Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

"Akemi, find out who in the Suzuki family died young."

"Snapped!"

"That's rude." Ai slapped Masakazu.

Your sister is older than you, how can you call her by her first name?

Akemi didn't take Masakazu's words to heart. Why would she look for someone who was destined to die young? To kill him?
Seeing that no one was taking his words to heart, Zheng Yi felt a growing sense of crisis.

In this house, Curaçao is silent and likes to act aloof, Momiji likes to go against her, and Ai and Akemi are on the same side.

So Ai's words actually have more effect than mine.

"Lift your foot."

"Oh."

Just as Ai lifted her foot, she put her feet down after wiping it with the mop.

Look, even he has to listen to this little girl; he has no status in the family at all.

"Hongye, go and bring me some water to wash my feet."

"Are you sick?" Hongye yelled at Zhengyi.

I even let you drink my foot bath water!
Having no time to deal with Zheng Yi's intermittent bouts of madness, Hongye continued reading her book.

Zheng Yi felt heavy-hearted.

Look how insignificant I am at home; my words have no effect whatsoever.

Hongye wouldn't even listen to her small request.

……

Because Zheng Yi had a very low status in the family, no one was willing to listen to him.

So no one helped Masakazu find the short-lived members of the Suzuki family. No one in the Suzuki family died, but someone in Suzuki's in-laws did.

Sonoko invites Conan and Ran to her seaside villa for a vacation, where they encounter her sister Ayako's fiancé, Yuzo Tomizawa, and his father, Tetsuji Tomizawa.

That night, due to a power outage caused by the typhoon, Conan and the others unexpectedly witnessed a man who looked very much like Yuzo committing a crime outdoors. Tomizawa Tetsuji was fatally struck with a blunt object, and his expensive watch disappeared.

In the end, Conan uncovered the truth with Sonoko's voice: the culprit was his older brother, Tomizawa Taichi.

He harbored resentment because his father secretly pressured him to ruin his career as a novelist and forced him to inherit the family business.

Taiichi had secretly installed a listening device in the watch he gave to his father and sabotaged the villa's television receiver to monitor his father's movements and create a perfect alibi for the phone messages.

After committing the crime, he took the watch to destroy the evidence of the wiretapping and attempted to frame his younger brother, Yuzo, who looked exactly like him.

Because Yuzo, like him, was a good-for-nothing who liked to draw and was often criticized by his father. Like him, he also had a motive to kill.

She could also conveniently kick her brother out of the picture and get a bigger share of the inheritance—a perfect plan.

What a wonderful scene of fatherly love, filial piety, and deep brotherly affection!

Normally, this kind of murder case wouldn't cause much of a stir. People die in Tokyo every day, and many of them are from wealthy families.

Although Tomizawa is a large conglomerate and the father-son conflict is a topic of discussion, it shouldn't have generated that much buzz.

But one rumor has been spreading more and more widely and intensely.

The purpose of the marriage alliance between the Suzuki and Tomizawa families was never pure.

The Suzuki family wanted to kill the chairman of the Tomizawa family first, and then frame or persecute their eldest and second sons so that the third son, the Suzuki family's marriage partner, could take over.

The third son was someone who only knew how to draw and didn't care about anything else, so the Tomizawa family's businesses all belonged to Suzuki.

Otherwise, the Suzuki family only has two daughters. Would they be willing to marry their eldest daughter off to a useless good-for-nothing?

It's a typical conspiracy theory, but it's well-founded and has a lot of believers, so it's spread everywhere.

"Dad, it can't really be like the rumors say, can it?" Sonoko asked.

She was also affected by this rumor.

At school, the students started gossiping about the feuds and grudges among the wealthy families.

Although they knew Sonoko was the second young lady of the Suzuki family, they didn't talk to her around her, but with so many people talking, many voices still reached her ears.

She had never been looked at by so many strange eyes before.

“How could that be?” Chairman Suzuki said, distressed. “How could I risk my daughter’s happiness to seize someone else’s business?”

"After your mother and I die, everything in the Suzuki family will belong to you and your sister. All the wealth we earn is for you and your sister to live happily."

"It's impossible to sacrifice your sister's happiness just to make money; that would be putting the cart before the horse."

"That's what everyone outside is saying," Sonoko said softly.

Because of these rumors, my sister was very distressed, and her relationship with her brother-in-law underwent subtle changes.

