Science: The Little Shota of the Maori Family

"Vice President." Yoshino Ayaka, who had finally arrived, quickly supported Domoto Yasunori and said, "You must cheer up."

"Ms. Ayaka." Xiaolan looked at her: "Are you okay?"

...... .... ...

"Well, I'm fine now." Yoshino Ayaka said, "If I collapse again at this moment, I won't be qualified to be a secretary."

……

The police who received the call arrived at the scene quickly.

Seeing Officer Yokomizo leading the team, Maori Kogoro said in surprise: "Huh? It's you, Officer Yokomizo."

"Mr. Maori." Officer Yokomizo hadn't expected to run into Maori Kogoro in this place. He walked over and asked, "Why are you here again?"

"What do you mean it's me again?" Maori Kogoro said with dissatisfaction: "You think I'm the god of death? If that's the case, this time you can ask the celestial statue to help you."

"Don't be like that." Officer Yokomizo scratched his head. "Actually, I'm incredibly happy to hear your reasoning again. By the way, could it be a curse this time? Everyone in the village down the mountain is saying that."

"It's not a curse." Maori Kogoro said seriously: "The murderer must be someone who was sitting in the aerial cable car at the time."

Officer Yokomizo was startled and looked at the suspects not far away: "So, the murderer is among them?"

Maori Kogoro nodded. "Before Domoto Eizo disappeared from the cable car, they had a dispute. There was even a very strange note stuck on the glass window. The murderer must have used some method to push Domoto Eizo from the cable car into the tunnel and then killed him."

330: The Truth Comes Out

Inspector Yokomizo questioned Maori Kogoro's analysis: "But people who take the cable car have no way to get off before reaching the mountaintop station, right?"

Maori Kogoro speculated: "Perhaps there are accomplices of the murderer in the tunnel."

"But it only takes thirty seconds for the cable car to pass through the tunnel. In such a short time, could the murderer really have moved Domoto Eizo from the tunnel to the palm of the angel statue?"

Maori Kogoro choked, pondered for a moment, and looked at Yoshino Ayaka: "Ms. Ayaka, is there any facility in the tunnel that can lead to the observatory? Like an elevator or something?"

Yoshino Ayaka shook her head and said with certainty, "There's absolutely no such thing. However, during our renovation period, we did have a staircase leading from the observatory to the tunnel."

"That's it." Maori Kogoro's eyes lit up and his voice became louder: "The murderer must have used this staircase to commit the crime."

"But, even if an adult man runs from the tunnel to the observation deck, it will take at least three minutes," said Yoshino Ayaka.

"three minutes?"

Kogoro Mori was stunned.

Machida Osamu walked over and said, "I'm afraid it would take more than three minutes. Think about it, if Domoto Eizo was caught, how could he possibly surrender? Unless the murderer killed him on the spot and then carried Domoto Eizo's body through the tunnel to the observation deck, then the three-minute journey might turn into six minutes, or even longer."

Everyone fell silent, and angry voices came from the stairs.

"This is a divine punishment!!"

Everyone turned around and saw the old woman who appeared at the opening ceremony coming up the stairs.

When Kogoro Mouri and Ran saw her, they subconsciously looked away, not daring to look her in the eye.

The old woman scolded, "This stubborn fellow will be found dead beneath the celestial statue's wish-fulfilling jewel. This is the divine punishment Domoto Eizo suffered for his pursuit of lust and power."

Everyone was speechless. After all, Domoto Eizo's body was lying not far from them.

"Officer Yokomizo."

At that moment, a police officer ran over and reported to Officer Yokomizo, "The autopsy results are in. The cause of death was the dagger that plunged directly into the victim's chest. It's almost certain to be a single blow. However, there are no fingerprints or palm prints on the dagger. As for the time of death, it must have occurred immediately after the victim disappeared from the cable car."

"This is pretty much what I expected," said Kogoro Mouri.

Officer Yokomizo nodded slightly and ordered, "From now on, no one is allowed to enter the crime scene. Also, send that old lady down the mountain to wait immediately."

"Yes."

Officer Yokomizo walked up to Domoto Yasunori, pulled out a photo, and asked, "Mr. Domoto Yasunori, I have something to ask you. Have you ever seen the short knife in the photo?"

Domoto Yasunori glanced at the photo and nodded, "This is a sword from my father's collection."

"Then has your father kept it in safe custody?"

"No, anyone can take out a knife if they are willing." Domoto Yasunori said, his tone suddenly excited: "There is a question that is much more important than this."

Officer Yokomizo looked at him puzzledly: "What's the problem?"

