The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1302 The client's health bar has been revealed!

These three groups, supervising literature, belong to this category.

Xiaolan looked around at the villa in front of her, raised her head and sighed, "This is where Yingyou's mother used to work..."

"It looks pretty good."

Hondo Eisuke nodded: "I've lived here for quite some time, and the people here are all nice."

“Back then, my dad worked in Osaka and my sister was studying at a university abroad,” Hondo Eisuke recalled. “My sister would come back every time she had a holiday, but my dad could only come back once a year during the Lunar New Year.”

"However, after my mother passed away, my father took me to Osaka, and I lived with him there from then on. But not long after, my father was transferred to work abroad, and my sister disappeared."

"Is that Eisuke?"

At this moment, an old woman came out of the house. She had white hair, wore an elegant black dress, and underneath was a white shirt with the collar hanging down.

Fujino found the voice quite familiar.

It must be the mistress of the Okudaira family?

She seemed to recognize Hondo Eisuke: "Long time no see, it feels like ten years! You've grown into such a handsome young man!"

Hi! Thank you for your help!

Hondo Eisuke greeted her very politely, showing considerable respect for the mistress of the Okudaira family.

It's clear that this person treated him and his mother quite well in the past.

However, Fujino suddenly began to hallucinate.

Yes, the child and his mother live a dependent life as servants in someone else's house, while the father is a spy and has passed away.

Why does this character design look so much like a certain dragon?
Does the Hondo family still own a Maybach?
After exchanging greetings and reminiscing about the past, Mrs. Okuhira warmly welcomed everyone into her home.

Of course, she wasn't the one who greeted them. The Okudaira family didn't look like an ordinary family, so how could a noblewoman personally greet her guests?
Such tasks were naturally assigned to their servants—a maid who seemed to be owed millions by others and was recruited after Hondo Eisuke and his mother left.

However, there are exceptions.

That is Fujino.

Upon hearing Fujino's voice, Mrs. Okudaira recognized him as the young man who had called her the day before.

The others were led to the reception room, while he was taken to the Okudaira family's study.

Compared to the son who came to collect the belongings left behind by the former maid, this person, whom her husband knew and had just spoken to on the phone yesterday, was clearly more important.

Fujino was invited into the study.

He finally saw the true colors of this respectable man.

He was an old man with white hair and beard, thick eyebrows, but his eyesight was a bit poor, just like that of a gang leader.

This is Kakuzo Okuhira, the client for this transaction.

After entering the study, the client began to recount the case:
The deceased was his son, who died a year ago. At the time, his family was watching the video he had taken, but his son hadn't watched it. Later, he was found drowned in the swimming pool in the backyard of the villa.

Police estimated the time of death to be between 9 and 10 p.m., and that they had been watching the body in the living room from 7 p.m. until midnight.

The body was discovered after the maid drained the swimming pool. When it was found, its mouth was taped shut, and its hands and feet were bound. It was clear that it was thrown in by someone, not a suicide.

The way it died was gruesome; its eyes were wide open, almost like those of a giant.

Fujino took the photo and examined it, but before he could even look at it twice, a notification popped up from the system:

"A new system task has been detected. Please check it!"

Fujino wasn't surprised by the system's mission; after all, he had been assigned a case...

He couldn't hold back after just glancing at the system task description.

He immediately typed out a bunch of question marks: "???"

No, buddy, you seem like a decent guy.

Why are you showing me your health bar?
[System Mission: He kills him, she kills him, she kills him]

[Mission Summary: A series of mysterious murders, a chain reaction triggered by murderous intent—what is the source of all this?]

[Mission Objective: Solve the case of the butler's murder two years ago, and uncover the chain of cases stemming from that murder]

[Mission Rewards: 10 million yen, 1000 Detective Reputation, 1000 Detective Coins]

Fujino glanced at the system mission and immediately understood what kind of mission it was.

Yes, a typical serial murder case in the world of Detective Conan.

He killed him, he killed him, he killed him again, and so on...

