Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

If there are words, it will be long; if there are no words, it will be short.

Looking at the photos provided by Maori, Megure nodded, "So you accepted Miss Asako's commission to come and find this man named Numata."

"That's right, but I haven't been able to find him, so I can only temporarily replace the door lock of Miss Asako's house."

Maori pointed to the body on the ground, "He may have seen this, so he took violent action."

In order to protect the scene, Mao Li and his team did not rashly take off the mask on the corpse's face until the police arrived.

Therefore, Maori took it for granted that the dead person on the ground was Numata, Fujimori Asako's ex-boyfriend.

The dead man lying on the ground was wearing a zombie mask and had a pistol left near his right hand.

This made Megure and the others who arrived at the crime scene both nervous and excited.

Gun case, how long has it been since they last met?

Even in Beika Town, a murderous place where all kinds of strong men emerge one after another, there are very few people who can kill people with guns.

I didn't expect to meet one today.

Unfortunately, this excitement did not last long. After checking, Takagi said with regret that the pistol held by the murderer was just a model gun.

After the false alarm, Megure waved his hand to signal Takagi to continue investigating the scene.

After a while, Qianye opened the door and let in a fat middle-aged man who was wiping the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief from time to time.

Seeing this person coming, Fujimori Asako stood up from her chair suddenly, as if she had suddenly found her backbone, "Mr. Hisamatsu!"

Chiba introduced them: "This is Mr. Hisamatsu, the manager of the Strawberry Duo."

The manager, Hisamatsu, had no intention of being polite. He nodded slightly to everyone, then looked at Fujimori and asked directly, "Asako, what happened?"

The phone call he received only said "Tell him to come quickly, he accidentally killed someone."

I don't know the details of the incident.

"A man suddenly broke in from the balcony with a gun in his hand. I was so scared at the time that I just..."

As she said this, Fujimori Asako covered her face with her hands. Seeing this, Hisamatsu tried to comfort her.

After her emotions had calmed down, Megure signaled Takagi to take off the deceased's hood.

Following Takagi's actions, everyone's attention was focused on the deceased.

When the zombie masks were completely removed and the true faces of the deceased were revealed, those who knew a little about the Strawberry Duo subconsciously exclaimed in surprise.

Because the deceased was not Numata as they expected, but the other member of the Strawberry Duo, Fujimori Asako's current boyfriend, Imaoka Jiro.

"Impossible, how could this happen?!" The person who looked most surprised at the scene was the murderer Asako Fujimori herself. She shouted for Jiro and ran towards him.

Chiba quickly reached out to stop her to prevent her from destroying the scene.

The latter did not struggle too much. After shaking his arms twice tentatively, he seemed to face the reality, knelt on his knees, covered his face with his hands and started crying.

The others were also unable to hide their shock and were silent for a while.

Only Lu Ren had anticipated this matter and did not feel too much. And after confirming the true identity of the deceased, he was even more certain of his previous guess.

The reason was simple: Asako Fujimori's behavior after entering the house was really abnormal.

First, when you have taken someone else’s life with your own hands and are feeling overwhelmed, shouldn’t you contact your closest people first?

But how did Asako Fujimori do it?

Before and after the police arrived, she only made one phone call to her agent and completely ignored the existence of her boyfriend.

Second, Fujimori Asako and Imaoka Jiro have known each other for nearly ten years, even though they only officially confirmed their relationship in recent years.

Asako Fujimori should also be very familiar with Jiro Imaoka.

The deceased was wearing casual clothes today. Even if he was wearing a zombie mask that covered his face, just looking at his clothes and body shape, even if it is impossible to be sure that the deceased is Jiro Imaoka, Fujimori Asako should at least make some comment.

Instead of waiting until Takagi took off the zombie mask and then being shocked along with everyone else.

Everyone else can do this, except her, who is the one who knows Jiro Imaoka best.

It seems too deliberate.

Of course, both of the above doubts can be explained reasonably.

The first explanation is that her relationship with Jiro Imaoka is actually dead in name only.

The two of them seemed to be in harmony but were actually not together, so after what happened, she did not choose to call Imaoka.

