Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

Domoto Junpei sneered. "That's a nice thing to say. You left home without permission, so you've been having a blast this past year, haven't you? It seems to me that you've come back this time to borrow money from Dad again, right?"

"What are you talking about?" Domoto Rina retorted bluntly, "What about you? You scorn tourism, so why are you here today?"

"I……"

"Alright." Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Domoto Eizo interrupted in a deep voice: "Stop arguing. Right now, our family needs to be more united. By the way, Rina..."

He looked at the man behind his daughter: "Who is this gentleman?"

"His name is Aoyagi Tetsuya," Domoto Rina introduced. "He's a reporter for a newspaper. He said he wanted to come do an interview."

"Hello everyone," Aoyagi Tetsuya said. "Ms. Rina has already told me about the development of the cable car. It seems a lot of things happened during the development of the tunnel."

Domoto Eizo frowned.

Domoto Yasunori seemed to have thought of something and looked at Aoyagi Tetsuya: "So you are the Mr. Aoyagi, you are trying to please Rina."

Aoyagi Tetsuya nodded slightly at him: "I apologize for being rude on the phone last time."

Doumoto was confused and asked, "Please, what are you talking about?"

Domoto Yasunori leaned close to his father's ear and whispered a few words of admiration.

When the atmosphere became strange, Yoshino Ayaka spoke up, "Vice President, since the opening ceremony is tomorrow, why don't we let Mr. Maori and the others try out the cable car first? What do you think?"

Domoto Yasushi agreed, "That makes sense. Let's do it this way. We can also invite everyone to enjoy the mountain scenery that Domoto Kanko is most proud of."

328. Accident

When he heard that they were going to take the aerial cable car, Kogoro Mouri's face changed instantly and sweat broke out on his forehead.

Xiaolan was very happy. She clasped her hands together and said expectantly, "That's great."

……

The cable car slowly rises.

Suffering from acrophobia, Kogoro Mouri closed his eyes, sat stiffly in his seat, and muttered to himself.

"Hmm?" Domoto Yasunori noticed something strange about Maori Kogoro and asked, "Mr. Maori, what's wrong with you? Are you afraid of heights?"

"I...I'm fine." Maori Kogoro's face was stiff: "Just don't look outside."

Xiaolan stood in front of the window, looking at the scenery outside, and exclaimed: "It's really beautiful, isn't it, Xiaoche."

Watanabe Toru hummed.

Yoshino Ayaka explained, "It's three kilometers from the base of the mountain to the top, but it only takes ten minutes to get there. Look, that's the hiking trail, but it's not open to the public yet. After taking the cable car to the top, you can descend and enjoy the forest bathing. Ah, here we are at the tunnel..."

As the cable car entered the tunnel, one could vaguely see many stone statues placed on both sides of the passage under the dim light from below.

Xiaolan was startled: "What is that?"

"That's the Five Hundred Arhats," Yoshino Ayaka explained. "To be honest, we're actually passing through the body of the celestial maiden statue above."

"Passing through the body?" Xiaolan looked puzzled. "Is there any benefit in passing through the body of the statue?"

Yoshino Ayaka said, "That's probably what it means."

On the other side, Maori Kogoro still didn't dare to look outside and asked Domoto Yasunori, "By the way, that guy named Aoyagi Tetsuya just now said what happened during the tunnel development..."

"I think that guy is just trying to fabricate a scandal so he can make some money from our company," Domoto Yasunari complained. "But my sister is also wrong. Why did she tell that guy about that?"

"That thing?" Maori Kogoro looked puzzled. "What did your sister tell him?"

Realizing that he seemed to have said too much, Domoto Yasunori quickly said, "It's nothing, it's just our family's business..."

Although Kogoro Mori was suspicious, he didn't ask any more questions.

Half a minute later, the cable car passed through the tunnel.

Yoshino Ayaka continued to describe the scenery, "As soon as you emerge from the tunnel, you can see the upper body of the celestial maiden statue. This statue was carved 800 years ago. It's worth noting that the celestial maiden's outstretched right palm is called the wish-fulfilling mudra, and the object held in her left palm is called the Cintamani, a magical orb said to be able to dispel disaster and misfortune..."

"In order to allow tourists to admire the statue up close, our company has even invested heavily in building an observation deck next to it..."