Thinking about it this way, the butler who died two years ago and the young master who died a year ago are connected.

The murder of the so-called butler must be related to that young master, who killed someone and was then killed himself.

The classic revenge story belongs to this category.

Just as Fujino was pondering why this respectable man had suddenly revealed his health bar to him.

The so-called respectable man sitting opposite, Kakuzo Okudaira, suddenly spoke up at this moment:

"Detective Fujino, the reason I invited you here is to solve this case."

Fujino looked up and saw the respectable man, revealing a gloomy and fierce expression: "My son was definitely killed by someone in this family."

"Is that so?"

Fujino crossed his arms and pondered for a moment: "What evidence do you have?"

"I don't have any evidence at the moment."

Kakuzo Okuhira said in a low voice, "When we were watching the video, someone went out under the pretense of going to the toilet. Although the bathroom is very close to the living room, the window is not large enough for an adult to pass through."

"That's what I meant."

As he spoke, he emphasized the white glove on the right hand of the corpse in the photo:

"Isn't this glove strange?"

What's the secret?

Fujino raised his eyes, his dark pupils fixed on Okuhira Kakuzo before him.

He whispered, “These gloves are the same gloves the butler wore two years ago when he accidentally fell down the cliff. My son was also murdered a year ago today.”

Fujino blinked upon hearing this: "So, you think someone is maliciously retaliating against your family on behalf of that butler?"

“Very likely.” He continued in a deep voice, “Three days after my son was killed, the same gloves appeared in my study, the same gloves that the butler wore on his left hand.”

Fujino nodded upon hearing this: "So, this is a case of malicious revenge?"

As he spoke, he narrowed his eyes: "But I'm very curious, why did that person want to take revenge on your father and son?"

"This one……"

Upon hearing this, Okuhira Kakuzo's expression changed slightly: "I'm not quite sure about that either."

As he spoke, he reminded Fujino, "The main reason I commissioned you for ten million yen this time is for this matter."

"That's it, I understand."

Fujino nodded upon hearing this, not wanting to listen to any more of the other person's nonsense. He'd pretty much figured it all out.

Based on the system's prompts and the entire process, it seems that he and his son killed the butler, and then someone from the butler's side came back for revenge. First, they killed his son, and then, as if torturing him, they threw him a white glove. Feeling guilty, he panicked as the day was fast approaching and he couldn't find anyone.

To put it bluntly, finding the real culprit to avenge his son is a pretense; saving his own life is the real goal, isn't it?

Fujino was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say.

All I can say is that this is what cannibalism is like.

Whether it's a son, a relative, or a wife, as long as it can generate profit for them and protect their lives, they'll eat it.

Fujino had mistakenly thought this was a respectable person who would spend ten million yen just to bring the murderer of his family member to justice.

I didn't expect it to be another dog-shaped food pup that gave birth to?

Fujino immediately lost interest in ten million.

However, some key points still need to be addressed.

So he said, "Well, I have a general understanding of the situation."

"I accept this commission."

"We still need you to pay a deposit before we can conduct the investigation."

"After all, some things are uncertain. What if the results of my investigation don't match what you expect? Wouldn't I be at a loss?"

After hearing this, Okuhira Kakuzo thought about it for a moment and felt that it made a lot of sense.

Ultimately, capital is a trust game where money and value are exchanged.

Everything is built on the trust of capital.

Once credibility collapses, trust will completely crumble—for example, the credit inquiry system built in the economic environment to determine the credibility of others.

Therefore, reputation and credit are the most important things. However, when the two parties have not established a credit system, the most important thing is still money.

You have money tied up with me, so no matter how you run away, I won't lose out.

This is what's called a deposit...

Something even more effective than reputation and credit.

Fujino simply pulled out a portable POS machine and skillfully siphoned three million yen from the other party.

If you explode any more, it won't explode anymore.

Paying 30% of ten million in advance is already a lot.

Let's explode as much as we can, anyway.