The second is that after Fujimori Asako killed someone, her mind went blank. In addition, the corpse was terrifying, so she didn't dare to look in this direction, and therefore did not realize that the deceased was actually the person she was most familiar with.

As long as she wants, she can explain it in any way.

As for what the truth is, it ultimately depends on evidence.

Lu Ren continued to look around the scene.

The police did not give Fujimori Asako much time to vent her emotions. As for the small town of Beihua Town, where there is an average of one murder a day, it is impossible to expect them to give much humanistic care to the murderer when they are under high pressure all day long.

Even if the Megure police now tend to believe that Fujimori Asako was also a victim, the fact that she committed murder remains unchanged.

This matter must be dealt with seriously after all.

It would be better to deal with the case seriously now and prepare a sufficient chain of evidence so that when she goes to court in the future, it will be easier for lawyers to defend her and the judge can determine the sentence at his discretion.

Especially this time the deceased was a popular public figure and his external conditions were so good.

Megure knew without a doubt that there would definitely be extreme fans of Jiro Imaoka who would demand a severe sentence for Asako Fujimori.

Any slight mistake now will become a sharp sword to attack Asako Fujimori in court in the future.

Fortunately, Asako Fujimori quickly calmed down and recounted the incident in as much detail as possible, saving the police a lot of trouble.

"Today is my birthday, and I invited the Maori family to my birthday party before 7 o'clock. When I was cooking in the kitchen, I suddenly heard the sound of broken glass.

Because of what happened with Numata, I was a little scared at the time, so I took the kitchen knife and left the kitchen, and then I saw...

I saw a man wearing a zombie mask and holding a gun rushing in. I asked him who he was, but he didn't answer. I subconsciously wanted to run, but he grabbed my left arm tightly. I was so scared at the time that I just..."

After listening to Fujimori's explanation, Lu Ren was a little speechless.

According to her, Imaoka was really brave. Even after seeing that the other party was holding a sharp weapon, he still dared to approach and engage in close combat.

Even if it were him, the first thing he would do is to remove the weapon from the other person's hand.

However, this can also be explained by the fact that Imaoka had no experience in committing a crime for the first time.

Although there are many doubts at present, there is still no conclusive evidence to show that Fujimori killed Jiro Imaoka.

Therefore, Lu Ren did not rashly express his opinion, but chose to continue observing.

"The victim broke into the house by breaking the window, and he intended to do something bad to you." After summarizing, Megure pondered for a moment, "Do you know his motive for doing this?"

Fujimori shook his head.

"Where's Mr. Hisamatsu?"

"Well..." Hisamatsu wiped his sweat with his handkerchief again. After a while, he hesitated and said, "I may know the reason."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 568 Happy Birthday

"In fact, Jiro wanted to terminate his partnership with Asako. Jiro entered the entertainment industry after graduating from high school, but he got stage fright and wanted to give up the industry completely.

It was Asako who believed in Jiro's talent and constantly encouraged and supported him. The two debuted as a group for nearly ten years and finally achieved their current popularity. "

The agent Hisamatsu wiped the sweat from his forehead. He stuttered a little at first, but spoke more and more fluently later on.

"But as the performances continued, Ms. Asako's heart problems became more serious. Not only did she miss performances and TV shows from time to time, but her reactions on stage also became slower and slower."

Hisamatsu finally sighed and concluded with a hint of melancholy, "I think Jiro must have reached the end of his patience."

"If you put it that way..." Mao Li rested his chin on his hand, reminiscing, "I was secretly protecting Miss Asako backstage. After the performance, Mr. Imaoka scolded Miss Asako in the lounge, saying that she had no professionalism and that she was holding him back. He also said that it would be better for her to quit early."

"Imaoka Jiro asked Fujimori Asako to quit the Strawberry Duo as soon as possible." Megure repeated this sentence, and he looked at Maori seriously and said, "Are you sure that Imaoka Jiro said such a thing?"

"Yeah." Mao Li nodded and said affirmatively, "I'm sure."

"Speaking of which, his relationships with women are a little complicated." Qianye held a magazine in his hand and flipped through the pages to show everyone, "He has been photographed socializing with reporters and having trysts with female celebrities more than once recently."

