Maori Kogoro began to understand everything

"Eh?"

Ichiji Takashi stared at Maori's back as he left, and suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly opened the bathtub cover.

Perhaps the effect of the sleeping pills had worn off, and Shii Rika was woken up. After seeing Ichieda Takashi, she began to struggle continuously, and whimpering sounds came from her mouth which was sealed with tape.

"how come?"

Ichiji Takashi's expression trembled. He gritted his teeth and suddenly grabbed Shii Reika's neck regardless of everything.

"One!"

"stop it now!"

Rokuda and his men hurriedly pulled Ichiji Long away and rescued the frightened Shii Rika. Water splashed all over the ground and they finally subdued him with great difficulty.

"let me go!"

Ichieda Takashi looked at Shijing Lihua with a murderous look on his face, "I'm going to kill this bitch!"

"Yizhi, are you crazy?"

Rokuda held down Ichiji Long tightly and shouted, "Calm down!"

"They were the ones who killed Yaeko!"

Ichieda Takashi couldn't break free, and suddenly he looked at Shii Reika who was carried out of the bathtub and burst into tears, "She and Nikaidou killed Yaeko, our savior!"

"What are you talking about, Ichiji?!"

"That day, Yaeko went to the island alone on a rubber boat in order to save her young lady, despite our dissuasion!"

Ichieda Takashi cried in pain, "She was wearing a life jacket, and she brought an extra one for the young lady, but who knew that Nikaidou was also there, but there were only two life jackets..."

“H-So… Could it be that…”

Everyone's expression darkened and they all looked at Shijing Lihua who was trembling in shock.

"That's right!"

There was deep resentment in Ichieda Takashi's eyes. "These two scumbags were rescued because they stole Yaeko's life jacket! I felt something was wrong at the time. When we found Yaeko's body, her life jacket was clearly missing, but these two guys actually said they didn't see Yaeko!"

Under everyone's heavy gaze, Ichieda Takashi laughed miserably: "I came here this time to investigate the truth! Do you know what she said? She actually said that the death of a servant like Yaeko was deserved! Yaeko is the person I love most. Whoever kills her will only die! Whether it's Nikaidou or this woman..."

Don't advise others to do good unless you have experienced their suffering - Mao Li did not easily speak any profound truths to Yizhi Long, but just let him cry in silence and vent his emotions.

……

At noon, the police rushed to the villa and took away Ichieda Takashi and Yoshii Reika after some on-site verification.

Just as Maori was about to ask Officer Megure for a ride, the latter passed by with Kazueda Takashi and Yotsuga Rika.

After half a day, Shijing Lihua had recovered from the shock. When she saw Mao Li, she smiled and said, "Thank you so much this time, Detective Mao Li! I'll ask my father to send you a thank-you fee!"

"That's not necessary,"

Mao Li waved his hands and didn't give the young lady any good looks or good tone. "I did save you, but that was only out of my moral values ​​and to prevent crime. It doesn't mean that your crime can be forgiven. Instead of thinking about how to thank me and get along well with me, you should think about how to face Granny Mi."

Sijing Lihua was stunned for a moment, turned around and saw Grandma Mi standing silently and grieving at the door of the villa. She paused, lowered her head, and silently got into the police car.

"Then, give your 20 million thank-you fee to mother-in-law..."

"... This is the best."

Maori put one hand in his pocket and nodded slightly. Although his tone was stiff, his expression was calm. However, his fingernails involuntarily dug into his palms where no one could see.

(Fuck!!!! 20 million!!!!!! Maori Kogoro, why are you trying so hard to show off?!!!!!!)

……

"but,"

Gojo Osamu watched Maori drive away with the police car, and said with emotion, "I didn't expect that Detective Maori would solve the case without making any noise. When I first met him, I really couldn't tell that he would be so capable."

The image of Maori's ordinary appearance at the beginning of the banquet appeared again in Gojo Osamu's mind.

"Hahaha,"

Rokuda beside him laughed, "You don't understand this. The best hunters always disguise themselves as the most harmless prey. Detective Maori obviously adopted this strategy!"

Gojo Osamu and Mifune suddenly realized:

"So that's how it is. He looks like an ordinary person, but his intelligence is beyond ordinary... You are worthy of being a famous detective!"