Don't wait until this guy dies and you can't get any gold coins from him, then it'll be too late!
Fujino could already foresee that this old man was going to be killed today.

Because there's no other reason than that the Grim Reaper Elementary School Student is right here.

In the world of Detective Conan, this kind of old man is someone who must die if he encounters the Grim Reaper.

All I can say is that these are theories derived from practice.

As for saving the other party...

Fujino felt it was better to respect other people's fates before fully understanding the situation.

What if he's a truly wicked person? Wouldn't my act of saving someone be harming a good person?

As for whether he really has nothing to hide, then we'll help him catch the murderer later.

The main selling point is a non-stick pan that is non-stick in three ways.

Fujino put away the POS machine, quite satisfied with the guaranteed three million: "In that case, I'll start my investigation. Would you mind if I stayed at your place for a while?"

Upon hearing this, Okuhira Kakuzo said, "Go ahead and investigate. I'll give the order in a bit and tell them that you're an old friend of mine."

"It's so easy to do things with someone like you, huh?" Fujino forced a smile, a smile that looked genuinely genuine.

As Fujino emerged from the study and entered the corridor, he saw a large group of people on the side.

Leading the group was Conan, followed by Ran, Sonoko, Eisuke Hondo, Ai, and the same fat maid from before.

Behind the maid was a bald man in a suit, who appeared to be the housekeeper.

Hondo Eisuke recognized Okudaira Kakuzo at a glance and greeted him, "Uncle Kakuzo, it's been a long time!"

"It's Eiyu! It's been so long..."

Kakuzo recognized Hondo Eisuke at a glance. Clearly, this seemingly honest boy was doing quite well in Okudaira's household.

Although it is not much different in nature from the serf chieftain of ancient times, it is obviously more humane in modern times.

It can only be said that the fact that even in a place like Japan, where domestic servants can have a status within their employers' household, is thanks to the hard work and struggle of certain people around the world.

They've already left.

What remains will never disappear.

Okudaira treated Hondo Eisuke fairly well, not too gloomy, as if he were a junior he hadn't seen for many years: "By the way, we also found your mother's belongings at home."

"Thanks to you, I have found it."

"Your mother is indeed a competent maid, very clever, and she always has a smile on her face..."

As he spoke, it seemed he was genuinely reminiscing about something, and a look of reminiscence appeared on Okudaira's face.

The plump maid following behind also showed no emotion: "I'm so sorry, compared to the previous maid, I'm not clever at all, and I can't even smile."

That's not what I meant!

Kakuzo Okuhira immediately felt somewhat helpless.

It's clear that this maid is quite different from the previous one.

Just in terms of appearance, Hondo Eisuke's mother is obviously more pleasing to the eye than this one.

This is a fact.

At this moment, Hondou Eisuke changed the subject with a smile: "By the way, I heard that Dungo has passed away?"

"Hmm... I was just about to have Detective Fujino investigate this matter."

Kakuzo Okuhira turned around and glanced at Fujino behind him, sensing that the detective seemed somewhat familiar with this group of people.

After thinking for a moment, he instructed the butler, "Raikawa, take Detective Fujino and the others to the living room."

He turned his head and looked at the plump maid: "Kikuyo, could you get me a cup of coffee? Oh, and call my wife over too. I want her to help me tidy up the study."

As he spoke, he looked up and, seeing that the two remained unmoved, added, "Of course, if you want to help me tidy up, you can stay and help..."

The two nodded upon hearing this, said nothing more, and turned around to carry out the master's instructions.

"This guy seems really strict." Sonoko crossed her arms, feeling a little annoyed by Okudaira's attitude earlier. "Is he usually like this?"

"More or less..." the butler, who led everyone out of the study, explained, "Master's temper is usually like this, unpredictable. It's probably because of Young Master Duanwu's matter, after all, he is Master's only son."

Upon hearing this, Conan asked curiously, "Speaking of which, Fujino-nii, what exactly happened with Kabuto-nii? The head of the Okudaira family should have told you about the case, right?"

(End of this chapter)