Chapter 54: The Disappearance of the Eldest Lady Part I
"Not only did the man say that you made him pretend to be like that, and let him live around there for three days. Not only that, but we also found someone who could prove that you were in the Red Oni Village in Gunma Prefecture for a while on Friday night. ”
"So, Mr. Yutaka Abe, can you explain why you did this?" Looking at Conan with a serious face, Yutaka Abe smiled disapprovingly.
"What's so strange about this, I was just drinking and chatting with Negishi as usual. As for letting people pretend to be him, it is also to be able to lure out the person who wants to kill him. ”
"As you know, not only did he fail to bring out the murderer, but Negishi was killed a few days later. It was also said that I appeared in Kogi Village, Gunma Prefecture, and it was just to inspect the company's employee tour locations that I organized afterwards. ”
"How's it going, kid!? I'm okay with that, right!? With a mocking sneer, he was going to leave, as long as he sat on the plane waiting to go abroad, then he could completely settle the case in the future.
"Then the last point, the police put Mr. Negishi's driver's license, which is the one that the murderer obviously deliberately put outside, so that people can confirm his identity."
"There are five sets of fingerprints on it, four of which are Negishi-san himself, so who would the other group be? He had no friends and no relatives in Tokyo. ”
"I'm afraid the only one who can leave a fingerprint on it is the murderer who took Mr. Negishi away after killing him, so Mr. Abe, can you let me take your fingerprints?"
Although he was only facing a child at this time, what he said made Abe Feng panic. "Kid, who told you all this!?"
Looking at the ruthless Abe Yutaka, Conan was not the slightest bit afraid, and still replied calmly. "If this is just my reasoning, are you going to kill me?"
He exhaled heavily, forcing himself to calm down. "Haha kid, you're right, Negishi was killed by me, but so what, I'm going to go abroad soon. After I leave this country, this case will never be my business. ”
Looking at his smug expression, Conan couldn't help but pout. Before he could react, Kogoro and the others rushed out and surrounded Abe Yutuan.
"You guys! How could it be here!? His panicked appearance was shown in front of several people, which was the exact opposite of when he was at the police station yesterday.
Not only does there be a lot of evidence, but now that Abe Yutaka himself has pleaded guilty, he has no way to quibble. Especially after seeing Conan in his hand, the tape recorder of the previous conversation is playing.
After the incident, the case was settled very quickly, and Abe's crime was also very serious. Because he not only deliberately murdered, but also absconded in fear of crime and defrauded a large amount of insurance money.
As for his company, it is once again in bankruptcy crisis because of the recovery of insurance money. In order not to cause other misfortunes, Kogoro directly accepted all the employees of the company.
After having someone arrange them with a suitable job, Kogoro stopped caring about it. He has not been idle these days, and there is a contract involving a large amount of money waiting for him to deal with.
It was a partnership deal proposed by the Yotsui consortium, and he needed to decide whether to agree to the partnership or not. However, it was not easy to make a decision for a while, so I decided to go to the appointment first and go to the twenty-fourth birthday party for the daughter of the head of the Shijing Foundation.
For the sake of face, Kogoro still changed into a formal suit, and then took Conan and Xiaolan out.
The place where the birthday party was held was in a villa on the mountain, and when Kogoro arrived, he saw a lot of luxury cars parked outside the door. Obviously, the status of those who come will not be low.
There wasn't much new in the setting, except for a huge multi-tiered cake on the central table, and a variety of food on the tables scattered around.
There were nearly 100 people in the audience, and the three of them gathered in their own small circles to chat about the topics they were interested in.
At this moment, a man and a woman walked in, surrounded by several people. The woman was very young and wore a long red dress. She is the protagonist of today's banquet, Reika Shijing.
And the one who walked in with her holding hands was her father, the head of the Sijing family, Mitsui Motomitsu. He greeted everyone in the audience with a smile on his face, and chatted with some people from time to time.
The distance from the door to the center of the venue, it took him more than ten minutes to complete. When he came to the central table, almost everyone's eyes were on him.
Today is just the ordinary birthday of the daughter of the Sijing family, and most of the people who are willing to come are asking or relying on the Sijing family, so they are very concerned about Sijing Yuanguang's every move.
He smiled and looked at the crowd around the room, and then had the twenty-four candles on the huge cake light one by one, and then the whole room went dark.
Immediately after that, everyone sent out a congratulatory sound of mixed sincerity, and under such circumstances, Reika Shitsui took a deep breath and blew out all the twenty-four candles.
At the same time, everyone spontaneously clapped their hands, and with the applause lights on, Shijing Yuanguang smiled and congratulated Shijing Lihua on a happy birthday, and Shijing Lihua also smiled and thanked.
All this Kogoro just watched quietly, the purpose of his trip was not to congratulate her, and the face of the Shijing family was not so big.
And the reason why he came was for the huge deal that might come next, to inspect the other party in advance, as for Xiaolan and Conan, it was just incidental.
After the father and daughter chatted a few words, Motomitsu Shitsui looked at Kogoro with a smile. "Thank you all for coming to Xiaonu's birthday today, and thank you for your support to the Yotsui Foundation."
"At the same time, I hope that the Yotsui Foundation can continue to cooperate with you happily." After waiting for a moment of applause from everyone present, he continued to speak.
"Today I have the pleasure of having a distinguished guest, Mr. Kogoro Mori!" As he spoke, he raised his right hand and pointed at Kogoro, directing everyone's attention to him.
Kogoro wrapped his left hand around his chest and dragged his right hand, while his right hand was slightly outstretched, holding a small glass of red wine on it. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he nodded lightly to everyone present.
After seeing him, everyone started talking. Not many people know his true identity after all. Everyone is just curious about how he, a famous detective, could attend the birthday party of the eldest lady of the Sijing family.