Daily Spy Life in the Detective Conan World

Chapter 714 The Winery's Protective Umbrella

It turns out that more than forty years ago, on his deathbed, Karasuma Renya had already reached a cooperation agreement with the then prime minister and zaibatsu.

Furthermore, the new name, Nittaro, is thoughtfully labeled with his real name.

Then-Prime Minister Toramasa Ooka and then-President Tadashi Kawasaki of Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries remains one of the top conglomerates in Japan, with its heavy industry operations extending to the military sector, making it comparable to the Suzuki Group.

And Ooka Toramasa is even more famous.

Back then, Toramasa Ooka single-handedly defeated numerous political rivals from various parties to become prime minister. He then held the position steadily and even amended the constitution at the time, giving himself the opportunity to be re-elected multiple times.

At the time, the social atmosphere was very chaotic. Ooka Toramasa's achievements led to an extremely high approval rating among the people. Even if there were dissenting voices, they would quickly disappear. He can be called the most powerful prime minister in Japanese history, without exception.

They opened the door wide for the brewery, helping it to be established, and even during the Twilight Villa incident, it was Ooka Toramasa who intervened to suppress public opinion.

Otherwise, the deaths of a large number of scholars and prominent figures in the financial field would definitely cause a huge uproar.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries provided the brewery with a large amount of weaponry and financial resources, enabling it to quickly expand from an unknown force to one that extends throughout the country and even the world.

The goal of these two was not immortality. In fact, Karasuma Renya did not deliberately express his pursuit at that time. The reason why the three hit it off was because of their interests.

Thus, the distillery had its strongest protective shield.

In order to secure his position as prime minister, Toramasa Ooka urgently needed someone to eliminate his political enemies; and Tadashi Kawasaki was in the same boat.

In conclusion, these two individuals have made significant contributions to Karasuma Renya's success.

But whether they are politicians or businessmen, they all have one thing in common.

Once they've achieved their goal and secured their position, they'll start distancing themselves from the situation.

When Shinmei Rentaro joined the brewery, it was at a critical moment in the three-way power struggle, and hiring him was something Karasuma Renya had no choice but to do.

At that time, the brewery's influence in Kyoto was suddenly suppressed by two sides, and it fell into a slump. If Karasuma Renya's whereabouts had not been a mystery, it would probably have been wiped out.

After Shinmei Rentaro joined the brewery, in addition to collecting information that was beneficial to the organization on a daily basis, he also collected and organized a large amount of dirt on the Ooka and Kawasaki families for Karasuma Renya.

Karasuma Renya was also a clever man; he only used negative information to ensure that the brewery would not be further damaged.

Although the table wasn't completely overturned, the three parties did break up completely. Fortunately, the distillery had become a behemoth by then and didn't need the help of either of them.

The evidence left behind by Shinmei Nittaro, even after two or three decades, is not very useful in a strict sense, as it is seriously out of touch with current social realities.

"Ooka Toramasa has already stepped down, and Kawasaki Tadashi has also died. Perhaps if this is exposed, it will become a topic of criticism, but it won't cause much of a stir."

Frank sighed, somewhat disappointed with this so-called evidence.

In retrospect, this evidence is nothing more than gossip and has no practical use.

"Not always!"

Xia Chuan shook his head and chuckled, "If it were useless, Karasuma Renya would have killed Shinmei and her daughter long ago. Why would they still be alive?"

“We need to look at things from a long-term perspective. Although Ooka Toramasa has stepped down, he still has a large number of protégés in the political world. Many of these people have become high-ranking officials, and even Hattori Heizo can be considered half of his people.”

"If this news leaks out, what do you think those opposing politicians will do?"

"I know what you mean! Most politicians only pursue their own interests and don't care about anything else. They will definitely use this as an excuse to find a way to remove all these people from office!"

Joel's eyes gleamed. He didn't need to use his brain to understand politics; he knew the dirty thoughts of those politicians.

Xia Chuan nodded slightly and casually stroked Joel's long, black hair. "Kawasaki Heavy Industries is the same. Look at how many of Kawasaki Heavy Industries' competitors have been assassinated by the brewery. Many of their descendants are still active in the business world. There's also a guy named Suzuki here. If Suzuki Shiro saw this, how would he feel?"

Looking beyond the surface, the importance of this information is no less than directly knowing Karasuma Renya's whereabouts.

In every era, these scandals have different uses; at least now they give politicians a legitimate reason to act, and businessmen seeking revenge have an outlet for their frustrations.

If this information were used to threaten Kawasaki Heavy Industries and the Ooka family, they might be able to leverage the connections of these two forces to do something.

Police need evidence to justify their arrest of the winery.

These two families won't need to go through that trouble.

They have connections through gangs, gray industries, government networks, the dark web, and a whole host of other channels. They might not be able to destroy Karasuma Renya, but they can definitely turn the brewery into a coward.

The above belongs to Joel's fantasy.

Joel smiled excitedly: "Then why don't we just ask them for help? It will definitely save us a lot of trouble, and it won't be too dangerous."

"I'm afraid it's not that simple."

Frank smiled wryly and said, "Using this to threaten someone is also a form of offense."

"Can't we just remain anonymous?"

"That's right."

Looking at the naive Yor, Xia Chuan shook his head helplessly.

I'm only alive now thanks to Joel.

Otherwise, with that kind of cunning, she would really die very quickly in the world of Detective Conan.

"Some people don't need much evidence to do things. They just need to find out who has a grudge against the distillery, confirm where that person was during that period, and then, without distinguishing right from wrong, they'll just kill them!"

While this method might result in some people dying unjustly, it doesn't matter to either of these families.

Anyone who knows the evidence must die, it's that simple.

That's how cold-blooded and ruthless the upper echelons of society are!

"They will find out about our presence by the Kamo River and our hotel stay. That's enough for us."

Xia Chuan glanced at Joel and, noticing his fearless demeanor, quickly reminded him, "We're not afraid, but we still have Ai Haibara and Anya. The problem of the brewery is already troublesome enough."

"Oh oh oh."

Forgot.
Joel's face flushed red instantly, and realizing he was being a bit clueless, he immediately turned his head away.

As long as she doesn't see Xia Chuan's smile, then she's not the one who's stunned!

"But I didn't expect that the Ooka family would also have connections with the brewery."

Xia Chuan began to speculate.

This is still Kyoto. Today I ran into Iori Muga, the bodyguard of the Ooka family. Will he discover something?

Since the story hasn't reached the point where Iori Muga's identity is revealed, Natsukawa still has doubts about whether this person is similar to Amuro Tooru.

Was he at the Ooka residence investigating something, or was it truly because of Ooka Momiji, as the other person recalled?

(I drew the lucky charm today, great fortune!)
(End of this chapter)