Detective Conan: Becoming a Zaibatsu - Starting with Joining the Winery

Two hours later, at 11 p.m.

After the small gathering at the Suzuki family ended, everyone naturally went home. Lin Mo got into the butler Ochiai's car and headed straight for his own estate.

Yes!

I didn't bring the Mori family.

Since Sonoko, the young lady, was present today, the Mori family naturally rode in their car.

After all, the two are best friends, so Lin Mo naturally didn't try to steal them from Sonoko.

Oh, right.

Tonight, Conan didn't go back to the Mori family's house. Instead, he and Heiji Hattori went to Professor Agasa's house. After all, the two of them were going to catch Kaito Kid tonight, so they sent Kazuha Toyama to the Mori family's house so that she could squeeze in with Ran tonight.

The Suzuki family.

Midnight.

Instead of resting, the Suzuki family sat in the spacious first-floor living room.

After the maid served the coffee and left, Suzuki Shiro spoke first: "It seems that asking Lin Mo to help this time was the right thing to do. I never expected the Tomizawa family to be so rotten."

"It seems our previous plan has failed. However, we underestimated Lin Mo. We didn't expect his routine intelligence gathering to be so precise and in-depth."

"This young man is truly terrifying!"

"Oh, right!"

"Ayako..."

"I asked you to test Lin Mo. How did the test go?"

At this moment, Shiro Suzuki's eyes held an extremely complex expression.

Obviously.

He was also shocked by Lin Mo's methods!

Meanwhile, on the other side...

As Suzuki Shiro spoke, Ayako sighed helplessly.

"We tried, but the results weren't ideal!"

"Lin Mo is not interested in the Suzuki family. Even though I complained to him a lot about how it would be difficult for me to arrange a marriage, Lin Mo didn't take any of the offers."

"I can tell that Lin Mo isn't uninterested in me, but rather uninterested in a marriage alliance with the Suzuki family."

Almost instantly.

As Ayako spoke, the Suzuki couple frowned slightly, even more surprised.

no way!

They really didn't expect that Lin Mo wouldn't take the bait.

Why?

They just can't understand it!

After all, the Suzuki family was a prestigious family. If it weren't for the fact that their rise to prominence was relatively recent, and that the couple didn't want to ruin their daughter's life, there would be a lot of people wanting to marry into the Suzuki family.

Where is Lin Mo?

Although they acknowledged Lin Mo's impressive methods and abilities, he was, after all, a newly risen figure. Why would he be unwilling to form a marriage alliance with the Suzuki family, and even refuse Ayako's advances?

Could it be that Lin Mo has actually already formed a group of suitable allies in secret?

This……

is it possible?

If Lin Mo has risen to prominence in such a short time, and has even found allies, then Lin Mo will become even more terrifying!

This moment.

The Suzuki couple and Ayako fell silent, but Sonoko couldn't hold back any longer: "Sis, you've taken a liking to Lin Mo? He's such a womanizer!"

"Sonoko, you're still young!" Ayako sighed upon hearing this.

She glanced at Sonoko with a complicated expression before shaking her head and saying, "For a family like ours, how many women Lin Mo has is actually not important at all, and I don't care about those things at all."

Ayako was telling the truth; for a chaebol family, this was actually not a big deal.

They're all pretty much the same!

Even if it's just for the sake of future generations, the more children the better.

As long as Ayako can be his wife in the public eye, and even give him a platform to showcase his talents, Ayako doesn't care about women at all.

Even without Lin Mo's information, Ayako knew that Tomizawa Yuzo had women outside, and more than one...

so what?

Wasn't she willing to marry into another family before?

Sonoko fell silent.

Looking at her older sister, she didn't know what to say!

With a cigar dangling from his lips, Suzuki Shiro pondered for a moment before slowly speaking, "Ayako's marriage is really difficult to arrange. Since Tomizawa can't be involved in the marriage alliance, I originally thought Lin Mo would be a decent option..."

"After all, none of his women actually pose a threat!"

"Although he wants to pursue Ran Mouri, even if he succeeds in the end, out of respect for the Mouri family, he can simply be given the position of a concubine and that will be enough."

"What a pity!"

"But it's alright."

"Anyway, Ayako is still quite young, so we can take our time looking for someone."

Yes.

For this father who wanted his daughter to be happy, the marriage of his eldest daughter, Ayako, was indeed a difficult problem to solve.

This was no ordinary marriage after all!

otherwise……

If we disregard whether the daughter is happy and it's purely a family-based arranged marriage, then Ayako would have been married off long ago.

No way!

Since the Tomizawa family is no longer an option, and Lin Mo doesn't seem interested at the moment, it seems we can only put this on hold for now and wait and see if we can find a suitable match later.

……

On the other side, at the doctor's house.

Conan and Heiji Hattori had just returned and, after a brief exchange of plans, had Dr. Agasa drive them there.

After all, with Heiji Hattori around, Conan can't just go alone with his skateboard like in the original story.

early morning.

11 points.

After Professor Agasa's car stopped, Heiji Hattori and Conan immediately rushed into the Beika National Hotel and took the elevator directly to the top.

but.

The two, who were usually very alert, did not notice that the area outside the hotel and inside the lobby was now densely populated with plainclothes officers from the Metropolitan Police Department.

Outside the restaurant, inside a silver-gray sedan.

The officer in the driver's seat turned and asked, "Inspector Nakamori, should we stop them?"

"No need!" Inspector Nakamori replied calmly.

With a cigarette dangling from his lips, he spoke in a completely ordinary tone: "The son of the Osaka Police Department Chief. I've looked into his background; he's just a young man who loves solving cases."

"He might be able to be impersonated by Kaito Kid, but the little boy next to him, no matter how good Kaito Kid's disguise skills are, could not possibly be disguised as a seven or eight-year-old child."

"So, ignore them!"

that's it……

Ignored by the Metropolitan Police Department, Heiji Hattori and Conan arrived at the rooftop of the building.

Conan glanced at the time: "There are less than two minutes left until the early morning of April 1st."

"I feel like something's not quite right," Hattori Heiji said, frowning.

And, in response to this.

Conan nodded in agreement, clearly sharing the same thought.

Oh well!

Since things have already come to this point, there's no point in thinking too much now. It's better to just wait and see if Kaito Kid will show up.

that's it……

Time passed slowly, and finally it was midnight.

Whoosh!

Kaito Kid, dressed in a white tuxedo, stood quietly on the rooftop, on a slightly raised platform.