"Maybe he was deliberately knocked out by the sleeping pills!"

"And he doesn't care about 20 million at all. What's the Chinese idiom for that? High moral character!"

Chapter 43: The appearance of black characters is for political correctness (fog)

Although a week had passed since the incident at the Shijing Group, Mao Li's heart was still broken - perhaps someone could remain indifferent to the 20 million that suddenly flew away, but that person would definitely not be him.

It’s not that the Maori Detective Agency will close down without the 20 million, or that the Maori family will have to starve to death, but because Maori has a big project that needs to be funded, and the current funding gap is quite large...

Anyway, after another hard day's work for Fukuzawa Yukichi, Maori returned to the detective agency with a cool breeze. Although it was late and Tokyo was still very cold during this period, the young and beautiful waitress in the newly opened Polo Cafe on the first floor was very friendly and helpful.

Mao Li pushed the door open and chatted with the other party for a while, and ordered a cup of hot coffee and a piece of Black Forest cake to take away. Just as he was about to go upstairs with these things, a dark-faced boy wearing a baseball cap and bright eyes suddenly appeared in front of him:

"'Kogoro Akechi of the Heisei Era', what an incredible title! Uncle! But if it were you, you would know the whereabouts of that guy, right? The high school detective Shinichi Kudo who has disappeared without a trace recently!"

……

A few minutes later, on the second floor of Maori Detective Agency, Maori was facing the dark-faced boy with a headache.

Yes, he had recognized that this boy with an African-like complexion was the high school detective who was as famous as Kudo Shinichi, Hattori Heiji from Osaka, Kansai. His father was the Chief of the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters and Superintendent Hattori Heizo, whom Mori had met once when he was still a policeman.

"I already told you that I don't know Kudo Shinichi, and I haven't seen him recently."

"So how do you say this, uncle?"

Hattori Heiji pointed at the TV.

The TV was playing a preview of an interview program that Mao Li had participated in a few days ago. In the video, he answered the host's question: "I have communicated with a high school detective several times. I can only say that young people are quite impetuous, and impetuous people can easily suffer great losses..."

"You're talking about that guy Kudo Shinichi, right?"

Hattori Heiji put one hand on the desk in front of Mori, "I've heard of you before, uncle, but I don't know why you became a famous detective after Kudo Shinichi disappeared, and you were clearly a confused detective before... Did you kidnap him? And then force him to help you solve the case, just like some writers nowadays find ghostwriters!"

"Idiot, how is that possible!"

Mao Li twitched his lips speechlessly. Seeing that Hattori Heiji wanted to get to the bottom of the matter, he could only helplessly say, "The high school detective I was talking about is indeed him. He is a classmate of my daughter."

"classmate?"

Hattori Heiji was stunned for a moment, holding his chin and thinking, "Isn't it a woman?"

"Woman?! Who told you that?!"

Maoli stood up from his chair, his fists stiff.

"Suzuki Sonoko, a classmate of Kudo Shinichi. Of course I had to go to the high school where he was studying before I came here. Then I heard from her that Kudo Shinichi's girlfriend, Mori Ran, was the daughter of the famous detective Mori Kogoro..."

"..."

If someone else said this, Mao Li might immediately transform into Liam Neeson, the most untouchable father in Hollywood. But when it came to his daughter's best friend, Sonoko, whom he knew well, joking, he could only roll his eyes and say, "By the way, what on earth do you want to do with that Kudo Shinichi? If you have any difficult cases, you can entrust them to me directly. Since you are young and probably don't have much savings, I can give you a discount..."

"No, uncle,"

Hattori Heiji adjusted the brim of his hat and said proudly, "I came to Tokyo this time just to meet that boy Kudo Shinichi and make sure whether he is qualified to be mentioned on the same level as me!! Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. You must have heard of 'Hattori from Kansai, Kudo from Kanto', right? I am Hattori Heiji from Kansai!"

Mao Li nodded: "I've heard that, 'Kudo in Kanto, Hattori in Kansai'..."

"It's 'Hattori from Kansai, Kudo from Kanto'!! Don't get the order wrong!!"