My brother-in-law is now too afraid to talk to my sister, and he has deliberately reduced the time they spend together. He locks himself in his studio and paints every day without coming out.

My older sister was very sad and always looked gloomy. Sonoko could even see her secretly wiping away tears.

But my older sister doesn't seem to dare tell my father about the rumors, and she seems to believe them to some extent.

And my brother-in-law's brother is terrified now. He's hired security from the Justice Group for 24-hour protection, fearing he might encounter some kind of disaster.

Mrs. Suzuki asked, "Do you think it's possible that he's the first son in the family?"

“It’s not that bad,” Chairman Suzuki said. “We have no conflict with him, so he has no reason to make things difficult for us.”

It's just a hotel issue; it's not a conflict at all.

"However, the fact that such rumors can spread so far and that so many people believe them is also related to him," Chairman Suzuki said.

"Huh?" Sonoko asked in surprise, "Does Dad mean that Masakazu is fueling this?"

"Do not."

Chairman Suzuki shook his head and said, "It's because after Shoichi appeared, he was always surrounded by various conspiracies, which led to the prevalence of conspiracy theories. Moreover, people's hatred towards zaibatsu has deepened, which is why so many people believe such baseless rumors."

The garden is clear.

So it turns out she was dragged down by Brother Zhengyi.

The reputation of chaebols has been ruined by the eldest brother. Now, when people mention chaebols, they think of all sorts of intrigues and backstabbing.

Even she and her sister were influenced by Zheng Yi.

Sonoko tapped her head and said, "Well, we still need to explain, otherwise my sister and brother-in-law will break up."

"We can only try our best to appease them," Chairman Suzuki said helplessly.

People have already believed it, so no matter how you explain, it's useless.

With such a large business empire as the Tomizawa family, can the Suzuki family really take it all?

Even Zheng Yi doesn't have such a big appetite.

He only dealt with small conglomerates or companies in a single industry, but he never touched those super-large conglomerates.

"You should try to persuade your sister more, and explain things to her as well," Chairman Suzuki said.

“Okay.” Sonoko nodded: “But the main thing is still my brother-in-law.”

The chairman of Suzuki gave a wry smile.

That place is really difficult to handle.

The fact that the older brother was so frightened that he hired security to protect him 24/7 doesn't seem like he believed the Suzuki family to be innocent and harmless.

……

Masakazu also heard the rumors about the Suzuki family.

He was actually quite angry.

How could the Suzuki family be so wicked? They're practically bringing shame to the zaibatsu (financial conglomerates). He's worked so diligently for so long, so passionate about charity, and all the reputation he painstakingly salvaged for the zaibatsu has been ruined by the Suzuki family in one fell swoop.

But he doesn't have time to criticize Suzuki right now, because he has more important things to do.

Inside the control room, a deep blue holographic screen reflected three faces with different expressions.

"Hurry up, turn up the settings. I refuse to believe we can't find some unlucky guy related to Gin by blood." Masaichi crossed his arms and stared at the screen with great interest.

He is doing something big.

That means opening Gin's account.

This cross-age recognition system can be used to find people who resemble Gin.

Those who look alike are very likely related by blood, and maybe they can help Gin find his family.

Ai, standing next to her, also seemed somewhat interested.

Shoichi's idea is brilliant. Are Gin's parents still alive?

Or does he have any siblings?
If so, it might be able to help Gin find a nephew or niece or other relatives.

I really don't know what Gin is like as an elder.

"Yeah, Naomi, hurry up!" Ai urged Naomi as well.

Caught between the two, Naomi was holding her forehead in exasperation, her fingers hovering over the keyboard for a long time without typing.

She sighed and said seriously, "Seiichi, Ai, isn't this wrong? Unauthorized access to the surveillance database to search for specific targets is absolutely illegal, isn't it?"

"Illegal?" Zheng Yi raised an eyebrow and said, "After you developed this system, wasn't the first thing you did to secretly use it to find Xiao Ai? Now that it's our turn to use it, you're starting to talk about the law?"

You talk as if you're some kind of good person.

Naomi was taken aback, her cheeks flushing slightly as she protested, "That...that's not the same thing! I had special authorization from Interpol; it was for testing the system's performance..."

She only had a small selfish motive during the test.

“What a coincidence,” Zheng Yi snapped his fingers, interrupting her with a smile.

