Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 46 The Feast at Hongmen (Official Version)
"welcome!"

Zheng Yi clapped his hands to welcome today's three distinguished guests.

Masakazu said they could bring friends, but only Takeshita brought his wife; the other two didn't bring any friends.

It seems they see Zhengyi's place as a den of wolves and only want to venture out on their own.

"At today's wrap party, we'll be screening 'Midnight Horror.' Once you see the quality of the film, you'll change your mind about revenue sharing and screening schedules," Zheng Yi said.

“We’re really looking forward to it,” Takeshita said.

Hopefully, you just want to impress us with the quality of the film.

“Takeshita, you have a heart condition, you can’t watch horror movies,” Takeshita’s wife said to him.

Takeshita waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, my condition is very stable now. Besides, everyone is different. Watching horror movies is actually my way of relieving stress."

Takeshita's wife was still somewhat worried.

But Takeshita didn't take it to heart. It wasn't his first time watching a horror movie, and there were so many people around, so there was nothing to worry about.

Yoko Okino also invited Kogoro Mouri and his family to the wrap party.

Both groups entered a small movie screening room.

The Mori family and Masakazu's group finally met.

Ran and Conan were alright with Shoichi, but Kogoro Mouri's face was much sullen.

Because the Justice Daily he's been subscribing to recently contains daily news criticizing Shoichi, and it often includes Kogoro Mouri in the mix.

It's said that this righteous detective is actually a henchman of Zheng Yi.

He even claimed that his current status as a renowned detective in Tokyo was due to Shoichi's influence, which is utter nonsense.

He was relying on... his own sleep.

"This is Mr. Takeshita, and this is..." Shoichi wasn't in a hurry to let everyone watch the movie. Instead, he introduced Takeshita and his family to the Mori family.

I enjoy making many friends, and I especially enjoy introducing my friends to other friends.

Takeshita and the others knew that Kogoro Mouri was Shoichi's henchman, so they treated him with great courtesy.

But I felt increasingly uneasy.

Even Kogoro Mouri has been summoned. Does Shoichi really intend to kill someone right here?

Yamashita's buttocks tightened, and he said to Masakazu, "Oh dear, I suddenly feel a bit unwell in my stomach. Excuse me, where is the toilet?"

Zheng Yi gave him a long, cold look, which sent chills down the spine of the person below the mountain.

"Turn right outside, you can ask other staff members," Zheng Yi said.

"Okay, I understand."

After receiving permission from Masakazu, Yamashita fled the screening room as if he were running away.

He stood at the door, panting heavily, and touched his chest with trembling hands.

He knows Chinese culture very well; this is definitely a trap!

Even Kogoro Mouri has come over; what else could he be but someone planning to kill someone?
"Damn it!" Yamashita cursed under his breath.

After returning, even if it means resigning, I will help Zheng Yi secure 50% of the screenings and 70% of the box office revenue on the first day.

If you can't get what you want, then resign.

It's just a job, isn't it? What's more important than my own life?

After sitting for a short while, Liu Bang got up to go to the toilet.

Run first as a sign of respect.

Inside the screening room, Takeshita and the others watched Masakazu with awkward smiles.

"Ha, Shanxia must have eaten something bad. Why did he have to go to the toilet? We might not be able to finish watching the movie later," Zhengyi said regretfully.

Shoichi's regret terrified Takeshita and Yamamoto, who remained behind. They wondered what exactly Shoichi's regret was.
Xiao Lan looked at them strangely. The atmosphere was so odd. It felt like Zheng Yi was a man-eating beast, and everyone was so afraid of him.

Mingming Zheng Yi Ge actually acted quite kindly.

"I..." Yamamoto wanted to say something too.

"Let's watch a movie." Zheng Yi interrupted him directly, not giving him a second chance to speak.

Takeshita and Yamamoto sat anxiously in their chairs.

They were terrified that a bunch of axemen would suddenly appear and chop them into mincemeat.

But then she glanced at the little girl next to Zheng Yi.

He has a child with him, surely he wouldn't be that cruel?

Shoichi planned to sit down with Ai.

But the child seemed to be stressed, and ran very fast, pushing Xiaolan over and insisting that Xiaolan sit next to Zhengyi.

Zheng Yi, feeling slighted, pursed his lips but didn't seem to care.

Ai pushed Ran to sit down. She knew about Shoichi's strange habit of watching horror movies, and she didn't want to be held by Shoichi for more than an hour.

Seeing his beloved Ran being taken away, Conan's lips twitched. Then, seeing Kogoro Mouri trying to get close to Yoko Okino, he could only find a chair to sit down.

Conan sniffed and smelled a pungent disinfectant odor.

He tilted his head and asked Mrs. Takeshita, "Auntie, why do you smell so strongly of disinfectant?"

"Because I had just cleaned the room and sprayed disinfectant in it when I left," Mrs. Takeshita explained with a smile.

Hearing this, Takeshita said with dissatisfaction, "I don't know when you suddenly developed obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness. Every day the house smells of disinfectant."

Mrs. Takeshita smiled apologetically, then turned her gaze to the movie that was playing.

After the horror movie started, Takeshita and the others felt less fear because they didn't have to face Masakazu.

What movie is more terrifying than Zheng Yi?

If Zheng Yi's eerie smile were included in a movie, it would definitely be the scariest film of the year.

Ai didn't focus all her attention on the movie either.

She kept secretly watching Zheng Yi and found that he was always well-behaved and did not touch Xiao Lan in any way out of fear.

He even noticed Ai peeking at him and winked at her.

During the movie, Mrs. Takeshita whispered something to Takeshita before leaving her seat and walking outside.

When the movie showed Sadako crawling out of the dry well, a cat suddenly darted out, let out a shrill meow, bit its own mouth, circled in front of it, and crashed directly into Takeshita.

"what!"

Takeshita clutched his chest, fell off the chair, and curled up in a ball.

"Turn on the lights!" Conan shouted, then quickly ran to Takeshita's side.

Takeshita curled up and slightly opened his mouth.

"Medicine? Where is your medicine?" Conan asked.

"Let me get it for him." Mrs. Takeshita had returned at some point. After pushing Conan aside, she took a medicine bottle from Takeshita's pocket.

He poured out two pills and put them into Takeshita's mouth.

After looking at him, Zheng Yi said, "Let's call an ambulance first. Mr. Takeshita doesn't look well."

"Yes Yes."

Yamamoto took out his phone and, with trembling hands, dialed the number for an ambulance.

(End of this chapter)