The unscrupulous detective in Conan

Chapter 1324 The Forced Plunder of Capital

Checking the surveillance footage, when it's not turned on, is the most convenient method for Fujino.

Actually, it's considered open, but only on a small scale.

This only works if it's certain that there's no evidence against the suspect.

If even the suspect can't be identified, Hiroki won't be able to recognize them even with facial recognition...

All I can say is that the cases in the world of Detective Conan are simply outrageous.

Without opening it, it would be quite difficult to deduce the answer.

To be honest, a normal person wouldn't be able to deduce this without having read the script...

Fujino mentally scoffed for a moment, then looked at the stone in front of him and calmly deduced:
“Mr. Ishigami, if I’m not mistaken, your repayment date was around the same day as Ms. Murai’s. You were right after Ms. Murai. You saw Ms. Murai run out from inside and followed her in to check on the situation, which is why you saw Ms. Murai running out in such a panic.”

"After that, you came in here and saw Mr. Kanemaru lying on the ground. I don't know why he was lying in the office, but I'm sure that you used the lucky cat you bought this morning to kill Mr. Kanemaru."

"After killing him, you had a sudden idea to frame Ms. Murai. You dragged his body to the safe where he was first hit, then cleaned up the crime scene and used a vacuum cleaner to remove the pieces of the lucky cat."

"However, when you made your move, Chacha, who was right next to you, got scared and ran away, accidentally stepping on the debris and leaving footprints."

At this moment, Inspector Megure looked directly at Ishigami: "Mr. Ishigami, do you have anything else to say?"

“Even if you threw away those lucky cat fragments, there are still your fingerprints on this cat paw left at the scene. I will send this hand for testing. Once your fingerprints are detected, the case will be irrefutable.”

The little ones beside them nodded in agreement: "Brother Ishigami, you're a good person!"

"You must have had no choice but to kill Mr. Kanemaru, right?"

"It's not too late to turn yourself in now."

"Brother Fujino said, 'Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely!'"

After hearing what the little ones said, Shi's face first showed a struggle, then a sense of helplessness, and finally a deathly pale and dejected expression. He knelt on the ground and admitted his mistake.

The situation is probably the same as Fujino's deduction.

He had arranged to meet the deceased today, but because his business was not doing well, he had not made any money and could not repay his loan. He heard that Kanemaru liked lucky cats, so he bought one.

Then I encountered Murai Chika smashing the golden pill.

At the time, Jinwan was still lively and energetic, and even considered calling the police.

Kanemaru was happy when he saw the lucky cat, but he became unhappy when he saw his left hand.

Then he said a few nice words, threw the lucky cat on the stone, and told him to go back and clean up the shop. If he couldn't pay back the money, he could use the shop to pay off the debt.

As is well known, the list of victims of Mika is full of people with terrible personalities, including the company president, let alone the president of a loan shark company.

Then, Ishigami successfully awakened the bloodline genes of the Beika people, picked up the lucky cat and smashed it to death, and then staged a substitution to try to get away with it.

And just like that, Ishigami was handcuffed and taken away in a police car.

Some are happy while others are sad; and where there is sadness, there is also joy.

Murai Chika was overjoyed and became extremely excited: "Thank you, Detective Fujino!"

"I don't even know how to thank you enough!"

"Hey, let go of me first. I'm still a virgin, it's not good if someone sees me like this."

Fujino took a deep breath and, under Ai Haibara's resentful gaze with her eyes slightly narrowed, pushed away Chika Murai, who excitedly rushed up to hug him.

Murai Chika gave an awkward smile: "I'm sorry... I really... don't know..."

"It's not a big problem, I understand."

Fujino took two steps back: "If you really want to express your gratitude, then contact Attorney Eri Kisaki. This guy is dead now, and there's no one else in his family, so you don't have to pay off your debts."

"Ah, is that so?"

