Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

What is he so proud of in Chapter 150?
Casey looked at Hakuba Saguru, wondering what he was talking about.

Her relationship with Zheng Yi was just a normal employer-employee relationship, so what was there to talk about loyalty or disloyalty?
Why should she be loyal to her boss?

"Since Mr. Zhengyi said you didn't deliver hot tea last night, what did you do?" Hakuba Saguru asked.

Casey remained silent.

If she doesn't speak, then Hakuba Saguru will speak for her.

“You went to kill someone last night,” Hakuba Saguru said. “And you don’t seem to have changed your shoes, so there should be rust on them.”

Casey lifted her foot, and there really was one up there.

"When you climbed over the wall to throw things into the chimney, you probably didn't notice that the ladder was covered in rust," Hakuba Saguru said.

White Horse scouted the spot where Casey had been sitting yesterday.

He said calmly and slowly:

“There were countless small holes in the floor, and Casey took the rope he pulled from the pulley and wound it through the holes into the ground.”

It is fastened to the screw under the seat through a small hole under the guest seating area.

On stage, when the actress came down to the chandelier, she cut the rope.

One end of the rope would be wound back by a powered pulley, leaving almost no trace except for an unnaturally long section of rope remaining at one end of the chandelier.

This led to the actress's death.

If it weren't for the notice from the phantom-like figure that floated down, the police would likely have thought it was just a regular accident.

Just like those accidents that happened in Japan.

Therefore, Miss Casey must be Zheng Yi's criminal mastermind.

He orchestrated countless crimes and created countless accidents.

It also provided countless inspirations for Zhengyi's films.

Hakuba Saguru never expected to catch this guy on a small island in England.

The white horse pointed to the small hole beneath it and said:
"The extremely unnatural scratches here also prove the correctness of my reasoning."

After explaining everything, Hakuba Saguru stood up from his chair.

"Miss Casey, do you have any more excuses to make?"

Hakuba Saguru's confident gaze lingered between Casey and Shoichi.

He continued, "You always like to do unnecessary things, not realizing that the more you do, the more mistakes you make."

A relentless pursuit of drama carries a high risk of backfiring.

Hakuba Saguru took out the thumbtacks and balloons he had found on the tower.

"Last night, the murderer set a trap on the valve of the tower and put dry ice into the balloon."

After the dry ice melts, the balloon, which has expanded, will be popped by the thumbtack placed next to it.

The released carbon dioxide is heavier than air, so it will climb down the stairs and blow out the candles above.

It was like a phantom, blowing out candles as it descended the stairs.

Hakuba Saguru said, "It really feels like a scene from a movie, doesn't it?"

Hakuba Saguru, confident and flamboyant, spoke eloquently about his discoveries and reasoning.

He would also occasionally glance at Zheng Yi with a provocative look.

Masakazu pinched Ai's head and said, "I really don't know what this guy is so smug about?"

Are all detectives these days so arrogant?

He's become arrogant and overbearing just because he solved a murder case, as if this small island can no longer contain him.

They really can't be compared.

Think about Conan, he's solved so many cases, yet he remains so low-key, willingly playing the role of the kid behind Kogoro Mouri.

The gap between detectives is still too large.

Ai's head hurt a little from being pinched.

But she seems to understand Zheng Yi a little.

It seems that Zheng Yi's 'employees' are about to be forced to resign, so it's normal for Zheng Yi to be in a bad mood.

Zheng Yi yawned and said to the police officer, "Now that we've found the murderer, let's arrest her quickly."

I'm leaving this island today for London. I don't have time to waste with you all anymore.

Hakuba scouts at Masaichi.

It seems like Zheng Yi has already admitted defeat.

He could find no reason to exonerate Casey.

This isn't Japan, and Hakuba Saguru doesn't believe that Shoichi has the power to rescue his henchmen from an English prison.

Hakuba Saguru said, "Then, Miss Casey, tell me why you killed them both."
Someone has already given up on you, are you sure you still want to hide something from them?

“I don’t quite understand what you mean,” Casey said, her head bowed.
"I did kill those two guys, but I don't know what I'm hiding?"

Bai Ma asked, "For example, how many people did you kill when you were in Japan? And who ordered you to do it?"

Casey looked at Hakuba Saguru with surprise.