"Regarding this matter, I also warned Jiro not to continue to degenerate like this and hurt Asako's heart. But he said that he wanted to go solo and asked me to persuade Asako to quit the entertainment industry as soon as possible."

Even though many days had passed, agent Hisamatsu was still excited when he mentioned the matter again.

But the other person involved has passed away today.

When a person dies, all debts are forgiven. Even if he was very indignant and disgusted with the matter at that time, it can now be written off.

"Jiro's success today is all thanks to Asako's support, but he..."

Thousands of words finally turned into a sigh.

During the period when her agent was revealing the shocking news, Asako Fujimori kept her head down, her body trembling slightly, and her eyes were filled with deep sadness.

Lu Ren took a look and then looked away. He knew that Fujimori Asako's current performance could not be acted out.

She was truly grieving, even though it was very likely that she was the one who killed the person.

It’s just that the two of them have known each other and supported each other for ten years. The hatred is real, and so is the affection.

Rather, it is because the love is too deep and the lover is too devoted that one would choose such an extremely paranoid way of revenge after the lover has changed his or her heart.

If the relationship was not that serious, they would not risk their lives like this. At most, they would just find a few good friends to eat and drink together, get drunk, and then denounce the other person as a scumbag.

"I have a question. Aren't the Strawberry Duo a crosstalk duo? Imaoka asked Miss Asako to withdraw. Has he already found a new partner?" asked Maori.

"No, he is going to do a one-man comedy. But unlike ordinary one-man comedy, Jiro is going to use props."

As he spoke, manager Hisamatsu pointed to the zombie mask that had been put into the evidence bag and said, "This is the rubber mask. Jiro has prepared more than a dozen of them. When we go on stage to perform, we can play multiple roles by changing the mask."

"He performed it for me privately, but I couldn't praise the performance because it wasn't funny at all."

Hearing his agent's words, Lu Ren narrowed his eyes slightly.

That's not right again.

Crosstalk is no different from other performances. The effect of the performance will be much better if there is a partner on the stage. The audience will enjoy the performance, and it will be easier for me to perform.

Just as Maori said, if Imaoka Jiro is dissatisfied with his current partner and wants to get rid of her.

The best thing for him to do next is to find a partner instead of doing a thankless job of performing stand-up comedy.

And it's a stand-up comedy with some fancy elements.

As for protecting one's reputation and hastily changing partners may cause dissatisfaction among the existing fan base.

This kind of thing is easy to solve, since it is an established fact that Asako Fujimori is in poor health.

Then just use this point to write an article.

The program is just about to be rehearsed intensively and non-stop, just waiting for Asako Fujimori to make a fool of herself on stage due to illness.

By then, he can issue a statement and hire some internet trolls to create momentum, and the wind direction can be easily reversed, thus helping him to smoothly get through the "difficult period" of changing his partner.

Another thing is that Jiro Imaoka doesn't seem like a person who cares about his reputation. His relationship with his partner Fujimori is well known to everyone, but he still reports it every few days, dating this person and having an affair with that person.

With his self-destructive style, if he had a stronger agent, he would have been stuck to the wall and could not be removed.

As for saying that considering the fierce competition in crosstalk duet, one wants to change track to continue development, that is just a joke.

Even if the competition is fierce, the Strawberry Duo has already successfully landed. They don't seek higher and better development, but at least they can maintain their basic market in the future.

Moreover, what is the difference between switching from double crosstalk to stand-up crosstalk and switching from mechanics to civil engineering?

No matter how big your dreams are, there must be a limit, otherwise they are just delusions.

Jiro Imaoka's thankless approach made Lu Ren begin to doubt his real purpose.

Maybe he went solo not for better development, but considering Asako Fujimori's deteriorating health, he wanted her to quit and have a good rest.

As for why I make such a speculation, it is because our predecessors have already set an example.

The former rock king, Tatsuya Kimura, once shared his own experience.

With such a predecessor as an example, Jiro Imaoka's actions are not surprising.

But if this is true, then it would be another tragedy caused by misunderstanding.

Well...even after coming to this conclusion, Lu Ren's heart remained calm.