When they reached the top of the mountain, a group of people got off the cable car and looked at the scenery from the platform on the top of the mountain.

"The view here is so beautiful." Xiaolan exclaimed: "It's really not easy to see such a scenery."

"Looking at such a scenery, it really makes one feel like a drop in the ocean." Maori Kogoro also sighed.

Domoto Yasunori said proudly, "That's right, but it's through the development of such insignificant humans that we can develop beautiful and magnificent scenery for everyone to enjoy."

Xiaolan withdrew her gaze and suddenly her eyes fell on Yoshino Ayaka.

Yoshino Ayaka looked down and thought Xiaolan was looking at her brooch, so she smiled and said, "This is a relic left by my mother."

"No, I'm not looking at the brooch." Xiaolan laughed: "Of course, the brooch is also very beautiful, but I think Miss Ayaka looks a lot like the celestial statue."

Being praised like this, Yoshino Ayaka blushed a little: "I look like a goddess..."

"Yes, you are so gentle and elegant." Xiaolan said.

"Thank you. Even if it's just a polite remark, I'm very happy." Yoshino Ayaka said with a smile.

"That's not just polite talk." Xiaolan retorted, "Right, Xiaoche?"

Watanabe Toru hummed and nodded.

At this time, Domoto Yasunori came over and said to Yoshino Ayaka, "Ms. Yoshino, please take Mr. Mori and the others back to the hotel."

"Yes, I'll do it right away (cffh)." Yoshino Ayaka bowed.

Maori Kogoro was surprised: "What? You won't go back with us?"

Domoto Yasunori explained, "I'm going to go down the mountain trail and do my final inspection before returning to the company. We'll see you at the opening ceremony tomorrow at noon."

"I didn't expect that the vice president is so serious." Looking at Domoto Yasunori's back as he walked down the mountain, Maori Kogoro said admiringly.

"Of course." Yoshino Ayaka smiled. "After all, this concerns the future of the company."

……

into the night.

After taking a bath, Kogoro Mouri happily drank beer, one glass after another.

Xiaolan helplessly put her hands on her hips and said, "Dad, can you please be more restrained?"

"What do you mean by restraint?" Maori Kogoro said nonchalantly, "Since they are so kind to entertain us, of course we should enjoy it to the fullest."

Xiaolan rolled her eyes in annoyance: "Come to think of it, Junpei-san and Rina-san both seem to be having financial difficulties, and their relationship doesn't seem to be very good either."

Maori Kogoro poured himself another beer and said, as if he had seen this happen many times before, "When they inherit the estate, it's going to be a real spectacle. To describe it as bloody and violent wouldn't be an exaggeration."

"Dad, stop talking nonsense." Xiaolan quickly stopped her father from talking nonsense: "Why do you want to offend others when there is nothing wrong? Besides, they treated us so well."

Kogoro Maori shut his mouth indifferently.

The next day, at twelve noon.

The opening ceremony of Domoto Kanko Co., Ltd.'s ropeway operation began on time.

Amidst fireworks and thunderous applause, Domoto Eizo took the stage to deliver a speech, but was soon interrupted by a discordant voice.

"You will be punished by God!!"

Earlier, Toru Watanabe and others saw the old woman appear at the venue on the train, hysterically cursing Domoto Eizo on the stage and the guests attending the opening ceremony.

"How dare you dig a tunnel beneath the lotus seat of the holy goddess statue? Do you have any shame? You have desecrated the sacred goddess statue."

Reporters in the crowd quickly reacted and started taking pictures of the old woman with their cameras.

Domoto Eizo, standing on the stage, observed the sudden change with a calm demeanor, saying, "I didn't expect such an unexpected guest to arrive. Please don't take it personally. I know many irresponsible newspapers have reported on the curse of the angel statue, but these are simply false rumors. Today, I will personally dispel this superstition. To this end, we have specially invited the renowned detective Kogoro Mōri to attend our opening ceremony."

329, vanishing into thin air

The moment the old woman appeared, Maori Kogoro and Ran lowered their heads, fearing that she would recognize them.

It wasn't until Domoto Eizo called out his name and the whole audience cheered and focused all their attention on him that Maori Kogoro was forced to look up. Seeing that the old woman had been taken away by security personnel, he breathed a sigh of relief, accepted everyone's admiring gazes, stood up and greeted them: "Hello everyone, I am Maori Kogoro, thank you for your support..."

