Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 130 The deceased choked to death.
Inspector Megure glanced at Yoshikazu Watanuki and Koda.

What's going on with these two guys?

Were two people so eager to confess as soon as they found out about the body?
But Mr. Koda, you were the one who reported the incident.

"Chōso, how is it?" Inspector Megure asked.

"There were impact marks on the back of the deceased's head."

"So, Koda Kosuke was killed by someone hitting his head, and then his body was buried here?" Inspector Megure asked.

Chosoka shook his head.

He dismissed everyone and performed an autopsy on the body.

After assessing the condition of the body, he addressed the crowd again, saying, "The deceased likely choked to death."

"Choked to death?" Inspector Megure asked in surprise.

That reason is a bit far-fetched.

He simply couldn't figure out why the deceased had choked to death.

However, after seeing the highly professional Chosokabe, Inspector Megure decided to believe him for the time being.

Choso said, "The deceased's stomach contained a large amount of silicate."

Inspector Megure forced himself to glance at the dissected corpse.

"So, Mr. Koda Satoshi was originally having dinner with Yoshikazu Watanuki, but during the meal, Mr. Satoshi choked to death."

"So, Yoshikazu Watanuki was worried about being identified as the murderer, so he buried the body here?" Kogoro asked.

Koda stiffly turned his head.

Could such an outrageous excuse really come from the mouth of a great detective?
Do you really think you can fool people with something like that?

"I never imagined my father would die in this way." Koda knelt on the ground, his face filled with sorrow.

He was wailing for his deceased father.

Zheng Yi touched his chin.

Did he choke to death?

Although the reason is rather bizarre, as a sensible Tokyo citizen, all I can do is trust the police unconditionally.

He believed that the police would never harm him.

Koda was still lying on the ground crying, her eyes constantly glancing in Shoichi's direction.

Zheng Yi seemed quite satisfied with the result and breathed a sigh of relief.

Among those present, quite a few paid attention to Zheng Yi's attitude.

They also began to reason that the deceased had choked to death, pointing out all the plausible explanations.

"Uncle Choso, you're wrong, aren't you?" Conan said speechlessly.

"What does having a lot of silicate in your stomach have to do with choking on food?"

Who in their right mind would eat so much silicate while eating?
Moreover, Conan boldly went to take a look and found that what he pulled out of the deceased's stomach was all dirt!
Conan said, "It looks like the deceased inhaled a lot of soil when they were buried alive."

I noticed Zheng Yi's brows furrowing slightly.

Koda immediately got up from the ground, ran to Conan and said, "My father choked to death while eating!"
He has pica, so what if he likes to eat dirt?

“Uh, this…” Conan was speechless.

The deceased's son said this, but he didn't know what else to say.

Your father really has pica.

Inspector Megure rubbed his head as well.

He also very much wanted to uphold justice.

Previously, everyone complained that the police and detectives were inactive and willingly acted as lackeys of the authorities. Now, it seems that the victims' families are even more of a lackey.

This puts the police in a difficult position.

"He actually choked to death? That was truly a thrilling case-solving experience," Zheng Yi said.

Inspector Megure looked at Masakazu.

Is this a provocation?

Now that the victim's family fears his authority, he must be very proud of himself.
Zheng Yi yawned.

Inspector Megure asked Yoshikazu Watanuki seriously, "Does Mr. Suneo really have pica? Did he eat dirt at your house?"

When Inspector Megure asked this question, his face was ashen.

"No...that's right, he has pica. I tried to talk him out of it during meals, but he wouldn't listen to me at all."

After he choked to death, I buried him here because I was afraid the police would think I killed him.

"Officer, I really didn't kill anyone!" Yoshikazu Watanuki said.

"Then how are you going to explain Suneo's head injury?" Inspector Megure asked.

“It’s normal to bump and knock things over while moving them!” Yoshikazu Mikan said.

Don't know why.

It seemed as if Yoshikazu Miyakushi had someone backing him up; he straightened his back and faced the police with neither servility nor arrogance, and even wanted to shout a few words.

"Inspector Megure, please close this case as soon as possible so my father can rest in peace," Koda said.

Inspector Megure yelled at him, "You went to so much trouble to get the police to help you solve the case, are you satisfied with this result?"