Hattori Heiji's face turned even darker, his brows twitched again and again, then he waved his hand and said, "Anyway, uncle, before meeting Kudo Shinichi, I'm going to bother you here first... This is a gift for you!"

As he spoke, Hattori took something out of the bag he was carrying and threw it to Mori.

"Bai Gan? Chinese wine?"

"You have good insight, uncle,"

Hattori was quite surprised, "I took this from my father's study. I have never seen this kind of wine before."

"Hello..."

Just when Maori was about to criticize Hattori's behavior as a prodigal son on behalf of all fathers in the world, the door of the office was opened again.

The people who came in were Xiaolan and Conan who were going home together after school, and... a middle-aged woman wearing sunglasses?

"Are you available to accept the request today, Detective Maori?"

The middle-aged woman spoke straight to the point.

……

Half an hour later, Maori, who decided to accept the commission, took Xiaolan, Conan, and Hattori Heiji, who shamelessly insisted on going along, and got into the car of the woman in sunglasses.

The woman in sunglasses is named Tatsumura Kimie. Her husband is a diplomat, and she wants to entrust Maori to investigate her son's girlfriend.

To be honest, in Maori's opinion, it is a normal thing for a mother-in-law to want to better understand her daughter-in-law, but the act of Tatsumura Kimie specifically entrusting him, a famous detective, seems a bit too much.

And according to the resume and photos provided by Tatsumura Gongjiang, her future daughter-in-law, Katsuragi Sachiko, does not seem to be a person of bad conduct:

She is 24 years old and has a dignified and pretty appearance. She graduated with first place in both Mitsuha Junior High School and Mitsuha Senior High School. She is currently studying at Tokyo Medical College and is determined to become a female doctor who saves lives...

——If Maori had a son, he would definitely be satisfied with the rigid requirements of a daughter-in-law.

Of course, if we only look at the hard conditions, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law would not be one of the most difficult relationships in the world - Mao Li said nothing in the car, and imagined a lot of plots about this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in his mind so that he could better investigate later.

……

"Madam, you are back."

As soon as Dacun Gongjiang entered the door, the housekeeper came over respectfully and bowed.

She took off her coat, took off her sunglasses, and asked, "Where's the master?"

"Yes, I think the master should be in the study!"

The butler skillfully took over Dacun Gongjiang's coat and hung it up. Then he looked at Mao Li and others behind Dacun Gongjiang, and said with confusion, "Madam, these guests are..."

"He is an old friend of mine, Mr. Maori."

Damura Gongjiang only introduced Mao Li, who was the leader, and used the same rhetoric that both parties had just agreed on - it was very natural.

Maori nodded to the butler as a greeting, and at this moment -

"mom!"

Katsuragi Sachiko, whose photo Mori had just seen, came out from the living room and bowed respectfully to Tatsumura Kimie, "Excuse me."

Chapter 44: The murder case is not a closed room and has no style

Maori recognized his investigation subject, Katsuragi Yukiko, but remained calm. Tatsumura Kimie's face suddenly turned ugly, and he asked sternly:

"What brings you to this place?"

"Oh, I asked her to come. I saw that Dad was unwilling to meet Sachiko, so I forced him to agree."

Tatsumura Takayoshi, the future head of the Tatsumura family, who also walked out of the living room, replied, "But it seems that Dad has not left the study since just now..."

Seeing that her boyfriend had explained for her, Katsuragi Sachiko smiled and looked at Maori and the others: "By the way, Mom, are these guests your friends?"

"It has nothing to do with you!"

Tatsumura Kimie said harshly, not giving Katsuragi Sachiko any face. The smiles on the latter's and Tatsumura Takayoshi's faces disappeared immediately, but Tatsumura Kimie continued, "Also, I don't think you have the status to talk directly to my mother now."

"Yes, I'm sorry..."

Katsuragi Sachiko lowered her head with a sad look on her face.

Tatsumura Kimie didn't even look at Katsuragi Sachiko, he turned to Mori and said, "Please follow me, Mr. Mori."

After saying that, he walked upstairs.

Watching the back of Dacun Gongjiang going upstairs, Dacun Guishan was quite dissatisfied: "What's going on! A second wife, what's the big deal!"

"Remarry?"

Mao Li was quite surprised.