Seeing the atmosphere rekindled, Domoto Eizo sneered and continued his speech. After cutting the ribbon, he boarded the aerial cable car with the guests.

This time, in addition to Toru Watanabe and his group, and the Domoto family, there were also Tetsuya Aoyagi and two reporters from the East~Poster Agency in the cable car.

The cable car started slowly.

Kogoro Mouri held his head in his hands and began to tremble again in his seat.

Domoto Yasunori looked at one of the reporters and said, "How about Mr. Machida, could you please say a few good words for our company once in a while?"

The reporter named Machida scoffed, his tone devoid of the courtesy expected of a vice president. "Are you trying to bribe me? If you dare, I'll expose it in the newspaper."

A flash of light flashed across Domoto Yasunori's glasses. "Then I'd like to see how long you can hold on to your integrity."

Machida Osamu frowned slightly, not knowing what Domoto Yasunori meant.

The cable car begins to enter the tunnel.

After seeing the Five Hundred Arhats on both sides of the passage, Machida Osamu turned back to look at Domoto Eizo and said, "You guys actually spent a lot of money to make something like this."

Domoto Eizo said calmly, "Don't get excited. You should say we have an innovative idea. If tourists knew about this attraction, they would definitely rush to see it..."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a click and the cable car was plunged into darkness.

"what happened?"

"Is there a power outage?"

"Someone, turn on the light!"

"..."

Amidst the commotion, the sound of chanting and Domoto Eizo's screams were heard in the cable car.

Chilling.

The cable car slowly drove out of the tunnel and the light from outside shone in. Before everyone could catch their breath, they were shocked to find that Domoto Eizo was missing.

"How...how could this happen?" Kogoro Mouri was stunned, completely forgetting that he was still high in the sky.

Yoshino Ayaka covered her mouth and said, "The president... the president is missing?"

As everyone was in disbelief, Maori Kogoro made another discovery. "He pointed at a piece of paper that had been taped to the window at some point, a look of astonishment on his face. When did this piece of paper appear? And… it actually said 'Karma'?"

"Dad is over there." Rina Domoto suddenly shouted, leaning on the window with her hands.

Several people hurriedly looked in the direction that Rina Domoto said, and sure enough, on the outstretched left palm of the angel statue, was Domoto Eizo lying there.

"It's definitely Mr. Eizo." Maori Kogoro turned to Domoto Yasunori and said, "Call someone over here right now using your cell phone."

Domoto Yasunori shook his head helplessly. "But there's no cell tower in this area. We can't use mobile phones. We have to go to the top of the mountain."

"Damn it..." Kogoro Mouri punched the window helplessly.

After reaching the top of the mountain, everyone acted quickly. The two reporters also found a telephone booth and conveyed the news of Domoto Eizo's murder to the newspaper.

"Ms. Ayaka, what's wrong with you?"

When everyone was rushing down the mountain to the statue of the goddess, Yoshino Ayaka suddenly half-knelt on the road, covering her head with her left hand.

Xiaolan stopped and looked at Yoshino Ayaka with concern.

Yoshino Ayaka waved her hand and said, "I just feel a little dizzy. You guys go see the president first. I'll be here soon."

Seeing that Yoshino Ayaka didn't have any serious symptoms, and hearing what she said, Xiaolan nodded: "Okay, then we'll go first, Xiaotuo."

"it is good."

Watanabe Toru looked at Yoshino Ayaka meaningfully and followed.

After a while, everyone arrived at the observation deck of the angel statue, panting.

Maori Kogoro walked towards the angel statue, stepped on the guardrail, and carefully examined the condition of Domoto Eizo on the palm of the angel statue. He sighed slightly and turned back to say, "Mr. Eizo was stabbed in the heart and has died."

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Upon hearing the news, Rina Domoto immediately covered her face and burst into tears.

Domoto Yasunori looked incredulous: "Mr. Maori, you said my father is dead? Are you kidding?"

Maori Kogoro came down from the guardrail and said in a deep voice: "I can understand how you feel, but this is true."

"How...how is it possible...how could this happen..." Domoto Yasunori's hands trembled slightly, and he staggered backward in a trance.