This guy went to great lengths to steal the jewel from Kaito Kid, which led the police to investigate the case.

Have you given up on yourself now?

"Why can't I accept this? This is the truth!" Koda said.

Inspector Megure felt a little dizzy.

Previously, it was the police who persuaded the victims' families to accept the truth; now it's the victims' families who are persuading the police to accept the truth.

Kogoro Mouri believed the deceased had choked to death.

The people who buried the body also said that the deceased choked to death.

The forensic examination determined that he choked to death.

Even the victim's family members acknowledged that the deceased choked to death.

"Whether it's the truth or not, only the police can say for sure!" Inspector Megure said expressionlessly.

It's time to demonstrate the authority of the police.

Koda secretly said something bad.

The police are finally about to reveal their tyrannical nature. Is he really doomed to die?

Koda was heartbroken.

“That’s right, we should trust the Metropolitan Police Department.” Shoichi clapped his hands in support of Inspector Megure.

His presence at the event drew a variety of interesting expressions from everyone.

Conan touched his nose.

Why is it that every time Brother Zheng speaks, it always makes everyone present feel very strange?

Perhaps this is a kind of talent.

Choso spoke first: "Mr. Suneo has too much silicate in his stomach, even if he has pica."

His bodily instincts wouldn't allow him to eat so much.

They've changed their rhetoric, abandoning the traditional skills of aspiring forensic pathologists.

Inspector Megure pretended not to hear Shoichi and Chosokabe's words and asked Watanuki Yoshikazu:

"Mr. Suneo, how did you get the scar on your head? I advise you to tell the truth, police..."

Inspector Megure said a lot, but Yoshikazu Watanuki didn't understand what he was saying at all.

He just stood there, stunned, looking at Masakazu standing behind Inspector Megure.

What exactly do you mean?

Didn't you initially side with me, saying that Xiaofu choked to death while eating?

It's a good thing for you that the person who 'slandered' you in the newspaper is dead.

Why are you now siding with the police and trying to convict me?

“Mr. Shoichi! I’m your business partner!” Yoshikazu Watanuki said directly to Shoichi, bypassing Inspector Megure.

Zheng Yi took a step back slightly.

"I have many partners, I'm sorry, I don't remember your name very well." Zheng Yi smiled apologetically and said:

"Furthermore, I only cooperate with law-abiding people. Our Justice Group refuses to cooperate with those who break the law."

After all, what we uphold is justice and sincerity.

Mian Guanyi's face turned deathly pale.

Finally, under Inspector Megure's pressure, he told the truth.

Xiao Fu went to his house to discuss cooperation, but the discussion didn't go as planned, and the two got into an argument.

During the argument, Xiaofu slipped and fell down the stairs, hitting his head.

When he placed his hand on Xiaofu's nose, he didn't feel any breath and assumed he was dead. Afraid of taking responsibility, he planned to bury Xiaofu in the nearby construction site.

Who knew that as soon as Xiaofu was thrown into the pit, he woke up.

In his panic, he didn't know what was happening and simply started filling the hole with soil.

Inspector Megure ordered his men to handcuff Yoshikazu Watanuki.

Although the case was solved, Inspector Megure felt no joy at the outcome.

Because this case wasn't solved by detectives or by the police's own abilities, but by Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi said something to the police that directly led to Mikan Yoshikazu confessing.

It's hard to imagine that someone's words carry so much weight.

Koda also looked like he had just survived a disaster.

Was he not the murderer?

The deceased's heirs were surprisingly spared from imprisonment.

He felt that the Zheng Yi he encountered was completely different from the one described in the newspapers and rumors.

Zheng Yi seems to be excessively kind.

They were actually willing to let him, a family member of the victim, go home safely.

Faced with the strange atmosphere at the scene, Masakazu said, "Inspector Megure, now that the case has been solved, can I go home?"

"Okay, thank you for coming over here," Inspector Megure said.

"No trouble at all," Zheng Yi waved his hand dismissively.

At this moment, Koda walked over and said to Masakazu, "Thank you for helping me catch the murderer."

"If it weren't for you, I don't know when we would have found my father's body."

I also want to thank you for letting me go and not making me the murderer who went to prison.

“The police caught him,” Zheng Yi emphasized.

"Yes, yes, yes." Koda nodded repeatedly.

They're all the same, they're all the same.

