Conan: Science Cartoonist Kudo Yuji

"That's Takuya Ono? He does fit my impression of someone who's easily bullied."

As soon as the Kudo family entered the harbor, they saw Ono surrounded by several students. His eyebrows and eyes looked quite like his mother's, and he could vaguely see some resemblance to Sasaki Kiyose. However, rather than resembling his parents, he looked more like his older sister, so he was quite easy to recognize.

"He looks rather weak, but he also gives off a condescending vibe. Appearances reflect the heart. Could it be that he really considers himself the young master of a large conglomerate at school, which is why he gets bullied?" Kuroba Rize guessed something. The moderate amount of alcohol did not dull her sharp mind.

"Judging from the students' testimonies, he was indeed like that when he first entered school. His unusually high profile led to him being bullied by his classmates. It seems that Ono must have told him who his biological father was when he was young."

Yuji Kudo walked up to Takuya Ono, put his hands on his hips, and looked at the boy.

"Why did you disappear after shouting at the speech? Where did you go? Why did you come to the harbor and try to jump into the sea?"

Ono Takuya did not respond to him. The boy just stared at the ground silently, completely ignoring the person in front of him.

"We've asked him these questions several times, and it's always the same; he simply won't answer us."

The students nearby shook their heads, trying to dissuade the Tokyo policeman from wasting his time.

“That’s you guys.” Kudo Yuji rolled his eyes at him, then took a deep breath and said in a gloating tone, “Not long ago, at Sasaki Kiyose’s memorial service, a woman was beheaded and her stomach was ripped out.”

Ono Takuya's eyebrows twitched as he looked at the ground, but no one could see it. Regardless of whether he reacted or not, Kudo Yuji continued speaking.

"It's strange, this woman was supposedly beheaded by her own lover, but her stomach wasn't ripped out by him, but by that Osaka nobleman."

"Hey... Uncle, what you're saying makes me sound a bit perverted... Wait, it moved!"

Hattori Mamoru and the other students saw Ono Takuya slightly raise his head and glare at the man who was teasing his mother.

"But he wasn't even there, how did he know that his own mother had been murdered?"

Sayoko sidled up to Rize and secretly asked her cousin, but instead got the answer from Maki first.

"Ono has been living in the Sasaki family as his mistress ever since Sasaki Kiyose faked her death. Her father's words were so irritating, and she even deliberately said them in front of him. No matter how you look at it, she's a woman connected to him. Anyone can guess that his mother died." However, Kudo Yuji deliberately didn't mention that it seemed that Uchitake-sensei killed Ono. It's clear that he was gradually testing Ono Takuya's trigger points in order to obtain more information.

"I see... But Maki-nee, what was that you calling 'Dad' just now?" Sayoko gave Nohara Maki a strange look, then held up her phone and shook it: "Do you mind if I take a picture?"

"...What, are you related to Dad?"

Maki blinked, and was about to ask further when she was interrupted by Rize Kuroba.

"Let's put things at home aside for now and talk about them later."

“Okay…” Maki paused for a moment, “Big sister…”

"Ah."

"Hey, ladies, that kid looks like he's watching us?"

Sayoko pointed at Ono Takuya, and after Maki finished speaking, Ono Takuya, who had been glaring at Kudo Yuji, turned and glared at them.

"It seems that what we said just now provoked him. Which sentence was it?" Rize stroked her chin, reviewing the situation.

"If you ask me, this guy is someone who hates family happiness." Sayoko glanced at the boy glaring at them fiercely. Although she knew that he was somewhat pitiful, the look in his eyes that seemed to want to cut her into pieces was always unsettling.

"No way, how can there be such a person? I have to give him a good talking to."

After saying that, Sayoko grabbed Maki and Rize from both sides at the same time, and then triumphantly said to Ono Takuya.

"Gah."

Unfortunately, there was no response. (End of Chapter)