Conan: Rice Flower Spring

Chapter 42 40. Your father is an excellent diplomat
"Hello, Katsuragi-san. Nice to meet you. I'm Okubo Shinsuke."

In a cafe at the gate of Touto Medical University, Shinsuke Okubo handed a business card to Sachiko Katsuragi.

"Hello, Mr. Okubo." Katsuragi Sachiko took the business card with both hands, confirmed the name on it, and bowed to Okubo Shinsuke:
"I don't know why you asked me to come here."

When Shinsuke Okubo received the task, he got Sachiko Katsuragi's business card, and he contacted Sachiko Katsuragi directly as Shinsuke Okubo's reporter.

And hope to meet at a suitable time. It happened to be the weekend the next day, and it is not difficult for college students to squeeze out some time on the weekend.

"It's like this, Katsuragi-san. I specially invited you to meet today because of a piece of news I'm currently following. Actually, it can't be considered news. It should be considered an old story."

Sachiko Katsuragi is a good listener. When Shinsuke Okubo was speaking, she did not interrupt but listened very carefully.

"In that case, Mr. Okubo, what does your news or old stories have to do with me?"

Okubo Shinsuke nodded approvingly, “Excuse me, Katsuragi-san, how much do you know about your parents?
I'm not talking about adoptive parents, I'm talking about biological parents."

Although Katsuragi Sachiko took her relative's surname, she is not her mother's. Therefore, it is necessary to distinguish between adoptive parents and biological parents.

"My biological parents?" The dusty memories were unlocked by Huanhuan, but Katsuragi Sachiko sadly discovered that her memory of her biological parents was very limited.

She was too young when she was sent to her relatives' home and she didn't remember much at all. Even though one or two fragments occasionally flashed through her mind, the appearance of her biological parents was already vague.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Okubo, I really don't remember anything about my biological parents. But I heard from my adoptive parents that my biological father seemed to have made some mistakes?"

Going to jail is really something that is difficult for Sachiko Katsuragi to talk about, so here she chooses to replace it with the more subtle term of making a mistake.

But this small cover was gently lifted by Shinsuke Okubo.

“Your biological father, Kenji Yamashiro, was once a diplomat, but was sentenced to prison for malfeasance.

Your father died in prison five years later, and the case of malpractice ended completely because of your father's death."

Katsuragi Sachiko's face gradually tensed up. She was not sure whether Okubo Shinsuke came to see her because of her biological father. Okubo Shinsuke did not let Katsuragi Sachiko wait any longer and revealed the answer directly.

"I've been following up on your father's case recently. I received a tip that there's something fishy about your father's case. After some investigation, I found that your father was most likely wrongly imprisoned.

Here are some of my interviews with some of the people who experienced this incident back then - for some reasons they were willing to tell me about what happened back then.

But if you ask anyone but me, they will deny it.”

"After investigation, I have learned that your father is innocent. He is an excellent diplomat, but I have no evidence to prove his innocence."

Okubo Shinsuke took off his glasses and wiped them gently with a glasses cloth. "Although I can't clear Mr. Yamashiro's name, I feel I need to let his orphan, Katsuragi-san, know that his father is not a criminal."

Okubo Shinsuke put his glasses back on and said softly, “Katsuragi-san, your father is indeed an excellent diplomat.

I’m sorry, but I can’t follow up on this news any further.”

The eyewitness accounts that Katsuragi Sachiko produced were of course false; no one had ever told him such a thing.

But the content is true, and the source is the story told to him by the father-in-law of the Isshinkai member in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

As a senior reporter, Okubo Shinsuke has great writing skills, and it is not difficult for him to write some "oral content" based on some stories from another perspective. He also took precautions - even if Katsuragi Sachiko really found those people through magical means, no one would admit it.

Yukiko Katsuragi carefully read the information in her hand, which contained the description of an insider about Kenji Yamashiro's frame-up and Kenji Yamashiro's reputation among the diplomatic community.

The more Katsuragi Sachiko looked at her, the redder her eyes became, and tears soaked her eyes, but she tried hard not to let her tears fall.

After quickly flipping through the book, Katsuragi Sachiko closed her eyes. After a long silence, she stood up and bowed seriously to Okubo Shinsuke.

"Thank you very much for telling me this, Mr. Okubo. Thank you very much."

After bowing deeply, Katsuragi Sachiko stood up and looked directly at Okubo Shinsuke with her red eyes: "Although it may be a bit presumptuous, could you please tell me who was the mastermind behind this incident?"

In all the information that Okubo Shinsuke gave to Katsuragi Sachiko, all the clues pointing to the Tsujimura family were hidden.

Katsuragi Sachiko knew that this was Okubo Shinsuke's protection for her, but
When she learned that her father was wrongly imprisoned or framed, she felt a fire burning in her heart.

The fire is burning stronger and stronger. It is the fire of revenge.

"Katsuragi-san, you."

"Mr. Okubo, as your father's daughter, I have been ignoring him for so many years and I am resentful of him. This is too much.

Since God has allowed me to know the truth about my father from you, as a child I must at least know who framed my father.

Mr. Okubo, please!"

Katsuragi Sachiko had a determined look in her eyes, and was about to get up from her seat in front of Okubo Yukito, but she was stopped by Okubo Shinsuke just as she was about to move.

"Forget it, you." Okubo Shinsuke sighed, and then said to Katsuragi Sachiko: "The diplomat who led this matter has retired. His name is Tsujimura Toshimitsu."

"Tsujimura. Tsujimura?!" The name of Tsujimura Toshimitsu made Katsuragi Sachiko feel like she was struck by lightning. She looked at Okubo Shinsuke in shock and couldn't believe it.

Seeing the look in the girl's eyes, Okubo Shinsuke showed a trace of pity. After thinking for a moment, he said to Katsuragi Sachiko:

"And your biological mother remarried after your biological father passed away. Before she remarried, her name was Yamashiro Kimie, and now her name is Tsujimura Kimie."

Okubo Shinsuke's series of shocking remarks made Katsuragi Sachiko's mind go blank. Tsujimura Toshimitsu, Tsujimura Kimie, Tsujimura Isao, Tsujimura Takayoshi.
The names of Tsujimura's family members kept appearing in her mind, and finally she broke the string of her rationality.

"Why, how could it be? Mom and Guishan"

Katsuragi Sachiko didn't know what to think or what to say. She just fell weakly on the chair in the cafe, her eyes blank.

Okubo Shinsuke did not disturb Katsuragi Sachiko. He just packed his backpack, paid the bill at the front desk, and left the cafe.

In the midday sun, the lenses of Shinsuke Okubo's glasses were reflected into two white lenses. After returning to the car, Okubo called Kaneda.

"I'm Okubo, the package has been successfully delivered."

(End of this chapter)