba Tan felt a chill run down his spine.

He then felt a little confused. He hadn't put the note there, so why was he so nervous?
Zheng Yi looked around but didn't find any of his henchmen there to advocate for him.

Conan went to the hospital to visit Ran as soon as the police lifted the lockdown.

(End of this chapter)