Murai Chika was a little dazed. She had been so focused on the fact that she had killed someone that she hadn't thought about this at all.

Megure C13 coughed lightly: "That's right. We haven't found any relatives of this Mr. Kanemaru, so his company will probably be deregistered directly, and the contracts will naturally be void. In other words, he won't have to pay back the money."

"really?"

The elderly woman next to her, Kanaoka, seemed even more excited than Murai Chika.

The boss was killed without doing anything, and all the debts were wiped out instantly. Isn't that awesome?
Murai Chika sighed, got into the police car with Ishigami, and was taken away by the police.

She felt like she had lost out.

No matter what, I've already damaged someone's property, so being locked up in jail is inevitable.

I wish I had come later...

She couldn't help but sigh repeatedly, feeling extremely regretful.

…………

[System task detected: "The Lucky Cat and the Unexpected Murderer" completed]

[System rewards: 500 Detective Coins, 500 Yen, 5... have been distributed.]

As soon as the murderer was caught, Fujino's system reward was issued.

Watching the police car disappear into the distance, its red lights flashing, Inspector Megure couldn't help but sigh, lamenting, "It was supposed to be a lucky cat bringing happiness, but this time it's brought disaster..."

"I'd say he deserved it."

Fujino, hands in his pockets, had no sympathy for Kanemaru: "To put it bluntly, loan sharks like him just exploit those who take out loans. If they can't pay back the money, they confiscate their means of production."

"They are exactly the same as those bank capitalists in the old society."

Ai Haibara, holding the cat in her arms, nodded in agreement.

She had some knowledge of Japanese history, not from Japanese history books, but from American descriptions of Japanese history that she read while studying in the United States. Therefore, she was quite familiar with the tradition of lending money in Japan.

Fujino didn't say anything, but he seemed to agree with it.

Indeed, usury was already quite prevalent in Japan during World War II.

Because of the economic downturn, people from all walks of life are struggling to make ends meet. In order to survive, they have no choice but to seek loans from bankers, whether they are small workshops or proletarian workers.

Bankers, both large and small, can easily acquire the means of production—the workshops themselves—of small workshops on the verge of bankruptcy by lending them even a tiny amount of money, through the continuous compounding of interest. And what can these small workshop owners do after their means of production are taken away?

Of course, he became a proletarian and went to work as a laborer.

The bankers' initial accumulation of capital did not stop. Through lending with their own capital and continuous mergers and acquisitions, those bankers had acquired the means of production and the capital to produce. With these means of production, they could continue to invest in expanding their scale, hiring workers, and thus expanding their capital.

It's easy to understand those who own the means of production, but how do you exploit the poor after lending them money?
He'll have to work for nothing to pay off the interest.

Kanaoka is a good example.

Paying interest by cleaning the room is essentially a form of free exploitation of her labor value. Even though she worked, her value has already been offset by the interest, and it becomes the surplus value of her exploited labor.

To give a simple example, if her interest is 100,000 yen, and her cleaning fee is generally 120,000 yen, then the remaining 120,000 yen is her surplus value. Normally, 20,000 yen should be paid. If 20,000 yen is not paid, it is equivalent to exploiting the surplus value.

This is the exploitation of their labor value and surplus value.

But what is the value of labor?

Essentially, it is the value created through labor. Perhaps labor does not create objects, but it still has time value and technical value. From cleaners to financial professionals, the time, physical strength and mental effort they expend create value.

Wages are merely an equivalent created for the purpose of facilitating exchange, and are determined by the complexity or simplicity of different people's labor, working hours, and the generally accepted value in society.

In primitive times, people hunted and farmed, bartering goods. The bartering system was based on the most basic exchange of labor value. The emergence of money simply replaced the bartering system; in essence, it remained the same. Money was merely a form of exchange that could be used to exchange for a wider variety of goods within a certain scope.

No matter how it changes, it all boils down to the most basic exchange of labor value.

