Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 50 Zheng Yi's Terrifying Hand

The next day, Ai secretly obtained the Justice Daily she had been subscribing to.

Looking at the contents above, Ai frowned deeply.

Although it was still an attack on Shoichi, much of the content mentioned the movie, attributing Takeshita's death to the movie being scary.

Ai crumpled the newspaper into a ball and threw it directly into the trash can.

This is a shameless attempt to whitewash Zheng Yi.

They whitewashed Zhengyi's use of insidious means to kill people, turning it into manslaughter.

"What did you throw?" Zheng Yi suddenly asked as he came downstairs.

Ai nervously put her hands behind her back and stammered, "I saw this newspaper was smearing you, so I angrily threw it away."

"So nice."

Masaichi came over and rubbed Ai's face.

Although she hated Masakazu's affectionate behavior and wanted to bite his hand hard, Ai blushed and acted coquettishly, mimicking a child's behavior very well.

Living with such a dangerous guy for a long time requires you to maintain a good acting performance at all times.

Ai Haibara even felt that she could actually act in a movie.

Her acting skills are already far superior to those of child stars.

"Don't get angry over this. Come and eat breakfast," Masakazu said to Ai.

After washing her hands, Ai continued to play the role of a well-behaved child in Shoichi's presence.

While they were enjoying a leisurely breakfast, Sato was already secretly following Takeshita's lover in plain clothes.

The lover acted perfectly normally, showing no signs of wanting to leave Japan.

This made Sato even more worried.

They were worried that Zheng Yi would send someone to silence them.

"Kogoro Mouri? What's he doing here?" Sato frowned as he looked at Kogoro Mouri, who had appeared in the coffee shop.

His appearance can't possibly bring anything good.

As Sato expected, Kogoro Mouri, who was with his family, hadn't even been in the coffee shop with Sato's target for twenty minutes.

A piercing scream echoed from inside the coffee shop.

Sato rushed over and saw his lover bleeding from his neck.

Seeing Sato approach, Kogoro Mouri, who was about to call the police, was taken aback and asked, "Officer Sato, is the police responding this quickly now?"

Sato gritted his teeth and said, "Call the police."

"oh oh."

Soon, Inspector Megure arrived with the investigation team.

Sato said to Inspector Megure, "I request that Shoichi be summoned. He is of great importance to this case."

"What's the relationship?" Inspector Megure asked, frowning.

Is it related to him again?
If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to, Inspector Megure really didn't want to get involved with him.

Every time I get involved with him, I get scolded by the news media.

“This woman is Takeshita’s lover. It’s very likely that Shoichi asked her to seduce Takeshita and divorce his wife, forcing Takeshita’s wife to kill him,” Sato said.

Inspector Megure frowned and said, "You're being too suspicious. It's like you're forcing a connection between yourself and Shoichi."

He didn't want to go from being Zheng Yi's henchman to becoming an evil policeman who framed Zheng Yi.

"Well... I understand." Sato sighed.

Yes, although Zheng Yi said those things to her, he certainly won't admit it now. Forcing him to come over would just be making trouble.

Although there is no Zhengyi.

But Kogoro, even in his sleep, will continue working. It wasn't long before Takeshita's boyfriend knelt on the ground and began to repent.

His girlfriend betrayed him and became the mistress of a rich man. The boyfriend was so angry that he killed her.

A perfectly normal reason.

In the case of Mika, whose motives for murder are always outrageous, this motive for murder is still quite reasonable.

But even after Inspector Megure took the man away, Sato's brow remained furrowed for a long time.

Is this verdict truly correct?
Kogoro Mouri is undoubtedly Shoichi's lackey.

Forensic pathologist Nagamune is even more of a lackey than Kogoro Mouri.

It's difficult to determine Inspector Megure's stance on justice now.

Is the verdict reached by these three people truly correct?
Sato seemed to see a giant hand controlling everything.

Although there were no clues, Sato's intuition told him that this murder case was definitely related to someone.

……

On Zhengyi's side, they have also signed revenue-sharing and scheduling contracts with the three major companies.

The treatment given to Zheng Yi was comparable to that of well-known Hollywood blockbusters, and in terms of screenings, it was even better than that of well-known Hollywood blockbusters.

This was all achieved through Zheng Yi's sincerity.

The cinema also provided recommendations offline.

They truly treated Zhengyi like a revered ancestor, not only fulfilling Zhengyi's requests but also showing him extra filial piety.

Moreover, a lot of money was spent on advertising in those print media.

National and regional newspapers all received public relations fees from Zheng Yi, and their pages were filled with reports about "The Ring".

The Justice Daily went even further, directly criticizing "The Ring" for scaring people to death and claiming that Zheng Yi was trying to cover up the truth.

Because the movie's depiction of people being scared to death was considered sensational, the Justice Daily even sold its copies to regions outside of Tokyo, Japan.

The online promotion was even more frenzied, with videos of Takeshita being scared to death even circulating widely, and "The Ring" being discussed even more intensely.

Dead people mean nothing to them.

He's just a complete stranger, what does he have to do with them? This terrifying movie is definitely one I have to watch.

With Yoko Okino's movie released, Kogoro Mouri, a fan, naturally had to come and support it.

He brought his whole family to the movie theater.

"Dad, why did you choose the midnight showing?" Xiaolan asked, puzzled.

"Horror movies are only truly immersive when watched at midnight!" Kogoro Mouri said matter-of-factly.

Conan yawned.

I glanced at the hands of my watch; it's 3 a.m., right? Tickets are cheapest at this time, right?

Uncle Mori only spends money when buying idol photobooks.

Even at 3 a.m., the movie theater was still quite crowded.

Conan saw light coming out of a room, but there was no one or any sound inside. Full of curiosity, Conan went inside.

I saw that it was a screening room showing the movie "The Ring," but there wasn't a single audience member.

"Little friend, what are you doing here?"

A figure suddenly appeared behind Conan.

Conan was startled and took a step back warily, then asked innocently, "Uncle, when my uncle bought the movie tickets, the ticket seller clearly said that tickets for this time slot were sold out, so why is there no one here?"

The man smiled and said, "Oh, this is a horror-themed screening at our cinema. Look, the screening room is completely empty. Doesn't it create a scary atmosphere?"

(End of this chapter)