He said in a low voice, "I have never killed anyone in Japan. My job is just to teach others to act."

“Then let me put it another way,” Hakuba Saguru said. “Just how many murders did you plan in Japan?”

Casey couldn't help but frown.

She said angrily, "Even if I go to prison, I still refuse to take the blame for things I didn't do."

She looked at Hakuba Saguru with displeasure and said, "It seems that the news about you in the media was not wrong. You are just a criminal detective who can't distinguish right from wrong and likes to shift blame."

Bai Ma Tan raised an eyebrow.

Now that you're facing a serious crime, you're framing me, aren't you?

Zheng Yi has already given up on you, so why are you still covering for him?
Do you really think he'll rescue you?
Casey said, "As for those two guys, they deserved to die."

She recounted her grievances with the two men.

Several years ago, during rehearsals, a fire nearly killed her, but her husband, who was originally playing the Phantom, saved her from the blaze.

However, her husband was also disfigured in the fire.

From a promising actor, he became completely ignored.

Her husband became increasingly depressed until one day he disappeared completely, and no one knew where he went.

Some say he committed suicide because of his bleak future and his wife's abandonment, while others say he hid on this small island and refused to see anyone.

Until Casey met Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi agreed to help her investigate her husband's whereabouts, and in return, she would work for Zheng Yi.

This was a reasonable deal, and Casey agreed.

Ultimately, Casey learned that Tom and the actress had set the fire in order to steal her husband's role.

Her husband was also killed by Tom and the actress.

According to the deal, after completing her work hours with Zheng Yi, Casey returned to the island to seek revenge.

"Is it really just a simple teaching performance?" Hakuba Saguru asked.

Why would Zheng Yi go to such great lengths for a performance teacher?

“That’s right,” Casey said.
"Because Mr. Zhengyi at the time was a... artistic young man. He really liked my performance and also liked my husband's performance, so he agreed to help."

Actually, I didn't do much more work for him.

At that time, Zheng Yi was still very helpful.

I just don't know why I went back to Japan.

The newspapers were full of negative news about him, which made Casey somewhat confused about Zheng Yi.

Hakuba Saguru scratched his head. Even at this point, he was still unwilling to tell the whole story.

Hakuba Saguru no longer hoped for more.

She might also be afraid of Zheng Yi, fearing that if she revealed Zheng Yi's secrets, she would be silenced.

"Then, Miss Casey, please come with me." The officer took out handcuffs and cuffed them to Casey's wrists.

Casey did not resist and peacefully accepted her fate.

Having completed her revenge, Casey was completely satisfied.

Around noon, a ship arrived. Masakazu and Hakuba Saguru boarded the ship and left the island.

Are you really not going to save her?

As Shoichi leaned against the side of the boat enjoying the sea breeze, Ai came over and said some strange things.

“Although those two people deserved it, and Miss Casey’s actions were an act of revenge, it is the law that punishes her, and we must abide by the law,” Zheng Yi said.

Ai nodded.

She was very curious about how Zheng Yi managed to hold back his laughter when he said that.

Is he a law-abiding person?
"Isn't that woman your 'employee'?" Ai asked.

"So what now? Does that mean I, as the boss, am obligated to cover for an employee who breaks the law?" Zheng Yi asked.

Ai looked at Masakazu strangely.

Could it be that person really wasn't helping Masakazu do bad things?

Then, Ai's gaze turned strange as she looked at Hakuba Saguru who was walking over.

Hakuba Saguru slightly raised his head, his eyebrows lifting gently.
When he saw a child looking at him, he quickly regained his calm and composed expression.

He raised his hand and gently adjusted his collar, then elegantly folded his hands in front of him, a subtle smile playing on his lips.

"Are you really going to let a little kid hear what we're going to discuss?" Hakuba Saguru asked.

“There’s nothing between you and me that a child can’t hear,” Zheng Yi said.

Hakuba Tan frowned.

Zheng Yi didn't care. The little boy didn't seem to want to leave. He stood next to Zheng Yi and didn't want to move an inch.

“Since you don’t care, I’ll just say it directly,” Hakuba Saguru said.

"Without Casey, you must be feeling very sad."

"It's not that bad, is it? She's just a teacher who teaches acting. If she gets arrested, I'll just find another one," Zheng Yi said.

