Zongman: My days as a chaebol in Japan

-Ram

Chapter 423 Elena Adler

"Do you know me?" Li Xuan asked softly.

James Blake saluted and said, "Yes, I had the honor to accompany the commander-in-chief to visit Daxia and met Young Master Li Xuan."

Li Xuan nodded and said, "I see. So you didn't come here just to tell me your name, right?"

Although Li Xuan's words did not show any emotion, Blake still felt a huge pressure on him. He did not dare to hesitate and spoke immediately, "It's like this. The hotel is currently under martial law. There are several detectives and police detectives inside who are ready to handle the case. If Young Master Li Xuan wants to stay here, it might ruin his mood for sightseeing."

Blake immediately told all the stories about the investigation of Jack the Ripper like pouring beans. He had no intention of hiding anything in front of Li Xuan. His consciousness kept reminding him to be honest.

After hearing what Blake said, Li Xuan smiled and said, "What a coincidence. I just want to see this vicious criminal who has revived. Have you invited Kogoro Mouri of Sakura?"

Blake immediately turned around and pointed at Kogoro Mori who was looking calm in the hotel lobby.

"Strictly speaking, Mr. Maori was not invited by our British Metropolitan Police Department. The first person I recommended was Yusaku Kudo, who is very famous in the suspense novel and wrote the book Dark Night Baron. Because Kudo Yusaku and I have a good relationship, when Kudo Yusaku was unable to get away in a short time, he recommended his good friend, Mr. Maori Kogoro, to me," Blake talked about the invitation of Maori Kogoro.

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As soon as Blake finished his introduction, the intercom on his chest rang.

"Inspector Black, something serious has happened. Someone is suspected of attacking the business and political celebrities who are holding a banquet on the seventh floor. Requesting support! Requesting support!"

When Blake heard the voice coming from the intercom, his face changed drastically.

"Master Li Xuan, please wait a moment. I will immediately mobilize people to capture these damn evildoers." Seeing that Li Xuan did not seem angry, Blake assured Li Xuan in panic.

Li Xuan nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you, Inspector Black. Good luck to you."

After hearing Li Xuan's response, Blake had no time to think about anything else. He immediately rushed into the hotel with his men and went straight to the seventh floor.

Li Xuan also took Xiaolan, Loreleiya and the others into the lobby on the first floor of the hotel. However, when Li Xuan scanned the seventh floor with his spiritual sense, he revealed an interesting expression.

"Xuan, there is something wrong with this hotel." Loreleiah felt something strange as soon as she came in. An evil and ominous aura appeared in this hotel. The aura on the first floor was very weak. The magician's spiritual perception was turned on, and Loreleiah looked towards the ceiling. Of course, she was looking at the upper level.

The intimate terms used here in the UK are different from those used in Sakura. They prefer to use abbreviations when addressing their close ones.

"Well, Loreleija, you are worthy of being the top magician. Your spiritual perception is very strong," Li Xuan praised without hesitation.

After hearing what Lorelia said, Ran and Sonoko also extended their mental powers and felt the evil aura getting stronger as they went up the hotel.

"Xiao Lan, Li Xuan, you are here," Kogoro Mouri walked over from a distance, touching the back of his head with an awkward smile.

He and Conan ended up causing trouble for others because of the invitation issue, especially Mouri Kogoro, who was told by Xiaolan that she had decided to come with Li Xuan to ensure that the witchcraft incident was handled perfectly. Mouri Kogoro felt a little guilty about asking his future son-in-law to work hard before the wedding was completed.

Thinking that his daughter might be affected because of this, Kogoro Mori immediately became unhappy with the biggest beginning of this incident.

The fist as big as a sandbag hit Conan on the head who was following him.

"Ouch, what are you doing, Uncle Maori?" When Conan saw Li Xuan coming in, he was holding the arm of Xiaolan and a beautiful woman with an elegant and noble temperament, like a British aristocrat. He hurried over to say something, but he was hit by a punch from Maori Kogoro, and he screamed in pain.

When Kogoro Mouri saw that Conan, the real culprit who infected him with witchcraft, still had an innocent look on his face, he became even more upset. He clenched his fist and was about to punch him again, but suddenly a crisp voice came from the side, "Um, Detective Mouri, this is a public place. In the UK, if you hit kid Conan you will be prosecuted."

The speaker was a woman in her forties with long blond hair.

"Oh, is that so? Thank you for reminding Ms. Elena, this kid is the son of my good friend's relative, and I am his uncle. I just want to discipline him. This kid likes to make trouble everywhere, and it would be bad if he interferes with our business later." Mouri Kogoro scratched his head again, but he put away his fist. Seeing that he didn't have to take another punch, Conan immediately left Mouri Kogoro.

"Sister Xiaolan, are you here to help Uncle Maori?" Conan ran to Xiaolan with an expectant look.

Xiaolan nodded and said, "I don't know much about detective work, so I asked Xuanjun to come over. You and dad will be fine, don't worry, Conan. After this, remember not to open other people's letters casually, okay?"

Conan was delighted when he heard Xiaolan admit that she came to help him, but then he felt uncomfortable when he heard Xiaolan say that she wanted Li Xuan, her number one rival in love, to help her.