Domoto Yasunori hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and chose to conceal it: "No, it's actually nothing important."

Officer Yokomizo, unfazed, addressed the crowd, "Simply put, this incident is that Mr. Domoto Eizo was attacked by an unknown individual in the cable car and subsequently disappeared. A note was also found on the window. Based on these two factors, the murderer is likely among you. And judging by the motive for the murder, if anyone stands to gain more from Domoto Eizo's death than the others, then they are most likely the murderer."

Domoto Yasunori said, "If you mean the inheritance left by my father, then it belongs to the three of us brothers and sisters."

"That's not right." Domoto Junpei retorted: "Big brother should have the priority right of inheritance. Now, you can smoothly inherit the Domoto Kanko business."

"Junpei, what do you mean?" Domoto Yasunori glared at his brother.

"Brother, don't be angry." Domoto Rina said, "In fact, you should be happy that Dad is dead, right? This way, Dad won't find fault with you at work anymore."

Domoto Yasunori chuckled, "As for the motive for murder, Rina, you two should be suspects too, right?"

"The two of us?" Domoto Rina was stunned. "You mean me and Mr. Aoyagi?"

"Stop it, what does this have to do with me?"

Seeing that the fire was about to burn towards him, Qingliu Zhe hurriedly distanced himself from it.

Domoto Yasunori sneered, "You're bent on creating a scandal for our Domoto family. You've been blackmailing my father with phone calls and letters before, but he ignored you, so you're just trying to vent your anger..."

"Wait a minute, big brother." Domoto Rina interrupted Domoto Yasunori and stood up to look at Aoyagi Tetsuya: "Are you threatening my father with that incident?"

Qing Liuzhe also snorted and did not comment.

Officer Yokomizo asked, Mr. Aoyagi, what is she talking about?

Aoyagi Tetsuya finally revealed the truth. "In order to meet the deadline, construction of this tunnel was shortened to the shortest possible time. This resulted in a collapse last year, burying a worker alive under the rocks. He ultimately died due to the Domoto family's indifference. However, Domoto Eizo believed that publicity would damage the image of the Amebu Ropeway, so he bribed the family and other stakeholders to silence them, suppressing the incident."

When the family scandal was exposed, Domoto Rina glared at Aoyagi Tetsuya: "At that time, I would have told you that the reason I ran away from home was because I was disappointed with my father, but I didn't expect you to use this as an excuse to threaten me."

Aoyagi Tetsuya shrugged. "If I tell anyone this, they'll misunderstand me. I just want to conduct an in-depth interview on this matter. However, he'll think I'm blackmailing him, which proves that he's truly guilty about this matter."

Domoto Rina looked disappointed: "I understand, so you approached me for this purpose in the first place."

Qing Liuzhe did not deny it: "After all, you are the most powerful witness in this matter."

"You... there is actually someone like you."

Junpei Domoto, as his brother, didn't care at all about his sister being deceived. He looked at Tetsuya Aoyagi and sneered, "It's really not easy for you to think of using Rina. It's a pity that this trick doesn't seem to work on my dad. The money he earned just flew away, and you got so angry that you killed someone."

"I didn't kill anyone." Qing Liuzhe also frowned: "Don't throw all the dirty water on me."

"Brother Junpei." Domoto Rina folded her arms and sneered, "How dare you criticize others? You yourself have approached dad for funding several times, only to be rejected. You should be the one getting angry and embarrassed."

Their father had just passed away, and several of them were already blaming each other, even suspecting one another of being the murderer. Domoto Yasunori, the eldest brother, could no longer tolerate this and shouted, "Have you two said enough? How much more shame do you want our family to suffer before you stop?"

Domoto Junpei and Domoto Yasunori finally gave up and snorted...

Maori Kogoro looked at Machida Osamu and said, "Machida-san, don't you two reporters from the Tokai Daily usually report on the opinions opposing the cable car? So why did you push the other media out of the way and come up to interview us during the first test ride?"

Machida Osamu shrugged. "Well... to be honest, we don't really understand it either. I think it would be better to consult the vice president on this matter."

Maori Kogoro looked at Domoto Yasunori and said, "Mr. Yasunori, what on earth is going on?"

Domoto Yasunori explained, "No, we thought that if we could let those who opposed the development of the cable car take the first trial ride, we would make them realize that this development is actually very meaningful. This was originally proposed by the president."

Maori Kogoro nodded, accepting the explanation, and then looked at Machida Osamu: "Mr. Machida, you two were standing by the door of the cable car just now, right?"

Machida Osamu asked back, "You don't mean to say that Domoto Eizo was pushed out of the door by the two of us, do you?"

