The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1314 Sato: Anyway, I'm going to direct!

"..."

Everyone present looked at the briefcase in the butler's hand, and then at the newly dropped briefcase, and they all stared at each other in disbelief.

It's like when you say you don't have time for two girlfriends, but then both of them catch you on a date with another woman.

This kind of situation is very awkward.

Sato Miwako, whose exam questions were leaked by Fujino, took an open-book exam.

The intricacies are easy to understand at a glance.

She spoke in a deep voice and asked, "Ms. Noguchi Miki, please explain what's going on?"

"..." Noguchi Miki remained silent, clearly embarrassed and unsure how to explain herself.

How else can it be explained?

It's right there in front of us, two suitcases, it's obvious!

But how could she possibly say that?
At this moment, Takagi and Inspector Megure, who were running ahead, turned around and saw that the others had not followed, and sensed that something was wrong, so they also returned.

Seeing the silence around them, Takagi couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

"nothing."

Fujino waved his hand. "It's just that the case has already been solved."

"It's broken?" Takagi was a little confused for a moment.

It's supposed to be a kidnapping case, but we haven't even seen the kidnappers yet, so how did the case get solved?
Fujino-kun's detective intuition has evolved again, now directly searching for enemies in the void!
Ran, who hadn't spoken until now, felt the time was right and said, "Actually, Sonoko has already been rescued by you, senior. This kidnapping was just a hoax from the beginning."

"Huh?" Takagi was taken aback by what he heard.

Inspector Megure's expressions were also particularly fascinating.

The two of them looked at Fujino, hoping to get an answer from him.

At this moment, Fujino, who was being watched, spoke up calmly and explained, "This case is indeed just as Ran said."

"Am I right, Ms. Noguchi Miki, or Butler Kamoshida?"

The butler, who was called out by Fujino, remained silent, only lowering his head. He looked slightly aggrieved and guilty, like a child who had been caught doing something wrong.

Miki Noguchi crossed her arms and looked on with a complicated expression, seemingly lost in thought.

Seeing that neither of them spoke, Fujino felt that the situation couldn't be allowed to cool down, so he said calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, this billion yen diamond should be a scam that you and your sister planned."

At this point, Inspector Megure couldn't help but ask, "But, Fujino, these diamonds originally belonged to them, so why did they go through all this trouble?"

“It’s not the same.” Fujino shook his finger and interrupted, “Although it belongs to them, strictly speaking, it belongs to the Noguchi family, or more accurately, to Noguchi Heigoro. If no one knew, it would be fine, but Noguchi Heigoro is famous for his love of diamonds, and everyone knows that he has a billion yen worth of diamonds. So if you want it to belong to them, they need to inherit it.”

"As for inheritance, you need to pay inheritance tax."

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure limped slightly and said, "Oh right, there's also the inheritance tax... If you want to inherit these diamonds, you'll probably have to pay at least 300 million in inheritance tax, right?"

“Yes, that’s right. After all, these diamonds are valuable assets, not cash.” Fujino agreed, then glanced at Noguchi Miki and continued, “Cash can be obtained directly and paid upon inheritance, but things that cannot be converted into money in a short time are different from money. If you want to inherit them, you need to pay a lot of inheritance tax.”

Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. If that's the case, then inheriting these diamonds is neither an option nor is not inheriting them?"

Fujino explained, "That's right. If you inherit, you have to pay money. If you don't inherit, you'll lose it all. Even if you want to inherit, that much money is not a small amount. I estimate that the two of them definitely can't come up with that much cash in a short time."

"As the saying goes, there are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Although I don't know what their relationship was like before or what conflicts they had, they are sisters working together to avoid inheritance tax."

"After all, whoever gets the inheritance has to hand over half of it, so it's better to divide the other half among them."

"Finally, the sisters came up with a great idea: to plan a kidnapping."

Sato Miwako suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. It's not that they want to avoid it, it's that they can't afford to pay!"

Miki Noguchi: "..."

This sounds a bit like an insult.

