Conan: I'm a zaibatsu in Tokyo

Chapter 72 might be suicide.

Without permission, Chosoki stepped aside.

Now that he, as a forensic doctor, has done all he can, he just needs to wait quietly for the blood test results.

The rest is up to Inspector Megure and his team.

Choso looked around but didn't see the Mori detective.

He nodded slightly, then relaxed completely.

That colleague wasn't there, so it seems this has nothing to do with Mr. Zhengyi.

"Takagi!"

"Yes!"

After Inspector Megure shouted, Takagi walked over with a small notebook and began to report the identity of the deceased to Inspector Megure.

"The deceased's name was Tatsumi Kishimoto, and he currently worked at Sumitomo Bank. Because he had just been transferred from Osaka, he didn't know anyone in Tokyo."

He had only been in Tokyo for a short time, and the only person he had a conflict with was Sumitomo Shoichi.

Upon hearing this name, everyone present was taken aback.

Choso looked at Takagi with a furrowed brow.

Even Kogoro Mouri isn't here, yet you still want to pin this on Mr. Shoichi?

Takagi forced himself to continue, "When Shoichi went to Sumitomo Bank for a loan, Mr. Kishimoto not only refused to agree, but also changed Shoichi's previous annual interest payment to monthly interest payment."

Therefore, the two had some conflicts.

Based on my inquiries with Mr. Kishimoto's colleagues, I haven't found any other conflicts.

When the man was mentioned again, everyone fell silent for a moment.

"Should we invite Masakazu over?" Takagi asked.

Although he is the son of a major conglomerate, he now runs his own business and is a prominent figure.

But Zheng Yi still really likes to come to murder scenes, and it's easy to get him to come.

Sato stared intently at Inspector Megure.

Watch as Inspector Megure faces his choice.

Inspector Megure always feels terrible at this time of year.

I only helped Shoichi with the deduction once, how dare I be ranked alongside Kogoro Mouri? He always looks at me with strange eyes.

"Please come over here," Inspector Megure said firmly.

In any case, we must uphold our sense of justice and fairness; those prejudices will disappear sooner or later.

At this moment, Conan raised his hand and said, "Brother Zhengyi is at the Suzuki Foundation's 60th anniversary celebration. He should be at sea right now and won't be able to come."

Everyone was stunned again.

The timing of the deceased's death was so coincidental; it happened right when Zheng Yi was unavailable.

There was no time to commit the crime, nor time to come here.

"Officer Megure."

Suddenly, Choso spoke up. Just when everyone was worried that he was going to defend Seiichi, they heard Choso say that no heavy metal poisoning was detected in the victim's blood.

As for whether there are other toxins, further testing over a longer period is needed.

Then, Chosoka carefully examined the deceased's body again.

“There’s something strange about the body,” Chomatsu said.

"What's strange about it?" Inspector Megure asked.

Chosoka stepped aside, revealing the deceased's back, and addressed the crowd:

“When I was still in school, I often went to various crime scenes and encountered many strangled corpses.”

But there were bruises on the backs, arms, or fronts of those corpses.

Because when the murderer strangles the victim, physical contact is inevitable, which will cause bruising or swelling in these areas.

But Mr. Kishimoto doesn't have that.

Inspector Megure nodded and asked, "So?" Choso said softly, "This is clearly illogical, which to some extent rules out the possibility of homicide. There is a high probability that it was suicide."

Inspector Megure, who had his younger brother to rely on, nodded naturally.

Upon noticing the gazes of others, he immediately shook his head.

Although your analysis is very logical, why do you always steer the case toward suicide when you mention Zheng Yi?
Inspector Megure scratched his head.

The room has been checked many times, and there is no trace of anyone else having been there.

Only the broken door that Conan hit looked like it had been touched by an outsider.

Moreover, Conan was outside and quickly barged in. The murderer had no time to restore everything in the room to its original state before fleeing.

The complexity of this case has exceeded Inspector Megure's capabilities.

"Let's call Masakazu over first and question him," Inspector Megure asked helplessly.

Then, he secretly opened his phone's contacts to see which detective was available.

……

"Hey?"

Shoichi, who was feeding Ai, suddenly stopped what he was doing, took out his phone, and went to a quiet place to answer a call.

"Someone died? That's really not good news," Zheng Yi said with great regret.

Shoichi felt even more regretful after hearing that the deceased was Kishimoto Tatsu, whom he knew.

Death's efficiency is astounding.

I wonder if Mr. Kishimoto managed to hold on for 24 hours.

"Am I a suspect again? It's okay, I'd be happy to go." Zheng Yi said, "The Suzuki Group's ship will be at the shore soon, you can come and pick me up."

By the way, has Officer Sato's driver's license been reinstated?
No? That's terrible.

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Yi walked over to Ai and Hongye and said to them, "I'll have Curaçao take you back later. I have to go out for a bit."

"What do you want now?" Hongye asked.

It's so late now, why aren't you home yet?

“A bastard died, and I’m a suspect,” Zheng Yi said.

Hongye pouted.

I turned my head sullenly to touch Ai's head, but Ai acted as if it had nothing to do with me.

Curaçao looked at Shoichi with a strange expression.

You didn't even order me to do the murder?
"Do you need me to pick you up?" Curaçao asked.

"No need, I have other drivers."

……

The murder scene.

While waiting for Masakazu, the police carefully searched every corner of the room, and Conan was also searching everywhere.

Inspector Megure had wanted to get rid of this troublesome guy for a long time.

But Conan said that Kogoro and Ran had gone to the Suzuki Foundation's celebration, and he was too scared to go home alone, so he had to stay here.

A child who is not afraid of corpses, and even gets excited when he sees them, is actually afraid of being home alone.

"Inspector Megure, I found this here!" Takagi suddenly shouted, attracting everyone's attention.

Takagi took it to Inspector Megure and said, "I found this on the deceased's clothes. I don't know who put it there."

"This?" Inspector Megure frowned, examined it for a while, and said, "This should be a listening device and a tracking device, right?"

Conan's pupils contracted, and then his head started spinning.

I put this up!
Finished!

Kishimoto was wearing pajamas when he died, so he forgot to take these two things off.

(End of this chapter)