"Maoli, so you came here. I was wondering why you disappeared." Another voice came over. This time it was a male voice. It sounded like a man in his forties or fifties.

Sure enough, along with the voice came a man in a well-dressed suit, wearing a pair of rimless glasses and a short beard. From his outline, one could vaguely tell that he was also a handsome guy when he was young.

"Hmph, Kudo, keep a close eye on your relatives. This kid likes to run around and is hindering the detective work here. We don't know what the consequences will be," Mouri Kogoro said to the middle-aged man who appeared, and then introduced the identities of the blonde woman and the middle-aged man to Li Xuan and Xiaolan.

The blonde woman's name is Elena Adler, the same name as the woman who was the only one recognized and respected by the British detective Sherlock Holmes in the last century.

"Hello, just call me Elena," Elena stretched out her hand and waved to Xiaolan and the others.

The middle-aged man is none other than Yusaku Kudo, the author of the best-selling suspense novel The Baron of Darkness, a good friend of Kogoro Mori, and the one who was invited by Blake from Bald Eagle.

"Hello, I'm Yusaku Kudo, a relative of Conan. I'm sorry that Conan has caused you trouble recently."

Chapter 424 The elevator is working again

Li Xuan just nodded and said nothing.

Xiaolan responded, "Oh, so you are Shinichi's father. You are so polite. My father takes care of Conan most of the time. By the way, can you contact Shinichi now? The teachers at school have asked me many times about Shinichi's whereabouts, but I haven't contacted Shinichi for a long time."

Yusaku Kudo noticed that Xiaolan was wearing simple clothes but revealing luxurious jewelry, and he understood why his son asked him to check out the young man from Daxia named Li Xuan.

"Shinichi, this guy seems to be invited by the Metropolitan Police Department to investigate a case. James told me not to worry. I just talked to Shinichi for a while, and I will tell him about the school," said Kudo Yusaku as he glanced at the young man who was intimately holding hands with his intended daughter-in-law.

Upon seeing this, Kudo Yusaku was shocked, not because he recognized Li Xuan, but because he had an impression of the other woman who was holding Li Xuan's arm.

This elegant and noble lady seemed to be from Barthelmero in the clock tower.

Lorelea is the assistant dean and candidate of the Clock Tower. Lorelea usually appears in person for the Clock Tower. Yusaku Kudo, who often pays attention to news in newspapers, will not miss the intelligence of the Clock Tower that is famous throughout the UK.

After watching for a few seconds, Kudo Yusaku felt a little doubtful, because he had no impression of Li Xuan. However, the proud temperament emanating from Li Xuan's bones and his obviously rare clothing all revealed his extraordinary background.

That's right, Kudo Yusaku couldn't even find any relevant information about the clothes on Li Xuan. After looking carefully, he found that the clothes on Xiaolan and the clothes on Li Xuan, although they looked like unisex styles, the materials seemed to be made of the same craftsmanship.

Private custom!

Kudo Yusaku's mind worked quickly and soon an idea came to his mind.

"Mori, I know Xiaolan and the daughter of the Suzuki family, but I have never seen this young talent. Can you introduce him to me?" Kudo Yusaku did not get any information about Li Xuan, so he immediately turned to attack Maori Kogoro.

However, Kudo Yusaku was disappointed. He was surprised to find that his old friend scratched his head in embarrassment when faced with his question.

"Well, Kudo, don't be curious about him. I am one hundred percent satisfied that Xiaolan is with him. Now, tell me if you have found any information about Jack the Ripper." Kogoro Mouri didn't want Kudo Yusaku to continue researching on this issue, so he quickly asked him to focus on the main event this time.

Seeing his old friend's reaction, Kudo Yusaku did not insist on asking. He nodded and looked at the blonde woman Elena inconspicuously. He was very interested in Li Xuan's identity. His son only told him that his name was Li Xuan, and he could not find any special information from the Bald Eagle.

"Okay, then let me tell you about my discovery first," Kudo Yusaku pondered for a few seconds, sorted out his thoughts, and spoke slowly.

"Blake wrote to me and told me in detail about the recent dozen cases on Baker Street. The murderer used the same method as the unsolved case of Jack the Ripper in the last century. But I am sure that this murderer will definitely not be Jack the Ripper, because according to current scientific research records, no one can live for nearly 200 years."

"So, in this case, the first thing to confirm is that this case is just someone imitating Jack the Ripper. As for the traces left at the crime scene, we will need to go and look at them one by one with Blake and the others later to find out."

"By the way, police officer, Blake just went upstairs in a hurry. Do you know what happened?" Kudo Yusaku briefly analyzed his views on the Jack the Ripper case, and then asked the police officer who stayed beside him.

When the police officer saw the person his superior had invited back to ask questions, he did not hide anything and directly told them what happened on the seventh floor.

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Before the police officer finished speaking, the walkie-talkie on his chest sent a signal.