Sato Miwako ignored the look Noguchi Miki was giving her and continued muttering, "Have one person kidnapped, and another go to pay the ransom. That way, they can successfully avoid inheritance tax, launder the diamonds, and then get cash. It's the same old trick..."

“It’s definitely the same old trick, but they played it pretty well.” Fujino looked at Noguchi Miki, then glanced at the metal box containing the fire hydrant next to them: “They staged a kidnapping at the funeral, and kidnapped Sonoko as a witness, with Noguchi Yuri playing the role of the kidnapper, while Sonoko, as the younger sister, played the role of the victim, secretly exchanging the diamonds, and then Noguchi Yuri took the diamonds back.”

"If we hadn't known what this case was all about beforehand, we probably wouldn't have thought of this at all."

As she spoke, Fujino glanced at Kamoshida beside her: "As for you, Mr. Butler, I think you should play the role of their 'assistant'. The reason you stopped me before the corner was to prevent me from seeing her secretly exchanging the boxes containing diamonds."

The butler, Kamoshida, hesitated for a moment before finally saying with a helpless expression, "I was just trying to protect the two young ladies."

Fujino frowned: "So you're just letting them go astray, are you?"

Should I call you loyal, or blindly loyal?

"Now that things have come to this point, shouldn't the suitcase be handed over to me?"

The butler, Kamoshida, was speechless for a moment and could only hand over the briefcase.

Fujino took the briefcase, opened it, and found it filled with dry ice: "Hang it on a balloon and let time melt the dry ice, so that it will be done without anyone noticing. I'm amazed you guys could come up with this trick."

After closing the box, he looked at Noguchi Miki beside him: "Ms. Miki, now, do you have anything to say?"

"There's nothing more to say. This kidnapping was indeed planned by my sister and me. You've said everything I can say, and it's exactly as you said." Noguchi Miki sighed upon hearing this, her eyes showing no remorse for her mistake, only the satisfaction of accepting defeat after losing.

Fujino nodded upon hearing this and said to Megure, "In that case, Brother Megure, you can arrest them."

Megure nodded upon hearing this, and then said, "Ms. Noguchi Miki, we are summoning you now on suspicion of abducting a minor. Please cooperate with the investigation."

Miki Noguchi was stunned: "No, kidnapping a minor?"

"This is a fake kidnapping. At most, it's just a false police report or an attempt to evade inheritance tax fraud. How is it kidnapping a minor?"

"Then you're wrong."

"???"

Noguchi Miki looked puzzled. Seeing this, Fujino began to earnestly educate the young lady who was ignorant of the law, and explained: "According to the Japanese Criminal Code, kidnapping or abducting a minor is punishable by imprisonment for not less than three months and not more than seven years. If the kidnapped person is a minor, even if no ransom is demanded, as long as the act of kidnapping or abduction is carried out and the minor is removed from their living environment, it constitutes a crime."

As he spoke, he smiled and said, "If it were an adult, it might be possible to defend it as unlawful detention, but Sonoko is only seventeen years old this year, still a minor, so you have committed the crime of abducting a minor."

"In addition to abducting minors, you also have the lesser charge of confinement, plus a crime of evading enforcement. I estimate that you will be sentenced to at least two ten-year sentences in court."

"I really don't know what you guys were thinking. A matter that could be settled with a 50 yen fine has to be turned into a ten-year prison sentence."

"..." Noguchi Miki paused for a moment upon hearing this, then asked weakly, "Then, if I report my sister as the mastermind, would that lessen my status and make me an accomplice?" "Hmm, maybe."

Fujino nodded. "But that depends on your performance and the judge's ruling. This is not something we can decide; it's a matter for the prosecutor's office and the court."

"no problem!"

And just like that, the second daughter of the Noguchi family was sold off to the eldest daughter.

When the eldest daughter of the Noguchi family went to retrieve the diamond, she found nothing and was immediately pinned down by three burly men and a shrew.

Yuri Noguchi was stunned.

Upon seeing Miki Noguchi, she immediately understood what had happened: "Damn it, you actually betrayed me!"

