Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 153 147. I must come out to choose
"Are you crazy, Kuroiwa?!" After Shiratori was helped out by his two men, Kawashima Hideo simply stopped pretending and angrily shouted at Kuroiwa Tatsuji who was standing beside him.

Kawashima Hideo and Kuroiwa Tatsuji have known each other for decades. How much Kuroiwa Tatsuji can drink, how could Kawashima Hideo not know?

Sure enough, under Kawashima Hideo's scolding, the drunkenness and confusion on Kuroiwa Tatsuji's face were completely gone.

"I'm not crazy, of course I'm not crazy." Besides him, Kawashima Hideo was the only one left in the restaurant, so there was naturally no need for Kuroiwa Tatsuji to continue pretending to be drunk.

"You're not crazy, why are you telling that Shiratori from Tokyo about Aso Keiji?!"

The only person who can be called a celebrity on Tsukikage Island is the pianist Keiji Aso. So isn't it obvious to whom the former residence mentioned by Kuroiwa Tatsuji belongs?
"Didn't we agree at the beginning that we would keep this matter to ourselves and not tell anyone?"

Twelve years ago, a fire destroyed all of Keiji Aso's family. After twelve years of operating on the island, Kawashima Hideo finally made sure that no one on the island would mention Keiji Aso anymore.

However, he did not expect that today his "accomplice" Kuroiwa Tatsuji would take the initiative to mention this matter to an outsider.

Facing Kawashima Hideo's questioning, Kuroiwa Tatsuji appeared very calm.

"Since you mentioned what happened back then, let's talk about it. What was the agreement between you, me and the deceased Guishan (former village chief)?"

“Guishan and I support you to become the richest man on the island, and you support me and Guishan to take turns to be the village chief.

It has been two years since Kameyama died? You want to give your vote to Qingshui? "

"Why, Kawashima, do you think you've made enough money and are ready to kick me out?"

Kuroiwa Tatsuji opened his eyes wide and glared at Kawashima Hideo.

Kuroiwa Tatsuji, Kawashima Hideo, former village chief Kameyama Isamu, Nishimoto Ken, and Aso Keiji who died twelve years ago were actually originally a criminal gang.

These people got together to do the "washing powder" business.

Among them, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, Kawashima Hideo and the former village chief Kameyama Isamu are obviously the leaders of this gang.

As for Ken Nishimoto, he left the gang after Keiji Aso's death twelve years ago, but still lives on Tsukikage Island, wandering around neurotically all day long.

As for Keiji Aso, since he was a pianist who often needed to travel abroad, he served as a cargo "mule".

As we all know, mules don't have a very high status in drug gangs. Even if Keiji Aso is a pianist.

As Keiji Aso became increasingly famous internationally, he realized that his identity as a "mule" no longer brought him extra income and convenience, but huge risks.

So Keiji Aso began to think about quitting the gang.

If a gangster wants to quit, he probably won't have a good ending. The same is true for Keiji Aso.

Naturally, his idea of quitting was unanimously opposed by members of the gang.

The more famous Keiji Aso becomes internationally, the more reliable his cover as a freight mule will be.

This group of people in the gang are still dreaming of a better tomorrow and future, but you, Keiji Aso, come to them and say you want to quit?
That works?
Unfortunately, Keiji Aso was determined to quit this time. Kuroiwa Tatsuji and his friends saw that they could not persuade Keiji Aso to change his mind, and they were also afraid that Keiji Aso would report them after he quit.

He decided to go all out and killed Keiji Aso's wife and daughter on a full moon night.

Then he locked Keiji Aso up in his house and set it on fire.

After Aso Keiji was killed, the Tsukikage Island gang was forced to transform. They changed from purchasing finished products to purchasing raw materials, and set up a processing plant in a remote part of the island. By the way, they also got involved in the rum line.

Speaking of which, Kuroiwa Tatsuji and the others don't know who Rum is, and they don't know much about the organization.

They only know that they seem to have found a strong supporter. As long as they give a portion of their profits to the "supporter" every year, they can get help from the "supporter".

"Raw materials" that are difficult to obtain without channels, various types of arms, and even police-related intelligence "bigwigs" can be obtained.

The two parties hit it off immediately and the cooperation has lasted for more than ten years.

During the past ten years, Kuroiwa Tatsuji and Kameyama Isamu have taken turns serving as the village chief of Tsukikage Island, and Kawashima Hideo has gradually become the richest man in the village.

Ken Nishimoto still lives in a daze on Moon Shadow Island, but for him, as long as he lives on the island, he will not have to worry about his life.

Keiji Aso's previous experience has already made him alert, and the so-called madness is probably just a way to save his life.

Now Kawashima Hideo seems to have some other ideas, but Kawashima Hideo didn't expect that his cooperation with another candidate Shimizu had just begun, and Kuroiwa Tatsuji already knew about it.

"Heiyan, listen to me. I have no intention of leaving you alone. But you can't be re-elected as the village chief forever, right?

The villagers will also have objections to this!"

Kawashima Hideo spoke with great righteousness at this moment, as if he was really doing this for the good of Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

Hearing this, Kuroiwa Tatsuji just sneered. We are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are we playing Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio?

How could he not know what Kawashima Hideo was thinking? Kuroiwa Tatsuji, Kameyama Isamu, and Kawashima Hideo were the three major forces on Yueying Island, each controlling a portion of the votes.

After Kameyama Isamu's death, part of his votes were divided between Kuroiwa Tatsuji and Kawashima Hideo.

The rest were lured over by the candidates for village chief.

What Hideo Kawashima wants to do now is to make himself an uncrowned king - he will not run for election, but the votes in his hand are enough to change the outcome of the election.

At that time, anyone who wants to be the village chief on Yueying Island will have to try to win the vote of Kawashima Hideo, and that will be the time when Kawashima Hideo will make his biggest move.

Naturally, Kuroiwa Tatsuji could not sit idly by and watch such a thing happen. Otherwise, even if he was elected village chief in the future, what was the difference between him and being a puppet of Kawashima Hideo?
Shiratori's arrival just gave Kuroiwa Tatsuji an opportunity.

What was Shimizu's proposal? To vigorously develop tourism?

What's the point of just talking about this? He, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, can actually attract people!
As long as there is an example like the Shiratori Group, Kuroiwa Tatsuji can find a way to attract people from Tokyo continuously.

By the way, it will also absorb some of Shimizu's votes.

As for the fishermen, once the tourism industry develops, will there still be fishermen on the island? Even if there are still fishermen, they will not be the same group of fishermen.

Shimizu is not a concern, and Kawashima Hideo has no way to continue to threaten him indirectly.

"Anyway, I will definitely be elected this time. Kawashima, do you support me?"

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