Stay away from Conan.

"Oh? Is that so?"

Listening to Sodezaki's story, Maori Kogoro beside him seemed to be thinking about something, and then he folded his hands in front of him and looked at the three people in front of him with a scrutinizing look, as if Maori Kogoro had some opinions about them -

"So, because of the report you wrote, the actress committed suicide? So, this caused losses to your publishing house, and President Katsumoto came to trouble you, so you want to sue?"

Based on the current clues, Kogoro Mori subconsciously felt that things should be like this, and thus couldn't help but have a bit of prejudice against these three people, thinking that after all, they were the initiators of the whole thing, as the creators of the report that led to the death of the actress.

But in the end, as soon as Maori Kogoro said this, Sodezaki, Tsukihara and the other three immediately refuted Maori Kogoro with righteous words -

"That's not the case!"

"Although this report was written by us... the photos were taken by Ogino, the article was written by Sodezaki, and the layout was done by me... However, after we learned the truth of the matter, we decided not to publish the article. But we didn't expect the result..."

Tsukihara then began to explain.

"Oh? But wasn't the article still published?"

Takagi Wataru asked immediately, and Maori Kogoro felt that they were quibbling, so he still didn't look at them well. As for Hondou Eisuke, seeing that things had come to this point, Maori Kogoro's reaction still didn't show the rumored "sleeping" thing happening, and he couldn't help but feel that something seemed to be wrong -

Although the reasoning that Kogoro Mori gave about Ogino's suspicion was brilliant and seemed to be true, judging from the behavior of those three people at this moment, it seemed that there was something hidden behind it. Wasn't Kogoro Mori's reaction too self-righteous?
In response to Takagi Wataru's question, Sodezaki then explained:

"Actually, when I first saw the photo from President Katsumoto, I didn't know what happened. I wrote the report according to the usual format for this kind of article, and then gave it to Yueyuan to layout it and prepare it for publication in the newspaper. I had no idea about the specific origin of the photo until..."

Sodezaki said, looking at Ogino over there:
"It was not until Ogino found out that we were writing this report and told us about the photo that Tsukihara and I realized that it was not what happened at all and that the photo did not show the actress kissing her secret lover!
"In fact, that was a deliberately cut-out frame from a series of photos taken while the actress and the man were hugging each other! It wasn't a kiss at all, but an illusion due to the perspective. If you look carefully, you can easily see that."

"Eh? Well... it doesn't seem to make any difference. After all, she still hugged that man, didn't she? And, as I recall, the actress was engaged to a young congressman... so this kind of thing..."

Takagi Wataru asked in confusion.

"But the problem is, that man is actually the actress's half-brother!"

Yueyuan also said angrily:
"She just told us that her brother was getting married, so she was happy to hug him. After Ogino told us about this, although the article was already written, we all decided to abandon it and never submitted it. But no one expected that when the new issue of the magazine was published, the article would appear in the magazine, so -

"That was the result of President Katsumoto stealing the article that was not completely deleted from our computer, modifying it at will, and publishing it! This article was published without our knowledge, and in the end, our three names were signed. This is completely unforgivable!" "Moreover, the day the magazine was published was exactly the day before the press conference where the actress and her fiancé, the congressman, were going to announce their marriage. But because of the report in this article, the engagement was naturally cancelled, and her brother was also framed by fanatical fans and was beaten severely. He is now lying unconscious in the hospital."

Sodezaki then said with regret:
"After that, the actress chose to commit suicide out of despair after suffering such a series of setbacks and the crazy criticism and questioning from her fans."

"But, but... this kind of thing, isn't it just a matter of clarification..."

When Takagi Wataru heard this, he obviously found some of the situations here incomprehensible.

But Maori Kogoro seemed to be thinking about something at this moment, and said:
"Is it because her brother is her father's illegitimate son? After all, if it was a brother who could be made public, it would be impossible for no one to know. Moreover, because this brother was involved in her father's scandal, her fiancé also had to consider his career. Even if he knew the truth, he still decided to cancel the engagement."

It seems that because he has a more mature view on certain things, Kogoro Mori can easily think of some of the twists and turns here.

In response, Tsukihara and the others nodded, affirming what Maori Kogoro said, and added:
"The president also seized on this weakness and published the fabricated report knowing that the actress would not be able to come forward to clarify the facts."

"I see... That's why you're suing President Katsumoto..."

Takagi Shigeru now understood what happened, and then he couldn't help but look at the murderer Ogino:

"But if that's the case, Mr. Ogino, you..."

"Yes, Ogino, why are you..."

Therefore, Tsukihara and Sodezaki could not understand why Ogino wanted to kill President Katsumoto. After all, the fact that the president had used the names of the three of them to publish articles could be resolved through legal means, and they had a clear chance of winning.

However, Ogino lowered his head slightly and said in a disappointed tone:
"Actually... this incident has a different meaning to me. I was actually a junior high school classmate of that actress, so I knew about her brother's situation, and even that photo was taken by them at their request for me to take as a souvenir.

"But, I didn't expect that my assistant misunderstood and thought that I took the photo secretly and it could become a big news. So he secretly showed the photo to the president without telling me, which led to all these things. After I learned about this, even though I told you, I didn't expect the president to publish the report anyway, which led to this result...

"I wonder if she committed suicide because she felt that I had betrayed her, and that's why she was completely desperate..."

"So... Could it be that, Ogino, you have been..." (End of this chapter)