"What betrayal? I have no idea what you're talking about. Wasn't this your idea?" Noguchi Miki said innocently. "I was just lured into participating by you..."

"You're talking nonsense! Didn't you bring this up yourself?!"

"I didn't mention that! Don't talk nonsense!"

In an instant, the two started arguing, like shrewish women, and even, in the heat of their sisterly bond, they lunged at each other and began to tear at each other.

Sato Miwako couldn't stand it any longer, so she stepped forward and used her brute force to pull the two of them apart: "You two, do you even respect us police officers?!"

"Let's talk about it after we come to the police station to make a statement!"

…………

"Brother, why didn't you tell me about this, but only told Sato?"

"I just didn't have a chance to say it, otherwise I would have been exposed."

"It's also..."

"Then, Brother Megure, we won't take your statement. We'll owe you one for now."

"By the way, have Sonoko come to the police station when you have time, since she's the victim in this whole thing."

"I'll tell her when I get back."

"Then you take them back, brother, and be careful on the road!"

"Got it!"

At the company's entrance, the remaining two members of the Noguchi family were all captured, along with their butler.

After saying goodbye to his brother Megure, Fujino drove off with Ayako and Ran.

At the scene of the crime, only Chiba Fatty and Takagi Sato remained.

Watching Fujino leave, Takagi couldn't help but sigh, "Luckily, Fujino-kun is on our side..."

Sato heard this, but didn't quite catch it. He turned his head and asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Takagi explained, "Even though they already knew what was going on, they kept acting after rescuing people, trying to catch them all in one fell swoop and send them all to jail, and they even knew so much about the law..."

"If this falls into the hands of criminals, it could be a real problem."

“That’s true.” Sato Miwako nodded in agreement. “It’s good that I’m here.”

"Uh...?" Takagi looked at Sato Miwako with a puzzled expression.

Why are you looking at me like that?

"I just don't quite understand what you meant by 'thank goodness I'm here', Sato-san."

Upon hearing this, Sato Miwako immediately crossed her slender arms in front of her gray suit, as if a teacher were talking about her most outstanding student, and said, "Of course, it's under my guidance that Fujino has gotten on the right track!"

"Let me tell you, if it weren't for my influence, this kid would probably have been the leader of some criminal gang by now."

"..." Takagi was speechless for a moment: "Officer Sato, when did you ever guide Fujino-kun?"

Sato Miwako rolled her eyes at him, clearly annoyed by his question, and said irritably, "Then let me ask you, hasn't Fujino always been the one who hangs out with me the most?"

Takagi scratched his head: "Yeah, but something doesn't feel right..."

"Wasn't that directed by me?"

"Don't we all have the custom of seniors mentoring newcomers?"

"This shouldn't count, right?"

"Then don't worry about it."

Faced with Takagi's questioning gaze, Sato Miwako crossed her arms and said with a serious expression, "Anyway, I'm the director!"

"..."

Takagi fell silent upon hearing this, unsure of what to say next.

This sounds a little unserious, but upon closer inspection, it makes a lot of sense.

He could only go along with it in the end: "Thinking this way, it's really thanks to you."

"That's exactly what I meant!"

"Uh-huh……"

Takagi nodded repeatedly, having already decided that whatever his female boss said would go.

He was a little scared; if he argued back again and angered his female boss, things would get complicated...

I reckon the other party will immediately retaliate physically, or at least make things difficult for me.

Thinking about it, our Xiao Cai is still the gentler one.

As Takagi pondered this in her heart, she silently compared the two and felt that Emoto Aya, whom she had met at a previous matchmaking event and was currently getting along with, was more compatible with her personality.

The girl was a Yamato Nadeshiko; she wasn't very strong, but she was quiet and gentle, which was quite nice.

Most importantly, ever since his colleagues found out that he and Xiao Cai knew each other, they stopped finding fault with him at all!

Takagi felt relieved when he recalled how his colleagues had treated him during this period.

I no longer work with this female boss as I used to, and as a result, colleagues from various departments have come to pressure me about my situation!

(End of this chapter)