Therefore, in terms of capital, money is not absolute, and lending is not for interest. Ultimately, money is just an equivalent. This is the most basic common sense in finance. What money ultimately represents is the value of labor.

Although Japanese society has changed, this group of people hasn't changed much. They still live by cannibalism, constantly accumulating capital and using it to exploit small workshop owners, individual business owners, and the poor, squeezing out surplus value to obtain even higher capital profits.

Therefore, money represents the value of labor, and conversely, whoever has money can control the labor of others.

This right is the essence of capital's exploitation of ordinary people.

Why is it that even when the Hokage in Naruto makes the junior ninjas work overtime haphazardly without pay and works inefficiently, he is unwilling to let them go home and get a good night's sleep?
It's because they've realized this, but they're only scratching the surface. They believe that as long as labor (time, physical strength, mental strength) is exploited, then it's a gain.

It's almost like the mindset of a slave owner.

The more advanced ones are beyond the perception of ordinary people.

However, the essence remains unchanged—it is impossible to possess capital through one's own labor; even if one does, it is merely scraps.

When capital develops to a certain level, it can't even get the scraps left, which is why most startups fail.

True capital accumulation and operation require the exploitation of others' labor. Whether it is exploiting employees, consumers, or suppliers, one must always exploit something to grow stronger.

As the old saying goes, you are what you eat; only by eating other people can you become a superior person.

Of course, the premise is that you don't get stabbed by a ruthless person.

……

It has been like this since ancient times.

Of course, I'm talking about neon lights.

"But what should we do if Brother Ishigami is arrested?"

Ayumi is quite observant; she turned her head and saw the kitten with its injured paw.

No matter how you look at it, the kitten is not wrong.

Now that it has no owner, this kitten will probably become a stray cat, and maybe one day it will be hit by a dump truck while crossing the road...

Ai Haibara patted the cat's head and glanced around.

We already knew that we couldn't keep cats at home with these little ones.

she……

As I always say, it's perfectly fine to pet someone else's cat for free.

If she were to actually get a cat, this little night owl wouldn't be able to stay awake.

The thought of having to scoop the litter box and deal with the cat's pee made her feel like cats weren't so appealing anymore.

"I'll raise them myself..."

At this moment, Aunt Kanaoka squatted down and patted the head of the little cat in front of Ai Haibara.

Aunt Jin Gang said helplessly, "I actually visit this child often, and we're quite familiar with each other. Now that I don't have any loans to worry about, I can finally raise a cat and start a new life."

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you."

Ai Haibara nodded and handed the Chacha to Aunt Kanaoka.

Ai Haibara actually thought this older woman was quite nice.

Although it's unclear why this elderly woman is in debt, judging from her cleaning habits, she seems to be the kind of person who is quite frugal.

After all, she's an elderly person; she needs someone to keep her company when she lives alone.

I reckon I'd rather mistreat myself than mistreat the kitten.

Compared to the other kids who focus on cats, Fujino's focus is rather unusual.

He stroked his chin, pondering to himself: "Now that Ishigami has gone in, is it possible for me to take over his shop without any loss?"

“Give him some rent and rent his shop. That should be feasible. After all, he's in debt and can't afford to pay his debts, so he probably can't even afford lawyer fees.”

“I’ll just give him some money and help him hire a lawyer; it’s a win-win situation.”

With that in mind, Fujino decided to offer a wave of humane and righteous assistance to help the poor, exploited small coffee shop owner escape his predicament.

Yes, in reality it was also annexation and plunder.

However, the plundering by the veteran capitalist Mr. Fujino was more exciting and impressive.

It is capital speculation disguised as exploitation of others' misfortunes.

If the exploitation of the means of production, value, and surplus value is a direct and violent takeover, then Fujino's actions can be described as an invisible, gentle, yet bone-scraping scalpel.

The effect is even more stimulating than that of the gentle catgirl.

(End of this chapter)