Without waiting for Maori Kogoro to answer, Yoshino Ayaka said, "I think that's impossible, because the door where Mr. Machida and the others are standing has long been locked. Moreover, there are two locks on the door, and I keep both keys. They can't open the door at all."

Hearing that Yoshino Ayaka had the key, Officer Yokomizo stared at her and asked, "So, Ms. Ayaka, were you able to open the door easily from where you were at that time?"

Seeing Officer Yokomizo's suspicious gaze fixed on Yoshino Ayaka, Maori Kogoro hurriedly said, "I don't think Miss Ayaka could have committed the crime. After all, with a woman's strength and power, it seems too difficult to move a resisting man to the door and then push him out."

Officer Yokomizo nodded. "Indeed."

Then he showed a look of disbelief: "But the windows are all sealed, and there are no signs of the emergency exit being used. How did the murderer get out?"

No one can answer this question.

In desperation, Officer Yokomizo had to let everyone go down the mountain first and continue to understand the situation.

……

Seeing that the time is almost right and all the necessary groundwork has been laid, Toru Watanabe begins to control Kogoro Mori's thinking and prepares to close the case.

Under the reasoning and evidence of "Mouri Kogoro", Yoshino Ayaka did not refute anymore and told the reason why she killed people.

Her parents divorced early in life, and she went to Tokyo with her father, while her mother lived in Ameyama with her brother.

When the tunnel was being built, a collapse accident occurred and the man who died was her brother. Afterwards, Domoto Eizo was worried that it would have a bad impact on the scenic area, so he used money to persuade her mother and related people not to tell anyone about the incident.

It was not until last year, when her mother was seriously ill and she went to the hospital to visit her, that she told her about this incident in tears and kept saying that she would never forgive the Domoto family.

"That's why I abandoned my past and went to work at Domoto Tourism Company, just to take revenge on Domoto Eizo who killed my brother and even made my mother suffer so much..." Yoshino Ayaka whispered.

The people around were all silent with emotion on their faces.

None of them had the right to blame a woman who had gone through endless pain.

331. Target: One Dragon and Two Phoenixes

On March 1, the weather gradually became warmer.

As the school bell rang, Toru Watanabe put on his schoolbag and walked out of the classroom with Ayumi and others.

At the school gate, students walking together were playing and joking, the atmosphere filled with innocent laughter.

"Xiao Che."

Suddenly, a gentle voice sounded behind Watanabe Toru. He turned around subconsciously, his eyes flashing with surprise.

Curacao? She's back?

"Long time no see." Curacao walked up to Watanabe Toru, his eyes extremely gentle: "How have you been recently?"

Watanabe Toru came back to his senses: "When did you come back? You didn't even call to tell me."

"Want to give you a surprise."

"Is life going well abroad?"

"Well, it went pretty well."

Seeing Watanabe Toru talking to a beautiful woman, Genta asked in a deep voice, "Toru, who is this auntie?"

Watanabe Toru smiled and said, "She is my aunt. She just came back from abroad."

"Ah...it turns out to be Toru's aunt." Ayumi, who had always regarded herself as Watanabe Toru's future wife, immediately greeted her politely: "Hello, auntie, I'm Ayumi."

"My name is Yuantai."

"I'm Mitsuhiko."

Genta and Mitsuhiko also introduced themselves, but Haibara lowered her head and said nothing the moment Curacao appeared.

Curacao smiled slightly and said, "Hello everyone, Auntie and Xiao Che haven't seen each other for a long time. Can Xiao Che go with Auntie first today? Auntie will treat you to a big meal another day, okay?"

"Okay." The three little ones responded in unison.

"Thank you, let's go, Che."

"Okay." Watanabe Toru nodded.

Sitting in Curacao's white Mercedes, Watanabe Toru didn't ask her where she was going. He looked at her profile and asked casually, "Rum is back with you too?"

"No, he still has some things to deal with there. But he will be back in a month at the latest. I heard that some situations have arisen in the country as well."

"Yeah." Watanabe Toru narrowed his eyes, "Those FBI rats have appeared in the country."

"FBI?" Curacao was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "It seems that Vermouth is going to be troubled again. She has suffered losses at the hands of these people. By the way, your identity has not been suspected by the organization, right?"

Watanabe Toru shook his head: "Who would have thought that an adult would turn into a child."

"That's true."

"..."

The car slowly stopped and Toru Watanabe looked out the window. It was an independent building where Curacao lived.

After parking the car, the two walked into the building, took the elevator, and arrived at the twelfth floor where Curacao lived.