“I also have ‘special authorization’ from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, so it’s not illegal. Let’s get to work.”

Ai nodded gently beside her.

Shoichi is a deep partner of the Metropolitan Police Department, with all kinds of authorizations, and his AI can directly access the Metropolitan Police Department's database.

Hongshu is busy processing all kinds of data for Zhengyi every day, he's practically dying of work.

The poor kid, even after he died, he still had to work for Zheng Yi.

"Hurry up, Naomi," Ai said.

Her gaze fell on the constantly changing data stream on the screen, and she began to imagine Gin's wonderful expression after his secrets were exposed.

Naomi looked at the two figures, one big and one small, who were full of interest, and her face was full of despair.

In her memory, the calm, rational, and kind Shiho Miyano was definitely not like this!

How did she become like this?
She has completely changed her personality; she wasn't this mischievous when she was a child.

She felt that her childhood sweetheart had changed.

Naomi glanced at Masakazu.

snort!
It's all this guy's fault. He's the one who corrupted Shiho. He's utterly wicked.

"Hurry up, hurry up, what are you hesitating about?" Zheng Yi and Xiao Ai urged each other.

Naomi looked utterly helpless.

This is a cross-age identification system that she painstakingly developed, a system that could change the global criminal investigation landscape. And now these two guys are using it as a human box-opening entertainment tool.

She felt very uncomfortable.

How did that happen?

This shouldn't be how she imagines it.

She was threatened by Zheng Yi to join the company and even brought over the cross-age recognition system, thinking that Zheng Yi was going to do something earth-shattering.

She and Shoichi engaged in a fierce battle of wits, with Ai seemingly siding with Shoichi but actually offering her help in every way.

After a long struggle, she finally moved Zheng Yi and made him give up his earth-shattering evil plan.

But now?

The cross-age recognition system she developed has become a toy for these two people.

Last time, they messed around with pairings.

This one looks rather sinister, targeting the head of some criminal gang, but the motive is ridiculously simple: just to give someone a fright.

That's right, it was all to scare Gin.

Shouldn't Shoichi be a ruthless, cold-blooded, and evil tycoon who kills without hesitation? Shouldn't Ai be a mature, calm, and rational scientist?
They're like two immature children.

"Sigh..." Naomi sighed again, resignedly placing her hand on the Enter key.

"I really can't do anything with you guys. It's a deal: only look for similar faces, absolutely no hacking into the police's household registration system!"

“It’s not illegal, I can go straight in,” Zheng Yi said.

Ai looked at the screen curiously and asked Shoichi, "Do you think Gin would erase his family's information?"

“If they’re dead, their identities should be erased, but if they’re still alive, they can’t be registered as unregistered residents,” Zheng Yi said.

Two big eyes stared intently at the screen, and soon, various photos appeared on the screen.

Men and women of all ages.

Unfortunately, the small animals that Zheng Yi had been hoping for did not appear.

"This person looks very different from Gin, so he probably has nothing to do with Gin."

“This guy is practically a carbon copy of Gin. We should investigate him thoroughly; he might just be his long-lost older brother.”

Zheng Yi pointed to a photo and said, "This one looks very similar, with white hair, just like Gin."

Ai shook her head and said, "No, Gin was originally blonde, but it seems someone angered him so much that he turned white."

He nodded slightly.

Yeah, because he couldn't find Shirley, he got so angry that his hair turned white.

Sherry is so mean.

“That makes it even more similar,” Zheng Yi said. “Premature gray hair, isn’t that exactly like Gin’s?”

Xiao Ai was taken aback, and after thinking about it, she realized it was true.

"Let's make a note of it. Maybe this is Gin's relative," Ai said.

"it is good."

The two of them enthusiastically analyzed various photos, searching for Gin's relatives.

Naomi sat in the chair, feeling utterly hopeless, as if the system she had developed had been wasted.

How could such a powerful system end up like this?
Ai suddenly asked, "What if Gin suddenly gets his family out of Japan?"

“That’s a bit of a problem, I don’t have any foreign databases,” Zheng Yi said. “But it’s unlikely.”

Zheng Yi said, "Loyal dogs like Gin are trained by the organization from a young age. They might not even know if they have any family."

So, if Shoichi helps Gin find his family, Gin might thank him.

This is truly a meritorious act. (End of Chapter)