"Officer on the first floor, I'm James Blake, the inspector of the Metropolitan Police Department. Call the emergency doctors from the nearby hospitals immediately. A large-scale poisoning case has occurred on the seventh floor. Roughly speaking, at least forty people are now in a coma. I repeat, a large number of people on the seventh floor are in a coma. Call the emergency doctors from the nearby hospitals immediately." As soon as the police officer turned on the intercom, Blake's anxious voice was heard.

After hearing the message on the intercom, Yusaku Kudo and Kogoro Mori rushed into the elevator immediately.

"No, the elevator is out of order." After Kogoro Mouri pressed the seventh floor button, he found that the elevator did not move. He immediately knew that the elevator was out of order.

"Then run up, officer, and tell Blake to seal off the scene and not let anyone leave. There is a high possibility that the murderer is still at the crime scene. Also, notify the front desk staff and try to delay anyone who wants to leave the hotel," Kudo Yusaku said quickly, then walked out of the elevator and ran towards the stairs, reminding the police officers on guard.

"Kudo, wait for me," Kogoro Mouri also rushed forward following Yusaku Kudo, followed by Conan.

"Dad!" When Xiaolan saw Mouri Kogoro rushing up, she shouted a little worriedly, but at this time Mouri Kogoro was almost disappearing at the end of the stairs.

"Don't worry, Xiaolan, I'm just going to take a look at the scene," the voice of Kogoro Mouri came down.

Xiaolan turned her gaze to her man.

Seeing the worry in Xiaolan's eyes, Li Xuan's eyes flashed with a gleam of fire, and he pointed to the elevator and said, "Let's go up too, but we'll take the elevator."

"Eh? Isn't the elevator out of service?" Xiaolan had just finished speaking when the elevator, which had a red light malfunction just now, made a beep and resumed normal operation.

"Let's go," Li Xuan said softly, taking Xiaolan's hand into the elevator.

The four Loreleias followed in, and after entering the elevator, Loreleias and Olga Marie noticed something strange.

"Li Xuan, this elevator has been cursed by an evil spirit." Loreleiah's magic eyes could see the light black mist moving in the elevator, and the mist was coming out from the elevator buttons.

Li Xuan nodded. "Yes, it was a small evil spirit, whose cultivation level was similar to Mary's. What happened on the seventh floor should be its doing. Are all the evil spirits in Britain so brave? How dare they attack humans in broad daylight?"

Loreleija frowned after hearing this, "No, it's probably a wild evil spirit that has no connection with the dark world and was not informed of the agreement with our magic world."

In the UK, the magic world represented by the Clock Tower protects humanity, and the dark world is suppressed into a dark corner, but it also gains a little space to survive. This is the agreement between the magic world and the dark world.

Chapter 425: Kudo Yusaku: My luck is a bit bad

"Evil spirits? Dark world? Are you talking about some movie plot?" Elena, who came in with Lorelea and the others, was confused about the evil spirits and dark world that Lorelea mentioned.

"Ms. Elena, are you coming in too? Sorry, I forgot that you are going to the seventh floor too?" Only then did Xiaolan realize that Elena was also in the elevator.

Elena responded with a matter-of-fact expression, "Of course, I'm the invited detective, so of course I have to go to the crime scene. Well, about the evil spirits you just mentioned, tell me about them before they arrive. I'm quite interested in suspense and science fiction movies."

After Elena finished speaking, Loreleiia took out a retractable short stick from her pocket and pointed it at Elena.

"Memory Forgotten!"

The light on the short staff flashed and flew directly into Elena's eyes. Elena was stunned for a moment.

"Okay, I've cast a memory-forgetting magic on her. She will automatically forget what we just talked about about the evil spirits and the dark world. She will wake up again in a few seconds," Lorelei shortened the short staff and put it back in her pocket.

Three seconds later, Elina staggered and Yuanzi beside her reached out to support her.

"Huh? What happened? Is the elevator broken down again? Thank you, Miss Sonoko," Elena regained consciousness and thought that the elevator was shaking because of a problem again, so she thanked Sonoko who was supporting her.

"You're welcome, it's just the normal bumps in the elevator, Ms. Elena, we're almost to the seventh floor," Sonoko pointed to the signal on the monitor indicating that she was about to reach the seventh floor.

Ding!

Arriving at the seventh floor, Xiaolan and Sonoko walked out first, followed by Elena, and finally Li Xuan and Loreleiya at the end.

"Xuan, this person is a bit strange. Her resistance to amnesia is too high. Ordinary Muggles who are infected with my amnesia need five to eight seconds to wake up, but she woke up in three seconds." Loreleiya deliberately pulled Li Xuan to walk a few steps slower, looking at Elena in front of her.

Li Xuan smiled and lowered his voice, "It is definitely strange, because she is not Elena Adler."

Loreleiya pondered for less than a second and immediately understood what Li Xuan meant. She used the Magic Eye again, this time shining directly on Elena, and immediately discovered the problem.

"Xuan, she..." Loreleiah was about to say it, but Li Xuan stopped her.

"That's enough to know. Let's just continue watching the show. It's an interesting stage play, isn't it?" Li Xuan looked at the black fog full of murderous intent flowing in the corridor on the seventh floor, the shrunken detective, the famous writer, the disguised mature woman, and a group of high-ranking celebrities.