White Horse's eyes flashed sharply.

“It won’t be easy to find someone as useful as him,” Hakuba Saguru said.

Zheng nodded.

It's really not easy.

For the past few years, Casey has been working without pay, only needing to support her normal life. A salary is not important to her at all.

Finding employees who don't want to work is extremely difficult.

The last employee Zheng Yi had was Vermouth.

Even though Vermouth has to pay her own salary to work.

Seeing Masakazu frown, Hakuba Saguru smiled.

He said in a victor's tone, "Zhengyi, I've finally beaten you once."

"What did you win against me?" Zheng Yi asked.

"Don't want to admit it?" Hakuba Saguru said with a smile, "I'll keep winning from here on out."

Eliminate all your henchmen.

Find more evidence of your crimes until you end up in jail.

Even in Japan, I will not lose again.

"So what exactly did you win?" Zheng Yi asked, puzzled.

Hakuba Saguru didn't say much to Shoichi, who stubbornly refused to admit it. He knew that being stubborn would only make him lose face.

Hakuba Saguru reached out and touched the sea breeze.

"Goodbye," Hakuba Saguru said. "Back in Tokyo, let's continue."

Unlike the anxiety and unease he always felt when he saw Zheng Yi before, Bai Ma Tan Zhi is now full of pride.

I'm really looking forward to the next clash with Zheng Yi.

Zheng Yi yawned, too lazy to bother with this chuunibyou kid.

Hakuba Saguru didn't seem to mind, glanced at Masakazu with a smile, and turned to leave.

Zheng Yi's lips twitched slightly as he asked Ai, "Do you know what he's so smug about?"

"I don't know." Ai shook her head.

"Don't you know? I thought people of similar age would know something about each other's thoughts," Zheng Yi said.

Ai pouted.

She's not a child.

……

"Kaito!"

"Hey? You're in England and you're still calling me?"

"I've eliminated Zhengyi's henchmen," Hakuba Saguru said, trying to keep his voice as calm as possible.

"what!"

Kaito's tone was very excited.

Have you eliminated Zhengyi's henchmen?

Is it Kogoro or Megure?

Or is it Shinichi Kudo, who recently appeared in the newspaper?

Could it be you?
“It’s the one who’s been helping Masakazu plan his crimes,” Hakuba Saguru said.

Kaito frowned and said, "Is it the one who keeps creating accidental deaths and inducing others to kill?"

“That’s right, she was arrested in England,” Hakuba Saguru said.

He had been dealing with Zheng Yi for a long time, and this was the only time he had succeeded, and the success was significant.

They directly eliminated Zheng Yi's criminal planner.

It will be extremely difficult for Zheng Yi to commit crimes without leaving evidence in the future.

Tokyo, and the world, will be quiet for a long time.

Hakuba Saguru's sense of accomplishment reached an unparalleled level.

He couldn't wait to get Zheng Yi thrown in jail.

"Are you that good?" Kaito asked incredulously.

"It's not like we found evidence of Zheng Yi's crimes; it's just a trivial matter," Hakuba Saguru said, suppressing his lip.

Kaito scratched his head.

Hakuba Saguru's actions were so successful when he acted alone.

Why is it that even with my help, there's been no progress at all?

Could it really be as Zheng Yi said, that I am actually an undercover agent lurking beside Bai Ma Saguru?
Kaito didn't understand.

"Okay, I'll talk to you again after I get back to Japan," Hakuba Saguru said, hanging up the phone.

Now, just thinking about Masakazu's disappointed and troubled appearance makes Hakuba Saguru unable to suppress the corners of his mouth from smiling.

……

"Wuhu~ We're ashore!"

Zheng Yi pulled Xiao Ai off the boat, and he seemed to be in a very good mood.

Hakuba Saguru also saw Shoichi's expression.

Hehe, are you forcing a smile?
After giving Zheng Yi a disapproving look, Bai Ma Tan also disembarked.

"Where do you want to go?" Masato asked Ai.

"Whatever," Ai said indifferently.

I'm fine with going anywhere as long as I don't have to go to work.

She glanced at Hakuba Saguru, whose expression was clearly smug and arrogant, and then at Masakazu, who was laughing happily.

She didn't understand what Hakuba Saguru was so proud of.

(End of this chapter)