Now, everyone in Tokyo knows that the Metropolitan Police Department follows Masakazu's lead.

Standing next to Masakazu, Koda felt that the power of the heavens was unpredictable.

Who the murderer is is just a matter of his word; he is the one who controls everything.

Shoichi casually patted Koda on the shoulder and turned to leave.

Koda stood there and began to ponder whether Shoichi's action had any deeper meaning.

But before I could think it through, my heart was filled with ecstasy.

The old man's body has now been found.

Look at those bastards at the insurance company, do they still have any excuse not to pay compensation?

Koda's mouth stretched from ear to ear in a wide grin.

Amuro Tooru's expression shifted dramatically as he witnessed the case being solved for the first time.

Zheng Yi, who had been silently watching the show from the sidelines, seemed to have an unusually large impact on the case.

Before he spoke.

Almost everyone would conclude that the deceased had pica and choked to death.

Mian Guanyi buried his body only because he was afraid of taking responsibility.

But after Zheng Yi spoke, the outcome took another turn.

It's hard to imagine how many heinous things Zheng Yi did to make both the murderer and the victim's family so afraid of him.

Because of one sentence he said, she became anxious and changed her words.

"Uncle, it's time to go home." Conan tugged at Kogoro's sleeve.

"Don't disturb my thinking!" Kogoro punched Conan on the head.

Although my opinion of Zheng Yi has changed somewhat recently.

But this case seems to have a close connection with Zheng Yi.

Based on this, after hearing Masakazu's words, Yoshiichi Watanuki decisively confessed everything.

Zheng Yi cannot escape involvement.

Conan rubbed his head, wondering what Kogoro was still thinking about.

Is it a bit too late to start thinking about this after the case has already been solved?

Uncle Mori never uses his brain at the right time.

Conan curled his lips.

"I'm going home now, Ran-neechan is still waiting for us," Conan said.

……

"I am back."

Zheng Yi took off his coat and stretched.

As soon as Curaçao got home, she turned on the TV and watched some boring anime and TV series.

Ai brought out some pastries from the kitchen.

As always, these weren't made for Zheng Yi, but that didn't stop him from enjoying them.

Ai looked helplessly at the pastries she had made, a third of which had been snatched away by Masakazu, and asked in a low voice:

"What were you called in by the police for this time?"

"Oh, someone died. They insist I come over." Zheng Yi said helplessly, "It's that Koda Suneo I told you about before, he's dead."

"Satoshi Koda?"

Ai thought back for a moment and realized it was the person who had been criticizing Shoichi in the newspaper.

That person was the general manager of a car company.

Because of this person, Zheng Yi was once again criticized in the newspaper for being a ruthless killer. Zheng Yi even said that this person was extremely annoying.

"Is it annoying?" Ai asked.

Zhengyi had said this guy was incredibly annoying, and now he's dead.

It's hard to believe that his death had nothing to do with Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi rubbed Ai's head and said, "No one gets annoyed to death, what are you thinking about with that little brain of yours?"

Ai shrank her head slightly to avoid Shoichi's large hand.

"How did they die?"

"He choked to death while eating," Zheng Yi said.

"Ok?"

Ai's eyes widened.

Your reasons are even more arbitrary than I thought.

Choking to death while eating is such a disrespectful way to the police and the victim's family.

Can the victim's family really accept this cause of death?

"Hey."

“Mr. Shoichi, I am Koda today.”

A cautious voice came from the phone.

"Oh, is there something you need?" Zheng Yi asked.

"Because I need to prepare for my father's funeral, I'm planning to sell the engine patent. I wonder if you'd be interested?" Koda said ingratiatingly.

Zheng Yi said, "Then I'll send someone to contact you."

"Yes, yes, then I won't bother you any longer."

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Yi praised Koda's filial piety.

To afford his father's funeral, he's even selling off the company's technology patents.

Such filial sons are too few in this world.

Ai looked at Masakazu with the same disdainful gaze one would give someone trash.

To say he was so bad that his feet were oozing pus would probably be an exaggeration.

Killing people wasn't enough; they also forced them to sell their company's patents. Why are there such evil people in the world?

Zheng Yi had just put down his phone when he raised his hand again.

"Ow~"

"Your gaze is very presumptuous."

(End of this chapter)