Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

“Let’s start now.

Now, let's invite one of our guests to say a few words to everyone present.

"Please, Mr. Masao Takada, member of the House of Representatives, come to the stage to speak!"

The lights in the venue were turned off.

Representative Takada stood below the stage, a beam of light shining on him.

Representative Takada's head was completely bald, with only a small tuft of hair left at the front, which reflected the light and made him look like a live target.

He seemed to know what was going on, and started wandering around the audience, determined not to walk in a straight line.

"Why is he wandering around in the audience?" Xiaolan asked, puzzled.

Conan, adjusting his glasses, said, "Maybe he wants to stay in the audience a little longer and attract everyone's attention?"

Conan wasn't quite sure either.

Is this guy trying to show off?
Do not understand.

Conan stared intently at Representative Takada.

This is yet another guy who seems to be connected to the organization.

Zheng Yi didn't explicitly say that this guy was a member of the organization, but he did say that he had a close relationship with the Toyota Group and a very deep cooperation.

If it's related to Toyota, then it's related to the organization, isn't it?

The organization is so well hidden in Japan, no one would believe it wasn't being protected by a high-ranking official in the government.

Ai became somewhat restless as Representative Takada walked around.

She felt that such a dimly lit environment was the perfect moment to commit the murder.

But she wasn't sure whether it was Ishimoto, who had received a warning letter, or Takada, who had been marked by Conan, who would die today.

Takada greeted the people in the venue with a big smile.

While greeting people, I carefully observed everyone around me, fearing they might pull out a weapon from their pockets.

The smile on Takada's face gradually disappeared.

It's really terrible to be so anxious in Tokyo.

Hopefully, Toyota can step up their game and overpower Masakazu; he doesn't want to live like this anymore.

Niikura's secretary walked ahead to lead the way for Takada.

"Um, President Ishimoto, excuse me."

"it is good."

"Thank you." Takada smiled, showing his kind side.

"Oh!"

As Takada passed by Mr. Ishimoto, gunshots suddenly rang out from the second floor.

A bullet grazed Ishimoto's shoulder and struck Representative Takada directly in the chest.

"President!"

Ms. Tanaka, Ishimoto's secretary, quickly stepped forward to support her boss.

Not far from him, Representative Takada clutched his chest, blood dripping from his fingertips onto the floor.

"Brother Xincang..."

Before he could even say his last words, Representative Takada lay down on the ground.

"what!"

After the gunshot, the lights immediately came on, and the frightened guests screamed and scattered.

Conan looked in the direction of the gunshot and saw a man on the second floor putting away his pistol.

Breaking free from Ran's embrace, Conan ran up to her.

Ai Haibara was still in shock when she saw Representative Takada die from a gunshot wound.

He really did die.

Is Conan really that useful?
No wonder Zheng Yi killed someone and those guys never found any evidence.

How to find this?
Because Shoichi didn't actually kill anyone; he just put Conan in the same space as the person he wanted to kill.

Ai tugged at Akemi's sleeve and said, "Sister, let's go."

If the police come soon, it will be troublesome to leave.

"Uh, okay."

Akemi never expected that a murder would suddenly occur here, especially a heinous case involving a gun.

She took Ai's hand, cautiously looked around for any suspicious people, and led Ai out of the celebration.

Once I got into the car, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Given this situation, Shoichi has no way to demonstrate his business acumen,” Akemi said. Ai shook her head and said, “No, Shoichi has already demonstrated it all.”

"what?"

Ai turned to her sister and said, "That Representative Takada has been protesting the promotion of AI, which has a major conflict of interest with Shoichi."

Now that he's dead, Zheng Yi faces far fewer obstacles.

Akemi blinked.

She didn't know that.

"You mean, Representative Takada was killed by Shoichi?" Akemi asked.

Ai nodded, then shook her head.

That's hard to explain.

Representative Takada was killed by an armed assailant, which, in theory, had nothing to do with Shoichi.

But if you insist on saying it's related to Zheng Yi, that's not impossible.

Ai's nose twitched.

In any case, legally, Zheng Yi is definitely innocent.

Akemi did not understand her sister's complicated actions.

What does it mean to shake your head after nodding?
"Can't you speak properly?" Akemi asked.

"It's not that I don't want to speak properly, it's just that I don't know how to explain it," Ai said.

Her eyes darted around, and she said softly, "Anyway, Zheng Yi didn't break the law."

Mingmei was even more confused.

Your previous statement was that Shoichi was responsible for killing Representative Takada, but now you're saying that Shoichi didn't break the law.

Is it not illegal to kill someone in Japan?
However, compared to this, Akemi was more worried about something else.

After arriving here, my sister said,
Zheng Yi wanted to teach her how to compete in the business world.

This kind of business competition is something we really shouldn't learn from!

"Ai, you can't kill people!" Akemi said with a serious expression.

"Huh? Why would I go and kill someone?"

Ai looked at Akemi with confusion.

But she quickly realized why her sister had misunderstood.

She said helplessly, "Don't worry, sister, I definitely won't do anything illegal or criminal."

Even Zheng Yi knows not to get his hands dirty, so why would I be so stupid?

Akemi looked at Ai with a complicated expression.

This time, she didn't quite believe her sister's words.

After all, Ai said she was very interested after arriving here.

This is a very dangerous signal.

While she was in the organization, Mingmei also did illegal things.

But she didn't want her younger sister to do such dangerous things after leaving the organization.

Mingmei inserted the car key and started the car.

"No, I'll go find Zhengyi and talk to him myself," Mingmei said anxiously.

Ai said helplessly from the passenger seat:

"Sister, don't worry. The business competition that Zheng Yi is talking about is not illegal."

After all, it was just a lottery event where Xiaolan participated. What's illegal about that?

He didn't even do anything behind the scenes to make Xiaolan win the lottery.

Akemi pursed her lips.

……

"What?! Representative Takada was shot and killed at the celebratory party? How dare he use a gun in public like that?"

"The murderer intended to kill President Ishimoto, and Representative Takada was accidentally injured? Who would believe such nonsense!"

"Damn it, contact the media immediately and expose this shooting! We absolutely cannot let the Tokyo police cover it up!"

"Who else could it be besides that madman?"

"We absolutely cannot let that guy get away with this, this time he shot a member of the House of Representatives."

Are you going to kill me next time?
Is he planning to assassinate the Prime Minister?! (End of Chapter)